Nicholette Zeliadt
Nicholette Zeliadt
@nzeliadt.bsky.social
Managing Editor at The Transmitter, a publication for the neuroscience community thetransmitter.org @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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@thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a portrait of the state of neuroscience in 2025 through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding. Each view features analyses of major trends and more. Explore the end of year report: bit.ly/4oNeTVC

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November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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The FDA wants to expand the use of leucovorin to treat autism traits, based on an analysis of the scientific research. @thetransmitter.bsky.social has obtained the list of 23 studies.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

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Exclusive: The 23 studies the FDA based its expanded leucovorin label on
The studies include 46 people, mostly toddlers, who have cerebral folate deficiency due to variants in a folate transporter.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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“I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that the list did not include multiple studies on why vaccines cause autism,” says Brian Lee about the newly awarded Autism Data Science Initiative projects.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

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Autism researchers remain concerned about NIH data project
An atypical funding mechanism, short timeline and opaque review process had generated concern over the quality of projects that would be selected.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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The NIH has spent nearly its entire budget for this fiscal year, but the number of new grants has dropped compared with past years.

By Natalia Mesa

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NIH awarded 37 percent fewer neuroscience-related grants in 2025 than in past years
But the agency has spent nearly its entire budget for this fiscal year, which ends tomorrow.
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October 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Meet Richard Frye, whose research record on leucovorin traces the gulf between promise and proof.

By Brendan Borrell

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Exclusive: Meet Richard Frye, who studies leucovorin for autism
Frye has led two placebo-controlled trials of the folate supplement in autistic people; the first was suspended by regulators, and the other has yet to be published.
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October 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Exclusive from The Transmitter: Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to limit eligible universities for Investigator Program in bid to spread the wealth:
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By @shaena.bsky.social
Howard Hughes Medical Institute to limit eligible universities for Investigator Program in bid to spread the wealth
The next round of competition, slated for late 2025, will have a new focus, according to an HHMI spokesperson.
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December 7, 2024 at 12:50 PM