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Luke Remage-Healey

@healeylab.bsky.social

Professor, Neuroscience and Behavior, Center for Neuroendocrine Studies. umass.edu/healeylab/

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 2d ago

So rather than increase faculty payroll and lower student:teacher ratios, UMass would rather spend it on Claude. I would argue that a better investment would be hiring 100-200 tenure-line faculty.

Asheesh Kapur Siddique@asheeshks.org · 3d ago

According to a meeting I was in, UMass estimates that if the capacity of these tools were maxed out by student, faculty, staff users, the total cost to the university would be $130,000/day, or about $47 million / year.

Luke Remage-Healey@healeylab.bsky.social · 3d ago

Neuronal response properties in the songbird auditory system change when they become parents, tuned more to chick calls! Such a fun study from @prolactingrl.bsky.social in the JNE Special Issue on Parenting. Expect great things from her new lab at UMichigan!

Kristina O. Smiley@prolactingrl.bsky.social · 3d ago

I'm excited to share that my postdoc paper from the @healeylab.bsky.social lab was published today! Here we show that zebra finch parents have stronger auditory responses to chick calls compared to non-parents and that females tend to be more selective in these responses! Also~my 1st ephys paper!! ⬇️

Cole Donovan@colesci.bsky.social · 3d ago

Couple of pieces that we've published today, in addition to America's Compact for Higher Education. The first is from @jeremymberg.bsky.social, with an analysis of words removed from NIH grants. Spoiler: looks like the NIH testimony about there not being a banned words list doesn't hold up.

Characterizing Coerced Word Removal from NIH Grants in Fiscal Year 2026 — Stand Up for Science Foundation

NIH staff are now charged with reviewing both new and existing grant applications for “misalignment” with “agency priorities” and enforcing changes when this is the case. This process has been called ...

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Drew Schreiner@schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m on the faculty job market this fall! 🐦🧠 I’m an NIH K99/R00 awardee studying how the brain learns complex skills, using birdsong to connect molecules, synapses, circuits, behavior & computation. Know of a search where I might fit? Please send it my way & share!

Drew Schreiner, Ph.D. | Neuroscience of Learning

I use birdsong to understand how the brain learns complex skills across molecules, synapses, circuits, behavior, and computation. On the 2026–27 faculty job market.

drewschreiner.github.io

Luke Remage-Healey@healeylab.bsky.social · 5d ago

Check out our fresh new paper, out now in iScience! Songbird neuronal ensembles, from dozens of simultaneously recorded auditory neurons. bsky.app/profile/did:... Led by, and thread by, @felipe-cini.bsky.social below!!

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@felipe-cini.bsky.social · 5d ago

#NewPaperOut Here's a puzzle: when a songbird hears the same song repeatedly, its neurons adapt; they respond less and less to that song. But what's the network doing during that adaptation? How do excitatory and inhibitory neurons participate as a collective?

Luke Remage-Healey@healeylab.bsky.social · 5d ago

Check out our fresh new paper, out now in iScience! Songbird neuronal ensembles, from dozens of simultaneously recorded auditory neurons. bsky.app/profile/did:... Led by, and thread by, @felipe-cini.bsky.social below!!

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@felipe-cini.bsky.social · 5d ago

#NewPaperOut Here's a puzzle: when a songbird hears the same song repeatedly, its neurons adapt; they respond less and less to that song. But what's the network doing during that adaptation? How do excitatory and inhibitory neurons participate as a collective?

D. Allan Drummond@dadrummond.art · last wk.

Night eyes 😎 Finally got proper pictures of this amazing phenomenon! Mantises change their eye color (and light sensitivity) at night by transporting pigments from the surface of each compound eye unit toward the deeper eye region. Same female Tenodera sinensis, two different times. #bugsky

A female Tenodera sinensis mantis with dark black eyes against a light background, seen from very close up.A female Tenodera sinensis mantis with green/brown eyes against a light background, seen from very close up to show the details of her face. The pseudopupil is clearly visible on her left eye, facing the camera.
Jason Shepherd@jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 2w ago

My department is hiring! Come join a vibrant and thriving neuroscience group. New faculty are exceptionally well supported and we offer a very collaborative/collegial environment. employment.utah.edu/salt-lake-ci...

Founded in 1850, The University of Utah is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah, and offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 30,000 students. University of Utah Jobs

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Ya’el Courtney, PhD@scienceyael.bsky.social · 2mo ago

HHMI released the official 2027 Gilliam Fellowship details, and a lot changed. Deadline's earlier this cycle: Oct 27. Int'l & MD-PhD students now eligible. Stipend up to 50K. New postdoc pathway adds up to 7 yrs of support. No Journal names!!!! www.yaelcourtney.com/resources-an...

2027 HHMI Gilliam Fellowship: New Deadline, Eligibility, and Award Changes — Ya'el Courtney

HHMI's 2027 Gilliam Fellowship guide is out. What changed: an earlier October 27 deadline, expanded eligibility, a higher stipend, and a new postdoc pathway.

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