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Arjen Boender

@ajboender.bsky.social

PI @ Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience / Ikerbasque Research Fellow / Ramón y Cajal Researcher / Laboratory of Comparative Neuroscience / All posts are my own

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Forrest Rogers, PhD@forrestdrogers.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Why are some males caring toward infants while others are neglectful or abusive? I'm so pleased to share work that my colleagues and I @princeton.edu have just published @nature.com (an explanatory thread to follow!) (1/8)

Agouti integrates environmental cues to regulate paternal behaviour - Nature

Expression of agouti signalling protein in neurons in the medial preoptic area is increased by group housing and negatively associated with care, and overexpression of Agouti reduces care and enhances...

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Nanthia Suthana@suthanalab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The biggest problem holding neuroscience back right now isn’t data or tools, thanks in large part to the BRAIN Initiative. It’s fragmentation across species. I wrote this to hopefully spark discussion around an issue that can only be solved as a community👇 www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...

Neuroscience has a species problem

If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.

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Arjen Boender@ajboender.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Such fun and a real privilege to write this Journal Club article in @natrevneuro.nature.com. Introducing a fascinating creature and what it teaches us about behavioural coordination rdcu.be/eZnKn

Behaviour without synapses: peptidergic signalling as a mode of behavioural coordination

Nature Reviews Neuroscience - In this Journal Club, Arjen Boender describes a 2017 study that showed that diffusible peptidergic signals coordinate behaviour in Trichoplax adhaerens, a tiny marine...

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Arjen Boender@ajboender.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Yes! Totally agree - we need more comparative studies in mus species to understand variation in social behavior. This is a good start.

The Sikkim mouse (Mus pahari) exhibits distinct spatial, circadian, and social behaviors compared to laboratory mice

While the laboratory mouse is one of the most studied organisms on the planet, comparative research on the spatial and social structures of closely related Mus species remains limited. Here, we charac...

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Arjen Boender@ajboender.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Very happy to share an expansion to the comparative gene editing toolkit: AAVs to reduce dopamine receptor levels that are functional in many rodent species. Fun collaboration with @malu-murugan.bsky.social, Elliott Albers and Frank Meye.

Comparative gene editing reduces dopamine receptor levels across rodent species

Translational challenges in neuroscience originate from species-specific differences that limit the generalizability of experimental findings. Comparative approaches can help distinguish conserved fro...

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Bill Nihilist@wmkenkel.bsky.social · last yr.

🧪For NIH folks looking for what to do next: my department, UD Psych & Brain sciences, is searching for a new chair. Stay in the Mid-Atlantic, start date this year! Please help us get the word out 🧪

DrGlitterbear@drglitterbear.bsky.social · last yr.

@sbn-bsky.bsky.social has released a statement on current events. SBN DEI comm, of which I'm chair, wrote this statement to be people-first focused on the human impacts. I want to thank Peg McCarthy & the Exec Comm in quickly approving the document w/ few edits. This is why SBN is my "home" society.

A Statement from the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology on Current Events | Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN)

The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology (SBN) is an interdisciplinary scientific organization dedicated to the study of hormonal processes and neuroendocrine systems that regulate behavior.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · 2y ago

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪@altnih4science.bsky.social · 2y ago

This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US. Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪 We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.