kaela
@kssphd.bsky.social
neuroscientist with a propensity for pop culture & pop punk.
@forbes.com 30 under 30 ‘22, @vox.com #FuturePerfect50 ‘24
#DSPAN & #PDEP alum she/her 🖤🧠
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@forbes.com 30 under 30 ‘22, @vox.com #FuturePerfect50 ‘24
#DSPAN & #PDEP alum she/her 🖤🧠
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@sfn.org #SfN25 #SanDiego starts this Saturday. The lab is going to be there in full force - see our presentations below.
Represented this year by @borderbiologist.bsky.social, Nick Kathman, @mrodea.bsky.social, @melcooperphd.bsky.social, @pryprk.bsky.social, @kerrylimberg.bsky.social.
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Represented this year by @borderbiologist.bsky.social, Nick Kathman, @mrodea.bsky.social, @melcooperphd.bsky.social, @pryprk.bsky.social, @kerrylimberg.bsky.social.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
@sfn.org #SfN25 #SanDiego starts this Saturday. The lab is going to be there in full force - see our presentations below.
Represented this year by @borderbiologist.bsky.social, Nick Kathman, @mrodea.bsky.social, @melcooperphd.bsky.social, @pryprk.bsky.social, @kerrylimberg.bsky.social.
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Represented this year by @borderbiologist.bsky.social, Nick Kathman, @mrodea.bsky.social, @melcooperphd.bsky.social, @pryprk.bsky.social, @kerrylimberg.bsky.social.
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Pilot just came on and said that in addition to turbulence, “We are flying today with an unusually large number of tubes. Please make sure you exit the plane with the correct tube.” Non #SFN25 passengers very confused 😂
November 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Pilot just came on and said that in addition to turbulence, “We are flying today with an unusually large number of tubes. Please make sure you exit the plane with the correct tube.” Non #SFN25 passengers very confused 😂
This is like me a neuroscientist saying “I don’t know what neuronal degeneration would look like” during my thesis defense
“I don’t know what a constitutional crisis would look like”
- Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Look outside, Amy.
The head of the executive branch considers himself above the law.
He does not believe in co-equal branches of government.
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- Justice Amy Coney Barrett
Look outside, Amy.
The head of the executive branch considers himself above the law.
He does not believe in co-equal branches of government.
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September 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is like me a neuroscientist saying “I don’t know what neuronal degeneration would look like” during my thesis defense
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There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
There is, as of right now, no coverage of this protest on the WaPo website or in their @washingtonpost.com feed.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
So, if you (you reading this) want people to SEE this protest, you must share it.
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Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
August 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
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We want to hear from you! @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social are teaming up to better understand how to support early-career researchers. Make sure your voice is heard.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
What kinds of support do early-career researchers need?
Help The Transmitter and Neuromatch bolster the next generation of neuroscientists.
www.thetransmitter.org
August 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
We want to hear from you! @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social are teaming up to better understand how to support early-career researchers. Make sure your voice is heard.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ
June 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ
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"The Mamdani campaign’s identity is the work of a tiny design co-op called Forge, and specifically its designer Aneesh Bhoopathy, formerly of Queens and now living in Philadelphia" — a little bit Bollywood, a little bit bodega :)
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Logo Looked Nothing Like a Campaign Logo
Zohran Mamdani’s campaign had a visual language like no other, drawing on hand-painted bodega signage and New York iconography in a completely fresh way.
www.curbed.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
"The Mamdani campaign’s identity is the work of a tiny design co-op called Forge, and specifically its designer Aneesh Bhoopathy, formerly of Queens and now living in Philadelphia" — a little bit Bollywood, a little bit bodega :)
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Mahmoud Khalil is free.
June 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Mahmoud Khalil is free.
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This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
www.newyorker.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
the best thing I’ve read all year— my fav writer, writing about one of my fav topics 🖤
This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
www.newyorker.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
the best thing I’ve read all year— my fav writer, writing about one of my fav topics 🖤
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Rümeysa Öztürk spoke briefly at a press conference held when she arrived at Logan Airport tonight.
"My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."
"My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."
