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See what @fernjuarez95.bsky.social's thoughts are on what these changes mean for @neurolatine.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/qa/we-still-...

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Our communities have always been and will continue to be strong

Thank you fr this piece @thetransmitter.bsky.social and Paige Miranda

Is it too early to be excited about this workshop and panel at SfN 2025?!

DM if you'd like to be part of our panel! Looking for a few more, if you have experience in communicating science in Spanish or other languages for your community, and believe you have lessons learned that you'd like to share to the audience, let me know!

Are you in the know!? Sabes lo que hay?!

Recientemente, compartimos nuestra newsletter. Un par de updates y noticias sobre nuestras metas a corto plazo.

Si aún no estás en la lista, puedes unirte aquí www.neurolatine.org/get-involved

As federal funders desert mentorship programs for marginalized students, trainee-led initiatives fill the gap Grassroots organizations, led by graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, are stepping up to provide neuroscience career training and guidance for students from marginalized backgrounds—and…

In our first “Postdoc perspectives” essay, @fleabrained.bsky.social and @maribel-patino.bsky.social explain how grassroots organizations led by trainees are stepping up to provide career and mentorship guidance for neuroscience students from marginalized backgrounds.

#neuroskyence

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An important point getting overlooked:

When NIH cancels "diversity" grants (e.g., diversity supplements, Fs, Ks, etc), they aren't canceling the grants based on *what* the grant studies.

They're cancelling them based on *who* is doing the research. And that disallowed "who" is anyone not white.

I’m so sorry

‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.

Over the past few weeks, science funding in the U.S. has become shrouded in uncertainty. Ten trainees with diversity-based funding share how the changes are affecting their research and career plans.

By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social

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Thank you @thetransmitter.bsky.social for bringing attention to this.

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

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Thank you to the UC San Diego Mentoring for All initiative for the Mentorship Program Award!

Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5

This is why I want my Academia career to involve policy and advocacy efforts.

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Thrilled to share that I was selected as a 2024 L’Oréal USA For Women In Science awardee! So grateful to L’Oréal & AAAS for the research & @storiesofwin.bsky.social funding 🧠💜 & for the opportunity to meet women leaders in sci/gov/business in DC last week!

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Saaame! 😊🙌🏾

Glad to see science bluesky is growing.
Quick intro redo, I’m a #Neuro PhD candidate studying #astrocytes and plasticity in Nicola Allen’s lab at the Salk. #D-SPAN fellow planning to wrap up next summer. Interested in studying cell-cell interaction and plasticity in the context of disease.

I had the honor of delivering the opening Keynote for #NSTA National science teaching conference bringing awareness to the unique challenges students from underprivileged backgrounds face in and out of the classroom.

I had the pleasure of chatting with Eric Cross on Amplify’s podcast Science Connections about my research, the power of storytelling in science, being Crash Course host and more! #SciComm

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Transcriptomics**

Nicola Allen’s Lab at the Salk Institute led by Dr. Labarta-Bajo developed a protocol for purification of astrocyte nuclei for tramscriptomics.

It circumvents the limitations of using specific mouse lines or viral manipulation.

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Picard management tip: If you've recently turned into a monster, go take a vacation.

La selección natural es una de las maneras en que la evolución ocurre. En este episodio de Crash Course Biología, aprenderemos cómo funciona este proceso, qu... Selección natural: yo viviré: Crash Course Biología #13

Do you like biology? Hablas español? Or perhaps, you’d like to practice your Spanish listening?
#SciComm

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Yes! The view is amazing, great way to decompress after long experiments 😊