Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
@icanhasmiranda.bsky.social
Assistant Professor asking how retinal disease impacts visual signaling and circuitry. #NewPI
At #SfN2025? Come check out the Photoreceptors & Retinal Circuits nanosymposium at 1! I’ve heard all the cool kids will be there and the chair is an absolute rockstar.
November 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
At #SfN2025? Come check out the Photoreceptors & Retinal Circuits nanosymposium at 1! I’ve heard all the cool kids will be there and the chair is an absolute rockstar.
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
Yes. This is another reason why public funding is what we want - why the government should support science with democratic mechanisms of oversight.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
the professors in the emails being all chummy with epstein is pathetic and enraging.
There are so many professors/scientists y'all
November 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Yes. This is another reason why public funding is what we want - why the government should support science with democratic mechanisms of oversight.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
Public support means not having to beg toxic billionaires for money.
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk, write Cory Miller, @movshon.bsky.social and Doris Tsao.
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
Without monkeys, neuroscience has no future
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of BCIs, ANNs. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk, write Cory Miller, @movshon.bsky.social and Doris Tsao.
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
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We’re hiring! Join the Sivyer Lab at The University of Sydney as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurodegeneration within the Snow Vision Accelerator, a $50M initiative tackling glaucoma and optic nerve disease. iPSCs, electrophysiology, drug discovery, and gene therapy.
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
We’re hiring! Join the Sivyer Lab at The University of Sydney as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurodegeneration within the Snow Vision Accelerator, a $50M initiative tackling glaucoma and optic nerve disease. iPSCs, electrophysiology, drug discovery, and gene therapy.
As a new PI, how can anyone distinguish between no NIH funding because I suck or because the U.S. govt sucks? It’s not like I’ve had the opportunity to establish a track record. And now taking away critical feedback that would help develop future grants.
Looking real bleak out there.
Looking real bleak out there.
Another new policy from the geniuses in NIH leadership.
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
Apparently, ~70% of grant applications for most mechanisms will not be "triaged", i.e. not discussed at study section.
This is an increase from the ~50% level that has been in place for many years.
I don't know the rationale for this
1/13
a man with a beard is looking at the camera with the words priorities written on the bottom
ALT: a man with a beard is looking at the camera with the words priorities written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
As a new PI, how can anyone distinguish between no NIH funding because I suck or because the U.S. govt sucks? It’s not like I’ve had the opportunity to establish a track record. And now taking away critical feedback that would help develop future grants.
Looking real bleak out there.
Looking real bleak out there.
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
NEW: Jenna Norton, an NIH employee who is openly critical of Trump & RFK Jr, has been put on "non-disciplinary" administrative leave. She says the administration is trying to "scare and silence me." An HHS official, asked to comment, called her a radical leftist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
N.I.H. Worker Who Criticized Trump Health Policies Says She Is on Administrative Leave
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
NEW: Jenna Norton, an NIH employee who is openly critical of Trump & RFK Jr, has been put on "non-disciplinary" administrative leave. She says the administration is trying to "scare and silence me." An HHS official, asked to comment, called her a radical leftist.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
So happy to have had Katherine Wert visit MCW yesterday! The work coming out of her lab is just incredible and hugely impactful.
Also, incredible science happening at MCW! What a fun day yesterday getting to talk to everyone about their work and share mine 🤓
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
So happy to have had Katherine Wert visit MCW yesterday! The work coming out of her lab is just incredible and hugely impactful.
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And importantly, while a few years to settle out might seem no biggie, it sure as heck is a big deal to those PIs who have been on the job for just a few years and are looking at the tenure decision looming ahead.
November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
And importantly, while a few years to settle out might seem no biggie, it sure as heck is a big deal to those PIs who have been on the job for just a few years and are looking at the tenure decision looming ahead.
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
and there it is. the absolutely massive change in R01s funded multi-year. our perceptions that the new mandate, sorry strong suggestion, has had a dramatic effect on forward funding and therefore success rates is validated.
2025
Here the largest fraction is for R01 awards, followed by RF1s, and R21s.
