Jess Verpeut

Attenuation of social preference and alteration of cortical neurons following adolescent cerebellar nuclei perturbation - Molecular Psychiatry Molecular Psychiatry - Attenuation of social preference and alteration of cortical neurons following adolescent cerebellar nuclei perturbation

Our manuscript showing cerebellar nuclei impacts on distal cortical activity, structure, and social behavior is now out! 🧪🔬

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Come see our posters at #SfN25!

We are hiring! apply.interfolio.com/175705

The Department of Psychology at Arizona State University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2026.

Cerebellar GRC with the best colleagues 🧠🧪🐄

The cerebellum is so understudied and the work that has been presented has been incredible.

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Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Focused on Minority Groups Are Illegal, Judge Rules

Trump’s Cuts to N.I.H. Grants Focused on Minority Groups Are Illegal, Judge Rules www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

I’m so sorry, that is awful.

Congratulations to all the ASU 2025 graduates!

Showcased here are Carlos and Mariela who will be off to:

Carlos Quintero- Michigan pharmacology PhD program

Mariela Bejan- Neurodegeneration computational fellow (NDCF)

Congratulations to our Barrett honors graduates!! 🧪

They are off to: Mayo, Tufts, Umeå University, and NYUAD!!

WAESO 🧪 (Western Alliance to Expand Student Opportunities) was just completely canceled. 33+ years and a priceless impact on future generations of scientists gone…😞

We celebrated our graduating seniors (8!) and all lab accomplishments over pizza. Our 8 graduating seniors have obtained positions at various graduate programs and medical school (more posts to come)!! 🎉 🧪

Speaking up works - keep marching and contacting your senators and representatives

Another incredibly disappointing blow

Congratulations - beautiful
Paper!

My amazing honors thesis students at the ASU Barrett Honors Symposium. 🧪

The Promise of American Higher Education No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue

Harvard president Alan Garber: "The administration’s prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government. It violates Harvard’s First Amendment rights and exceeds the statutory limits of the government’s authority..." www.harvard.edu/president/ne...

How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts Nature analyses which fields of science and US states are being hit hardest by grant terminations.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

These graphs of dramatically reduced NIH funding this year are so depressing to look at. This administration is out for revenge on intelligence. #SaveOurScience

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

Let’s go phoenix!!

🥼 Janelia researchers led by @boazmohar.bsky.social @nspruston.bsky.social @rhodamine110.bsky.social & @svoboda314.bsky.social @alleninstitute.bsky.social have developed a new imaging tool that maps brain-wide changes in neuronal connections. 🧠

🔗 www.janelia.org/news/new-ima...

Amid NIH upheaval, how to keep sex as a biological variable Even in the absence of formal instruction to do so, we should continue to hold our colleagues accountable for SABV practices.

I wrote a piece for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen... With the fate of NIH-funded research uncertain, it is extra important that the work we do now is most likely to benefit everyone. Adhering to SABV in the lab and in grant & paper review is the right thing to do.

To stop intimidation, Eisgruber needs your help When targeting one institution is a bald attempt to divide and conquer, as is the case with Columbia, it is essential for a coalition or group of institutions and individuals to stand up together.&nbs...

Here at Princeton, we’re amplifying our university president’s leadership. It’s time for everyone - faculty, students, staff - to speak out.

tl;dr: rights can’t be blackmailed.

From me and science colleagues:
www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...

'Polio, bad': Bill Nye the Science Guy rebukes RFK Jr. over vaccine views Bill Nye critiqued HHS chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his views on science and vaccines at a STAT event in New York.

“We really try in planetary science to stay away from the politics. But man, it’s really hard right now — this is so extreme.” - Bill Nye

15,000 people were in attendance in Tempe, Arizona tonight for our Fighting Oligarchy tour with Bernie Sanders and AOC.

“The word ‘science’ is in the US Constitution."
Bill Nye gives a passionate speech at the #STATBreakthrough Summit.

overwhelmed is an understatement...

ChatGPT - Palatable Reviews documents for DEIA language and provides ways to change to be compliant with new guidelines

Someone developed a ChatGPT tool to flag "DEI language" and give suggestions on how to make the grant "compliant with new guidelines". It's actually quite good, but such a weird sign of the times. #academicsky #medsky

University research is the "invisible hand" in advancing innovation YouTube video by Dr. Michael M. Crow

Academics are the invisible hand of innovation 🧪

youtu.be/qqfk7-3iN-U

‘Scientists will not be silenced’: thousands protest Trump research cuts Researchers at Stand Up for Science rallies voice defiance against the policies of US President Donald Trump’s administration.

The mood was defiant at many of the rallies, where chants of “Scientists will not be silenced”, “Facts over fear” and “What do we want? Peer review! When do we want it? Now!” were heard.


https://go.nature.com/3F8T6FX