Diana Williams

A hypothalamic circuit that modulates feeding and parenting behaviours - Nature Single-cell transcriptomic analysis of mouse hypothalamus and behavioural experiments show that specific hypothalamic networks regulate conflicting feeding versus parenting behaviours of female mice.

How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Senator Murray Slams Trump Admin for Choking Off Lifesaving NIH Medical Research - Senator Patty Murray Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on reports today that President Trump’s Office of Manageme...

BREAKING: Trump wants to illegally cut off $15 billion in lifesaving NIH research.

Research to cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and so much more is on the line.

These people are LYING about waste, fraud, and abuse at NIH to justify attacking medical research—we all need to say so.

My full statement. ⬇️

Oh this is all him - he joined the Liquid Rocket Lab at school. I’ve got “don’t mouth pipette” but he’s got “try not to dismember yourself with power tools” and “let’s not blow up the building”

College freshman son just played me a death metal song he wrote about gruesome injuries. His inspiration? Lab safety training. ☠️

NIH staff are literally being asked to screen candidates' social media for negative sentiment aimed at the administration.

This is *not* government efficiency.

Every single story you are hearing from the Everglades Concentration Camp has been and is already taking place in hundreds of prisons and jails in the U.S. That's what PIC abolitionists have been trying to get the public to understand for decades.

You have about 24 hours to voice your opinion, please do!
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4 U.S. citizen children, with their mother, held in a detention facility for 2 WEEKS. Denied access to lawyers and even communication with family.

Disappeared. Held Incommunicado. No charges have been filed.

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area.

Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

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.

Claremont is an awesome place to live - small and pedestrian-friendly but only 30 miles east of LA. Yes, SoCal housing is very expensive, but we have a faculty housing program that helps. Happy to chat you want to learn more! 5/5

The students, faculty, and staff here are second to none. I honestly feel grateful to have moved here every day. Our department is very collegial, family-friendly and values diversity and broadening participation in science. 4/5

CMC is part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium, so our scientific community and resources are greater than it may seem. I still have access to everything I had at a large R1, but way less bureaucratic bs. 3/5

Bio ad linked here. The Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences is a new department at CMC, and we are developing a truly interdisciplinary curriculum. We move into our new state of the art building in a few weeks. This is an opportunity for people who want to be part of starting something new. 2/5

My department is hiring multiple TT positions in biochem or organic chem and materials chem (open rank) and molecular bio (asst/assoc)! Check us out if you are interested in research intensive SLAC life. Chem ad here, bio next in 🧵 1/5
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"Alligator Alcatraz" is wrong and media should not use it. It's propaganda. Alcatraz held people convicted of crimes, particularly violent crimes.

The Florida camp holds people *not* convicted of any crime. If they had been, they'd be in prison elsewhere.

The site is a textbook concentration camp.

Call for 20 Assistant Professor positions Karolinska Institutet is a world-leading medical university with a long and proud history of ground-breaking research. We are now recruiting outstanding early-career researchers with particularly exce...

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages.

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Exclusive: NIH still screens grants in process a judge ruled illegal Directives by the Trump administration are still being applied to grant applications despite court order.

SCOOP: NIH appears to be disregarding last week's court order to stop screening grants using a process a judge ruled illegal.

This has many NIH staffers confused and worried about the legality of their actions.

If that’s what they do to a United States Senator with a question, imagine what they can do to any American that dares to speak up. We will hold this administration accountable.

Finishing your undergraduate and interested in neuroscience research?

The Neuroscience streams of our Biosciences MRes degree provide a unique opportunity to conduct a year-long research project in any UCL neuro lab, plus taught modules to prepare you for a PhD.

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www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/...

I was one of the faculty totally opposed to his appointment, but in hindsight he’s an example of how a politician actually can do well in this role.

Applications are now open for our fall internship program! This is an excellent opportunity for a beginning science journalist to report and write about the fast-moving field of neuroscience.

Apply now: simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simons...

Northwestern has not received any NIH funds since March. No written communication about why or what can be done. Thank you Ben Singer for raising awareness at #ATS2025

Multiple deaths reported in Somerset and London due to late night tornadoes UPDATED The towns of Somerset and London have been hit particularly hard with many homes and buildings damaged in the early morning hours.

🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL🚨

🌪️23 LIVES WERE LOST OVERNIGHT AS TORNADOS HIT KY.

KY has one of several regions in the US without 24/7 National Weather Service coverage, due to DOGE cuts. W/out overnight monitoring, ppl don't receive weather warnings.

THIS is how science cuts cost lives.
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Flyer for teacher workshop. Text reads Sign up for NCSE's Evolution Teacher Workshop! All day on June 20. Athens, Georgia. Includes $75 stipend. Using Authentic Phenomena to Engage Students in Evolution. Image is of a group of teachers exploring one of NCSE's evolution student activities.

Science teachers of the South, don't forget to sign up for our evolution workshop coming up in Athens, #Georgia on June 20! It's totally free to attend -- we even pay out stipends. Hope you can come! 😊 forms.gle/w3ootwfzf791...
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Integrated Sciences Laboratory/Animal Manager Equal Opportunity and Nondiscrimination Statement In addition to its commitment to a harassment-free educational and working environment, the College is an equal employment opportunity employer. The C...

Job opening in my department: 50% vivarium manager (it’s a small facility!) and 50% teaching lab coordinator. This will be a good position for someone who appreciates lab animal research, has lab animal care experience, and enjoys working with undergrads. Happy to answer any questions! 🧪🧠

92 years ago today, the Nazis raided the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute for Sexuality, where the first study of trans people was conducted, and burned all of its contents.

Fitting that today is also the day SCOTUS greenlights the project of the eradication of trans people from society in the US.

Just had my last class meeting of this academic year. In all the stress and uncertainty of our current political situation, the attacks on science and education, working with these students was a real bright spot. So grateful that I get to do this job.

Webinar on Responding to NSF Grant Terminations 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 rules, procedures and available options for grantees who have had their grant terminated.

🧪 If you had your NSF grant terminated, I'd *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar.

Friday May 9 at 2-3 pm ET

Will talk about both the appeals process, in addition to allowable closeout costs. Share widely.

Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...