Michele A. Basso
@micheleabasso.bsky.social
Scientist, Professor
Passionate advocate for responsible and humane research involving animals.
#ThankAMonkey #EndSufferingThruScience
Views are my own.
Passionate advocate for responsible and humane research involving animals.
#ThankAMonkey #EndSufferingThruScience
Views are my own.
Reposted by Michele A. Basso
Today is the Day of Action.
SfN urges Congress to increase FY26 funding for medical research.
✅ vist.ly/4nmrp
#SupportCures #FundMedicalResearch #CuresCantWait #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
SfN urges Congress to increase FY26 funding for medical research.
✅ vist.ly/4nmrp
#SupportCures #FundMedicalResearch #CuresCantWait #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
Day of Action — United For Cures
Day of Action — United For Cures
unitedforcures.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Today is the Day of Action.
SfN urges Congress to increase FY26 funding for medical research.
✅ vist.ly/4nmrp
#SupportCures #FundMedicalResearch #CuresCantWait #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
SfN urges Congress to increase FY26 funding for medical research.
✅ vist.ly/4nmrp
#SupportCures #FundMedicalResearch #CuresCantWait #neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
@jayapal.house.gov
Dear Congresswoman
The multi year funding (MYF) in the HHS/NIH bill is normed to 2025 - please propose an amendment to norm to 2024, like the Senate version. As it stands, ~1/4-1/3 of NIH $ will be sequestered by MYF, a big cut to WA STEM economy!
Dear Congresswoman
The multi year funding (MYF) in the HHS/NIH bill is normed to 2025 - please propose an amendment to norm to 2024, like the Senate version. As it stands, ~1/4-1/3 of NIH $ will be sequestered by MYF, a big cut to WA STEM economy!
January 21, 2026 at 8:30 PM
@jayapal.house.gov
Dear Congresswoman
The multi year funding (MYF) in the HHS/NIH bill is normed to 2025 - please propose an amendment to norm to 2024, like the Senate version. As it stands, ~1/4-1/3 of NIH $ will be sequestered by MYF, a big cut to WA STEM economy!
Dear Congresswoman
The multi year funding (MYF) in the HHS/NIH bill is normed to 2025 - please propose an amendment to norm to 2024, like the Senate version. As it stands, ~1/4-1/3 of NIH $ will be sequestered by MYF, a big cut to WA STEM economy!
Reposted by Michele A. Basso
Dear Congresswoman @foushee.house.gov, the multi year funding (MYF) in the HHS/NIH bill is normed to 2025 - please propose an amendment to norm to 2024, like the Senate version. As it stands, ~1/4-1/3 of NIH $ will be sequestered by MYF, a big cut to the Triangle's STEM economy!
January 21, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Dear Congresswoman @foushee.house.gov, the multi year funding (MYF) in the HHS/NIH bill is normed to 2025 - please propose an amendment to norm to 2024, like the Senate version. As it stands, ~1/4-1/3 of NIH $ will be sequestered by MYF, a big cut to the Triangle's STEM economy!
Deep Decisions: The role of subcortex in perceptual choice.
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. You can view it here if you are interested.
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. You can view it here if you are interested.
Deep Decisions: The role of subcortex in perceptual choice.
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. You can view it here if you are interested.
micheleabasso7.wordpress.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Deep Decisions: The role of subcortex in perceptual choice.
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. You can view it here if you are interested.
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. You can view it here if you are interested.
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. Check out out if you’re interested in decision making in health and disease.
youtu.be/zQU4gjto4ac
youtu.be/zQU4gjto4ac
LEC24 Special Lecture Deep Decisions Uncovering the Subcortical Role in Perceptual Choice — Michel
YouTube video by Michele A Basso
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. Check out out if you’re interested in decision making in health and disease.
youtu.be/zQU4gjto4ac
youtu.be/zQU4gjto4ac
The moral complexity of animals in research
I recently published a letter/opinion in Nature in response to recent articles on new approach methodologies to replace animals in research. More should be coming soon! Stay tuned!
I recently published a letter/opinion in Nature in response to recent articles on new approach methodologies to replace animals in research. More should be coming soon! Stay tuned!
The moral complexity of animals in research
I recently published a letter/opinion in Nature in response to recent articles on new approach methodologies to replace animals in research. More should be coming soon! Stay tuned!
micheleabasso7.wordpress.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The moral complexity of animals in research
I recently published a letter/opinion in Nature in response to recent articles on new approach methodologies to replace animals in research. More should be coming soon! Stay tuned!
