Given these uncertain times, it’s time to reconnect and come together to discuss all things synapse at #GRCSynapticTransmission 2026. Join us in Italy for an outstanding lineup of speakers! We still have open slots to register for short talks and late-breaking findings. www.grc.org/synaptic-tra...

EuroSynapse 2026 This Fall in Leuven with Eunjoon Kim Nathalie Rochefort Bea Rico Ed Lein @franckp.bsky.social @cecilecharrier.bsky.social @bellonec.bsky.social @blibep.bsky.social @fekrijeselimi.bsky.social @fan-liu.bsky.social @pouchelon.bsky.social and more! www.vibconferences.be/events/europ...

European Synapse Meeting 2026

21-23 October 2026, Leuven, Belgium Supported by VIB Training & Conferences

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⚡️We are excited to share a new paper from the lab by @drkhole.bsky.social in @cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social - suggesting MitoTracker dyes are not a reliable tool for detecting intercellular mitochondrial transfer❗️ www.cell.com/cell-reports...

MitoTracker transfers from astrocytes to neurons independently of mitochondria

The mitochondrial dye MitoTracker is commonly used to investigate intercellular mitochondrial transfer (IMT), particularly between astrocytes and neurons. Hole et al. compare MitoTracker with a geneti...

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Is spatial navigation innate 🧠? Using #NeuroPixels we show that the #torus 🍩 underlying the #GridCell map exists already on day 10 in rats — before pups open eyes and ears and before they start upright walking. 🧵1:4 👇 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New lab preprint! Can we study conscious perception of gut sensations in mice to reveal its neuronal basis? Can we train mice to report their gut sensations? Omer Rafael and Stav Shtiglitz in the lab teamed up to discover that…YES! Thread…1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Portrait of Dr Carla Shatz, a pioneer who mapped how the brain builds itself. A member of @nationalacademies.org, her work on neural circuits reveals how we become who we are. More: explorers.com/carla-shatz/ #sciArt #NationalAcademies #Science #Neuroscience @nam.edu @nasonline.org

Please check out and RT this new position for an exciting collaborative project with @boninlab.bsky.social and @franckp.bsky.social on the links between human-specific mechanisms and neurodevelopmental disorders in cortical circuits.

Vincent Bonin@boninlab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Please repost widely. @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social and I are hiring a postdoc with expertise in sensory physiology and in vivo circuit imaging/manipulation. The project centers on human-specific brain development and SYNGAP1-related disorders. Call closing soon—apply ASAP jobs.vib.be/j/119852/pos...

Joshua Sanes Receives Society for Neuroscience’s Highest Honor 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @cryptogenomicon.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @harvard.edu @sfn.org

Joshua Sanes Receives Society for Neuroscience’s Highest Honor - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Joshua Sanes, PhD, the Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, emeritus, and founding director of Harvard’s Center for Brain Science (CBS), has been awarded the […]

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Congratulations to Josh Sanes, one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s contributing editors, on being awarded the Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience, SFN’s top prize, for his seminal contributions to our understanding of neural development.

Many of our big insights into brain function come from trying to mimic it, writes @timothyoleary.bsky.social. This lesson should guide how we organize research programs. www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur... #neuroskyence

Neuroscience needs engineers—for more reasons than you think

Adopting an engineering mindset will help the field focus its research priorities.

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I am excited to share my PhD work on head-direction cells recorded in the wild, now published in @science.org, where we recorded neurons in bats flying outdoors on an island. doi.org/10.1126/sci... With @ray-neuro.bsky.social, Shir Maimon, Liora Las, Nachum Ulanovsky and many others

Intriguing new insights on axonal TDP-43 in ALS from @labperlson.bsky.social and colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Muscle-derived miR-126 regulates TDP-43 axonal local synthesis and NMJ integrity in ALS models - Nature Neuroscience

Ionescu, Ankol et al. show that, in ALS mouse and iPSC models, TDP-43 aggregation at NMJs stems from aberrant axonal translation, normally repressed by muscle EV-derived miR126. Loss of miR126 in ALS increases TDP-43 buildup, impairs local synthesis and triggers degeneration.

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We are excited to share the Venkatesh Lab’s first publication in collaboration with @michellemonje.bsky.social team uncovering how neuronal activity influences the progression of small cell lung cancer #SCLC in the lung and brain. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Neuronal activity-dependent mechanisms of small cell lung cancer pathogenesis - Nature

Glutamatergic and GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-producing) cortical neuronal activity drives proliferation of small lung cell cancer via paracrine interactions and through synapses formed with tumour...

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🚨 New paper alert! 🚨(1/6) Excited to share our work, out now in Science Advances We show that a rapid norepinephrine surge along a brainstem pathway (LC→PRN) is a key driver of sound-evoked awakenings www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

An early surge of norepinephrine along brainstem pathways drives sensory-evoked awakening

The locus coeruleus has a specialized pathway to the brainstem that controls sound-evoked awakening from sleep.

