@dddavi.bsky.social's lab took the 21 million images that led to the connectome of a fruit fly brain. Now he plans to use a $19 million grant to apply “this high-throughput flashlight across all areas of biology.” Read our interview with Bock: bit.ly/4B9RiFp By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

Inside a $19 million effort to expand connectome technology

Davi Bock’s lab took 21 million images for the fruit fly connectome. Now he wants to apply “this high-throughput flashlight” across biology.

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One path toward AI safety is to take a page from evolution and find a way to install caring so that it retains leverage over knowing, writes @tonyzador.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/what...

What AI can learn from hunger

To enhance AI safety, take a lesson from biological brains; a small set of wants maintains durable control over a much larger cognitive system.

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In some settings, neural circuits may calculate confidence in a decision simultaneously with the choice itself, writes @arielzylberberg.bsky.social. That changes the types of questions researchers should ask. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/decision-mak...

Is confidence a second thought—or part of the first one?

Neural circuits may sometimes calculate confidence in a decision simultaneously with the choice itself.

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Boston-area folks: if you're interested in tech and education, come check out this talk on Oct 21 by my sister, the amazing @natashanyt.bsky.social, NYT reporter, discussing her new book Coding Kids: www.harvard.com/event/natash...

Natasha Singer at the Harvard Science Center

RSVP for free to this event or choose the "Book-Included" ticket to reserve a copy of Coding Kids and pick it up at the event. Following the presentation will be a book signing.

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The assumption that waking life consists of a “stream” of conscious representations has inadvertently led consciousness science to its current impasse, write Francis Fallon and Michael Pitts. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/consciousnes...

Revisiting the neural correlates of consciousness

The assumption that waking life consists of a stream of conscious representations has inadvertently led consciousness science to its current impasse.

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It was such a pleasure to have this conversation with Huda Zoghbi - her work is genuinely inspirational!

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 3w ago

@wiringthebrain.bsky.social talks with Huda Zoghbi about her work identifying the MECP2 gene, dissecting the role it plays in the brain, and developing new therapies. www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/fin...

Infantile amnesia is not simply a story about forgetting the past. It is an opportunity to understand how memory itself is built, write @franklandlab.bsky.social, @sjo09.bsky.social, and Nicholas Turk-Browne. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/memory/infan...

Infant memories: Lost but not gone?

Infantile amnesia is not simply a story about forgetting the past. It is an opportunity to understand how memory itself is built.

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I fear that placing too much emphasis on a specific interpretation of dimensionality, or treating dimensionality as an end-all quantification of some aspect of neural computation, may lead us down the wrong path, writes @mattperich.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...

Dimensionality—neuroscience’s red herring?

Placing too much emphasis on a specific interpretation of dimensionality may lead neuroscience down the wrong path.

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Year three of TT’s summer reading book list! Its been a really strong year for neuro books. Check out this year’s collection!

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Transmitter's summer reading list highlights upcoming neuroscience books and other notable titles from this year—with books by @romainbrette.bsky.social, @susanacarmona.bsky.social, @markdhumphries.bsky.social, David Susillo and more. #neuroskyence By @franciscorr25.bsky.social bit.ly/4qz0oXj

I enjoyed writing this piece for The Transmitter. AI is a seismic change for science. What we make of it is up to us, but it’s a decision we can only make collectively. I hope more labs, and the field at large, will engage in finding a shared view of how we want to use AI.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

With agentic AI’s rapid infiltration into science, researchers need to develop AI use policies and practices, writes @nicoschuck.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...

With agentic AI’s rapid infiltration into science, researchers need to develop AI use policies and practices, writes @nicoschuck.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...

How, when and why to use agentic AI in our neuroscience labs

With agentic AI’s rapid infiltration into science, researchers need to develop AI use policies and practices.

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Being able to record from large neuron populations has led to myriad methods to compare them, writes @itsneuronal.bsky.social. But we still grapple with how to convert measures of likeness into better mechanistic understanding. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...

Mind over metrics: How can we tell if two brains (or AI models) are alike?

The ability to record from large populations of neurons has triggered the development of myriad methods for comparing them. But we’re still grappling with how to convert measures of likeness into a…

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let me phrase this differently: trainees: what papers did your advisors hand to you to read before starting your project? PIs: what papers do you share with your trainees?

Ashley Juavinett, PhD@ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

dear #neuroskyence -- as some of you know i write a column over at @thetransmitter.bsky.social called "how to teach" which breaks down ~recent but seminal neuro papers for educators and self-guided learners and i'd love your input on what papers to cover! www.thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach...

dear #neuroskyence -- as some of you know i write a column over at @thetransmitter.bsky.social called "how to teach" which breaks down ~recent but seminal neuro papers for educators and self-guided learners and i'd love your input on what papers to cover! www.thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach...

