Rachel N. Arey
@rnareylab.bsky.social
Assistant Professor. Learning/memory/Behavioral Neuroscience. Brain Enthusiast. Worm Evangelist. Food and drink Fanatic. Views my own. She/her.
Website: https://www.areylab.com/
Website: https://www.areylab.com/
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Very much worth 3 min of your day.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Very much worth 3 min of your day.
Today called for comfort food. Pinto beans cooked in the leftover deliciousness from a last batch of carnitas + jalapeno cheddar cornbread + greens did the trick.
February 2, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Today called for comfort food. Pinto beans cooked in the leftover deliciousness from a last batch of carnitas + jalapeno cheddar cornbread + greens did the trick.
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We're hiring! The Hoffman lab at Yale is recruiting for Post-Doctoral Associate and Post-Graduate Associate positions available immediately. Join us! www.hoffmanlab.net/jobs #zebrafish #zebrafishjobs
February 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
We're hiring! The Hoffman lab at Yale is recruiting for Post-Doctoral Associate and Post-Graduate Associate positions available immediately. Join us! www.hoffmanlab.net/jobs #zebrafish #zebrafishjobs
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watching non-Texans discover that there's a town near Fort Worth called "White Settlement" today
a man from schitts creek is making a funny face and the word yup is above him
ALT: a man from schitts creek is making a funny face and the word yup is above him
media.tenor.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:26 PM
watching non-Texans discover that there's a town near Fort Worth called "White Settlement" today
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪
The Senate may choose to vote together on the DHS and LHHS bills. Thus, a filibuster on DHS may mean no funding for NIH. What my colleagues are saying:
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
“Shut it down, public health will understand. I’ll work without pay again.”
- anonymous NIHer
January 25, 2026 at 12:59 PM
As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪
Discovered these serving size suggestions while rummaging in some parental cabinets. I refuse to adhere to the guidelines of the pasta patriarchy.
December 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Discovered these serving size suggestions while rummaging in some parental cabinets. I refuse to adhere to the guidelines of the pasta patriarchy.
Happy Pre-Thanksgiving weekend everyone! In the spirit of overindulgence I invite you all to feast on a cornucopia of Arey lab preprints (okay only two)! And fittingly their themes happen to be in the realm food and drink! Settle down next to the metaphorical fire as I share the stories...
November 21, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Happy Pre-Thanksgiving weekend everyone! In the spirit of overindulgence I invite you all to feast on a cornucopia of Arey lab preprints (okay only two)! And fittingly their themes happen to be in the realm food and drink! Settle down next to the metaphorical fire as I share the stories...
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Here's a big thank you to everyone at NIH who is trying to get everything regarding grants and reviews re-started!!!
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here's a big thank you to everyone at NIH who is trying to get everything regarding grants and reviews re-started!!!
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
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In #GENETICS, @jsrinivasanwpi.bsky.social and the team present a rescue-by-feeding approach, showing that feeding engineered E. coli containing neuropeptides to #Celegans mutants can successfully rescue behavior defects in worms. buff.ly/Qdw9Nsq
October 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
In #GENETICS, @jsrinivasanwpi.bsky.social and the team present a rescue-by-feeding approach, showing that feeding engineered E. coli containing neuropeptides to #Celegans mutants can successfully rescue behavior defects in worms. buff.ly/Qdw9Nsq
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Started in Jan 2020 and haven’t caught a break since. But you can bet P&T committees don’t care - taking any world circumstances into account is “lowering the bar.” I’ve been told all standards for grants and publication remain the same. And I have too much service.
A couple of related-unrelated thoughts that have swirling in my head:
1. This is a bad time to become a new PI in the US. Probably the worst since WWII. If you're negotiating for a position, know your road is way harder than it was for the people on your TT committee. Negotiate accordingly.
1. This is a bad time to become a new PI in the US. Probably the worst since WWII. If you're negotiating for a position, know your road is way harder than it was for the people on your TT committee. Negotiate accordingly.
October 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Started in Jan 2020 and haven’t caught a break since. But you can bet P&T committees don’t care - taking any world circumstances into account is “lowering the bar.” I’ve been told all standards for grants and publication remain the same. And I have too much service.
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This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What if NIH had been 40% smaller?
Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research
www.science.org
September 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Just did this for a Y5 that's 2.5 months late. It supports 60% of my (90% soft money) salary, so for the past few months I've been wondering if I still have a job or not.
