Zoe McElligott
@nanopharmnc.bsky.social
Neurosci w/ tiny farm. PI of McE lab! AWARD WINNING PEARS! #FriendsWithLyricalGenius #TheEldestMillennial, often found running in the woods, She/Her, views expressed are not as a rep of UNC-CH. www.mcelligottlab.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4717-5698
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4717-5698
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Thrilled this is out, led by former PD Cameron Ogg (now with her own lab at @rhodescollege.bsky.social!). It was a driven by a desire to see, in real-time, how LC activity/NE release influences downstream targets in behaving animals. SO hard to do, but Cameron did it! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons facilitate orbitofrontal cortex remapping and behavioral flexibility
Ogg et al. use in vivo imaging techniques to record activity in the locus coeruleus
(LC) and the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) during a reversal learning task in freely
moving rodents. They show that man...
www.cell.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Thrilled this is out, led by former PD Cameron Ogg (now with her own lab at @rhodescollege.bsky.social!). It was a driven by a desire to see, in real-time, how LC activity/NE release influences downstream targets in behaving animals. SO hard to do, but Cameron did it! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
my brother just relayed that there was a guy in the downtown area of the small IL farm town (no stop light town) we grew up in (until I was 7, bro lives there now) that is wearing a yellow hard hat with a sign that said F*CK I*C*E on one side and F*CK D*N*L*D TR*MP on the other (with out asterisks)
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
my brother just relayed that there was a guy in the downtown area of the small IL farm town (no stop light town) we grew up in (until I was 7, bro lives there now) that is wearing a yellow hard hat with a sign that said F*CK I*C*E on one side and F*CK D*N*L*D TR*MP on the other (with out asterisks)
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When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“We were too scared to scream.” Survivors fleeing Mali describe rapes and killings they blame on Russia’s Africa Corps fighters.
Girls and women fleeing Mali describe sexual violence by Russian forces
Women and girls from Mali are alleging rape and sexual assault by Russian fighters with Africa Corps, a new military unit under Moscow's control.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“We were too scared to scream.” Survivors fleeing Mali describe rapes and killings they blame on Russia’s Africa Corps fighters.
guess it's time to start carying my papers on me...
December 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
guess it's time to start carying my papers on me...
Can't wait to see how this improves the creek (New Hope Creek)!
Went for a quick run in Duke Forest... And was surprised that the new bridge is open!! Trail has been shut down for months... Looks great!!
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Can't wait to see how this improves the creek (New Hope Creek)!
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Went for a quick run in Duke Forest... And was surprised that the new bridge is open!! Trail has been shut down for months... Looks great!!
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Went for a quick run in Duke Forest... And was surprised that the new bridge is open!! Trail has been shut down for months... Looks great!!
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Given the overwhelming data and evidence that expanding access and increasing equity produces improvements for all people, I think we should start treating “anti-DEI” campaigns as misinformation campaigns as much as campaigns to resegregate
Every time a see another post about “anti-DEI” I want to ask people if they are for homogeneity, inequity, and exclusion.
I know they are - I just want to hear them say it out loud instead of hiding behind “anti-DEI”.
I know they are - I just want to hear them say it out loud instead of hiding behind “anti-DEI”.
December 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Given the overwhelming data and evidence that expanding access and increasing equity produces improvements for all people, I think we should start treating “anti-DEI” campaigns as misinformation campaigns as much as campaigns to resegregate
I have often claimed to be a heat seeking missle
🧪 Hot Science right here !! TRPA1 in beetles serves as a sensor to detect infrared light generated by flower-less ancient plant species as a pollination signal. Next level !
Wendy Valencia-Montoya and team uncover thermal infrared as one of the most ancient pollination signals uniting plants and animals. From the field to single proteins.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I have often claimed to be a heat seeking missle
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The diversity supplement also frees up money on the parent grant to hire…a majoritarian postdoc.
After some time pedaling… MFer those supplements are not even actually awarded to the trainee. They go to the PI, which by the system is often white men, to increase their productivity.
The good faculty at least created a strong training plan to support someone for a part of their training.
The good faculty at least created a strong training plan to support someone for a part of their training.
As a both a PI that received a Diversity Supplement to support a student on my R01, and a PO that reviewed them, they were never about "handing out money at the end of the year based on race" and always about the training potential and commitment.
December 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The diversity supplement also frees up money on the parent grant to hire…a majoritarian postdoc.
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Absolutely staggering to consider the deadweight loss that AI has caused educators in terms of burdening them by making cheating easier, and how little our society's elites care
Across the country, a small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT.
To AI-proof exams, professors turn to the oldest technique of all
A small but growing number of educators are experimenting with oral exams to circumvent the temptations presented by powerful AI platforms.
wapo.st
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Absolutely staggering to consider the deadweight loss that AI has caused educators in terms of burdening them by making cheating easier, and how little our society's elites care
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I think some folks might be happy to see this. NIGMS MIRA R35 for EI/NI has been published. PAR-26-121 files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
PAR-26-121: Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35 - Clinical Trial Optional)
files.simpler.grants.gov
December 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I think some folks might be happy to see this. NIGMS MIRA R35 for EI/NI has been published. PAR-26-121 files.simpler.grants.gov/opportunitie...
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Stories like this remind me of a true story from small-town America, where a municipality's residents voted down local tax increases over and over, for years.
Then, one day, the streetlights turned off. For good. And every was just so angry and confused.
