Kristina Visscher
@visscherlab.bsky.social
Interested in neuroscience, brain dynamics, and plasticity of complex networks. Especially plasticity of long range connections important for visual processing. Especially in older brains.
Professor, UAB Neurobiology sites.uab.edu/kmv/
Professor, UAB Neurobiology sites.uab.edu/kmv/
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Please consider supporting the Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program in honor of Giving Tuesday! Your contribution will support our educational activities and the annual NEURAL Conference! #GivingTuesday @flubinlab.bsky.social givecampus.com/s/7wfqnm
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Please consider supporting the Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars Program in honor of Giving Tuesday! Your contribution will support our educational activities and the annual NEURAL Conference! #GivingTuesday @flubinlab.bsky.social givecampus.com/s/7wfqnm
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I know endowments are constrained but this seems like a place for a university and the donor class to step in.
January 2, 2026 at 9:03 AM
I know endowments are constrained but this seems like a place for a university and the donor class to step in.
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A New Year’s resolution might not change the world, but what if it could change how you see things? Consider doing one thing differently, for a whole year. (from 2017)
https://to.pbs.org/3V0qK34
https://to.pbs.org/3V0qK34
3 eye-opening, science-based New Year’s resolutions that could help everyone
A New Year’s resolution might not change the world, but what if it could change how you see things?
www.pbs.org
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
A New Year’s resolution might not change the world, but what if it could change how you see things? Consider doing one thing differently, for a whole year. (from 2017)
https://to.pbs.org/3V0qK34
https://to.pbs.org/3V0qK34
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Crowdsourcing: Scales for degrees of evidence
I'm looking for simple scales (eg 0-5) that capture degreees of evidence for (scientific) claims. A bit along the lines of this one proposed by @shansiddiqi.bsky.social et al but perhaps a bit more generic. Know any?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'm looking for simple scales (eg 0-5) that capture degreees of evidence for (scientific) claims. A bit along the lines of this one proposed by @shansiddiqi.bsky.social et al but perhaps a bit more generic. Know any?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 31, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Crowdsourcing: Scales for degrees of evidence
I'm looking for simple scales (eg 0-5) that capture degreees of evidence for (scientific) claims. A bit along the lines of this one proposed by @shansiddiqi.bsky.social et al but perhaps a bit more generic. Know any?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I'm looking for simple scales (eg 0-5) that capture degreees of evidence for (scientific) claims. A bit along the lines of this one proposed by @shansiddiqi.bsky.social et al but perhaps a bit more generic. Know any?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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This is an outstanding essay describing some of the important roles and influences of NIH program officers (from an insider perspective).
Read!
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
Read!
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
The Quiet Power of Program Officers
How invisible decisions shape what science gets done—and whether it matters
elizabethginexi.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
This is an outstanding essay describing some of the important roles and influences of NIH program officers (from an insider perspective).
Read!
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
Read!
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/the-quiet-...
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For Brittney Dockery, working as a lab tech was a dream job, despite the low pay. But she now staffs an IT help desk after funding uncertainty pushed her out of science. Experts worry more will follow due to Trump administration policies. My latest for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/r...
Working with monkeys was this lab tech’s dream job. Now she’s staffing an IT help desk
Trump’s reshaping of science has fueled fears researchers will leave the U.S. This lab tech's story shows it can drive people out of science altogether.
www.statnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
For Brittney Dockery, working as a lab tech was a dream job, despite the low pay. But she now staffs an IT help desk after funding uncertainty pushed her out of science. Experts worry more will follow due to Trump administration policies. My latest for @statnews.com
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/r...
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👀As we look back, it is clear that 2025 has been a year of unprecedented erosion for American science.
🇺🇸 Our nation’s leadership in fundamental discovery (elifesciences.org/articles/102...) has long provided life-saving medical breakthroughs and economic stability
www.facebook.com/share/v/19Gv...
🇺🇸 Our nation’s leadership in fundamental discovery (elifesciences.org/articles/102...) has long provided life-saving medical breakthroughs and economic stability
www.facebook.com/share/v/19Gv...
December 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
👀As we look back, it is clear that 2025 has been a year of unprecedented erosion for American science.
🇺🇸 Our nation’s leadership in fundamental discovery (elifesciences.org/articles/102...) has long provided life-saving medical breakthroughs and economic stability
www.facebook.com/share/v/19Gv...
