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Arc Institute Adds Two New Labs; Announces 2025 Cohort of Innovation Investigators and Ignite Awardees | Arc Institute We are excited to launch three parallel searches for our curiosity-driven Laboratories.

Arc's community continues to grow this fall with our 9th Core Investigator John Pluvinage and 3rd Science Fellow @mayaarce.bsky.social joining us in Palo Alto, along with 7 Innovation Investigators and 15 Ignite Awardees at our partner universities.

Learn more:
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It has been an immense honor to learn & grow with two of the greatest scientists I know: @zachtpennington.bsky.social & @joezaki.bsky.social 🧑‍🔬

Listen in on our conversation about mentorship, building trust and creating a safe space to disagree: neuronline.sfn.org/professional...

Excited to be speaking at #NYBCI25 this weekend, alongside so many leaders in #Neurotech and #BCI.

It’s rare to have such diverse perspectives in one place, and I’m looking forward to the dialogue that emerges from bringing them together to advance the field.

www.nybci.com/event/2886b6...

I left the 2025 @onemindorg.bsky.social music festival feeling inspired by the advances in mental health research and awareness that, together, are cracking the future of care wide open.

Proud to be part of this community alongside peers like @maryamshanechi.bsky.social & @claudialugo.bsky.social!

Happy to share that our Comprehensive Adolescent Rehabilitation and Education Service (CARES) is now in a new location where we're better equipped to help youth facing mental health and substance use challenges.

Congratulations to the team, and special shout out to CARES Director, Shilpa Taufique 🎉

For decades, human genome editing has been limited to small, localized modifications.

Today, in a new paper published in @science.org , researchers from Arc's Hsu lab show that bridge recombinase technology is capable of large-scale genomic rearrangements in human cells.

So excited for this! Can't wait to see everyone there!

Efficient generation of epitope-targeted de novo antibodies with Germinal Obtaining novel antibodies against specific protein targets is a widely important yet experimentally laborious process. Meanwhile, computational methods for antibody design have been limited by low su...

With plans to make Germinal freely available, the team is lowering the barrier for antibody discovery and opening new doors for both basic research and potential therapies.

Learn more in the full preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In another preprint from the @brianhie.bsky.social Lab and @synbiogaolab.bsky.social, they introduce Germinal, a generative AI system for de novo antibody design.

Germinal produces functional nanobodies in just dozens of tests, making custom antibody design more accessible than ever before.

Geminii Health had a great discussion with Senator Joni Ernst during her Small Business & Entrepreneurs Expo, where we shared our work using wireless signals to improve health⚡

Grateful for the strong backing from the State of Iowa where we’re proud to be one of the top state-supported investments!

The Science Ambassador Scholarship An annual scholarship for women and non-binary students in STEM, funded by Cards Against Humanity.

✨ @cardsagainsthumanity.com just launched its 2026 Ambassador Scholarship: five $20K tuition scholarships to UG women & non-binary students in STEM!

Applications close Monday, December 15: scienceambassadorscholarship.org

This week is the 16th Annual National Postdoc Appreciation Week, and we couldn't be prouder of our postdocs in the Tian Lab! ✨

Our postdocs drive forward research, plan and lead projects, mentor students, present and publish work, and much more. I am grateful for you every day!

#NPAW2025

Everything everywhere all at once: Decision-making signals engage entire brain The findings, gleaned from the most comprehensive map yet of brain activity during decision-making in mice, show that the process is even more distributed than previously thought.

Big congrats to @intlbrainlab.bsky.social on two groundbreaking new papers!

Based on the most comprehensive map of mouse brain activity yet, their findings show how decision-making is both widely distributed and shaped by past experience.

Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/decision-mak...

Looking forward to tomorrow's "Perspectives Across Biology" panel at the @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social Imaging the Future meeting! If you're at CZI this week, come check it out and join the conversation 🧑‍🔬

It's grant season & @stellatecomms.bsky.social just passed a major milestone: $50M+ in funding for our clients ✨

We've supported 108 submissions (41% success; 14 pending) to the NIH, NSF & leading foundations.

We have a few more project openings this Fall 📩 Email us: inquiries@stellatecomms.com

In a new preprint from @brianhie.bsky.social's lab, the team reports the first generative design of viable bacteriophage genomes.

Leveraging Evo 1 & Evo 2, they generated whole genome sequences, resulting in 16 viable phages with distinct genomic architectures.

