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🎉 Congrats 🎉 @buCSNneuro's @okaysteve has been given an inaugural Science Diversity Leadership Award by @ChanZuckerberg. The awards champion early- and mid-career scientists with a proven research record and commitment to diversifying their field. ➡️ spr.ly/6000MmzWg
ALT In his lab, Ramirez (CAS’10), a BU College of Arts & Sciences assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences, examines the neural circuits controlling memory and looks for ways to modulate them. His goal is to shape memories to help treat depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental health disorders.
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New paper with Teresa Harvey. Short press piece by BU. I’ll do a thread on it once I recover from the week. But proud of this one. Link to paper in this short piece
Why are some kids risk-takers, while others choose to play it safe? A new @RSocPublishing study led by @BU_CAS' @peter_blake_bu shows children make different decisions when placed in the same risky situation based on their socioeconomic backgrounds. ⬇️ spr.ly/6012MbHBi
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Fantastic news , couldn’t happen to a nicer guy doing the coolest research! So glad to be colleagues!
🎉 Congrats 🎉 to @RobReinhartPhD for receiving the 2022 Science & PINS Prize! The award honors research that modulates neural activity through physical stimulation of targeted sites in the nervous system with implications for translational medicine. ➡️ spr.ly/6006z4Zsi
ALT Dr. Reinhart's research combines electrophysiology, noninvasive neuromodulation, and behavior to understand the large-scale mechanisms of human cognition in health and disease, and to develop drug-free, neuroscience therapeutics to help people with brain disorders.
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Congratulations to Center for Systems Neuroscience faculty member Steve Ramirez @okaysteve on being selected to the Pew Scholars Program in Biomedical Sciences. @pewtrusts @pewhealth @buCSNneuro pewtrusts.org/en/projects/pe…
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In the last year, Greg Abbott and Texas Republicans passed a law eliminating ANY permit requirement for guns — and then slashed $211 MILLION from Texas’s mental health budget.
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Join us at BU as a full-time lecturer! Opportunity to work on research projects with students too. Here’s the working link: bu.silkroad.com/epostings/in…
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Capping the cost of insulin at $35 a month would help save lives.
A good way to help make this a reality? Passing the Affordable Insulin Now Act.
Thanks to @BNords03 for this nice article! #JoslinDiabetes #BostonMarathon #Joslin #TeamJoslin. Perhaps, it’s time for me to update my BU photos. – at Belmont, MA
@BU_Tweets professor @ProfSomers ran the Boston Marathon for family and diabetes research.
@BNords03 has more: dailyfreepress.com/2022/04/2…
Had an Amazing day completing the 126th Boston Marathon. The crowds were nuts and family and friends came out. Even set a PR. – at Massachusetts, USA
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If you know someone who is diabetic, they should know that 92% of House Republicans just voted against a standalone bill that would simply cap the cost of insulin at $35/month.
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Facts are stubborn things
VIDEO 📽️: A day after the Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed Russia interfered in our elections, 8 Republicans flew to Russia for a photo-op. Now they're blaming Biden for the invasion of Ukraine, while repeating Kremlin talking points.
Retweet to expose the #PartyOfTreason
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“I think the tragedy is that we have a Congress with a Senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting.” —Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1963
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BREAKING: trump’s Secretary of Defense Chris Miller is talking to the 1/6 committee. Miller is the one that issued this memo, effectively knee-capping a national guard response.
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Why the 7 forged certifications matter:
Eastman memo: "Pence...announces because of the ongoing disputes...there are no electors that can be deemed validly appointed in those States...[So] there are 232 votes for Trump, 222 votes for Biden. Pence then gavels Trump re-elected.”
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I'm delighted to be launching @BerkeleyAlembic in early 2022 with @erik_davis and Michael Taft - we've been colaborating for years and are taking the next step to bring our vision into the world - with your help!
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As Omicron cases explode
We need a strategy for isolating folks who test positive
We need to think about the purpose of isolation clearly
Because if we don't get it right,
It'll both be hugely disruptive and won't keep us safe
So let's discuss what we need to do
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Just out in the New Yorker: An article about Men Reading Minds with fMRI!
The author mentions 9 male and 0 female neuroscience professors, a feat made possible by impressive contortions like attributing a study from Ev Fedorenko’s lab to one of its male middle authors.
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Insulin’s been around for 100 years. There’s no reason for Big Pharma to keep hiking up prices. There’s no reason to force people to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars a month to stay alive. So the #BuildBackBetter Act will cap costs at $35/month—and it will transform lives.