Yvette Fisher
@yvetteefisher.bsky.social
Drosophila Neuroscientist | Assistant professor at UC Berkeley in Neuroscience and MCB (@berkeleymcb.bsky.social)
https://www.fisherlab.science/
https://www.fisherlab.science/
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Our lab from @HHMINEWS & @UCBerkeley is looking for undergrads to come for an internship!
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www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
www.hhmi.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Our lab from @HHMINEWS & @UCBerkeley is looking for undergrads to come for an internship!
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
www.hhmi.org/programs/cec...
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Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041
Assistant Professor - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041
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A single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two different behaviors in response to the same odor.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Divergent synaptic dynamics originate parallel pathways for computation and behavior in an olfactory circuit
Kim et al. investigate how the Drosophila olfactory system dynamically transforms
odor information. They discover that distinct synaptic dynamics from individual projection
neurons underlie different ...
www.cell.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A single neuron in fruit flies can trigger two different behaviors in response to the same odor.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
Fear and loathing on study section: Reviewing grant proposals while the system is burning
As grants are canceled, delayed and subject to general uncertainty, participating in study sections can feel futile. But it’s more important than ever.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
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Congrats to MCB's Filipa Rijo-Ferreira on being named a
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏
www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏
www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
June 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Congrats to MCB's Filipa Rijo-Ferreira on being named a
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏
www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
@hhmi.org 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholar! 🎉👏
www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
Big news this week for the Fisher lab!! It's a huge honor to join this community — and it's all thanks to the amazing scientists in my lab. We're extremely grateful for the support of our research!!
Five Klingenstein-Simons Neuroscience Fellows have been selected as 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars! Congratulations to Yvette Fisher, Vikram Gadagkar, Isha Jain, Xin Jin, and Moriel Zelikowsky for their outstanding scientific achievements and dedication to mentoring. www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
www.hhmi.org
June 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Big news this week for the Fisher lab!! It's a huge honor to join this community — and it's all thanks to the amazing scientists in my lab. We're extremely grateful for the support of our research!!
Honored join this community and extremely thankful for support of the exciting research being done by the amazing scientists in my lab!!
Congrats to HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars @channyskye.bsky.social , Josefina del Mármol (@delmarmollab.bsky.social), @yvetteefisher.bsky.social and Theanne Griffith (@doctheagrif.bsky.social), named 2025 McKnight Scholars for their demonstrated commitment to neuroscience & mentoring others! 🌟
June 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Honored join this community and extremely thankful for support of the exciting research being done by the amazing scientists in my lab!!
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Believe it a not, a third multisite connectomic project also lost funding. The multi-PI R01 led by @darbly.bsky.social with myself and @bassemh.bsky.social as co-PIs.
Two multisite projects aimed at scaling up mouse connectomics lost federal funding in recent cuts to Harvard University grants.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/mult...
By @avaskham.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/mult...
Multisite connectome teams lose federal funding as result of Harvard cuts
The teams aim to develop tools to scale up mouse connectomics in preparation for eventually mapping an entire human brain.
www.thetransmitter.org
May 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Believe it a not, a third multisite connectomic project also lost funding. The multi-PI R01 led by @darbly.bsky.social with myself and @bassemh.bsky.social as co-PIs.
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The IRACDA program was one of my favorites at NIGMS, good for the postdocs involved and for the institutions where they taught. Terminating it is just idiocy. Well said @ggnanadesikan.bsky.social
NIH has terminated my IRACDA fellowship. Here are some of my reflections on this moment and why it matters not just to me and my colleagues, but to everyone.
#FundScience #StandUpForScience #ScienceSavesLives
curiouser-gita.blogspot.com/2025/04/nih-...
#FundScience #StandUpForScience #ScienceSavesLives
curiouser-gita.blogspot.com/2025/04/nih-...
NIH Cuts, Priorities, and "We regret to inform you..."
A travel, photo, hiking, and science blog with lots of animals.
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May 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The IRACDA program was one of my favorites at NIGMS, good for the postdocs involved and for the institutions where they taught. Terminating it is just idiocy. Well said @ggnanadesikan.bsky.social
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This is a super clear and helpful article explaining why the 15% indirect cost rate is unfair, hurts science, and does NOT increase $ for research:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Is flat 15% fair?
