Liz Leininger
@ecleininger.bsky.social
Associate Prof at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Neuroscientist & STEM Education researcher. In my spare time I photograph birds and play gamelan music. Views are my own.
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Whether you're in the room or tuning in from across the globe, #BINW25 is for YOU! 🌍
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Let’s celebrate #5YearsOfBIN, side by side or screen to screen 💛🖤
Register to attend or present a poster at the links below!
In-person perks: exclusive socials & awards ✨
Online perks: powerful panels & keynotes 💻
Let’s celebrate #5YearsOfBIN, side by side or screen to screen 💛🖤
Register to attend or present a poster at the links below!
July 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Whether you're in the room or tuning in from across the globe, #BINW25 is for YOU! 🌍
In-person perks: exclusive socials & awards ✨
Online perks: powerful panels & keynotes 💻
Let’s celebrate #5YearsOfBIN, side by side or screen to screen 💛🖤
Register to attend or present a poster at the links below!
In-person perks: exclusive socials & awards ✨
Online perks: powerful panels & keynotes 💻
Let’s celebrate #5YearsOfBIN, side by side or screen to screen 💛🖤
Register to attend or present a poster at the links below!
St. Mary’s College of Maryland (Maryland’s Public Honors College) is hiring an Assist’ Prof of Neuroscience! We seek teacher-scholars who are excited to teach across the curriculum and mentor undergrads in research, within our excellent rodent facility. Apply by 9/12: www.smcm.edu/hr/smcm-job/...
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience - Office of Human Resources
The Neuroscience Program at St. Mary’s College of Maryland is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, beginning August 2026. Specifically, we seek applicants w...
www.smcm.edu
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
St. Mary’s College of Maryland (Maryland’s Public Honors College) is hiring an Assist’ Prof of Neuroscience! We seek teacher-scholars who are excited to teach across the curriculum and mentor undergrads in research, within our excellent rodent facility. Apply by 9/12: www.smcm.edu/hr/smcm-job/...
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Excited my PhD work in @brianmathur.bsky.social’s lab is now published and available!
Serotonin and psilocybin activate 5-HT1B receptors to suppress cortical signaling through the claustrum
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Serotonin and psilocybin activate 5-HT1B receptors to suppress cortical signaling through the claustrum - Nature Communications
Our basic understanding of neuromodulation in the claustrum remains limited. Here Madden et al., identify a key mechanism by which serotonin and the psychedelic psilocybin modulate cortical signalling...
doi.org
August 21, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Excited my PhD work in @brianmathur.bsky.social’s lab is now published and available!
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Neuroimmunology is advancing rapidly & belongs in undergrad (neuro/bio/immuno etc.) curricula. If you're planning a course or a module, @ecleininger.bsky.social, Sumali Pandey, & I have developed a curriculum using core concepts in neuro. and immunology, & curated resources to help you get started!
August 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Neuroimmunology is advancing rapidly & belongs in undergrad (neuro/bio/immuno etc.) curricula. If you're planning a course or a module, @ecleininger.bsky.social, Sumali Pandey, & I have developed a curriculum using core concepts in neuro. and immunology, & curated resources to help you get started!
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The Neural Systems & Behavior Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory is going to be looking for a co-director. If you're a faculty member who is interested in helping to organize and run this incredible course, submit a brief statement and your CV at this website. www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
Faculty Opportunities in MBL Courses | Marine Biological Laboratory
MBL courses bring experts in research and industry to offer lectures and serve as course faculty. To build on this incredible convening power and expand our footprint, we are posting this open call fo...
www.mbl.edu
June 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The Neural Systems & Behavior Course at the Marine Biological Laboratory is going to be looking for a co-director. If you're a faculty member who is interested in helping to organize and run this incredible course, submit a brief statement and your CV at this website. www.mbl.edu/education/ad...
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📢 We’re writing a book! 📖✨
But instead of working in silence, we’re inviting our community to be part of the process. Join our Community Gatherings on Feb. 8 & 15 (11 AM–12 PM ET)!
📚 RSVP here!
growbeyondgrades.org/events/08feb...
But instead of working in silence, we’re inviting our community to be part of the process. Join our Community Gatherings on Feb. 8 & 15 (11 AM–12 PM ET)!
📚 RSVP here!
growbeyondgrades.org/events/08feb...