I recently published a letter/opinion in Nature in response to recent articles on new approach methodologies to replace animals in research. More should be coming soon! Stay tuned!
Fear, monkeys, and institutional courage
When news broke of an explosion inside Harvard’s neurobiology building early Saturday morning, every scientist who works with monkeys felt it—an involuntary jolt, a spike of cortisol, the silent thought: what if it had been us? Neither animals nor people…
When news broke of an explosion inside Harvard’s neurobiology building early Saturday morning, every scientist who works with monkeys felt it—an involuntary jolt, a spike of cortisol, the silent thought: what if it had been us? Neither animals nor people…
Fear, monkeys, and institutional courage
When news broke of an explosion inside Harvard’s neurobiology building early Saturday morning, every scientist who works with monkeys felt it—an involuntary jolt, a spike of cortisol, the silent thought: what if it had been us? Neither animals nor people were hurt, thankfully. It doesn’t appear to have been an attack. But it didn’t matter. For those of us who work with monkeys, the fear is always near the surface.
micheleabasso7.wordpress.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Fear, monkeys, and institutional courage
When news broke of an explosion inside Harvard’s neurobiology building early Saturday morning, every scientist who works with monkeys felt it—an involuntary jolt, a spike of cortisol, the silent thought: what if it had been us? Neither animals nor people…
When news broke of an explosion inside Harvard’s neurobiology building early Saturday morning, every scientist who works with monkeys felt it—an involuntary jolt, a spike of cortisol, the silent thought: what if it had been us? Neither animals nor people…
From Monkey Brains to Human Meaning
In this new Nature Communications study, Hartle, Kishida, Sands, Montague, and colleagues recorded neurochemical activity from the caudate nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery. As the…
In this new Nature Communications study, Hartle, Kishida, Sands, Montague, and colleagues recorded neurochemical activity from the caudate nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery. As the…
From Monkey Brains to Human Meaning
In this new Nature Communications study, Hartle, Kishida, Sands, Montague, and colleagues recorded neurochemical activity from the caudate nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery. As the patients played a simple game deciding whether to accept fair or unfair offers of money, their brains revealed a molecular conversation in real time — one that distinguished the two diseases at the level of neurotransmitter signaling.
micheleabasso7.wordpress.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
From Monkey Brains to Human Meaning
In this new Nature Communications study, Hartle, Kishida, Sands, Montague, and colleagues recorded neurochemical activity from the caudate nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery. As the…
In this new Nature Communications study, Hartle, Kishida, Sands, Montague, and colleagues recorded neurochemical activity from the caudate nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery. As the…
I’m doing some research on IACUC practices. Does your institution make public the meeting minutes? If so can you DM me with the link to them. mbasso@uw.edu. Thanks!
July 28, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I’m doing some research on IACUC practices. Does your institution make public the meeting minutes? If so can you DM me with the link to them. mbasso@uw.edu. Thanks!
Media registration now open for Neuroscience 2025 — the world’s premier neuroscience event | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Media registration now open for Neuroscience 2025 — the world’s premier neuroscience event
Free media registration is now open for Neuroscience 2025, the largest and most influential gathering of brain scientists and clinicians in the world. This year’s annual meeting will take place ...
www.eurekalert.org
July 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Media registration now open for Neuroscience 2025 — the world’s premier neuroscience event | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
I’ve officially moved to BlueSky - yes i’m a little slow! You’ll soon get a following notice from me as I ‘bridged’ my X account - I hope that wasn’t a mistake.
July 21, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I’ve officially moved to BlueSky - yes i’m a little slow! You’ll soon get a following notice from me as I ‘bridged’ my X account - I hope that wasn’t a mistake.
Reposted by Michele A. Basso
🧠 Don't miss this Thursday! Dr. Wei-Chung Allen Lee (@darbly.bsky.social) will be giving a talk @ UW NBIO on "Circuit Motifs of Sensorimotor Integration". #neuroscience #circuits
January 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
🧠 Don't miss this Thursday! Dr. Wei-Chung Allen Lee (@darbly.bsky.social) will be giving a talk @ UW NBIO on "Circuit Motifs of Sensorimotor Integration". #neuroscience #circuits