Meng-Yun Wang

Neanderthals boiled bones in 'fat factories' to enrich their lean diet Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans.

Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans

https://go.nature.com/3Gv861V

’We couldn’t live without it’: the UCSC Genome Browser turns 25 After a quarter of a century, the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function and clinical impact.

It’s been 25 years since the UCSC Genome Browser launched. Nature profiles how the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function, and clinical impact. #Academicsky 🧬 🧪

Machine learning spots neural progenitors in adult human brains But the finding has not settled the long-standing debate over the existence and extent of neurogenesis during adulthood, says Yale University neuroscientist Juan Arellano.

Neural progenitor cells detected in the dentate gyrus of people aged 20 to 78 years add evidence to the debate around adult neurogenesis.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social‬‬

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/neurogenesis...

A blueprint for the batmobile.

Your genome is not a blueprint. A thread about misleading metaphors in science communication. 🧬🧪 1/n

Have fun 😎

Are the asymmetries of body and brain linked genetically?@meng-yun.bsky.social will present our latest work on the genetics of visceral organ asymmetry in relation to functional brain laterality at #ESHG2025 in Milan this weekend. Stop by his poster to find out!

@maxkorbmacher.bsky.social the real hero

White matter microstructure links with brain, bodily and genetic attributes in adolescence, mid- and late life. New paper by Max Korbmacher & al. with @meng-yun.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121132

Our study of genes, brains and #DYSLEXIA in over 30,000 adults from @ukbiobank.bsky.social is now published: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Brain regions especially involved in motor, language and vision functions are associated with genetic disposition to dyslexia. Thread below ⬇️ 1/8

A collage of figures from the 350 papers published in Imaging Neuroscience in 2024.

2024 was the first full calendar year for Imaging Neuroscience @mitpress - 350 papers published.

We're proud of how the brain imaging community enthusiastically embraced open access non-profit publishing. Our aim is to be *your* journal.

Full size PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1M170...

Mapping neuropeptide signaling in the human brain | doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Neuropeptides are among the functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.

@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it brain function 🧩 🧠 ⤵️

Breakthrough Study Sheds Light on the Complex Brain Science Behind Dyslexia - The Debrief New insights into dyslexia reveal structural differences in the brain linked to the genetic predisposition for this neurodiverse condition.

A more detailed news article here: thedebrief.org/breakthrough...

Want to do a PhD in Nijmegen on 'Mapping language-relevant genetic effects on brain variability using normative modelling' with myself, @amarquand.bsky.social
and @profsimonfisher.bsky.social
? Applications welcome via mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... We are a friendly international group of🧠🧬scientists