It’s not just that video is too slow. It is that. It’s also not my own understanding happening. I also truly believe that the mind and life I want to have does not happen through watching but does through reading. Wild that this is even a little bit provocative but I suspect that mostly just online

It is SO insanely cool. Clinically we don’t expect to see changes in “intelligence scales” in adulthood. But hello primary cilia - let’s figure you out!

I highly recommend reading the discussion that one reviewer called “highly significant, as it suggests MC4R agonists may hold therapeutic potential…for metabolic control…and neuropsychiatric well being” (thank you to reviewer 2). Cheers to more depth in the interface between these fields!

I’m proud of this work for two reasons. 1. This was Katie’s first research as a med student, and she dove deep to produce this very thoughtful manuscript 2. This puts a clinical correlate for my lab’s work out there - pharmacologically targeting the melanocortin 4 receptor affects cognitive function

“The nation’s health security is at risk and is in the hands of people focusing on ideological self-interest”

It was my favorite because she provided both a lifespan and a risk factor perspective in her work on sex differences in dementia, both rodents and humans, as we need to understand the dynamic experience of the dynamical systems (neural circuits, neuroendocrine signals, and neuroimmunology)

And don’t take my word for it, here’s the NIH itself on why humane animal research is necessary to appreciate biology in dynamic systems grants.nih.gov/policy-and-c...

This link offers the opportunity to watch a lot of misinformation about replacing animal models but also offers a place to leave your commentary.

I would point blank ask him how he justifies the things he has done that run counter to the promises he made to the committee that confirmed his position? What makes his knowledge and personal choices in any way more valuable than those of people with actual expertise?