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Jason Shepherd

@JasonSynaptic

🇿🇦🇳🇿🇺🇸Professor of Neurobiology @UUtah. Molecular mechanisms of memory, repurposed transposons, and virus-like intercellular signaling. Personal opinions.

Otago/Hopkins/MIT/Utah 가입일 Temmuz 2013
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Jason Shepherd@JasonSynaptic·
Celebrating the end of study section, submitting 2 huge papers and a beast of a grant this week! Heading to Japan tomorrow for the Neurowinter plasticity meeting! neurowintersummit.org
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Jason Shepherd@JasonSynaptic·
Study section done for the day so got outside for a hike in the yard. Not ready for this heat 🥵 70s up here in March is nuts.
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Tara Raam
Tara Raam@tararaam_·
Excited to share my postdoc work is out in @NatureNeuro today! We examined how the brain enables social groups to collectively coordinate their behavior in the face of environmental challenge ❄️🐭🐭🐭🐭❄️ : nature.com/articles/s4159…
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Andrew Tan
Andrew Tan@andrewtanyongyi·
The Trump administration has many administrative tricks to continue destroying US science for the Christian nationalists, even though congress maintains funding levels. "How NIH went from 756 funding announcements to 14 in two years" By Elizabeth Ginexi elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/i-wrote-rese…
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Jason Shepherd@JasonSynaptic·
I have been having the same convos offline, but many (most?) scientists don't want to stick their necks out right now...at least publicly. IMO, we are past that point. Glad for folks like Mark who are literally facing govt retaliation but are still informing us!
Mark Histed@HistedLab

Writing out a conversation I’ve been having a lot at this conference: Things in US science are far, far worse than people know. Far worse than even other scientists know. 1/

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Palli Thordarson
Palli Thordarson@PalliThordarson·
Proud with @UNSWRNA to have been involved & making the mRNA-LNP for Rosie. There are nuances here that the thread below misses but nevertheless, the intersection of RNA technology, genomic & AI poses an opportunity to change the way do medicine and make access more equitable 1/8
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How AI empowered Paul Conyngham to create a custom mRNA vaccine to cure his dog’s cancer when she had only months to live. The first personalized cancer vaccine designed for a dog:

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Jason Shepherd@JasonSynaptic·
@Dr_Perreault Yes, indeed. This was rhetorical. They are attacking academia under the guise of “woke” policies but it’s also a fascist playbook to curb thought leaders and resistance against their policies.
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Melissa Perreault 🇨🇦@Dr_Perreault·
@JasonSynaptic As an outsider looking in, I don't think you can look at science as independent of everything rise he's doing. I feel he's isolating the US, making his own little kingdom. Restricting knowledge is only a part of that. He doesn't care about humanity, only power. Part of his play.
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Jason Shepherd@JasonSynaptic·
This is a scenario being echoed around the US academic circles. Funding cuts. Delays in funding. Talented immigrants feeling unwelcome. All in the name of what exactly? nytimes.com/2026/03/13/us/…
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Mark Histed
Mark Histed@HistedLab·
My travel to Cosyne was barred by the Trump admin, so I'm here on my personal dime. I care about the @CosyneMeeting community, I committed to co-chairing. And I always learn here. But the worst part about this travel ban is my lab colleagues—students and fellows—couldn't come./1
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Jason Shepherd@JasonSynaptic·
Thanks Nate! To be clear, a BIPARTISAN congress passed NSF and NIH budgets that were not cut! It’s the Trump admin that continues to illegally delay sending those $$ out..for no good reason.
Nate Blouin@NateForUtah

We will rebuild the federal capacity that makes this country the home of so many of the world's greatest innovations over the last two centuries. I hear about the damage being done all the time by folks like @JasonSynaptic who does critical research on memory.

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Chris Zimmerman
Chris Zimmerman@ZimmermanNeuro·
📢📢My lab at @UUtah is officially open and I'm RECRUITING — especially techs/specialists and postdocs! Our research focuses on the neurobiology of interoception and learning/memory using tools from systems/comp neuro. Please share!🧠🏔️🏜️ Apply/more info: #positions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">zimmerman-lab.org/#positions
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E. John Wherry
E. John Wherry@EJohnWherry·
Right - and yet the WH is still trying to prevent NIH from sending out funding! This is the best investment we make with public funds! fiercebiotech.com/research/despi…
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Jason Shepherd@JasonSynaptic·
OMB has still not released funds to the NIH as mandated by congress! This is just crazy stupid. What’s their end game?! @PattyMurray what is the senate doing about this?
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