Hermina Nedelescu
@hnedeles.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, viruses, neurocircuits underlying abnormal behavior. Science-Art. Advocate.
San Diego is gearing up for our annual Neuroscience meeting. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues and presenting our newest research.
#SfN25
#SfN25
November 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
San Diego is gearing up for our annual Neuroscience meeting. Looking forward to catching up with colleagues and presenting our newest research.
#SfN25
#SfN25
Astrocyte beauty by Diana Pishenko
Mesa College - Scripps Research trainee preparing for SfN 2025
Mesa College - Scripps Research trainee preparing for SfN 2025
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Astrocyte beauty by Diana Pishenko
Mesa College - Scripps Research trainee preparing for SfN 2025
Mesa College - Scripps Research trainee preparing for SfN 2025
SB 848 — the Safe Learning Environments Act — signed into law.
Neuroscience, ethics & law united today for prevention-focused policy on sexual trauma.
Honored to stand with Senator Sasha Pérez, who championed stronger protections for students in California schools.
Neuroscience, ethics & law united today for prevention-focused policy on sexual trauma.
Honored to stand with Senator Sasha Pérez, who championed stronger protections for students in California schools.
October 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
SB 848 — the Safe Learning Environments Act — signed into law.
Neuroscience, ethics & law united today for prevention-focused policy on sexual trauma.
Honored to stand with Senator Sasha Pérez, who championed stronger protections for students in California schools.
Neuroscience, ethics & law united today for prevention-focused policy on sexual trauma.
Honored to stand with Senator Sasha Pérez, who championed stronger protections for students in California schools.
Bold on Climate, Silent on Abuse: Advocates Call Out Templeton Foundation for Recognition of Ecumenical Patriarch
Systemic failure at its core. Enablers must be held accountable.
Systemic failure at its core. Enablers must be held accountable.
Bold on Climate, Silent on Abuse: Abuse Survivors and Advocates Call Out Templeton Foundation for Recognition of Ecumenical Patriarch
What are the implications for survivor justice and institutional credibility when global prizes recognize leaders accused of ignoring sexual abuse in Orthodoxy?
goodmenproject.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bold on Climate, Silent on Abuse: Advocates Call Out Templeton Foundation for Recognition of Ecumenical Patriarch
Systemic failure at its core. Enablers must be held accountable.
Systemic failure at its core. Enablers must be held accountable.
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New study: Stimulus-activated neurons in the PVT, DS, and CeA form a neural substrate for compulsive alcohol seeking under withdrawal. But the implications may go beyond addiction. doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
New study: Stimulus-activated neurons in the PVT, DS, and CeA form a neural substrate for compulsive alcohol seeking under withdrawal. But the implications may go beyond addiction. doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
Redirecting
doi.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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New study: Stimulus-activated neurons in the PVT, DS, and CeA form a neural substrate for compulsive alcohol seeking under withdrawal. But the implications may go beyond addiction. doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
New study: Stimulus-activated neurons in the PVT, DS, and CeA form a neural substrate for compulsive alcohol seeking under withdrawal. But the implications may go beyond addiction. doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...
Calling my fellow scientists to contact their representatives regarding a new NIH announcement that they will no longer seek grants exclusively for animal models.
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
researchsocietyonalcohol.org/animal-resea...
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researchsocietyonalcohol.org/animal-resea...
July 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Calling my fellow scientists to contact their representatives regarding a new NIH announcement that they will no longer seek grants exclusively for animal models.
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
researchsocietyonalcohol.org/animal-resea...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
researchsocietyonalcohol.org/animal-resea...
Reposted by Hermina Nedelescu
“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.”
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
May 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.”
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
Reposted by Hermina Nedelescu
“This doesn't feel like a strategic plan to reorganize and make the NIH better and more efficient. It feels like a wrecking ball,” says an NIH insider, who asked 60 Minutes to protect his identity due to his concern about reprisal. https://cbsn.ws/3EKcER9
April 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“This doesn't feel like a strategic plan to reorganize and make the NIH better and more efficient. It feels like a wrecking ball,” says an NIH insider, who asked 60 Minutes to protect his identity due to his concern about reprisal. https://cbsn.ws/3EKcER9
Nice exciting work on engrams coming out of our institute: "Maximov’s team discovered that engram neurons in adjacent hippocampal regions do not preferentially connect with each other, counter to what is widely believed in the field."
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
How scientists uncovered memory’s hidden architecture
www.scripps.edu
April 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Nice exciting work on engrams coming out of our institute: "Maximov’s team discovered that engram neurons in adjacent hippocampal regions do not preferentially connect with each other, counter to what is widely believed in the field."
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
A nice paper demonstrating an initiative to screen for different psychoactive drugs using c-Fos and machine learning.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
A nice paper demonstrating an initiative to screen for different psychoactive drugs using c-Fos and machine learning.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our newest work coming out soon: We studied engrams that encode the conditioned effects of alcohol-related stimuli associated with the reversal of the dysphoric withdrawal state in alcohol dependent rats and document the recruitment of engrams in several brain regions.
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March 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Our newest work coming out soon: We studied engrams that encode the conditioned effects of alcohol-related stimuli associated with the reversal of the dysphoric withdrawal state in alcohol dependent rats and document the recruitment of engrams in several brain regions.
“FRN [Federal Register Notice] submissions are now on hold indefinitely”...
I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
“FRN [Federal Register Notice] submissions are now on hold indefinitely”...
The Neuralink project should be critically reviewed as all scientific research is, too, reviewed.
February 19, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The Neuralink project should be critically reviewed as all scientific research is, too, reviewed.
22 States Sue to Block Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
22 States Sue to Block Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding
A coalition of attorneys general sued the federal government Monday, claiming that the $4 billion in cuts would “grind to a halt” studies on cancer, heart disease and other conditions.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
22 States Sue to Block Trump Cuts to Medical Research Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/u...
Yikes!
This may be old news but remains a main concern related to science policy (and funding) in the next 4 years. The principal decision maker is a 30something with a BA in Hellenic studies (vs Obama's John Holdren who was responsible for the BRAIN initiative...sigh) www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Trump’s science advisers: how they could influence his second presidency
The president-elect quickly nominated confidantes with a focus on AI, but their recommendations for the rest of science remain unclear.
www.nature.com
February 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Yikes!
Trying to get this space going...
😮🤩 Wow, a completely filled room at our #CellBio2024 #SciArt session! What an amazing evening with inspiring talks about creativity, education and microscopy. Huge thanks to our speakers and audience. Please reach out if you're interested in co-organizing or speaking next year!
February 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Trying to get this space going...