Lindsay De Biase, PhD
@debiaselm.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof UCLA | Neuroscientist who studies glia (non-neuronal brain cells) and how glia shape brain health throughout the lifespan. Mother and wife. Lover of nature, novels, and really good bread. | Opinions my own.
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Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Among the things I am thankful for is the courage and patriotism of all the federal workers who blew the whistle on agency policies that harm Americans, and those who support us. #CourageIsContagious Art by @drrabbithole.bsky.social
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Have a Logical and Happy Thanksgiving
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November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Have a Logical and Happy Thanksgiving
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I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group.
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I am very excited to announce that a fully funded PhD position is available in my group.
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
Topic: Synergistic coevolution in mono-specific and multi-species microbial consortia
Please RT or forward this information to interested candidates.
Deadline: 11.01.26
More info:
shorturl.at/f1TuF
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This article is a must-read for anyone thinking seriously about the use of generative AI in academia
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking. - HuffPost
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I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking. - HuffPost
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I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking. — HuffPost
apple.news
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
This article is a must-read for anyone thinking seriously about the use of generative AI in academia
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking. - HuffPost
apple.news/AO8YSP4SfSpi...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking. - HuffPost
apple.news/AO8YSP4SfSpi...
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New #publication and #preprint from @jakobssonasap.bsky.social!
⬅️ L1 retrotransposons in stem cells & organoids link L1s to CNS development 🔗 bit.ly/3XyLvGz
➡️ Transposable elements activate in the #Parkinsons brain, tied to interferon responses & a new pathological process 🔗 bit.ly/3LKC5Fo
⬅️ L1 retrotransposons in stem cells & organoids link L1s to CNS development 🔗 bit.ly/3XyLvGz
➡️ Transposable elements activate in the #Parkinsons brain, tied to interferon responses & a new pathological process 🔗 bit.ly/3LKC5Fo
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New #publication and #preprint from @jakobssonasap.bsky.social!
⬅️ L1 retrotransposons in stem cells & organoids link L1s to CNS development 🔗 bit.ly/3XyLvGz
➡️ Transposable elements activate in the #Parkinsons brain, tied to interferon responses & a new pathological process 🔗 bit.ly/3LKC5Fo
⬅️ L1 retrotransposons in stem cells & organoids link L1s to CNS development 🔗 bit.ly/3XyLvGz
➡️ Transposable elements activate in the #Parkinsons brain, tied to interferon responses & a new pathological process 🔗 bit.ly/3LKC5Fo
Continued damage to scientific independence from political interference - NIH is now asserting the authority to terminate any grant at any time, for any reason, at the discretion of the awarding agency. (grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...).
NOT-OD-26-009: Updated Terms and Conditions of Award Termination and Compliance with Court Orders
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Terms and Conditions of Award Termination and Compliance with Court Orders NOT-OD-26-009. NIH
grants.nih.gov
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Continued damage to scientific independence from political interference - NIH is now asserting the authority to terminate any grant at any time, for any reason, at the discretion of the awarding agency. (grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...).
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We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
$8.75M Investment Supports ‘Research Resilience’… | Maryland Today
UMD, MPower Funds Combine to Help Preserve Institutional Capabilities, Lab Operations and More
today.umd.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We @uam-umd.bsky.social won. Faculty packed town halls, talked to their colleagues and collected hundreds of petition signatures. Now UMD is coughing up $8.75m, during a deficit, to fund faculty whose research is under attack. Not enough, but a helluva thing for a union the state calls illegal.
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Doing neuroscience in Hawai'i is basically my dream job 🌴☀️
May have aged out by now 🥲
May have aged out by now 🥲
The Department of #Psychology, College of #SocialSciences (CSS), University of Hawai’i at Mānoa is hiring an Assistant Professor in #Neuroscience.
Learn more and apply at: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30707
#academicjobs #assistantprofessor
Learn more and apply at: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30707
#academicjobs #assistantprofessor
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Doing neuroscience in Hawai'i is basically my dream job 🌴☀️
May have aged out by now 🥲
May have aged out by now 🥲
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The new BIRAX Healthy Ageing call is open for research proposals that advance understanding of ageing and support innovative international collaboration. Apply now. @britishcouncil.bsky.social
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/bira...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/bira...
