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a tiny brown & tan chihuahua in a pink sweater is sitting, looking up at the camera. two white strands of hair stick out the top of her head. they’re curled into a perfect heart.

This is Lexa. She really hopes you’ll be her valentine. Wouldn’t want to waste this look on just anybody. 14/10 (IG: bambiandlexa)

We wanted to understand how mRNA vaccines work. So we talked to three cocaine addicts in a gas station bathroom off Route 6.

This is Bailey. She normally gets kibble for dinner but she's pretty sure there's meatballs in here so she's very excited. 14/10 (TT: baileycarriesthings)

“Candidate A supports 90% of what I believe in. Candidate B only supports 10% of what I belive in. Therefore, both candidates fail to support 100% of what I believe in and I will not vote for either.”

And that’s how we got here.

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

MTV REWIND - I Want My MTV Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. Stream classic music videos 24/7.

a friend recently shared this with me and i'm obsessed — it's an MTV/VH1 simulator with almost 30,000 videos (organized by decade) along with special sections for things like 120 Minutes, Unplugged, Yo! MTV Raps, and Pop-Up Video (!!!) wantmymtv.vercel.app

This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)

This is Skye. She refuses to let her human leave for college. Willing to do anything to get him to change his mind about this whole "education" thing. 13/10 (IG: skye.redgoldenretriever)

This is Scotty. He is not chasing his own tail's shadow. If you'll notice, he actually has it cornered. 13/10 (TT: lifewithscotty)

New coin honors Freddie Mercury and his 4-octave range Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design. The coin marks 40 years since his iconic Live Aid performance.

Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design.

Faculty and students at the Tulane Brain Institute booth at the Grad School Fair

Day 2 of the Grad School Fair! Visit our booth #47 to learn about our program! We are (among other things!) collaborative, supportive, innovative, and fun! Dr. Jill Daniel is here today to chat about the program and her research! #SfN25 @sfn.org

If you are at #SfN25 and looking for a MS or PhD Program, please visit the Tulane Brain Institute booth at the #GradSchoolFair these days. @sfn.org

NIH grant applicants:

October and November grant application submission *deadlines* will be rescheduled (🤯). Specific dates TBD.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

First page of Opinion piece: "Conceptual and methodological flaws undermine claims of a link between the gut microbiome and autism"

The link between the gut #microbiome and autism is not backed by science, researchers say.

Read the full opinion piece in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: spkl.io/63322AbxpA

@wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @statsepi.bsky.social, & @deevybee.bsky.social

Karel Svoboda and Jay Shendure elected to National Academy of Medicine The honor recognizes leaders who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and made lasting contributions to the advancement of the medical sciences, health care, and public health

Congratulations to Karel Svoboda and @jshendure.bsky.social on their election to the National Academy of Medicine (@nam.edu)! Election to the Academy is one of the highest honors in health and medicine. #NAMmtg

More on their journeys to this achievement: alleninstitute.org/news/karel-s...

Latest from the lab. Fantastic work by talented Irene Fernández @irenefu.bsky.social Send us your feedback!

Phil Knight, Ex-Nike Chief, and His Wife Pledge $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center Oregon Health & Science University said the couple’s donation would be the largest single gift to a higher-learning institution in the United States.

Phil Knight, a co-founder of Nike, and his wife, Penny Knight, will give $2 billion to the cancer research center at Oregon Health & Science University, a gift the institution billed as the largest single donation to a university in the U.S.

The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here:

research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc.

Good luck!

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships.

This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria.

Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

These are the most challenging times for early-career scientists and engineers.

My team is doing its bit to help by maintaining and even expanding our database of funding opportunities for early-career researchers.

We found 437 of them.

Download it freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up

Australia Admits All Those Animals Made Up theonion.com/austral...

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method

NIH cuts quash $323 million for neuroscience research and training “I am frightened for the state of the future of our field if this isn't reversed rapidly,” says Joshua Gordon, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and former director of the National…

Neuroscience research and training has taken a $323 million hit in the form of grants rescinded by the U.S. NIH, according to an analysis by @thetransmitter.bsky.social.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...

a gray italian greyhound wearing a thick, brown fleece turtleneck sits in a car. she looks at you with large brown eyes and a grimace. her teeth bared in embarrassment and maybe even disgust. for some reason her fashion advice holds so much weight.

This is Luna. She didn't realize you were planning on wearing that outside of the house. 13/10

Retrograde and anterograde trans-synaptic viral tracing of neuronal connections reveals local and distant effects of ischemic stroke on dendritic spines - Myrthe Van Sprengel, Jenna Butterworth, Patri... Focal stroke leads to complex neurological disturbances with variable recovery. One explanation for this variability is that stroke disrupts local and remote ne...

Happy to share new paper from MSc grads Myrthe and Jenna. We asked the question, when part of the brain dies during stroke, what happens to local and distant cortical neurons that innervate the stroke site (in S1 cortex) or those that receive outputs? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Home - The Estrogens, Cardiometabolic Health, and Female Cognitive Aging Program Project at Tulane University The Estrogens, Cardiometabolic Health, and Female Aging (ECHFA) program at Tulane University seeks to determine how estrogens impact the brain when healthy and under disease conditions. Results will ...

This study is part of the "Estrogens, Cardiometabolic Health, and Female Cognitive Aging" PPG award our laboratory is funded by www.estrogenppg.tulane.edu

Check out the latest updates on Zach Plumley's @plumley.bsky.social project and give us feedback before we submit! Kudos to him and the rest of the team, including Irene Fernandez Ugidos @irenefu.bsky.social and Jennifer Calvo-Iglesias.

The lab surprised me with a personalized cake for an early celebration. They are awesome!