Dr Kathleen Millen
@neurodevkathy.bsky.social
Tweets about dev biol, neurodev genetics, random cool science + life; usually with typos, so many typos
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The high proportion of US scientists among those recruited by France shows that “enthusiasm and morale for doing science is low” in the US, says Sharon Milgram, who led early-career researcher programs at NIH for nearly 20 years, until she retired in December.
By @lizziegibney.bsky.social and me
By @lizziegibney.bsky.social and me
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The high proportion of US scientists among those recruited by France shows that “enthusiasm and morale for doing science is low” in the US, says Sharon Milgram, who led early-career researcher programs at NIH for nearly 20 years, until she retired in December.
By @lizziegibney.bsky.social and me
By @lizziegibney.bsky.social and me
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The head of the NIH is calling for a second scientific revolution. And he's looking to RFK's MAHA movement for support.
My report from a very strange afternoon with senior NIH leadership, in which I probably seriously up my odds of ending up uninvited to any future events.
My report from a very strange afternoon with senior NIH leadership, in which I probably seriously up my odds of ending up uninvited to any future events.
NIH head, still angry about COVID, wants a second scientific revolution
Can we pander to MAHA, re-litigate COVID, and improve science at the same time?
arstechnica.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
The head of the NIH is calling for a second scientific revolution. And he's looking to RFK's MAHA movement for support.
My report from a very strange afternoon with senior NIH leadership, in which I probably seriously up my odds of ending up uninvited to any future events.
My report from a very strange afternoon with senior NIH leadership, in which I probably seriously up my odds of ending up uninvited to any future events.
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:19 AM
And, as always, if you need whistles for your community, in batches from 100 to literally thousands, we will print them and mail them to you for zero dollars. Just hit us up at whistlegoblins.fun
Cerebellum non-motor functions continued!!!!
A region in the cerebellum is language-selective—something previously found only in the cortex, a new study suggests.
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/language/cer...
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/language/cer...
Cerebellum responds to language like cortical areas
One of four language-responsive cerebellar regions may encode meaningful information, much like the cortical language network in the left hemisphere, according to a new study.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Cerebellum non-motor functions continued!!!!
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Father Michael Ryan gave a barn-burner of a homily about #immigration policy at St. James Cathedral in Seattle on Sunday: "I simply cannot be silent when wholesale sweeps and dragnets are currently taking place across the country." Must-see or must-read: www.stjames-cathedral.org/Pubs/Pastor/...
February 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Father Michael Ryan gave a barn-burner of a homily about #immigration policy at St. James Cathedral in Seattle on Sunday: "I simply cannot be silent when wholesale sweeps and dragnets are currently taking place across the country." Must-see or must-read: www.stjames-cathedral.org/Pubs/Pastor/...
Cerebellum is best known for its role in motor control BUT decades of research show only 20% of its circuits are motor with remaining 80% involved in emotion, cognition and so many other things. Excellent podcast illustrating these non-motor functions.
radiolab.org/podcast/song...
radiolab.org/podcast/song...
Song of the Cerebellum
Is thought just motion in the mind?
radiolab.org
February 9, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Cerebellum is best known for its role in motor control BUT decades of research show only 20% of its circuits are motor with remaining 80% involved in emotion, cognition and so many other things. Excellent podcast illustrating these non-motor functions.
radiolab.org/podcast/song...
radiolab.org/podcast/song...
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Science cannot thrive when censorship shuts down research. Shutting down research doesn't make people healthy. Help us impeach & #RemoveRFKJr by visiting standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr .
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February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Science cannot thrive when censorship shuts down research. Shutting down research doesn't make people healthy. Help us impeach & #RemoveRFKJr by visiting standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr .
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Current status.. currrrling with 4 'R's
February 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Current status.. currrrling with 4 'R's
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For all the Substack folks
“The global publishing platform Substack is generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found…” www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
For all the Substack folks
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play dirty. Now my campaign faces its first test.
To beat their petty games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. It's cold work. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
To beat their petty games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. It's cold work. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
February 7, 2026 at 2:02 PM
From my work on gerrymandering, I know that New Jersey politicians play dirty. Now my campaign faces its first test.
To beat their petty games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. It's cold work. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
To beat their petty games, I need at least 1,000 signatures from Democrats and unaffiliated voters in the 12th District. It's cold work. To help, sign up at SamForNJ.org - or DM me!
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I’m on my apartment balcony to illustrate how Donald Trump’s corruption and contempt for the rule both threatens our democracy *and* affects our everyday lives.
Behind me is the Gateway project, a $16 billion effort to build a new rail tunnel across the Hudson. ...
Behind me is the Gateway project, a $16 billion effort to build a new rail tunnel across the Hudson. ...
February 6, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I’m on my apartment balcony to illustrate how Donald Trump’s corruption and contempt for the rule both threatens our democracy *and* affects our everyday lives.
