Dabbles in univ administration, IT & research computing; biochemical engineer, soccer referee, and dog owner. Vice Provost for Research, Brandeis.
Newton, MA, USA
Joined November 2008
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A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction blocking the plan to cap NIH indirect costs at 15%. The judge highlighted that the policy would have caused “imminent risk of halting life-saving clinical trials” and “disrupting “innovative medical research and treatments”.
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It’s now clear that the @realDonaldTrump Administration computed reciprocal tariffs without using tariff data. This is to economics what creationism is to biology, astrology is to astronomy, or RFK thought is to vaccine science. The Trump tariff policy makes little sense EVEN if you believe in protectionist mercantilist economics.
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Last weekend, dozens of Brandeis students honed their business communication skills at the 2025 Asper Pitch Summit.
Congratulations to the teams behind Project Insulin, Communiversity and Capture for your winning pitches, and a huge thanks to our judges and event organizers!
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Very grateful for 2025 Marion Milligan Mason Award by @aaas 🌟Congrats to all fantastic recipients Jessica Lamb @Ewerpointe Erin Stache @stache_lab Michelle Calabrese @CalabreseLab ❤️
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Position: Lecturer or Assistant Professor in Physics - Brandeis University, Physics Department - US, Massachusetts, Waltham. #AJO29101 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too?
And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates.
A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N
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🎉👏🏽Check out the brand new lab of our star (and much missed) ex-postdoc @nathanCSharris!!! He has a super cool planned research program and is going to be an awesome mentor. Go Nathan!!
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Epigenetic systems are “famous” for stable propagation of gene expression states (memory). But these systems, e.g. regulating heterochromatin, can also be repurposed as a powerful mechanism for adaptation. New work with @yeastydoesit (great Xtorial below)!
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My piece on Heritage and Project 2025, based on research for my forthcoming book:
Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” is just the latest action plan from a group with an over 50-year history of steering GOP lawmaking theconversation.com/heritage… via @ConversationUS
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The Brandeis University Postdoctoral Association (BUPA) are calling for applications by senior outstanding postdocs from Massachusetts to visit Brandeis and to present their research during our summer science festival on August 8, 2024.
Read the to apply form for more details!
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Thanks to everyone that made it! If you missed it, our poster for ParaNames is here: lignos.org/talks/ParaNames_L…
@LrecColing #LRECCOLING #LRECCOLING2024
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Dr. Judith Eisen, GSAS PhD’82, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her work on neuron development– one of the highest honors a scientist can receive. Congratulations, Dr. Eisen!
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Please give to support undergraduate research @BrandeisScience - I pledged to match $50 donations to the Summer Science Research Fund with $100 of my own for first 10 donors! @BrandeisAlumni @brandeisLS @BrandeisInquiry give.brandeis.edu/giving-dei…
Look what anded in the Science Parking Lot @BrandeisU - excited and hoping to run into K9 on campus. @BrandeisScience
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Every PIs nightmare... a -80 freezer failure after just 2.5 years. Thankfully, we were there when it happened, all our samples are safe and didn't warm above -65 during transfer to a backup. So what have I learned from this?
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New data show severe racial and ethnic inequities in child opportunity in and between US Metros @TheHellerSchool @diversitydataki eurekalert.org/news-releases…
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Congratulations to these amazing scientists!
Congratulations to The Brain Prize winners 2024: Larry Abbott, @Sejnowski, and @HSompolinsky
They have pioneered the field of computational and theoretical neuroscience and have made seminal contributions to our understanding of the principles that govern the brain’s structure, dynamics, and the emergence of cognition and behavior.
Read more about the winners and their contributions: lundbeckfonden.com/the-brain…
@columbia @zuckermanbrain @salkinstitute @UCSD @Harvard @HebrewU
#TheBrainPrize2024 #ComputationalNeuroscience #TheoreticalNeuroscience
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We have just updated our database of (496!) funding opportunities for early-career researchers/faculty.
For each entry, we provide link, $ amount, deadline, eligibility criteria.
Download this database for free here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding…
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We're hiring! Join our team of unsung heroes on the pre-award team in the Office of Research Administration @BrandeisU brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.c…