🗓️Nine days left! Postdocs entering the job market: applications for @urneuroscience.bsky.social Neuroscience Commission NeuroYES 2026-2027 close August 14. Click the link below to find out more! neuroyes.urmc.edu
Dr. Nathan A Smith
@drnathanasmith.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, Martial Artist, and Mentor
Had a great time at #TEAMS! Met some wonderful scientists and learned a lot. Looking forward to the next nine months!
Dr. Nathan A Smith@drnathanasmith.bsky.social · 3w agoWelcome to the first #TEAMS cohort at the @urochestersmd.bsky.social for Module 1, July 17–19! From Drs. Beth Tarini, Margaret Ormiston, myself & our team—welcome! Can’t wait to get started! @urochester.bsky.social | Children’s National Hospital | @gwu1821.bsky.social
6 years ago today we lost a giant. I’ll never forget meeting Congressman John Lewis — his warmth and humility left a mark I’ll carry forever. “You are a light. Never let anyone dampen, dim or diminish your light.” Rest well, Congressman. 🙏 #GoodTrouble
Welcome to the first #TEAMS cohort at the @urochestersmd.bsky.social for Module 1, July 17–19! From Drs. Beth Tarini, Margaret Ormiston, myself & our team—welcome! Can’t wait to get started! @urochester.bsky.social | Children’s National Hospital | @gwu1821.bsky.social
On our nation’s 250th birthday, let’s recommit to the ideals that unite us: equality, justice, and the promise that every American deserves life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Here’s to celebrating how far we’ve come and the work ahead. 🇺🇸 Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸
#WWNSkillBuilding Session 5: Building Inclusive and Intentional Mentoring Hosted by Dr. @Michelle Jones-London (Open Insight) 📅July 14, 2026 (Zoom, 9am EST) Apply by July 7, 2026 here - https://shorturl.at/xAOBg @ibroorg.bsky.social @drnathanasmith.bsky.social
Your research is ready. Is your job talk? 💡 NEURO YES applications are open now! Senior postdocs: practice your job talk & chalk talk in front of UR’s neuroscience faculty and get noticed by hiring committees. Present. Get feedback. Land the role. 🌐 neuroyes.urmc.edu #NEUROYES #URochesterResearch
A warm☀️ welcome to this year's NEUROCITY and NEURO-RocHS scholars! These undergraduate and high school students will spend the next several weeks working in our neuroscience labs @urochestersmd.bsky.social #URochesterResearch Learn more about these programs: www.urmc.rochester.edu/del-monte-ne...
New NIH-funded opportunity! 🧬 TEAMS (Together Everyone Achieves More in Science) is now accepting applications. Training for early-career biomedical researchers in team leadership, mentorship & collaboration. 📅 Deadline: June 14 🔗 urmc.rochester.edu/teams-mentorship-grant-fellowship
For those who gave their tomorrows for our todays—this Memorial Day, we remember you with grateful hearts today and always.
@hhmi-science.bsky.social's #FreemanHrabowski Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 yrs, plus salary & benefits Stable, sustained support can transform your career: Senior Postdoc? This year's competition has a program for you too. Applications open 11/3! bit.ly/4vhC0LA
Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...
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What neuroscientists want from a new NINDS director
The search is underway for the next director of the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, who will face a range of challenges, neuroscientists say, but will also have an…
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had an amazing time at @urochestersmd.bsky.social through the NeuroYES program which aims to provide practice for the faculty job interview, thanks to @drnathanasmith.bsky.social for hosting! their program is the only I know of that fills this gap through much-needed chalk talk practice and feedback
Incredibly proud of this paper led by @ossamaghenissa.bsky.social and @mathiasgua.bsky.social titled Basolateral 'Amygdala Astrocytes Encode Anxiety States'. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... 🧵 below
Basolateral amygdala astrocytes encode anxiety states
Ghenissa et al. provide evidence that basolateral amygdala astrocytes reliably encode anxiety states. Using simultaneous in vivo calcium recordings across an array of behavioral tasks, combined with g...
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Ramadan Mubarak to all those who celebrate!!!!
Happy Mardi Gras and Happy Lunar New Year 🧧 to all those who celebrate!
Discover @URochester_SMD Weekend 2026 was a success! Thank you to all who made it possible—Kandice, Ben, GEPA, our programs, faculty, students, and others. What an honor to showcase Rochester! #URochesterResearch
The Northern Lights danced across the sky all last night and were still visible this morning.
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today with a truth from his "Life's Blueprint" speech: "A deep belief in your own dignity... Do not allow anybody to make you feel that you are nobody." This self-worth is vital for a purposeful life. Let’s reflect and act with service and kindness.
New #URochesterResearch discovers the brain’s immune cells may drive more damage in the female brain than in males with Alzheimer’s disease via @SpringerNature 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @urochestersmd.bsky.social #neuroscience
Brain Immune Cells May Drive More Damage in Females than Males with Alzheimer’s
New research led by researchers at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience discovered that the immune cells in the brain, known as microglia, act differently in the male and female Alzheimer’s brain,...
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"We are an integral part of the larger [neuroscience] community... As scientists, we are stronger together; collaborations are vital to advancing the field forward, and creating strong connections across the country and around the world is pivotal to our future" -@johnfoxe.bsky.social #NYE2026
A Look Back: URochester Neuroscience in 2025
The professional and research advancements of the faculty and students at the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester were inspiring in 2025. Inside, you will find some of ...
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Happy New Year! Wishing you all an amazing 2026, full of health, prosperity, and peace.
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New preprint: Collaborative Team Science effort: @drnathanasmith.bsky.social & @phdgprotein86.bsky.social #URochesterResearch #VanderbiltResearch www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
The role of MICOS in modulating mitochondrial dynamics and structural changes in vulnerable regions of Alzheimer's Disease
Mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system (MICOS) complexes are critical for maintaining the mitochrondrial architecture, cristae integrity, and organelle communication in neurons. MICO...
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I was fortunate to have the opportunity to share my latest research with @urneuroscience.bsky.social. @drnathanasmith.bsky.social and everyone were great hosts - our conversations will certainly shape my research going forward. Read my research here: doi.org/10.31234/osf... doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Dr. Nathan A Smith@drnathanasmith.bsky.social · 8mo agoA huge thank you to Dr. @phildeming.bsky.social, of @northeasternu.bsky.social for kicking off our 2025/2026 @urneuroscience.bsky.social #NEUROYES speaking series this week! We really enjoyed your visit and insightful talk. #neuroscience #URochesterResearch #NeuroscienceCommission
Happy Hanukkah to all those who celebrate 🕎🕎🕎
NIGMS R35 Maximizing Investigator's Research Award (MIRA) for Outstanding Investigators new NOFO is available!! Submission dates starting in January 2026 through May 2028. See link below: simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/...
A huge thank you to Dr. @phildeming.bsky.social, of @northeasternu.bsky.social for kicking off our 2025/2026 @urneuroscience.bsky.social #NEUROYES speaking series this week! We really enjoyed your visit and insightful talk. #neuroscience #URochesterResearch #NeuroscienceCommission
