Lavinia Sheets
@olybinewski.bsky.social
hearing & balance researcher, ichthyophile, mostly lurker
https://sheetslab.net/
https://sheetslab.net/
Reposted by Lavinia Sheets
"When the emphasis is placed on attitude and adaptability, the burden of systemic failure is absorbed by individual workers."
This piece on the insidious normalization of an increasingly and intentionally broken NIH is so spot on it hurts.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-happe...
This piece on the insidious normalization of an increasingly and intentionally broken NIH is so spot on it hurts.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What Happens When Science Is Asked to Pretend This Is Normal
In our All-Hands meetings before I left NIH, our leaders were always trying to think of ways to accommodate the new leadership, pitching ideas they thought would fit the “MAHA” agenda.
elizabethginexi.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:14 PM
"When the emphasis is placed on attitude and adaptability, the burden of systemic failure is absorbed by individual workers."
This piece on the insidious normalization of an increasingly and intentionally broken NIH is so spot on it hurts.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-happe...
This piece on the insidious normalization of an increasingly and intentionally broken NIH is so spot on it hurts.
elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-happe...
Reposted by Lavinia Sheets
More about heightened burden of chronic stress and its associations with inflammation, which may drive the elevated mortality risk among Black Americans, compared to white counterparts. source.washu.edu/2026/01/raci... #PsychSky #NeuroSky #MedSky 🩺 From lab of @ryanbogdan.bsky.social
Racism packs a punch for those enduring it over a lifetime
Researchers from Washington University in St. Louis find evidence that elevated stress exposure and its inflammatory correlates may contribute to Black-white racial disparities in mortality risk.
source.washu.edu
January 26, 2026 at 10:48 PM
More about heightened burden of chronic stress and its associations with inflammation, which may drive the elevated mortality risk among Black Americans, compared to white counterparts. source.washu.edu/2026/01/raci... #PsychSky #NeuroSky #MedSky 🩺 From lab of @ryanbogdan.bsky.social
A beloved STL community institution is rebuilding, which makes me feel happy & hopeful ❤️🎶 #SupportLoveofcrstl
www.radiostlouis.org
www.radiostlouis.org
Home | LOVE of Community Radio STL
Join us to build a new community radio station in St. Louis!
www.radiostlouis.org
January 20, 2026 at 9:53 PM
A beloved STL community institution is rebuilding, which makes me feel happy & hopeful ❤️🎶 #SupportLoveofcrstl
www.radiostlouis.org
www.radiostlouis.org
Reposted by Lavinia Sheets
A super interesting historical review in Genetics, chosen completely at random:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Lysenkoism Against Genetics: The Meeting of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences of August 1948, Its Background, Causes, and Aftermath
This article reviews the ideological, political, economic, social, cultural, personal, moral, and ethical factors that determined the conduct of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences session in August 1948, as well as the immediate... ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
January 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
A super interesting historical review in Genetics, chosen completely at random:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Celebrating another year of amazing research with this great team 🎄 ❄️
December 14, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Celebrating another year of amazing research with this great team 🎄 ❄️
Your auditory nerves are super resilient! They survive damaging noise exposures and repair synaptic connections (until they don’t) 💥
Does calcium signaling play a role in their survival and repair?
Check out Poster 120.02 (Board K4) today and find out more! 🐟
1-5 pm #SfN2025
Does calcium signaling play a role in their survival and repair?
Check out Poster 120.02 (Board K4) today and find out more! 🐟
1-5 pm #SfN2025
a cat with a surprised look on its face in front of a galaxy
ALT: a cat with a surprised look on its face in front of a galaxy
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Your auditory nerves are super resilient! They survive damaging noise exposures and repair synaptic connections (until they don’t) 💥
Does calcium signaling play a role in their survival and repair?
Check out Poster 120.02 (Board K4) today and find out more! 🐟
1-5 pm #SfN2025
Does calcium signaling play a role in their survival and repair?
Check out Poster 120.02 (Board K4) today and find out more! 🐟
1-5 pm #SfN2025
Your brain sends inhibitory signals to your ears to optimize sound detection and protect against loud sounds 👂💥
What happens to sensory cells and behavior when one of the receptors for that signal is absent?
Check out Poster 120.01 (Board K3) to find out 🐟
1-5 pm #Sfn2025
What happens to sensory cells and behavior when one of the receptors for that signal is absent?
Check out Poster 120.01 (Board K3) to find out 🐟
1-5 pm #Sfn2025
a cartoon drawing of a fish on a pink background with stars around it
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a fish on a pink background with stars around it
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Your brain sends inhibitory signals to your ears to optimize sound detection and protect against loud sounds 👂💥
What happens to sensory cells and behavior when one of the receptors for that signal is absent?
