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@davidmoorman.bsky.social

Neuroscientist; Associate Professor at UMass Amherst moormanlab.org

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Jobs | Psychological & Brain Sciences Tenured/Tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology Open Date Dec 01, 2025 Salary Range or Pay Grade The expected academic base salary range for this position is $110,000- $144,500 (Assistant Profes...

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology.

pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/

02.12.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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GIF THREAD ALERT – With pleasure, we present our @SfNJournals #JNeurosci article www.jneurosci.org/content/45/4... by my grad student Jackson Schumacher and former post doc Mieke Van Holstein

01.12.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Neuroscience funding: A source directory Our list features expected and lesser-known governmental and nongovernmental sources of funding for basic neuroscience research.

Most basic neuroscience research in the U.S. is funded by the federal government, but there is an entire funding landscape that lies beyond those federal agencies. To bring those sources together, @thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a funding source directory: bit.ly/4pBBF2B

#StateOfNeuroscience

01.12.2025 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

#PsychJobs #ScienceJobs

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Looking for a postdoc to understand dynamic vision in action in freely moving mice? Get in touch!

This is a @erc.europa.eu postdoc in a project between us and @sinzlab.bsky.social: miniature 2-photon, rich behavior tracking, and deep learning models linking natural behavior to cortical activity|RT

21.11.2025 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Looking for a post-bac RA position focused on the brain bases of affective and psychotic illness?
@holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social is hiring!
@cahbir.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social @hitop-system.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

11.11.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Join our next #ResearchInConversation webinar on the new #JNeurosci special collection, exploring debates on computational properties of the prefrontal cortex with editors Kumar Narayanan & Erin Rich.
πŸ—“ December 18 | 12 PM EST
πŸ”— Register: vist.ly/4fy9a

25.11.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Associate Professor/Professor and Director, Northeastern University Biomedical Imaging Center About the Opportunity About Northeastern: Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research (R1) university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experi...

Attn all human MRI/fMRI folks! The Dept of Psychology at Northeastern University is hiring a new Director of the NU Biomedical Imaging Center at the level of Associate or Full Professor. Bonus: you'll have the best Chair EVER πŸ˜‰ Full ad here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

24.11.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Associate Professor/Professor and Director, Northeastern University Biomedical Imaging Center About the Opportunity About Northeastern: Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research (R1) university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experi...

🚨 THRILLED to share Northeastern University is hiring a new Director for our human Siemens Prisma 3T MRI Center (Associate or Full Professor levels) who will join us as faculty in our Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health! Please share widely!
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

25.11.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Applications due December 1st!
Come work with us!

24.11.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

How do we make sense of scientific literature that is growing explosively to the point where no-one could read all the relevant papers, and is contaminated with fraudulent and LLM-generated papers? I think that science isn't currently equipped to deal with this, and we need to. #science #metascience

20.11.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program - Waltham, Massachusetts (US) job with Brandeis University | 12848464 The Department of Biology and the Program in Neuroscience at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor positio...

Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

20.11.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor- Neurobiology (2 Openings) The Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center seeks outstanding researchers to fill two tenure-track positions at the level of Assistant Professor and...

Calling all TT-hunting neuroscientists! The Dept of Anatomy & Neurobio at UTHSC in Memphis is hiring two faculty members! Asst and/or Assoc level! Come be my colleague in a fantastic department & great city! πŸ§‘πŸ’š

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20.11.2025 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2026 Frontal Cortex Conference GRC The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Frontal Cortex will be held in Holderness, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.

We are thrilled to announce that the preliminary program for the 2026 GRC on the Frontal Cortex is now live!
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
Registration is now open for both the GRC and our GRS, chaired by @albitc.bsky.social and @jorge-miranda.bsky.social!

18.11.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Garrett Stanley and I are leading the recruitment of a senior faculty position in BME at Georgia Tech and Emory, focused on Neural Engineering. Come talk to us, we're looking for a leader in research and training, in areas with neurotranslation potential.

