Andrew Tan

Boogie Woogie listening guide 🤩

‘Bird Brains and Behavior,’ an excerpt In their new book, published today, Georg Striedter and Andrew Iwaniuk dive deep into the latest research on the neural mechanisms of avian behavior. This excerpt from Chapter 2 explores how birds…

How can birds keep enough control to fly while drifting in and out of sleep? In an excerpt from their new book published today, @evoneuro.bsky.social and Georg Striedter explore this and other questions about neural mechanisms that regulate bird sleep.

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#neuroskyence

Sleep pressure is differentially regulated by molecularly distinct subtypes of Lhx6-positive and Lhx6-negative neurons of the zona incerta Sleep pressure, the accumulating drive towards sleep during wakefulness, is shaped by Lhx6-positive GABAergic neurons in the zona incerta (ZI). Here, we show that these neurons are broadly activated b...

Our latest preprint is out, focusing on characterizing the response of Lhx6-positive neurons of the zona incerta (ZI) to naturally-occurring and experimentally-induced changes in the need to sleep, also known as sleep pressure.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Help me solve a beautiful geometric math problem!

I'm stuck and need a better approach!

Believe it or not, it's from 1898, I'm guessing from a temple in Japan (Sangaku).

#mathart #mtbos #iteachmath (cc @catrionaagg.bsky.social )

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📣 New preprint from the SCIMaP team!

Across three studies, we show that communicating the economic impact of NIH funding cuts—especially with interactive quizzes and maps—decreases approval and motivates action to oppose the cuts, across the political spectrum. 🧵 1/8
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Israel-Palästina-Konflikt: Auch Leipzig, Kiel und Bonn wollen Kinder aus dem Gazastreifen aufnehmen Wegen der humanitären Katastrophe im Nahen Osten haben inzwischen fünf Städte angekündigt, Mädchen und Jungen aus dem Gazastreifen nach Deutschland zu holen. Sie fordern vom Bund, die Aufnahme zu ermöglichen.

Wegen der humanitären Katastrophe im Nahen Osten haben inzwischen fünf Städte angekündigt, Mädchen und Jungen aus dem Gazastreifen nach Deutschland zu holen. Sie fordern vom Bund, die Aufnahme zu ermöglichen.

Feature-specific inhibitory connectivity augments the accuracy of cortical representations To interpret complex sensory scenes, animals exploit statistical regularities to infer missing features and suppress redundant or ambiguous information. Cortical microcircuits might contribute to this...

I continue to think interneuron circuits are an untapped inspiration in neural network design for context-dependent computation.

Facebook post with a photo of Alec and contact information: MISSING: Alec Luhn, last seen July 31st in the afternoon. Was headed from Odda, Norway on a solo backpacking trip to explore the glacier @folgefonnanasjonalpark. Planned to stay at DNT Holmaskjer and DNT Breidablikk and finish Monday morning at Årsnes Kai bus station. Red Cross search with volunteers and dogs and helicopters is underway in the area. PLEASE SHARE AND TAG AND REPOST THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. If anyone has seen him or has information please contact Drew Avanell Gaddis or Veronika Silchenko

Our friend @alecluhn.bsky.social is missing in Norway's Folgefonna National Park after a backpacking trip to the glacier there. Please share if you're in the area or know people who might be. Come home safe, buddy

www.facebook.com/share/p/18xA...

The Royal Australian Navy field-tested Q-CTRL's Ironstone Opal on-board quantum navigation sensing system. Disclaimer: The Quantum Dragon is technically optional. Technically.
bsiegelwax.substack.com/p/q-ctrls-qu... @insidequantumtech.bsky.social @q-ctrl.bsky.social @mjbiercuk.bsky.social

Wow 🤯 congratulations 🥳

A cover for Blood Orange by Yaffa. The background is white with the image of a blood orange that resembles the sun rising behind Al Aqsa Mosque. Orange juice drips from below like blood.

A cover for Desecrated Poppies by Yaffa. The background is white with the illustration of a poppy growing from a keffiyeh-motif mound, the flower's reed bleeds to the ground.

A cover for Dear God, Dear Bones, Dear Yellow by Noor Hindi. It depicts a black haired woman in European style ball gown near a phone box, standing on a desert with a moon behind her.

A cover for Shell Houses by Rasha Abdulhadi. It depicts a yellow background with the abstract image of an explosion in layers of various shades of blue.

There is no "correct" way to be queer or Palestinian. These poetry collections are by new generations of queer Palestinian poets that not only speak loudly and unapologetically, but are also reflective and profound.

#Booksky

The Trump administration will halt disaster relief funds to U.S. states and cities that boycott Israeli companies.

Our answer, BOYCOTT ISRAELI COMPANIES 👇❌

Wiz
Wix
Coin Master
Waze
Fiverr
Sabra Hummus
A21 Labs
Elbow
CyberArk
Amdocs
Checkpoint
Monday.com
AppsFlyer
Playtika
Rapyd
Deel

Over 1000 physicists and scientists have petitioned CERN to take action for Gaza.

Famous physicists Carlo Rovelli and Thomas Van Riet are among the signatories.