LIVE NOW: Rümeysa Öztürk and her legal team
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Tufts student and lawyers speak at Logan Airport after returning from Louisiana
Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk and members of her legal team spoke at Boston Logan Airport on Saturday evening, after they arrived home from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention fac...
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May 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Rümeysa Öztürk spoke briefly at a press conference held when she arrived at Logan Airport tonight.
"My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."
"My dear professor and lab mates are here today. I just want to highlight that. ... My advisor sent my dissertation proposal to the prison. My lab mates have been reading me books on the phone."
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Seasonal reminder: thousands of college students are currently selling very gently used items on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace and it's a great time to pick up stuff like a TV, office chair, desk, and other home goods
April 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Seasonal reminder: thousands of college students are currently selling very gently used items on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace and it's a great time to pick up stuff like a TV, office chair, desk, and other home goods
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“Older Black Americans are twice as likely as white patients to develop [dementia]. Just as it is not illegal to research breast cancer in women, Mezuk said, it should not be illegal to research dementia in Black and lower-income white Americans.”
www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...
www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...
NIH terminates $13 million grant on dementia
A $12.9 million grant for a study on dementia risks among at-risk U.S. populations was terminated by the National Institutes of Health.
www.michigandaily.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
“Older Black Americans are twice as likely as white patients to develop [dementia]. Just as it is not illegal to research breast cancer in women, Mezuk said, it should not be illegal to research dementia in Black and lower-income white Americans.”
www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...
www.michigandaily.com/news/researc...
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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Inspired by others on here I wrote a short op-ed in support of federal research funding for a local newspaper in small town PA where I grew up
April 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Inspired by others on here I wrote a short op-ed in support of federal research funding for a local newspaper in small town PA where I grew up
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So weird to see colleges promoting their USNWR grad school rankings today like grad students aren’t being disappeared by their government.
April 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So weird to see colleges promoting their USNWR grad school rankings today like grad students aren’t being disappeared by their government.
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It’s a miracle any non-white, non straight, non-citizen person in America is getting any work done right now—
—While the regime is actively trying to purge us from government, workplaces, universities from its websites, and from society in general.
—While the regime is actively trying to purge us from government, workplaces, universities from its websites, and from society in general.
April 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s a miracle any non-white, non straight, non-citizen person in America is getting any work done right now—
—While the regime is actively trying to purge us from government, workplaces, universities from its websites, and from society in general.
—While the regime is actively trying to purge us from government, workplaces, universities from its websites, and from society in general.
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excellent piece on the need to shut down the Atlanta city jail immediately and to make good on the promise to transform the building into a community resource center instead!
by mark spencer in @atlpresscollective.com atlpresscollective.com/2025/04/08/s...
by mark spencer in @atlpresscollective.com atlpresscollective.com/2025/04/08/s...
Opinion: Shut down—don't sell—the Atlanta City Detention Center
Doctor Mark Spencer argues that the City should shut down its jail and invest in efforts to reduce jail populations.
atlpresscollective.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
excellent piece on the need to shut down the Atlanta city jail immediately and to make good on the promise to transform the building into a community resource center instead!
by mark spencer in @atlpresscollective.com atlpresscollective.com/2025/04/08/s...
by mark spencer in @atlpresscollective.com atlpresscollective.com/2025/04/08/s...
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New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers.
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
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March 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New this evening (3/28): Major update in NIH grant termination numbers.
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
❌ 695 NIH grants now terminated (up from 429)
❌ 232 on HIV/AIDS
❌ 44 on cancer
❌ 28 on Alzheimer's
❌ 123 on Covid*
*And this doesn't count cancelled non-NIH Covid grants.
HUGE THANKS to @noamross.net for pushing the updates!
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My #sciencehomecoming op-ed was just published in my hometown paper. Thanks @cantlonlab.bsky.social for the prompt!
Dear Decaturish - Public science matters to Tucker
Unfortunately, public science is under attack, with major science agencies facing massive layoffs and unprecedented funding cuts.
decaturish.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My #sciencehomecoming op-ed was just published in my hometown paper. Thanks @cantlonlab.bsky.social for the prompt!