Squirrel. 👀 by Kai Gietzen. How thirteen-lined ground squirrels illuminate retinal development. Seth Blackshaw explores how retinal cells develop their identities. By Sarah Thau : www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/h... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart

Rudimentary magic by Daniel Barreto for Vicente Medel's essay: Talent is global. Access to the world’s scientific stage is not. Neuroscience in Latin America, does not lack talent, but current systems price its researchers out. www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-... @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Lush art with skillful handling of color from Anna Ivaneko After the ‘Thank you’ slide: When lived trauma enters trauma neuroscience. By Ziv Ben-Zion: www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart

Gratifying art by Daniel Barreto for today's story: Redefining underrepresentation in global neuroscience By Keerthana Iyer, Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots, Ana Silva, Violetta Zujovic for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...

Where does cognition end & communication begin? 🧠 By mapping multi-region brain activity, we can see the complex circuitry behind speech and the thoughts that precede it. The next milestone? BCIs that restore cognition itself. Full video here: www.thetransmitter.org/brain-comput...

So exciting to work on this video with Ninetynine Films and @claudia-lopez.bsky.social: How BCIs reveal the speaking brain: Long-term implants provide an opportunity to study how speech arises in everyday life. www.thetransmitter.org/brain-comput... @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Anna Ivanova really delivered on her first Illustration for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: Watching the mind build a world: Lucid dreaming as a model for generative perception. By Magdalena Paluchowska @ Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown : www.thetransmitter.org/perception/w... #sciart

Spot-on Illustration by @maksymdraws.bsky.social for today's essay by Kenneth Harris: Mass-produced science is coming. What happens to scientists? www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... #sciart #FENS2026 @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Illustrator appreciation post: I'm so pleased with the work of Ibrahim Rayintakath for this series of essays about AI and neuroscience. Thanks to editor @emilysingerneuro.bsky.social Singer for these #FENS2026 on essays @thetransmitter.bsky.social homepage this week: www.thetransmitter.org #sciart

Computational tapestry by artist Ibrahim Rayintakath: How to use artificial intelligence to strengthen scientific processes and scholarly output By Satrajit Ghosh www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... #sciart

Bold art from Mark Harris for When autistic kids grow up, Episode 5: The war dial “You have to reshape the whole system.” Tempest McDonald earns a measure of peace. By huggett.bsky.social : www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social sciart

When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 5: The war dial

“You have to reshape the whole system.” Tempest McDonald earns a measure of peace.

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The most unwelcome insects in the world might help us understand proprioception! By comparing proprioceptive systems, Sweta Agrawal aims to uncover fundamentals of the ability to sense self-movement. Art by Kai Gietzen Words by @callimcflurry.bsky.social bit.ly/4gm4tuV @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Motion art @veronykajelinek.bsky.social for today's essay: Queerying neuroscience: How legislation and institutions reframe LGBTQIA+ researchers’ careers www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-... By Paige Miranda for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart

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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Luminous transparency from illustrator/artist Ibrahim Rayintakath for today's essay: AI can’t solve the brain without data that fit together By Sean Hill: www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart

Thanks @emilymbender.bsky.social and @nannainie.bsky.social for incisive and timely decoding of rampant marketing / anthropomorphization of probabilistic automation (AKA AI) bit.ly/3SvwxSz

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Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...

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Mark Harris portrait art for Chapter 4: When autistic kids grow up. McDonald sues Vanderbilt University Medical Center via Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her pub'd NIH paper finds allies. By huggett.bsky.social for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... #sciart

When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 4: How did things unfold?

Tempest McDonald sues Vanderbilt University Medical Center through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her published NIH paper finds allies.

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Art by Ibrahim Rayintakath underscores @mtoneva.bsky.social's idea of brain-tuning in todays essay: Transforming AI models into useful model organisms via @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... #sciart

Art by Mark Harris for today's episode: When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 3: Would there be data? Her paper accusing the National Institutes of Health of discrimination threatens everything she built. Huggett.bsky.social @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... #sciart

Original art by Yihui Chang: This paper changed my life: Learning the molecular rules of cell identity. A 1987 Cell paper showed that a single transcription factor could turn fibroblasts into muscle cells, inspiring @ardemp.bskyverified.social to think on molecular codes: bit.ly/4vhGd1m/ #sciart

A little visual romance from Andreea Jurj for today's essay: Models at the speed of thought: How AI coding is reshaping theoretical neuroscience. By @briandepasquale.bsky.social : www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart

I'm delighted with Ibrahim Rayintakath's incisive art for today's essay: Writing science that humans and machines can read. Words by Rachel Parkinson @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... #sciart

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Noirish assemblage by illustrator Mark Harris for today's podcast episode: When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 2: “You need to go to college” : www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart

Eye catching illusion in today's subtle art by @vahrammuradyan.bsky.social How to incorporate open-science practices into neuroscience training. by Kaitlyn Casimo www.thetransmitter.org/neuro-educat... For @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Incorporating open science into neuroscience training

If we want new neuroscientists to implement open science throughout their careers, we need to establish its practices as a core principle of training.

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Badass motion art by Daniel Barreto lights up today's essay: The illusion of AI consciousness: Lessons from human unconscious processing. By Vanessa Hadid , Karim Jerbi, John Krakauer: www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart

The illusion of AI consciousness: Lessons from humans

Complex, goal-directed and emotionally responsive behavior can unfold without awareness, providing a useful lens for interpreting artificial systems.

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Cinematic vibes from Mark Harris's art for the podcast launch from Brady Huggett: When autistic kids grow up, Ep 1: What leads an autism researcher to publish an intentionally inflammatory paper accusing the NIH of discrimination? www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Vignetting suggests peering into a secret world in todays art by Kai Gietzen : Learn why spiny mice play well with others in research by Aubrey Kelly. words By Hannah Thomasy for @thetransmitter.bsky.social Transmitter www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/l... #sciart

Electric buzzy art by Ibrahim Rayintakath: 18 teams analyzed the same neurophysiology dataset—and got wildly different answers. The hackathon revealed that disagreement runs deep. By Gaëlle Chapuis, Mattia Chini for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil... #sciart

18 teams analyzed a neuro dataset and got different answers

Disagreement in neuroscience runs deeper than most researchers suspect—even in electrophysiology, a field that prides itself on hard data.

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Playful art from @dalbertdraws.bsky.social for Bringing basic biology back to INSAR. Over the past two decades, basic science has become less central Christine Wu Nordahl says. by Diana Kwon www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/bri... @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Bringing basic biology back to INSAR, a Q&A

Basic science has become less dominant at the International Society for Autism Research meeting. Christine Wu Nordahl aims to turn that tide.

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Luscious social realist echoes on display from Maria Corte for today's essay: Every neuroscience lab needs an ethicist. The ethics issues that arise in neuroscience research are novel and understudied. By Timothy Brown www.thetransmitter.org/neuroethics/... #sciart @thetransmitter.bsky.social