Getting very excited for #PNIRS2026 ! Will be presenting, for the first time, the immune data from my F32 using high frequency blood draws during the transition to college.
How did emotion regulation predict variability in inflammation? Come check it out!
Check out our new article ⬇️ We found greater adolescent cannabis frequency, potency, and cannabis use disorder severity was significantly related to an indicator of subcortical dopamine-related neurophysiology 🧠
Great thread on presentation tips for academic talks!
I just returned from two back-to-back conferences. Students, I noticed that a lot of your slide decks had an oddly similar layout structure and I was able to confirm in conversations that these were AI-generated/assisted.
Some thought about this for your own professional development: 🧵
Thermo Fisher now has a page up in response to our observations. They flatly deny that images were manipulated or fabricated while repeating that images were "optimized for presentation and clarity on the website", no lie, six times.
www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/l...
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes:
🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting
🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
Depression as evolved response: withdraw, conserve, reassess, signal need for support. Depression as modern trap: the withdrawal removes you from the very social and physical inputs that would lift it. The response is adaptive. The feedback loop it creates in isolation is not.
THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!!
www.standupforscience.foundation/policy-and-a...
Over the last few days, there has been a lot of discussion about the proposed regulation to increase political oversight of grantmaking. Some have argued this represents increased politicization of science. As someone who studies the politics of science, I think that's the wrong argument to make. 🧵
