Meghan Gallo
@meghangallo.bsky.social
Behavioral Neuroscientist
Post Doctoral Researcher, Kellendonk Lab
Columbia University/NYS Psychiatric Institute
https://meghangallo.com
Interested in #aging, early life #stress, #dopamine, #acetylcholine, #learning & #decisionmaking
Post Doctoral Researcher, Kellendonk Lab
Columbia University/NYS Psychiatric Institute
https://meghangallo.com
Interested in #aging, early life #stress, #dopamine, #acetylcholine, #learning & #decisionmaking
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@aatishb.bsky.social got me on the record. “My colleagues did an outstanding job to work their butts off to approve things.” I swear it's true. It's still true at #NIH.
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
@aatishb.bsky.social got me on the record. “My colleagues did an outstanding job to work their butts off to approve things.” I swear it's true. It's still true at #NIH.
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The Caribbean scicomm organization that I co-founded, Ciencia Pa' Todes, was featured today in #TheMicrobiologist by @amiposts.bsky.social
We have done so much as a small group and I'm proud of the impact we continue to have every day 💜
Check out our work at: cienciapatodes.org
#scicomm #stem
We have done so much as a small group and I'm proud of the impact we continue to have every day 💜
Check out our work at: cienciapatodes.org
#scicomm #stem
We couldn’t get people interested in science - until we started speaking their language
In 2020, Puerto Rico faced a misinformation crisis. Melanie Ortiz Alvarez De La Campa reveals how five STEM undergraduates created a sci-comm organization that helped pass legislation, educated thousa...
www.the-microbiologist.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Caribbean scicomm organization that I co-founded, Ciencia Pa' Todes, was featured today in #TheMicrobiologist by @amiposts.bsky.social
We have done so much as a small group and I'm proud of the impact we continue to have every day 💜
Check out our work at: cienciapatodes.org
#scicomm #stem
We have done so much as a small group and I'm proud of the impact we continue to have every day 💜
Check out our work at: cienciapatodes.org
#scicomm #stem
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"I hope that the wearing-my-humanity-on-my-sleeves part at least continues to normalize the process of 'You’re going to have great days, and you’re going to have atrocious days in life.'"
It does, @okaysteve.bsky.social. It really does.
(via @undark.org)
undark.org/2025/10/29/i...
It does, @okaysteve.bsky.social. It really does.
(via @undark.org)
undark.org/2025/10/29/i...
How Memories Might Be Used to Help Heal the Brain
In a new book, Steve Ramirez explores the potential of memory manipulation to ease depression and other afflictions.
undark.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
"I hope that the wearing-my-humanity-on-my-sleeves part at least continues to normalize the process of 'You’re going to have great days, and you’re going to have atrocious days in life.'"
It does, @okaysteve.bsky.social. It really does.
(via @undark.org)
undark.org/2025/10/29/i...
It does, @okaysteve.bsky.social. It really does.
(via @undark.org)
undark.org/2025/10/29/i...
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Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
www.tiktok.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
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🚨🚨 @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is a force. Her voice carries power, truth, and courage—threats to the regime.
The only thing authoritarians fear more than a voice they cannot control is a chorus. So let’s give them one: speak up, speak loudly, and don’t stop. Stand with Jenna. ✊🇺🇸
The only thing authoritarians fear more than a voice they cannot control is a chorus. So let’s give them one: speak up, speak loudly, and don’t stop. Stand with Jenna. ✊🇺🇸
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
www.tiktok.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🚨🚨 @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social is a force. Her voice carries power, truth, and courage—threats to the regime.
The only thing authoritarians fear more than a voice they cannot control is a chorus. So let’s give them one: speak up, speak loudly, and don’t stop. Stand with Jenna. ✊🇺🇸
The only thing authoritarians fear more than a voice they cannot control is a chorus. So let’s give them one: speak up, speak loudly, and don’t stop. Stand with Jenna. ✊🇺🇸
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While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
While the government was shut down, 379 NIH study section meetings (containing 24,380 grant applications) were postponed. NIH is committed to getting these reviewed, but please be patient and understanding with staff, as this is a complex and heavy lift.
Reposted by Meghan Gallo
As many of you know, more than one million federal employees have been furloughed since October 1, 2025. However, we never stop serving the people, near and far. @27unihted.bsky.social has collected 2,000 pounds of food and $20,000 for DC area food banks. #FEDStrong #NIHStrong
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As many of you know, more than one million federal employees have been furloughed since October 1, 2025. However, we never stop serving the people, near and far. @27unihted.bsky.social has collected 2,000 pounds of food and $20,000 for DC area food banks. #FEDStrong #NIHStrong
Going to SfN this year? Come share your science journey with
@investnscience.bsky.social — from the questions that drive your work to the breakthroughs that inspire you. We are a group of scientists highlighting how science benefits everyone.
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Meet up with us to collaborate and share your science journey: from the questions that drive your work to the breakthroughs that inspire you.
