Jonna Singh

being wrong is ok

calm down

Hah If it makes you feel better comp sci and theory people are just as guilty of these mistakes

Each of the types of papers
in this list are useful in their own right, just a tongue in cheek comment :)

the explosion of any technique inevitably brings an avalanche of papers that misuse, over-claim, or rediscover things.

4. I don’t give a shit what it is, we sequenced it and splattered it on a umap, nothing changed but now we have art

Wonderful congrats Anna!

How can one be so bad at their job and more generally at reading the room scientifically at so many levels. @_@

graphical abstract goes hard

State them clearly and in direct response to pre selected RFK quotes, preferably ones that have been repeated many times.

Second half should be about making NIHs financial payoff (dollar in vs dollar out) extremely clear to the public

Reach out to the top 25 scientists in the main “contention” areas (vaccines / autism / chronic diseases / cancer / neurodegeneration) and collect the list of findings/citations that most clearly contradict RFKs previous statements and policies (there is a wealth of these that are widely agreed upon)

to what degree are people *actually* excited about a copy paste approach to learning from these connectors?

Most of the interest I see is the high level interest you mention, or neuroscientists excited about modeling the brain more accurately.

Wild!

Stephen, Praneel and their team use fluorescence lifetime imaging and various manipulations to show that, in male mice, both mating drive and hypothalamic tonic dopamine release drop after a successful mating and gradually recover over the next week, paralleling the recovery in sperm count.

Featuring 2p FLIM to track DA levels over days, and a demonstration that a neurons molecular identity is pretty labile @stephen-zhang.bsky.social @markandermann.bsky.social

P.S: Praneel will be applying to MD PhD and is an absolute beast. Systems neuro labs don’t miss out!!

the U.S. Capitol building on an overcast day, looking ominous

URGENT! Contact your senators today to advocate to fund science agencies and programs!

The Senate Appropriations Committee & its subcommittees are writing appropriation bills for the federal FY26 budget now.

Here's how you can help: esa.org/esablog/2025...

I know it's not very helpful, but I find myself thinking about those who criticized Nature's and Scientific American's Harris endorsement on the grounds that "science should stay out of politics." I think about those people quite a lot.

It’s is practically guaranteed that what is happening to Harvard WILL happen to your favorite R1 institution if we don’t continue to engage our local representatives.

Reminder: Bluesky is an echo chamber.

As useful as it is to get informed and feel support on here, it’s time to get uncomfortable and speak up *in real life*.

Talk to those who are not here. Be ready to explain these catastrophes. Add YOUR grain of salt to the mobilization process. It matters.

The tone is not nearly alarming enough to be reflective of reality. It’s a full blown blood bath that has torn down decades of progress.

This should be front and center as the biggest sacrilege committed by these braindead bigots.

Positional molecular markers guide the regeneration of the correct body parts in axolotls.

Go axolotl gang!

The new restriction will sharply limit access to the Novavax vaccine for people under 65 who are in good health. It may leave Americans who do not have underlying conditions at risk if a more virulent version of the coronavirus were to emerge. It could also limit options for people who want the vaccine for a wide array of reasons, including to protect a vulnerable loved one.

Under 65 years old? No Novovax COVID vaccine for you this year.

As expected, the Republicans have enabled RFK Jr. and his coterie of antivax grifters to take away your right to make your own medical decisions in consultation with your doctor.

Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/h...

Unprecedented cuts to the National Science Foundation endanger research that improves economic growth, national security and your life The Trump administration has terminated hundreds of federal grants that support engineering, biology, geology, computer science, STEM education and much more.

Dozens of responses to my essay summarized.

1. Why aren’t scientists in an uproar?
2. Most Americans don't know that defunding science will make their lives worse.

Bluesky, tell your neighbors, science matters. Scientists, roar.

🧪💙📚 #scicomm #science 🌎 🔬 ⚒️

theconversation.com/unprecedente...

Really sorry. Unfair, shortsighted, idiotic. Hope you and those affected can go out and blow off some steam.

TOMORROW 12pm PT/3pm ET, academic workers across the country are organizing to call Senators and Representatives, particularly from historically “red” districts, to sign onto to letters supporting federal research funding. Register here to join the phonebank: form.laborbase.org/251246245216...

Hardest surgery I’ve seen to get the coolest brainstem imaging I’ve seen!

Rachel’s paper shows interoceptive information, in particular feeding-related info, is organized across PBN

A thread: NIH Fellows United is committed to showing up, even when leadership won’t. 🧪

Pretty ironic that those who stand to gain the most from a quantitative arm are biologists given the reformatting of the field with new tech.

Column: A time for bravery It is no longer enough to be good; it is time to be brave.

One of the most inspiring essays I’ve read on resistance. www.vnews.com/Column-A-tim...

U.S. scientists’ lives and careers are being upended. Here are five of their stories As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures

I am extremely pleased to share this feature articulating why I have lost my sanity lately. www.science.org/content/arti...

🚀🔬🦠 Releasing 🤖Cellpose-SAM🤖, a cellular segmentation algorithm with superhuman generalization 🦸‍♀️. Try it now on 🤗 huggingface.co/spaces/mouse...

paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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