Excited to share this paper led by two undergrads in the lab, out now in Neurobiology of Stress! Temporal reorganization of maternal care during early life stress in mice doi.org/10.1016/j.yn...

21 Innovation Research Grants have awarded by Princeton Engineering in 2026, enabling engineering faculty members to take their research in bold new directions that address critical issues in technology, health and the environment.

Princeton Engineering - Innovation grants could help build a moon base, block food-borne illness, and map the brain

Claire White’s research group is investigating how to make cement from moon rock. This year, her team received support for research on lunar cement from Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied S...

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Congrats Frederick d'Oleire Uquillas and colleagues on their Nature Neuroscience publication regarding cerebellar aging! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Cerebellar aging is spatially heterogeneous and supports cognitive resilience in later life - Nature Neuroscience

The cerebellum ages unevenly, with some regions showing preservation that may help protect the brain from decline. The authors show that large cerebellar volume is associated with stronger cognitive r...

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Congratulations to our 2026 SYNAPSE interns on an absolutely fantastic round of oral presentations today as part of the Virtual Leadership Alliance National Symposium! Sparkling cider to celebrate the occasion 🥂

We're launching the PNI Open Science Awards at @princetonneuro.bsky.social, a pilot program to recognize the tools, datasets, and protocols that advance open, reproducible neuroscience with @maxime-beau.bsky.social. This work is foundational to modern neuroscience but rarely gets formal credit.

Thank you, Princeton University, for hosting us. It was great meeting with students and sharing more information on @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s offerings, resources and tools. #neuroskyence

Neuro Funding Finder helps you find grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research. Filter results by location, career stage and grant type to streamline your search. Explore now: thetransmitter.org/neuroscience... #neuroskyence

Provocative title ftw. (Tho it inspired @kristorpjensen.bsky.social to give a talk titled "planning in the brain: it's not what nathaniel thinks it is")

Annual Reviews@annualreviews.bsky.social · 3w ago

The 2026 volume of the Annual Review of Neuroscience is now online 🧠 The most read article is "Planning in the Brain: It's Not What You Think It Is" by @marcelomattar.bsky.social and @nathanieldaw.bsky.social

Princeton researchers have combined brain cells and advanced electronics into a 3D device that can be programmed to recognize patterns using computational techniques.

Princeton Engineering - New 3D device harnesses living brain cells for computing

Princeton researchers have combined brain cells and advanced electronics into a single 3D device that can be programmed to recognize patterns using computational techniques.

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NEW! Explore @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s newest tool, Neuro Funding Finder. Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages. Find your next funding source and apply, all in one place: thetransmitter.org/neuroscience... #neuroskyence

I've been a bit quiet lately (lots of teaching duties...), but I am glad to share that I will have some academic "me time" for the next few weeks. I will be at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute & Department of Psychology, for a research stay hosted by @nathanieldaw.bsky.social!

What a thrill to have our visiting summer SYNAPSE students get to know returning alums! Thanks to Branson ('18), Jorge ('18), and Mona ('16) for joining us for our SYNAPSE reunion lunch today 🧠

A team of @princetonneuro.bsky.social researchers has uncovered a clever way to make viral gene delivery safer for the brain, tackling an unexpected side effect caused by the very virus used to deliver research tools.

Making viral gene delivery safer for the brain

By subtly editing the DNA of the workhorse delivery vehicle—the Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV)—scientists have prevented the virus from triggering an innate immune alarm that can damage critical neural ...

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New paper from graduate student Fred charting the heterogeneous aging of the human cerebellum and its surprising role in buffering against cognitive decline www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cerebellar aging is spatially heterogeneous and supports cognitive resilience in later life - Nature Neuroscience

The cerebellum ages unevenly, with some regions showing preservation that may help protect the brain from decline. The authors show that large cerebellar volume is associated with stronger cognitive r...

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Meet Eyewire II: a new connectomic resource for the mouse retina. ~1 mm² of retina at nanometer resolution, with synapses and circuits of ca. 100,000 neurons, plus visual responses from the ~400 neurons shown in the video! Preprint: doi.org/10.64898/202... Data: eyewire.ai 🧠📈 🧠💻🧪 #VisionScience

Welcome to the 2026 PNI SYNAPSE Internship Program cohort! 🧠 Edriana 🧠 Nancy 🧠 Letitia 🧠 Andrew 🧠 Bobby Carl 🧠 Emma 🧠 Leo 🧠 Alex 🧠 Julianna 🧠 Charvi Here's to a summer of great science (and plenty of coffee + Bent Spoon ice cream)!

