Adrian Palacios

Principles of Biological Autonomy Francisco Varela’s Principles of Biological Autonomy was a groundbreaking text when it was first published in 1979, putting forth a novel theory of how...

Today is publication day! A new edition of Francisco J. Varela's (long hard-to-obtain) 1979 classic Principles of Biological Autonomy in a new annotated edition by Ezequiel Di Paolo and Evan Thompson, with a Foreword by Amy Cohen Varela. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255140...

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I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s attempts to choke off federal money and support for the leading research university.

Breaking News: The IRS is said to be weighing whether to revoke Harvard’s tax exemption, which would be a major escalation from the Trump administration.

Un equipo español descubre cómo entregar terapias con células madre al pulmón de pacientes críticos y no lo patenta "para que sea gratis en la sanidad pública de todo el mundo" Han encontrado un sistema para que estas terapias celulares, imposibles de administrar a pacientes enganchados a sistemas de ventilación artificial ECMO, puedan cumplir su cometido

Un equipo español descubre cómo entregar terapias con células madre al pulmón de pacientes críticos y no lo patenta "para que sea gratis en la sanidad pública de todo el mundo"

NIH will eliminate many peer review panels and lay off some scientists overseeing them

Currently, NIH's Center for Scientific Review reviews 66,000 grant applications a year, with panels run by NIH’s separate institutes reviewing the rest.

Under a new plan, the institute-run panels will be eliminated, and many of the scientists overseeing them will be laid off. scim.ag/3QP0FUG

Trumps’s pick to head NIH avoids major controversy at Senate hearing Stanford health economist Jay Bhattacharya says he’s open to new studies of debunked link between vaccines and autism

Jay Bhattacharya, President Donald Trump's nominee to head the National Institutes of Health, appeared before a Senate panel today.

Olaf Blanke and I are pleased to announce the opening of a funded PhD position in cognitive and contemplative neuroscience at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center entitled "Neurophenomenological Study of Non-Dual Mindfulness Meditation and Its Impact on Self and Agency" Thanks for sharing this ad!

‘Dark proteins’ hiding in our cells could hold clues to cancer and other diseases The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out what they do.

"Dark proteins." Also known as microproteins. There are thousands of them in our cells and we're still struggling to define their function. Succinctly reviewed @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The unbearable slowness of being: Humans still clock in at just 10 bits/s. Even after peer review :) Share link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kHVa3BtfH.... ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2408.10234

Flyer for a visual neuroscience course with colorful images of scientific data and model species.

I am thrilled to announce that Rich Kramer and I are co-directing a BRAND NEW hands-on visual neuroscience course at the MBL. August 1-16, 2025. Details in this flyer. Trainees please apply. And everyone, please spread the word!

Only 6 days left to nominate an exceptional candidate for the ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize 2024! Recognise contributions towards #Equality, #Diversity and #Inclusion in #BrainSciences by 19 December 2024!

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The idea that we can presuppose where science is going to lead is right out of business.

The NIH, XEROX PARC and Bell Labs succeed(ed) because they did not presuppose the “products” or outcomes of the investments in them.

They hired the right people and enabled them to be curious and to explore.

Kip Thorne, descubridor de las ondas gravitacionales: “Los jóvenes no son conscientes del riesgo de un apocalipsis nuclear” El festival Starmus reunirá a premios Nobel, astronautas, científicos y músicos en la isla de La Palma tras años de ausencia

Kip Thorne, descubridor de las ondas gravitacionales: “El mundo ha cambiado. Las generaciones jóvenes no son conscientes del peligro real de que haya un desastre nuclear”

Mire lo que son capaces de hacer instituciones SIN fines de lucro (?).
Aló superintendencia

'Brain rot’ ha sido elegida la Palabra del Año 2024 por Oxford El primer uso documentado de la palabra brain rot (algo así como "podredumbre cerebral") data de mucho antes de la era de Internet: fue utilizada por Henry David Thoreau en su libro Walden, publicado ...

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"I use to think that the brain was the most wonderfull organ of my body. Then I realized who was telling me this." Emo Philips

"I use to think that the brain was the most wonderfull organ of my body. Then I realized who was telling me this." Emo Philips

Nonlinear receptive fields evoke redundant retinal coding of natural scenes - Nature Species-specific gaze shifts with natural stimuli drive correlated spiking in retinal ganglion cells.

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Nonlinear receptive fields evoke redundant retinal coding of natural scenes
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NIH funded scientists right now.

Use chatgpt pero uselo bien!!! Use chatgpt but use it well

The current members of the Cell Biology of Neural Development (CBDN) group, at Facultad de Ciencias, UdelaR, Uruguay. From left to right, top-down: Lucía Veloz (PhD student), Camila Davison (Associate Researcher), Gonzalo Aparicio (@gaparicio.bsky.social, PhD student), Magela Rodao (PhD student), Lucía Mustto (Master student), Santiago Bosch (Master student, recently finished), me, Agustín Siciliano (undergraduate student). Image taken a couple of weeks ago, at the XX Meeting of the Uruguayan Society for Neuroscience.

Being new to this network, a presentation is in order. This will eventually become a thread. I first want to acknowledge these guys, the members of the Cell Biology of Neural Development group, of which I am privileged to be the current PI. #neurodevelopment #retina #neurulation #zebrafish #chick

Use chatgpt pero uselo bien!!! Use chatgpt but use it well

‘Huge influx’ of neuroscientists migrates to Bluesky Daily neuroscience-related posts on the social-media platform this week have increased more than 400 percent, on average, compared with October.

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‘Huge influx’ of neuroscientists migrates to Bluesky

Daily neuroscience-related posts on the social-media platform this week have increased more than 400 percent, on average, compared with October.

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Astromelia from Central Chile

Astromelia from Central Chile