Courtney R. McDermott, PhD
@crmcdermott.bsky.social
Postdoc and DSPAN Scholar in the Marlin lab at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute. DEIA belongs in STEM. NSPeeps Alum.
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Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).
September 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).
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We have the turnout today in the MILLIONS — sourced from handsoff2025.com directly and echoed by @moveon.org and @publiccitizen.bsky.social.
Millions.
Enormous turnout across all 50 states and globally. Please reinforce that to everyone you know.
Millions.
Enormous turnout across all 50 states and globally. Please reinforce that to everyone you know.
INCREDIBLE TURNOUT with hundreds of thousands of people attending #HandsOff rallies around the US to protest illegal cuts and government corruption ✊
#nyc #newyork #boston #ma #chicago #il #stpaul #minneapolis #mn #saltlakecity #ut #washington #dc
#nyc #newyork #boston #ma #chicago #il #stpaul #minneapolis #mn #saltlakecity #ut #washington #dc
April 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We have the turnout today in the MILLIONS — sourced from handsoff2025.com directly and echoed by @moveon.org and @publiccitizen.bsky.social.
Millions.
Enormous turnout across all 50 states and globally. Please reinforce that to everyone you know.
Millions.
Enormous turnout across all 50 states and globally. Please reinforce that to everyone you know.
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
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I've already had two federal grants terminated and face a 33% pay cut due to future terminations. It's painful, but not as painful as the conversations I'm having every day with brilliant trainees in graduate school and postdoctoral positions who see little future for themselves in US science.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Really important piece to share widely. Too many Americans don’t know how severe a threat this Administration poses to our scientific infrastructure, global leadership, and health security
Opinion | The Uncertain Fate of the Young American Scientist (Gift Article)
Young researchers are choosing between staying in science and staying in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I've already had two federal grants terminated and face a 33% pay cut due to future terminations. It's painful, but not as painful as the conversations I'm having every day with brilliant trainees in graduate school and postdoctoral positions who see little future for themselves in US science.
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Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
April 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Sackets Harbor, NY is so small that there’s one pre k-12 school with 475 students. Three of those students were disappeared by ICE.
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
Here is a statement published today by school principal Jaime Cook:
✍️ without any hesitation.
Hi everyone, we are petitioning them to reconsider, if you are willing to co-sign our rebuttal because you or your trainees are personally interested in attending such a workshop, please add your name and professional affiliation to the end of the following document! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
April 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
✍️ without any hesitation.
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Hi everyone, the lab has been enabling my professional interest in doing weird shit with touchscreens (as opposed to my personal interest)
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
April 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hi everyone, the lab has been enabling my professional interest in doing weird shit with touchscreens (as opposed to my personal interest)
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
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The “who” is impacted by cancellation of NIH “diversity” awards is much broader than “not white.” Eligibility criteria included individuals who are disabled, economically disadvantaged, grew up in rural communities, first generation college students, homeless… grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
April 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The “who” is impacted by cancellation of NIH “diversity” awards is much broader than “not white.” Eligibility criteria included individuals who are disabled, economically disadvantaged, grew up in rural communities, first generation college students, homeless… grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by NIH-funded clinical trials being paused, disrupted, cancelled etc., I have a contact with the Senate HELP Committee eager to collect stories of everyday Americans affected by the NIH closures. Please DM me.
April 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If you or someone you know has been negatively affected by NIH-funded clinical trials being paused, disrupted, cancelled etc., I have a contact with the Senate HELP Committee eager to collect stories of everyday Americans affected by the NIH closures. Please DM me.
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How does autism affect sleep? To help answer this question, open-source data from the Simons Sleep Project is now available to approved researchers worldwide: www.sfari.org/2025/03/27/s... #science #autismresearch
SFARI | Simons Sleep Project Releases Data About Sleep Behaviors and Autism
SFARI is pleased to release data from its Simons Sleep Project, a study accelerating research into sleep and daily behaviors in people with autism.
www.sfari.org
April 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
How does autism affect sleep? To help answer this question, open-source data from the Simons Sleep Project is now available to approved researchers worldwide: www.sfari.org/2025/03/27/s... #science #autismresearch
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It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
April 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.
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I hope no one ever has to use this story, but here are the key things to know if your grant is terminated: #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/five...
Five things to know if your federal grant is terminated
If you want to appeal the decision, know the rules that govern terminations, as well as the specific rationale given in your notice, science policy experts say.
www.thetransmitter.org
April 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I hope no one ever has to use this story, but here are the key things to know if your grant is terminated: #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/five...
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They can take the money away, but we are still here, and we must continue to support each other.
To anyone able to make a hire, look at the former K99 MOSAIC scholars who did not get a chance to apply for faculty jobs yet, they are SUPERstars. #MOSAICFOREVER
To anyone able to make a hire, look at the former K99 MOSAIC scholars who did not get a chance to apply for faculty jobs yet, they are SUPERstars. #MOSAICFOREVER
April 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
They can take the money away, but we are still here, and we must continue to support each other.