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BonnBrain 2026 is a go! March 23–25, Bonn (DZNE, Bonn, Germany). Apply now: www.bonnbrain.de Limited slots. Presentations (posters/talks) selected from submitted abstracts. Keynotes & invited speakers 👇

BonnBrain Conference@bonnbrainconf.bsky.social · last yr.

Application is open! Come join us and our fantastic line-up of speakers next year in March in Bonn!

This had me laughing to tears. The person sitting next to me on the flight must have thought I was nuts. A must read for the FEP curious. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) The Exit Manual: How to Leave the Free Energy Cult and Still Get Tenure

PDF | This manual is not a plea. It is a jailbreak from a cult—the Free Energy Principle, a theoretical metastasis that began in computational... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Res...

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Exciting finding: Endogenous lithium is essential for brain health and its deficiency contributes to the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease, by activating GSK3β—leading to impaired Aβ clearance and synapse loss 🧠 Led by Dr. Bruce Yankner @harvardmed.bsky.social 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease - Nature

Lithium has an essential role in the brain and is deficient early in Alzheimer’s disease, which can be recapitulated in mice and treated with a novel lithium salt that restores the physiological level...

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Early Exposure to Anesthesia May Shift Brain Development 🧠 🧪🧬 #AcademicSky #higherEd www.mcb.harvard.edu/department/n... @rachellegaudet.bsky.social @dulaclab.bsky.social @neurovenki.bsky.social @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social

Early Exposure to Anesthesia May Shift Brain Development - Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

MCB researchers show GABA-based sedation in newborns speeds up brain development, confirming decades of animal research in a human cohort. A new longitudinal study led by MCB’s Takao […]

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Increased excitatory synapse size in hippocampal place cells compared to silent cells | PNAS

Neuronal activity in the hippocampus creates a cognitive map of space that is essential for navigation. In any given environment, a fraction of hip...

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Postdoc opportunity in the heart of Europe! Check out the flyer below. Join our team on an international project with Anthony Holtmaat exploring synaptic plasticity and specificity in cortical and thalamocortical circuits.

Online now at @cp-cell.bsky.social , the culmination of a 12-year effort. 🧵 to follow later this evening www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Repeat-element RNAs integrate a neuronal growth circuit

SINEs of recovery: A subset of small RNAs encoded by repetitive genomic elements are induced by nerve lesion to regulate protein synthesis and enhance axonal growth.

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Claim your spot now for the next webinar in partnership with @kavlifoundation.bsky.social! Join the conversation as experts discuss mechanisms of neural adaptation in changing environments and recent advances in the field. Register now: bit.ly/4k7h3MX #NeuroSky

🧠 Registration is open for the Bordeaux Neurocampus Conference on Brain–Body Interactions! 📍 Bordeaux, Oct 1–3, 2025 🗓️ Submit abstracts by July 1 🔗 brainconf.u-bordeaux.fr/en/ @mariocarta.bsky.social, @francoisgeorges.bsky.social, @cglangetas.bsky.social, E. Montalban @agnesnadjar.bsky.social.

We're bringing together leading researchers from top institutions worldwide to Split, Croatia this summer. If you're passionate about brain-inspired AI, computational neuroscience, or fundamental mathematical principles driving intelligence, this conference is the place to be!

Hiring! Postdoc position in Human Metabolism! Join us to explore the metabolic underpinnings of human brain & behavior; focusing on anxiety & motivation Outstanding interdisciplinary environment @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social at EPFL in Lausanne Switzerland Info here: www.fens.org/careers/job-...

1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬 But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯 Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A short thread 🧵👇

Congratulations to these two outstanding physician-neuroscientists! Many people now are familiar with the fascinating fundamental research of @michellemonje.bsky.social but most people probably don't know she is a truly great physician. I'm fortunate to be inspired by her every day, in every way.

The Brain Prize@brainprize.org · 2y ago

Congratulations to winners of The Brain Prize 2025! Professors @michellemonje.bsky.social, @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and @hhmi.org Investigator, and Frank Winkler, Heidelberg University Hospital, have pioneered the field of Cancer Neuroscience. Learn more: brainprize.org/winners/canc...

The one and only Shimon Marom: A physiological pragmatic view of the philosophical debate on freedom to choose. "This essay ... examines whether and how physiological facts can constrain or shape philosophical discussions on the matter..." physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

A physiological pragmatic view of the philosophical debate on freedom to choose1

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My first science post here on BlueSky is a long one. Setting the contrarian tone from the very beginning, I take strong issue with the recent op-ed by Charles Piller published in the January 24th NY Times on #Alzheimer's disease (nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...)

Opinion | The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science

Fraud in research needs to end.

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Just giving this a boost for those who may not have seen it yet... we have a PI position (molecular and cellular basis of cognition) at The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto). The position comes with an appointment at Assist/Assoc Prof level at U of T. Share widely! can-acn.org/scientist-se...