Super proud of my PhD student, Emma Moravec, on her oral presentation at #NER2025 this morning! She presented her work identifying H-reflex sensory responses following optogenetic tibial nerve stimulation toward optimizing viral vectors for motor or sensory specific stimulation.
13.11.2025 19:49 β
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The Surprising Scientists Hit by Trumpβs D.E.I. Cuts
Powerful story from Kate Zernike from the NYT
Covers the diversity of young scientists targeted by the anti-DEI BS. Definitely worth a read and a share.
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
10.07.2025 17:53 β
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Congrats, Amy!
27.03.2025 04:40 β
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No, University Endowments Canβt Replace Federal Science Funding
How Endowments Actually Work
There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science.
Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.
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What can I do to fight this administrative coup?
If you look, there are people resisting at every level. Blockades of freeways. American Bar Association urging an end to...
Want to make a difference? Skip petitions & emailsβtheyβre ignored. Call your reps (both work & local offices) 2x/day. choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-do/
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Ask for the staffer handling your issue
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Give your zip code
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Make it personal
Call volume sways votes. Your voice matters. #ActNow
17.02.2025 16:55 β
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This is going to be a long battle. The point is βshock and aweβ to take away your motivation to fight this stupidity. Donβt give in.
If you are a leader in this field, or aspire to be one, now is the time to get VERY loud. You may not have another chance if you sit this one out.
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Amy Orsborn
Hi folks,
Important things are happening that motivate me to break my long hiatus on here.
I am a scientist. A big part of my job is performing research to create technologies that can restore...
I've felt lost on how to react to the big funding changes announced Friday.
I decided it's important to get my thoughts further outside of my science bubble. So I wrote a public Facebook post. Please share if you think your networks may benefit from this message. www.facebook.com/15500301/pos...
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Exciting work, Marco and colleagues! I originally saw this on the other platform, but figured I would support that one as little as possible if given the optionβ¦
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my research interests (optogenetics, neural engineering, brain-computer interfaces, neural interfaces, peripheral nerve interfaces, etc.). Turns out I was the first to register with ANY of those topics π
Needless to say, there is plenty of room in this pool, so feel free to join me!
04.02.2025 02:26 β
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Connect with your research colleagues
Learn and collaborate with others in your field to create better science, together.
Soooo... I ran across @stacksjournal.bsky.social on another post, and thought it sounded intriguing as an affordable, open-access publishing option that could catch on. I started signing up and entered some keywords that I thought described...
thestacks.stacksjournal.org/referral_lan...
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π§ͺDear Grad student,
Are you overdue for a thesis committee meeting but feel like you have nothing to show since your last meeting? I'm begging you to schedule that meeting now!
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Zotero is great and I think that anyone who needs to organise and cite more than a handful of references should be using it. Here's an intro to Zotero that I made for my undergrad students (but the info is relevant for anyone new to Zotero).
Full vid [13 mins]: youtu.be/SlUHjOqVCyU
Preview β¬οΈ
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