Sign up here:
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And share with your science friends!
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Going to SfN this year? Come share your science journey with
@investnscience.bsky.social — from the questions that drive your work to the breakthroughs that inspire you. We are a group of scientists highlighting how science benefits everyone.
DM me to sign up or with any questions!
@investnscience.bsky.social — from the questions that drive your work to the breakthroughs that inspire you. We are a group of scientists highlighting how science benefits everyone.
DM me to sign up or with any questions!
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I have been a passionate researcher from the first time I touched a pipette, but my work and the work of hundreds of other scientists is at risk of ending because of the anti-DEI and anti-science rhetoric of the current administration. #neuroscience #postdoc 🧠
How does drinking alcohol shape the aging brain? @neuronikki.bsky.social studies how heavy drinking impacts neurons as we age.
Research has shown that alcohol use disorder (AUD) in middle age increases the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia - but how?
Research has shown that alcohol use disorder (AUD) in middle age increases the risk for developing Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia - but how?
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I have been a passionate researcher from the first time I touched a pipette, but my work and the work of hundreds of other scientists is at risk of ending because of the anti-DEI and anti-science rhetoric of the current administration. #neuroscience #postdoc 🧠
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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
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Not all treatments for depression work: Mel studies promising alternative drug pathways.
#depression #depressionTreatment #novelTheraputics #investNscience #neurosky
#depression #depressionTreatment #novelTheraputics #investNscience #neurosky
September 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Not all treatments for depression work: Mel studies promising alternative drug pathways.
#depression #depressionTreatment #novelTheraputics #investNscience #neurosky
#depression #depressionTreatment #novelTheraputics #investNscience #neurosky
Reposted by Meghan Gallo
So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals.
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
a man with his eyes closed is wearing a plaid shirt and a blue jacket .
ALT: a man with his eyes closed is wearing a plaid shirt and a blue jacket .
media.tenor.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So... I did some analysis of grants that did receive noncompetitive renewals.
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
In particular, I looked a those award where the title of the grant changed.
Warning: The results are just what I expected, but oooph...
1/4
Reposted by Meghan Gallo
Can the way we sense and detect pain change? Julia's work aims to help people with chronic pain.
#neuroscience #pain #chornicpain #neurosky #neurobiology #academicsky #investNscience
#neuroscience #pain #chornicpain #neurosky #neurobiology #academicsky #investNscience
August 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Can the way we sense and detect pain change? Julia's work aims to help people with chronic pain.
#neuroscience #pain #chornicpain #neurosky #neurobiology #academicsky #investNscience
#neuroscience #pain #chornicpain #neurosky #neurobiology #academicsky #investNscience
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What causes cerebral palsy? Connor studies how strokes early in life can change brain architecture.
#cerebralpalsy #neuroscience #neurosky #academicsky #healthyfuture #investNscience
#cerebralpalsy #neuroscience #neurosky #academicsky #healthyfuture #investNscience
August 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What causes cerebral palsy? Connor studies how strokes early in life can change brain architecture.
#cerebralpalsy #neuroscience #neurosky #academicsky #healthyfuture #investNscience
#cerebralpalsy #neuroscience #neurosky #academicsky #healthyfuture #investNscience
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Aiee. We have also heard lots of rumors about this “multi-year funding” issue, and @baldwin.senate.gov, @drugmonkey.bsky.social, and @jeremymberg.bsky.social have all talked about it.
This is very bad. “One weird budget trick” that will cut the number of grants this year in half! 🧪
This is very bad. “One weird budget trick” that will cut the number of grants this year in half! 🧪
New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget
NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Aiee. We have also heard lots of rumors about this “multi-year funding” issue, and @baldwin.senate.gov, @drugmonkey.bsky.social, and @jeremymberg.bsky.social have all talked about it.
This is very bad. “One weird budget trick” that will cut the number of grants this year in half! 🧪
This is very bad. “One weird budget trick” that will cut the number of grants this year in half! 🧪
Reposted by Meghan Gallo
New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget
NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...
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Grant Watch — now called Grant Witness — is the leading watchdog of lost research dollars from the NIH and NSF. I wrote about how the site came to be and about Scott Delaney (@scott-delaney.bsky.social), the Harvard research scientist who helped make it happen: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/b...
How a researcher from Medfield created the go-to database of federal research cuts - The Boston Globe
A lawyer-turned-Harvard scientist built what was known as Grant Watch from a Google spreadsheet over a matter of months.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Grant Watch — now called Grant Witness — is the leading watchdog of lost research dollars from the NIH and NSF. I wrote about how the site came to be and about Scott Delaney (@scott-delaney.bsky.social), the Harvard research scientist who helped make it happen: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/24/b...
Reposted by Meghan Gallo
Could there be a better treatment for IBD?
@srudas.bsky.social
studies treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease using therapies to regrow gut lining - addressing the root cause of the disease and using the body to heal itself.
