Emma Johnson

If you missed out on a spot at the other neuroscience/psychoactive drug GRCs this summer, we still have spots open at the Cannabinoid GRC with an exciting program ranging from clinical to pre-clinical to big data to society! Register today! grc.org/cannabinoid-... RT please!

‪Attending the 2025 @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social Meeting in Atlanta? Be sure to check out some exciting work from members of the PGC-SUD working group:

‪Attending the @rsaofficial.bsky.social meeting in New Orleans? Be sure to check out some exciting work from members of the PGC-SUD working group:

Going to #CPDD2025 and interested in using the All of Us Research Program for substance use research? Come to our workshop tomorrow at 4:30 pm, where we'll have a demonstration of the researcher workbench & presentation of AoU research. Link to register: forms.office.com/g/JkQqtyztAy

Michel, super interesting work - thanks for the informative thread! Just to clarify this piece, do you mean there was no evidence for *balancing* selection? seems like the evidence for directional/negative selection would be consistent w/ mutation selection balance.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

Contact We are actively recruiting a Research Technologist! (start date ~7/1/25) Job ad is coming soon. This position will primarily assist with funded studies examining brain function in people who drink …

The BEAR Lab will be opening it's doors in July at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and we are looking for our first Research Tech! This position will help with funded MRI studies looking at the brain and alcohol use. More info: bearlab.science/contact/ #neuroscience #psychology #sciencejobs

The BGA meeting in Atlanta will now have a hybrid option! 🌍🎥 We've also reopened abstract submissions for 2 weeks, with a hard deadline of March 14, 2025. Join us in person or virtually for a fantastic meeting!

Register here: auth.oxfordabstracts.com?redirect=/st... #BGA2025

I'm looking forward to supporting the future of science at the Stand up for Science rally at the Missouri Capitol this Friday - hope to see lots of my fellow Missourians there!

standupforscience2025.org

BREAKING:
The NIH summer internship program (SIP) has been officially cancelled, across all institutes.

It’s a sad loss for the brightest science students in America, for American science, and for future cures for diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. 🧪 1/

Are there any lists of which labs are hiring postbacs this year? With the IRTA program down, there are many more undergrads looking for positions! 🧪 🧠 #science #neuroscience #psychology

Get in dorks, we're going protesting!

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025
WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL

Because science is for everyone!

Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org

#standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

TRUMP: The NCAA has complied immediately. That's good. But I understand Maine -- is the governor of Maine here?


JANET MILLS: Yeah I'm here

TRUMP: Are you not gonna comply?

JM: I'm going to comply with state and federal law

T: You better do it bc you're not gonna get any federal funding at all

Happy to share the preprint of our GWAS of DSM-defined nicotine dependence! Thanks to all my coauthors for their hard work on this, especially co-first author Dongbing Lai & my fellow PGC SUD analysts for their many helpful suggestions.

#Postdoc in #Manhattan!
Are you interested in applying large scale #genetic , #EHR, and #Omics ?

Sinai provides housing assistance to postdocs. If NYC is on your wishlist, now is the time to apply.

careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3022509...

Please spread the word.

Job alert! 🚨
Wash U is hiring THREE new faculty in the clinical science area (senior-level DCT and 2 Assistant Professors)!!
I’m a 5th year student in the program and cannot speak highly enough about the support and collegiality found in the department!

psych.wustl.edu/available-jo...