Theresa Desrochers, Ph.D.
@desrocherslab.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Neuroscience @ Brown University studying cognitive sequences integrating across animals and humans. Opinions my own. #WomenInSTEM http://neuroscience.brown.edu/desrochers
Fall is beautiful here (pic from last week)
November 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Fall is beautiful here (pic from last week)
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October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Applications for the Neuroscience Scholars Program close tomorrow!
Don't miss the opportunity to join a growing network that provides guidance for today's challenges & connections for your future.
🚨Deadline: Tuesday, October 21, 5 p.m. EDT
Apply now: vist.ly/4b3np
Don't miss the opportunity to join a growing network that provides guidance for today's challenges & connections for your future.
🚨Deadline: Tuesday, October 21, 5 p.m. EDT
Apply now: vist.ly/4b3np
October 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Applications for the Neuroscience Scholars Program close tomorrow!
Don't miss the opportunity to join a growing network that provides guidance for today's challenges & connections for your future.
🚨Deadline: Tuesday, October 21, 5 p.m. EDT
Apply now: vist.ly/4b3np
Don't miss the opportunity to join a growing network that provides guidance for today's challenges & connections for your future.
🚨Deadline: Tuesday, October 21, 5 p.m. EDT
Apply now: vist.ly/4b3np
People (and the market) don't seem to be reacting to the AWS outage very much. Perhaps that's troubling?
Certainly is to those who use Canvas for teaching/learning for one (and a whole host of other stuff).
Maybe so many systems shouldn't rely on so few companies...
Certainly is to those who use Canvas for teaching/learning for one (and a whole host of other stuff).
Maybe so many systems shouldn't rely on so few companies...
October 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
People (and the market) don't seem to be reacting to the AWS outage very much. Perhaps that's troubling?
Certainly is to those who use Canvas for teaching/learning for one (and a whole host of other stuff).
Maybe so many systems shouldn't rely on so few companies...
Certainly is to those who use Canvas for teaching/learning for one (and a whole host of other stuff).
Maybe so many systems shouldn't rely on so few companies...
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Happening next week! This is exactly the type of high-level "meeting of the minds" we need to be having more of to advance brain health: scientists, policy makers and individuals with lived experience, talking across disciplines.
Workshop open to all (virtual).
Workshop open to all (virtual).
October 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Happening next week! This is exactly the type of high-level "meeting of the minds" we need to be having more of to advance brain health: scientists, policy makers and individuals with lived experience, talking across disciplines.
Workshop open to all (virtual).
Workshop open to all (virtual).
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
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Friends in Philly: Tomorrow @upenn.edu (Tuesday October 7, 12p) I'll be giving a public-facing talk about Elusive Cures, as part of the Penn library book series. Join me! RSVP below.
www.library.upenn.edu/events/nicol...
www.library.upenn.edu/events/nicol...
Nicole Rust: "Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn't Solved Brain Disorders — and How We Can Change That"
Psychology professor Nicole Rust of the School of Arts & Sciences dives into why research on conditions like Alzheimer’s and depression hasn’t translated more effectively into better treatments.
www.library.upenn.edu
October 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Friends in Philly: Tomorrow @upenn.edu (Tuesday October 7, 12p) I'll be giving a public-facing talk about Elusive Cures, as part of the Penn library book series. Join me! RSVP below.
www.library.upenn.edu/events/nicol...
www.library.upenn.edu/events/nicol...
There’s something about an early morning walk across campus that is a nice way to start the day - the light was beautiful.
Trying to notice the good things.
Trying to notice the good things.
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
There’s something about an early morning walk across campus that is a nice way to start the day - the light was beautiful.
Trying to notice the good things.
Trying to notice the good things.
⏰ One day left to submit! ⏰ #Neuroscience 🧠🧪
Don’t miss your final opportunity to present your latest findings to the global community at #SfN25!
Late-breaking abstract submission closes tomorrow.
Your most recent and exciting research deserves to be heard.
Submit now! 🔗 vist.ly/45gzc
#neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
Late-breaking abstract submission closes tomorrow.
Your most recent and exciting research deserves to be heard.
Submit now! 🔗 vist.ly/45gzc
#neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
September 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
⏰ One day left to submit! ⏰ #Neuroscience 🧠🧪
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Submissions for late-breaking abstracts are now open!
Share your most recent and exciting research with a global audience at #SfN25.
Submit your late-breaking abstract by Wednesday, September 10.
🔗 vist.ly/45gzc
#neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
Share your most recent and exciting research with a global audience at #SfN25.