Behind me is the Gateway project, a $16 billion effort to build a new rail tunnel across the Hudson. ...
Behind me is the Gateway project, a $16 billion effort to build a new rail tunnel across the Hudson. ...
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...
Why I'm running for Congress
Congress today is deeply polarized, ignores the priorities of voters, and fails to check the other two branches of government. But neither party, Democrats nor Republicans, is meeting our moment of ne...
www.dailyprincetonian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:38 AM
Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...
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This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
This is Maria, a 6-year-old detained by ICE last year.
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
She began to unravel soon after arriving at a detention center in Texas, wetting the bed after years without accidents, crying through the night and begging to breastfeed again.
Most of all, she wanted to be reunited with her cat, Milo. 1/
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The booing of Vance in Milan, heard in the Canadian broadcast below, and by multiple reporters in the stadium, was not heard or mentioned in NBC/Peacock's US broadcast www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Vice President JD Vance gets roundly booed at the opening ceremony of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympics. "Those are a lot of boos for him, whistling jeering," says the presenter. US athletes receive a warm welcome from fans, though.
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The booing of Vance in Milan, heard in the Canadian broadcast below, and by multiple reporters in the stadium, was not heard or mentioned in NBC/Peacock's US broadcast www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Sorry everyone. I'm busy watching curling for the next few weeks. Papers will have to wait. 😍 🍁 💪 🥌
CANADA 🇨🇦 FOR THE WIN
It’s a dominant opening Olympic mixed doubles curling victory for Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant 10-5 over Czechia.
Canada is back on the ice Thursday afternoon in Cortina vs Norway at 8:35am ET
It’s a dominant opening Olympic mixed doubles curling victory for Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant 10-5 over Czechia.
Canada is back on the ice Thursday afternoon in Cortina vs Norway at 8:35am ET
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Sorry everyone. I'm busy watching curling for the next few weeks. Papers will have to wait. 😍 🍁 💪 🥌
😍🍁💪
Canada’s new consulate in Nuuk is now officially open — a major commitment under our Arctic Foreign Policy. As strategic competition increases in the Arctic, Canada is standing with our Arctic partners to advance stability, security, and shared interests in the North.
February 6, 2026 at 11:25 PM
😍🍁💪
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Reposting again because according to Reddit threads, another round of RWR emails went out today.
NSF GRFP applicants (and mentors): Was your application Returned Without Review and deemed ineligible despite fitting in the allowed topics?
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
1) Write NSF
2) Write your Congressperson
3) CC us at grfp@grant-witness.us so we can compile + follow up
Details and template at grant-witness.us/grfp-letter
February 4, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Reposting again because according to Reddit threads, another round of RWR emails went out today.
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
it just never stops being shocking how fucking fragile everything was. so easily broken.
February 5, 2026 at 12:01 AM
it just never stops being shocking how fucking fragile everything was. so easily broken.
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NIH research is in the red zone. $561M in grants for cancer and heart disease is frozen, and 304 trials are defunded. Vacancies in 15 director roles create a leadership gap that stalls medical progress here in the US.
#MedSky 🛟 #AcademicSky
#MedSky 🛟 #AcademicSky
Trump admin is "destroying medical research," Senate report finds
In a Senate hearing Tuesday, NIH director dismissed concern about research chaos.
arstechnica.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:51 PM
NIH research is in the red zone. $561M in grants for cancer and heart disease is frozen, and 304 trials are defunded. Vacancies in 15 director roles create a leadership gap that stalls medical progress here in the US.
#MedSky 🛟 #AcademicSky
#MedSky 🛟 #AcademicSky
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NEW: A year ago, the NIH said it would cap research-overhead costs, a change that would cost colleges billions. A ragtag group rallied behind a compromise plan—and it seems to have traction.
Here's how higher ed staved off a research-funding bloodbath (for now): www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Here's how higher ed staved off a research-funding bloodbath (for now): www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
How Higher Ed Staved Off a Research-Funding Bloodbath — For Now
Faced with potentially losing billions, colleges rallied behind a compromise plan. It now has a thumbs-up from Congress.
www.chronicle.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:05 AM
NEW: A year ago, the NIH said it would cap research-overhead costs, a change that would cost colleges billions. A ragtag group rallied behind a compromise plan—and it seems to have traction.
Here's how higher ed staved off a research-funding bloodbath (for now): www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Here's how higher ed staved off a research-funding bloodbath (for now): www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Dr Kathleen Millen
Final Schedule F rule published: in defiance of the vast majority of public comments, it commits to further politicizing government, removing anyone the Trump administration dislikes.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Final Schedule F rule published: in defiance of the vast majority of public comments, it commits to further politicizing government, removing anyone the Trump administration dislikes.
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf
public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02375.pdf