Brian Scott

The first defibrillator, Smithsonian American Museum of Natural History.

1. Take this seriously. Here is how you do it. Take a screenshot of the #HatchAct violation, whether it's on LinkedIn or other social media or on the actual US Government website. When you file your complaint, provide your personal contact information. If you're a furloughed fed, you're off-duty.

Introducing Standard Deviation EP1: The Impossible Climb This episode of Standard Deviation features Oliver Bogler in conversation with Dr Na Zhao, a cancer biologist caught in the crossfire of science, politics, and surv…

"Standard Deviation" new podcast telling the stories of scientists impacted by the last 8mo of BS by Oliver Bogler, a former NIH PO who was dedicated to supporting trainees. www.outofpatients.com/introducing-...

If you’re upset with the government shutting down or dissatisfied with government in general, don’t blame “Washington, DC.” The people of DC, all 700k of us, have no voting representation in Congress. This falls on the 535 chuckleheads the American voters sent to Congress. #DCStatehood #FreeDC

The language of non-consent around AI is really telling. "It's too late to be scared." "It's here whether we want it or not." "You'll have to learn to work with it." "You can't fight the inevitable."

All just variations of "you're not allowed to say no." Creepy technology made by creepy people.

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

apply.interfolio.com/174371

The moose out front should have told you… grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

YouTube video by Damien Riehl American-ish Chorale Tune | © Study: Paul Simon, Bach, Hassler | Schola Diffusa | Virtual Choir

Deep respite post:

Yesterday I posted this wonderful performance of Paul Simon's American Tune.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVJB...

I sent the link to my music theorist-sister, who came back with this.

Enjoy.

Wallow in it.

Government shutdowns hit the DC area very hard. Consider throwing some money at Capital Area Food Bank-they are already struggling to keep up in the face of rising demand and food costs and reduced support. They will be busy in the days and weeks to come. give.capitalareafoodbank.org

We will have an NHP position open at @westernu.ca this year. Posting is coming soon. If you're interested about our setup and the opportunities here, feel free to get in touch.

Breaking: HHS, Commerce, Probably Other Agencies Send Entire Staff Email Blaming Democrats for Shutdown Please forgive the multiple editions in one day — occasionally I'll send breaking news out such as this. If you're new here, read more about the deal here and please subscribe below! On Tuesday after...

One source sent me equivalent pre-shutdown emails from 2018 and 2024 and the contrast is wild -- those are just "we know uncertainty is tough, we are working on contingency plans, etc" and this one from *every* agency is just EVIL DEMOCRATS WHO CONTROL NOTHING ARE SHUTTING IT DOWN

NIH races to spend its 2025 grant money — but fewer projects win funding Despite political obstacles, officials are on track to disburse all of the research funds allocated to US biomedical behemoth.

Staff members at the NIH seem to have done the impossible: spend the agency's $48 billion budget.

“Everyone has been rallying together to clean up the mess, but it’s a mess that did not need to be made,” an NIH program officer told me.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We cannot run a US science system in this way.

Science depends on federal funding given to the most meritorious applicants as judged by peers and experts. That system depends on rules. Predictability is required.

An arbitrary and capricious, lawless government means medical cures will collapse.

The coordinated Hatch Act violations by the White House confirm the lawlessness of this administration.

They believe they can ignore the law and Constitution with impunity and the lawless Supreme Court will sign off on it.

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This is near me and my teen is learning to drive. A right hand drive manual wagon sounds ideal. www.capitaljdm.com/listing/1998...

i told my landlord they're releasing the amelia earhart files and he lowered my rent 50%. i told my grocer and he gave me a free nectarine. i told my doctor and he said i didn't have to pay for the visit. try it. you never know who out there has been waiting for this moment.

Here's my comment--join me. This would effectively remove foreign PhD students and postdocs from our labs. please share

Prescription, or has the emergency legislation gone into effect?

Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Wave of Charges Under Trump’s Crackdown

DC grand juries have been stepping up to refuse to indict in the first place. Probably why they found a way to file in Va?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/u...

Reminder starting in October NIH NOFOs won’t be posted in the Guide for grants and contracts.

Tips on how to search for opportunities & set up a subscription for custom searches here: grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

We're looking forward to the first annual New York Memory Hub conference later this week! Can't wait for all the talks and discussion about all things learning and memory 🧠

What if NIH had been 40% smaller? Replaying history with less NIH funding shows widespread impacts on drug-linked research

This may be the most important paper ever published about NIH funded research.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Really cool, conceptually simple approach here: cross-referencing grant proposal scores with literature citations and explicit acknowledgments in drug patents to identify patents linked to projects that wouldn't have been funded given a smaller budget

The Biological Psychiatry family of journals is now officially on Bluesky!

Follow us for the latest research in psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and global open science from our three leading journals.

New NIH structure for applications/awards with foreign components:
Effective for due dates on or after 1/25/26, competing apps must use the PF5 activity code for grants (UF5 for cooperative agreements).

Policy:
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

News news article:
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

85% of texts I receive should have been emails.

Applications are now open for the SWC Systems Neuroscience PhD Programme.

Join us in London!

🧠 World-class neuroscience training
💰 Fully-funded 4-year programme
🖥️ Close links to @gatsbyucl.bsky.social

Apply by 3 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...

Quantifying funding sources across neuroscience labs We want to hear from you about the sources of funding for your research.

Hi everyone! We are taking a look at the state of funding in the neuroscience field so we are looking for PIs to answer this survey. Please feel free to fill out and share with colleagues.

Ty!

AI Overview: "Dental realism"refers to the philosophical debate about whether teeth exist independently of human perception, a concept rooted in metaphysical realism. While realism asserts an objective reality for teeth, idealist philosophies contend that teeth's existence is tied to our consciousness and perception. Philosophers use this idea, for example, to discuss the ethics of tooth extraction, examining whether a procedure impacts a real entity or merely a subjective experience.

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

Shutting down the war on cancer.

“New presidential administrations have usually gone out of their way to make transitions at the NIH as seamless as possible so as not to disrupt ongoing research…”

Right. That’s not what is happening now. Must-read article.

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