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Gabe J. Murphy

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I care deeply about: (i) air, 💦, and soil; (ii) the animals and 🌱 that these resources support; and (iii) describing compelling scientific questions and insights to a variety of audiences. https://ocr.ucsf.edu/people/gabe-murphy .. more

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · 13d

Love that @arcadiascience.com has made and shared these beautiful illustrations.
I'll ask the following on @tuthill.bsky.social 's behalf: might you add a snow fly to the library?
research.arcadiascience.com/pub/resource...

A free, open-access library of high-quality organism illustrations for science communication

We create vector graphics of model organisms and emerging biological research organisms to enhance our publications. We’re sharing these editable graphics under a CC0 license for other scientists to u...

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thanks for mentioning and recommending 'Perfect Days' @romanmars.bsky.social. We watched and _really_ enjoyed it last night.

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Nature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · Aug 27

Working together to build strong scientific communities — a Comment article by Megan R. Carey

@megancarey.bsky.social ‪

#neuroscience #neuroskyence

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Working together to build strong scientific communities - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

The scientific enterprise depends on attracting and retaining the very best talent, yet barriers persist that perpetuate inequities in the scientific workforce. Here I discuss the efforts of the ALBA ...

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Jul 18

He continued: “I’m kind of sicko; I love putting in the work. I love getting to practice. I love getting to live out my dreams. But at the end of the day, sometimes I just don’t understand the point."

Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Jul 18

One of several really thoughtful, honest reflections from Scottie Scheffler.

Being the best golfer in the world is "is not a fulfilling life. It’s fulfilling from the sense of accomplishment, but it’s not fulfilling from a sense of the deepest places of your heart.”

www.nytimes.com/athletic/649...

Think you understand Scottie Scheffler? Think again.

www.nytimes.com

Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Jul 14

100% agree @nicolecrust.bsky.social.
Equally strong recommendation for another book (roughly) in this same genre - Kathryn Schulz's 'Lost and Found'.

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Jul 14

Good for you @tuthill.bsky.social. Both for serving on study section and sharing the/your experience with others.

Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Apr 6

Read the Politics and Opinion sections of any one newspaper with a skeptical eye, and, when possible, sampel the Politics and Opinions sections of multiple papers. (It's both interesting, and informative, to see what is and isn't said in the NYT and WSJ, for example...)

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Apr 6

do read the Times— they have enormous resources and great reporters— but read the Politics and Opinion sections with a skeptical eye. And then read indep political news too- TPM, the Prospect, the Guardian, the Inquirer, ProPublica, etc.

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Apr 3

Thanks for sharing this @rdhernand.bsky.social; this finally made it 100% clear (if it wasn't already) that I and others that have been watching from the sidelines need to jump into the fray. It's 'go time'.

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Ryan Hernandez @rdhernand.bsky.social · Apr 2

You want to know the best way to show thanks for chairing a study section? Early the next morning sent them a termination notice for their PREP training grant.

Ryan Hernandez @rdhernand.bsky.social · Apr 1

Just completed day 2 of chairing a NIH study section. Brain is tired after intently listening and leading discussions of ~40 apps. So fulfilling to hear the passion people have for others' science, and heartwarming to see so many people who care about the training and environment of others 🫶 (299!)

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Mar 25

Oh I'm very into open science approaches that deploy Jupyter Notebooks. I really like what @arcadiascience.com is doing with their new publication efforts & team - research.arcadiascience.com/pub/perspect...

Closing the divide between analysis and publication: The notebook pub

We're experimenting with treating our computational notebooks as publications themselves. This approach reduces publication burden, encourages faster publishing, and builds in reproducibility. Scienti...

research.arcadiascience.com

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Nicole Symmonds, PhD @spicyethicsprof.bsky.social · Feb 13

Howard University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!

Howard University Receives “Research One” Carnegie Classification Indicating Highest Level of Research Production

The American Council of Education (ACE) today announced that Howard University has been conferred a Research One (R1) Carnegie Classification, indicating “very high research spending and doctorate pro...

thedig.howard.edu

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · Feb 10

Many people, including academics, don't understand what F&A is for. Please share to help.

1) Translate to "overhead" in common business accounting:
60% IDC => 60/160 = 37.5% overhead (low!)

