Erin Morrow
@erinmorrow.bsky.social
PhD student in cognitive neuroscience @UCLA. 🧠 Studying how & why we remember (emotional) events. 🏛️ Science policy, comms, & ethics. https://erinmorrow.squarespace.com/
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Thanks @mildobserver.bsky.social for taking the time to chat with me, superstar @erinmorrow.bsky.social & others. Our convo was inspired by the McClintock Letters, run by @cornellasap.bsky.social & @snapcoalition.bsky.social, w/ the mission of reconnecting scientists with their hometown communities.
What happens when science funding disappears?
At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
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At UCSF and the SF VA, labs are laying off staff, trials are paused, and patients are left waiting.
Our new Civic episode breaks down how federal cuts — and now a shutdown — are reshaping science in the Bay Area.
🎧
Effects of Research Funding Cuts Ripple Through San Francisco Labs, Clinics and Lives - San Francisco Public Press
Federal funding cuts to medical research and new rules for grants are dismantling projects at the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical…
www.sfpublicpress.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Thanks @mildobserver.bsky.social for taking the time to chat with me, superstar @erinmorrow.bsky.social & others. Our convo was inspired by the McClintock Letters, run by @cornellasap.bsky.social & @snapcoalition.bsky.social, w/ the mission of reconnecting scientists with their hometown communities.
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Multiple federal agencies are suspending research funding at UCLA over allegations it didn’t properly deal with antisemitism on campus. scim.ag/4lbLAcx
NSF and NIH suspend grants to UCLA
Move follows Trump administration finding that school didn’t effectively combat antisemitism
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August 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Multiple federal agencies are suspending research funding at UCLA over allegations it didn’t properly deal with antisemitism on campus. scim.ag/4lbLAcx
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Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! If you signed up to participate, there is still time.
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! We are here to help.
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! We are here to help.
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
July 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Coming down the home stretch for #McClintockLetters! If you signed up to participate, there is still time.
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! We are here to help.
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Please reach out if you need a hand with getting published or edits or your pitch! We are here to help.
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
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Early-career scientists: Barbara McClintock's birthday may have passed, but it's not too late to write a #McClintockLetter to your hometown newspaper about science funding! 🗞️
Sign up to write an op-ed/letter to the editor & read FAQs here:
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Sign up to write an op-ed/letter to the editor & read FAQs here:
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
June 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Early-career scientists: Barbara McClintock's birthday may have passed, but it's not too late to write a #McClintockLetter to your hometown newspaper about science funding! 🗞️
Sign up to write an op-ed/letter to the editor & read FAQs here:
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
Sign up to write an op-ed/letter to the editor & read FAQs here:
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
So grateful to be one of the 500+ early-career scientists returning to their roots this month. The SNAP team behind this campaign has been such a blast to work with! @snapcoalition.bsky.social
Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4
Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4
June 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
So grateful to be one of the 500+ early-career scientists returning to their roots this month. The SNAP team behind this campaign has been such a blast to work with! @snapcoalition.bsky.social
Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4
Check out my piece in the Marietta Daily Journal, as well as other national coverage: bit.ly/3HXlfB4
Early career folks, please consider taking *1 minute* to sign our open letter for the future of U.S. science ✍️
@snapcoalition.bsky.social
@snapcoalition.bsky.social
EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS - Sign on to the @snapcoalition.bsky.social open letter calling to preserve the future of the American scientific enterprise. Can sign anonymously: forms.gle/JD2iHyuyWndD...
#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #McClintockLetters
#DefendResearch #StandUpForScience #McClintockLetters
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
forms.gle
June 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Early career folks, please consider taking *1 minute* to sign our open letter for the future of U.S. science ✍️
@snapcoalition.bsky.social
@snapcoalition.bsky.social
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Working with and learning from incredible leaders like @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and dozens others @snapcoalition.bsky.social has been the highlight of my year! Read how trainees are taking action: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Researchers have a radical plan to thwart Trump's war on science: Talking to people
Faced with federal funding cuts, scientists are learning to communicate about what they do — and why it matters.
www.nbcnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Working with and learning from incredible leaders like @isakoditomassi.bsky.social and dozens others @snapcoalition.bsky.social has been the highlight of my year! Read how trainees are taking action: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Early career researchers in STEM -
Please sign and share this open letter calling to preserve the future of American science:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Later career researchers- Please share with your trainees and EC colleagues.
Please sign and share this open letter calling to preserve the future of American science:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Later career researchers- Please share with your trainees and EC colleagues.
Open Letter: A Call to Preserve the Future of American Science
The Scientist Network for Advancing Policy (SNAP) invites early-career scientists (e.g., student, post-bacc, PhD candidate, post-doctoral researcher, early-career faculty) in the United States to join...
docs.google.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Early career researchers in STEM -
Please sign and share this open letter calling to preserve the future of American science:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Later career researchers- Please share with your trainees and EC colleagues.
