The platform, called FlatMux, optimizes the efficiency of two-photon voltage imaging in terms of energy, time, and space. #neuroskyence By Simon Makin www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...

New platform images neurons across multiple depths

The tool could reveal how information flows within and between cortical layers during neural processing.

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Neuroscience hasn’t been able to investigate the role of astrocytes in memory because “all the tools we have to understand how the brain works are related to neurons." #neuroskyence By @davidbrz.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/memory/are-p...

Are parts of the memory trace found in the ‘astroengram?’

Neurons have long taken top billing in memory, but researchers are making the case for astrocytes.

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In a preprint, scientists have uncovered two distinct populations of CA3 pyramidal neurons, challenging the long-held view that this key hippocampal region functions as a single recurrent network. #neuroskyence By Alissa de Chassey www.thetransmitter.org/memory/textb...

Study reveals hidden diversity in hippocampal CA3

A new preprint identifies two distinct populations of CA3 neurons, challenging the view that the hippocampal region is a single network.

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I had the pleasure of interviewing @behrenstimb.bsky.social for @thetransmitter.bsky.social, all about the goals and approaches and successes of computational neuroscience! www.thetransmitter.org/computationa...

Success stories from computational neuroscience

Kevin Mitchell talks with Timothy Behrens about ring attractors, the role of innate structure, and an expanded view of cognitive maps.

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A nice contextualization of the findings - thanks to @natmesanash.bsky.social and @thetransmitter.bsky.social : www.thetransmitter.org/memory/new-f...

New findings begin to resolve theta sweep debate

Theta sweeps have been mired in controversy for decades, but the emerging consensus view suggests that they function in attention and goal direction.

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Theta sweeps are more cognitive than sensory, according to new research. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/memory/new-f... By @natmesanash.bsky.social

For 30 years, neuroscientists have argued about whether theta sweeps are just passive sensing, or something closer to planning. So which is it? #neuroskyence By @natmesanash.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/memory/new-f...

New findings begin to resolve theta sweep debate

Theta sweeps have been mired in controversy for decades, but the emerging consensus view suggests that they function in attention and goal direction.

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social talks to Timothy Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social about which neural systems the field has genuinely cracked. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/computationa...

Success stories from computational neuroscience

Kevin Mitchell talks with Timothy Behrens about ring attractors, the role of innate structure, and an expanded view of cognitive maps.

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@braininspired.bsky.social talks with Alison Barth about why she thinks learning and memory could be effective tools to better explain the overall function of the cortex. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...

Alison Barth on different neuron types’ roles in cortex

Barth uses learning tasks in mice to drive synaptic plasticity in the sensory cortex, hoping to unlock general principles of how the cortex works.

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Proteins derived from retroelements can relay gene-editing tools to restore dystrophin protein in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a preprint finds. #neuroskyence By @briannaabbott.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/vir...

Nanoparticles deliver gene-editing tools into Duchenne mice

The approach uses a protein found in fruit flies to ferry the gene editor Cas9 into muscle cells.

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@thetransmitter.bsky.social is honored to have won gold in the How-to Article category of the 2026 TABPI Awards. Explore our award-winning piece by @ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social, www.thetransmitter.org/how-to-teach... #neuroskyence

Thank you @thetransmitter.bsky.social for sponsoring #CCN2026's inaugural Mentorship Program!

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Thank you @cogcompneuro.bsky.social for the opportunity to sponsor yesterday's Mentorship Program lunch. We had a great time fostering connections and sharing more about @thetransmitter.bsky.social's offerings. #neuroskyence

Thank you @cogcompneuro.bsky.social for the opportunity to sponsor yesterday's Mentorship Program lunch. We had a great time fostering connections and sharing more about @thetransmitter.bsky.social's offerings. #neuroskyence

The hippocampal CA3 region may not be one uniform network after all. A new preprint identifies two distinct populations of pyramidal neurons, offering a new framework for understanding how memory circuits are organized. #neuroskyence By Alissa de Chassey www.thetransmitter.org/memory/textb...

Study reveals hidden diversity in hippocampal CA3

A new preprint identifies two distinct populations of CA3 neurons, challenging the view that the hippocampal region is a single network.

