Talia Lerner
@talialerner.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, Associate Professor, Lerner Lab. Dopamine and basal ganglia circuits controlling reinforcement learning and decision-making. Open/inclusive science. Happy working mom of 3.
Yale ➡️ UCSF ➡️ Stanford ➡️ Northwestern
lernerlab.org
Yale ➡️ UCSF ➡️ Stanford ➡️ Northwestern
lernerlab.org
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Sue and win. Fight back. AAUP ✊🏼
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Sue and win. Fight back. AAUP ✊🏼
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Researchers with lived experience of mental illness/SUDs bring vital insight to our field, yet remain underrepresented and face barriers to participation & leadership
This Perspective calls for removing such barriers & proposes reforms to build inclusive environments
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This Perspective calls for removing such barriers & proposes reforms to build inclusive environments
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Breaking barriers: centering researchers with lived experience in psychiatric neuroscience - NPP—Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Researchers who live with serious mental illness or substance use disorders bring unique insight to psychiatric neuroscience, yet they remain underrepresented in the field. This paper calls for recogn...
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Researchers with lived experience of mental illness/SUDs bring vital insight to our field, yet remain underrepresented and face barriers to participation & leadership
This Perspective calls for removing such barriers & proposes reforms to build inclusive environments
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
This Perspective calls for removing such barriers & proposes reforms to build inclusive environments
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
FWIW I have not heard this (yet?). We are trying to reschedule.
If it does happen, I hope it won't be the new norm, but there may be compromises necessary right now to get anything to the January council round.
If it does happen, I hope it won't be the new norm, but there may be compromises necessary right now to get anything to the January council round.
Just got an email from my SRO for the study section that was missed in October. Good news is that they are trying to reschedule ASAP (Dec/Jan). The bad news is that CSR is mandating that only the the top third (not half) of applications will get discussed for the next 2 rounds.
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
FWIW I have not heard this (yet?). We are trying to reschedule.
If it does happen, I hope it won't be the new norm, but there may be compromises necessary right now to get anything to the January council round.
If it does happen, I hope it won't be the new norm, but there may be compromises necessary right now to get anything to the January council round.
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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 AM
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!
Boo! ♥️ Lerner Lab
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Boo! ♥️ Lerner Lab
This is where I live. This is where I'm trying to raise my kids.
Go home 🧊
Go home 🧊
Border patrol agents deployed tear gas on the 3700 block of North Kildare where residents say a landscape worker, a resident, and a woman on a bike were detained. Video from a resident.
October 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is where I live. This is where I'm trying to raise my kids.
Go home 🧊
Go home 🧊
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This decision leaked in an Arts & Sciences faculty meeting yesterday afternoon, and, while I suspect it'll take a minute for the student paper to update after today's email, credit to them that they had this story up this morning. www.studlife.com/news/2025/10...
Arts & Sciences Dean says WashU will not sign Trump’s higher ed compact as-is - Student Life
Dean of WashU’s College of Arts & Sciences, Feng Sheng Hu, told faculty at a meeting on Tuesday that Chancellor Andrew D. Martin does not plan to sign the Trump administration’s compact for higher edu...
www.studlife.com
October 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This decision leaked in an Arts & Sciences faculty meeting yesterday afternoon, and, while I suspect it'll take a minute for the student paper to update after today's email, credit to them that they had this story up this morning. www.studlife.com/news/2025/10...
All but 2 Universities Decline a Trump Offer of Preferential Funding
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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🌵Tucson Proud🌵
No Compact for the University of Arizona. ✊🏼
No Compact for the University of Arizona. ✊🏼
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
🌵Tucson Proud🌵
No Compact for the University of Arizona. ✊🏼
No Compact for the University of Arizona. ✊🏼
Hands off Chicago. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hands off Chicago. No Kings.
Numerous state and local reps giving emotional speeches
October 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Numerous state and local reps giving emotional speeches
This is the "small" neighborhood pre-rally! Get out there today everybody!
October 18, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is the "small" neighborhood pre-rally! Get out there today everybody!
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DARTMOUTH OUT!
We are at 6 rejections. Vanderbilt is the only private left standing "considering" the compact along with UT Austin and the University of Arizona.
We are at 6 rejections. Vanderbilt is the only private left standing "considering" the compact along with UT Austin and the University of Arizona.
