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Development and plasticity of visual circuits
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My interview with Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Director, who was fired for doing her job, standing up for public health and science. Learn about her resilience and optimism.
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Dr. Susan Monarez—Former CDC Director, First Live Interview
An American hero for standing up for science and public health
erictopol.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
My interview with Dr. Susan Monarez, former CDC Director, who was fired for doing her job, standing up for public health and science. Learn about her resilience and optimism.
erictopol.substack.com/p/dr-susan-m...
erictopol.substack.com/p/dr-susan-m...
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Fishmas week 2, day 8! I’m going to start doing themes, so as we continue this week, let me know what you think this week’s theme is!
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Fishmas week 2, day 8! I’m going to start doing themes, so as we continue this week, let me know what you think this week’s theme is!
We’re excited to announce that the UMass-Amherst Biology Department is hiring a new Neurobiology Lecturer! Please spread the word.
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Details - Lecturer - Neurobiology | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We’re excited to announce that the UMass-Amherst Biology Department is hiring a new Neurobiology Lecturer! Please spread the word.
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
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🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🐸 Xenopus laevis 💚 The frog that shaped modern developmental biology! ✨ Xenopus embryos have revealed how the body axis forms, cells choose their fate, and tissues self-organize during early development 📹 Video by Bioquest Sudio and Xenbase #ModelMonday #DevBio
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Presumably linked to the increase in suicide attempts and self-harm following COVID infections as well.
The people fighting against effective COVID mitigations have so much to answer for.
The people fighting against effective COVID mitigations have so much to answer for.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Presumably linked to the increase in suicide attempts and self-harm following COVID infections as well.
The people fighting against effective COVID mitigations have so much to answer for.
The people fighting against effective COVID mitigations have so much to answer for.
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The print version of @theonion.com is worth every dime.
October 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The print version of @theonion.com is worth every dime.
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While she completed medical school, she never finished residency, and is likely to face tough questions from senators about her qualifications and views on vaccines. n.pr/4oPHYiZ
Casey Means' confirmation hearing for surgeon general postponed
While she completed medical school, she never finished residency, and is likely to face tough questions. But her hearing has been canceled because she is pregnant and has gone into labor.
n.pr
October 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
While she completed medical school, she never finished residency, and is likely to face tough questions from senators about her qualifications and views on vaccines. n.pr/4oPHYiZ
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Leaked document. Yikes, things are about to get much worse. It looks like we’re on the verge of becoming a military state across the country. Step out of line, and the man come and take you away.
October 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Leaked document. Yikes, things are about to get much worse. It looks like we’re on the verge of becoming a military state across the country. Step out of line, and the man come and take you away.
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New Scientist is looking for a new features editor, ideally with a specialism in evolution, ecology, human sciences and biology - if there's you, take a look! www.dmgmedia.co.uk/careers/jobs...
Features Editor (beat specialist) - dmg media
Features Editor (beat specialist) Location: New Scientist Headquarters – London Position: Full-time, permanent Salary: £40,000 to £43,000, depending on experience Workplace Type: Hybrid – 3 days ...
www.dmgmedia.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
New Scientist is looking for a new features editor, ideally with a specialism in evolution, ecology, human sciences and biology - if there's you, take a look! www.dmgmedia.co.uk/careers/jobs...
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Cities across the country are becoming autism certified, creating sensory-friendly environments to better serve residents with autism. The approach aims to make communities more inclusive for the growing population of autistic adults and children.
How autism rates are rising – and why that could lead to more inclusive communities
A greater understanding and acceptance of autism creates opportunities for people with autism to thrive.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Cities across the country are becoming autism certified, creating sensory-friendly environments to better serve residents with autism. The approach aims to make communities more inclusive for the growing population of autistic adults and children.
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Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
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Bifurcations—an underexplored concept in neuroscience—can help explain how small differences in neural circuits give rise to entirely novel functions, writes Xiao-Jing Wang.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...
The missing half of the neurodynamical systems theory
Bifurcations—an underexplored concept in neuroscience—can help explain how small differences in neural circuits give rise to entirely novel functions.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Bifurcations—an underexplored concept in neuroscience—can help explain how small differences in neural circuits give rise to entirely novel functions, writes Xiao-Jing Wang.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...
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Another great piece from @aniloza.bsky.social on how cutting words harms science and erases human beings.
Every day I am heartened by the community of NIH people who are pushing back. @nihvigils.bsky.social @27unihted.bsky.social @savehealthresearch.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
Every day I am heartened by the community of NIH people who are pushing back. @nihvigils.bsky.social @27unihted.bsky.social @savehealthresearch.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
Scientists had to change more than 700 grant titles to receive NIH funding. Health disparities researchers fear what’s next
The titles of more than 700 multi-year NIH grants have been changed this year, according to an analysis by Jeremy Berg, a former agency official
www.statnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Another great piece from @aniloza.bsky.social on how cutting words harms science and erases human beings.
Every day I am heartened by the community of NIH people who are pushing back. @nihvigils.bsky.social @27unihted.bsky.social @savehealthresearch.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
Every day I am heartened by the community of NIH people who are pushing back. @nihvigils.bsky.social @27unihted.bsky.social @savehealthresearch.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2025/10/29/n...
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My new Working Paper with the Baker Institute for Public Policy @riceuniversity.bsky.social on the MAHA movement in the context of a 200 year rivalry between sectarian and scientific medicine, how to push back and preserve modern biomedicine and science
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Reaffirming Scientific Medicine Through Physician Leadership in Health Care Technology and Innovation | Baker Institute
Facing funding cuts, rising professional stress, and federal health policy misalignments, physicians are experiencing mounting challenges. In this working paper, Dr. Peter J. Hotez examines the state ...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
My new Working Paper with the Baker Institute for Public Policy @riceuniversity.bsky.social on the MAHA movement in the context of a 200 year rivalry between sectarian and scientific medicine, how to push back and preserve modern biomedicine and science
www.bakerinstitute.org/research/rea...
www.bakerinstitute.org/research/rea...
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Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
No surprise there, Trump et al. want to go back to 1850.
This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 AM
No surprise there, Trump et al. want to go back to 1850.
Controlling prostheses with the power of thought | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
Controlling prostheses with the power of thought
Researchers at the German Primate Center (DPZ) – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research in Göttingen have discovered that the brain reorganizes itself extensively across several brain regio...
www.eurekalert.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Controlling prostheses with the power of thought | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
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Tough love conclusion published recently in @nature.com: “Mitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels. Offsets distract from this crucial task.”
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why | Nature
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed. The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tough love conclusion published recently in @nature.com: “Mitigating climate change requires ending the burning of fossil fuels. Offsets distract from this crucial task.”
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
Our only options for saving our climate & our children’s future is a price or cap on heat-trapping pollution. Make polluters pay!
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
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How to respond to reviewers
October 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
How to respond to reviewers
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The White House is trying to undermine U.S. elections. Keep track and learn more with our interactive timeline: bit.ly/3IZMSdG
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The White House is trying to undermine U.S. elections. Keep track and learn more with our interactive timeline: bit.ly/3IZMSdG