Laura Blair
laurajblair.bsky.social
Laura Blair
@laurajblair.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, molecular chaperone and tau biologist

https://healthscholars.usf.edu/blair-lab
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I wanted to highlight this incredible science advocacy resource on the @sfn.org website. There's info on how to contact your legislatures, prep for meetings, and make your voice heard. Thank you to SfN for not backing down from the fight and supporting scientists! 🧠🧪 www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...
Advocacy Best Practices
www.sfn.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Almost all grant-review meetings under Trump 2.0 remain suspended at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), preventing the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research from spending much of its US$47 billion annual budget.

https://go.nature.com/4gM6oW4

Revealed: NIH research grants still frozen despite lawsuits challenging Trump order
The Trump administration is exploiting a loophole to keep a funding freeze in place, leaving researchers in limbo.
go.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Reposted by Laura Blair
If you are a neuroscientist, please use SFN's site to write to your reps about the importance of funding for science (they have letters ready to go, you can just use theirs or write/edit as you see fit): www.sfn.org/advocacy/adv...
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February 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Check out our new paper out now in #CellStressAndChaperones. Counter to our hypothesis, high levels of FKBP51 are beneficial for circadian rhythms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
FKBP51 overexpression in the corticolimbic system stabilizes circadian rhythms
Circadian rhythm disruptions have been associated with a wide range of health issues and complications, including an increased risk of circadian rhyth…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
If you need a break in these stressful times, check out my Hubby's music 🩷
Just added all my new songs to bandcamp.

Take a listen if you're looking for some new tunes, or need a distraction from the real world for a bit.

newstargods.bandcamp.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Ten simple rules for developing good reading habits during graduate school and beyond

journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
January 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Check out our recent paper, out in this month's issue of #AgingCell. Through deep proteomic analysis, we uncovered previously unknown connections between FKBP51 and Mycbp2, Spryd3, and Fbxo45, which may contribute to the #resilience in FKBP51 knockout mice. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Fkbp5 gene deletion: Circadian rhythm profile and brain proteomics in aged mice
This study investigates the circadian rhythm and proteomic profile of aged FKBP51 knockout mice. The absence of FKBP51 provided protection against stress-mediated disruptions in circadian rhythms in ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:42 PM
What a fun night at the #BenFolds Paper Airplane concert!
November 24, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Proud PI moment. Abby, a PhD student and #F31 fellow in the lab, received the #ChihFoundation Publication a
Award. She is the third from our lab to receive this honor. #champion 🏆
November 24, 2024 at 4:22 AM