Community Gathering - We’re Writing a Book! (Part 1) — Grow Beyond Grades
Did you know that we’re writing a book?!? Rather than toil in silence until we have a final product, we felt our Community Gatherings would be a perfect way to assemble with trusted community, share w...
growbeyondgrades.org
February 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
📢 We’re writing a book! 📖✨
But instead of working in silence, we’re inviting our community to be part of the process. Join our Community Gatherings on Feb. 8 & 15 (11 AM–12 PM ET)!
📚 RSVP here!
growbeyondgrades.org/events/08feb...
But instead of working in silence, we’re inviting our community to be part of the process. Join our Community Gatherings on Feb. 8 & 15 (11 AM–12 PM ET)!
📚 RSVP here!
growbeyondgrades.org/events/08feb...
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Calling undergrad neuroscience educators! 🍎🧬
We're now accepting application for a 4-day workshop (July 21-24, 2025) on developing inquiry-based activities using our open #neuroscience data.
🧳 Travel to Seattle, meals, and $1000 stipend included!
Apply by Feb. 3: alleninstitute.org/events/neuro...
We're now accepting application for a 4-day workshop (July 21-24, 2025) on developing inquiry-based activities using our open #neuroscience data.
🧳 Travel to Seattle, meals, and $1000 stipend included!
Apply by Feb. 3: alleninstitute.org/events/neuro...
November 20, 2024 at 10:12 PM
Calling undergrad neuroscience educators! 🍎🧬
We're now accepting application for a 4-day workshop (July 21-24, 2025) on developing inquiry-based activities using our open #neuroscience data.
🧳 Travel to Seattle, meals, and $1000 stipend included!
Apply by Feb. 3: alleninstitute.org/events/neuro...
We're now accepting application for a 4-day workshop (July 21-24, 2025) on developing inquiry-based activities using our open #neuroscience data.
🧳 Travel to Seattle, meals, and $1000 stipend included!
Apply by Feb. 3: alleninstitute.org/events/neuro...
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#Ungradingchat A2: Thinking abt our multiple approaches, perhaps it’s critical we acknowledge the wonderful diversity in our community. We know that learning & assessment are contextual. Do what’s best for you & your students! @susandblum.bsky.social explains… growbeyondgrades.org/blog/the-ung...
The Ungrading Umbrella — Grow Beyond Grades
While there is plenty of variety under the ungrading umbrella, we have more commonalities than differences. We all agree the current system needs to change, and we all recognize the way grading is int...
growbeyondgrades.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:11 PM
#Ungradingchat A2: Thinking abt our multiple approaches, perhaps it’s critical we acknowledge the wonderful diversity in our community. We know that learning & assessment are contextual. Do what’s best for you & your students! @susandblum.bsky.social explains… growbeyondgrades.org/blog/the-ung...
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Check out this fly boxing away a parasitic wasp who is trying to lay eggs in its abdomen.
I've watched a lot of fly behavior, but never seen anything like this. Makes you wonder how much we miss by studying lab organisms in isolation from their natural threats.
Vid from: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
I've watched a lot of fly behavior, but never seen anything like this. Makes you wonder how much we miss by studying lab organisms in isolation from their natural threats.
Vid from: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
November 18, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Check out this fly boxing away a parasitic wasp who is trying to lay eggs in its abdomen.
I've watched a lot of fly behavior, but never seen anything like this. Makes you wonder how much we miss by studying lab organisms in isolation from their natural threats.
Vid from: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
I've watched a lot of fly behavior, but never seen anything like this. Makes you wonder how much we miss by studying lab organisms in isolation from their natural threats.
Vid from: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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After #POD24, I'm really curious about this: to those who are active users of AI and, particularly, those who are promoting AI in the classroom, how are you accounting for the environmental impact of AI? Shouldn't we address the harms before we widely embrace this in education?
November 15, 2024 at 7:47 PM
After #POD24, I'm really curious about this: to those who are active users of AI and, particularly, those who are promoting AI in the classroom, how are you accounting for the environmental impact of AI? Shouldn't we address the harms before we widely embrace this in education?
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New timeline, so I get to share some of my favorite science images again. 1) Sparsely labeled pyramidal cells in cortex. #neuroscience #neuroskyence
November 14, 2024 at 9:53 PM
New timeline, so I get to share some of my favorite science images again. 1) Sparsely labeled pyramidal cells in cortex. #neuroscience #neuroskyence
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First try at #FluorescenceFriday on this platform!
Mechanosensory fiber network in duodenal villi!
#mechanosensation #neuroscience
Mechanosensory fiber network in duodenal villi!
