It has been an unusual year for neuroscience. From a \u201ccoding error\u201d resulting in layoffs at the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to the loss of more than $300 million in funding for neuroscience research and a contentious retraction of a Nature paper about brain cell types, our news coverage has chronicled a turbulent year. Here are our most-read articles about these and other topics in the field over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n
Federal Register hold makes \u2018end run\u2019 around court pause on NIH funding freeze<\/a> Acting NIH director dismisses five neuroscientists from advisory boards<\/a> Nature retracts paper on novel brain cell type against authors\u2019 wishes<\/a> NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies<\/a> \u2018Spoonful of plastics in your brain\u2019 paper has duplicated images<\/a> Harvard University lays off fly database team<\/a> U.S. health agency purge includes 10 lab heads at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke<\/a> Coding error caused layoffs at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke this week, source says<\/a>
by Angie Voyles Askham
U.S. National Institutes of Health-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by The Transmitter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
by Calli McMurray and Angie Voyles Askham
The letters they received did not include a reason for their termination.<\/p>\n
by Shaena Montanari
A 2022 paper was retracted after an independent team of researchers reanalyzed the data and questioned its validity.<\/p>\n
by Claudia L\u00f3pez Lloreda
Such a shift would \u201cput us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,\u201d says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.<\/p>\n
by Calli McMurray
The duplications likely do not alter the conclusions, but the paper contains other methodological issues, two independent microplastics researchers say.<\/p>\n
by Claudia L\u00f3pez Lloreda
The layoffs jeopardize this resource, which has served more than 4,000 labs for about three decades.<\/p>\n
by Angie Voyles Askham and Sydney Wyatt
The reasons for selecting these researchers\u2014who have led work on neuronal migration, dopamine receptors in neuronal signaling and the structure of ion channels, among other areas\u2014remain unclear.<\/p>\n
by Sydney Wyatt
Thirty employees\u2014including 11 lab heads\u2014at the institute should \u201cimmediately return to work,\u201d according to an email the institute\u2019s Office of Human Resources sent to top administration at the institute.<\/p>\n