To anyone able to make a hire, look at the former K99 MOSAIC scholars who did not get a chance to apply for faculty jobs yet, they are SUPERstars. #MOSAICFOREVER
To anyone able to make a hire, look at the former K99 MOSAIC scholars who did not get a chance to apply for faculty jobs yet, they are SUPERstars. #MOSAICFOREVER
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We have been awarded a Fund for Undergraduate Research Internship Programs (FURIP) grant from @ibroorg.bsky.social to fund more undergraduates for the CoB-KIBM scholars program this summer 🥲 thank you @jiannacressy.bsky.social for taking the lead on this!!
March 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
We have been awarded a Fund for Undergraduate Research Internship Programs (FURIP) grant from @ibroorg.bsky.social to fund more undergraduates for the CoB-KIBM scholars program this summer 🥲 thank you @jiannacressy.bsky.social for taking the lead on this!!
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Explore the newly launched Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center, designed to help you navigate the field with news, expert insights and practical tools. The page also highlights job openings, seminars, and more:
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center
News, perspectives and resources to help navigate the early stages of your neuroscience career
www.thetransmitter.org
March 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Explore the newly launched Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center, designed to help you navigate the field with news, expert insights and practical tools. The page also highlights job openings, seminars, and more:
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
March 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
There are days in life that shake you.
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
I’m shattered 💔 to share that I just found out that the US Government terminated my 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award (~$2 million), threatening my long-promised assistant professor job at Columbia University
& academic career... 1/🧵
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This cure for sickle cell anemia was made possible by NIH-funded research to turn the gene for fetal hemoglobin back on. It was done predominantly by NIH researchers, including intramural researchers on the NIH campus.
irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...
irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...
March 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This cure for sickle cell anemia was made possible by NIH-funded research to turn the gene for fetal hemoglobin back on. It was done predominantly by NIH researchers, including intramural researchers on the NIH campus.
irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...
irp.nih.gov/catalyst/33/...
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Honoring the life & legacy of Dr. Evelyn Witkin on what would have been her birthday. 🎂✨ A pioneer in DNA repair, her groundbreaking work at CSHL shaped modern genetics & earned her the Lasker Prize.
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we celebrate the trailblazers who paved the way. #WomenAtCSHL
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we celebrate the trailblazers who paved the way. #WomenAtCSHL
March 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Honoring the life & legacy of Dr. Evelyn Witkin on what would have been her birthday. 🎂✨ A pioneer in DNA repair, her groundbreaking work at CSHL shaped modern genetics & earned her the Lasker Prize.
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we celebrate the trailblazers who paved the way. #WomenAtCSHL
This #WomensHistoryMonth, we celebrate the trailblazers who paved the way. #WomenAtCSHL
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i love being bilingual
March 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
i love being bilingual
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At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
March 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
At @standupforscience.bsky.social and the signs are statistically significantly excellent
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March 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Kavli NSI @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social member & former Director Leslie Vosshall has been awarded the 2025 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience for her groundbreaking work on the neural mechanisms of mosquito behavior. 🦟🔬
Congrats, Dr. Vosshall! 🎉 #Neuroscience #KavliNeuro
mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/03/03/l...
Congrats, Dr. Vosshall! 🎉 #Neuroscience #KavliNeuro
mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/03/03/l...
Leslie Vosshall awarded the 2025 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience - MIT McGovern Institute
Today the McGovern Institute at MIT announces that the 2025 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience will be awarded to Leslie Vosshall, the Robin Chemers Neustein Professor at The Rockefeller Univers...
mcgovern.mit.edu
March 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Kavli NSI @rockefelleruniv.bsky.social member & former Director Leslie Vosshall has been awarded the 2025 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience for her groundbreaking work on the neural mechanisms of mosquito behavior. 🦟🔬
Congrats, Dr. Vosshall! 🎉 #Neuroscience #KavliNeuro
mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/03/03/l...
Congrats, Dr. Vosshall! 🎉 #Neuroscience #KavliNeuro
mcgovern.mit.edu/2025/03/03/l...
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@michellemonje.bsky.social at @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and Frank Winkler at Heidelberg University have won the 2025 @brainprize.bsky.social from the Lundbeck Foundation for their work in cancer neuroscience.
By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/20...
By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/20...
2025 Brain Prize honors pair of cancer neuroscientists
Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler share the $1.4 million award for their discovery of synapses between brain cancer cells and neurons.
www.thetransmitter.org
March 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@michellemonje.bsky.social at @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and Frank Winkler at Heidelberg University have won the 2025 @brainprize.bsky.social from the Lundbeck Foundation for their work in cancer neuroscience.
By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/20...
By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/20...
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I made a video with @ucdavis.bsky.social on the benefits of federal grants for health science and our economy. Please share with friends/family that could be receptive or better yet, make your own video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndjH...
From Labs to Lives: Brian Trainor, Ph.D.
YouTube video by UC Davis
www.youtube.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I made a video with @ucdavis.bsky.social on the benefits of federal grants for health science and our economy. Please share with friends/family that could be receptive or better yet, make your own video www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndjH...