Cristin Welle

The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.

I made a video explainer about why.

Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social

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The Death Blow to Democracy The Demolition of the White House East Wing & what it’s taken from this nation

“In a very meaningful way, Donald Trump is erasing the work and the space that has been painstakingly carved out for women both at the White House, and throughout this country.”

(continued in Substack 👇)
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The CU Department of Neurosurgery is hiring! We are looking for someone whose research centers on human cognition using invasive and/or non-invasive neuromodulation. Join our vibrant and growing faculty invested in neuro stimulation and BCI!

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The spatiotemporal structure of neural activity in motor cortex during reaching Intracortical brain-computer interfaces (BCI) leverage knowledge about neural representations to translate movement-related neural activity into actions. BCI implants have targeted broad cortical regi...

🚨Pre-print alert! 🚨https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.683171v1

Our new study tackles the question: do all neurons in motor cortices (MC) encode movement & coordinate as we move? Answering this question will be key for effectively targeting motor representations in BCIs.

Very proud of Dr Tracy Bale’s @thebalelab.bsky.social induction into the National Academy of Medicine yesterday evening! A brilliant impactful scientist, a champion of women, and a tireless advocate for global neuroscience at @ibroorg.bsky.social! Congratulations!

Yes, it’s been a while! It would be great to catch up!!

UPDATE‼️The Hill reports at least 4,100 employees fired today as Russell Vought and Trump devastate our government agencies and slash the federal workforce.

thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

Why some federal workers aren't scared by the threat of shutdown layoffs Some federal workers support the government shutdown, even as President Trump threatens to use this moment to lay off employees and cut funding to programs.

@jenna-m-norton.bsky.social “Every awful thing that would happen in a shutdown...is already happening.” This isn’t about partisanship. It’s about stopping the erosion of our public services. It’s time to protect the programs that serve our communities and stand up to authoritarianism. #StopTheScam

Congrats!!

Same judge. While Miller rails about judges.

ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...

the South Shore raid story seems to have broken containment, it can now be found at your local supermarket checkout

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NIH awarded 37 percent fewer neuroscience-related grants in 2025 than in past years But the agency has spent nearly its entire budget for this fiscal year, which ends tomorrow.

“It’s hard to know if I should close down my existing projects and/or redouble my efforts writing new grant applications,” Joshua Jacobs, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, told @thetransmitter.bsky.social.

By Natalia Mesa

www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...

Come join our exciting new computational neuroscience groups! Fantastic people, cool mountains, and exciting science!

Interested in doing a Ph.D. to work on building models of the brain/behavior? Consider applying to graduate schools at CU Anschutz:
1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro...
2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri...

You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.

YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken The ACIP Panel

I really appreciate how Dr. Glaucomflecken has become all of medicine and public health's emotional support ophthalmologist.

I sat through 16 hours of ACIP meetings last week. If I do not laugh, I will cry.

Okay, here is a communication example that we are very excited to showcase 📣: Sat Sept 27 join us at Stanley Marketplace to engage in some brain 🧠 fun and check out the amazing brain sculptures from our summer Brain Camp!

Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee For H-1B Visas In Latest Crackdown President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation as soon as Friday that would move to extensively overhaul the H-1B visa program, requiring a $100,000 fee for applications in a bid to curb ov...

These are visas for skilled workers — doctors, scientists, and engineers.

This move will hurt US innovation and exacerbate an already serious shortage of medical professionals. In what world does this make sense?? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

CU Cancer Center-led Research Shows That COVID-19 Infection Can Awaken Dormant Cancer Cells, Leading to Metastatic Disease CU Cancer Center researcher James DeGregori, PhD, led a study showing that COVID-19 can awaken dormant cancer cells, leading to metastatic disease.

CDC ACIP meeting presenters are suggesting Covid vax can trigger cancer just based on case reports that don't prove association.

Meanwhile, research does seem to suggest that Covid can trigger dormant cancer cells. news.cuanschutz.edu/cancer-cente...

This didn’t age well.

Stephen Colbert: “Tonight we’re all Jimmy Kimmel…. With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch. If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive, and clearly they've never read The Children's Book If You Give a Mouse A Kimmel.”

Friday night is the night! 4 women comedians partnered with 4 women scientists 🤯 Making women’s brain health a top priority. 🧠 Smart women. Sharp jokes. Zero apologies. Come join us at the Bug Theater in Denver and laugh your stress off! 🤣 @nancynorton.bsky.social @cuanschutz.bsky.social

In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

This is a particularly heartbreaking consequence of the federal workforce cuts — Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...

This is an excellent video from @nytimes.com on the enormous health impact NIH budget cuts and delayed funding will have now and decades in the future. Pass it on!

Awesome work!

The kids love it and have learned SO much!!!

📆Save the date! 📆

Women in Neural Engineering (WINE) will be hosting another panel & social along-side the IEEE NER and SfN meetings.

Saturday November 15th, 2025, 6:30pm

Come discuss how researchers can use our voices to advocate for ourselves & our work, and meet fellow neural engineers!

It was such a pleasure to meet you and thank you for your dedication and support for research!