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I'm thrilled that my first first-author paper in @fnim-lab.bsky.social is now out!

We found that whole-brain cortical volume predicted the strength of neural reinstatement of scene information in the parahippocampal and medial place areas (PPA & MPA in the figure below). (1/2)
August 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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New episode out now! On this special episode, we honor the life & legacy of Dr. Eleanor Maguire. Dr. Michael Rugg, Director of the CVL, joins us for a heartfelt reflection on her pioneering work & enduring influence.

Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/5KLZ...

#EleanorMaguire #Podcast
August 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Check out this new episode!
New episode out now! On this special episode, we honor the life & legacy of Dr. Eleanor Maguire. Dr. Michael Rugg, Director of the CVL, joins us for a heartfelt reflection on her pioneering work & enduring influence.

Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/5KLZ...

#EleanorMaguire #Podcast
August 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Snapshots from The Empowered Brain workshop! 🧠✨ We’re proud to see Sarah Monier leading this impactful community event on brain health, memory, and mental wellbeing. Grateful to EMPOWER Series for making science accessible and actionable.

#EmpoweredBrain2025 #CVLbrainhealth #BrainWellness
August 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Texas measles update today
309 cases; 40 have been hospitalized (<-which means there are far more than 300 cases diagnosed)
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
Measles Outbreak – March 21, 2025 | Texas DSHS
www.dshs.texas.gov
March 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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"But what Trump is doing is not reform, it is subversion. And it could not come at a worse time."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... @dhruvkhullar.bsky.social @newyorker.com
Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science
Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This Administration threatens that progress.
www.newyorker.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
March 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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NEW—Despite pressure, GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson says he will not relent on forcing steep Medicaid cuts. Medicaid pay for over 40% of all births in the US, and over 60% of all seniors in nursing homes. All to pay for multi-trillion $ tax cuts for billionaires.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
February 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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A large portion of grants awarded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health cannot be funded for the foreseeable future because of an indefinite hold on submissions to the Federal Register, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.

By @avaskham.bsky.social

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Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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LIVE: Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen leads a rally against DOGE cuts to NIH
youtube.com/live/yN9vjY9...
LIVE: Democratic Senator Van Hollen leads a rally against DOGE cuts to NIH
YouTube video by Reuters
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February 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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NEWS: The following words are officially cause for a federal grant to be rejected, according to Darby Saxbe, a professor at USC, who learned this from a program officer at the National Science Foundation.

“This is a crisis for academic freedom & science,” said Dr. Saxbe.
February 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants

The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
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January 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Excited to share our new paper in Neurobiology of Aging! Kidwai et al found that recollection-related fMRI effects in the entorhinal cortex were predictive of memory change over 3 years in healthy older adults, when controlling for age and entorhinal volume. doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
January 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM