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It's clear that many do not understand what NIH-funded research does to improve health. It's time to revive a study published 10 years ago that provides incredible information about this. link in the comment Every single new drug approved by the FDA from 2010–2016 was built on

70 years ago, a woman discovered the structure of DNA. But 2 Cambridge men stole her work and won the Nobel Prize. She was erased from history and died of cancer. Here’s how the biggest theft in science buried Rosalind Franklin’s name in history… 🧵u

I grew up farming in Chester NH a town next to Robert Frost’s farm in Derry NH. I memorized this poem in the 4th grade. I have a few books of his poetry and essays. Today is the first time I heard his voice! 🥹

My study section is rescheduled!! 🎉 It’s two months late. This meeting will give me a score and then I will know if it’s funded or not by council. I’m unsure if the council meeting will happen. I’m still on a hiring freeze- not hiring May college grads nor Northeastern Co-ops.

How to read an #EEG: a step-by-step guide! Great work by Dr. Butler & Kaley Marcinski Nascimento. Sandor Beniczky neurology.org/doi/10.1212/NE…

Is research just reading papers? No! We form hypotheses, generate the data, and write new papers, which inform clinical care. A team stays up all night doing the experiment and a female scientist sleeps in my office to respond to issues: hands-on/lost sleep #Research #NIHfunding

Scientists are starting to get letters from the interim NIH director dismissing them from NIH committes that they serve on. The committees are not being terminated. Some scientists are being removed from comittees and others are not. thetransmitter.org/science-and-so…

The NIH Scientific Integrity Policy is gone. It was, “ Scientific findings and products must not be suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and must not be subjected to political interference or inappropriate influence.” I guess low hanging fruit by DOGE. #NIH

Nature polled scientists thinking of leaving the US to ask them if they are considering leaving the US: biased and alarmist. Trainees (many from overseas) are getting the carpet pulled out from under them. Mid-career+ with kids aren't leaving. I'd be a sheep farmer/change careers

Hold your expectations loosely and follow the data. Definitely plan well. Randomize. All the controls. Pre-defined exclusion criteria. Then, let the data be what it is- don’t throw out “outliers” or cherry pick. Be subservient to your data. Your data is more interesting than you!

Endowments are not checking accounts; they are many small accounts designated for specific purposes by the people who donated the money. hms.harvard.edu/news/fact-fict…

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Stimulation of the human thalamus augments thinking after severe brain trauma. Fascinating Nature Medicine study showed deep brain stimulation of the central lateral thalamus drastically improves cognitive function, even 18 years out from trauma.

Can we feel our mitochondria? We feel pain (nociception), internal sensations (interoception), and even our immune system (immunoception) How does the brain monitor our energy status? In this preprint, we propose that the brain feels the balance of energy demand (burn rate)

Today "a milestone in the evolution of personalized therapies for rare & ultra-rare inborn errors of metabolism" —the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing —outgrowth of decades of NIH funded research nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… NEJM

It's out in The Lancet Neurology ! A substantial advance in characterization of TBI based on the recent NINDS workshop. A new characterisation of acute traumatic brain injury: the NIH-NINDS ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Led by Ya'el Courtney, PhD and out today in Nature Neuroscience: the brain's fluid-secreting organ — the choroid plexus — can reshape neural development through a powerful, little-known process. & it can be hijacked by serotonergic drugs like LSD. 🧠👇 A thread rdcu.be/eoaSY

Congratulations Ya'el Courtney, PhD! Your speech was inspiring, and yes, the onus is on us to communicate science. Challenge accepted! Ya'el's excellent speech is around minute 14 youtube.com/watch?v=1gXanA…

I never got a high school diploma. This week, I gave the PhD hooding speech at Harvard Med. I told the story of how I got here—and why scientists must talk to the public. If we want science to stay a public good, we need to earn trust I start ~16:55. youtube.com/live/1gXanARwV…

Follow the data. It’s smarter than you.