Are you attending the @sfn.org meeting this year? You should also come to #MCCS26, taking place before #SfN26! 📣 Early bird registration closes on October 12. Register now! event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

📣 Registration is now open for this year's New York Memory Hub conference! Join the Memory Hub on October 29 & 30 for talks & discussion about all things learning and memory 🧠 Learn more and register here by October 25: www.eventbrite.com/e/memory-hub...

Meet the #MCCS26 speakers! Check out talks from Drs. Bong-Kiun Kaang & @bethbuffalo.bsky.social at our Symposium on November 13. Register now: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

NEW: The anterior hypothalamic nucleus acts like a volume knob for stress, scaling the brain’s response to threatening events 🧠 Read the Cai Lab's latest paper, led by @zachtpennington.bsky.social, in @nature.com 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... More: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Denise J. Cai, Ph.D.@denisejcai.bsky.social · 2y ago

❓ Do you know what the anterior hypothalamic nucleus (AHN) does? No? Neither did we! 🧠 In a new preprint from the Cai Lab, learn how we discovered the AHN’s central role in regulating stress vulnerability. Read the paper here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/6)

It was an honor and a joy to moderate the Discovery to Impact Panel at @onemindorg.bsky.social's Summit on the Future of Mental Health Research. We talked about the systems, partnerships, and support needed to translate courageous science into meaningful public impact.

Meet the #MCCS26 speakers! Don't miss talks from Drs. Eric Klann and @annamolofskylab.bsky.social on November 13. Register now: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

📣 Last day to submit abstracts! We will promote your #SfN26 poster presentation on our website if you submit your abstract to #MCCS26. event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

Reminder to get your abstract in by September 15 for a chance to present at #MCCS26. Submit your abstract and register here: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

Molecular & Cellular Cognition Society@molcellcog.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The #MCCS26 abstract submission deadline has been EXTENDED to align with the Society for Neuroscience's Late-Breaking Abstract deadline! Submit your abstracts by September 15! event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

Thank you, @storycollider.bsky.social, for the space to share a very personal story that intersects my work as a neuroscientist and my personal life with my family. It was eye-opening and surprisingly healing to view my own experience through the lens of a scientist studying trauma ❤️‍🩹 🧠

The Story Collider@storycollider.bsky.social · last mo.

Denise Cai has done the therapy. She’s done the work. She’s moved on… right? When her family starts pointing out patterns she can’t see herself, Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. realizes the past might not be quite as far behind her as she thought. 🎧 https://ow.ly/Wm8X50ZGCm1 #ScienceStories #MentalHealth

Sometimes healing isn’t about forgetting what happened. It’s about finally putting down what you’ve been carrying. 🕊️✨ 🎧 Don't miss Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. powerful story this week. https://ow.ly/vQQ350ZGEux #ScienceStories #MentalHealth #Healing #Inspiration #Resilience #ListenNow

Meet the #MCCS26 officers! Dr. @flubinlab.bsky.social is a distinguished professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her lab studies the molecular and genetic basis of learning & memory and related disorders. Join us on November 12 & 13. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

Last year's Memory Hub conference was a total blast! Can't wait for this year's! Shoutout to André and Jayeeta for hosting at NYU!

The Friedman Brain Institute@sinaibrain.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📆SAVE THE DATE! The 2026 New York Memory Hub conference will be on October 29th & 30th at @nyulangone.bsky.social, hosted by Jayeeta Basu & André Fenton 🧠Stay tuned for more information about speakers, registration & abstract submissions.

The #MCCS26 abstract submission deadline has been EXTENDED to align with the Society for Neuroscience's Late-Breaking Abstract deadline! Submit your abstracts by September 15! event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

Molecular & Cellular Cognition Society@molcellcog.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 Submit your #MCCS26 abstract by Aug 21 for a chance to be selected to present at this year’s symposium! Plus, every abstract submission earns a raffle entry to win a VIP bracelet for the Cai-Tye Collective Dance Party on Nov 16 💃🕺 Submit here: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

Meet the #MCCS26 officers! Dr. Jennifer Tudor‬ is an associate professor at St. Joseph's University. Her lab is interested in how sleep and disease affect the neural pathways critical for memory & learning. Join us on November 12 & 13. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

📣 Submit your #MCCS26 abstract by Aug 21 for a chance to be selected to present at this year’s symposium! Plus, every abstract submission earns a raffle entry to win a VIP bracelet for the Cai-Tye Collective Dance Party on Nov 16 💃🕺 Submit here: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

Meet the #MCCS26 officers! Dr. @okaysteve.bsky.social is an Associate Professor at Boston University. He studies the neural circuit mechanisms of memory storage & retrieval and artificially modulates memories. Join us on November 12 & 13. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

How do memories change with time? How can we preserve memory and brain function as we age? 🧠 Thank you AFAR & MBRF for hosting this discussion on aging research and @alicelclayton.bsky.social & Sergey Young for moderating! Watch the full webinar recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT8y...

