I am honored to receive the 2026 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award from The Grass Foundation! 🌟 Immense gratitude to my mentors Dr. Hoon & Dr. Robertson, and the Trustees for investing in an inclusive scientific community. Excited for my future lab: bridging ion channels and vision!

The Grass Foundation@grassfoundation.bsky.social · last mo.

Congratulations to the 2026 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Awardees: Daniel Cardozo Pinto, Maribel Patiño, and Whitney Stevens-Sostre! @dcardozopinto.bsky.social @maribel-patino.bsky.social @stevenssostre.bsky.social Learn more: grassfoundation.org/2026-henry-g...

Delighted to receive the Henry Grass Rising Star in Neuroscience Award! 🎉 A huge thank you to the Grass Foundation for their recognition and support

The Grass Foundation@grassfoundation.bsky.social · last mo.

Congratulations to the 2026 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Awardees: Daniel Cardozo Pinto, Maribel Patiño, and Whitney Stevens-Sostre! @dcardozopinto.bsky.social @maribel-patino.bsky.social @stevenssostre.bsky.social Learn more: grassfoundation.org/2026-henry-g...

Congratulations to the 2026 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Awardees: Daniel Cardozo Pinto, Maribel Patiño, and Whitney Stevens-Sostre! @dcardozopinto.bsky.social @maribel-patino.bsky.social @stevenssostre.bsky.social Learn more: grassfoundation.org/2026-henry-g...

Welcome to the 75th cohort of Grass Fellows! To celebrate, we reached out to past Fellows to hear about how their experience shaped their career: Graeme Davis (1994), Barbara Ehrlich (1980), and Dame Frances Ashcroft (1978). Find out what the Fellowship meant to them! www.mbl.edu/news/75-year...

75 Years of Grass Fellows at the MBL | Marine Biological Laboratory

The 75th cohort of Grass Fellows arrived in Woods Hole this week to begin their residency in the Grass Laboratory. Since 1951, the Grass Fellowship Program has brought early-career investigators to th...

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Congratulations to Kavli-Grass Fellow Takato Honda, recipient of the @mit.edu Infinite Expansion Award! The @picowerinstitute.bsky.social research scientist is being honored for studies, mentoring, and recently discovering a new marine species! picower.mit.edu/news/takato-...

Takato Honda receives MIT Infinite Expansion Award

Picower Institute Research Scientist honored for studies, mentoring and recently discovering a new marine species

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Join us in the Clapp Auditorium of @mblscience.bsky.social's Lillie Building for a night of science storytelling and live music, as the 2026 Grass Fellows share the stories they honed through a Transom storytelling workshop. Register for FREE www.eventbrite.com/e/science-st...

Science Storytelling with the Grass Fellows

Join the 2026 Grass Fellows for a night of neuroscience tales and stories you won’t want to miss.

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When #GrassFellow David Hildebrand got jaw surgery in his 20s, he was surprised to find that people he'd known for years struggled to recognize him. That's part of why he's so interested in how paper wasps recognize each other's faces. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KryG...

David Hildebrand: "I poke wasp nests for science, and believe it or not, I haven't been stung yet."

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Former @grassfoundation.bsky.social Vanessa Ruta!!! Very exciting!!!

Ardem Patapoutian@ardemp.bskyverified.social · 3mo ago

Just got the news that Vanessa Ruta, Steve Liberles, and Uli Mueller are all elected to be members of the National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org. All 3 are incredibly well-deserved. Congrats to all the new members! 🎉

Postdoctoral researcher @isaacsiuwong.bsky.social in the @hymanlab.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de is 2026 Grass Fellow @grassfoundation.bsky.social @mblscience.bsky.social. 🎉 He will pursue his project “Dancing diatoms as a proto-neural model” at MBL for 14 weeks. www.mpi-cbg.de/news-outreac...

Isaac Siu-Shing Wong is MBL 2026 Grass Fellow

MPI-CBG postdoctoral researcher joins Marine Biological Laboratory, working in the Grass Laboratory for research project.

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Two weeks left to apply for the Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award! Do you know a rising star in neuroscience? Encourage them to apply!

The Grass Foundation@grassfoundation.bsky.social · 6mo ago

APPLY NOW for the *Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award,* recognizing outstanding postdoctoral neuroscientists from underrepresented groups in neuroscience who demonstrate excellence in research and a commitment to diversity. Deadline: April 1 grassfoundation.org/apply-for-th...

DEADLINE EXTENDED! ⏰ Apply to Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES) by March 20. 🔗More info here: https://go.mbl.edu/SPINES

Three weeks left to apply for the Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award! Go for it! grassfoundation.org/apply-for-th...

Welcome to the 2026 Grass Fellows! This year marks the 75th anniversary of the program. @mblscience.bsky.social www.mbl.edu/news/mbl-wel...

MBL Welcomes 2026 Grass Fellows as Program Marks 75 Years of Advancing Neuroscience | Marine Biological Laboratory

The Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) today announced the 2026 cohort of Grass Fellows, marking the 75th anniversary of the prestigious Grass Fellowship Program. Since its founding in 1951, the Grass...

