Chris Potter
@chrispotter.bsky.social
Drosophila and mosquito olfaction sensory neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins; likes combining neuroscience and genetics. Professor and Co-Director of Neuroscience Training Program.
https://potterlab.johnshopkins.edu
https://potterlab.johnshopkins.edu
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1/ Hello Drosophila-philists and braino-maniacs! 👋🪰🧠🧪
The Caron lab has a new preprint, and it is about 🥁🥁🥁 democracy!
Neuro-democracy, to be precise. So: drop EVERYTHING and listen up — a 🧶!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Caron lab has a new preprint, and it is about 🥁🥁🥁 democracy!
Neuro-democracy, to be precise. So: drop EVERYTHING and listen up — a 🧶!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
1/ Hello Drosophila-philists and braino-maniacs! 👋🪰🧠🧪
The Caron lab has a new preprint, and it is about 🥁🥁🥁 democracy!
Neuro-democracy, to be precise. So: drop EVERYTHING and listen up — a 🧶!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Caron lab has a new preprint, and it is about 🥁🥁🥁 democracy!
Neuro-democracy, to be precise. So: drop EVERYTHING and listen up — a 🧶!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Me three months ago:
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
August 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Me three months ago:
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Johns Hopkins Gets the Most Federal Money, but Now Much of It Is at Risk
"The university’s troubles show how a Republican campaign against higher education could decimate the nation’s research enterprise"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
"The university’s troubles show how a Republican campaign against higher education could decimate the nation’s research enterprise"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
Johns Hopkins Gets the Most Federal Money, but Now Much of It Is at Risk
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Johns Hopkins Gets the Most Federal Money, but Now Much of It Is at Risk
"The university’s troubles show how a Republican campaign against higher education could decimate the nation’s research enterprise"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
"The university’s troubles show how a Republican campaign against higher education could decimate the nation’s research enterprise"
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...
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FlyBase, a crucial resource for drosophila research, has lost its funding because its grant is awarded to Harvard. The team is scrambling to find other sources of funds, including donations from labs. Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl... @flybase.bsky.social
FlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminations
The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.
www.thetransmitter.org
June 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
FlyBase, a crucial resource for drosophila research, has lost its funding because its grant is awarded to Harvard. The team is scrambling to find other sources of funds, including donations from labs. Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl... @flybase.bsky.social
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"Under the terms of the executive order, political appointees loyal to the president can willfully find justification to label any research finding as scientific misconduct"
This should terrify every single scientist in America.
This should terrify every single scientist in America.
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it" by Colette Delawalla (@cdelawalla.bsky.social), Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla
The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way to state-controlled science
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Under the terms of the executive order, political appointees loyal to the president can willfully find justification to label any research finding as scientific misconduct"
This should terrify every single scientist in America.
This should terrify every single scientist in America.
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Our experiences over the past 3 years suggest it may be valuable to understand these attacks on science as extensions of the Big Lie (of election fraud), Covid denialism, & Jim Crow 2.0 — part of a collective effort to bend reality, science & values to align with the central fantasies of Trumpism.
May 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Our experiences over the past 3 years suggest it may be valuable to understand these attacks on science as extensions of the Big Lie (of election fraud), Covid denialism, & Jim Crow 2.0 — part of a collective effort to bend reality, science & values to align with the central fantasies of Trumpism.
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Could be huge. Especially for those terminated in the anti-DEI purge.
"...NIH will allow individuals whose mentored career development awards prematurely ended on or after January 1, 2025, to be eligible to apply for a new mentored career development award"
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
"...NIH will allow individuals whose mentored career development awards prematurely ended on or after January 1, 2025, to be eligible to apply for a new mentored career development award"
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-115: Notice of Temporary Policy Exception to NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS) Section 12.3.7 to Permit Continued Eligibility for Mentored Career Development Award When an Award Ended Ear...
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Temporary Policy Exception to NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS) Section 12.3.7 to Permit Continued Eligibi...
grants.nih.gov
May 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Could be huge. Especially for those terminated in the anti-DEI purge.
"...NIH will allow individuals whose mentored career development awards prematurely ended on or after January 1, 2025, to be eligible to apply for a new mentored career development award"
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
"...NIH will allow individuals whose mentored career development awards prematurely ended on or after January 1, 2025, to be eligible to apply for a new mentored career development award"
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Congrats Silke!
Wir begrüßen Professorin @silkesachse.bsky.social als neue Leiterin des Lehrstuhls für #Neurobiologie und #Genetik! Sie kommt aus Jena zu uns (@mpi-ce.bsky.social) und erforscht den Geruchssinn von #Insekten.
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...
➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/ei...
May 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Congrats Silke!