Please sign and share this open letter calling to preserve the future of American science:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Later career researchers- Please share with your trainees and EC colleagues.
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So excited to share our new preprint! We used behavior & pupillometry to examine how reinterpreting negative emotions shapes memory for emotionally charged events.
Huge thanks to my spectacular advisor, Dave, for all his help and support with my first project of grad school!
Check it out 👇
Huge thanks to my spectacular advisor, Dave, for all his help and support with my first project of grad school!
Check it out 👇
Emotions create vivid and lasting memories - but how are those memories organized? We find that negative emotions fragment experience, disrupting the flow of memory. Reframing negative feelings also carves up experiences, but in a way that supports integration and wellbeing.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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May 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So excited to share our new preprint! We used behavior & pupillometry to examine how reinterpreting negative emotions shapes memory for emotionally charged events.
Huge thanks to my spectacular advisor, Dave, for all his help and support with my first project of grad school!
Check it out 👇
Huge thanks to my spectacular advisor, Dave, for all his help and support with my first project of grad school!
Check it out 👇
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Worried about the future of US science?
📣 Join our Advocacy Workshop to learn how to share your concerns with policymakers & push for change!
Learn to:
1️⃣ Identify key decisionmakers
2️⃣ Craft a clear message
3️⃣ Lead effective meetings
4️⃣ Build lasting relationships
Wed, May 28th | 5pm | Boyer Hall 130
📣 Join our Advocacy Workshop to learn how to share your concerns with policymakers & push for change!
Learn to:
1️⃣ Identify key decisionmakers
2️⃣ Craft a clear message
3️⃣ Lead effective meetings
4️⃣ Build lasting relationships
Wed, May 28th | 5pm | Boyer Hall 130
May 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Worried about the future of US science?
📣 Join our Advocacy Workshop to learn how to share your concerns with policymakers & push for change!
Learn to:
1️⃣ Identify key decisionmakers
2️⃣ Craft a clear message
3️⃣ Lead effective meetings
4️⃣ Build lasting relationships
Wed, May 28th | 5pm | Boyer Hall 130
📣 Join our Advocacy Workshop to learn how to share your concerns with policymakers & push for change!
Learn to:
1️⃣ Identify key decisionmakers
2️⃣ Craft a clear message
3️⃣ Lead effective meetings
4️⃣ Build lasting relationships
Wed, May 28th | 5pm | Boyer Hall 130
"In this world, there are two times....The first is unyielding, predetermined. The second makes up its mind as it goes along." - Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams 🕰️
Amid these wild times, I'm grateful to first-author this super cool fMRI study started by my great advisor @davidclewett.bsky.social! 🧠
Amid these wild times, I'm grateful to first-author this super cool fMRI study started by my great advisor @davidclewett.bsky.social! 🧠
New from our lab: your brain doesn’t just remember time - it bends it.
We show that the dopamine system responds to natural breakpoints in experience, and this relates to more stretched memories of time. Blinking also increases, signaling encoding of new memories.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show that the dopamine system responds to natural breakpoints in experience, and this relates to more stretched memories of time. Blinking also increases, signaling encoding of new memories.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Dopaminergic processes predict temporal distortions in event memory
Our memories do not simply keep time - they warp it, bending the past to fit the structure of our experiences. For example, people tend to remember items as occurring farther apart in time if they spa...
www.biorxiv.org
May 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"In this world, there are two times....The first is unyielding, predetermined. The second makes up its mind as it goes along." - Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams 🕰️
Amid these wild times, I'm grateful to first-author this super cool fMRI study started by my great advisor @davidclewett.bsky.social! 🧠
Amid these wild times, I'm grateful to first-author this super cool fMRI study started by my great advisor @davidclewett.bsky.social! 🧠
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Want to make a real impact with your science—right in your own community?
Join the McClintock Letters initiative to sharpen your science communication skills, connect with fellow scientists, and craft a powerful op-ed that advocates for science where it matters most: locally.
#McClintockLetters
Join the McClintock Letters initiative to sharpen your science communication skills, connect with fellow scientists, and craft a powerful op-ed that advocates for science where it matters most: locally.
#McClintockLetters
Federal research cuts impact local economies, and stall progress.
Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.
#McClintockLetters
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Publish an opinion piece in your hometown paper on June 16th to SPREAD THE WORD about how scientific research contributes to the everyday health and wealth of the general public.
#McClintockLetters
blogs.cornell.edu/asap/events-...
April 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Want to make a real impact with your science—right in your own community?
Join the McClintock Letters initiative to sharpen your science communication skills, connect with fellow scientists, and craft a powerful op-ed that advocates for science where it matters most: locally.
#McClintockLetters
Join the McClintock Letters initiative to sharpen your science communication skills, connect with fellow scientists, and craft a powerful op-ed that advocates for science where it matters most: locally.
#McClintockLetters