Lauer Lab
@lauerlab.bsky.social
Hearing loss & sometimes balance scientists; comparative models and humans; DEIA in sci & med; early career mentoring; ears brains in between; we love critters; good lab snacks; research ethics; oto history; ice cream; Baltimore; Johns Hopkins SOM👂🦻🧠🔬�
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@lauerlab.bsky.social
· Sep 4
Bird Ear Study--Hearing & Balance
High resolution CT imaging of a woodpecker ear
aspire.hopkinsmedicine.org
Please consider donating to support student/postdoc research projects looking at bird ears! This type If work isn’t a federal funding priority, but the trainees can do so much with a little bit of $$$ for microCT and histology aspire.hopkinsmedicine.org/project/46844 @gracecapshaw.bsky.social
Last week we held the second in person auditory efferents study group meeting at the beautiful HWK facility in Delmenhorst, Germany. I absolutely loved immersing myself in our niche subfield with these people! See you all next year!
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Last week we held the second in person auditory efferents study group meeting at the beautiful HWK facility in Delmenhorst, Germany. I absolutely loved immersing myself in our niche subfield with these people! See you all next year!
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SfN 2025 Art of Neuroscience
Full list of Exhibitors
artologica.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It screwed up our layover plans, but Iceland sure is gorgeous after a historic blizzard 🥶
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It screwed up our layover plans, but Iceland sure is gorgeous after a historic blizzard 🥶
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During the furlough, we've organized #FEDstrong days of service in our communities. Today, eight of us recovered food for Nourish Now. Last week at @nihvigils.bsky.social with @27unihted.bsky.social's leadership, the #NIH community donated more than 450 pounds of food to Manna Food Bank.
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
During the furlough, we've organized #FEDstrong days of service in our communities. Today, eight of us recovered food for Nourish Now. Last week at @nihvigils.bsky.social with @27unihted.bsky.social's leadership, the #NIH community donated more than 450 pounds of food to Manna Food Bank.
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Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social.
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Sign Up
Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.
www.skypeascientist.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social.
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
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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"
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TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
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PhD position at the University of Bristol (with me!) entitled 'The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physiology, and fitness'.
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physio...
PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal beh...
www.findaphd.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position at the University of Bristol (with me!) entitled 'The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physiology, and fitness'.
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
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Been a rough year for federally funded scientists, and I hate to add another tab to this spreadsheet. So far, the shutdown has resulted in cancellation of 161 CSR study sections. 🧪https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lLEx14q7HKrlYahQYJaN6aHKpMqSMJwX4aenyL5g_ZU/edit?usp=sharing
2025 Study section tracking
docs.google.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Been a rough year for federally funded scientists, and I hate to add another tab to this spreadsheet. So far, the shutdown has resulted in cancellation of 161 CSR study sections. 🧪https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lLEx14q7HKrlYahQYJaN6aHKpMqSMJwX4aenyL5g_ZU/edit?usp=sharing
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NEW THIS YEAR: **Letters of Intent are due by Monday, DECEMBER 5!!** Early Stage Investigators please submit on any hearing and balance topic; investigators at any career stage are invited to submit plans on: age-related hearing loss, APD, Ménière's, pain and/or loudness hyperacusis, or tinnitus.
OPEN TODAY: HHF is currently accepting applications for 2026–2027 awards through the Emerging Research Grants program. NEW this year: LOIs due by Dec 5, then select applicants will then be invited to submit full proposals. Get details: hearinghealthfoundation.org/how-to-apply #research #funding
Instructions for Applicants: Emerging Research Grants (ERG) Funding | Hearing and Balance Research — Hearing Health Foundation
Through the Emerging Research Grants (ERG) program, Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) provides seed money to researchers working on the entire spectrum of hearing research and balance research, includin...
hearinghealthfoundation.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
NEW THIS YEAR: **Letters of Intent are due by Monday, DECEMBER 5!!** Early Stage Investigators please submit on any hearing and balance topic; investigators at any career stage are invited to submit plans on: age-related hearing loss, APD, Ménière's, pain and/or loudness hyperacusis, or tinnitus.
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A summary of training, fellowship, and career development awards
Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)
1/12
Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)
1/12
a dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant .
ALT: a dog is sitting on a rug in front of a brick wall and a plant .
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October 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
A summary of training, fellowship, and career development awards
Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)
1/12
Fiscal year 2025 (compared to fiscal year 2024)
1/12
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The breakdown of new awards by mechanism.
F30 (Predoc, MD/PhD)
FY2025: 196
FY2024: 253
F31 (Predoc, PhD)
FY2025: 670
FY2024: 1054
F32 (Postdoc)
FY2025: 216
FY2024: 350
6/12
F30 (Predoc, MD/PhD)
FY2025: 196
FY2024: 253
F31 (Predoc, PhD)
FY2025: 670
FY2024: 1054
F32 (Postdoc)
FY2025: 216
FY2024: 350
6/12
October 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The breakdown of new awards by mechanism.
