David J. Linden

Meet the neuroscientist running for Congress Sam Wang, a neuroscientist running for the U.S. House of Representatives, has been interested in “fixing bugs in democracy” for decades.

I spoke with Laura Schenkman at The Transmitter about my candidacy for the House!

Going from the lab to public life is a huge transition. From a lifetime of research to biotech to democracy to running for office, here’s the story of one scientist: www.thetransmitter.org/policy/is-th...

The M.S. degree in Neuroscience is a new, full-time in-person program consisting of 9 months of intensive coursework followed by 12 months of laboratory research in one of the world-class neuroscience laboratories at Johns Hopkins. More information can be found at neuroscience.jhu.edu/graduate/51

YouTube video by TheMedEmpire.Health Genetics & Human Individuality – Johns Hopkins Leading Neuroscientist | Dr. David Linden

It was a delight to speak with Dr. Faris of Dubai on his MedEmpire podcast. We discussed many of the topics covered in my 2020 book "Unique: The New Science of Human Individuality." www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBTt...

"Graphic with 'Anthropic' logo on left, circuit-like design. Right text reads: 'Authors: You May Be Part of This Class Action Lawsuit. Anthropic AI Lawsuit Explained.' Modern, tech-themed design."

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

BBQ sauce tea.

Oy! Again with the fascism? I signed and I hope that my fellow Johns Hopkins yids will join in.

Pour one out for Tom Lehrer for keeping it real

The conversation ranged from the neurobiology of love to the disaster of science funding under the Trump administration. Please do have a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G4Y...

Sleep need–dependent plasticity of a thalamic circuit promotes homeostatic recovery sleep Prolonged wakefulness leads to persistent, deep recovery sleep (RS). However, the neuronal circuits that mediate this process remain elusive. From a circuit screen in mice, we identified a group of th...

New collaborative study out with Mark Wu’s group identifies a thalamic reuniens-zona incerta circuit as both responsive to induced sleep deprivation and essential for mediating recovery sleep. Further perspective on this work follows./1
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An image with a prescription pill bottle. Text on the image reads: 99% of all new medications resulted from federally-funded university research through NIH

Did you know? 99% of all new medications resulted from federally-funded university research through #NIH

Learn more about #ResearchSavesLives: hub.jhu.edu/research-sav....

Public service announcement. They are not Dire Wolves. They have 20 single letter changes in their entire genomes. I’ve done shits with more mutations.

Every time journalists write up a Colossus press release, They are making people stupider. Client journalism by a ridiculous company.

Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' got its first big win with Trump declaring there are only two genders. This is an agenda that will see laws passed to push gays back into the closet and women back into the kitchen. Our trans siblings are in the front line of this fight, so now more than ever

A modest proposal: USA gets Greenland and Denmark gets Texas. Win-win!

Read this.

And of course a synapse is not captured by just a single weight but also encompasses short term dynamics and modifiability aka metaplaticity.

At a time when support for biomedical research has never been more uncertain in the USA, we have 766 applications for 16 places in our Neuroscience Graduate Program here at Johns Hopkins. I suspect that other neuroscience programs are seeing a similar situation.

Please read this extraordinarily honest & moving piece about assisted dying, motor neurone disease, palliative care & a beloved father’s death from his daughter’s perspective. There is nothing more profound you will read all week. Thank you, Sarah-Jayne. Sending warmest wishes to you & your family.

Good morning, my people

Euan Ashley: Exercise may be the single most potent medical intervention ever known Listen now (48 mins) |

Euan Ashley on E Topol's podcast "if you look at this very big study of .5 million people and look at their physical activity over the course of years and correlate it with their likelihood of being alive or being dead, then it was clear that 1 minute of exercise bought you 5 minutes of extra life."

YouTube video by Kwaidanrecords Nouvelle Vague - Too Drunk To Fuck (Full Track)

The bossa nova cover of Black Flag’s Too Drunk To &$#% by Nouvelle Vague is epic: youtu.be/DElRqo8u1vQ?...

<FACEPALM> Dead Kennedys.

I'm totally enthused about this Walz guy for VP.

What explains the variations in sexual sensation between us? | Aeon Essays What makes touch on some parts of the body erotic but not others? Cutting-edge biologists are arriving at new answers

Is it weird that my new piece in Aeon about sexual sensation is framed by a discussion of my father's psychoanalytic practice? Yes, it is. aeon.co/essays/what-...

Don’t let them fool you. RFK, Jr. received his funding from big Republican donors.

Steve Bannon urged him to run!

Why? Because he’s there to play spoiler.

Democrats shouldn’t fall for it. A vote for RFK, Jr. is a vote to help Trump win, plain and simple.

Was the architect of the Palacio Postal in Mexico City actually M.C. Escher?

This is a total power move. Jessie Weinreb Benedict from my lab takes questions at the end of her excellent public dissertation talk with her toddler son, Elias, on her hip. Congratulations Dr. Benedict!

From the NYT: “From 2010 to 2016, each of the 210 new drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration was connected to research funded by the National Institutes of Health, according to the scientific journal PNAS”

Green Mill Lounge, Chicago.

Kiyomizu temple, Kyoto.