Neha Mokhasi
@nehamokhasi.bsky.social
washed out tennis player currently phd-ing @pitt neuro
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Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
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October 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
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Finally! Our call on the U.S. medical community & establishment to break their silence on Gaza is out today at the New England Journal of Medicine. This is the first publication describing Gaza's human made humanitarian catastrophe in the Journal!!
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Finally! Our call on the U.S. medical community & establishment to break their silence on Gaza is out today at the New England Journal of Medicine. This is the first publication describing Gaza's human made humanitarian catastrophe in the Journal!!
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
October 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Finally! Our call on the U.S. medical community & establishment to break their silence on Gaza is out today at the New England Journal of Medicine. This is the first publication describing Gaza's human made humanitarian catastrophe in the Journal!!
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
Finally! Our call on the U.S. medical community & establishment to break their silence on Gaza is out today at the New England Journal of Medicine. This is the first publication describing Gaza's human made humanitarian catastrophe in the Journal!!
www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
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Cancer-induced Nerve Injury Unveils a Sympathetic-to-Sensory Nerve Axis in Head and Neck Cancer https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.19.677339v1
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Cancer-induced Nerve Injury Unveils a Sympathetic-to-Sensory Nerve Axis in Head and Neck Cancer https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.19.677339v1
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No more postdocs on H1B visas, that would seem to be an obvious outcome. Probably not at the professor level either.
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Trump imposes new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas in sweeping overhaul - The Economic Times
H1B Visa Fees: President Trump has introduced a $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visas, aiming to attract highly skilled individuals and discourage the displacement of American workers. This decision sign...
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September 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
No more postdocs on H1B visas, that would seem to be an obvious outcome. Probably not at the professor level either.
m.economictimes.com/nri/work/tru...
m.economictimes.com/nri/work/tru...
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📢Happy to announce the Scheff lab's contribution to this important exploration of #neurobiology of #cancer, out now in @cp-neuron.bsky.social! Thanks to @andremartel.bsky.social!
A Review by Alexander Birbrair and colleagues on the role of sensory neurons within the tumor microenvironment
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Entangled cellular and molecular relationships at the sensory neuron-cancer interface
Beyond acting as a passive route for nociceptive signals, sensory neurons are active
participants in tumor progression. This review examines sensory neuron-tumor bidirectional
interaction and explores...
www.cell.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
📢Happy to announce the Scheff lab's contribution to this important exploration of #neurobiology of #cancer, out now in @cp-neuron.bsky.social! Thanks to @andremartel.bsky.social!
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Cancer #pain isn't just a symptom, it can influence survival. Our new commentary in @cp-cancercell.bsky.social explores the idea that choosing the right analgesic could improve tumor immunity. Thanks to my co-authors for their support with this piece! #cancerneuroscience
www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
Rethinking relief: Targeting sensory neurons to combat cancer and pain
Cancer pain is a complex problem that, when left unaddressed, can impact overall survival
and decrease patients’ quality of life. Collaboration among medical oncologists, immunologists,
and neurobiolo...
www.cell.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Cancer #pain isn't just a symptom, it can influence survival. Our new commentary in @cp-cancercell.bsky.social explores the idea that choosing the right analgesic could improve tumor immunity. Thanks to my co-authors for their support with this piece! #cancerneuroscience
www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
www.cell.com/cancer-cell/...
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Katalin Kariko won the Nobel Prize for mRNA vaccine technology. She is certain that RFK Jr is endangering public health by killing $500 million in mRNA research www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
I developed mRNA vaccines. RFK Jr is endangering US public health
Katalin Karikó says the health secretary’s decision to pull research funding for the technology is akin to ‘dropping a bomb on the US’
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August 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Katalin Kariko won the Nobel Prize for mRNA vaccine technology. She is certain that RFK Jr is endangering public health by killing $500 million in mRNA research www.thetimes.com/us/news-toda...
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“we reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and completely ignored it all because we are fuckin dumbasses who want millions of people to die”
"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the beginning of a coordinated wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities...."
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
cc: Sen. Bill Cassidy
August 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“we reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and completely ignored it all because we are fuckin dumbasses who want millions of people to die”
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“Bhattacharya’s trick, one well-known by all the billionaires that have supported him over the years, is to ask for freedom of speech for speech he likes, while ignoring free speech principles when others are persecuted for speech he doesn’t like.