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APPLY NOW for the *Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Award,* recognizing outstanding postdoctoral neuroscientists from underrepresented groups in neuroscience who demonstrate excellence in research and a commitment to diversity. Deadline: April 1 grassfoundation.org/apply-for-th...

A strong showing of #GrassFellows at this week's Cephalopod Neuroscience Gordon Research Conference!

Do you love quantifying animal behavior as much as we do? We have just the tool for you! Presenting #OCTRON - a pipeline that helps you create rich annotation data and enables training of custom segmentation models. Have a look, particularly if you work with non-model / invertebrate organisms!

ONE WEEK UNTIL THE DEADLINE! Spend the summer in the Grass Lab at the @mblscience.bsky.social in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, conducting your own original neuroscience research in a richly supportive shared environment. grassfoundation.org/application-...

Come see us at booth 3816 at #SfN25!

See you at #SfN25! Catch up with Grass Fellows and activities supported by The Grass Foundation. The full Grass Community Guide is right here for you! grassfoundation.org/grass-commun...

The priority deadline for the 2026 Grass Fellowship is 2 weeks away! Apply by October 15 for the opportunity to receive technical feedback on your proposal and make changes before the final December 1 deadline. grassfoundation.org/application-...

The neuroscience community has lost a dear friend and mentor. Ed Kravitz passed away on Sunday, September 21, 2025. Here he is this past summer speaking with (and making margaritas for) the 2025 Grass Fellows, as he's done for more than two decades. Rest in peace.

Now accepting applications for the 2026 Grass Fellowship! Do you have a great idea for a project you can do next summer in the Grass Lab at the @mblscience.bsky.social? Get working on that proposal! grassfoundation.org/apply-for-th...

Want to hear some amazing science talks from Grass Fellows? Tune in to the 2025 Grass Fellows Symposium tomorrow morning! Thursday, August 28. 9am-noon ET Zoom Link: mbl.zoom.us/j/9313786881...

We are pleased to announce the 2025 Henry Grass Rising Stars in Neuroscience Awardees, Christian Cazares @fleabrained.bsky.social and Eddy Albarran @albarran.bsky.social! ‬ grassfoundation.org/2025-henry-g...

Each scientist brings a unique identity and cultural background into their professional space. Join SfN and the @grassfoundation.bsky.social's upcoming webinar to learn how you can navigate these dynamics and create a more inclusive scientific community. 🔗: vist.ly/3y9i7 #NeuroSky

At @mblscience.bsky.social, Grass Lab Associate Director Oscar Arenas Sabogal is peering into ctenophores’ puzzling physiology to determine how their nervous system transforms sensations into behavior. "The more we investigate, the weirder it gets." www.mbl.edu/news/comb-je...

Comb Jellies Uniquely Evolved  to Sense Their World  | Marine Biological Laboratory

In 2023, the ctenophore made a splash, surprising researchers at the MBL with its bizarre biology.    Ctenophores, also known as comb jellies, are gelatinous invertebrates that beat their iridescent c...

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Zebra nerite snails have diagonal stripes painted across their shells. But sometimes, a dramatic change will pause and switch their shell pattern to something new. 🐌 Kyra Schapiro investigates how these shell patterns emerge in the Grass Lab. Learn more: bit.ly/4llySJ7

Do Light and Darkness Shape the Patterns on Shells? A Grass Fellow Investigates | Marine Biological Laboratory

Kyra Schapiro knows how to find a good shell. A self-professed sheller – “ Yes, it’s a noun,” she said – Schapiro has amassed hundreds of seashells. “It’s the patterns and the beauty” that compels her...

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2025 Kavli-Grass Fellow Kyra Schapiro is spending this summer in the Grass Lab (@grassfoundation.bsky.social) understanding how environmental factors shape shell patterning in Zebra nerite snails and how the nervous system might control this process. Learn more here: bit.ly/4llySJ7

Do Light and Darkness Shape the Patterns on Shells? A Grass Fellow Investigates | Marine Biological Laboratory

Kyra Schapiro knows how to find a good shell. A self-professed sheller – “ Yes, it’s a noun,” she said – Schapiro has amassed hundreds of seashells. “It’s the patterns and the beauty” that compels her...

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Huge thanks to Benj Plackett & the @nature.com journalism team for featuring our tardigrade 🧠🔬🧬 work! Means so much as an early-career researcher building community + tools (neural atlas, GCaMP strain, behavior) now based in @gaou-ak.bsky.social Lab @ IAB Tsuruoka 🇯🇵 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Tardigrade-obsessed: meet the researchers trying to turn water bears into neuroscience models

For water-bear enthusiasts, it’s the creature’s legs that make it stand out.

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Birds have a structure called the lumbosacral organ at the base of their spinal column, and we don't know yet what it does. But 2024 Grass Fellow Hannah Martin wanted to be among the first to investigate its neurons in detail. grassfoundation.org/how-birds-ba...