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Jibran Khokhar
@drjkhokhar.bsky.social
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Associate Professor, CRC in Translational Neuropsychopharmacology, Open-Source Tools! Committed to knowing better and doing better!
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Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · Nov 22
Happy to share my talk for the @hbhlmcgill.bsky.social Brain Canada The Amazing Brain 2024 event titled: Cannabis and the Developing Brain: Vaping, Edibles and Genetics www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bgxb...
Cannabis and the Developing Brain: Vaping, Edibles and Genetics | Jibran Khokhar
YouTube video by Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives
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Rian Nejar 🦋 @riannejar.bsky.social · Aug 28
Researchers confirm that PKMzeta, a so-called 'memory molecule,' working with another, KIBRA, is critical to making memories encoded in the strengths of synapses last a long time [via Scientific American] 🧪🧠

www.scientificamerican.com/article/brai...

#memory #neuroscience #neurons #synapses
Brain Scientists Finally Discover the Glue that Makes Memories Stick for a Lifetime
A long-running research endeavor reveals key chemical players that cement memories in place—and still more have yet to be discovered
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Ewan St. John Smith @psalmotoxin.bsky.social · 3h
Interesting paper quantifying behavioural interactions across 5 naked mole-rat colonies over time: learn more about the strong social bonds of breeders & more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Quantitative and systematic behavioral profiling reveals social complexity in eusocial naked mole-rats
Automated tracking in naked mole-rats reveals behavioral specificity of breeders and diversity of nonbreeders in a colony.
www.science.org
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Yale of Gilead North (Alberta) @ydbelanger.bsky.social · 5h
Enjoy "The Candidate, the Professor, and the Missing Link." Some more insight into the #Lethbridge mayoral campaign.
#YQL #abpoli #LocalDemocracyMatters #WhoGovernsMatters

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The Candidate, the Professor, and the Missing Link
University of Lethbridge students recently organized a candidates’ forum in anticipation of the October 20th municipal election. Nearly every council candidate and three mayoral candidates attended…
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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 10d
Really interesting approach to mood regulation!
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Wearable patch reduces cravings for alcohol and drugs — Harvard Gazette
First year of recovery is “immensely challenging,” researchers note. New device could be a difference maker.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 7h
Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. Nature reports on what these results mean for the future of AI. 🧪
AI models that lie, cheat and plot murder: how dangerous are LLMs really?
Tests of large language models reveal that they can behave in deceptive and potentially harmful ways. What does this mean for the future?
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Karen Masters @karenlmasters.bsky.social · 12h
Jess Wade is amazing, and it's my absolute honour to be one of the more than 2000 women in STEM whose wikipedia page she started: mymodernmet.com/jessica-wade... 🧪🔭👩‍🔬
Meet the Physicist Who Wrote Over 2,000 Wikipedia Biographies for Women in STEM
After noticing a lack of entries on Wikipedia for incredible women throughout history, this incredible woman decided to take matters into her own hands.
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DEI Virologist @kyt-thatsme.bsky.social · 1d
Anyone wanna form a viral or pathogen evolution working group ?
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Society for the Study of Evolution @sse-evolution.bsky.social · 3d
Now accepting proposals for new Research Synthesis Working Groups! Each funded group will present a symposium at the Evolution meeting, collaborate on a publication, and establish a lasting research network. Submit your proposal by January 6: www.evolutionsociety.org/content/soci...
Text: Society for the Study of Evolution Call for Proposals: Research Synthesis Working Groups. Deadline: January 6.
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 1d
LOL #academia
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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 1d
NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers

‘These bottlenecks have gotten so bad that some labs have had to ration gloves and paper towels.’