DEI is a good example.”
DEI is a good example.”
New post!
“[The Trump #NIH director Jay Bhattacharya] has spent the last five years leveraging free speech principles to boost his own ability to tell medical lies — to deceive the public about COVID in ways that benefit Republicans and the powerful.”
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“[The Trump #NIH director Jay Bhattacharya] has spent the last five years leveraging free speech principles to boost his own ability to tell medical lies — to deceive the public about COVID in ways that benefit Republicans and the powerful.”
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The Trump NIH has a new 'free speech' policy. But the right supports free speech only when it benefits the right
Jay Bhattacharya is not saying free speech principles should apply to people that are speaking out about diversity
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July 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Bhattacharya’s trick, one well-known by all the billionaires that have supported him over the years, is to ask for freedom of speech for speech he likes, while ignoring free speech principles when others are persecuted for speech he doesn’t like.
DEI is a good example.”
DEI is a good example.”
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A new NIH mandate, announced last week, would get rid of funding opportunities that use animal research exclusively; neuroscientists worry this is premature.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
NIH proposal on animal research could cost time and money
NIH will no longer include research that exclusively uses animal models, leaving scientists wondering how it might affect the future of animal research.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A new NIH mandate, announced last week, would get rid of funding opportunities that use animal research exclusively; neuroscientists worry this is premature.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
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Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
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July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Baltimore is seeing the city’s fewest homicides in 50 years. Here’s why.
Multiple people have taken credit for the historic drop that mirrors a national decrease in violent crimes. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott says it’s due to a community-based approach to gun violence.
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July 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
#Baltimore Mayor #BrandonScott invested in 42 summer youth camps, 29 literacy programs, extended the rec center hours to 11 p.m, planned block parties, opened the pools for safe fun, & opened several schools up for summer classes. Crime is down 62%. 🔥🔥 www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
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I finally made it through this @hubermanlab.com podcast with Jay Bhattacharya. It took a while because it’s 4(!!) hours long and I had to take multiple breaks for deep breathing. (Not gonna lie, I played it at 1.25 speed.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Some reactions… 🧵 1/8
Some reactions… 🧵 1/8
Improving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Dr. Jay Bhattacharya
Podcast Episode · Huberman Lab · 06/09/2025 · 4h 27m
podcasts.apple.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I finally made it through this @hubermanlab.com podcast with Jay Bhattacharya. It took a while because it’s 4(!!) hours long and I had to take multiple breaks for deep breathing. (Not gonna lie, I played it at 1.25 speed.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Some reactions… 🧵 1/8
Some reactions… 🧵 1/8
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“The bill’s fate in the Senate, however, remains unclear. A cohort of Republicans have aired qualms with some of the provisions in the measure — namely cuts to public broadcasting — prompting questions about whether the package will ever make it”
So call your Senators rn!!!!!
So call your Senators rn!!!!!
@repbeatty.bsky.social,
@repemilyrandall.bsky.social,
Norcross and Correa
are democratic house reps that didn’t show up to vote NO on a bill that passed by just two votes. So frustrating!
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
@repemilyrandall.bsky.social,
Norcross and Correa
are democratic house reps that didn’t show up to vote NO on a bill that passed by just two votes. So frustrating!
thehill.com/homenews/hou...
June 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“The bill’s fate in the Senate, however, remains unclear. A cohort of Republicans have aired qualms with some of the provisions in the measure — namely cuts to public broadcasting — prompting questions about whether the package will ever make it”
So call your Senators rn!!!!!
So call your Senators rn!!!!!
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In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
NIH scientists call on director to protect biomedical research
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
n.pr
June 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In a public letter, hundreds of scientists expressed their dissent to the Trump administration's policies affecting the National Institutes of Health and called on its director to support the agency.
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
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www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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A thread: NIH Fellows United is committed to showing up, even when leadership won’t. 🧪
May 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A thread: NIH Fellows United is committed to showing up, even when leadership won’t. 🧪
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Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger | CNN
Dr. Ardem Patapoutian says he watches “with deep sadness as the United States’ remarkable scientific enterprise, which took generations of hard work and national investment to build, faces a concerted...
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April 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Published an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.”
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...