So much riding on such absurd, cruel, and opaque practices with overworked NIH staff caught in the middle doing their best.
So much riding on such absurd, cruel, and opaque practices with overworked NIH staff caught in the middle doing their best.
Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.
3/4
3/4
September 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Just did this for a Y5 that's 2.5 months late. It supports 60% of my (90% soft money) salary, so for the past few months I've been wondering if I still have a job or not.
So much riding on such absurd, cruel, and opaque practices with overworked NIH staff caught in the middle doing their best.
So much riding on such absurd, cruel, and opaque practices with overworked NIH staff caught in the middle doing their best.
Oh perfect. I was waiting to get the NoA for renewal funding that would sustain my lab. I am most certainly not alone here.
NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Oh perfect. I was waiting to get the NoA for renewal funding that would sustain my lab. I am most certainly not alone here.
This. 100%.
We've been writing frantically to replace funding losses. It's been a bleak process to pivot (NCI lol my b) or shore up ongoing work.
While it's always been an exercise in effort + luck, putting so much time into good science when it's likely never to be funded (if it even reaches review) is awful.
While it's always been an exercise in effort + luck, putting so much time into good science when it's likely never to be funded (if it even reaches review) is awful.
With news that NIH grant success rates are now below 5%, consider the effort that goes into one of these grants (apart from you, who submitted 60 AI-written grants)- why would you put in that much effort knowing your chances are only slightly better than winning a lottery? 1/
July 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This. 100%.
Spending a few extra days in NorCal for fun post #worm25. What an awesome meeting as always, full of old friends, new connections, and great science!
July 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Spending a few extra days in NorCal for fun post #worm25. What an awesome meeting as always, full of old friends, new connections, and great science!
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Great catching up with everyone at #worm25!
If you're planning tomorrow's schedule, consider our workshop: @giosg.bsky.social & I have invited 5 folks who think differently about health and aging (incl @rnareylab.bsky.social & @scharflab.bsky.social). We promise you'll leave with new ideas! 🪱
If you're planning tomorrow's schedule, consider our workshop: @giosg.bsky.social & I have invited 5 folks who think differently about health and aging (incl @rnareylab.bsky.social & @scharflab.bsky.social). We promise you'll leave with new ideas! 🪱
June 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Great catching up with everyone at #worm25!
If you're planning tomorrow's schedule, consider our workshop: @giosg.bsky.social & I have invited 5 folks who think differently about health and aging (incl @rnareylab.bsky.social & @scharflab.bsky.social). We promise you'll leave with new ideas! 🪱
If you're planning tomorrow's schedule, consider our workshop: @giosg.bsky.social & I have invited 5 folks who think differently about health and aging (incl @rnareylab.bsky.social & @scharflab.bsky.social). We promise you'll leave with new ideas! 🪱
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Pretty patriotic today. Lots of American flags, and a member of the military is leading the crowd in The Pledge of Allegiance. "We took an oath to this country, not to a king."
June 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Pretty patriotic today. Lots of American flags, and a member of the military is leading the crowd in The Pledge of Allegiance. "We took an oath to this country, not to a king."
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That is 54, 5-year NIH biomedical research grants.
Or 270 years worth of biomedical research.
Or 270 years worth of biomedical research.
Trump’s deployment of troops to Los Angeles amid mass deportation protests will likely cost $134 million, the Pentagon’s acting budget chief said.
Troops deployed to LA will cost $134M, Pentagon official says
The acting budget chief said the estimate covers costs such as travel, housing and food.
www.politico.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That is 54, 5-year NIH biomedical research grants.
Or 270 years worth of biomedical research.
Or 270 years worth of biomedical research.
Yesterday's wonderful visit to @mdibiolab.bsky.social was capped off with a hike with my host Dr. Emily Spaulding! Her science is fabulous - can't wait to catch up again soon in Davis at Worm Meeting!
June 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Yesterday's wonderful visit to @mdibiolab.bsky.social was capped off with a hike with my host Dr. Emily Spaulding! Her science is fabulous - can't wait to catch up again soon in Davis at Worm Meeting!
I was already psyched about my visit to @mdibiolab.bsky.social to give a talk tomorrow. The fact that my journey here included a golden hour flight up the Maine Coast was just icing on the cake!
June 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I was already psyched about my visit to @mdibiolab.bsky.social to give a talk tomorrow. The fact that my journey here included a golden hour flight up the Maine Coast was just icing on the cake!