Ron Hart

Excited to share our latest study of alcohol-induced increase in TREM2 in iPS-derived microglia in a triculture model. doi.org/10.1016/j.al...

NIH funding cuts have affected over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments, a new report says A new report finds over 74,000 people enrolled in experiments have been affected by the National Institutes of Health’s funding cuts.

Between the end of February and mid-August, funding ceased for 383 studies testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease. The cuts disproportionately impacted efforts to tackle infectious diseases like the flu, pneumonia and COVID.
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According to Scott Bessent, here’s why beef prices are rising!

Snow in the park!

The NIH’s new imposed standard indirect cost rate threatens life-saving brain & behavior research that benefits millions of Americans. SfN, with other scientific organizations,urge reversal of this policy & implore Congress to protect critical research infrastructure.

Full statement: bit.ly/4jVJnCL

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.

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...

Saw the house in session today on CSPAN

Running cellranger on Amarel

For 10X scRNAseq experiments, you can process fastq files on the Rutgers Amarel HPC system using the pre-installed cellranger software package. Here's how. Cellranger is available from the "community" modules, so first you'll need to add these to the standard list of…

Running Scale scRNAseq Pipeline on Amarel HPC

Instructions for running the Scale.bio scRNAseq pipeline on the Rutgers HPC system.

Dawn at the park.

Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants

The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I

Lava flows into Blue Lagoon parking lot, destroys building after Iceland volcano erupts again The popular travel destination Blue Lagoon in Iceland has been closed and evacuated Thursday after another volcanic eruption sent lava flowing over the facility’s parking lot and destroyed at least on...

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Good morning! It’s Lexington-Henge in Cranford!

In case it’s never seen again, here’s the Blue Lagoon!

Polygenic risk for alcohol use disorder affects cellular responses to ethanol exposure in a human microglial cell model Individual genetic backgrounds affect human stem cell–derived microglial responses to ethanol.

Polygenic risk of AUD affects microglial function
Congratulations to Xindi Li and all collaborators! doi.org/10.1126/scia...