🇺🇸 Our nation’s leadership in fundamental discovery (elifesciences.org/articles/102...) has long provided life-saving medical breakthroughs and economic stability
www.facebook.com/share/v/19Gv...
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Meanwhile, over at NSF…
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Meanwhile, over at NSF…
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Please join us in congratulating Dr. Derian Pugh! Derian (Roadmap Scholars Program 2020 cohort) is pictured with our Associate Director Dr. Michelle Gray at last Wednesday's Fall 2025 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. #NeuroscienceRoadmapScholars #LeadWithExcellence
December 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Derian Pugh! Derian (Roadmap Scholars Program 2020 cohort) is pictured with our Associate Director Dr. Michelle Gray at last Wednesday's Fall 2025 Doctoral Hooding Ceremony. #NeuroscienceRoadmapScholars #LeadWithExcellence
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The best research happens when scientists from around the world can collaborate freely.
SfN's ECPA program gives you an opportunity to advocate for policies that support global scientific collaboration.
Applications close Tuesday, January 7.
Apply now: vist.ly/4h2hk
#neurosky
SfN's ECPA program gives you an opportunity to advocate for policies that support global scientific collaboration.
Applications close Tuesday, January 7.
Apply now: vist.ly/4h2hk
#neurosky
December 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The best research happens when scientists from around the world can collaborate freely.
SfN's ECPA program gives you an opportunity to advocate for policies that support global scientific collaboration.
Applications close Tuesday, January 7.
Apply now: vist.ly/4h2hk
#neurosky
SfN's ECPA program gives you an opportunity to advocate for policies that support global scientific collaboration.
Applications close Tuesday, January 7.
Apply now: vist.ly/4h2hk
#neurosky
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Ever wondered why our elections pit one extreme against the other? Ever wondered, "are these the best 2 options out of 300 million people??" Ever didn't vote because you didn't like either candidate with a chance to win?
Do I have a deal for you . . .
fairvoteaction.quorum.us/campaign/RCV...
Do I have a deal for you . . .
fairvoteaction.quorum.us/campaign/RCV...
Take action: Ask Congress to support the Ranked Choice Voting Act!
Give voters more choice and more voice in Congress
fairvoteaction.quorum.us
December 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Ever wondered why our elections pit one extreme against the other? Ever wondered, "are these the best 2 options out of 300 million people??" Ever didn't vote because you didn't like either candidate with a chance to win?
Do I have a deal for you . . .
fairvoteaction.quorum.us/campaign/RCV...
Do I have a deal for you . . .
fairvoteaction.quorum.us/campaign/RCV...
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Please join us in congratulating our director Dr. Farah Lubin, recipient of the 2025 AES Distinguished Service Award, presented by the American Epilepsy Society in recognition of her outstanding service in the field of epilepsy! 🧠
@flubinlab.bsky.social
@flubinlab.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Please join us in congratulating our director Dr. Farah Lubin, recipient of the 2025 AES Distinguished Service Award, presented by the American Epilepsy Society in recognition of her outstanding service in the field of epilepsy! 🧠
@flubinlab.bsky.social
@flubinlab.bsky.social
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this shit is just beyond parody, man
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
this shit is just beyond parody, man
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This is also a major route to reviving our ailing democracy. Federalism in the United States - national, state, and local control - is a major bulwark against tyranny.
By acting locally you are part of a pillar of what holds the whole system up. School board, council, town committees - go do it!
By acting locally you are part of a pillar of what holds the whole system up. School board, council, town committees - go do it!
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is also a major route to reviving our ailing democracy. Federalism in the United States - national, state, and local control - is a major bulwark against tyranny.
By acting locally you are part of a pillar of what holds the whole system up. School board, council, town committees - go do it!
By acting locally you are part of a pillar of what holds the whole system up. School board, council, town committees - go do it!
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I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
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🌟 Fellow feature Friday! Sam’s summer at @stltoday.com, backed by the Heising-Simons Foundation, led to some powerful reporting. Read her pieces here: www.aaas.org/programs/mas...
#MassMediaFellowship #SciComm
#MassMediaFellowship #SciComm
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🌟 Fellow feature Friday! Sam’s summer at @stltoday.com, backed by the Heising-Simons Foundation, led to some powerful reporting. Read her pieces here: www.aaas.org/programs/mas...
