The team at @unbreaking.org have been doing tremendous work distilling news + context into briefs about the harms of the administration and movements countering them. I'm deep into some topics and found it so helpful to catch up on others, like transgender healthcare: unbreaking.org/issues/trans...
30.05.2025 23:05 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Groundbreaking scientific discoveries donβt happen in isolation.
Michelle Gray, PhD, SfN Program Committee member, shares how you can enhance your research through valuable exchange w/ the global scientific community at #SfN25.
Don't delay, submit your abstract today!
π bit.ly/3G5vEde
#NeuroSky
27.05.2025 17:34 β π 14 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1
Bernie is on FIRE!π₯
09.03.2025 01:22 β π 27361 π 6811 π¬ 846 π 435
Our colleagues at NIH disagree with you Elon Musk. Their jobs are being cut, illegally, and those who stay are too afraid to speak out. But you ARE killing US research, whether you realize it or not
09.03.2025 22:00 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I canβt take any credit. I didnβt see this storm coming, or at least i I
Underestimated its speed, destructive power and viciousness.
08.03.2025 17:11 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
How to communicate the value of curiosity-driven research
The burden of proof is on us, as researchers, to explain why what we do is valuable to society.
We must learn to showcase the practical significance of basic research, demonstrating how seemingly arcane investigations yield transformative applications, writes @tonyzador.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/outreach/how...
04.03.2025 15:16 β π 53 π 33 π¬ 0 π 2
I sure wish that, at a time when the country to the south is shredding its higher education system, we in Quebec were taking advantage of the possible flight of talent. Instead we're doing the reverse.
www.montrealgazette.com/news/provinc...
26.02.2025 23:22 β π 133 π 17 π¬ 9 π 2
Choosing a neuroscience graduate program
TL;DR talk to current students & trust your instincts
Posting this great piece by @analog-ashley.bsky.social for prospective grad students this cycle medium.com/the-spike/ch... #neuroscience
06.02.2025 01:21 β π 10 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
Shame on HHMI @hhmi.bsky.social
05.02.2025 19:45 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
RONALD REAGAN (1988): We should be aware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free worldβall while cynically waving the American flag.
02.02.2025 21:27 β π 50813 π 17789 π¬ 1914 π 1394
Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants
The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nationβs scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I
28.01.2025 21:40 β π 174 π 79 π¬ 0 π 1
SfN is governed by a Council and over 15 committees, all led by volunteer leaders dedicated to advancing neuroscience research, education, and advocacy.
Help shape the future of the field!
Nominate yourself or a colleague for a committee or Council position by Friday, February 7.
π bit.ly/3HVsebE
30.01.2025 21:19 β π 12 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
Scientist/Senior Scientist β Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto β Canadian Association for Neuroscience
Just giving this a boost for those who may not have seen it yet... we have a PI position (molecular and cellular basis of cognition) at The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto). The position comes with an appointment at Assist/Assoc Prof level at U of T. Share widely!
can-acn.org/scientist-se...
23.01.2025 14:16 β π 145 π 108 π¬ 1 π 3
Was lazy about leaving Twitter, but can no longer justify it. So glad to see so many familiar faces here. I should have moved to Bluesky sooner!
02.02.2025 01:08 β π 28 π 3 π¬ 2 π 1
CoSMO, Neuromatch, Neuro4Pros co-founder.
Comp neuro at Queen's U π¨π¦ studying sensorimotor control.
Vice-Director (Queen's) of Connected Minds.
Mentor, dad, brewing, gardener, artist, antifa.
Renaissance man. Believer in humanity!
http://compneurosci.com/
Computational neuroscientist at Imperial College. I like spikes and making science better (Neuromatch, Brian spiking neural network simulator, SNUFA annual workshop on spiking neurons).
π§ͺ https://neural-reckoning.org/
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comp neuro, neural manifolds, neuroAI, physics of learning
assistant professor @ harvard (physics, center for brain science, kempner institute)
proj leader @ Flatiron Institute
https://sites.google.com/site/sueyeonchung/
Cognitive computational neuroscience, machine learning, psychophysics & consciousness.
Currently Professor at Freie UniversitΓ€t Berlin, also affiliated with the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience.
Computational neuroscientist.
Senior Lecturer at Ulster University in the Great City of Derry, Northern Ireland.
"not articulate enough"
https://odonnellgroup.github.io
Professor, Department of Psychology and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University
https://gershmanlab.com/
Systems neuroscientist. Assistant Professor at
Cornell. Studying the computational and circuit mechanisms of learning, memory and natural behaviors in rodents
Mobilizing the fight for science and democracy, because Science is for everyone π§ͺπ
The hub for science activism!
Learn more β¬οΈ
http://linktr.ee/standupforscience
Glasshalfemptologist.
https://drugmonkey.wordpress.com/
Studying neural computation β’ Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine β’ lipshutzlab.com
Neuro grad student in Froemke Lab, NYU
MD, PhD | psychiatry | neuroscience | neuroeconomics | neuromodulation | assistant professor | residency program training director @MountSinaiPsych @SinaiBrain π§
Postdoc in Liddelow lab studying astrocyte contributions to aging related disease
Stadtman investigator at NIH, NIDDK. Neuromodulation and motivation section. All views/posts are my own.
Asst Prof @UNM. K99/R00 @NIMH. Postdoc @NorthwesternU. Hippocampus, neural circuits, stress, animal behavior. she/her/ella. etuncozcan@salud.unm.edu
Scientist and Global Sales Director at 3i (@the.3i.social), foodie, family man. Tai Chi and meditation matter. Compassion Heals. Microscopes Rock. https://www.intelligent-imaging.com
neuroscience postdoc in NYC (Froemke lab @ NYUMed). auditionπ2P imaging π¬and developmental systems neuroscience πΆ. Stories of WiN co-founder/co-director, marathon runner, foodie, IPA lover, and overly enthusiastic dog mom
Neuroscientist & musician interested in sensory processing, natural neuroscience, biological/artificial collective intelligence.
Northeastern -> Harvard -> NYU -> Basis Research Institute
brains, how do they do?
gap junctionologist -- ephys
also, hugging rocks
Neuroscientist interested in all things glia and dopamine