The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy released this month a report on U.S. R&D infrastructure which describes an old and “inadequate” research infrastructure at the federal level. Also outlines challenges, among many others, in recruiting and retaining top scientific talent.
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I'm really proud and excited to share the bulk of my work as a postdoc!!

We used flexible, semi-transparent NeuroGrids to record cortical traveling waves while simultaneously mapping cellular and subcellular dynamics with two-photon imaging

Some highlights here in a few tweets:

If you're a neuroscientist, you've probably heard that congress passed final appropriations for FY24, with deep cuts (~40%) to BRAIN Initiative. Advocates are now pushing for +$740 million in FY25 and Society for Neuroscience (SfN) made it easy for you to add your voice here:
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Just got to my hotel in abu dhabi and arabic tv is reporting on US campus pro-palestine encampments and the brutal crackdowns, just incredible.

One of the most fulfilling aspects of my graduate school experience has been TAing Friedman Brain Institute’s Effective Science Communication (ESC) course. It has been a safe space for develop as a communicator and scientist, while also providing long lasting relationships.

What is the purpose of a university if we cannot use our knowledge to serve others? What good are these hands, if not to repair the world? What use is my voice, if it is expected to keep silent? Why do I have a heart, if I am meant to ignore its breaking?

academic tip #12: write random equations on the white board behind you before you zoom so ppl think you’re smart 👍

Check this article out by Dr. Ubadah Sabbagh on the possibilities of building research infrastructure in the Arab world!

More broadly, that university administrators continue to write statements using 'security concerns' as an excuse for suppression, implicitly criminalizing their own students and staff who they're supposed to protect and paints them as a threat, is despicable.

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor researches how the sensation of touch happens in the skin and in the brain. In an interview with Quanta, the molecular biologist discusses his journey to this work and his hopes for its future. quantamagazine.org/pleasure-or-pa…

📢'The World Is Your Oyster' is for those who are born in global north countries--don't experience visa bureaucracy & emotional burden that non-white global south scholars do. Citizenship is a privilege that we need to recognize in the academe. 1/n

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