BIRAX Healthy Ageing Funding Call - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
New BIRAX Healthy Ageing call invites joint research proposals to advance understanding of ageing and support innovative international collaboration.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The new BIRAX Healthy Ageing call is open for research proposals that advance understanding of ageing and support innovative international collaboration. Apply now. @britishcouncil.bsky.social
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/bira...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/bira...
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AD HOC REVIEWERS BEWARE. "There is no additional 2-week late window."
If you were counting on that as a perk for reviewing this round, it's gone. Your SRO had no say in this.
If you were counting on that as a perk for reviewing this round, it's gone. Your SRO had no say in this.
Some additional updates to deadlines have been released for grant submissions that fell during the shutdown
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-012: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Updated Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities Following the October 1, 2025 - Lapse in Appropriations NOT-...
grants.nih.gov
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
AD HOC REVIEWERS BEWARE. "There is no additional 2-week late window."
If you were counting on that as a perk for reviewing this round, it's gone. Your SRO had no say in this.
If you were counting on that as a perk for reviewing this round, it's gone. Your SRO had no say in this.
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Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
Hearing news that Carl Dieffenbach, the Director of the Division of AIDS at #NIH (NIAID), has been removed from his position because he was "not aligned with HHS/OMB."
Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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Russell Vought continues to remove great scientists as part of the Project 2025 mission to politicize and destroy NIH.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Unfortunately, I can confirm that this is true.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
I have known Carl for 2 decades and he is smart, dedicated, and quite apolitical, focused on science and getting stuff done on important problems.
Huge unnecessary loss of leadership and expertise.
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Another excellent trainee from @bdemira.bsky.social lab, Ashley Adamson, presenting her research at #SfN2025.
🚨Ashley is looking for postdoc opportunities!
🚨Ashley is looking for postdoc opportunities!
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Another excellent trainee from @bdemira.bsky.social lab, Ashley Adamson, presenting her research at #SfN2025.
🚨Ashley is looking for postdoc opportunities!
🚨Ashley is looking for postdoc opportunities!
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Come join me and my brilliant, talented, kind, and generous colleagues at the University of Regina!
I’m delighted to share this open rank faculty position in Clinical Psychology.
#academicsky #highered #sciencejobs #womeninacademia
https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/17692
I’m delighted to share this open rank faculty position in Clinical Psychology.
#academicsky #highered #sciencejobs #womeninacademia
https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/17692
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Come join me and my brilliant, talented, kind, and generous colleagues at the University of Regina!
I’m delighted to share this open rank faculty position in Clinical Psychology.
#academicsky #highered #sciencejobs #womeninacademia
https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/17692
I’m delighted to share this open rank faculty position in Clinical Psychology.
#academicsky #highered #sciencejobs #womeninacademia
https://urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/17692
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Here I cover in @forbes.com how many clinical trials have been disrupted by Trump administration NIH grant terminations and how many patients may have been affected
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
NIH Grant Cuts Have Disrupted 383 Clinical Trials With 74,311 Patients
A study found that Trump administration NIH grant cuts led to termination of 118 trials studying cancer, 97 studying infectious diseases and 140 testing new treatments.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Here I cover in @forbes.com how many clinical trials have been disrupted by Trump administration NIH grant terminations and how many patients may have been affected
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
🛟 🧪 😷 #AcademicSky #MedSky #episky🩺 #HiSciSky Public Health #science
www.forbes.com/sites/brucel...
#SFN 2025 was a strange mix of inspiring and disheartening. Saw tons of amazing posters and talks - but the impact of gov attacks on science was also palpable. Was thrilled to present a #Glia #ECM symposium together with Dolores Irala, Anna Molofsky @annamolofskylab.bsky.social and Harry Sontheimer.
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#SFN 2025 was a strange mix of inspiring and disheartening. Saw tons of amazing posters and talks - but the impact of gov attacks on science was also palpable. Was thrilled to present a #Glia #ECM symposium together with Dolores Irala, Anna Molofsky @annamolofskylab.bsky.social and Harry Sontheimer.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Very interesting study by Antonio Marino and colleagues examining how protein post translational modifications change during #aging and diet modification. Intriguing to see #myelin proteins showing up prominently.
