We are also conducting an open-area search for a tenure-track assistant professor in neuroscience. Please consider applying or forward to others who may be interested. psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...

We are searching this year for an outstanding new colleague in Clinical Science. We are focusing at the level of assistant professor, but more senior applicants are welcome. Please consider for yourself or forward to others who may be interested. psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...

#Twiches during #REMsleep are a common phenomenon for all ages. In three-month-olds, this twitching also happens in #NREMsleep. In this study, they studied twitching differences between #NREM2 and #NREM3sleep to better understand #sensorimotordevelopment in infants. @marksblumberg.bsky.social

Does twitch-spindle coupling differ between N2 and N3 sleep in 6-month-olds?

Statement of Significance Twitching has long been recognized as a core component of mammalian rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. However, twitching also occur

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Ever wonder what the earliest human behavior is? The most prevalent? Hint: It happens during sleep. Read our first paper on sleep in premature infants below. Huge effort from a talented team of scientists, physicians, research nurses, and students. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Twitching in sleeping premature infants provides a sensitive behavioral assay of early motor control

Limb twitching is among the earliest observable behaviors in human development and a hallmark of active (rapid eye movement, REM) sleep. Systematic as…

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2/2 We will also be doing 2 Tenure-Track Faculty searches in the fall: one in Clinical Science and the other an open-area search in Neuroscience. More to come about them toward the end of the summer. Reach out to me with questions.

1/2 We have 3 current and upcoming faculty searches in our department. First, we are currently doing an open-rank Clinical-Track Faculty search. Interest in leadership (clinic director) desirable. Learn more here: psychology.uiowa.edu/about/job-op...

Twitching during REM sleep is important for honing the sensorimotor system during development in humans and other animals. But why do adults twitch during sleep? Check out this review by James Dooley & colleagues www.cell.com/current-biol...

REM-sleep twitching in adults and the maintenance of specialized sensorimotor systems

Blumberg et al. present video evidence of twitching during adult sleep in a diverse sample of animals. Adult twitching appears to selectively involve appendages used for active sensing, mirroring thei...

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New paper (with lots of cute animal videos!) Ever watch your dog "run" while asleep and wonder what’s going on in their brain? In Current Bio we suggest that those twitches aren't just leaky dreams—they’re a vital maintenance system for the most precise movements www.cell.com/current-biol...

REM-sleep twitching in adults and the maintenance of specialized sensorimotor systems

Blumberg et al. present video evidence of twitching during adult sleep in a diverse sample of animals. Adult twitching appears to selectively involve appendages used for active sensing, mirroring thei...

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Some brags land differently than others.

Congratulations to @antbergel.bsky.social and Paul-Antoine Libourel on their new paper. It was a pleasure being a part of the effort. I also enjoyed reading this article about the new findings: www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/snoozi...

Snoozing dragons stir up ancient evidence of sleep’s dual nature

Lizard sleep may have more in common with mammalian sleep than was previously thought.

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Antoine Bergel@antbergel.bsky.social · 7mo ago

⚠️ New paper alert and what a way to end 2025! 🎉 Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience. Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound! Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8

⚠️ New paper alert and what a way to end 2025! 🎉 Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience. Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound! Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8

Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals

Nature Neuroscience - Bergel et al. show that an infraslow rhythm connecting the brain and body during sleep is shared by lizards, mammals and birds, revealing an ancestral process and reshaping...

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This is a wonderful thread by @kohngregory.bsky.social! Read it carefully, follow the links, and spread it around. More scientists, including neuroscientists, will think better if they take the time to understand these important issues.

Gregory Kohn@kohngregory.bsky.social · 10mo ago

This is an awe-inspiring and fascinating study that I thoroughly enjoyed reading. However, the overall framing in terms of "innate versus learned” is unnecessary. The innate versus acquired dichotomy is outdated and has been for a long time. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The deadline for our open-area senior search is approaching. If you're looking for a new academic home and, perhaps, the security of a hard-money position, please consider applying.

If you have any questions about this position or the one in clinical science, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. We're a growing, interdisciplinary, closely-knit, and supportive department. And we're looking for exceptional junior and senior scientists to join us.

"chronic venous insufficiency." So that's what they're calling _____ these days.

Two faculty positions in my department this year. Please spread the word! And don't hesitate to reach out if you want to learn more.

Psychology at the University of Iowa@psychiowa.bsky.social · last yr.

Heads up! We are doing two searches this year—for an assistant prof in Clinical Science, and an associate/full prof in any domain of psychology. Want to learn more? Contact the dept chair, Mark Blumberg, at mark-blumberg@uiowa.edu. Ads will be posted soon on our homepage: psychology.uiowa.edu

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

The National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of biomedical research in the world, has fired 1,300 employees and cancelled more than $2 billion in federal research grants. https://cbsn.ws/4daiCrv

How cuts at the National Institutes of Health could impact Americans' health

Cuts and layoffs to the National Institutes of Health threaten medical research around the U.S., agency insiders warn.

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Geez, if only the University of Iowa were among those mentioned in this article. Is it really that difficult? Even Nebraska is ahead of us. Nebraska!

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last yr.

Several faculty and university senates have approved resolutions asking their leaders to sign a NATO-like agreement that would allow the institutions to share attorneys and pool financial resources in case President Donald Trump’s administration targets one of its members. Read more:

From The Atlantic: “The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.” Who remembers Lysenko?

We are all Harvard now. (gulp)

Kerr is such a class act.

Ben Ross@benross.bsky.social · last yr.

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Well, at least we know something horrifies her. It just ain't the people around her.

I'm ashamed of the silence from campus leaders across the country as our international students are terrorized by threats, intimidation, and deportation. Ducking and covering is not the strategy they seem to think it is. Soon enough, they will find there's no place left to hide.

I’ve committed myself to learning James Gadson’s brilliant drum pattern on Bill Withers’ Use Me. I’ve got the pattern down now; making it groove is the next big challenge.

“Wildly destructive stupidity.” Nothing like simple clarity.

Tuffy@smtuffy.bsky.social · last yr.

🔥 🔥 🔥 www.ft.com/content/47c2...

Oh Susan Collins. Bless her heart.

NY Times Pitchbot@nytpitchbot.bsky.social · last yr.

The penguins have learned their lesson. by Susan Collins