Ian Morgan for TheScientist

www.the-scientist.com/nih-leadersh...
NIH Leadership Is Failing Early Career Researchers
Halted training programs, funding chaos, and hiring freezes jeopardize advancement options for early career researchers.
www.the-scientist.com
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Çağrı Çevrim @cagricevrim.bsky.social · 2d
I’m thrilled to share my postdoc work and the first paper from the McKinley Lab! 🎉
@karalmckinley.bsky.social
We built the first transgenic model of menstruation in mice.
We used it to uncover how the endometrium organizes and sheds during menstruation. 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Induction of menstruation in mice reveals the regulation of menstrual shedding
During menstruation, an inner layer of the endometrium is selectively shed, while an outer, progenitor-containing layer is preserved to support repeated regeneration. Progress in understanding this co...
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Rocio Servin @rocioservin.bsky.social · 11d
We’re hiring!
My new Gut–Brain Axis Lab at Northwestern is looking for a Research Technologist 2 to help build the lab and explore how the nervous system shapes gut health and disease.
🔬 Apply here: myhr.northwestern.edu/psp/hrnu/EMP...
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 3d
Many thanks @clivecookson.bsky.social for the thoughtful review of our book in FT #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/c4dc...
Science Under Siege — a rallying cry against the ‘forces of darkness’
Two scientists go where many fear to tread in the fight against far-right disinformation on climate and vaccines
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Wendy Xin @droligo.bsky.social · 2d
Huge congrats @amygleichman.bsky.social on this phenomenal study, demonstrating regional differences in astrocyte responses to stroke and a key role for astrocytes in post-stroke angiogenesis and repair!

(see also - gorgeous astrocytes for fluorescence Friday)

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Fluorescently labeled astrocytes at varying distances from cortical or white matter stroke infarct border
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Amy Gleichman @amygleichman.bsky.social · 1d
Thrilled to share this work from my postdoc with Tom Carmichael, available online @ Neuron! Long story short: we find even more evidence that all reactive astrocytes are not equal, and we can take advantage of those differences to improve repair after stroke.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Regionally mapped astrocytic responses to cortical and white matter stroke show differential roles in astrocyte-induced vascular remodeling
Stroke is a major cause of disability. Astrocytes respond to stroke in a gradated manner, but details of that response and its consequences for tissue…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · 2d
Great Job - Great Colleagues - Great Science👍
Help us pick the next generation of @hhmi.org Investigators, Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, Hanna Gray Fellows, Gilliam Fellows
Relocation to DC is required, perfect for academic PIs looking for their next chapter
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Senior Director - Scientific Officer
Primary Work Address: 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) advances the disco...
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 1d
Early emergence for thermal processing in the neonatal somatosensory cortex and its perturbation in ASD https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.09.681402v1
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ISMRM @ismrm.bsky.social · 1d
The abstract submission site for the 2026 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition is OPEN!

From groundbreaking research to practical applications, this is your opportunity to share your work with your fellow MR professionals. LEARN MORE: https://ow.ly/I96t50X39bh

#ISMRM #ISMRT
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Jim Al-Khalili @jimalkhalili.bsky.social · 19d
🧪 I have a new TV offering: a 2-part Horizon special on BBC2 going out on 29th Sep and 6th October. It is called Secrets of the Brain. See
See www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Secrets of the Brain, Series 1, Episode 1
Jim Al-Khalili reveals how the staggeringly complex human brain evolved.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 2d
Graphic from Nature tells an interesting story for 🇨🇦. Since 2000, 3 🇨🇦 born scientists have won prizes in physics, chemistry or medicine after leaving the country for the US. 2 UK born scientists won those prizes after moving to Canada. In that time, no 🇨🇦 born scientist has won for work done in 🇨🇦.
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Dr. Matt Schabath (he/him/his) @mattschabathphd.bsky.social · 2d
🧪🧪 Nature: More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys -- The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys
The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.
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Siara Rouzer @siararouzer.bsky.social · 2d
Calling researchers, clinicians, and advocates: Join us in Seattle for the 10th International Conference on Adolescents & Adults with FASD, Apr 17–20, 2026!

Share your work & help turn evidence into practice.

Abstracts are due Nov 16, 2025.

Details and submission: fasdunited.org/fasd2026/202...
A call for abstracts for the 10th Interaction Conference on Adolescents & Adults with FASD.
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Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 2d
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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart
The U.S. Department of Education recently sent MIT and eight other institutions a proposed “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," along with a letter asking that MIT review the document.
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Anna Schapiro @annaschapiro.bsky.social · 2d
MIT!!!!! YES!!!!!!! www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...
MIT Rejects Proposed Federal Compact
MIT is the first institution to reject a proposal by the Trump administration that would trade preferential treatment on federal funding in exchange for far-reaching changes.
www.insidehighered.com
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 2d
Less doubt mongering.👎 More facts. 👍

COVID Vaccines Still Effective, Study www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

Effectiveness:
- 29.3% against emergency department visits
- 39.2% against hospitalizations
- 64% against deaths

"Vaccines were effective across age groups"
COVID Vaccines Still Effective Against Severe Outcomes, VA Study Suggests
Even as COVID's severity wanes, vaccines reduced emergency visits, hospital stays, and death
www.medpagetoday.com
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