Meet the #MCCS26 officers! Dr. @denisejcai.bsky.social ‪is an Associate Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Her lab studies the neural underpinnings of learning & memory and develops imaging tools. Join us November 12 & 13. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

📣 Register for #MCCS26 now! Join us on November 12 & 13 in Washington, DC for talks, networking, and an all-around great time! To be considered as a selected speaker, submit your abstract by August 21. More information here: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

Huge congrats to Cai Lab postdoc @destyniemedeiros.bsky.social for being named a @simonsfoundation.org Junior Fellow! 🎉 Destynie is a brilliant rising star 🌟 The rigor of her science and the leadership she has built in our community impress me again and again. So well earned. Congrats, Destynie! 🧠✨

Looking forward to this webinar! 🤓 Thank you to AFAR and MBRF for hosting it for World Brain Day! Register to watch it here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@mcknightbrain.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Less than 2 weeks until our brain health webinar with the American Federation for Aging Research, featuring Leah Acker, MD, PhD, Duke University, Denise Cai, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Amit Etkin, MD, PhD, Alto Neuroscience. Learn more & RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/.../reg.../W...

🤔 Why does prior stress make future stress hit harder? In new work led by @zachtpennington.bsky.social, the Cai Lab discovered a brain circuit that controls stress vulnerability, reshaping how the brain reacts to the next stressor. I'll be speaking about at @fens.org. Come check it out!

🎉 Congratulations to @zachtpennington.bsky.social on receiving this year's Banting Discovery Award! I worked closely with Zach when he was a postdoc in my lab and I know he is incredibly deserving of this award. Read more about his award here: psych.ubc.ca/news/zachary...

Join our mailing list and never miss an update for #MCCS26! We'll send you no more than 6 emails per year. Join here: t.co/noAbGJgNHc

🌎 Check out the new GLOBE tool that uses protein tape recorders to measure single-cell activity on a brain-wide scale. Congratulations to Changyang and team on developing and sharing this platform. Let us know what you think! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Changyang Linghu@changyanglinghu.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Introducing GLOBE—a new technology for brain-wide, single-cell recording of cellular activity in vivo. GLOBE can continuously record from nearly a quarter million individual neurons simultaneously across a mouse brain. Preprint out on bioRxiv: doi.org/10.64898/202... 🧵(1/6)

Representational drift - the change in cells' responses to the same stimulus over time - may be a feature rather than a bug. Thank you to @dianakwon.bsky.social for giving me a chance to talk about this fascinating topic. 🤯 The brain never ceases to amaze!

Diana Kwon@dianakwon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My latest feature for @nature.com is about "representational drift," a concept that's turned some long-standing ideas of how the brain works on its head. “When people talk about this phenomenon, it’s exciting because it’s just so full of possibilities." - Andrew Fink

I had a fantastic time at #OptoGRC2026! Congratulations to Cai Lab member @austinbaggetta.bsky.social for winning best poster 🎉 Shout out to @tristanshuman.bsky.social & @lindsayschwarz.bsky.social for taking on the role of Vice Chairs for the next meeting 🤓

Join us in Paris this summer for our #Miniscope Workshop 🔬 We'll teach you everything you need to know about miniscopes and have a blast while we're at it! Applications close on May 22, so don't wait 👇

UCLA Miniscope Project@miniscope.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Applications open for 2026 Paris Miniscope Workshop! July 1-3, hosted at ESPCI. Apply here: forms.gle/4CWh7MeMchLS...

So incredibly proud to celebrate these two remarkable researchers I've had the privilege to work with! @joezaki.bsky.social and Rimi are truly deserving recipients of the #LeonLevyScholars recognition for 2026. They continue to make invaluable contributions to the field!