We looking for a postdoc with NHP electrophysiology experience to do simultaneous Neuropixel recordings across the corticothalamic motor circuit to better understand the neural control of reaching and grasping. We start looking at applications on August 31st. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pruszynski Postdoc 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher, Control Policies in the Primate Motor Circuit Pruszynski Lab @ Sensorimotor Superlab​ The Pruszynski Laboratory at Western University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to j...

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Yesterday we held the first Nottingham Neuromuscular Research Meeting (NRRM). Great talks, great Meal Deals. This may become an annual event

Richard G. Carson from @tcddublin.bsky.social presents a method of compensating for the #excitability of spinal #motoneurones when estimating the magnitude of potentials evoked in skeletal muscles ⚡️ 🧠 Read it here👇️ physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

We're hiring! Postdoc position to study the neural control of reaching using high-density multi-area electrophysiology. 5 years of funding, great collaborative environment. Please share with anyone who may be interested. For details, see: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pruszynski Postdoc 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher, Control Policies in the Primate Motor Circuit Pruszynski Lab @ Sensorimotor Superlab​ The Pruszynski Laboratory at Western University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to j...

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Assistant Professor (lecturer in old money) job! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Full time, permanent positions available in the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham. Deadline Tuesday 18 August 2026 Please share!

Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Assistant Professor

We’re looking to appoint an Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology who can demonstrate an emerging international research profile which complements and expands upon our existing research stre...

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At Cosyne, Chris Olah from Anthropic told us that neuroscientists had “3-4 years left to make a contribution” Why was not clear. Perhaps he was hinting at the below graph accompanying today’s Claude Science launch. Apparently we’ll all be obsolete soon.

Do you have 3+ years of postdoctoral experience and want to develop noninvasive interventions for schizophrenia? Contact me if you want to look into transcranial focused ultrasound or ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation at our N3 Neurotechnology Centre. www.mqmentalhealth.org/schizophreni...

Why is the universities crisis being ignored? Essential piece by @gsoh31.bsky.social for Arguably on the “grim dribbling away of one of Britain's great triumphs and economic advantages” – and why so few politicians seem to care. www.arguably.uk/p/the-quiet-...

The quiet collapse of British universities

One of our great triumphs and economic advantages is fading away

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Don’t submit to (or review for) Frontiers 👇🏻

Michael Okun@michael-okun.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇

🆕 🚩Brain oscillations may shape the functional state of the motor system, beyond the muscles directly involved in the task New #Preprint with EEG and large-scale motor neuron recordings 🔗 shorturl.at/p2jjI @clementnaveilhan.bsky.social FDernoncourt WvandenHoorn #Neuroscience #MotorControl #EEG #EMG

2700 academic staff at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social received formal notice today that their job is at risk. Approximately 1-in-5 (22%) will lose their job. In an interview in today’s @timeshighered.bsky.social the university’s VC responded “it’s an exciting time for higher education”.

University of Nottingham UCU branch@uonucu.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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Hey All: our colleagues need our help. Please repost, share, and contact Vibhu if you can help!

Ariel Levine@ariellevine.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Posting for Vibhu Sahni: Due to unforeseen circumstances the Burke Neurological Institute will have to terminate its research operations 5/22. There are international postdocs on visas who are looking for new homes. Please reach out to Vibhu if you can help

New postdoc opportunity here in The Centre of Metabolism, Ageing and Physiology (CoMAP), Royal Derby Hospital. Focus is on stable-isotope tracer-based mass-spectrometry to assess changes in muscle protein metabolism Closing date 18th March jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Today, we're sharing an open letter from our Chief Executive, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, outlining changes to UKRI investment approach, and addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC. Read his letter here: www.ukri.org/news/open-le...

Open letter from Ian Chapman to research and innovation community

UKRI Chief Executive outlines changes to UKRI investment approach, addressing concerns about research funding and the financial position of STFC.