In most cases, these were R01s that had not particularly reason to be forward funded except that NIH had put itself in a situation when large amounts of funding needed to be committed by the end of the fiscal year
21/25
Here the largest fraction is for R01 awards, followed by RF1s, and R21s.
In most cases, these were R01s that had not particularly reason to be forward funded except that NIH had put itself in a situation when large amounts of funding needed to be committed by the end of the fiscal year
21/25
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
and there it is. the absolutely massive change in R01s funded multi-year. our perceptions that the new mandate, sorry strong suggestion, has had a dramatic effect on forward funding and therefore success rates is validated.
Happy Halloween from MCW Eye Institute’s resident hawk. I did not leave the remains of my snacks around the building, unlike other hawks I know…
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Happy Halloween from MCW Eye Institute’s resident hawk. I did not leave the remains of my snacks around the building, unlike other hawks I know…
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Someone asked me the other day*:
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
How do we replace all the science that’s being lost across the US as NIH, NSF etc are being lawlessly destroyed?
The answer is: we cannot. It is impossible.
The task now is to defend #NIH and public funding for medical research.
1/ 🧪 #neuroscience
I’m a current mentee and this program has been phenomenal. Happy to chat with anyone interested.
Early-mid career female @arvoinfo.bsky.social members! Apply for our Women's #LeadershipDevelopment Program to boost your leadership skills, expand your network and seize new opportunities. Deadline is Oct. 31: https://bit.ly/47oYoJC
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I’m a current mentee and this program has been phenomenal. Happy to chat with anyone interested.
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
sure, if you enjoy the horrifying limits of human perception
October 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
sure, if you enjoy the horrifying limits of human perception
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@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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'So keep fighting for freedom & justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Be outrageous... rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was!'
Molly Ivins
And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was!'
Molly Ivins
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
'So keep fighting for freedom & justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Be outrageous... rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.
And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was!'
Molly Ivins
And when you get through celebrating the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was!'
Molly Ivins
Reposted by Miranda Scalabrino, PhD
Solidarity!! Last week, Indiana University fired the director of student media & halted print on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Yesterday, Purdue’s student paper printed the banned edition & drove two hours to deliver it. Incredible www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
www.heraldtimesonline.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Solidarity!! Last week, Indiana University fired the director of student media & halted print on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Yesterday, Purdue’s student paper printed the banned edition & drove two hours to deliver it. Incredible www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
Milwaukee represent.
October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Milwaukee represent.
Apple picking with the ScaLabRats!
October 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Apple picking with the ScaLabRats!
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NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
‘These bottlenecks have gotten so bad that some labs have had to ration gloves and paper towels.’
Ian Morgan for TheScientist
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
‘These bottlenecks have gotten so bad that some labs have had to ration gloves and paper towels.’
Ian Morgan for TheScientist
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.
www.the-scientist.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
‘These bottlenecks have gotten so bad that some labs have had to ration gloves and paper towels.’
Ian Morgan for TheScientist
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
‘These bottlenecks have gotten so bad that some labs have had to ration gloves and paper towels.’
Ian Morgan for TheScientist
www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
Today is my first external invited seminar where I’m not interviewing for a job! Excited to talk science and present my lab’s work at Marquette.
October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Today is my first external invited seminar where I’m not interviewing for a job! Excited to talk science and present my lab’s work at Marquette.
So happy for Teresa and a well-deserved honor! Geniuses work on retinal circuits :)
Teresa Puthussery, a UC Berkeley vision scientist whose insights into the retina could one day help those with vision loss regain their sight, has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius” Fellow. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...
Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award - Berkeley News
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
news.berkeley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So happy for Teresa and a well-deserved honor! Geniuses work on retinal circuits :)
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🚨 New preprint out from our lab!
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes To Surround Responses In OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
Sensory neurons can be influenced by stimuli beyond their receptive field center, yet the mechanisms underlying this surround modulation remain poorly understood. In the retina, many OFF ganglion cell...
www.biorxiv.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🚨 New preprint out from our lab!
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
📄 The Rod Bipolar Cell Pathway Contributes to Surround Responses in OFF Retinal Ganglion Cells
👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...