Neuroscientist, Associate Professor, Lerner Lab. Dopamine and basal ganglia circuits controlling reinforcement learning and decision-making. Open/inclusive science. Happy working mom of 3.
Yale ➡️ UCSF ➡️ Stanford ➡️ Northwestern
lernerlab.org
Talia Lerner
I NEED YOUR ATTENTION.
When violent and controlling people start to feel their power slip, they become more violent and controlling.
I believe this is what’s happening in the Administration, now.
This is a CRITICAL INFLECTION POINT: we MUST come together and push back *hard* NOW.
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Politicization of science is a pathway to mediocrity, decline, and real-world failure. The White House and OMB might want more power to undermine America's once-leading R&D ecosystem, but doing so comes with costs: to careers, discovery, the economy, our health, and national security.