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Reduced knee extensor torque steadiness and increased motor unit discharge rate variability in young people with patellofemoral pain: a pilot study - our latest study led by the great @Michalis_Arv is published in @EJAP_official open access below link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Reduced knee extensor torque steadiness and increased motor unit discharge rate variability in young people with patellofemoral pain: a pilot study - European Journal of Applied Physiology

Purpose The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate differences in vasti muscle motor unit (MU) firing between individuals with current patellofemoral pain (PFP) and asymptomatic controls during subma...

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🎓 2026 Editorial Board Fellowship🎓 APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN 📣 Our #EditorialBoardFellowship is a great opportunity for ECRs to be directly involved in the editorial process under the guidance of a Senior Editor! ⏰ Apply by 15th March 👇 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

My university is offering scholarships for PhD students to visit Nantes (France) for 3 to 6 months. If you are interested in joining my lab to work on the neural control of the hand during artistic activities and translating these insights into robotic control please do not hesitate to get in touch!

🚨📜+🧵🚨 Very excited about this work showing that people with no hand function following a spinal cord injury can control the activity of motor units from those muscles to perform 1D, 2D and 3D tasks, play video games, or navigate a virtual wheelchair By a wonderful team co-mentored w Dario Farina

Vishal Rawji@vishrawji.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New preprint! We show that people with tetraplegic spinal cord injury can use their residual motor unit activity to achieve up to three dimensional control using non-invasive high-density surface EMG With my co-first authors Xingchen Yang and Ciara Gibbs www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/13

Reminder that this job is open! If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch. Deadline is February 20th.

Andrew Pruszynski@andpru.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Great news! We are looking for an NHP neuroscientist as the assistant professor level. We have no preconceived ideas -- looking for the most exciting research going. If you have any questions, please reach out. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

If your New Year’s resolution is to find a fantastic 3-year post doc position in a great city with a small, friendly lab group and national collaborators… you’re in luck!!! Open for applications until Tuesday. krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... @ispgr.bsky.social @ncmsociety.bsky.social

🆕 🚩 New preprint on #bioRxiv by F. Dernoncourt . We introduce a conceptually new framework that combines large-scale human motor unit recordings with simulation-based inference to estimate recurrent inhibition during voluntary contractions in humans. 🔗 Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📢 Postdoctoral Opportunity – Neural control of movement in Parkinson’s (3 years) This fantastic three-year postdoctoral position at Cardiff University and funded by Parkinson's UK, has now re-opened for applications. Full details and application here: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Jen Davies@jendavies.bsky.social · 10mo ago

**Come work with us!!** Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... Please share!!

I am looking to hire a great postdoc to join our lab in sunny Eugene at the University of Oregon for fun behavioral/fMRI experiments on sensorimotor control in young and older adults. Please share/get in touch if interested! pages.uoregon.edu/mmar/

Great news! We are looking for an NHP neuroscientist as the assistant professor level. We have no preconceived ideas -- looking for the most exciting research going. If you have any questions, please reach out. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

I'm particularly proud to have one of my images selected and featured on the cover of the latest issue of @jphysiol.bsky.social In this issue, you can also read about my latest work on gamma motoneurons! Check it out!! physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...

The Journal of Physiology@jphysiol.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our latest issue is now live🎉 Featuring cover art from Sharples et al. (2025) depicting a motoneuron from the lumbar spinal cord of a newborn mouse📷🔬 🔗 Read the full issue here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14697793...

New 3-year PostDoc opportunity in CoMAP, funded by UKRI-BBSRC — developing innovative methods to study motor unit adaptation to ageing and its functional consequences in humans. Please pass on to any who may be interested. @ukri.org jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Hopefully of interest to scientists and exercise practitioners with and interest in muscle mass and functional gains in human volunteers. doi.org/10.1113/JP28... @jphysiol.bsky.social

NSAID ingestion augments training‐induced muscle hypertrophy and differentially affects muscle mRNA expression, but not strength gains, in trained men

Abstract figure legend Schematic outlining the impact of NSAID ingestion on resistance exercise training-induced changes in muscle morphology, function and gene networks relative to placebo ingestion...

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**Come work with us!!** Three-year post-doc position funded by Parkinson's UK available Cardiff University - using TMS to study inhibition of planned stepping movements and better understand freezing of gait. Full details here - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear... Please share!!

Please RT 2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD! Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all! We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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