2) Infographic explaining what it's for, linked here:
www.cogr.edu/sites/defaul...

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Feb 9

Not exactly 'broadcasting', but I've reached out to two Republican-leaning folks in my circle:
• One didn't know what the NIH (or NSF) does and was open to learning more -> an opportunity to inform.
• The other is very familiar with NIH, but wasn't aware how this change will impact biotech.

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Feb 9

My wish: That every scientist who is passionately advocating for science here will take their same message and also broadcast it in some other venue.

We need to get the message out to those who haven’t yet heard it (and are not yet convinced).

Please consider it 🙏

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · Feb 8

Scientists and journalists need to figure out right quick how to explain to the average person how a massive change in research indirects will impact the medical care they and their children get (eg at the local children’s hospital), the education their children will get, the price of tuition, etc.

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Feb 6

Such conversations are important everywhere, but especially in 'Swing States' - e.g., Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, etc..

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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Feb 6

Neuroscientists - your society has a call to action for you and a page for tracking action alerts.

It's built to take your location & give you specific support on what to say and who to say it to. www.sfn.org/Advocacy/Adv...

Screenshot showing example of how the Society For Neuroscience call to action gives a Bay Area user contact info for their representatives (Sen. Alex Padilla, Sen. Adam Schiff, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi) and and email template titled "Protect Biomedical Research and Scientific Workforce"

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Feb 6

Agree with Stephens that Dems should 'get to know Trump voters, and not just through data analysis or comments by their most idiotic, caricaturish champions. If Democrats continue to stereotype those voters as a bunch of racist, misogynistic yahoos, they will be unable to understand the country.'

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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · Feb 6

The beautiful London Library offers emerging writers one year’s free membership including masterclasses, networking opportunities, peer support, access to all the Library’s resources and publication in an anthology. Details below.

Please share :)

www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-...

Picture of the interior of the London Library, with steps, many bookcases and a glass balustrade

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · Feb 5

good post
www.science.org/content/blog...

What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF

www.science.org

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Feb 5

Engage Republican-leaning family / friends with (i) verifiable info and (2) your opinion: 'Destroying the NIH, NSF, CDC, FDA, and USAID will (I) not save much $ and (iI) have a hugely negative impact…'
[A family member responded well to this, and even admitted he'd heard of the CDC but not NIH/NSF.]

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Feb 5

So, what can scientists do?

- Talk to the public; try to drive public attention.
- Find other scientists to talk to and work with.
- Get universities and rich ppl involved.
- Work on the science attacks - but weave them together with the constitutional attacks.

More tomorrow. Be well.
9/9

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · Feb 2

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jan 30

Exclusive: NSF this week began to search through billions of dollars of grants the agency has already awarded for anything touching on topics that President Donald Trump has criticized. And NSF has blocked grantees and trainees from accessing funds while the review is underway. scim.ag/3El0NZh

EXCLUSIVE: NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump’s orders

Grantee accounts remain frozen, while union accuses NSF of ignoring rules governing peer review

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Jan 28

This is a great article!
I have just one small quibble: the idea that 'most colors represent a single wavelength of light'. I'd love the authors / editors to provide a few examples that (i) support and (ii) argue against that conclusion...

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · Jan 28

Did you know…
Purple isn’t real.
It’s a pigment of the imagination!
www.snexplores.org/article/colo...

Purple exists only in our brains

Most colors represent a single wavelength of light. But your brain invents purple to deal with wavelengths from opposite ends of the visible spectrum.

www.snexplores.org

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Jan 28

Now that 'all the scientists are on @bsky.app '...

...I strongly encourage folks to look at @ai2.bsky.social 's new ScholarQA tool.

allenai.org/blog/ai2-sch...

Introducing Ai2 ScholarQA | Ai2

Ai2 ScholarQA gives in-depth, detailed, and contextual answers to help with literature review.

allenai.org

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Gabe J. Murphy @drsmurph.bsky.social · Jan 26

(the current instantiation of) @soundopinions.bsky.social, another enjoyable and valuable source of info, hit episode 1000 this past week as well!
Thanks for your longstanding efforts and insights @jimderogatis.bsky.social and @gregkot.bsky.social.