Had such a great time in Napa Valley at the @onemindorg.bsky.social Summit on the Future of Mental Health Research 🧠

As a past One Mind Rising Star Awardee, it was so inspiring to connect with other awardees and see the incredible research being done by this year’s winners ⭐️

One of the coolest things about working at @stellatecomms.bsky.social is getting to work with an incredible team of designers who really understand how to bring science communication to life ✨ 🎬

A drawing of a woman standing at the tips of a person's outstretched hand as she prepares to ascend a ladder into the sky.

Career Advice | Equity-Minded Mentorship as Courageous Action

As formal DEI efforts come under intense pressures, Kimberly A. Griffin and W. Brad Johnson offer advice for how faculty can still advance equity in higher ed through mentorship. https://bit.ly/4pq8H6x

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

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I was going to write a whole post about all this incredible work with all these amazing scientists and organizations, but I’ll just leave @stellatecomms.bsky.social design sizzle reel here.

It speaks for itself.

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Keto diet linked to reduced depression symptoms in college students A new study shows an association between at least 10 weeks of following a well-formulated ketogenic diet and a roughly 70% decrease in depression symptoms among a small group of college students.

A pilot trial found that college students with major depressive disorder experienced reduced depression symptoms, improved well-being, and better cognitive performance after following a ketogenic diet for 10–12 weeks.

Keto diet linked to reduced depression symptoms in college students Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study shows an association between at least 10 weeks of following a well-formulated ketogenic diet and a roughly 70% decrease in depression symptoms among a small group of college students. Beyond the reduction in self-reported and clinician-rated depression, the students' global well-being increased nearly three-fold and their performance improved on several cognitive tasks. All but one participant also lost weight.

Keto diet linked to reduced depression symptoms in college students

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study shows an association between at least 10 weeks of following a well-formulated ketogenic diet and a roughly 70% decrease in depression symptoms among a small group of college students. Beyond…

Ketogenic Diet Explored for Depression in College Students In a groundbreaking pilot study that delves into the intersection of nutrition and mental health, researchers have put the ketogenic diet—a high-fat, low-carbohydrate nutritional regimen—under the microscope as a potential adjunct therapy for college students diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD). Published in Translational Psychiatry in 2025, this innovative research brings new light to the complex and often elusive mechanisms of depression, suggesting that biochemical alterations induced by diet could hold therapeutic promise for one of the most prevalent and debilitating psychiatric conditions worldwide.

Ketogenic Diet Explored for Depression in College Students

In a groundbreaking pilot study that delves into the intersection of nutrition and mental health, researchers have put the ketogenic diet—a high-fat, low-carbohydrate nutritional regimen—under the microscope as a potential adjunct therapy…

Ketogenic Diet Cuts Depression Symptoms by 70% in College Study

A pilot study of 24 college students on a ketogenic diet found depression scores fell by nearly 70% over a 10-12-week period, with participants losing an average of five kilograms. https://getnews.me/ketogenic-diet-cuts-depression-symptoms-by-70-in-college-study/ #ketogenic #depression #college

“The fact that scientists, and not school administrators, are leading the push is meaningful, Green Nylen says. ‘It feels really important for us that there was something we could do as researchers to fight back and to make a difference for ourselves.’” 🧪

How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past Buy How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*

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Thanks for having me at @camp_course and the @iitmadras Brain Center during my visit to India this summer!🥭

It was lovely to be back home, and a pleasure to work with the young scientists there who are finding their path in computational neuroscience 🧠

Emotion research has a communication conundrum In 2025, the words we use to describe emotions matter, but their definitions are controversial. Here, I unpack the different positions in this space and the rationales behind them—and I invite 13…

My new essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social. Why is understanding emotion so challenging? The debates around what counts as an "emotion" shed insight.

These disputes are multidimensional, principled and fascinating. Here, I unpack them.

www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

Inside the Lab Studying Why Women Face Greater Alzheimer’s Risk | Being Patient Women face a greater risk for Alzheimer’s than men. Dr. Fanny Elahi is exploring factors from menopause to vascular health to understand why.

Such a pleasure to speak with @beingpatient.bsky.social about Alzheimer’s Disease risk in women 🧠

Hint: it may in large part hinge on vascular health!

beingpatient.com/why-women-fa...

A behind-the-scenes peek at the new O’Connell Lab website 🐸

Stellate's Web & Design team made magic happen in delivering the Stanford group's new fully custom rebrand— balancing clean and professional with vibrant and playful!

Check it out: www.laurenoconnelllab.com