#mechanosensation #neuroscience
November 15, 2024 at 1:12 AM
First try at #FluorescenceFriday on this platform!
Mechanosensory fiber network in duodenal villi!
#mechanosensation #neuroscience
Mechanosensory fiber network in duodenal villi!
#mechanosensation #neuroscience
Happy to be included in this alternative #assessment starter pack! 6 years at a narrative evaluation-based college forever changed how I think about teaching, learning, and assessment. Now I’m using various modes like #specsgrading and #ungrading in my Neuroscience and First-Year Seminar courses.
Based on a wonderful suggestion from @jaustinedu.bsky.social, I've created a rough Starter Pack for those involved with #ungrading & alternative #assessment.
If I forgot someone (I'm sure I have!), please forgive me & let me know if you want to be added to the list. Thanks!
go.bsky.app/G6hA6Ru
If I forgot someone (I'm sure I have!), please forgive me & let me know if you want to be added to the list. Thanks!
go.bsky.app/G6hA6Ru
November 16, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Happy to be included in this alternative #assessment starter pack! 6 years at a narrative evaluation-based college forever changed how I think about teaching, learning, and assessment. Now I’m using various modes like #specsgrading and #ungrading in my Neuroscience and First-Year Seminar courses.
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*Lecturer is a "media commentator" with an anti-woke ax to grind and no real qualifications to teach students
*Students said content was one-sided, so much for intellectual diversity
*This is the vision for higher education
*Students said content was one-sided, so much for intellectual diversity
*This is the vision for higher education
New from me on New College Florida, which has been subject to right wing takeover under Ron DeSantis: Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course amid furore www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Florida liberal arts college reinstates ‘wokeness’ course amid furore
Course set to be taught by controversial British ‘anti-woke’ media commentator Andrew Doyle
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 4:27 PM
*Lecturer is a "media commentator" with an anti-woke ax to grind and no real qualifications to teach students
*Students said content was one-sided, so much for intellectual diversity
*This is the vision for higher education
*Students said content was one-sided, so much for intellectual diversity
*This is the vision for higher education
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Here's a fresh update of the resource page I use when I give a talk on alternative grading. I added a bunch of links to materials from my current (Fall 2024) class. Free to use and share, so enjoy.
docs.google.com/docu...
docs.google.com/docu...
Talbert Grading For Growth resource page
Grading for Growth Toward more humane, authentic, and trustworthy ways to evaluate student work Robert Talbert, Ph.D. Professor of Mathematics and Senior Faculty Fellow for Learning Futures Grand Valley State University Contact: Robert Talbert -- talbertr@gvsu.edu / http://rtalbert.org / Link...
docs.google.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Here's a fresh update of the resource page I use when I give a talk on alternative grading. I added a bunch of links to materials from my current (Fall 2024) class. Free to use and share, so enjoy.
docs.google.com/docu...
docs.google.com/docu...
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Penn State has an amazing PhD program in #neuroscience! Send passionate students our way - application deadline is December 15th
Learn more about the program here: lnkd.in/etcXA-re
& check out fee waivers for schools in the Big10 academic alliance here: lnkd.in/eAJkRUS4
Learn more about the program here: lnkd.in/etcXA-re
& check out fee waivers for schools in the Big10 academic alliance here: lnkd.in/eAJkRUS4
November 11, 2024 at 2:05 PM
Penn State has an amazing PhD program in #neuroscience! Send passionate students our way - application deadline is December 15th
Learn more about the program here: lnkd.in/etcXA-re
& check out fee waivers for schools in the Big10 academic alliance here: lnkd.in/eAJkRUS4
Learn more about the program here: lnkd.in/etcXA-re
& check out fee waivers for schools in the Big10 academic alliance here: lnkd.in/eAJkRUS4
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Okay folx I made a neuroethology starter pack. Feel free to suggest additions, including yourself! #neuroskyence
go.bsky.app/786g88C
go.bsky.app/786g88C
November 11, 2024 at 2:38 AM
Okay folx I made a neuroethology starter pack. Feel free to suggest additions, including yourself! #neuroskyence
go.bsky.app/786g88C
go.bsky.app/786g88C
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After striking out on X, I will try posting an ad for MSc and PhD students here:
Our lab is looking for applicants interested in how and why brain anatomy varies within and across bird species. Our ad on Evoldir is here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
#neuroskyence #evolution #birds
Our lab is looking for applicants interested in how and why brain anatomy varies within and across bird species. Our ad on Evoldir is here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
#neuroskyence #evolution #birds
September 2, 2024 at 3:39 AM
After striking out on X, I will try posting an ad for MSc and PhD students here:
Our lab is looking for applicants interested in how and why brain anatomy varies within and across bird species. Our ad on Evoldir is here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
#neuroskyence #evolution #birds
Our lab is looking for applicants interested in how and why brain anatomy varies within and across bird species. Our ad on Evoldir is here: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldi...