#MassMediaFellowship #SciComm
#MassMediaFellowship #SciComm
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Applications are due in one month for our Workshop on Canonical Cortical Computations: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/simons-foundation-now-accepting-applications-for-workshop-on-canonical-cortical-computations/ #science #neuroscience
Simons Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Workshop on Canonical Cortical Computations
Simons Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Workshop on Canonical Cortical Computations on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Applications are due in one month for our Workshop on Canonical Cortical Computations: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/simons-foundation-now-accepting-applications-for-workshop-on-canonical-cortical-computations/ #science #neuroscience
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December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hey, @jpeelle.bsky.social -- quick question that I thought you'd be the perfect person to ask: If I wanted to do a words in noise task in order to compare across participants, and felt like using psychopy instead of the NIH toolbox version, do you have a suggested version?
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hey, @jpeelle.bsky.social -- quick question that I thought you'd be the perfect person to ask: If I wanted to do a words in noise task in order to compare across participants, and felt like using psychopy instead of the NIH toolbox version, do you have a suggested version?
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We're excited to share that Neuromatch is now an official Scientific Member of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). @ibroorg.bsky.social 🎉
🤓 We join 100 other global members connecting 95,000+ neuroscientists across 71 countries. Learn more here: ibro.org/ibro-now-has...
🤓 We join 100 other global members connecting 95,000+ neuroscientists across 71 countries. Learn more here: ibro.org/ibro-now-has...
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We're excited to share that Neuromatch is now an official Scientific Member of the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). @ibroorg.bsky.social 🎉
🤓 We join 100 other global members connecting 95,000+ neuroscientists across 71 countries. Learn more here: ibro.org/ibro-now-has...
🤓 We join 100 other global members connecting 95,000+ neuroscientists across 71 countries. Learn more here: ibro.org/ibro-now-has...
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Applications are now open for the 2026 Early Career Policy Ambassadors (ECPA) Program!
Build your advocacy network, engage with Congress, and champion scientific research funding.
Submit your application by Wednesday, January 7.
Learn more & apply! vist.ly/4h3j7
#neurosky #neuroskyence
Build your advocacy network, engage with Congress, and champion scientific research funding.
Submit your application by Wednesday, January 7.
Learn more & apply! vist.ly/4h3j7
#neurosky #neuroskyence
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Applications are now open for the 2026 Early Career Policy Ambassadors (ECPA) Program!
Build your advocacy network, engage with Congress, and champion scientific research funding.
Submit your application by Wednesday, January 7.
Learn more & apply! vist.ly/4h3j7
#neurosky #neuroskyence
Build your advocacy network, engage with Congress, and champion scientific research funding.
Submit your application by Wednesday, January 7.
Learn more & apply! vist.ly/4h3j7
#neurosky #neuroskyence
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He’s putting his name on buildings.
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
He’s putting his name on buildings.
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"It makes me so happy. To be at the beginning again, knowing almost nothing....It's the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong."
Tom Stoppard, on complexity theory, in Arcadia.
One of the world's best playwrights. RIP.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tom Stoppard, on complexity theory, in Arcadia.
One of the world's best playwrights. RIP.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Sir Tom won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"It makes me so happy. To be at the beginning again, knowing almost nothing....It's the best possible time to be alive, when almost everything you thought you knew is wrong."
Tom Stoppard, on complexity theory, in Arcadia.
One of the world's best playwrights. RIP.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tom Stoppard, on complexity theory, in Arcadia.
One of the world's best playwrights. RIP.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Everyone sees this, right? The plan was always to stomp around until an excuse to escalate presented itself. Media should be 100% calling this out and not wringing hands over the guy who did the shooting.
The Trump administration quickly ordered 500 more National Guard members to Washington following the shooting. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said President Donald Trump asked him to send the extra soldiers. https://to.pbs.org/3M1cKXU
Two National Guard members shot just blocks from the White House
FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said the Guard members were hospitalized in critical condition. Bowser said they were victims of a ”targeted shooting.”
www.pbs.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Everyone sees this, right? The plan was always to stomp around until an excuse to escalate presented itself. Media should be 100% calling this out and not wringing hands over the guy who did the shooting.