Jessica Grahn

Music & Neuroscience Lab:

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

Well, if you're curious about how it's going in our department lately...

[Blake Butler @BButlerTweets]

Recruitment Without Retention is EDI Performance Art: An Open Letter

https://t.co/5PwiAtGZSK

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve_news

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

Indeed, high groove music speeds patients up, regardless of beat perception ability (although it should be noted our beat perception ability groups are underpowered). Once you control for groove, familiarity doesn't matter, consistent with our earlier work.

[Dobromir Dotov Добромир Дотов @Dobri_Dotov]

Interesting data on PD gait cueing https://t.co/3Enak3lb6k "high-groove music and synchronized walking -> faster gait ... compared to low-groove music and free walking ... Familiarity and beat perception ability did not significantly affect gait in individuals with PD."

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

The Optical Neuroimaging Research Group (ONRG) at Western University is hosting its third biennial fNIRS workshop and conference: WestNIRS 2025. There is a 2-day workshop (Oct 20-21) followed by a 2.5-day conference (Oct 22-24). Spread the word! https://t.co/XkoHSyzSob

[Sarah Park @SarahVPark_]

I also mention @ParkinsonSWO and the London Area Walk for PD! If you can, please support the Music and Neuroscience Lab (@NeuroBeats) in our walk as Team "Basal Gang" to support advocacy, education, and research for PD in southwestern ON!

[Team Link: https://t.co/j5bEpdLgVh'

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

@DropboxSupport Oh I did--hoping that would somehow be faster. Nope. 10 puzzles there, too, all several seconds long. I'm signed in, thank goodness, so I can shift my files elsewhere.

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

Tell me your favourite group file-sharing methods that aren't google or @Dropbox. After completing Dropbox's TEN inane puzzles in an award-winningly confusing and barely-legible captcha, on top of a pw and emailed code, I'm ready to try something that's actually useable.

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

@DropboxSupport After an excruciatingly annoying several minutes. Let me know when I can disable your terrible captcha experience.

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

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[eTick @eTickCA]

If you're still unsure though, feel free to submit your observation on the https://t.co/SyvJdSZ1VP platform and our team will be happy to determine if what you found was a tick, and if so, provide you with information on the species!

[Mark Marissen @marissenmark]

What a stupid thing to say.

All G7 countries -- other than Canada, until now -- have some form of national school food program.

Historically, Canada was the only G7 country without one.

[Jennifer Gunter @DrJenGunter]

Marty Makary is the worst person to lead a panel on menopause hormone therapy. https://t.co/sdlqGNe4q3

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

@RepTiffany 🤣

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

Are you US PhD student who lost your offer this year? Or a postdoc looking for a position?

[Western University @WesternU]

To attract top global talent, #WesternU is doubling the number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards and launching the new US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Awards. #CdnPSE #HigherEd https://t.co/uel15Kq3hY

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

Budget sliced--guess @DOGE doesn't get ROI. "government-supported research from the NSF and other agencies has had a return on investment of 150% to 300% over the past 75 years, meaning US taxpayers have gotten back between $1.50 and $3 for every dollar" https://t.co/NjvzA4w566

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

Tonight, Bill C-5 — the bill that allows the government to fast-track major projects it deems are in the “national interest” — became law.

No new amendments were added.

That is really, really bad:

[Samuel Trosow @strosow]

On June 17 while on duty as a crossing guard at St. James & Colborne Streets in Old North, Michael-Ann was struck by a vehicle hit by a truck that went onto the sidewalk where she was sitting. To help w expenses as she recovers, please consider donating to https://t.co/bNJ72cgfSh

[Jake Scott, MD @jakescottMD]

I welcome skepticism and all the questions. Another concern I hear a lot lately: "It's not the antigens, it's the aluminum adjuvant that worries me." Fair ask.

Let's walk through the 2025 US schedule and see exactly which newer shots use alum (based on FDA labels). 🧵

[Jake Scott, MD @jakescottMD]

I've been hearing a lot about this common concern: "Are kids getting too many vaccines?"

It's a fair question. I'm a parent too. And as an infectious diseases physician who directs an antibiotic stewardship program, a big part of my job is stopping unnecessary medications. I'm a minimalist by nature - both personally and professionally.

But here's what most people don't realize:

A shocking fact in vaccine science: Kids today are exposed to FEWER antigens from vaccines than children in 1900 - when there was literally ONE vaccine (smallpox).

In 1986, kids received about 10 shots protecting against 7 diseases. Those vaccines exposed them to over 3,000 antigens - the pieces of viruses or bacteria (like proteins or sugars) that teach the immune system to recognize and respond to real infections.

Today's schedule includes more injections - about 50 by age 18 - but the total number of antigens is just ~150. That's a 95% reduction in antigen exposure, thanks to modern acellular and conjugate vaccine designs.

The data over 18 years (Offit et al., Pediatrics 2002):

🔹1900: 1 vaccine (smallpox) = ~200 antigens
🔹1986: ~10 vaccines = 3,000+ antigens + 3mg aluminum
🔹2025: ~50 vaccines = ~150 antigens + 5-6mg aluminum

As for aluminum adjuvant - a compound added to help trigger a stronger immune response - children today receive about 5–6 mg total over the full vaccine schedule, up from ~3 mg in 1986. That's a modest increase over 18 years. For perspective, infants ingest ~7–10 mg of aluminum just in their first six months from breast milk or formula.

So yes, there are more shots. But the actual antigen exposure is dramatically lower than it was in 1986 - or even 1900. Modern vaccines stripped out thousands of extra proteins while adding protection against Hib meningitis, pneumococcal sepsis, chickenpox complications, liver cancer, HPV cancers, and more.

TL;DR: Modern vaccines do far more with less. That's progress. Let's not go backwards.
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[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

@Riya_Sidhu She would be right!

[Jessica Grahn @NeuroBeats]

And more coverage of @Riya_Sidhu's research. :) So you think you can dance? Researchers studied what makes you want to https://t.co/0drnHb58OF via @lfpress