How to teach this paper

This column by Ashley Juavinett guides educators and self-learners through recent seminal neuroscience papers.

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social talks to Timothy Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social about which neural systems the field has genuinely cracked. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/computationa...

Success stories from computational neuroscience

Kevin Mitchell talks with Timothy Behrens about ring attractors, the role of innate structure, and an expanded view of cognitive maps.

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Over the past few years, @quorumetrix.bsky.social has been working on bringing neuroscience to the dome. His new planetarium film, more than a decade in the making, takes viewers on an immersive journey into the brain. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/art-in-scien...

A planetarium for the brain

Neuroscientists should take a cue from astrophysicists and use planetariums to inspire awe, argues Tyler Sloan. His new film takes a first step.

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I talked with Tyler Sloan @quorumetrix.bsky.social about his new planetarium film, more than a decade in the making, which takes viewers on an immersive journey into the brain. www.thetransmitter.org/art-in-scien...

A planetarium for the brain

Neuroscientists should take a cue from astrophysicists and use planetariums to inspire awe, argues Tyler Sloan. His new film takes a first step.

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Brain-computer interfaces implanted long term could help researchers unravel the mysteries of speech. #neuroskyence By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social, @rebeccasky.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/brain-comput...

How BCIs reveal the speaking brain

Long-term implants provide an opportunity to study how speech arises in everyday life.

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In their essay, ALBA Network team members Keerthana Iyer, Arish Rakshasa-Loots, Ana Silva and Violetta Zujovic argue that to improve global neuroscience participation the field must embrace a more holistic definition of underrepresentation. #neuroskyence

Redefining underrepresentation in global neuroscience

Shifting the focus of equity initiatives from identity categories to structural barriers can reveal overlooked challenges and increase global support.

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Trauma researchers need professional norms that allow brief, humane acknowledgment when acute trauma directly affects a scientific community, writes @zivbenzion.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...

When lived trauma enters trauma neuroscience

Trauma researchers need professional norms that allow brief, humane acknowledgment when acute trauma directly affects a scientific community.

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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! #neuroskyence thetransmitter.org/neuroscience...

Neuroscience Grants Funding Finder

Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages.

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Lucid dreaming offers a rare opportunity to observe and probe perception from within, when the brain is generating vivid experience largely without the usual constraints of sensory input, writes @magdalena-p.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/perception/w...

Watching the mind build a world: Lucid dreaming as a model for generative perception

Lucid dreaming offers a rare opportunity to observe and probe perception from within.

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AI may soon enable researchers to generate high-quality science at a previously unimaginable speed. The effects for researchers will be as disruptive as industrial mass production was for artisan manufacturers, writes @kenneth-harris.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...

Mass-produced science is coming. What happens to scientists?

Artificial intelligence may soon enable researchers to generate high-quality science at a previously unimaginable speed.

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Listening to @kenneth-harris.bsky.social keynote at #FENS2026. To learn more, check out Harris's contributions to @thetransmitter.bsky.social Mass-produced science is coming. www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...? How to collaborate with AI www.thetransmitter.org/neuroscienti...

Mass-produced science is coming. What happens to scientists?

Artificial intelligence may soon enable researchers to generate high-quality science at a previously unimaginable speed.

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At #FENS2026 and interested in learning more about @thetransmitter.bsky.social? I'll be at the FENS booth this afternoon from 2:30-3:15pm-come say hi!

This week, @thetransmitter.bsky.social will be at @fens.org #FENS2026, where we will host the panel “The modern neuroscience lab in the age of AI” on 8 July. Here’s a roundup of essays written by the panelists who will be part of the conversation. #neuroskyence #ai

Read more from the speakers in our #FENS2026, AI in neuroscience panel: www.thetransmitter.org/ai-in-neuros...

Just landed in Barcelona for #FENS2026! On Wed, I’ll be moderating a panel on AI in neuroscience, 9:45am in Hall B with Mathew Abrams, @wakesleep.bsky.social @rachelparkinson.bsky.social and @mtoneva.bsky.social @satra.bsky.social,

Attending #FENS2026? If you're interested in learning more about @thetransmitter.bsky.social, come chat with me at the ALBA booth on Thursday 9 July, 14:00-15:30!

ALBA Network@network-alba.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎪 Attending #FENS2026? Drop by the FENS Booth for ALBA's informal Meet & Greets! Connect with us, ask questions, and discover how to champion equity in neuroscience. 📌 FENS Booth (Main Exhibition Hall)

The brain's first foundation models exist because some areas of neuroscience did the slow work of developing and adopting standards to help integrate data. AI cannot do that work for us, writes @wakesleep.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...

AI can’t solve the brain without data that fit together

The brain’s first foundation models exist because some areas of neuroscience developed standards to help integrate data. AI can’t do that work for us.

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