Then, one day, the streetlights turned off. For good. And every was just so angry and confused.
The number of federal employees who left their jobs in 2025 will total about 317,000, according to the OPM, after efforts by Elon Musk and the Trump administration to reshape the government workforce.
Federal Workforce’s Toll After a Year of DOGE and Trump: 317,000
The number of federal employees who left their jobs in 2025 will total about 317,000, according to the Office of Personnel Management, after efforts by Elon Musk and the Trump administration to reshape the government workforce.
bloom.bg
December 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Stories like this remind me of a true story from small-town America, where a municipality's residents voted down local tax increases over and over, for years.
Then, one day, the streetlights turned off. For good. And every was just so angry and confused.
Then, one day, the streetlights turned off. For good. And every was just so angry and confused.
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Important Font News! drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/i...
Important Font News!
As you know, Dear Reader, there are more NIH grants that fund when written in Arial font than any other font. Some crazed font nerds around here assert that Georgia font is the way to go, as it is …
drugmonkey.wordpress.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Important Font News! drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/12/10/i...
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The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
nbcnews.to
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials say.
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Mifepristone is both more crucial—and more vulnerable—than ever.
www.jezebel.com/another-week...
www.jezebel.com/another-week...
Another Week With Another Abortion Pill Win & Another Abortion Pill Lawsuit
Mifepristone is both more crucial—and more vulnerable—than ever.
www.jezebel.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Mifepristone is both more crucial—and more vulnerable—than ever.
www.jezebel.com/another-week...
www.jezebel.com/another-week...
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Psychiatric conditions show high comorbidity & genetic overlap, challenging diagnostic boundaries. @andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social et al applied cutting-edge statistical & functional genomics to 14 childhood- & adult-onset disorders (>1M cases) towards neurobiologically valid mental health nosology.👇🧪
Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders - Nature
Genomic analyses applied to 14 childhood- and adult-onset psychiatric disorders identifies five underlying genomic factors that explain the majority of the genetic variance of the individual disorders...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Psychiatric conditions show high comorbidity & genetic overlap, challenging diagnostic boundaries. @andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social et al applied cutting-edge statistical & functional genomics to 14 childhood- & adult-onset disorders (>1M cases) towards neurobiologically valid mental health nosology.👇🧪
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
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honoring today Dec. 10 (international human rights day) by sharing this horrific and ridiculous news.
"For the first time in history, the United States voted against the UN General Assembly’s periodic resolution condemning torture. The only other countries to do so were Argentina and Israel." From @gaborrona.bsky.social @justsecurity.org www.justsecurity.org/126649/does-...
Does the United States Still Oppose Torture?
The U.S. voted against the UNGA's torture resolution, breaking decades of consensus and raising questions about its human rights stance.
www.justsecurity.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
honoring today Dec. 10 (international human rights day) by sharing this horrific and ridiculous news.
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"“If this administration is able to sort of run roughshod over these laws and rules that we believed to be so well established, and there is no mechanism by which there can be accountability, or that the harms can be rectified, where does that leave us?” Julia Decker, Immigrant Law Center of MN
“She has marks on her neck and wrist from where agents restrained her. Agents cut off her wedding ring and held her in leg shackles at Whipple Federal Building for about five hours.”
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Her crime: witnessing ICE, from a distance.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"“If this administration is able to sort of run roughshod over these laws and rules that we believed to be so well established, and there is no mechanism by which there can be accountability, or that the harms can be rectified, where does that leave us?” Julia Decker, Immigrant Law Center of MN
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I wonder if they plan to be transparent about how grants are selected going forward. What percentile will the “competitive but ND” pickups be assigned? Can’t be prelim scores because some sections recalibrate scores during discussion.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/b...
In Massachusetts visit, Trump’s NIH chief defends move to prioritize funding research in places like Iowa, Nebraska - The Boston Globe
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told the Globe that he wants "scientists at every institution to be able to compete on the same level playing fields with the brilliant scientists here in Massachusetts."
www.bostonglobe.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I wonder if they plan to be transparent about how grants are selected going forward. What percentile will the “competitive but ND” pickups be assigned? Can’t be prelim scores because some sections recalibrate scores during discussion.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/b...
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🧠 We're hiring! 🧠 Are you passionate about neuroscience and education? Join our faculty at UNC Chapel Hill to inspire and teach the next generation of neuroscientists. Apply now: 🔗https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308455
#Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd
#Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd
December 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🧠 We're hiring! 🧠 Are you passionate about neuroscience and education? Join our faculty at UNC Chapel Hill to inspire and teach the next generation of neuroscientists. Apply now: 🔗https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/308455
#Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd
#Neuroscience #TeachingJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd
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Two years ago, our office found that Mayor Adams' homeless sweeps were, by every measure, an abject failure.
Proven policies that secure stable housing & services will actually help unhoused New Yorkers, not just cycle them in & out of our streets and subways.
comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/com...
Proven policies that secure stable housing & services will actually help unhoused New Yorkers, not just cycle them in & out of our streets and subways.
comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/com...
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Two years ago, our office found that Mayor Adams' homeless sweeps were, by every measure, an abject failure.
Proven policies that secure stable housing & services will actually help unhoused New Yorkers, not just cycle them in & out of our streets and subways.
comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/com...
Proven policies that secure stable housing & services will actually help unhoused New Yorkers, not just cycle them in & out of our streets and subways.
comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/com...