How do we predict what’s going to happen next? In a new paper, we @arikahn.bsky.social @licezhang.bsky.social @nathanieldaw.bsky.social @catehartley.bsky.social ask how kids, teens, and adults solve this problem. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Developmental Change in Structure Learning Reflects a Shift From Recency‐Based to Relational Prediction

Children are adept statistical learners, capable of parsing streams of structured input into meaningful units, but the cognitive processes they engage during learning may differ from those of adults...

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I have been so excited about this project. In many ways the most surprising thing to me was how seemingly similar the AI-discovered models were to simple ones I thought I understood, even though they fit way better. This means we can also really get what makes them work.

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Computational models are a key part of science but discovering new ones is hard! DataDIVER discovers concise models from data, which surface new mechanistic ideas and clear predictions for future experiments From Google Deepmind Neuroscience Lab + collaborators www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Kicking off the summer with ice cream, ice dola, and get-to-know-you bingo, thanks to our amazing Climate & Inclusion committee🍦

We're hiring a postdoc to develop and use custom optical instruments for measuring and manipulating neural activity in worms and flies. Please apply via interfolio: apply.interfolio.com/186001

I’m recruiting a new lab manger! Please pass on to anyone who might be interested, and have them reach out to me once they’ve applied. Photo proof of awesome lab to join research-princeton.icims.com/jobs/21793/r...

Congratulations to PNI graduate student Isha Gore on being honored as an outstanding educator with a Teaching Award by the @princeton.edu Graduate School and McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning!!

"As a veteran, I understand what it means to serve the nation. I also think it's important when you're getting an education to always have that service mindset." U.S. Navy veteran Luke Hixson '25 shares how Princeton bridged the gap from the military to medical school — at no cost to him.

Eight Princeton professors were elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year: Cliff Brangwynne, Chris Chang, Maria Chudnovsky, Jianqing Fan, Sabine Kastner, Sebastian Seung, Daniel Sigman and Christopher Skinner.

National Academy of Science elects eight Princeton professors

Eight Princeton professors were elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year: Cliff Brangwynne, Chris Chang, Maria Chudnovsky, Jianqing Fan, Sabine Kastner, Sebastian Seung, Daniel Sigman and...

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A heartfelt 'cheers' to @sebastianseung.bsky.social and Sabine Kastner from the PNI community on their NAS election! 🍾🥂🎉

🎉 Congratulations to PNI’s Sabine Kastner and @sebastianseung.bsky.social on their election to the @nationalacademies.org! Kastner and Seung are among 8 @princeton.edu faculty recognized in this year’s class 🧠🏆 #NAS163 pni.princeton.edu/news/2026/sa...

Sabine Kastner and Sebastian Seung elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI) faculty members Sabine Kastner and H. Sebastian Seung have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Established in 1863 by President Abraham Linco...

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Princeton-area friends of science! Come out for a discussion with Joshua Weitz, author of Science Matters. What’s happening to research in America? What can be done? Today at 4:00pm, Frist Campus Center 302, here at Princeton. www.princeton.edu/events/2026/...

Big news for @princeton.edu's neural circuit labs! 🔬🧠 Thanks to an Office of the Dean for Research award, we're acquiring a new light sheet fluorescence microscope. Paired with LICONN tissue expansion, it maps axons & synapses at nanoscale resolution.

Transformative equipment awards support four new research capabilities

Four Princeton research teams are receiving funding through the University’s Provost and Dean for Research Transformative Equipment Initiative to acquire state-of-the-art equipment or replace aging…

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Welcome to PNI, Class of 2028! 🎉🧠 We're thrilled to officially welcome 50 new Neuroscience majors to the department. We celebrated with the University on Friday and kept the energy going with our inaugural PNI-specific Declaration Day event on Monday with the Princeton Neuroscience Network.

Next week here on the @princeton.edu campus: What's the future of science? Guest Joshua Weitz will give an overview of the federal attacks on science. Then we'll have a sitdown conversation on what's ahead, and what we can do. Next Wednesday 4/29 at 4:00pm, Frist Campus Center 302.