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Truly an honor to give the NIH Director’s WALS lecture today especially as the last speaker under the leadership of @NIHDirector Dr Monica Bertagnolli

My new op-ed in the @nytimes. I argue that Iranians are caught in a state of “moral paralysis,” a psychological trap set by the Islamic Republic itself. It pits two of our most sacred values against each other: liberation vs. self-determination. (1/2) nytimes.com/2025/06/28/opi…

#GRCPsychedelics meeting this week was excellent. I learned a lot, had many meaningful conversations, and am convinced more than ever that we need to focus more effectively on forward- and back-translation in psychedelic neuroscience Thank you Alex and Vlad for organizing

Honored and excited to take on this role, and to serve an organization that is very close to my heart "You must do the things you think you cannot do" Eleanor Roosevelt

Years of #BRAINInitiative research on monitoring brain circuits led to a brain-computer-interface to enable a man with #ALS to speak and even sing again. Amazing! But this is just the beginning of advances to come from neural circuit science . nature.com/articles/d4158…

The Zohran campaign has been inspiring & is a model for us all from now on. Zohran never backed off socialist principles, but did not engage in performative ultra-leftism or scolding. Socialism is about optimism that a better world is possible, it's nice to be reminded of that.

Thank you the younger generation of Iranians for articulating what some of us geezer Iranians were thinking but not comfortable to say on social media 😅

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This speaks to me since I found out rather abruptly I'm not getting paid this summer...

Would normally agree but I just attended an event with Ron Johnson. He thinks the NIH is corrupt/elitist and IMO he thinks it needs to be gutted and replaced by business/philanthropic research. Are there 4 senators to block? Unclear. Plus "NIH=Fauci=bad" so low voter pressure 1/2

thebignewsletter.com/p/private-equi… This is a great breakdown of how Oregon passed a first of its kind law limiting the corporate practice of medicine. @matthewstoller

and may I add that this is not a mere "delay" as many institutions are TERMINATING these otherwise active grants if the NoA is delayed by more than 30 days because they cannot afford to keep grant supported research personnel on payroll

Took a break from social media to do a much needed 40 days of mourning after we lost my brilliant, brave & beautiful mom More on my mom later as she single handedly instilled in me a sense of obligation but for now I must say I am super proud of Jenna Norton & NIH colleagues

🚨NSF funded folks: proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years