Hits to SABV can’t be far behind. I’m sure some of my colleagues will be thrilled.
January 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hits to SABV can’t be far behind. I’m sure some of my colleagues will be thrilled.
I was wondering how long it would take them to come for #SABV… #NIHGrants
From NIH Office of Research on Women's Health webpage
Sex as a Biological Variable tab
"Historic document published prior to January 20, 2025"
It looks like we are headed back to the good old days when women were consider to be small men for the purposes of research...
Sex as a Biological Variable tab
"Historic document published prior to January 20, 2025"
It looks like we are headed back to the good old days when women were consider to be small men for the purposes of research...
February 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I was wondering how long it would take them to come for #SABV… #NIHGrants
I wrote a piece for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen... With the fate of NIH-funded research uncertain, it is extra important that the work we do now is most likely to benefit everyone. Adhering to SABV in the lab and in grant & paper review is the right thing to do.
Amid NIH upheaval, how to keep sex as a biological variable
Even in the absence of formal instruction to do so, we should continue to hold our colleagues accountable for SABV practices.
www.thetransmitter.org
March 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I wrote a piece for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen... With the fate of NIH-funded research uncertain, it is extra important that the work we do now is most likely to benefit everyone. Adhering to SABV in the lab and in grant & paper review is the right thing to do.
As someone who has spent the last 25 years studying sex differences in brain function and behavior and the last 10 advocating (loudly) for SABV and working to help my colleagues implement the policy into their work, this is utterly heartbreaking.
Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As someone who has spent the last 25 years studying sex differences in brain function and behavior and the last 10 advocating (loudly) for SABV and working to help my colleagues implement the policy into their work, this is utterly heartbreaking.
The SABV Symposium website is live! Check out the great lineup of speakers, abstract submission info, registration details, and highlights from past events 👇
sabvsymposium.org
@talliezee.bsky.social @jeffreymogil.bsky.social @nifti12.bsky.social @avstempel.bsky.social @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social
sabvsymposium.org
@talliezee.bsky.social @jeffreymogil.bsky.social @nifti12.bsky.social @avstempel.bsky.social @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social
SABV Symposium 2026
Join us in Zurich for the SABV Symposium 2026, June 23-24. Engage with 23 lectures by globally renowned experts from 14 countries. Learn more and register here!
sabvsymposium.org
March 7, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The SABV Symposium website is live! Check out the great lineup of speakers, abstract submission info, registration details, and highlights from past events 👇
sabvsymposium.org
@talliezee.bsky.social @jeffreymogil.bsky.social @nifti12.bsky.social @avstempel.bsky.social @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social
sabvsymposium.org
@talliezee.bsky.social @jeffreymogil.bsky.social @nifti12.bsky.social @avstempel.bsky.social @ljiljanamarina.bsky.social
As a grant reviewer and journal editor I will want to see SABV recognized by work and will bash grants and desk reject papers that only include males without justification, as I have always done. Peer reviewers can still require rigorous science, which includes the examination of sex differences.
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
As a grant reviewer and journal editor I will want to see SABV recognized by work and will bash grants and desk reject papers that only include males without justification, as I have always done. Peer reviewers can still require rigorous science, which includes the examination of sex differences.
Meet the team of EU-SABV!
This is a group of researchers with a special interest of including sex as a biological variable into their work.
For the next 4 years, this team will work to enhance current SABV policy in preclinical research!
#SABV
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@jaricivana.bsky.social
This is a group of researchers with a special interest of including sex as a biological variable into their work.
For the next 4 years, this team will work to enhance current SABV policy in preclinical research!
#SABV
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@jaricivana.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Meet the team of EU-SABV!
This is a group of researchers with a special interest of including sex as a biological variable into their work.
For the next 4 years, this team will work to enhance current SABV policy in preclinical research!
#SABV
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@jaricivana.bsky.social
This is a group of researchers with a special interest of including sex as a biological variable into their work.
For the next 4 years, this team will work to enhance current SABV policy in preclinical research!
#SABV
@costprogramme.bsky.social
@jaricivana.bsky.social
Ironically the Trumpist doctrines that Sullivan is cheerleading for are working to demolish research that does validly deploy sex-as-a-biological-variable (SABV)
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
Amid NIH upheaval, how to keep sex as a biological variable
Even in the absence of formal instruction to do so, we should continue to hold our colleagues accountable for SABV practices.
www.thetransmitter.org
April 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Ironically the Trumpist doctrines that Sullivan is cheerleading for are working to demolish research that does validly deploy sex-as-a-biological-variable (SABV)
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
Sources that have been incredibly helpful in re-framing an SABV approach to an SRBV (sex-related biologic variables)👇
bsky.app/profile/simo...
bsky.app/profile/simo...
We even wrote a paper on how to do just that, for your language, concepts, AND statistics.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 23, 2024 at 12:23 AM
Sources that have been incredibly helpful in re-framing an SABV approach to an SRBV (sex-related biologic variables)👇
bsky.app/profile/simo...
bsky.app/profile/simo...
Neuro folks, I have a new SABV perspective/opinion piece out in TINS. As SABV becomes the new norm, we’re learning about the limits of our behavioral tasks—what do we do when expts seem not to “work” in females? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Behavioral neuroscience’s inevitable SABV growing pains
The field of rodent behavioral neuroscience is undergoing two major sea changes: an ever-growing technological revolution, and worldwide calls to cons…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 22, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Neuro folks, I have a new SABV perspective/opinion piece out in TINS. As SABV becomes the new norm, we’re learning about the limits of our behavioral tasks—what do we do when expts seem not to “work” in females? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Writing an opinion piece on SABV and listening to Arc de Soleil, just like in the before times. Deeply familiar and comforting.
