Erik Herzog

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Senator Capito started of the discussion saying that the bill contains AN INCREASE for NIH.

The details are not available, but the bill will be released ofter the hearing.

This is not a done-deal, but it does show where the Senate is on a bipartisan basis.

Progress in gene therapy offers hope for long-term knee pain relief For nearly three decades, Mayo Clinic researcher Christopher Evans, Ph.D., has pushed to expand gene therapy beyond its original scope of fixing rare, single-gene defects. That has meant systematicall...

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Laboratory Assistant Current University of Arkansas System employees, including student employees and graduate assistants, need to log in to Workday via MyApps.Microsoft.com, then access Find Jobs from the Workday search ...

I’m hiring another research technician! Recent college grads are encouraged to apply. Please share with anyone who might be interested. uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UASYS/...

a man in a green lantern costume is standing in a hanger with a helicopter in the background . Alt: Ryan Reynolds suiting up as Green Lantern. While better known for his role as Deadpool, Ryan will always be Green Lantern to us. Sorry not sorry, Ryan. This will haunt you forever.

🚨ATTENTION CDC AND ALLIES!🚨 Our genes/jeans are GREEN tomorrow
To see our strength and build community, we ask that you wear something 💚green💚 to work on WEDNESDAY (tomorrow) to show solidarity and readiness to defend public health. Spread the word! #courageiscontagious #spreadthecolor #wearthecolor

🚨Very happy that my PhD work is now out in @nature.com!

We discovered that evolution, by acting in the midbrain, shifted the threshold to escape in Peromyscus mice, to fine-tune defensive strategies in different environments

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This was a truly collaborative effort! 🧵⬇️

“With these considerations, we expect to fund through the 4th percentile.”

There it is, in black and white, the destruction of cancer research in the US.

When two related mouse species are faced with a scary visual shadow that appears to be approaching…PAG neurons in one say “run!” And in the other say “freeze!” Very cool findings. Congrats to the authors. Could evolutionary switches like this underlie nocturnal vs diurnal?

A neuroimmune circuit mediates cancer cachexia-associated apathy Cachexia, a severe wasting syndrome associated with inflammatory conditions, often leads to multiorgan failure and death. Patients with cachexia experience extreme fatigue, apathy, and clinical depres...

1/ Why do patients with late-stage cancer lose motivation & sink into apathy?
🔥 Our new Science paper shows chronic inflammation activates a cytokine-sensing brain circuit that lowers motivation. Huge team effort: Aelita Zhu, Sarah Starosta, Pignatelli & Janowitz labs! 🧵
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My department is looking for our newest faculty member. The review of applications starts soon. I hope to see your application in there! careers.rpi.edu/mob/en-us/jo...

Overlooked cell type orchestrates brain rewiring | WashU Medicine Rather than neurons, brain cells known as astrocytes take charge in shaping response to signal involved in vigilance, mouse study shows

Astrocytes Take the Lead in Neural Rewiring - this discovery fundamentally changes current understanding about the determinants of brain network communication and activity.

Dr. Thomas Papouin
@washumedicine.bsky.social

#WashUNeuroCommunity

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$12 million grant funds studies of role of genes in autism, similar diagnoses Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis received a $12 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to deepen understanding of autism and other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders that are caused by a single gene mutation.

@iddrc-washu.bsky.social + The McDonnell Genome Institute @washumedicine.bsky.social secure a $12M NIH grant to form the Scalable Mouse Assay Center. Led by Joseph Dougherty - WU-SMAC will curate models of neurodevelopmental/psychiatric disorders known to be caused by a single gene mutation.

A unified theory of the mind In a new paper with implications for preventing Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders, Keith Hengen, an associate professor of biology, suggests a new comprehensive approach to understa...

Keith Hengen @washuartsci.bsky.social notes that “criticality” - the tipping point between order & chaos - is the key to understanding how the brain works, & how to keep it free from Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

Woodrow Shew @uarkansas.bsky.social

#WashUNeuroCommunity

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Sleep data from wearable device may help predict preterm birth An interdisciplinary research team at Washington University in St. Louis has found that variability in sleep patterns in people experiencing pregnancy can effectively predict preterm birth.

A collaboration among Ben Warner and Chenyang Lu at the McKelvey School of Engineering along with Sarah England and Peinan Zhao at WashU OBGYN shows sleep patterns in people experiencing pregnancy can effectively predict preterm birth.

@washu.bsky.social
#WashUNeuroCommunity

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The Saint Louis Science Center / WashU St. Louis Neuroscience Outreach invite you to Up Late: Experience Sound on July 19 where @washu.edu ‬grad students will be among the presenters testing the limits of human hearing. #WashUNeuroCommunity

For tickets and more information, visit slsc.org/up-late

Yoo, Sun recognized for developing novel method to study aged neurons | WashU Medicine Morby prize from Cure Alzheimer’s Fund honors groundbreaking Alzheimer’s research

Andrew Yoo and Zhao Sun of @washumedicine.bsky.social receive Morby Prize @curealzheimersfund.bsky.social ‪for seminal study in @science.org to show skin cells from patients with late-onset Alzheimer’s can be transformed into neurons and reproduce hallmarks of the disease bit.ly/4kxcmf6

YouTube video by Neurocracy Dr. Erik Herzog: Creating a Circadian Campus

I enjoy interviews by fearless future scientists. High school student, Sanjay Adireddy, honored and challenged me with his excellent questions on his Podcast, #Neurocracy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJY0...

Looking for something fun to do in St. Louis, MO on Saturday July 19? neuroscienceresearch.wustl.edu/calendar_eve...

Follow this link to advocate for research, especially on model organisms. www.fda.gov/news-events/...

IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT

Please watch the workshop video and COMMENT by 5:00 Monday 7/14

This is the source of the "no more model organism only grants in NIH-funded research" decree.

The Sengupta lab is seeking research technicians to join its team. Ideal candidates must possess a passion for research and exceptional communication skills. Both early-career and experienced candidates are welcome. Email SenguptaS@chop.edu with CV and letter of interest with goals and expectations.

Tornado Response Field Crew · The People's Response Support The People's Response to disaster needs across St. Louis by volunteering as a work crew member with our field team. We'll meet up at the O'Fallon Park Recreation Complex, assign teams and role...

I'm attending The People's Response's event, “Tornado Response Field Crew” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/peoplesrespo...

The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity:

1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas…
2) enabled by Engineering Innovations…
3) based on Science Research in Universities…
4) funded by Grants from the US Government.

It’s time more people understood this.

Update

This is how #WashU neuroscientists are testing hypotheses today. kudos to @jzacks.bsky.social and the other brave #hotones.

This is how #WashU neuroscientists are testing hypotheses today. kudos to @jzacks.bsky.social and the other brave #hotones.

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences (FABBS) on Friday, May 9th, at 2:00 PM ET for an informative webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations. We will discuss the r...

@fabbs.org webinar on responding to NSF grant terminations, for those in the behavioral and brain sciences:

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Excited that we are recruiting for a new postdoctoral program in Cognitive, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience at #WashU! Get in touch if you have questions!
sites.wustl.edu/systemsneuro...

YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists You Need Science. Now Science Needs You.

Called my representatives (again). Protect scientific research. Undergraduate and graduate training programs=workforce development. $1 invested in science=$5 in economic growth. youtu.be/UPluPuWO4jI

Details : Research Fellow in Plant Biochemistry : The University of Melbourne Careers at The University of Melbourne

I'm looking for a postdoc to work for 3 years on the function of #circadian clock proteins in wheat.
I also have a full-funded PhD opportunity.
#plantscience
Postdoc applications close on 2 April.
jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91954...