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Maps are everywhere in the brain...and finally we've discovered one in the nose! Led by @davidhbrann.bsky.social, we uncovered the logic that specifies the positions of each of the 1,000 sensory neuron subtypes in the nose and aligns their projections to the brain.👇👃see more details below👃👇
A spatial code governs olfactory receptor choice and aligns sensory maps in the nose and brain
Although topographical maps organize many peripheral sensory systems, it remains unclear whether olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) choose which of the ~1100 odor receptors (ORs) to express based upon t...
www.biorxiv.org
May 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Maps are everywhere in the brain...and finally we've discovered one in the nose! Led by @davidhbrann.bsky.social, we uncovered the logic that specifies the positions of each of the 1,000 sensory neuron subtypes in the nose and aligns their projections to the brain.👇👃see more details below👃👇
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Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!
May 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Interested in a PhD connecting sensory ecology and evolutionary genetics? Applications are now open for a project on the Speciation Genomics of Eye Size Variation in Heliconius Butterflies in our lab at LMU Munich: www.evol.bio.lmu.de/research/mer... Please repost!
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Gave a talk at my parents’ retirement community to describe how science is done, and what is at stake. There was a ton of interest, and anyone can do this. Get the word out about how science affects everyone. I’m happy to share slides with anyone who asks- just get in touch! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig
Kara Marshall PHD-History of Science in America - Trilogy at Tehaleh 04/27/25
YouTube video by Steve Lawson
youtu.be
May 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Gave a talk at my parents’ retirement community to describe how science is done, and what is at stake. There was a ton of interest, and anyone can do this. Get the word out about how science affects everyone. I’m happy to share slides with anyone who asks- just get in touch! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig
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I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.
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🧪 Though a doubling of NSF's budget might seem far-fetched, that's exactly what Congress said what's needed to maintain national competitiveness in science & tech.
From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:
From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:
May 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
🧪 Though a doubling of NSF's budget might seem far-fetched, that's exactly what Congress said what's needed to maintain national competitiveness in science & tech.
From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:
From the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022:
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Proposed new term for members of the Trump administration committing and supporting this behavior
CICADAS
Cowardly Information, Content, And Data Analysis Suppressors
CICADAS
Cowardly Information, Content, And Data Analysis Suppressors
May 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Proposed new term for members of the Trump administration committing and supporting this behavior
CICADAS
Cowardly Information, Content, And Data Analysis Suppressors
CICADAS
Cowardly Information, Content, And Data Analysis Suppressors
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The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
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Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10
May 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Time to catch up on the past week’s news about science and medicine in the US. Whew. 1/10
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An appreciation of the late great and much missed Michael Ashburner, by @steverus.bsky.social and Rachel Drysdale.
Michael Ashburner. 23 May 1942—7 July 2023: 23 May 1942 — 7 July 2023: Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Vol 0, No 0
Michael Ashburner had an extraordinary career. From his early passion for natural
history, through his education and subsequent career at the University of Cambridge,
Michael’s intellectual energy and...
royalsocietypublishing.org
May 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
An appreciation of the late great and much missed Michael Ashburner, by @steverus.bsky.social and Rachel Drysdale.
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The research carried out by the National Institutes of Health continues to revolutionize treatment of diseases from cancer to heart disease to diabetes to rare disorders. This cool online tool allows you to see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
Our Health ROI
Explore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research.
www.ourhealthroi.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The research carried out by the National Institutes of Health continues to revolutionize treatment of diseases from cancer to heart disease to diabetes to rare disorders. This cool online tool allows you to see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival.
www.ourhealthroi.com
www.ourhealthroi.com
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Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff
April 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Now THAT’S some #GoodTrouble. #HandsOff
This should be shared with as many of our Republican friends as possible. They have lost their way and likely don't realize it.
I'm sure like a lot of you the current state of our country gets talked about over dinner. My parents and I watched this together tonight. #freetradenottariffs
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc?...
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
This should be shared with as many of our Republican friends as possible. They have lost their way and likely don't realize it.
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I know there's a 𝒍𝒐𝒕 going on right now, but I couldn’t be prouder to share this long-incubated labor of love: the complete connectome of the male 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎 optic lobe 🧠🪰
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Connectome-driven neural inventory of a complete visual system - Nature
A connectome of the right optic lobe from a male fruitfly is presented together with an extensive collection of genetic drivers matched to a comprehensive neuron-type catalogue.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I know there's a 𝒍𝒐𝒕 going on right now, but I couldn’t be prouder to share this long-incubated labor of love: the complete connectome of the male 𝐷𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎 optic lobe 🧠🪰
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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openRxiv has arrived!
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
March 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
openRxiv has arrived!
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
I interrupt your doom scrolling. We have a new Opinion article in Trends in Parasitology entitled "Making Scents of Mosquito Repellents". We explain why most repellents on the market are contact repellents and how we can do better. Author's link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkd%7E5Eb... 🧪
authors.elsevier.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I interrupt your doom scrolling. We have a new Opinion article in Trends in Parasitology entitled "Making Scents of Mosquito Repellents". We explain why most repellents on the market are contact repellents and how we can do better. Author's link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kkd%7E5Eb... 🧪