Calli McMurray

1 month ago | thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray |Benjamin Young |Jill Adams |Mark Humphries

Olfactory neuroscientists have known for a while that their stimuli stink. In many experiments, lab animals inhale puffs of a single strong odorant for only a few seconds at a time, an experience that “likely bears little resemblance—either in concentration or in form—to the ways in which animals naturalistically interact with odors,” says Sandeep Robert Datta, professor of neurobiology at Harvard University.

2 months ago | thetransmitter.org | Sydney Wyatt |Angie Voyles Askham |Calli McMurray

Thirty previously laid-off staff members at the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Division of Intramural Research—including 11 lab heads—should “immediately return to work,” according to an NINDS Office of Human Resources email sent to top administration at the institute Wednesday evening.

2 months ago | thetransmitter.org | Alison Barth |Angie Voyles Askham |Sydney Wyatt |Calli McMurray

Senior reporterThe Transmitter Reporting fellowThe Transmitter Share this article: Tags: Science and society, Funding, Policy Ten lab heads at the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) received layoff notices yesterday morning as part of a widespread purge across federal health agencies. The move follows an announcement last week from Robert F.

2 months ago | thetransmitter.org | Angie Voyles Askham |Calli McMurray |Charles Piller |Brendan Borrell

Three researchers who served as scientific advisers to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) were removed from their positions this week, The Transmitter has learned. At least one adviser to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) was also terminated this week. The researchers each received a letter this week from Matthew Memoli, acting director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), dated 21 March.

2 months ago | thetransmitter.org | Angie Voyles Askham |Calli McMurray |Charles Piller |Brendan Borrell

Three researchers who served as scientific advisers to the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) were removed from their positions this week, The Transmitter has learned. At least two advisers to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) were also terminated this week. The researchers each received a letter this week from Matthew Memoli, acting director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), dated 21 March.