Nina Luong
@ninaluong.bsky.social
first gen | she/her | opinions are my own | OHSU neuroscience PhD candidate | Wright & Sivyer Lab
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This is my son’s soccer teammate. This is heartbreaking to watch, no kid should go through this. I know his parents, they are good people. No family should endure this. The cruelty and evil actions of the trump administration and ICE are tearing families and communities apart.
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is my son’s soccer teammate. This is heartbreaking to watch, no kid should go through this. I know his parents, they are good people. No family should endure this. The cruelty and evil actions of the trump administration and ICE are tearing families and communities apart.
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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@ninaluong.bsky.social is really upping her costume game this year. And she can still work in it!
October 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@ninaluong.bsky.social is really upping her costume game this year. And she can still work in it!
It’s been a 24 hour traveling day from Portland to Pécs, which includes 2 planes, a bus, a metro, a train & a car.
I am so excited to be at ERM2025 and to be selected as a speaker in the New Perspectives, Tools and Resources session!
I am so excited to be at ERM2025 and to be selected as a speaker in the New Perspectives, Tools and Resources session!
September 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It’s been a 24 hour traveling day from Portland to Pécs, which includes 2 planes, a bus, a metro, a train & a car.
I am so excited to be at ERM2025 and to be selected as a speaker in the New Perspectives, Tools and Resources session!
I am so excited to be at ERM2025 and to be selected as a speaker in the New Perspectives, Tools and Resources session!
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Congratulations to Dr. Teva Bracha on his successful dissertation defense!
June 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Teva Bracha on his successful dissertation defense!
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Thanks to OPB for doing a feature on the PREP program at OHSU.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
June 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Thanks to OPB for doing a feature on the PREP program at OHSU.
www.opb.org/article/2025...
www.opb.org/article/2025...
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With all the chaos and destruction of academic research going on in the US right now, it feels a little weird to post this. But....
New preprint from the lab is now live: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New preprint from the lab is now live: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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PTEN regulates starburst amacrine cell dendrite morphology during development
Neurons are subject to extensive developmental regulation to ensure precise subtype-specific morphologies that are intimately tied to their function. Starburst amacrine cells (SACs) in the mammalian r...
www.biorxiv.org
May 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
With all the chaos and destruction of academic research going on in the US right now, it feels a little weird to post this. But....
New preprint from the lab is now live: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New preprint from the lab is now live: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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If you show a mouse a movie, you may just learn a lot about the visual cortex!
Thank you @karissawaddick.bsky.social for sharing our recent publication of the most complete functional map of an animal brain yet in @usatoday.com.
🧠📈 Read the article: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Thank you @karissawaddick.bsky.social for sharing our recent publication of the most complete functional map of an animal brain yet in @usatoday.com.
🧠📈 Read the article: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
April 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If you show a mouse a movie, you may just learn a lot about the visual cortex!
Thank you @karissawaddick.bsky.social for sharing our recent publication of the most complete functional map of an animal brain yet in @usatoday.com.
🧠📈 Read the article: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Thank you @karissawaddick.bsky.social for sharing our recent publication of the most complete functional map of an animal brain yet in @usatoday.com.
🧠📈 Read the article: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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I completely forgot what day it was. @ninaluong.bsky.social got me!
April 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I completely forgot what day it was. @ninaluong.bsky.social got me!
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1/ There it is! 😊 Published today in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spatial distribution and functional integration of displaced retinal ganglion cells - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Spatial distribution and functional integration of displaced retinal ganglion cells
www.nature.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
1/ There it is! 😊 Published today in Scientific Reports: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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DONATE to protect biomedical research: bit.ly/4i3RhsF
Executive orders & changes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be catastrophic to our ability to perform groundbreaking research and train the next generation of scientists. Learn more about the Vollum: www.ohsu.edu/vollum-insti...
Executive orders & changes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be catastrophic to our ability to perform groundbreaking research and train the next generation of scientists. Learn more about the Vollum: www.ohsu.edu/vollum-insti...
February 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
DONATE to protect biomedical research: bit.ly/4i3RhsF
Executive orders & changes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be catastrophic to our ability to perform groundbreaking research and train the next generation of scientists. Learn more about the Vollum: www.ohsu.edu/vollum-insti...