An NIH funding policy is misguided and damaging
www.science.org
March 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This is a super clear and helpful article explaining why the 15% indirect cost rate is unfair, hurts science, and does NOT increase $ for research:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Wow, major breakthrough in the development of broadly neutralizing bispecific antibody therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2, led by @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar @cobarnes27.bsky.social 😃
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bispecific antibodies targeting the N-terminal and receptor binding domains potently neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Bispecific antibodies incorporating a cross-reactive NTD-specific antibody are resilient to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.
www.science.org
March 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Wow, major breakthrough in the development of broadly neutralizing bispecific antibody therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2, led by @stanford-chemh.bsky.social institute scholar @cobarnes27.bsky.social 😃
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Today's the day! Minnesota, let's show up and make our voices heard to support science!
I'm attending the Stand Up for Science rally at the Minnesota State Capitol this Friday, March 7th. Please join me in advocating for science funding and protesting the arbitrary and highly disruptive cuts to our nations' scientific agencies and research universities. standupforscience2025.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today's the day! Minnesota, let's show up and make our voices heard to support science!
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What a great event! Complete with shout out to @standupforscience.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
What a great event! Complete with shout out to @standupforscience.bsky.social
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First, we are touring Nobel Prize Chemistry winner Professor Jennifer Doudna's lab to learn more about an NIH-funded CRISPR project and discuss how the NIH cuts will hurt groundbreaking research projects and lives.
February 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
First, we are touring Nobel Prize Chemistry winner Professor Jennifer Doudna's lab to learn more about an NIH-funded CRISPR project and discuss how the NIH cuts will hurt groundbreaking research projects and lives.
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Mark Cuban on NIH.
Yes. Public money also funded the basis of Netscape, Google, Intel, and Moderna. Those companies wouldn’t be in the US without government funding science. 1/2
Yes. Public money also funded the basis of Netscape, Google, Intel, and Moderna. Those companies wouldn’t be in the US without government funding science. 1/2
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Mark Cuban on NIH.
Yes. Public money also funded the basis of Netscape, Google, Intel, and Moderna. Those companies wouldn’t be in the US without government funding science. 1/2
Yes. Public money also funded the basis of Netscape, Google, Intel, and Moderna. Those companies wouldn’t be in the US without government funding science. 1/2
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Our latest study is available as a preprint.
We show that psychedelics induce subtle changes in gene expression but robust changes in alternative splicing lasting at least one month, suggesting that alternative splicing may represent a general mechanism for prolonged plasticity in neurons. #RNAsky
We show that psychedelics induce subtle changes in gene expression but robust changes in alternative splicing lasting at least one month, suggesting that alternative splicing may represent a general mechanism for prolonged plasticity in neurons. #RNAsky
Persistent large-scale changes in alternative splicing in prefrontal cortical neuron types following psychedelic exposure https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.16.633439v1
January 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Our latest study is available as a preprint.
We show that psychedelics induce subtle changes in gene expression but robust changes in alternative splicing lasting at least one month, suggesting that alternative splicing may represent a general mechanism for prolonged plasticity in neurons. #RNAsky
We show that psychedelics induce subtle changes in gene expression but robust changes in alternative splicing lasting at least one month, suggesting that alternative splicing may represent a general mechanism for prolonged plasticity in neurons. #RNAsky
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1/3 How does visual input affect the heading direction (HD) network?
In our latest lab preprint, Ryosuke presents "visual landmarks" to larval zebrafish and shows that the HD network tethers to the visual environment. The experiments are again inspired by the beautiful recent work in Drosophila.
In our latest lab preprint, Ryosuke presents "visual landmarks" to larval zebrafish and shows that the HD network tethers to the visual environment. The experiments are again inspired by the beautiful recent work in Drosophila.
December 20, 2024 at 8:34 AM
1/3 How does visual input affect the heading direction (HD) network?
In our latest lab preprint, Ryosuke presents "visual landmarks" to larval zebrafish and shows that the HD network tethers to the visual environment. The experiments are again inspired by the beautiful recent work in Drosophila.
In our latest lab preprint, Ryosuke presents "visual landmarks" to larval zebrafish and shows that the HD network tethers to the visual environment. The experiments are again inspired by the beautiful recent work in Drosophila.
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I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
December 9, 2024 at 11:19 PM
I joined 75+ @nobelprize.bsky.social laureates urging US Senators to oppose RFK Jr.'s confirmation as DHHS Secretary. If you’re in a state with GOP senators, PLEASE reach out to them! I’d deeply appreciate it if you amplified this post! 🙏
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/h...
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First public reveal of Piezo tattoo! Thanks @leslievosshall.bsky.social for documenting this and for the appreciation after the talk. And welcome back to Blue Sky!
If you really love your protein of interest commit to a tattoo @ardemp.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 4:10 AM
First public reveal of Piezo tattoo! Thanks @leslievosshall.bsky.social for documenting this and for the appreciation after the talk. And welcome back to Blue Sky!