#neuroskyence #evolution #birds
Are you attending your first Society for Neuroscience conference next month? Or any conference for that matter? Check out this guide to attending your first #STEM conference! Advice for trainees AND mentors! 👇👇👇
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Ten simple rules for attending your first conference
journals.plos.org
September 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Are you attending your first Society for Neuroscience conference next month? Or any conference for that matter? Check out this guide to attending your first #STEM conference! Advice for trainees AND mentors! 👇👇👇
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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🤔 Who could've predicted that a univ prez previously known for blocking faculty members from testifying in court and signing amicus briefs b/c they might be deemed "adverse to the state of Florida" might now oversee censorship of dorm room doors in their fancy new gig? www.aaup.org/report/repor...
March 1, 2024 at 12:52 PM
🤔 Who could've predicted that a univ prez previously known for blocking faculty members from testifying in court and signing amicus briefs b/c they might be deemed "adverse to the state of Florida" might now oversee censorship of dorm room doors in their fancy new gig? www.aaup.org/report/repor...
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There is no doubt “Project 2025” would transform America into a much nastier, much more dangerous, much more hostile place for anyone who dares to deviate from the white Christian patriarchal order. Those are the stakes.
More here – please consider subscribing:
More here – please consider subscribing:
What “Project 2025” Would Do to America
The Right has developed concrete plans to make America into a much nastier place for anyone who dares to deviate from the white Christian patriarchal order. That’s what is on the ballot in November
thomaszimmer.substack.com
March 2, 2024 at 1:25 PM
There is no doubt “Project 2025” would transform America into a much nastier, much more dangerous, much more hostile place for anyone who dares to deviate from the white Christian patriarchal order. Those are the stakes.
More here – please consider subscribing:
More here – please consider subscribing:
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Rufo is laying out the next steps the far right is going to use the centrists within the democratic party to demonize all opposition to the fascist agenda, and people are still pretending this is not happening
believe these people when they tell you what they are and what their plans are.
believe these people when they tell you what they are and what their plans are.
December 19, 2023 at 9:22 PM
Rufo is laying out the next steps the far right is going to use the centrists within the democratic party to demonize all opposition to the fascist agenda, and people are still pretending this is not happening
believe these people when they tell you what they are and what their plans are.
believe these people when they tell you what they are and what their plans are.
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Ladies: before you quit your high paying ad exec job in the city and move in with the handsome charming flannel-wearing Christmas-loving man who runs an adorable small business in your hometown, remember to ask where he was on January 6 👀
November 23, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Ladies: before you quit your high paying ad exec job in the city and move in with the handsome charming flannel-wearing Christmas-loving man who runs an adorable small business in your hometown, remember to ask where he was on January 6 👀
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The political right: endlessly attacks higher education, casts professors as liberal elites and students as Marxist and antisemitic.
Also the political right: why is the public losing confidence in higher education? It must be DEI and lady presidents.
Also the political right: why is the public losing confidence in higher education? It must be DEI and lady presidents.
December 16, 2023 at 4:41 PM
The political right: endlessly attacks higher education, casts professors as liberal elites and students as Marxist and antisemitic.
Also the political right: why is the public losing confidence in higher education? It must be DEI and lady presidents.
Also the political right: why is the public losing confidence in higher education? It must be DEI and lady presidents.
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Ben Sasse, runs a university in a state where the government regime has actively muzzled the ability of faculty or students to talk about race and gender. Sasse has done absolutely nothing to defend state suppression of campus speech.
And The Atlantic editors did not see this as disqualifying.
And The Atlantic editors did not see this as disqualifying.
oh my fucking god stop publishing these
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
December 16, 2023 at 4:28 PM
Ben Sasse, runs a university in a state where the government regime has actively muzzled the ability of faculty or students to talk about race and gender. Sasse has done absolutely nothing to defend state suppression of campus speech.
And The Atlantic editors did not see this as disqualifying.
And The Atlantic editors did not see this as disqualifying.