Executive orders & changes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would be catastrophic to our ability to perform groundbreaking research and train the next generation of scientists. Learn more about the Vollum: www.ohsu.edu/vollum-insti...
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Anglerfish turn out to be considerably less frightening once you know how tiny they are.
February 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Anglerfish turn out to be considerably less frightening once you know how tiny they are.
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Finally, while we first learned about this with F31 predoctoral fellowships and diversity supplements, this is also occurring for F32 postdoctoral, K99/R00 and F99/R00 postdoctoral transition awards, and R01s with explicit diversity language.
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February 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Finally, while we first learned about this with F31 predoctoral fellowships and diversity supplements, this is also occurring for F32 postdoctoral, K99/R00 and F99/R00 postdoctoral transition awards, and R01s with explicit diversity language.
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And now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow
The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding a card
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February 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And now back to our regularly scheduled $hitshow
The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
The dismantling of NIH programs to increase diversity in the biomedical workforce and the abhorrent treatment of talented young scientists
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My feed is overwhelmed with scientists right now calling out the catastrophic consequences of the NIH indirect cost order from last night. If those same people aren't also speaking out against the anti-trans, anti-DEI, anti-immigrant orders...we are lost. The only path forward is solidarity.
February 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
My feed is overwhelmed with scientists right now calling out the catastrophic consequences of the NIH indirect cost order from last night. If those same people aren't also speaking out against the anti-trans, anti-DEI, anti-immigrant orders...we are lost. The only path forward is solidarity.
As someone who wants to stay in academic research, how is it even possible to stay optimistic right now…
February 9, 2025 at 2:21 AM
As someone who wants to stay in academic research, how is it even possible to stay optimistic right now…
It’s 8pm. I’ve been in my dark room recording since 8am…my vision is getting blurry but I don’t want to give up yet 🥲
February 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
It’s 8pm. I’ve been in my dark room recording since 8am…my vision is getting blurry but I don’t want to give up yet 🥲
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I am thrilled to announce that Rich Kramer and I are co-directing a BRAND NEW hands-on visual neuroscience course at the MBL. August 1-16, 2025. Details in this flyer. Trainees please apply. And everyone, please spread the word!
December 13, 2024 at 10:12 PM
I am thrilled to announce that Rich Kramer and I are co-directing a BRAND NEW hands-on visual neuroscience course at the MBL. August 1-16, 2025. Details in this flyer. Trainees please apply. And everyone, please spread the word!
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I created a simple flow chart to help my lab trainees choose the most appropriate stats test in Prism (*for single-factor comparisons only). Feel free to share with your group if you think it could be helpful first start.
November 20, 2024 at 5:28 PM
I created a simple flow chart to help my lab trainees choose the most appropriate stats test in Prism (*for single-factor comparisons only). Feel free to share with your group if you think it could be helpful first start.
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Happy to share my first preprint from the McCormick Lab!
If you're interested in mesoscale 2-photon imaging and the relationship between neocortical activity and movement/arousal, check it out! A thread...🧵
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
If you're interested in mesoscale 2-photon imaging and the relationship between neocortical activity and movement/arousal, check it out! A thread...🧵
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pan-cortical 2-photon mesoscopic imaging and neurobehavioral alignment in awake, behaving mice
bioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution
www.biorxiv.org
October 24, 2023 at 5:25 PM
Happy to share my first preprint from the McCormick Lab!
If you're interested in mesoscale 2-photon imaging and the relationship between neocortical activity and movement/arousal, check it out! A thread...🧵
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
If you're interested in mesoscale 2-photon imaging and the relationship between neocortical activity and movement/arousal, check it out! A thread...🧵
#neuroskyence #neuroimaging
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I still can't believe I work in a laboratory.
October 20, 2023 at 4:12 PM
I still can't believe I work in a laboratory.
Can confidently say it was awesome 😎
2 weeks until my first DAC meeting- is it normal to be excited?
October 11, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Can confidently say it was awesome 😎
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Crocheted retinal neurons
#crochet #sciart #science #scicomm #neuroscience
#crochet #sciart #science #scicomm #neuroscience
September 16, 2023 at 9:37 PM
Crocheted retinal neurons
#crochet #sciart #science #scicomm #neuroscience
#crochet #sciart #science #scicomm #neuroscience