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New paper from postdoc Bowen Hou out this week in PNAS Nexus … inhibition in visual cortex after traumatic brain injury academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/adva…

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard. go.nature.com/43rWyFG

#StandUpForScience

Amazing spinal cord development by Elizabeth Haynes & Jiaye He.

We are recruiting a postdoc - if you are looking for the next step after finishing your PhD, and interested in interneurons and epilepsy, check out our website: dudoklab.com/careers

NIH funding cuts could cost the U.S. $16 Billion and 68,000 jobs. An interactive tool from Joshua Weitz and team shows the local impact across the U.S. - down to the county level. This isn’t abstract - these numbers affect real communities and real lives: scienceimpacts.org

There’s a nuclear option to fight Trump’s war against colleges. You aren’t going to like it. slate.trib.al/Rbkr1zg

Is #cenobamate a good treatment option in #Dravet syndrome? ➡️The most accurate answer might be: it depends. Our group has just published this article in Epilepsia where we show negative results in pediatric patients👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ep…

Sen. Collins slams NIH research cuts, urges funding be restored statnews.com/2025/04/30/nih…

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Big News: We are proud to announce that UC San Francisco's Chair of Neurosurgery, Edward Chang, MD, has been elected to National Academy of Sciences — one of the highest honors given to American scientists! 🎉

Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Charlotte Dravet. Her legacy will endure in the ongoing efforts to improve understanding, diagnosis, and care for those affected with Dravet Syndrome. She will be greatly missed. #dravet #scn1a #scn1b #epilepsy #seizures #neurology

1/12. How do cortical interneurons select specific pyramidal cells during development? Julie Jezequel in Beatriz Rico has identified specific cellular and molecular codes that interneurons use to target pyramidal cell types Nature Communications CDN | King's College CNDD| King's College Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

Many people are busy doing recipe science.. If you ask a grad student what they need to do to get a paper, they'll tell you this & this, & they'll know that 2 years before the project is done. And I'm thinking, what's wrong with this picture? Eve Marder, on Night Science Podcast

Our next-generation approach to studying zebrafish seizure behavior. Fantastic effort by the multi-talented ⁦Paige Whyte-Fagundes, PhD⁩, the team ⁦Ramona⁩ and some hardworking undergrads (Anjelica & Aloe) nature.com/articles/s4200…

There’s a common misconception among scientists, especially trainees, that the BBB, Trump’s budget bill, currently under Senate review cuts NIH funding by 40%. In reality, this bill doesn’t concern NIH funding - it focuses on mandatory spending and some Trump priorities m: tax

Our latest work is out today in Neuron . Using voltage imaging, we clarified how serotonergic neurons compute action effectiveness during learning behavior. With Ravid Haruvi, Ziqiang Wei and Misha Ahrens sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Let’s do this. #NoKingsProtest

Some weekend reading in these turbulent times

Many incredible biomedical scientists have left academia for biotech/pharma. While also noting many caveats, I want to share the observation that among top scientists who left academia for industry, their biggest new discoveries almost always happened in academia: