Karen Wilcox, PhD (she, her) @kswilcox@qoto.org

I made you all different colors, genders, and sexual orientations to spice things up. Diversity is key, my dudes.

On the cancer side, we are working on implanting tumors with that express PNMA2 to try and recapitulate the paraneoplastic neurological syndrome from antibodies to behavior deficits. Also want to know if other PNMA proteins have similar biology and figure out their functions in the brain! We welcome comments and feedback. This was 90% the work of Junjie, an amazing student in the lab! #neuroscience #autoimmune #capsids #cancer 6/6

President Biden gets it done.
#BidenHarris2024 #DemsForThePeople #bidenharris2024💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯💯💯

I just watched #Maddow's interview with #Nebraska state senator Machaela Cavanaugh, who is filibustering every single bill in order to stop anti-#trans legislation from passing. She's a genuine hero.

NPR: Authorities have released the victims of some of the victims killed in the mass shooting. Also, new details are emerging about the shooter's background.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/05/08/1174885273/allen-texas-shooting-what-we-know-victims-far-right-gunman

Just to recap, Clarence Thomas:

-Accepted lavish trips from GOP billionaire megadonor Harlan Crow

-Had undisclosed real estate deals with Crow

-Didn’t recuse himself from a SCOTUS case that involved Crow's business

Are we really going to let him get away with this?

Senator Marsha Bloodbath offers thoughts and prayers to the latest inevitable victims of the laws and policies she champions that have turned our schools into slaughterhouses.

That smell over the graves? #NRA money.

Them: What’s it like to be an atheist?

Me: Do you believe in Thor or Poseidon?

Them: No…

Me: It’s like that.

The American Library Association has released new data about book bans in the United States. The numbers shattered last year's records.

This page has a lot more explanation of what's happening, more images to share, and ways you can get involved.

https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/2022-book-bans/

h/t @elaterite

#BookBans #Books #Libraries #FreeSpeech #Literacy #History #Histodon

Submissions for the Brain Awareness Video Contest are open! Held by Brainfacts.org/Society for Neuroscience to showcase entertaining and educational neuroscience concepts and activities. Find guidelines and videos of past winners here: https://www.brainfacts.org/for-educators/programs-and-events/brain-awareness-video-contest
#brainawareness #neuroscience #brainhealth #brainscience #brain #scicomm #scicommunity #contest #brainfacts

Please join me for my very first #AskMeAnything on the #GratefulDeadSub Reddit this Fri. Mar. 24 at 7pm. I'll be talking about my 50 years of loving #GratefulDead, my friendships with #DavidCrosby and the #Beat Generation, and even more embarrassing stuff! #music #deadheads https://www.reddit.com/r/gratefuldead/comments/11wh0vz/hello_everyone_its_me_steve_silberman_ill_be_back/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=4

Biologists have the best travel stories.

#science #travel

#channelopathies #sodiumchannels
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Interesting preprint on #SCN1A #SCN2A and #SCN8A poison exons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.12.523654v1 #ionchannels #epilepsy
https://twitter.com/DasmachineNU/status/1634544943346638848

How has the railroad industry fought off safety regulations and antitrust enforcement for so long?

I’ll give you a hint:

The industry has spent $646 million on federal lobbying over the past 20 years.

Always follow the money.