📣 Updated application link for the postdoc in my lab at UCL. A great opportunity to develop neurotechnology for chronic pain using neural implants, in vivo recordings, and adaptive control in mice. Applications are open now - please repost/share widely. #neuroskyence #painresearch #NeuroJobs

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Amygdala dopamine is often studied in response to external rewards or threats. But what happens during self-initiated exploration? Our new preprint suggests a broader role: a state-dependent salience signal linking exploration and associative learning. 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Basolateral amygdala dopamine signals behavioural salience across exploration and learning

Animals must balance exploration with threat avoidance, yet how neuromodulatory signals shape information-seeking states remains unclear. Using fibre photometry recordings in the basolateral amygdala ...

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Lust etwas über Bienenforschung zu lernen? 🐝🧬🔬 Zusammen mit meinen Kolleginnen zeigen wir Euch wie wir mittels moderner Gentechnik den Zusammenhang zwischen Genen, Gehirn und Verhalten erforschen. Kommt vorbei. Heute in einer Woche. Schadowplatz Düsseldorf, Stand 10. Wir freuen uns auf euch! 🐝

🎉Congratulations to neuroscientist Prof. Lukas Kunz (right) and physicist Dr. Riccardo Pennetta! They will each receive an ERC Starting Grant worth around 1.5 million euros from @erc.europa.eu. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/171-.... © Photo: Viola Zeilberger (left), Rolf Müller/UKB #ERCStG

Now that summer breaks are coming to an end everywhere I'd like to remind you of our Subcortical Sensory Circuits meeting in Trieste in February 2027. Registrations and abstract submissions are open until October 31st and there are many slots for short talks! www.subcortical2027.com

Katja Reinhard@katjareinhard.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are happy to announce the 3rd edition of the “Subcortical Sensory Circuits” Meeting on the 9-12 February 2027 at in Trieste, Italy! www.subcortical2027.com Registration will start in August, and we invite you to submit your abstract for a poster or short talk.

📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors! 📅 Deadline: October 15, 2026 🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de #neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD

Amygdala excitability across development: mechanisms, environmental influences, and behavioral outcomes www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

Amygdala excitability across development: mechanisms, environmental influences, and behavioral outcomes

Recent work in rodent models provides mechanistic insights into how the excitability of principal neurons is dynamically regulated to facilitate the encoding and retrieval of emotionally salient memor...

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Fall is around the corner...

My lab is looking for a new postdoc (or exceptional grad student) to tackle an interesting hypothesis on Parkinson's disease and learning. The position is funded and we are looking for someone that can start ASAP. See thread, and please follow these instructions to apply: www.kmcostalab.com/join-us

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📣We are hiring: Join our Institute with your own Max Planck Research Group in clinical psychiatry! 🧑‍🔬This position is equivalent to a W2 Professorship at a German university, or Associate Professor internationally. 🔗Apply until October 12th! You can find all information here: tinyurl.com/jar7evpc

A Scalable Cross-Modal Workflow for Linking In Vivo Neural Activity to Neuronal Cell Types via Spatial Gene Profiling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.26.747400v1

Imaging activity in many defined cell types is now easi(er) using conventional 2p and confocal microscopes. 3000-5000 imaged neurons per recording, 78% matched to post hoc 3D EASI-FISH. We wanted this to be useful, affordable, and reliable. Jonna and an incredible team made it happen. Check it out!

Jonna Singh@jonnasingh.bsky.social · 2w ago

We're excited to present EASI-PASS! We can record the activity of many neurons, and separately, the expression of many genes. A natural next step for the field is to link these two types of information. 🧵👇 1/n

Happy to share our new preprint on how aging and early Alzheimer's pathology differentially shape mesoscale functional connectivity in the medial temporal lobe!  @estherkuehn.bsky.social @helenagellersen.bsky.social @sebroemer.bsky.social @nfranzme.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

New PNAS paper from our lab! 🪰🐭👩‍🦰 We developed a toolbox AutoGaitA to compare locomotion across species, revealing conserved velocity gradients and aging effects despite divergent strategies for propulsion. A step toward understanding conserved principles of motor control. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Supper happy to see this published. In short, we show how dendrites and inhibition allow neural circuits to learn new representations while protecting representations that are already stored in the network. See below for a detailed post by @cmiehl.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

September 6, 2026 the next edition of the Amsterdam City Swim will be held to raise awareness and research funding for ALS. I will join and swim 700 m and 2.2 km swims in the canals of Amsterdam with Daan and Ella Pasterkamp. If you want to support me: www.amsterdamcityswim.nl/fundraisers/...

