Julie Golomb

Congrats to our lab’s newest PhD’s: Dr. Zitong Lu & Dr. Yong Min Choi!
@zitonglu.bsky.social is off to postdoc at MIT w/ @nancykanwisher.bsky.social & @evfedorenko.bsky.social;
@yongminchoi.bsky.social is off to postdoc at Dartmouth w/ @violastoermer.bsky.social
Will really miss these 2, so proud 🥳

#VSS2025 Come check out Min’s super cool talk Tues 6pm! He cleverly uses voxel-wise predictive encoding models to compare different forms of remapping across the human brain @vssmtg.bsky.social

Congrats to former JGLab undergrad @avaaaaran.bsky.social for her first-author publication! What a cool undergrad thesis project, with grad mentor @zitonglu.bsky.social. Keep an eye out for both of these early career stars!

If you are a faculty member at a US university, please consider signing this excellent petition asking our presidents, chancellors, etc to work together to defend our institutions from the direct attacks by Trump administration: sites.google.com/view/we-must...

Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Federal Funds to Columbia University The Trump administration blamed the university’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment during protests last year over the war in Gaza.

This is a vile move. All the more disgusting and infuriating that it’s being framed about “protecting” Jewish students. You know what’s actually anti-Semitic? using Jews as pawns in this disgusting fascist theatre. Don’t take the bait and let it divide us. 😡

Drop your favorite Stand Up for Science slogans / homemade signs here! I’ll be at the @standupforscience.bsky.social rally in Columbus tomorrow! Please consider joining us if you’re local, or find your closest rally site in your state! Numbers matter. Science matters.

Here’s why Ohio university presidents stayed quiet on Senate Bill 1 The lobbying group for the state’s public universities advised them to sit on the sidelines over Senate Bill 1, records show.

President Carter told us he was fighting for us. But this article based on public info requests shows that the Ohio presidents jointly decided to stand down before SB1 was even introduced.

signalakron.org/ohio-univers...

Grad Admission Impacts Survey It is grad admissions season and many postbacs are feeling the chilling impacts of the Trump administration's recent executive orders freezing and slashing extramural research funding. Dozens of gradu...

As a result of Trump’s slashes to research funding, dozens of graduate programs have announced reductions and cancellations of graduate admissions slots.

If you are an impacted applicant, please fill out this survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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…And then talked about how grant funding works, what direct and indirect costs are and why they’re important (using real-world examples like restaurant meal costs and then my own grant as an actual research example), etc

I didn’t make any actual materials, just talked about it verbally. There was a point in my lecture where I already had slides about relevant research being done in our dept and how the students could participate, so I took the opportunity to explain that all those studies are funded by NIH and NSF,…

(3) They were grateful to be informed. They asked good questions. Many were visibly shocked. There are no articles in the campus newspaper, and clearly it’s not in their echo chambers.

(1) I always teach about how cogneuro research works, so I incorporated this in a course-related and carefully non-partisan way (important for those of us at public univs).

(2) Of the >100 students, only a handful of them had any prior idea what’s been going on and that/how this affects them.

Sharing in case this is useful for others in a similar role. Today I taught my undergrad Intro Cog Neuro class about indirects and research grant funding. Some details:

NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.

If you live in AK, AL, IN, FL, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, OH, and SC, your reps are on the Senate HELP Committee which has jurisdiction over NIH.
Write to them pointing out the jobs and money coming to your state from NIH: www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
describe impact of NIH cuts on....

OSU Vision and Cognitive Neuroscience Lab (Job Ads)

Full-time lab manager / RA position available in our lab starting Summer 2024!

This position is ideal for someone who wants additional research experience in cognitive neuroscience before applying to PhD programs.

Details:
u.osu.edu/golomblab/jo...

Hi all! A bit late to the Bluesky game, but spreading the word that we have 4 open faculty positions at Ohio State University Psychology Department! Initial deadlines are today, but late applications are still welcome.

#psychscisky #academicsky #neuroskyence

psychology.osu.edu/current_facu...