Nickole Moon
@neuronickole
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MD/PhD candidate at the University of Colorado. Penn alumni, figure skater, SeizingPsych co-founder & advocate, neuroscientist, yogi, Bostonian at heart ❤️
Denver, CO
Joined July 2016
Denver #NOKINGS was in full force today! Thanks to so many who kept us busy at the Colorado Stand Up for Science table by stopping by to support science, sign up for the Colorado Local, and play with ooblek and microscopes! Science and health is for ALL of us!
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Agree with this sentiment. Science has become an industry dominated by metrics and dollars. Many/most of do science for the love of discovery and fulfilling our curiosity, but this *love* of what we do is in conflict with hyper-competition and poor incentive structures!
✅✅ A reminder by Dr. Rahaf Ajaj: She wasn’t on the Stanford list… but she made it to the Nobel stage. 🏅 Mary E. Brunkow, one of this year’s Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, has only 34 published papers and an H-index of 21. She never appeared in Stanford’s ranking of the
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What an honor! Humbled and grateful. It was a beautiful disaster and a perfect metaphor for my recovery ending with a standing ovation. Thank you so much to the organizers and stay tuned for the link! @TEDxBoulder
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🚨 New paper 🚨 For years, there has been concern that psychedelics might pose cardiovascular risks due to their agonist activity at the 5-HT2B receptor — the same target linked to drug-induced heart disease. https://t.co/PsDxP24wKT
pubs.acs.org
Microdosing, the prolonged ingestion of psychedelics at subhallucinogenic doses, has gained popularity for its perceived cognitive and emotional benefits. Psychedelics have high affinity for 5-HT2B...
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For full access to the Denver 7 News article featuring Dr. Bale & Dr. Thompson, click the link in our bio!
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congrats to @AlexKhang7 on his super cool paper using quantitative morphometry to classify fibroblast activation!
Delighted to share our latest paper, led by @AlexKhang7, out now in @NatureComms. Alex developed an analysis pipeline that uses mathematical descriptors of cell morphology to assign (myo)fibroblast phenotypes, avoiding the laborious and subjective process of manual image grading!
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Our university’s NIH CTSA (Clinical and Translational Science Award) was just cancelled for having some keywords that just mean it will serve ALL people in Utah. This funds research that moves discovery science into clinical therapies. This is literally the mandate of the NIH!
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JUST dropped! Neuron Review on the Evolving Neurobiology of Early-life stress with @mtbirnie . Where is our field? what are our challenges? Where and how are we going? 300 refs. https://t.co/pI78Zua3V3
@UCIrvine @UCIMedSchool
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I found out this morning that my @NIH @NICHD_NIH F31 fellowship to study the biomechanics of uterine fibroids was CANCELLED.
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Vaccines don’t cause autism. Vaccines aren’t even associated with autism. The biggest predictor of autism? GENETICS. We have decades of data and millions of data points that to show this. This lie insults people with autism too — as if it’s an “adverse effect” of medicine.
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See new House Continuing Resolution budget proposals. Let them know, this is not okay!
Catastrophic research funding cuts continue - this time w/ the DoD’s proposed reduction of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs by $859 million (57%). These programs are critical for rare cancers,TBI, spinal cord injuries & disorders affecting service members.
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Catastrophic research funding cuts continue - this time w/ the DoD’s proposed reduction of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs by $859 million (57%). These programs are critical for rare cancers,TBI, spinal cord injuries & disorders affecting service members.
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For my non 🟦🌌 colleagues and friends. The House Continuing Resolution budget “adjustments” for NIH are significant. Including cutting funding to the Cures Act that funds the BRAIN initiative. It's time to make some calls and #standupforscience. Examples below:
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And by #standupforscience, I mean keep standing up because we need to let Congress know this isn't okay, today. @CUAnschutz @UMBaltimore @CUSystem @nytimes @ColoradoSun @denverpost
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For my non 🟦🌌 colleagues and friends. The House Continuing Resolution budget “adjustments” for NIH are significant. Including cutting funding to the Cures Act that funds the BRAIN initiative. It's time to make some calls and #standupforscience. Examples below:
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Still processing but so thankful for the opportunity to speak publicly in Denver and share my why. So thankful for the beautiful souls I met in organizing #standupforscience2025 here. This is only the beginning. Catch Tracy, Scott and I on Denver7! https://t.co/Z1s6azpbr3
denver7.com
The rally, one of several in Colorado, was part of nationwide Stand Up To Science rallies to advocate for continued government support for science.
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My sister Liz is taking part in Coastrek Sydney 2025 - 50KM & hiking for mental health. Please support Liz & her wonderful team (of wonder women!) raise funds. Brain & mental health is rapidly becoming the next pandemic & there is no vaccine. @TheFlorey
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