F30 (Predoc, MD/PhD)
FY2025: 196
FY2024: 253
F31 (Predoc, PhD)
FY2025: 670
FY2024: 1054
F32 (Postdoc)
FY2025: 216
FY2024: 350
6/12
F30 (Predoc, MD/PhD)
FY2025: 196
FY2024: 253
F31 (Predoc, PhD)
FY2025: 670
FY2024: 1054
F32 (Postdoc)
FY2025: 216
FY2024: 350
6/12
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Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky
CDC team running top survey on health and nutrition is laid off
NHANES has collected data on eating patterns, diabetes, and other common diseases for decades. The CDC team that runs it has been fired.
www.statnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Ugh... This study has existed for decades, providing valuable health data for all sorts of topics and publications. This is just more awful news. 🛟😷 Sociology medsky
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Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.
Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.
Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.
Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector.
Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.
Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.
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Heron surveys the world and is unimpressed
October 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Heron surveys the world and is unimpressed
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Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Trump just used the shutdown to wipe out the special ed department. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
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“CDC will have lost its ability to detect outbreaks and respond to them. It will no longer be able to track diseases, in America and around the globe. That includes infectious threats like flu, foodborne illnesses, and Ebola, as well as chronic diseases and injuries.”
time.com/7325192/cdc-...
time.com/7325192/cdc-...
CDC ‘Not Functional’ After Trump Administration Orders Mass Firings
The layoffs targeted leaders in departments related to respiratory diseases, chronic diseases and global health.
time.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
“CDC will have lost its ability to detect outbreaks and respond to them. It will no longer be able to track diseases, in America and around the globe. That includes infectious threats like flu, foodborne illnesses, and Ebola, as well as chronic diseases and injuries.”
time.com/7325192/cdc-...
time.com/7325192/cdc-...
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FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏
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⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
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October 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️
📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️
📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l
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Congratulations to @hahrie.bsky.social, recipient of a @macfound.org genius grant for her research on political organizing, social movements, collective action, civic engagement, and democracy. 🎉https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/hahrie-han-macarthur-fellowship-genius-grant/
Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant
Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition
hub.jhu.edu
October 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Congratulations to @hahrie.bsky.social, recipient of a @macfound.org genius grant for her research on political organizing, social movements, collective action, civic engagement, and democracy. 🎉https://hub.jhu.edu/2025/10/08/hahrie-han-macarthur-fellowship-genius-grant/
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Grants available for department and institution leaders at U.S. institutions who are willing to reimagine hiring, promotion, and tenure practices in ways that reward open science, team science, and diverse contributions to knowledge. Deadline January 8, 2026. www.ma3challenge.org
Modernizing Academic Appointment & Advancement
www.ma3challenge.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Grants available for department and institution leaders at U.S. institutions who are willing to reimagine hiring, promotion, and tenure practices in ways that reward open science, team science, and diverse contributions to knowledge. Deadline January 8, 2026. www.ma3challenge.org
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Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.
He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.
He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.
October 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Over the weekend ICE abducted an NIH contractor when he showed up to a courthouse for his green card hearing. He is documented. His wife is a citizen.
He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.
He is also member of the skeleton crew of animal care staff that works through a shutdown, to ensure the health and wellbeing of research animals.
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Ultrasonic signals support a large-scale communication landscape in wild mice. 👇 New paper by the ENES Bioacoustics Research Team in @currentbiology.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1llMH3QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1llMH3QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ultrasonic signals support a large-scale communication landscape in wild mice. 👇 New paper by the ENES Bioacoustics Research Team in @currentbiology.bsky.social
authors.elsevier.com/a/1llMH3QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1llMH3QW8S...
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New episode!! 🎉🎙️
A chat w/ @evoneuro.bsky.social & Georg Striedter about their new book, 'Bird Brains and Behavior.'
Birds do some astonishing things. They sing, fly, migrate, cache food, and hunt in total darkness. How do their brains make all this possible?
Listen: disi.org/brains-of-a-...
A chat w/ @evoneuro.bsky.social & Georg Striedter about their new book, 'Bird Brains and Behavior.'
Birds do some astonishing things. They sing, fly, migrate, cache food, and hunt in total darkness. How do their brains make all this possible?
Listen: disi.org/brains-of-a-...
September 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New episode!! 🎉🎙️
A chat w/ @evoneuro.bsky.social & Georg Striedter about their new book, 'Bird Brains and Behavior.'
Birds do some astonishing things. They sing, fly, migrate, cache food, and hunt in total darkness. How do their brains make all this possible?
Listen: disi.org/brains-of-a-...
A chat w/ @evoneuro.bsky.social & Georg Striedter about their new book, 'Bird Brains and Behavior.'
Birds do some astonishing things. They sing, fly, migrate, cache food, and hunt in total darkness. How do their brains make all this possible?
Listen: disi.org/brains-of-a-...