#academicsky #researchsky #IBD #IBDtreatments #investnscience
@srudas.bsky.social
studies treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease using therapies to regrow gut lining - addressing the root cause of the disease and using the body to heal itself.
#academicsky #researchsky #IBD #IBDtreatments #investnscience
July 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Could there be a better treatment for IBD?
@srudas.bsky.social
studies treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease using therapies to regrow gut lining - addressing the root cause of the disease and using the body to heal itself.
#academicsky #researchsky #IBD #IBDtreatments #investnscience
@srudas.bsky.social
studies treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease using therapies to regrow gut lining - addressing the root cause of the disease and using the body to heal itself.
#academicsky #researchsky #IBD #IBDtreatments #investnscience
Reposted by Meghan Gallo
I wrote a quick-start guide for people to replicate this across the country. It was, in our experience, a very effective way to get real action in a short amount of time.
People are willing to talk to scientists! And when you provide everything, they are happy to contact their reps too. Try it!
People are willing to talk to scientists! And when you provide everything, they are happy to contact their reps too. Try it!
June 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I wrote a quick-start guide for people to replicate this across the country. It was, in our experience, a very effective way to get real action in a short amount of time.
People are willing to talk to scientists! And when you provide everything, they are happy to contact their reps too. Try it!
People are willing to talk to scientists! And when you provide everything, they are happy to contact their reps too. Try it!
Reposted by Meghan Gallo
Could a simple blood test help diagnose Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease? Allison studies how neurodegenerative diseases develop with an eye towards tools for earlier detection.
#neurosky #academicsky #parkinsons #alzheimers #dementia #earlydetection #diagnosis
#neurosky #academicsky #parkinsons #alzheimers #dementia #earlydetection #diagnosis
June 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Could a simple blood test help diagnose Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease? Allison studies how neurodegenerative diseases develop with an eye towards tools for earlier detection.
#neurosky #academicsky #parkinsons #alzheimers #dementia #earlydetection #diagnosis
#neurosky #academicsky #parkinsons #alzheimers #dementia #earlydetection #diagnosis
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Anxiety helps us stay alert, but too much can interfere with daily life. Camila studies how trauma and stress can change the brain and make anxiety spiral out of control.
#anxiety #stress #trauma #amygdala #neuroskyence #investinscience
#anxiety #stress #trauma #amygdala #neuroskyence #investinscience
May 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Anxiety helps us stay alert, but too much can interfere with daily life. Camila studies how trauma and stress can change the brain and make anxiety spiral out of control.
#anxiety #stress #trauma #amygdala #neuroskyence #investinscience
#anxiety #stress #trauma #amygdala #neuroskyence #investinscience
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My quote of the day
(Three parts from Elias Zerhouni on being a leader)
First you have to have a big heart. Because if you don't have a big heart you will never be able to lead....You have to have a passion. You have to believe in some things that are your core values.
1/3
(Three parts from Elias Zerhouni on being a leader)
First you have to have a big heart. Because if you don't have a big heart you will never be able to lead....You have to have a passion. You have to believe in some things that are your core values.
1/3
May 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
My quote of the day
(Three parts from Elias Zerhouni on being a leader)
First you have to have a big heart. Because if you don't have a big heart you will never be able to lead....You have to have a passion. You have to believe in some things that are your core values.
1/3
(Three parts from Elias Zerhouni on being a leader)
First you have to have a big heart. Because if you don't have a big heart you will never be able to lead....You have to have a passion. You have to believe in some things that are your core values.
1/3
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Every single scientist in America should submit a comment saying this is bad. That's you! You can do it! You should. It's easy. Scientists are good writers.
This is the Schedule F attack on the civil service, now renamed Schedule P-C by Trump. History here
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This is the Schedule F attack on the civil service, now renamed Schedule P-C by Trump. History here
static1.squarespace.com/static/5bedb...
May 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Every single scientist in America should submit a comment saying this is bad. That's you! You can do it! You should. It's easy. Scientists are good writers.
This is the Schedule F attack on the civil service, now renamed Schedule P-C by Trump. History here
static1.squarespace.com/static/5bedb...
This is the Schedule F attack on the civil service, now renamed Schedule P-C by Trump. History here
static1.squarespace.com/static/5bedb...
Reposted by Meghan Gallo
🚨 This MUST READ essay and call to action spells out, in very clear terms, how the Trump administration could get away with slashing the NIH budget. NIH scientists and Dems in congress need to read and understand it. This is where we win or lose the battle to save the NIH and US science. 🧪 🧠 🧬 🔊
The NIH budget is on a fast track to disaster
An NIH insider explains what Republicans are likely to do next, and what we can do
donmoynihan.substack.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🚨 This MUST READ essay and call to action spells out, in very clear terms, how the Trump administration could get away with slashing the NIH budget. NIH scientists and Dems in congress need to read and understand it. This is where we win or lose the battle to save the NIH and US science. 🧪 🧠 🧬 🔊