More details here:
lnkd.in/eusCqCSR

15.11.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
Computational Properties of the Prefrontal Cortex The term β€œprefrontal” appears to have been coined in the first volume of Brain in the context of describing the curious case of Phineas Gage, inspired by the skull anatomy of fish (Girard, 1851; Anon, 1878). This initial report details how prefrontal lesions defied simple explanations of disrupted movement or sensation and alluded to more complex changes in personality, motivation, and mood. Insights from this article, combined with early lesion studies in nonhuman primates, linked prefrontal function with a loss of the β€œfaculty of attention and intelligent observation” (Ferrier, 1878). In the 150 years since these early reports, neuroscience and artificial intelligence have exploded in knowledge and technical ability. Still, the computations that endow the prefrontal cortex with its unique abilities defy easy definition. Attempts have focused on anatomical properties, such as thalamic projections, neuromodulatory input, and laminar structure, or its apparent roles in overt behavior through neuropsychological investigation. These contributions have advanced our understanding on different fronts but still have not captured the full breadth of the prefrontal cortex's role in cognition and behavior.A unifying feature of prefrontal networks is believed to be the computations it carries outβ€”higher-order algorithms that transform immediate sensory, memory, and internal information to perform such flexible functions as inference, planning, delayed responses, … Correspondence should be addressed to Nandakumar S. Narayanan at nandakumar-narayanan{at}uiowa.edu.

Narayanan, et al. introduce the special collection of #JNeurosci papers that highlight some of the debates in the field about the computational properties of the prefrontal cortex.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1093-25.2025

15.11.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.

Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.

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NOT-OD-26-005: Interim Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Interim Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities NOT-OD-26-005. NIH

NIH grant applicants:

October and November grant application submission *deadlines* will be rescheduled (🀯). Specific dates TBD.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

14.11.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9

To clarify, the QBI Director need not be focused on Dementia, this just happens to be one of the sites where the recruiter has posted….

11.11.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

We have strength across a wide range of neuroscience topics, including ageing and development, brain injury and repair, cognition and behavior, mental health, RNA science, etc.

11.11.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to share new research from my lab in final published form! By deleting hypocretin (orexin) receptors from CRF neurons, we uncovered neuropeptide mechanisms linking alcohol drinking and negative emotional hyperarousal through BNST neuronal excitability.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

03.11.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
2026 Frontal Cortex Conference GRC The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Frontal Cortex will be held in Holderness, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.

What an exciting program for GRC Frontal Cortex in 2026! www.grc.org/frontal-cort...

03.11.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline.

Apply here: hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920
Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921

30.10.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
A photograph of the Pittsburgh skyline.

A photograph of the Pittsburgh skyline.

Pittsburgh: It’s what’s cool.

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'We're all on the menu': WMass residents come out in droves for 'No Kings' protests Protestors across Western Massachusetts joined others across the state and the nation in "No Kings" rallies denouncing everything from ICE raids to cuts in food assistance benefits.

Protestors across Western Massachusetts joined others across the state and the nation in "No Kings" rallies denouncing everything from ICE raids to cuts in food assistance benefits.
https://bit.ly/4qwVg5A

19.10.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Drunk Mice Reveal Brain Circuits Involved in Binge Drinking Pinpointing brain circuits underlying binge drinking alcohol offers potential targets to develop interventions and reveals insights about neuronal wiring.

Gilles Martin, PhD, associate professor of neurobiology at UMass Chan Medical School, studies the neuronal circuits underlying binge alcohol drinking. The Scientist profiled what he’s discovered: direc.to/nGUH

#BingeDrinking #alcohol #AlcoholResearch #AddictionScience

16.10.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are excited to announce a new open search for a tenure track Assistant Professor position within the Brown University Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research!

Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/175427

10.10.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Apply to work with the IBL Core β€” International Brain Laboratory Apply now to work with the International Brain Lab Core. Contribute to groundbreaking neuroscience research in a global, collaborative environment.

Want to collaborate with the International Brain Laboratory on your own project? They have funding to work with groups anywhere in the world on new projects and are looking for new partners! LOI deadline coming up (Nov 1). Learn more and apply: www.internationalbrainlab.com/ibl-core-apply

10.10.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Winter Conference on Brain Research | WCBR

We've extended the deadline for #WCBR2026 posters! New due date is Oct 16th! www.winterbrain.org please share!

10.10.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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