Mood & Memory researcher with a computational bent. https://www.nicolecrust.com. Science advocate. Prof (UPenn Psych) - on leave as a Simons Pivot Fellow. Author: Elusive Cures. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243054/elusive-cures
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Not wanting to be snarky but this is true of every technological advance in science. My entire PhD in 1983 was the fitting and refinement of a single protein crystal structure. Today I could do the same within an hour - no AI required.
Hyperbole does not help.
Our understanding of depression is incomplete, leaving millions without effective treatment.
I joined @hmarusak.bsky.social on her BrainSTEM podcast to discuss how my lab maps the mechanisms underlying the disease to develop better therapies.
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And while it veers off into another direction that I wouldn't recommend as a muse in the same way, Lars von Trier's melancholia captures a similar "life is complicated and melancholia is not all bad" spirit. A thought provoking movie.
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Abe Lincoln was melancholic; it was part of his greatness.
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Melancholia I has a counterpart, Saint Jerome in his study. The opposition illuminates what's so great about Melancholia - her strife is part of the process toward progress. Saint Jerome is an idealization of all that is neat and tidy, but not how it actually works.
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Melancholia I (Albrect Dürer, 1514). Isn't she fabulous?!
"His Melancholia is neither a miser nor a mental case, but a thinking being in perplexity. She does not hold on to an object which does not exist, but a problem which cannot be solved."
Struggling with a project this week? She's your muse.
The piece reflects an era dating back to Aristotle in which a melancholic nature was characteristic of those who spent much time pondering, such as scholars and artists; sometimes it was a sign of genius.
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Hopping on a plane to DC tonight, because @standupforscience.net is fighting this new OMB rule proposal with everything we’ve got.
My calendar is literally booked for 12 hours of meetings, on the Hill, in a row for three days.
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Artificial intelligence systems will allow a single PhD student’s output to match that of a whole laboratory, according to Demis Hassabis, a Nobel laureate for chemistry.
Demis Hassabis says science is on the brink of an era of artificial intelligence-driven discovery
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A thoughtful, nuanced portrait of Abraham Lincoln that finds his legendary political strengths rooted in his most personal struggles.A New York Times Notable...
