Jason Shepherd

Part of the problem is that the resolution of cells doesn’t tell the whole story or maybe even most of the story. Stable synapses are lost in the noise. Need better tools for synapse resolution in vivo.

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For journals that publish the reviews (which is awesome) but still have this option, it also defeats the point of a transparent review process

Controversial take: journals should not have a “confidential comments” section for their reviews. I see no reason to not include everything to the authors. I never use that box! It’s just not productive peer review. Sure, if you are worried about fraud or something..just message the editor directly.

Go Canada! 🏈

It was such an amazing visit at Utah Neuroscience! I learn from such a diverse crowd of neuroscientists doing super cutting edge works in many fields - and their trainees who are engaging and thoughtful. Campus view is unbelievable! Thank you @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social for having me!

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Had a blast hosting @xinjin.bsky.social for our department seminar this week! A true rising star in the field!

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Feeling old watching the Grammys..don’t know most of these artists but damn, Post Malone killed that Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osborne tribute 🙌🏼

And how come Slash still looks exactly the same?!

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Another cool example of how retroviral elements have influenced the evolution of the brain..in this case resulting in a chimp specific change in gene expression in the brain. Nice story and summary by Siddhant!

See you soon!

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Thanks!

Just got to Big Sky MT for the winter conference on brain research! Trying to ignore the world burning for the next few days.

US Government tyranny is here. Where are all the 2nd amendment enthusiasts?! Will there be a spine in congress? It’s all just 🔥

Thank you!

I should add that this was my 4th submission of the same grant and the 2nd for Tanya. #persistence

Thanks Mark!

Thanks David!

Thanks Sandro! Hope you are well.

Celebrating double grant success in the house!! Well..at least scores < 10%ile.

Welcome to Utah Sam!

Yeah..that training is..riveting.

Thanks Anne!

Well shit, they CAN do the right things sometimes.

Don’t worry. NIH isn’t using % anymore anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️

This week has been a roller coaster..but I’ll take the wins! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Won’t entirely celebrate until I see a NoA as the A0 R01 score was 10% and it didn’t get funded.

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NIH budget bill out today.

It’s the result of heavy negotiations in Congress over past month+. 🧪

Big pic: NIH budget now is abt more than funding. It’s abt restraining the technical ways NIH is being broken by Proj 2025. And the restraints in the bill are tepid 🤷‍♂️

Also: watch ICE/DHS budget.
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Good points by Mark here. We should all still be concerned about how the NIH will be run moving forward and how funding decisions will be made..even if the total budget is not cut in ‘26.