Mark Baxter 🏳️🌈🧂
@markgbaxter.bsky.social
Neuroscientist (PhD) interested in brain mechanisms of learning and memory. NHP anesthesiologist. Associate stats gay. 🏳️⚧️ Trans rights are human rights. No LGB without the T. He/him. 🏳️🌈
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#SfN25 attendees - make sure to head to the posters when you get to the meeting on Saturday afternoon (V7-V11: Gretchen, Megan, Margaret, Louisa, Bella) and Sunday morning (KK17: Micaela) to hear about our work. We're printing the posters now and they look rad.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#SfN25 attendees - make sure to head to the posters when you get to the meeting on Saturday afternoon (V7-V11: Gretchen, Megan, Margaret, Louisa, Bella) and Sunday morning (KK17: Micaela) to hear about our work. We're printing the posters now and they look rad.
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Thrilled to share our new paper, out now in @natneuro.nature.com, uncovering how estradiol, the most potent estrogen, modulates reinforcement learning and reward prediction errors across biological levels. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#blueprint 1/7
#blueprint 1/7
Estrogen modulates reward prediction errors and reinforcement learning - Nature Neuroscience
Dopamine encoding of reward prediction errors naturally fluctuates over females’ reproductive cycles with estrogenic signaling due to reduced expression of dopamine reuptake proteins.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper, out now in @natneuro.nature.com, uncovering how estradiol, the most potent estrogen, modulates reinforcement learning and reward prediction errors across biological levels. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#blueprint 1/7
#blueprint 1/7
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humanism: the only kind of trans I'm anti
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Investors’ ‘dumb transhumanist ideas’ setting back neurotech progress, say experts
Fascination of investors such as Elon Musk with uploading their brains to computers is hindering progress in curing disease, say scientists
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
humanism: the only kind of trans I'm anti
I have lost track - what's the ruling about highlighting changed text in NIH grant applications now - I feel like you're not supposed to highlight changes (different colored text etc) in an A1?
November 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I have lost track - what's the ruling about highlighting changed text in NIH grant applications now - I feel like you're not supposed to highlight changes (different colored text etc) in an A1?
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Elise Stefanik giving up her seat in Congress just to lose the gubernatorial election is going to be so fun to watch.
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Elise Stefanik giving up her seat in Congress just to lose the gubernatorial election is going to be so fun to watch.
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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disappointed that @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social is implicitly endorsing the use of LLMs to replace scientific thought
@richardsever.bsky.social this is a short-sighted move and a net negative for science
@richardsever.bsky.social this is a short-sighted move and a net negative for science
IT'S HAPPENING! 💥 I'm psyched to launch the collaboration between @qedscience.bsky.social & @openrxiv.bsky.social @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social! Preprint + q.e.d = your science is out there, and anyone can appreciate it. Let's care about making discoveries, and not on “getting published” (1/3) 👇
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
disappointed that @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social is implicitly endorsing the use of LLMs to replace scientific thought
@richardsever.bsky.social this is a short-sighted move and a net negative for science
@richardsever.bsky.social this is a short-sighted move and a net negative for science
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Current research continues to emphasize that adolescents should not be consuming #cannabis and need to be better educated about its health impacts 🧠
Read more about the mental and physical effects of cannabis use on the brain ⬇️
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/addi...
Read more about the mental and physical effects of cannabis use on the brain ⬇️
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/addi...
Early Cannabis Use Poses Risks to Physical and Mental Health
Recent studies have found earlier teen cannabis use significantly increases risks for serious health problems in adulthood. Best goal: Delay or prevent cannabis use in adolescents.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Current research continues to emphasize that adolescents should not be consuming #cannabis and need to be better educated about its health impacts 🧠
Read more about the mental and physical effects of cannabis use on the brain ⬇️
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/addi...
Read more about the mental and physical effects of cannabis use on the brain ⬇️
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/addi...
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A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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how about you pay your reviewers instead.
How are you using social media in your research and career? Fill in this survey for a chance at a $100 gift card: spklr.io/63321BzS5X
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
how about you pay your reviewers instead.
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first day in Mamdani's new york. I have already been forced to change my gender
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
first day in Mamdani's new york. I have already been forced to change my gender
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Fuck yeah
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Fuck yeah
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i will venmo any reporter $600 to ask trump "when was dick cheney vice president"
I will venmo any reporter $400 to ask trump "what does SNAP stand for"
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
i will venmo any reporter $600 to ask trump "when was dick cheney vice president"
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Kai Winn has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Kai Winn has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
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What an exciting program for GRC Frontal Cortex in 2026! www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
2026 Frontal Cortex Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Frontal Cortex will be held in Holderness, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What an exciting program for GRC Frontal Cortex in 2026! www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
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RIP Kit-Kat 💔
Nearly a week after a self-driving Waymo taxi struck and killed KitKat, the “Mayor of 16th Street,” San Francisco’s Mission District is still mourning.
A week after a Waymo self-driving car killed a beloved cat, San Francisco still mourns
Nearly a week after a self-driving Waymo taxi struck and killed KitKat, the “Mayor of 16th Street,” San Francisco’s Mission District is still mourning.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
RIP Kit-Kat 💔
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Eleven stained glass action potentials available now! (One rainbow brain still in the shop too). www.brainedglass.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Eleven stained glass action potentials available now! (One rainbow brain still in the shop too). www.brainedglass.com
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At no point can you accurately predict what will happen. I love it.
We live in a tumultuous world. But I take solace in the fact that the 2010 University of Alaska Fairbanks hockey intro video remains the most unhinged thing I’ve ever seen.
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
At no point can you accurately predict what will happen. I love it.
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