Dr. Liz Kirby
Assoc prof in Psych dept at Ohio State University. PI of a neural stem cell-focused lab. Check us out: u.osu.edu/kirbylab
Also cats.
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyRALLY TO TAKE BACK SCIENCE! 🧪✊🔬 March 7th, 2026 in Washington, DC. We're mobilizing the fight for science and democracy. In the face of assaults on our families, freedoms, and futures, we're taking back science! Learn more at www.standupforscience.net/ma... (linked in bio)
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyFor 15(!) years I’ve been teaching introductory #MRI to grad students, and struggled to find a textbook for a wide variety of backgrounds. I'm happy to share an online textbook I created, fully open source (including code for generating figures and plots shown): larsonlab.github.io/MRI-educatio...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyMartin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyEvery week, Nature publishes yet another breathless puff piece about some AI startup, based only unpublished claims from the company and interviewing only those who work there. How can the leading scientific journal publish piece after piece that would make Kevin Roose blush? I think it's that...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz Kirby"In accordance with our informal tradition of updating documents every thirty years, whether they need it or not, our university is pleased to present this updated org chart that most accurately captures our system of governance." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyMark Blokpoel & I have maintain a living open interactive textbook “Theoretical Modeling for Cognitive Science and Psychology.” Recently, Mark updated Ch 9 & 10 so they have embedded, running and editable, code again. Check it out! ✨ computationalcognitivescience.github.io/lovelace/
- From the lab fridge. Deep haiku thoughts for the weekend.
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyOh Steve...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyAn important write up from the NYT on the funding changes at the NIH. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyNew York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz Kirby"I’ve grown a lot as an eater since then, and I’ve worked to mature my underdeveloped palate to handle anything that Aunt Linda or anyone else throws my way. Tonight, when I got to the table and saw a lineup of yams, I was able to lean on that preparation and get the job done."
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyOn the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪 Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyHey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?! & more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyScientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.) RTs appreciated.
- Reposted by Dr. Liz Kirby"essays produced by ChatGPT are soulless, boring abominations. Words, phrases and punctuation rarely used by the average college student are pervasive." www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyOne of the best reasons to make all your data open is that it can't be stolen #OpenScience
- “The number of cyberattacks is not relenting” Hackers are ramping up attacks on academic institutions to access valuable data and to demand ransoms go.nature.com/49tiOCc
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyThis is misinformation by default, so if you're a journal and you use AI slop for your cover or your announcements, you're not scientific in any way and should be shamed mercilessly 🧪
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyApropos of... well... I'm reviewing applications for a variety of things right now and can tell when letters are written by AI. There aren't many of them but they do exist. They are... not good. If you're an academic trainee, choose your mentors wisely.
- If only the intern that picked this image had read the AI section of my course syllabus. Could have saved them and their otherwise reputable journal some serious embarrassment.
- Research into brain–body communication is being reinvigorated as the field unites under the umbrella of #interoception. Our new #Editorial highlights four Perspectives that show the breadth of this emerging field #neurosky 🧪 🧵 ⬇️ plos.io/4r2SRzL
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyHey, just because AI knows about those arm-organs and you don't isn't a reason to get mad 🤣
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyWe have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration: (1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay, (2) How to analyze cell migration data. We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis. Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyThousands of No Kings protesters stage peaceful demonstration at Ohio Statehouse #NoKings ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/10/18/t...
- Just updated my AI policy for my course next spring. Added a section about using AI "to study".
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyThank You MIT. Now who's next? Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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MIT Rejects the Compact! I am so proud. "The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief ... - Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyFor anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦 #academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz Kirby💥 OpenStax just hit $3 billion in student savings! We’re proud to serve the educators and institutions that make access a reality. Let's keep making an amazing education accessible to all, together! openstax.org/press/openstax-surp…
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyIt's Avril Lavigne's birthday today, so we are contractually obligated to re-share this banger from our archives.
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- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyNSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. scim.ag/3KlQkQk
- NSF GRFP solicitation is up! Eligibility has changed! Second year grad students are no longer eligible. Only first years, senior undergrads and those in between. Deadlines moved back a bit from late October to early November. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyThe Biological Psychiatry family of journals is now officially on Bluesky! Follow us for the latest research in psychiatric neuroscience, cognitive neuroimaging, and global open science from our three leading journals.
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyHHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyThe NSF GRFP is an amazing opportunity for students in the first two years of a PhD or those applying to a PhD right now. Below, check out our special episode with advice for both applicants and those who write letters of support!! 🧐 Please help us spread the word 📢
- Great opportunity for undergrads to flex their creativity and their neuro knowledge!
