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Thank you @cogcompneuro.bsky.social for the opportunity to sponsor yesterday's Mentorship Program lunch. We had a great time fostering connections and sharing more about @thetransmitter.bsky.social's offerings. #neuroskyence

The hippocampal CA3 region may not be one uniform network after all. A new preprint identifies two distinct populations of pyramidal neurons, offering a new framework for understanding how memory circuits are organized. #neuroskyence By Alissa de Chassey www.thetransmitter.org/memory/textb...

Study reveals hidden diversity in hippocampal CA3

A new preprint identifies two distinct populations of CA3 neurons, challenging the view that the hippocampal region is a single network.

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Thank you @cogcompneuro.bsky.social for the opportunity to sponsor yesterday's Mentorship Program lunch. We had a great time fostering connections and sharing more about @thetransmitter.bsky.social's offerings. #neuroskyence

Neuroscience in Chile, and across Latin America, does not lack talent or ideas, but the systems that make science visible—prestige journals, conferences and networks—increasingly price its researchers out, argues @medelero.bsky.social. #neuroskyence

Scientific talent is global. Access is not.

Neuroscience in Chile does not lack talent or ideas, but the systems that make science visible increasingly price its researchers out.

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Seth Blackshaw wants to uncover how ground squirrel retinas became so jam-packed with cones, instead of preserving the rod-rich design of other mammalian retinas. #neuroskyence By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/h...

How 13-lined ground squirrels illuminate retina development

In 13-striped ground squirrels, cones surprisingly outnumber rods, which helps Seth Blackshaw explore how retinal cells develop their identities.

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The brain’s sensorimotor-association axis may emerge as a result of competing sets of genetic blueprints—a dynamic process described in a paper published this month. By Holly Barker www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/cor...

Cortical territories compete in developmental space race

Sensory and association regions are established through a reciprocal process, according to a new model of cortical development.

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After meeting at an SfN social, neuroscientists Arash Fassihi, Gily Ginosar, Noga Larry and Abdulraheem Nashef organized the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium, hoping to build a community that can transcend political barriers through scientific connection. #neuroskyence bit.ly/4g0sZkk

Helping Middle Eastern neuroscientists build community

Four neuroscientists got together to organize the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium. They hope to build a community that can find ways to transcend political barriers through scientific co...

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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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What if we thought about #underrepresentation in #neuroscience the way public health thinks about the social determinants of health — not as a property of individuals, but as a product of the conditions they navigate? That's the argument at the heart of our new essay in @thetransmitter.bsky.social

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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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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Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa, who pioneered cell-type-specific transgenic mice and the study of engrams, has passed away at the age of 86. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/memory/susum...

In memoriam: Susumu Tonegawa, ‘intellectual giant’

He won the Nobel Prize for his work on immunology and then went on to define the field of learning and memory.

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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...

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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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

In the latest entry of Frameshift, our series about alternative careers in neuroscience, Soha Ashrafi, executive director of research at Harvard Medical School, shares how supporting a department full of neuroscientists brings her “scientific joy.” www.thetransmitter.org/frameshift/m...

Making an impact through academic administration

As executive director of research at Harvard Medical School, Soha Ashrafi supports more than 300 scientists, students and staff members.

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In this month’s “Liftoff,” Teresa Guillamón Vivancos shares how she learned to appreciate the importance of the little things for a functioning lab, and @rose-hill.bsky.social discusses how her lab members embraced their “inner naturalist.” By @franciscorr25.bsky.social bit.ly/4x4Q0sr

In this month’s “Liftoff,” Teresa Guillamón Vivancos shares how she learned to appreciate the importance of the little things for a functioning lab, and @rose-hill.bsky.social discusses how her lab members embraced their “inner naturalist.” By @franciscorr25.bsky.social bit.ly/4x4Q0sr

Liftoff: New lab alerts

Learn about early-career scientists starting their own labs.

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A 1992 paper showed how birdsong upregulates expression of an immediate early gene in bird forebrains. In “This paper changed my life,” Sidarta Ribeiro discusses the importance of studying molecular responses in naturalistic contexts. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...

Embracing an early model for naturalistic neuroscience

A 1992 PNAS paper showed how birdsong upregulates the expression of an immediate early gene in bird forebrains.

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i've been teaching this paper to first year grad students for a decade!

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A 1992 paper showed how birdsong upregulates expression of an immediate early gene in bird forebrains. In “This paper changed my life,” Sidarta Ribeiro discusses the importance of studying molecular responses in naturalistic contexts. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...

Researchers turned a friendly mouse into a bully to study how the brain updates an animal’s emotions about a social interaction. #neuroskyence By @natmesanash.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/social-behav...

Friend to foe: How the brain updates feelings toward others

A specific pathway reassigns emotional valence to a known mouse, while the hippocampus’s own representation of that animal’s identity remains stable.

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A study from Rockefeller's Winrich Freiwald adds support to the long-standing idea that the brain accomplishes novel problems by piecing together bits of existing knowledge—a process called compositional generalization. @thetransmitter.bsky.social explains:

Macaque brains remix learned actions to solve new problems

When monkeys draw novel complex shapes, neural activity representing a previously learned repertoire appears in a single brain area.

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Explore @thetransmitter.bsky.social 's newest tool, Neuro Funding Finder. Discover grants, fellowships and funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages, powered by @scientifyresearch.org. #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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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

really enjoyed chatting with @callimcflurry.bsky.social from @thetransmitter.bsky.social about some of the non-Drosophila work happening in the lab! www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/w...

What mosquitos lay bare about proprioception

By comparing the proprioceptive systems of mosquitos and Drosophila, Sweta Agrawal aims to uncover key features of the ability to sense self-movement.

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By comparing the proprioceptive systems of mosquitos and fruit flies, Sweta Agrawal @hokuba.bsky.social aims to uncover fundamental features of proprioception. #neuroskyence By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/w...

What mosquitos lay bare about proprioception

By comparing the proprioceptive systems of mosquitos and Drosophila, Sweta Agrawal aims to uncover key features of the ability to sense self-movement.

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To celebrate Pride Month, @thetransmitter.bsky.social spoke with three researchers to better understand how institutional support, harassment and policy intersect to shape LGBTQ neuroscientists’ careers. #neuroskyence #pride By Paige Miranda www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...

New survey quantifies experiences of LGBTQ+ neuroscientists

A survey of more than 400 LGBTQIA+ neuroscientists reveals challenges and actionable steps institutions can take to foster inclusion.

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An obituary looks back on the life of Avis H. Cohen, who bridged the disciplines of neuroscience, math and engineering to decode lamprey locomotion. By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/locomotion/r...

Remembering Avis H. Cohen, who bridged disciplines to decode lamprey locomotion

The founding director of the University of Maryland’s Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program brought neuroscience, math and engineering together.

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When a pair of marmosets works together to earn some marshmallow fluff, one of them decides to act only after its brain accumulates enough evidence about what the other is doing, new work shows. #neuroskyence By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/decision-mak...

Check out Neuro Funding Finder! Its a free to use, international database where researchers can find funding opportunities for neuroscience research at all career stages! #neuroskyence

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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