I can’t describe how important it is to establish roles, responsibilities and a general ethos for research labs. Especially in academia where so many labs turn dysfunctional due to internal competition and lack of structure. https://t.co/nvqGZddAK2
#CBS_Summer2023
Exciting start to Day 4 with a captivating lecture by @criticalneuro, Principal Researcher in Reinforcement Learning at MSR-NYC!
Today's agenda is packed with cutting-edge #neuroscience content, offering a wealth of knowledge expansion opportunities!
BREAKING: 48K University of Calfornia TAs, postdocs & other student workers just walked off the job.
It's the largest strike in the US since 2019.
Many UC workers earn < $24k/yr. A PhD student I spoke to said they donate blood plasma to make ends meet.
https://t.co/RVI7e1xchT
One of the benefits of growing up with Taylor Swift is I am guaranteed one song on every album will perfectly describe something I’m actively trying to explain to my therapist. #Midnights#blessed
1/ Greatly demoralized by the update that doctoral student researchers are excluded from COVID relief bonuses as NYU does not considered us FT workers. Despite working just as many hours while being the lowest-paid of the eligible research staff. Paid so low, in fact--
Hi #neuropostdocs! Don’t miss this opportunity to give a talk at #NYUSPiNES if you will be on the job market soon.
Come connect and discuss your work with us. A fun visit with our faculty and postdocs is guaranteed!
Applications due September 9: https://t.co/ARpQ3OYbHF
To all the grad students and postdocs who are watching the incessant industry vs academia debate on Twitter, this inexperienced unsuccessful early-career scientist has some advice. Follow these debates, if you can/want to. But, do what makes you happy. They're all basically jobs.
@NYULH_Neuro@nyuschoolofmed
So are we going to raise the stipends to keep up with inflation or are we just going with 3% again?
Median Rent in Manhattan Reaches a New High https://t.co/VagGrJOMmH
Happy to announce the release of my work in the Komiyama lab, in which we try to understand more about the function of new synapses that form during learning. We all have an intuition about how new synapses change our brain and behavior (1/n)...https://t.co/1zERNYwNGr
BANS OFF OUR BODIES RALLY IN NYC: Hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets across the country to declare that abortion is health care & that every person should have control over their own bodies. We won’t go back. #BansOffOurBodies (via @actdottv) https://t.co/dD6iDaPf18