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Tim Mosca (he/him)

@drosophilosophy.bsky.social

Associate of Professors, Aficionado of Synapses, Runner of Miles, Practicer of Kindness, Tracker of Tenure, Denizen of South Philly. My thoughts are mine. He/his/him. Signal: drosophilosophy.07 (you know, if you ever need to talk). www.moscalab.org

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Male CNS Connectome A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system β€”a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ...

Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....

05.10.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 8

A fun thing in science is when you didn't appreciate that a story was actually pretty cool until you spend some time with it and realize it's actually a blast. I'm having that moment right now (to distract myself from the world) as I prep a talk for next week's CSHL meeting on some totally new shit.

03.10.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm starting over. Because Mother said "Listen Twice" ... but God damn, Ophelia is really excellent.

03.10.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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03.10.2025 04:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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03.10.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can confirm. I'm on track 11. Can not WAIT for the Sabrina collab.

03.10.2025 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh, I can already tell I'm going to wear this the fuck out. It's so slick.

03.10.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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LESS THAN AN HOUR!!!

03.10.2025 03:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was JUST referencing this the other day ... :)

02.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Then the thesis defense does not happen. There's not enough time to review and the student has not accomplished the requirements for the degree. It sucks, but there are rules. When I was a grad student, it had to be in 2 weeks before the defense, and that was rigorously enforced!

02.10.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mazel tov! What grand news!

01.10.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A bus of Bronx middle schoolers pulled up to the Capitol this morning for a long-planned field trip just a few hours after the government shut down.

All Capitol tours were cancelled as the guides can’t work in shutdown.

So I escorted them in myself and gave them a personal tour. They were great!

01.10.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 28094    πŸ” 4130    πŸ’¬ 859    πŸ“Œ 457

I beg your pardon. I have a NAME, you know ... :)

01.10.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sending you all the love. Godspeed indeed and thank you for being you. :)

01.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just don't give away any of our gems that'll make it harder for me to get a table. ;-)

01.10.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
NOT-OD-26-004: Information for the NIH Extramural Community During the Lapse of Federal Government Funding NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Information for the NIH Extramural Community During the Lapse of Federal Government Funding NOT-OD-26-004. NIH

The moose out front should have told you… grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

01.10.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

God love you for posting this ... guess my study section tomorrow is not meeting!

01.10.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great opportunity and submissions are a little down so nominate your outstanding recent graduate, worm peeps!

01.10.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So well deserved! Joel is utterly outstanding!

30.09.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

<DEEP sigh>
Yeah ...

30.09.2025 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mazel tov, Seth! Hope we can celebrate this in a couple weeks.

28.09.2025 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice to see that the rigorous folks are getting these funds! Nice work and good luck!

26.09.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huzzah! That's awesome!! Also, you beat me to 100 September miles by a day. ;)

26.09.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Send the undergrads on a run for whatever you want while you wait. Make them work for it.

26.09.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am unbearably jealous of you all right now. :)

26.09.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not that you need my support on this ... but I think Straw Hat Pirates everywhere would say that you ABSOLUTELY need to buy that flag. :)

26.09.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad you're alright!!!

25.09.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice work, @estherverheyen.bsky.social and co!!!

24.09.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I wonder how much basic academic science funded by the public underlies this new treatment for Huntington’s disease?

24.09.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 164    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

HOLY SHIT! That sounds awesome!!!

24.09.2025 05:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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