Folks, I know everything is so very dark right now, but do what you can to preserve your mental health, even if that means pretending things are normal for a bit.
Folks, I know everything is so very dark right now, but do what you can to preserve your mental health, even if that means pretending things are normal for a bit.
March 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Writing an opinion piece on SABV and listening to Arc de Soleil, just like in the before times. Deeply familiar and comforting.
Folks, I know everything is so very dark right now, but do what you can to preserve your mental health, even if that means pretending things are normal for a bit.
Folks, I know everything is so very dark right now, but do what you can to preserve your mental health, even if that means pretending things are normal for a bit.
They shelved women's bodies. Fuck women, who cares about them anyway?
Just watch her. And then share. And then tell your friends.
Just watch her. And then share. And then tell your friends.
Hang on, WHAT?!?!? #sabv #science #female #reproductive #research #drugs #insane #humantrials #trump
YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk
youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
They shelved women's bodies. Fuck women, who cares about them anyway?
Just watch her. And then share. And then tell your friends.
Just watch her. And then share. And then tell your friends.
Nature Portfolio is putting together a Collection series on SABV, submissions due Feb 22. www.nature.com/collections/...
Sex as a biological variable (SABV)
This Collection promotes research that considers Sex As a Biological Variable (SABV) across all realms of biological research, from molecular and cellular ...
www.nature.com
October 28, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Nature Portfolio is putting together a Collection series on SABV, submissions due Feb 22. www.nature.com/collections/...
September 8, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Question NIH watchers. Shouldn’t this regime be doubling down on SABV since they are so keen to prove their binary approach to sex differences? But SABV is also totes woke so this conflicts.
July 21, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Question NIH watchers. Shouldn’t this regime be doubling down on SABV since they are so keen to prove their binary approach to sex differences? But SABV is also totes woke so this conflicts.
If you want to read about why SABV is so important, I've written quite a bit on the topic. Here are two of my favorites (pdf links):
www.shanskylab.com/s/Shansky-20...
www.shanskylab.com/s/Shansky-Mu...
www.shanskylab.com/s/Shansky-20...
www.shanskylab.com/s/Shansky-Mu...
www.shanskylab.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If you want to read about why SABV is so important, I've written quite a bit on the topic. Here are two of my favorites (pdf links):
www.shanskylab.com/s/Shansky-20...
www.shanskylab.com/s/Shansky-Mu...
www.shanskylab.com/s/Shansky-20...
www.shanskylab.com/s/Shansky-Mu...
How do we approach food? @rossenator.bsky.social shows stress and biological sex both play a role.
#academicsky #stresssky #neurosky #sabv #eatingdisorder #investinscience
#academicsky #stresssky #neurosky #sabv #eatingdisorder #investinscience
April 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
How do we approach food? @rossenator.bsky.social shows stress and biological sex both play a role.
#academicsky #stresssky #neurosky #sabv #eatingdisorder #investinscience
#academicsky #stresssky #neurosky #sabv #eatingdisorder #investinscience
For decades, females were basically ignored in addiction neuroscience. Then, thanks to the NIH SABV mandates almost exactly 10 years ago, researchers started including females, and things got intriguing, some evidence suggested the estrous cycle may influence the motivation to take cocaine.
March 25, 2026 at 1:55 AM
For decades, females were basically ignored in addiction neuroscience. Then, thanks to the NIH SABV mandates almost exactly 10 years ago, researchers started including females, and things got intriguing, some evidence suggested the estrous cycle may influence the motivation to take cocaine.
I ran across some "guidelines" on SABV research published by Dalla and colleagues. "Colleagues" here refers to a host of famous SABV advocates, several of whom I know. My eye was drawn to an issue I have been thinking about for a very long time. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37918446/
Practical solutions for including sex as a biological variable (SABV) in preclinical neuropsychopharmacological research - PubMed
Recently, many funding agencies have released guidelines on the importance of considering sex as a biological variable (SABV) as an experimental factor, aiming to address sex differences and avoid pos...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
May 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I ran across some "guidelines" on SABV research published by Dalla and colleagues. "Colleagues" here refers to a host of famous SABV advocates, several of whom I know. My eye was drawn to an issue I have been thinking about for a very long time. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37918446/
SABV is really fun when you can't say female!
August 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
SABV is really fun when you can't say female!
Hello new followers! Since you maybe found me through a "Science Communicators" list, I thought I'd share my most recent piece - "Behavioral neuroscience's inevitable SABV growing pains," published in TINS this summer. www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Behavioral neuroscience’s inevitable SABV growing pains
The field of rodent behavioral neuroscience is undergoing two major sea changes: an
ever-growing technological revolution, and worldwide calls to consider sex as a biological
variable (SABV) in experi...
www.cell.com
October 17, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Hello new followers! Since you maybe found me through a "Science Communicators" list, I thought I'd share my most recent piece - "Behavioral neuroscience's inevitable SABV growing pains," published in TINS this summer. www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
How can that be? SABV has been the requirement since....ummm.....
NIH-funded research lags in reporting sex differences, new study finds. Lack of data makes it hard to know whether results apply equally to men and women. www.statnews.com/2026/04/27/n... via @statnews.com
NIH-funded research lags in reporting sex differences, new study finds
Fewer than half of papers published by NIH-funded researchers analyze or report their data by sex, a new study found.
www.statnews.com
April 29, 2026 at 2:55 AM
How can that be? SABV has been the requirement since....ummm.....
Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 25, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
Today’s teaching agenda in my behavioral neuroscience lab course: SABV and sex/gender biases in preclinical and animal research! 🐭
September 8, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Today’s teaching agenda in my behavioral neuroscience lab course: SABV and sex/gender biases in preclinical and animal research! 🐭