Aging and diet alter the protein ubiquitylation landscape in the mouse brain - Nature Communications
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) regulate protein homeostasis and function. Here, the authors applied mass spectrometry to uncover extensive changes in protein ubiquitylation in the aging mouse...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
www.nature.com/articles/s41... Very interesting study by Antonio Marino and colleagues examining how protein post translational modifications change during #aging and diet modification. Intriguing to see #myelin proteins showing up prominently.
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Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the international @aaas.org Kavli Science Journalism Awards! Read the full list of this year's winners—including journalists from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom: bit.ly/4oCwZtq
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the international @aaas.org Kavli Science Journalism Awards! Read the full list of this year's winners—including journalists from Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom: bit.ly/4oCwZtq
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Parkinson’s disease can affect a whole social and familial network, whether everyone lives in the same house as the loved one with PD or on another continent. 🌍
This Caregivers Month, check out our list of “virtual errands” you can do from a distance. ⬇️ Explore more at Parkinson.org/CaregiversMonth
This Caregivers Month, check out our list of “virtual errands” you can do from a distance. ⬇️ Explore more at Parkinson.org/CaregiversMonth
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Parkinson’s disease can affect a whole social and familial network, whether everyone lives in the same house as the loved one with PD or on another continent. 🌍
This Caregivers Month, check out our list of “virtual errands” you can do from a distance. ⬇️ Explore more at Parkinson.org/CaregiversMonth
This Caregivers Month, check out our list of “virtual errands” you can do from a distance. ⬇️ Explore more at Parkinson.org/CaregiversMonth
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Thrilled to share our new paper, out now in @natneuro.nature.com, uncovering how estradiol, the most potent estrogen, modulates reinforcement learning and reward prediction errors across biological levels. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#blueprint 1/7
#blueprint 1/7
Estrogen modulates reward prediction errors and reinforcement learning - Nature Neuroscience
Dopamine encoding of reward prediction errors naturally fluctuates over females’ reproductive cycles with estrogenic signaling due to reduced expression of dopamine reuptake proteins.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper, out now in @natneuro.nature.com, uncovering how estradiol, the most potent estrogen, modulates reinforcement learning and reward prediction errors across biological levels. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#blueprint 1/7
#blueprint 1/7
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The Science for Public Good Fund is back! Apply today for up to $1500 to support your science advocacy efforts.
📌 Apply here: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl
📌 Apply here: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The Science for Public Good Fund is back! Apply today for up to $1500 to support your science advocacy efforts.
📌 Apply here: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl
📌 Apply here: act.ucsusa.org/4nCzPhl
theconversation.com/canada-loses... “Measles is one of the most contagious diseases on the planet. Before the measles vaccine was licensed for use in 1963, nearly every child got measles infection and more than 2 million children died from measles each year.”
Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall
Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
theconversation.com/canada-loses... “Measles is one of the most contagious diseases on the planet. Before the measles vaccine was licensed for use in 1963, nearly every child got measles infection and more than 2 million children died from measles each year.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.” Alexander Verbeek, Dutch environmentalist and former government advisor.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.” Alexander Verbeek, Dutch environmentalist and former government advisor.
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Sunday, November 9, 2025, Cure Addiction Now is sponsoring a free event open to the public. This is a chance to listen to a panel of scientists discuss many latest advances in helping to cure addiction. See registration link: cureaddictionnow.org/the-raw-trut... #CAN, #SUD, #CureAddictionNow
Cure Addiction Now Forum and Webinar
Scientists at the forefront of substance use disorder and mental health research share the latest advances to stop this devastating disease.
cureaddictionnow.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sunday, November 9, 2025, Cure Addiction Now is sponsoring a free event open to the public. This is a chance to listen to a panel of scientists discuss many latest advances in helping to cure addiction. See registration link: cureaddictionnow.org/the-raw-trut... #CAN, #SUD, #CureAddictionNow