Distinct prefrontal-amygdala connectivity drives consolidated fear memories https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.14.744891v1

This is a fantastic opportunity to work with a visionary and kind mentor!

Carolina Rezaval@crezaval.bsky.social · 4w ago

We’re recruiting postdocs! Join our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded programme 'Decoding competition in the brain'. How does the brain resolve competing needs and prioritise behaviour? 📅 Deadline: 1 September Apply: rezavallab.org Please share! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSM781/r...

I am proud of this paper. Since it came out in 2022 it has received 0 citations (yes that's a zero). But multiple young scientists have found it useful! (from other labs, so they were not coerced...). Perhaps you will find it useful too? SOME TIPS FOR WRITING SCIENCE doi.org/10.1523/ENEU...

Some Tips for Writing Science

When preparing a scientific paper, we typically write with coauthors who have different backgrounds and styles, and we target readers who have little time and patience. To help both readers and writer...

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From inspiring talks and posters to discussions that continued between sessions - #NN2026 was all about bringing the naturalistic neuroscience community together. 📸 Here are a few of our favourite moments from the symposium as thread. Thank you to everyone who made it possible!

A long-standing question in neuroscience is why the eCB system uses two ligands for the same receptors and how their release differs. To address it, we’re happy to share a pair of selective GRAB sensors that detect 2-AG and AEA, respectively, in real time. biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Comprehensive study from Gavan McNally's team on punishment learning As always, behavioral analyses are superb👌 and the dissociable contributions of basolateral amygdala and zona incerta to retention of punishment learning is really interesting www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...

Brain architecture of punishment learning

Learning from punishment allows animals to suppress actions that produce adverse consequences while maintaining other rewarded behaviors. However, the brain mechanisms of this learning are poorly unde...

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Inhibition data is in and I can’t wait to discuss my postdoc project next week at the Hypothalamus GRS & GRC 🤩 If you’re into neuropeptides, parental behavior, and circuits beyond the usual suspects, come check it out! I’ll be giving a talk Saturday 8.50 pm (GRS) and Thursday 11.30 am (GRC)

In a new study in @cp-neuron.bksy.social we demonstrate how sparse genetic labeling enables comprehensive reconstruction of individual dopamine neurons in mice; Subtypes exhibit distinct developmental and adult morphologies, as well as responses to axon degeneration. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Single-neuron resolution mapping of dopaminergic connectivity across development, adulthood, and degeneration

Using a novel intersectional genetic strategy for sparse neuronal labeling, Grossouw, Heijmink, et al. reconstruct individual midbrain dopamine neurons throughout development, adulthood, and degenerat...

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An Analysis from @ptrrupprecht.bsky.social et al investigates the behavior of GCaMP8 variants in spike inference using different algorithms. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Spike inference from calcium imaging data acquired with GCaMP8 indicators - Nature Methods

In this Analysis, Rupprecht et al. investigate the behavior of GCaMP8 variants in spike inference using several different algorithms. They highlight the role of the indicators’ linearity in the infere...

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Structural plasticity of the axon initial segment is important for the regulation of neuronal activity. Some recent thoughts on how AIS plasticity may shape learning and memory in neuronal circuits in health and disease: doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

The Sauerbrei Lab at Case Western Reserve University is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar to work on neural dynamics and motor control: apply.interfolio.com/189987

Finally out in @natneuro.nature.com! A forgotten memory isn't always gone. We show that forgotten memories persist as silent memory traces, can be recovered by reminders, and can even be reconstructed into false memories. Excited to finally share this work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Enkephalin constrains fear learning via volume transmission to the lateral amygdala https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.17.739254v1

The nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract is required for learning odor-guided food avoidance https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.16.738920v1