Dartmouth is OUT! Thank goodness... a friend at U of A and I have been playing "Who will be the last of the 9 standing?" and it's not gonna be us!
October 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
DARTMOUTH OUT!
We are at 6 rejections. Vanderbilt is the only private left standing "considering" the compact along with UT Austin and the University of Arizona.
We are at 6 rejections. Vanderbilt is the only private left standing "considering" the compact along with UT Austin and the University of Arizona.
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A university that signs the “compact” is one that acknowledges its own inability to compete and succeed based talent and merit. It would signal insecurity and mediocrity to current and future students and faculty. Say no. Recruit the best people, protect their freedom and support their hard work.
October 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
A university that signs the “compact” is one that acknowledges its own inability to compete and succeed based talent and merit. It would signal insecurity and mediocrity to current and future students and faculty. Say no. Recruit the best people, protect their freedom and support their hard work.
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Interim University of Virginia President Paul Mahoney has responded ”no thank you” to the loyalty pledge masquerading as a compact. Go UVA!
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
#nocompact #uva #academicfreedom
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
#nocompact #uva #academicfreedom
U.Va. rejects Trump administration Compact for Academic Excellence
The University has rejected the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which he received from the White House and Department of Education Oct. 1, according to a community statement rel...
www.cavalierdaily.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Interim University of Virginia President Paul Mahoney has responded ”no thank you” to the loyalty pledge masquerading as a compact. Go UVA!
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
#nocompact #uva #academicfreedom
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
#nocompact #uva #academicfreedom
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Penn and USC have also rejected the Compact!
That makes 4 - stronger together.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
That makes 4 - stronger together.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
Penn, U. of Southern California Reject Trump Compact
The universities follow the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University in rejecting the Trump administration’s proposal that would require sweeping changes.
www.insidehighered.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Penn and USC have also rejected the Compact!
That makes 4 - stronger together.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
That makes 4 - stronger together.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Penn joins MIT and Brown in saying “no” to Trump extortion move.
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Penn joins MIT and Brown in saying “no” to Trump extortion move.
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Congratulations to Rebekah Rashford and team, it’s finally out! We tagged early life stress-activated neurons in VTA and found that chromatin those cells was much more open, even into adulthood, and that open CREs predicted greater gene expression in response to stress later in life
rdcu.be/eLa9z
rdcu.be/eLa9z
Persistent open chromatin state in early-life stress-activated cells of the VTA
Scientific Reports - Persistent open chromatin state in early-life stress-activated cells of the VTA
rdcu.be
October 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Congratulations to Rebekah Rashford and team, it’s finally out! We tagged early life stress-activated neurons in VTA and found that chromatin those cells was much more open, even into adulthood, and that open CREs predicted greater gene expression in response to stress later in life
rdcu.be/eLa9z
rdcu.be/eLa9z
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Brown is out! They had to do more dancing in their letter because they previously capitulated and needed to reference their previous agreement but, at its core, this reiterates MIT's letter.
The clock is now on for all other institutions.
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
The clock is now on for all other institutions.
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
www.brown.edu
October 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Brown is out! They had to do more dancing in their letter because they previously capitulated and needed to reference their previous agreement but, at its core, this reiterates MIT's letter.
The clock is now on for all other institutions.
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
The clock is now on for all other institutions.
www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
A heartfelt goodbye 👋🏼 to @glopez.bsky.social, OG of the lab. On to her next adventure in medical writing!
Last pic - from Gaby - it's me in my office, in my office 😄
Last pic - from Gaby - it's me in my office, in my office 😄
October 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A heartfelt goodbye 👋🏼 to @glopez.bsky.social, OG of the lab. On to her next adventure in medical writing!
Last pic - from Gaby - it's me in my office, in my office 😄
Last pic - from Gaby - it's me in my office, in my office 😄
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15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵
October 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
15 years in the making, we confirmed that mitochondria - the powerhouse of the cell - have an unusual localization in patients who experience psychosis (including schizophrenia and bipolar disorders). You’ll never guess what kind of patient cells we used to make this discovery… 🧵
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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October 9th is the deadline for poster submissions for #WCBR2026 please share! www.winterbrain.org
October 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
October 9th is the deadline for poster submissions for #WCBR2026 please share! www.winterbrain.org