- Attention, undergrad neuro enthusiasts! We are excited to announce our first annual Art in Neuroscience competition. We are seeking art submissions related to #neuroscience from current undergrads. Winners are published on our textbook website! Due Nov 1. Guidelines here: tinyurl.com/AiNrules
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyHost: There are new calls this morning for RFK Jr.'s resignation, and those calls coming from inside HHS itself. More than 1,000 current and former HHS workers are making this demand in a letter released this morning. They say his leadership has "put the health of all Americans at risk"
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyDo you teach: 🫀 Anatomy & Physiology 🌓 Astronomy 🧬 Biology 🩺 Clinical Nursing 🧫 Microbiology If so, join us for tomorrow's #OpenStax Assignable webinar! We'll share how to create assignments aligned with your textbook, right in your LMS! 📅 11 a.m. CDT riceuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyA show of bipartisan support for NIH. Basically flat except for ARPA-H. The President’s budget proposal basically ignored (as it should have been).
- Reposted by Dr. Liz Kirby🧪 And House appropriators say: no cuts to NIH budget! House subcommittee version just came out (link below). Holds NIH flat at $48 billion. To be clear: this is far from over. But a good sign that science still matters across both sides of aisle. YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!
- 🧪 Senate appropriators say: NIH's budget gets a... boost! Rather than 40% cut, NIH gets a $400M *increase* in the Senate committee bill for FY26 (about +1%). "Congress has your back," said @murray.senate.gov. ADVOCACY MATTERS! There's still a long road (esp in the House), so keep up pressure.
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyThis Op Ed is a call to action from highly qualified experts who have served (and protected) all of us for decades. When they see the depth of the self inflicted wounds that SecDHHS’ is promulgating on all of us, they demand change. All of us should do same. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyThe new NIH grant review format and the iron law of unintended consequences drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/t...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyPublic signers from FEMA put on administrative leave [Gift link] wapo.st/45C4h4U 1/2
- I signed. I've lived in hurricane prone NC and the fire/earthquake hot zone that is CA. When massive disasters strike, people need help. I'm inspired by the bravery of the FEMA employees who are standing up to protect us all.
- FEMA Employees Warn That Trump Is Gutting Disaster Response www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c... SIGN ON TO PROTECT FEMA HERE: www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...
- I bought my duck. Get yours now. All the cool kids are doing it.
- 🐤Promise you this is one you'll want to say you were a part of... Help us get our 'ducks in a row' and IMPEACH AND REMOVE THAT DANG QUACK!!!! 📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆📣🦆 Link here: tinyurl.com/sufsci
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyNIH progress on new R01s in FY 2025 drugmonkey.wordpress.com/2025/08/18/n...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyLarry Richardson appeared to be an early-career mathematician with potential, racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years. It would all be rather remarkable—if the studies weren’t complete gibberish. And if Larry wasn’t a cat. #InternationalCatDay scim.ag/4lg3wTp
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyFaculty opening for candidates "working with human, non-human animal, or computational models to advance the understanding of brain and behavior relationships in the context of lifespan development" Stony Brook Psychology is an exceptional dept with amazing colleagues apply.interfolio.com/171691
- Reposted by Dr. Liz Kirby10TV also reported on the chalking ban. Pranav Jani, representing AAUP-OSU, explains: “We have to fight for every inch of free speech — it’s like a muscle, you use it or you lose it. If we give up our paths for free expression, then we will actually lose those paths.”
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyIssuing this statement while banning chalking is the 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of gaslighting. “(The) Ohio State University is committed to protecting free speech and expression on our campuses, and we support the right of students, faculty and staff to speak out about issues that are important to them.”
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyOSU spokesman in here makes no effort to defend the chalking ban on the merits and blandly asserts, “The Ohio State University is committed to protecting free speech and expression on our campuses” - no, you aren’t! That’s a lie. You’re going to fine and punish students for their free expression!
- Reposted by Dr. Liz Kirbygenerating examples for my fall undergrad Perception students on why they should not use LLMs as study aides...
- Chalk. That's the big threat here at OSU. I can't think of a more obvious way to say "we're afraid of what you have to say" than to ban chalk.
- I signed this morning. I encourage all my fellow scientists to sign. We all need to take a stand against the destruction of American health and science.
- I’ve been up all night dealing with fraud, but as I wait for the next credit agency to open, pls consider adding your name to this letter by @standupforscience.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social calling for the impeachment of RFK Jr. We knew he would kill people, and he already has. He must go.
- Reposted by Dr. Liz Kirby🚨BREAKING NEWS: RFK Jr. is a danger to this nation. Don’t give in to Trump & his cronies: we are NOT trading innovation for ideology. We demand the immediate IMPEACHMENT and REMOVAL of RFK. Stop the quack. Protect Science. Protect Democracy Sign & share here: zurl.co/PEPyD #StandUpForScience
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyAnother excellent study by @dulaclab.bsky.social and collaborators. This new @cp-cell.bsky.social study uncovers a key role for the thalamus in the neural control of social hierarchy 🧪🧠🧬 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyIn retrospect, it was indeed foolish of me to even try.
- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyPretty certain running a lab is mostly about making signs to avoid inconveniences & minor catastrophes. 😊
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- Reposted by Dr. Liz KirbyPrairie voles have typically been used to probe the neural basis of love, until now: Female voles that lack oxytocin receptors struggle to make friends with other females, a new study shows. By Holly Barker #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neurobiology...
