Gaza's extreme heat poses a new danger to children left homeless by war

Displaced Palestinian children celebrate Eid Al-Adha in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza.

We are less than a week away from the 12th Annual Head For The Cure - St. Louis 5K on 6/23 at 8 a.m. in Forest Park Forever! Don't delay, register today.:bit.ly/4e7udax The Brain Tumor Center

I'm sharing some teaching resources I’ve made recently. These scripts span a variety of intro topics in ML and comp neuro and are built to be intuitive, visual and assume little prior knowledge. Everyone’s welcome to use, learn from or adapt them (colab🔗s at the end of the🧵)!

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Just because it isn’t in the headlines anymore, doesn’t mean the killing of innocents in Gaza has stopped. Don’t look away.

The fact that western media no longer talk about Israel's #GenocideinGaza and the oppression of Palestinians anywhere under Israeli rule, does not mean that genocide and oppression have stopped. It means they are being NORMALISED. #Humanity wake up!

Kundu Lab is hiring a post doc! Please apply if interested in working with human intracranial working memory data! #postdoc #workingmemory #memory neurojobs.sfn.org/job/37807/post…

Eye witnesses in Khan Younes Mawasi area ( where 80,000 Displaced Palestinians are taking refuge ) where the Israeli army committed a terrible massacre reported that Israeli F-16 jet fighters bombarded the place with 3 huge rockets followed by 10 other rockets by Israeli drones,

One Palestinian child has been killed in the West Bank every two days since October 2023, on average. Children report being scared to walk around their neighbourhoods or to travel to school. “The violence needs to stop now.” - Catherine Russell Details: unicef.org/press-releases…

Congratulations to our faculty member Yang Eric Li, PhD (Yang Eric Li) for being awarded the St. Baldrick's Foundation Scholar Grant! With this funding, Dr. Li will study a deadly childhood brain tumor. Learn more about his research.:bit.ly/3WAwOmW The Brain Tumor Center

Israel blew up the solar powered water treatment plant in Rafah that was drilled by Canada’s CIDA & paid for by Canadian tax payers in 1999. Israel has destroyed all civilian infrastructure in Gaza. Death, destruction, displacement; that’s their plan. Their only plan.

Are you a medical student or neurosurgery resident interested in Functional Neurosurgery, but seeking more research or clinical mentorship than what's at your own institution? Learn more about the new #ASSFN AMPLify Mentorship Program. ASSFN assfn.org/healthcare-pro…

.Sameer Sheth and I are looking to recruit a joint post-doc to do human intracranial electrophysiology using Neuropixels (and other high-contact electrodes) with us at BCM. DM either of us for details! (or email us).

“I have never seen in my lifetime any entity, any regime, any soldier, or even a mob, protesting and raiding military bases, demanding or defending the right of soldiers to rape and use rape as a weapon of war,” Rula tells Naomi. “Israeli politicians are demanding to protect

‘The highly respected Jerusalem-based group concluded that Israel’s prisons should now be labelled “torture camps”.’ Paid for by the U.S. taxpayer. And backed by the majority of U.S. members of Congress. theguardian.com/world/article/…

#BBCBreakfast using the term "anti immigration demonstrations" Are Ukrainians being attacked? Are white Aussies working in bars being targeted? Or is it black & brown people, regardless of where they were born? & if its the latter is there a better word that can describe that?

A new study in nature from WashU Medicine researchers, including our own Wilson Ray, MD (Center for Applied Neural Engineering), shows that using novel immunotherapy improves recovery from spinal cord injury in mice.:bit.ly/3My1uPA

Like many, I have been overwhelmed with grief at the ongoing conflict in Gaza. My long history as an activist is rooted in the values of human rights, love, and justice. These principles demand a continued effort and call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire. Further, it is our

What's happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable. A school turned shelter for around 12,000 people was hit by Israeli airstrikes again today. Six of our UNRWA colleagues are among those killed. These dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now.