Check out Poster 120.01 (Board K3) to find out 🐟
1-5 pm #Sfn2025
What happens to sensory cells and behavior when one of the receptors for that signal is absent?
Check out Poster 120.01 (Board K3) to find out 🐟
1-5 pm #Sfn2025
Copy/paste to a doc before logging back in saved my 🍑 during my last round of reviews
Also saved those docs as back ups in case something glitches before study section (hopefully) reschedules 😬
Also saved those docs as back ups in case something glitches before study section (hopefully) reschedules 😬
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Copy/paste to a doc before logging back in saved my 🍑 during my last round of reviews
Also saved those docs as back ups in case something glitches before study section (hopefully) reschedules 😬
Also saved those docs as back ups in case something glitches before study section (hopefully) reschedules 😬
Best fishes this Halloween 👻
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Best fishes this Halloween 👻
Nobody:
Me: here's my playlist for the CID research group's spooky social tomorrow 🎃👻
open.spotify.com/playlist/7vQ...
Me: here's my playlist for the CID research group's spooky social tomorrow 🎃👻
open.spotify.com/playlist/7vQ...
CID Spooky Social!
open.spotify.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nobody:
Me: here's my playlist for the CID research group's spooky social tomorrow 🎃👻
open.spotify.com/playlist/7vQ...
Me: here's my playlist for the CID research group's spooky social tomorrow 🎃👻
open.spotify.com/playlist/7vQ...
tfw you see exciting preliminary data on a Friday
a man in a tuxedo and shorts is standing on a boat in the ocean with his arms outstretched
Alt: a man in a tuxedo, shorts, and sunglasses is standing on a boat cruising in the ocean with his arms outstretched
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
tfw you see exciting preliminary data on a Friday
The Auditory System Gordon Research Conference preliminary program is now online!
www.grc.org/auditory-sys...
Mark your calendars, and bring your trainees & fresh data - it's gonna be 🔥
www.grc.org/auditory-sys...
Mark your calendars, and bring your trainees & fresh data - it's gonna be 🔥
a cartoon of a hand pressing a button that says science on it
ALT: a cartoon of a hand pressing a button that says science on it
media.tenor.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Auditory System Gordon Research Conference preliminary program is now online!
www.grc.org/auditory-sys...
Mark your calendars, and bring your trainees & fresh data - it's gonna be 🔥
www.grc.org/auditory-sys...
Mark your calendars, and bring your trainees & fresh data - it's gonna be 🔥
Sign of how stressed med school departments are: to figure out when and where I'm giving an invited seminar in another department tomorrow, I had to hunt down the talk announcement 👀
a white cat is sitting on top of a box and making a funny face .
Alt: a white stuffed cat is sitting on top of a box and making a funny face with ???
media.tenor.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Sign of how stressed med school departments are: to figure out when and where I'm giving an invited seminar in another department tomorrow, I had to hunt down the talk announcement 👀
Reposted by Lavinia Sheets
The @hollywoodtheatre.org in Portland is screening Deafula this weekend, a ground-breaking feature film in ASL (which was also shot in Portland). There are screenings this Sat & Sun: hollywoodtheatre.org/show/deafula/
#a11y #accessibility #ASL #Portland #PDX #Halloween
#a11y #accessibility #ASL #Portland #PDX #Halloween
DEAFULA - Hollywood Theatre
The 50th anniversary of the first feature film performed completely in American Sign Language. DEAFULA was shot in Portland – including scenes at the Pittock Mansion – and tells the […]
hollywoodtheatre.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The @hollywoodtheatre.org in Portland is screening Deafula this weekend, a ground-breaking feature film in ASL (which was also shot in Portland). There are screenings this Sat & Sun: hollywoodtheatre.org/show/deafula/
#a11y #accessibility #ASL #Portland #PDX #Halloween
#a11y #accessibility #ASL #Portland #PDX #Halloween
Seeing some upsetting pics of downtown Chicago this evening 🙁
I was just there yesterday after college visits with my kiddo—crowds of people enjoying the beautiful weather in Millennium Park during the day and vibing on the waterfront at night ✨
I was just there yesterday after college visits with my kiddo—crowds of people enjoying the beautiful weather in Millennium Park during the day and vibing on the waterfront at night ✨
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Seeing some upsetting pics of downtown Chicago this evening 🙁
I was just there yesterday after college visits with my kiddo—crowds of people enjoying the beautiful weather in Millennium Park during the day and vibing on the waterfront at night ✨
I was just there yesterday after college visits with my kiddo—crowds of people enjoying the beautiful weather in Millennium Park during the day and vibing on the waterfront at night ✨
