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Sara Keefer, Ph.D.

@sarakeeferphd.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Psychology at Gettysburg College // Postdoc of Calu Lab // Grad student of Petrovich Lab // Neurocircuity of reward learning πŸͺ She/Her

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Gettysburg College is hiring 2 VAPs. Applications are due Feb 20th! Reach out if you have any questions and please share!

VAP Human Cog - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6092

VAP Health Psychology - gettysburg.peopleadmin.com/postings/6086

28.01.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.

Nature story about the Executive Order...

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

08.08.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

To be clear, this shields any research coming out of the NIH from independent peer review, which gives him total control to spread propaganda and makes any NIH study completely untrustworthy.

30.05.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1404    πŸ” 584    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 10
Immunohistochemistry stain for tyrosine hydroxylase to visualize dopaminergic neurons in the rat brain

Immunohistochemistry stain for tyrosine hydroxylase to visualize dopaminergic neurons in the rat brain

My lab's first #FluorescentFriday.
Also my first time ever staining for TH ? Excited to see what the undergrads will do this summer!

30.05.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Images of stand up for science attendees and their posters

Images of stand up for science attendees and their posters

10 MINUTES!!!!!

07.03.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 700    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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Federal Register hold makes β€˜end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...

A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.

By @avaskham.bsky.social

bit.ly/3X8ngz8

18.02.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 351    πŸ” 329    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 48

Interpretation for the non-scientists: When faculty get NIH grants, the University gets some extra cash to make sure the research is supported. NIH just cut that $$ by a LOT. That means Unis are less likely to support research. Most research in the US is done at Unis, so... it's bad πŸ§ͺ

07.02.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1140    πŸ” 504    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 29
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HHMI kills program aimed at boosting inclusivity in STEM education β€œInclusive excellence” program had committed $60 million to 104 institutions

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the nation’s largest private funder of biomedical research, yesterday killed a $60 million program aimed at making universities’ STEM education more inclusive. scim.ag/3EtS0US

06.02.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1029    πŸ” 564    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 132

The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...

31.01.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 980    πŸ” 619    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 65

Please add πŸ‘‹ thanks!

01.12.2024 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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27.11.2024 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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