Day of Action — United For Cures
Day of Action — United For Cures
Today is the Day of Action.
SfN urges Congress to increase FY26 funding for medical research.
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21.01.2026 14:59 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Dear Congresswoman
The multi year funding (MYF) in the HHS/NIH bill is normed to 2025 - please propose an amendment to norm to 2024, like the Senate version. As it stands, ~1/4-1/3 of NIH $ will be sequestered by MYF, a big cut to WA STEM economy!
21.01.2026 20:30 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Dear Congresswoman @foushee.house.gov, the multi year funding (MYF) in the HHS/NIH bill is normed to 2025 - please propose an amendment to norm to 2024, like the Senate version. As it stands, ~1/4-1/3 of NIH $ will be sequestered by MYF, a big cut to the Triangle's STEM economy!
21.01.2026 13:19 — 👍 23 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 1
Deep Decisions: The role of subcortex in perceptual choice.
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. You can view it here if you are interested.
Deep Decisions: The role of subcortex in perceptual choice.
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. You can view it here if you are interested.
07.01.2026 22:22 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Michele A Basso
LEC24 Special Lecture Deep Decisions Uncovering the Subcortical Role in Perceptual Choice — Michel
I was honored to give a special lecture at SfN in November. Check out out if you’re interested in decision making in health and disease.
youtu.be/zQU4gjto4ac
07.01.2026 21:19 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We may be. Our intent is to help humans and other animals not harm them. The ethical dilemma is that even with the best intentions, harm occurs. In each act we decide that the benefit outweighs the harm. I hope society realizes that NAMs come with harm too and require similar ethical choices.
27.12.2025 22:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I can’t speak for the bad apples (of which there are likely some in all endeavors), but in my field there can’t possibly be any. We are few and pubs take a long time - the work is hard and the animals’ well being is paramount before any science happens. We should talk offline sometime.
26.12.2025 00:13 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The decision to do this work is about caring for people and other animals. There are many more financially rewarding options than academics and science.
24.12.2025 05:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Jason, please do not think for a minute that I have never thought about this. I have said many times - the day it stops bothering me is the day I quit.
22.12.2025 19:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This is assumed for physical science like chemistry and psychics but biology is a different matter.
13.12.2025 23:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
To me that is the crux. How to decide? By definition science does not know where it will lead or of what usefulness its findings will ultimately be. We as a society must decide whether the pursuit of knowledge yes at the expense of animal lives, is worth it.
13.12.2025 23:14 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
If society decides such research is not needed then so be it. But the decision making requires careful thought which right now is not happening.
13.12.2025 11:03 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Like Nicole I regard our work as important for humanity as well as other animals (not vanity). IMO the conversation needs to be had in society with all the facts - what may be gained and what may be lost / never discovered in the absence of animal research with our current state of knowledge…
13.12.2025 11:03 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
The moral complexity of animals in research
I recently published a letter/opinion in Nature in response to recent articles on new approach methodologies to replace animals in research. More should be coming soon! Stay tuned!
The moral complexity of animals in research
I recently published a letter/opinion in Nature in response to recent articles on new approach methodologies to replace animals in research. More should be coming soon! Stay tuned!
03.12.2025 06:43 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fear, monkeys, and institutional courage
When news broke of an explosion inside Harvard’s neurobiology building early Saturday morning, every scientist who works with monkeys felt it—an involuntary jolt, a spike of cortisol, the silent thought: what if it had been us? Neither animals nor people were hurt, thankfully. It doesn’t appear to have been an attack. But it didn’t matter. For those of us who work with monkeys, the fear is always near the surface.
Fear, monkeys, and institutional courage
When news broke of an explosion inside Harvard’s neurobiology building early Saturday morning, every scientist who works with monkeys felt it—an involuntary jolt, a spike of cortisol, the silent thought: what if it had been us? Neither animals nor people…
06.11.2025 19:21 — 👍 13 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
From Monkey Brains to Human Meaning
In this new Nature Communications study, Hartle, Kishida, Sands, Montague, and colleagues recorded neurochemical activity from the caudate nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery. As the patients played a simple game deciding whether to accept fair or unfair offers of money, their brains revealed a molecular conversation in real time — one that distinguished the two diseases at the level of neurotransmitter signaling.
From Monkey Brains to Human Meaning
In this new Nature Communications study, Hartle, Kishida, Sands, Montague, and colleagues recorded neurochemical activity from the caudate nucleus of patients with Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery. As the…
10.10.2025 17:35 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I’m doing some research on IACUC practices. Does your institution make public the meeting minutes? If so can you DM me with the link to them. mbasso@uw.edu. Thanks!
28.07.2025 05:24 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
I’ve officially moved to BlueSky - yes i’m a little slow! You’ll soon get a following notice from me as I ‘bridged’ my X account - I hope that wasn’t a mistake.
21.07.2025 03:56 — 👍 20 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
Congrats Amy!!
18.02.2025 17:26 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🧠 Don't miss this Thursday! Dr. Wei-Chung Allen Lee (@darbly.bsky.social) will be giving a talk @ UW NBIO on "Circuit Motifs of Sensorimotor Integration". #neuroscience #circuits
28.01.2025 19:05 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Co-Creating Ireland's Public Involvement in Open Research Roadmap
ENGAGED is building a national roadmap to shape public involvement in open research in Ireland. We believe that research can and does play an important role in tackling societal challenges.
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