Emily Qualls-Creekmore

Such a fun night ❤️

Come see @mlmcgraw.bsky.social give a talk about her latest work today at #SSIB2025 - 12:55 in L1. @ssibsociety.bsky.social 🧠🐁

The countdown is on!

Who's headed to Oxford for #SSIB2025!

Join us for cutting-edge science, networking, and the historic charm of one of the world’s oldest universities.

Stay tuned for updates throughout the week. 🇬🇧

#IngestiveBehavior #Neuroscience #Oxford #SSIB

Happy 107th Birthday, Brenda Milner! Her contributions to neuropsychology shaped the way we understand the human brain. From surviving two world wars and two pandemics, to paving the way for future generations of researchers, Milner’s legacy continues. @mcgill.ca @cusm-muhc.bsky.social

Untangling the multifaceted VTA responses to stress Stress has profound impacts on the ventral tegmental area (VTA). However, the complex and opposing effects of stress on the VTA have limited our abili…

New from @dralexharris.bsky.social, Ula Skupio, and myself in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social: a long in the works review trying to untangle what stress is doing in the VTA, and what the piles of confusing data might teach us about what the VTA is doing at all.

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On Tyranny free resources To use and to share, now or any time

"On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share, now or any time
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A sign at a protest reads “you lost” next to a Confederate flag, “you lost” next to a Nazi flag, and “you’re next” next to a MAGA hat.

Let’s not mince words on exactly what the MAGA movement is.

And, as I said yesterday: A large protest is a safe protest. Normies, please go! White folks, especially!

The craziest thing about this fight between Trump and Elon Musk is that Republicans are trying to take away health care from 16 million people to pay for tax cuts for billionaires.

In the three years since Ron DeSantis set out to rid Florida’s universities of woke ideology, my campus changed significantly. Professors suddenly worried about what they could say and teach. Some started avoiding terms like “racism.” One student recently told me that when someone used “intersectional” in class, the instructor told her not to use that word.

One colleague told me that he stopped assigning an article about lynching and white evangelicalism for fear that those terms could raise red flags. Another said she was censoring her language not just in class and on campus but also on personal social media. Several professors have been subjected to efforts at entrapment. Last year a man posing as a student tried to encourage Muslim faculty members to criticize Mr. DeSantis and Israel. A similar incident happened to me. In October 2024 my department chair called me into his office to tell me that someone claiming to be a student in my Religion and Science class had complained that I spent 20 minutes talking about specific candidates, including who I was voting for and why. I was stunned. That never happened in that class or any other; it is antithetical to the way I teach. Fortunately

Brutal account of what it’s like to teach at the University of Florida right now in the NYT—extraordinary climate of fear. People afraid to say intersectional and talk about lynchings. Fake students trying to entrap Muslim faculty or just making things up altogether. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/o...

Did you know that the founders wrote a list of 27 things we should revolt about?

Let's talk about them! 🧵

Say more, Senator. Who, specifically, are you afraid of? Who do they work for? To which political party do they belong? What are they doing/saying in particular to make you afraid? Why will you not explicitly call out the perpetrators and organizers of this mass campaign of terror?

As an Autism scientist and someone who cares for neurodivergent kids and relatives, I am deeply disgusted by every statement RFK Jr made. It is not only a bunch of lies, it is insulting to every autistic individual. I am also disgusted by everyone that made this possible.

Look. This is not an accurate description of autism. But some people with disabilities are nonverbal, or can't play baseball or to need help in the bathroom. Some people need round the clock care. Their lives are valuable and meaningful and we're a better society when we recognize that.

The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.

YES! I keep having to remind people that DEI efforts are not illegal, EOs cannot override federal laws and state statutes, and all of the attempts to restrict DEI have been blocked or challenged in courts.

Reminder! SSIB abstract submission deadline is this Friday!

Don't miss your chance to share your research, network, and compete for awards at #SSIB2025.

🔗 Submission details: shorturl.at/uWuqb

📢 Spread the word! #IngestiveBehavior #NewInvestigators

“When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.”
― Bette Davis

Happy International Women's Day

Standing up for science today with @sufspullman.bsky.social and @mlmcgraw.bsky.social 👩‍🔬

See ya at noon #standupforscience2025

Get those signs ready and join us in #Pullman TOMORROW at NOON to be a part of a movement of 153+ locations to #Standupforscience 💪🪧🧪🔬

More community events to support science!!! Be sure to join us on campus Friday at noon, keep your signs and join the greater community on Saturday!!!

#Pullman Washington 📢📢 Lets Stand up for Science March 7th with fellow scientists and community members. Join us at noon and add to the voices around the nation!!!

Students: I cannot stress enough how powerful you are. People will tell you aren't because they want to quiet you, but you really are.

Elon Musk's only profitable company, Tesla, has created a cumulative grand total net income of $34 billion in its more than 20 years of existence.

That's less than the total amount of US federal subsidies his empire has collectively received.

The economics of Elon Musk are as bad as the politics.

This Is Not a Drill: How Universities Can Save DEI A roadmap for university faculty, staff, and administrators to support DEI through legal challenges, collective resistance, and institutional protections for faculty.

Universities that advertised their commitment to diversity in glossy brochures & fundraising campaigns now face a reckoning: was it real or just marketing? The admin bets they’ll stay silent to keep their funding. But the cost of inaction will be far greater.
greencarelab.ucdavis.edu/how-universi...

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ECRs of my generation

Safeguarding diversity and inclusion funding in neuroscience As DEI funding initiatives crumble, neuroscientists must change their approach to grant writing and communication and engage in constructive conflict.

The landscape of diversity and inclusion in science funding has shifted. David Barker explains how neuroscientists must adapt and take action or risk losing ground on all of the progress made.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/funding/adap...

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Some good-ish news from NIH

“Federal Register notices for study sections run by CSR (but not those by ICs) will start being permitted again”

As far as I know, the timing for this is not clear, but I will be checking the Federal Register.

NSURP.org National Summer Undergraduate Research Project

Although we are not federally funded for this summer, WE WILL STILL RUN The National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP) in 2025. We remain committed to the work that needs to be done and will continue to meet people where they are. 1/4 nsurp.org