senior media relations manager @ Stellate Communications
Angie Voyles Askham
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Some big professional news! I'm so excited to be on this team!
It was so fun to work with @rebeccasky.bsky.social on this video about the life and work of pioneering neuroscientist Marcelle Lapicque! Check it out here:
The requested boost would help counter the planned sunsetting of one of the program’s long-standing funding streams, which will result in a $195 million drop in funding for fiscal year 2027.
By @avaskham.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/lett...
"The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has so far not received approval to spend any of the research funding allocated in a budget bill signed into law on 3 February. " www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Thanks to @oligoclonalband.medsky.social, Alexis Simpkins, @manon-auffret.bsky.social and Jean-Gaël Barbara for the research; to Frank Stahnisch for the historical context; and to Ninetynine Films for the lovely video work.
Angie Voyles Askham
Angie Voyles Askham
We're recruiting postdocs to study how people build structured knowledge from experience & use it to act flexibly. Behavioral work, fMRI, computational & AI models, with a lifespan focus. You don't need experience with every method; fit & curiosity matter most.
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Angie Voyles Askham
Angie Voyles Askham
Charlatans taking advantage of vulnerable people - just the lowest, most grotesque sort of behavior...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Desperate US parents pay up to $20,000 a session for a procedure scientists say could be bogus
Functional MRI scans of more than 100 2-month-old infants suggest that they are capable of distinguishing among a variety of different objects. The findings challenge perceptions of cognitive development as a gradual process.
By @helenak.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...
Explore “Brainstorming,” @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s new LinkedIn newsletter that looks at how neuroscientists are solving research challenges. The first edition features nontraditional model organisms that are well suited for studying certain behaviors or neurological conditions.
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“In her obituary, her mentee, Catherine Veil, says that [Marcelle Lapicque] fought against the prejudices of her time … it may be that the prejudices included race and not just sexism,” says @oligoclonalband.medsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/history-of-n...
