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Jill Becker
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Neuroscientist studying sex differences in the brain. Editor-in-Chief Biology of Sex Differences
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plosbiology.org
Factors like sex & age can affect sensory processing in #AutismSpectrumDisorder. This study shows that prenatal valproic acid in rats (an autism model) alters predictive auditory processing, revealing sex- & age-specific differences akin to those in autistic traits @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4fjpjZ8
Top left: Schematic of extracellular single-unit recordings in the lemniscal (green) and non-lemniscal (purple) regions of the inferior colliculus in response to pure-tone auditory stimulation (red and blue). Top right: Diagram of experimental group generation. Pregnant rats received an intraperitoneal injection of saline (control) or 400 mg/kg VPA on gestational day 12. An additional control group consisted of untreated rats acquired prior to the experiment. The study examined the effects of sex, age, and prenatal VPA exposure by recording from female and male rats at prepubertal (P30–45) and adult (P65–120) stages. Bottom: Population-level comparisons of sex, age, and exposure effects within the lemniscal (left) and non-lemniscal (right) divisions of the inferior colliculus.
August 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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HOT TOPICS
Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral
neuroscience
Jacinta C. Beehner 1 and Shelly B. Flagel 2,3 ✉
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to American College of Neuropsychopharmacology 2025
Neuropsychopharmacology; doi.org/10.1038/s413...
Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience
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August 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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GPER1! Sex differences! authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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July 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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NIH halts grant terminations ‘effective immediately,’ email says www.statnews.com/2025/06/25/n... via @statnews.com
NIH halts grant terminations ‘effective immediately,’ email says
The National Institutes of Health is halting further terminations of research grants, an internal email shows
www.statnews.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
neurosexdiff.bsky.social
Shanie Landen, BSc, PhD, will receive the 2025 BoSD-OSSD Early Career Award for research in “Sex differences in muscle protein expression and DNA methylation in response to exercise training” at #OSSD2025 @OSSDtweets!
May 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
neurosexdiff.bsky.social
Ece Bayram, MD, PhD, will present in BoSD Hot Topics Symposium for research on “Sex differences for clinical correlates of substantia nigra neuron loss in people with Lewy body pathology” at #OSSD2025 @OSSDtweets!
May 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Alex R. DeCasien, PhD will receive the BoSD-OSSD 2024 Early Career Award for research in “Sex differences in the human brain: a roadmap for more careful analysis and interpretation of a biological reality” at #OSSD2025 @OSSDtweets!
May 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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mjflepage.bsky.social
A vaccine that generates antibodies that bind to cocaine and prevent it entering the brain has shown promise in an initial trial in ten addicts 🧪 #ASGCT2025

www.newscientist.com/article/2480...
Vaccine may treat cocaine addiction by blocking drug's entry to brain
A vaccine that helps people overcome cocaine addiction has shown signs of being safe and effective in a small trial
www.newscientist.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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kristenobacter.bsky.social
Ok science and academic sky— we’re microflyering graduation. www.standupforscience.net/microflyering 🧪🦠
À pile of micro flyers printed out, with “go UMass” and “proud of you grads!” written on them, and a heart around the phrase “call your reps”
May 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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karagavin.bsky.social
Thank you, @neurosexdiff.bsky.social , for lending your voice to this @nature.com story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Can NIH-funded research on racism and health survive Trump’s cuts?
The US administration has cancelled ‘DEI grants’ without defining DEI, leaving health-equity researchers in the dark.
www.nature.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/h...
As Congress Debates Cutting Medicaid, a Major Study Shows It Saves Lives
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Could this be the biggest climate story of the year?

For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand

Full analysis + outlook by Lauri Myllyvirta:

www.carbonbrief.org/...
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May 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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warren.senate.gov
This is a HUGE scandal.

Elon Musk, JD Vance, and Trump are lying about Social Security fraud.

Internal documents show DOGE found "no significant fraud"—but did slow retirement claim processing by 25%.

Nothing efficient about making it harder for people to get their benefits.
DOGE went looking for phone fraud at SSA — and found almost none
Since SSA installed new anti-fraud checks on claims made over the phone, only two claims out of over 110,000 were found to likely be fraudulent, according to internal documents obtained by Nextgov/FCW...
www.nextgov.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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The NIH called my health equity research ‘antithetical to scientific inquiry’ www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/n... via @statnews.com
The NIH called my health equity research ‘antithetical to scientific inquiry’
The NIH canceled Logan Beyer’s health equity research, saying it was “antithetical to scientific research.” That’s completely wrong, she writes.
www.statnews.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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jibarrondo.bsky.social
Trump has blown a massive hole in global health funding—and no one can fill it | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
Trump has blown a massive hole in global health funding—and no one can fill it
Other countries, foundations, international groups are unable to replace billions lost in U.S. cuts
www.science.org
April 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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jibarrondo.bsky.social
Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪
Achieving gender justice for global health equity: the Lancet Commission on gender and global health
Achieving gender justice in global health—which we define as encompassing the realisation of universal rights in relation to health equity and gender equality, while also addressing the drivers of gen...
www.thelancet.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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mattwilkins.galacticpolymath.com
Dear Colleagues: Now is the time to scale up public engagement with science

I address this letter to scientists, but it is an invitation for fans & defenders of science everywhere to unite & take action!
Let's focus a lot more on K-12 ed 🧪 #SciComm #EduSky
👉 civicsciencemedia.org/dear-colleag...
Dear Colleagues, The status quo is forcing—not fixing—the public’s growing disengagement with science. Yes, we have watched helplessly as programs, grant panels, and the basic functioning of the US research apparatus have been upended in a matter of days. Yet these events are, in large part, a catastrophic symptom of a much more pervasive problem – a profound lack of public understanding about how federal research dollars improve, enrich, and save American lives. This disconnect far predates the current mass layoffs and disassembly of US scientific institutions, and represents a glaring failure of our current ability to mobilize the knowledge we generate to engage, inform, and influence our fellow Americans.
April 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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willbunch.bsky.social
Now is exactly THE WRONG TIME, NYT, to run the "Well, actually, maybe colleges were too woke" op-ed. What the hell is wrong with you?🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment to defend free speech -- anything else is Quisling capitulation www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
Opinion | Colleges Have to Be Much More Honest With Themselves
To rebuild trust and resist interference, universities must look within.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Early voting today in Wisconsin
March 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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needhibhalla.bsky.social
For a presentation I am giving, I made a wordcloud of the titles of the NIH grants that were canceled. It is clear about the unscientific goals of this administration
a word cloud of the titles of canceled NIH grants with gender and minority being that largest words
March 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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mcuban.bsky.social
Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.

Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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ahmarilab.bsky.social
Concerned mentors wishing we could speak with our senators about attacks on science and students @sarahross1.bsky.social & Michael Gold 🤔
March 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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@chrismurphyct.bsky.social and I walking into a PACKED house at UAW Region 1 here in Warren, MI! Republican Rep. John James refuses to hold a Townhall, so we did it for him!
March 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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jeremymberg.bsky.social
Analysis of Terminated NIH Grants with Word Clouds

First, using the titles of grants not to Columbia...

Gender and DEI predominate
March 29, 2025 at 11:02 PM