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Casey Schneider-Mizell
@csdashm.com

The glass fish as model organism seems really cool, but the exclusivity is bizarre to me for so many reasons and a downer to see the promised model of overlapping 15 year topics with take an ironically non-transparent left turn.

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HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus will close two of its programs dedicated to rodent work, @thetransmitter.bsky.social has learned. #neuroskyence By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/community/ex...

thetransmitter.orgExclusive: Janelia sunsets rodent work, launches transparent fish projectThe Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus is banking on whole-brain imaging in the Danionella fish to advance neuroscience, but some scientists forced to close their labs say that…
Casey Schneider-Mizell
@csdashm.com

Group leaders will land fine, but morale during this transition at the institute is going to be rough. I also worry reduce the impact of the wonderful visitors program and the conference program.

Casey Schneider-Mizell
@csdashm.com

Also, when I was there, small lab sizes but a common organism and tools made labs quite focused and adjacent but non-overlapping in their fundamental work, making it easy to celebrate all successes. Everyone doing glassfish whole brain imaging has me wary there will be more toes to step on.

Divya Sitaraman
@dsitaraman.bsky.social

I was having similar feelings about this. Science will be amazing and I am excited about the outcomes. But as someone who benefitted from the visitor program I worry about singular focus at the cost of smaller connected labs and closing of other equally cool areas of research e.g. 4D cell phys.