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I mostly agree that it should be retired. But then I do need a word to describe Tallis's Miserere. If that's not genius then what is? It makes a huge emotional impact from what reads like an exercise in mathematics. It's basically all voices singing the same melody but at different speeds.

Brief summary of our lab work and mission! So much more to do!

A diagram showing 128 neural network architectures.

How does the structure of a neural circuit shape its function?

@neuralreckoning.bsky.social & I explore this in our new preprint:

doi.org/10.1101/2025...

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Trump Administration Is Freezing Over $300 Million for U.C.L.A.

Trump’s move to cancel research grants at UCLA is an attack on California—on our universities, our research, and the future of our students. UAW 4811 is ready to fight back and defend academic freedom, public research, and higher education in our state. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/u...

Royal Ballet and Opera axes Tosca production in Tel Aviv The production at The Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv will not go ahead

The Royal Ballet and Opera has pulled its 2026 production of Tosca at The Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, after 182 members of staff at the RBO signed an open letter to management.
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My host department Physiology will hold its annual symposium Models of Physiology & Disease at the NUS campus on 24–26 September 2025. If you’ll be in town, please register and join us!

Registration: nus.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Website: medicine.nus.edu.sg/phys/sites/P...

Is Genocide Happening in Gaza? [Melanie O’Brien is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and Visiting Scholar with the H…

In this post on @opiniojuris.bsky.social, I walk through the components of the legal definition of #genocide and apply the actions on the ground in #Gaza to these components, to answer the question 'Is genocide happening in Gaza?'. opiniojuris.org/2025/08/04/i...

For everlasting love, dial 9999 Why China's obsession with lucky numbers might just add up

For everlasting love, dial 9999
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Spider in Singapore 🇸🇬

It's interesting that J Street supported the US arming Israel long after Academics For Peace @academicsforpeace.bsky.social had said "Genocide is Plausible, Stop Arms to Israel" in a March 2024 petition with many Israeli and Jewish signatories.
www.academicsforpeace.org/petition-mar...

Coming March 17, 2026!
Just got my advance copy of Emergence — a memoir about growing up in group homes and somehow ending up in neuroscience and AI. It’s personal, it’s scientific, and it’s been a wild thing to write. Grateful and excited to share it soon.

Leading Scientific Societies File Amicus Brief With U.S. Supreme Court in Support of NIH Grant Recipients Washington, DC – August 4, 2025 – On Friday, August 1, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) jointly filed an expanded amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in American Public Health Association v. NIH. As some of the nation’s largest and most respected scientific societies, the amici submit this brief to emphasize the urgent need to safeguard federal research investments, protect early-career scientists, and uphold the integrity of the nation’s science ecosystem. The four leading life science organizations originally filed an amicus brief in the case on May 2, urging the court to find recent executive actions that led to the termination of NIH grants supporting early-career scientists—such as the Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program—unlawful and to compel NIH to restore funding swiftly. MOSAIC grants support scientists from a wide range of backgrounds in transitioning to research careers. Today’s updated filing focuses specifically on the immediate and irreparable harm caused by the grant terminations and asks the Court to deny the government’s request for a stay pending approval. The updated brief includes new evidence and perspectives drawn from peer-reviewed articles and commentary published in recent months, which underscore the devastating consequences these grant cancellations have already had across the scientific community. Together, ASBMB, ASCB, ASM, and FASEB represent more than 150,000 biological and biomedical researchers whose work drives innovation, improves public health, and fuels the U.S. economy. Their members have long supported and participated in programs like MOSAIC, w…

While many institutions are capitulating to Trump, my favorite scientific societies are fighting back. Aug 1 @ascbiology.bsky.social, @asm.org, @asbmb.bsky.social, & @faseborg.bsky.social jointly filed an expanded amicus brief with the Supreme Court in American Public Health Association v. NIH 1/n

Ever wondered how fasting and lactation affect gene expression in the hypothalamus? Looking for a dataset to mine? Look no further! We performed single-cell RNA sequencing of the arcuate nucleus and medial preoptic area in 4 groups of female mice: zenodo.org/records/1531...

"As genocide scholars know, genocide is a process, not an event. While this post will focus on conduct since 7 October 2023, the genocide process did not begin on 8 October 2023. It was prefaced by decades of human rights abuses against the Palestinian people"

- Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social

#NowSpinning Per Nørgård Symphony No.2. Intriguingly and powerfully atmospheric music, this.

What the Columbia Settlement Really Means

The Columbia settlement is an “astonishing transfer of autonomy and authority to . . . an administration whose disdain for the values of the academy is demonstrated anew every day.” New @knightcolumbia.org analysis of the Columbia settlement, just published. knightcolumbia.org/blog/what-th...

TT 537: Jim McNeely, James Newton, Teddy Abrams & Yuja Wang, The Hemphill Stringtet, Sophie Dunér & Steven Beck play Stockhausen, sinonó The continuing collision of serious jazz and serious classical

NEW: reviews of six new records: Jim McNeely, James Newton, Teddy Abrams & Yuja Wang, The Hemphill Stringtet, Sophie Dunér & Steven Beck play Stockhausen, sinonó iverson.substack.com/p/tt-537-jim...