Submit your late-breaking abstract by Wednesday, September 10.
🔗 vist.ly/45gzc
#neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
September 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Submissions for late-breaking abstracts are now open!
Share your most recent and exciting research with a global audience at #SfN25.
Submit your late-breaking abstract by Wednesday, September 10.
🔗 vist.ly/45gzc
#neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
Share your most recent and exciting research with a global audience at #SfN25.
Submit your late-breaking abstract by Wednesday, September 10.
🔗 vist.ly/45gzc
#neurosky #neuroskyence #academicchatter
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Hannah Doyle!!! Her defense was awesome and yes, that is a championship belt that the lab made for her (she’s also a kick a** boxer) 💪🥊🧠👩🏻🔬🧪🎉🎊🥳 #neuroscience #WomenInSTEM
August 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Hannah Doyle!!! Her defense was awesome and yes, that is a championship belt that the lab made for her (she’s also a kick a** boxer) 💪🥊🧠👩🏻🔬🧪🎉🎊🥳 #neuroscience #WomenInSTEM
August 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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STAT story about the GAO report on NIH
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The Govt. Accountability Office issued a report today finding that the Trump admin has violated a law blocking presidents from withholding funding Congress has approved
@mmolteni.bsky.social & I break it down:
www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...
@mmolteni.bsky.social & I break it down:
www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...
Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds
The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump administration, by abruptly canceling NIH grants, had violated a 1974 federal law
www.statnews.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
STAT story about the GAO report on NIH
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Congratulations to the two undergrads in the lab who presented at Brown's Summer Research Symposium today!! Aiai Calmer and Mmesoma Nwokolo did fantastic! #neuroscience #WomenInSTEM 🧠 🧪 👩🔬
July 31, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Congratulations to the two undergrads in the lab who presented at Brown's Summer Research Symposium today!! Aiai Calmer and Mmesoma Nwokolo did fantastic! #neuroscience #WomenInSTEM 🧠 🧪 👩🔬
This article about trust in scientists is interesting, thought-provoking, and perhaps a little depressing. How do we change trust? Do others have ideas? #science
Gligorić et al Political ideology and trust in scientists in the USA. Nat Hum Behav 2025 rdcu.be/exx7n
Gligorić et al Political ideology and trust in scientists in the USA. Nat Hum Behav 2025 rdcu.be/exx7n
July 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This article about trust in scientists is interesting, thought-provoking, and perhaps a little depressing. How do we change trust? Do others have ideas? #science
Gligorić et al Political ideology and trust in scientists in the USA. Nat Hum Behav 2025 rdcu.be/exx7n
Gligorić et al Political ideology and trust in scientists in the USA. Nat Hum Behav 2025 rdcu.be/exx7n
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so.... NIH issued a news item clarifying the new use of animals policy.
It seems that the bottom line is that NIH will not issue NoFOs specifically about creation or use of animal models of disease.
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grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
It seems that the bottom line is that NIH will not issue NoFOs specifically about creation or use of animal models of disease.
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grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
How Does the NIH Initiative to Prioritize Human-Based Research Affect Research Proposing the Use of Laboratory Animals? | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
July 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
so.... NIH issued a news item clarifying the new use of animals policy.
It seems that the bottom line is that NIH will not issue NoFOs specifically about creation or use of animal models of disease.
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grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
It seems that the bottom line is that NIH will not issue NoFOs specifically about creation or use of animal models of disease.
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grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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Welcome, Dr Basso!
I’ve officially moved to BlueSky - yes i’m a little slow! You’ll soon get a following notice from me as I ‘bridged’ my X account - I hope that wasn’t a mistake.
July 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Welcome, Dr Basso!
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July 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Well, this happened yesterday...
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
I assume that this pertains only to applications that focus on therapeutic development and not those addressing fundamental biology or mechanism.
But I am wary about making assumptions...
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www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
I assume that this pertains only to applications that focus on therapeutic development and not those addressing fundamental biology or mechanism.
But I am wary about making assumptions...
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NIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies - Drug Discovery and Development
Drug Discovery and Development covers strategies and technologies related to pharmaceutical research and development and drug formulation.
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Well, this happened yesterday...
www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
I assume that this pertains only to applications that focus on therapeutic development and not those addressing fundamental biology or mechanism.
But I am wary about making assumptions...
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www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...
I assume that this pertains only to applications that focus on therapeutic development and not those addressing fundamental biology or mechanism.
But I am wary about making assumptions...
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