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Neuroscience in Chile, and across Latin America, does not lack talent or ideas, but the systems that make science visible—prestige journals, conferences and networks—increasingly price its researchers out, argues @medelero.bsky.social. #neuroskyence

Scientific talent is global. Access is not.

Neuroscience in Chile does not lack talent or ideas, but the systems that make science visible increasingly price its researchers out.

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Seth Blackshaw wants to uncover how ground squirrel retinas became so jam-packed with cones, instead of preserving the rod-rich design of other mammalian retinas. #neuroskyence By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/h...

How 13-lined ground squirrels illuminate retina development

In 13-striped ground squirrels, cones surprisingly outnumber rods, which helps Seth Blackshaw explore how retinal cells develop their identities.

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Last week, about 120 genetic neuroscientists gathered in rural New Hampshire for the first-ever Neural Genetics and Epigenetics Gordon Research Conference. The meeting’s organizers spoke to The Transmitter about the major themes and takeaways. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/epigenetics/...

Highlights from first Neural Genetics and Epigenetics GRC

The meeting’s organizers recap the science to watch.

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The brain’s sensorimotor-association axis may emerge as a result of competing sets of genetic blueprints—a dynamic process described in a paper published this month. By Holly Barker www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/cor...

Cortical territories compete in developmental space race

Sensory and association regions are established through a reciprocal process, according to a new model of cortical development.

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Dendrites keep their own memory of the past and even predict the future independently of the cell body. #neuroskyence By @natmesanash.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/memory/dendr...

Dendrites compute independently of cell body

Depending on their distance from the cell body, dendrites play different roles in learning and memory.

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The Oregon primate center will not be converted into an animal sanctuary. Instead, the center’s host university will identify how to shrink the center’s monkey colony and research portfolio, according to a plan approved 27 July. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

Oregon primate research center to downsize monkey colony

The plan, approved today, follows talks about converting the center into a sanctuary and preserves some of the nonhuman primate studies.

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After meeting at an SfN social, neuroscientists Arash Fassihi, Gily Ginosar, Noga Larry and Abdulraheem Nashef organized the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium, hoping to build a community that can transcend political barriers through scientific connection. #neuroskyence bit.ly/4g0sZkk

Helping Middle Eastern neuroscientists build community

Four neuroscientists got together to organize the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium. They hope to build a community that can find ways to transcend political barriers through scientific co...

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Over the past few years, @quorumetrix.bsky.social has been working on bringing neuroscience to the dome. His new planetarium film, more than a decade in the making, takes viewers on an immersive journey into the brain. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/art-in-scien...

A planetarium for the brain

Neuroscientists should take a cue from astrophysicists and use planetariums to inspire awe, argues Tyler Sloan. His new film takes a first step.

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Building a "moonshot infrastructure" to map connections in mammalian brains features among the recommendations from the White House report on U.S. scientific priorities released earlier this week. Neuroscientists weigh in. By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/policy/neuro...

Neuroscientists weigh in on White House proposal for ‘moonshot infrastructure’ for connectomics

A report from the Trump administration calls for a “new golden age” of science, in which the federal government supports mission-driven collaborations to deliver high returns on research investments.

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The board of directors at Oregon Health & Science University has voted unanimously to develop a plan to scale down the university’s primate research center and pivot its focus to new approach methodologies. #neuroskyence By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/nonhuman-pri...

Oregon primate research center to downsize monkey colony

The plan, approved today, follows talks about converting the center into a sanctuary and preserves some of the nonhuman primate studies.

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In this edition of “Brainstorming,” learn how researchers have worked around the logistical constraints of studying individual brains by turning to a select group of reliable brain-scanning participants: themselves. Subscribe and get notified every time we publish: www.linkedin.com/pulse/unders...

A new study suggests that during developmental migration, double-stranded “DNA damage is inevitable,” says author Mineko Kengaku. #neuroskyence By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/developmenta...

What if we thought about #underrepresentation in #neuroscience the way public health thinks about the social determinants of health — not as a property of individuals, but as a product of the conditions they navigate? That's the argument at the heart of our new essay in @thetransmitter.bsky.social

Redefining underrepresentation in global neuroscience

Shifting the focus of equity initiatives from identity categories to structural barriers can reveal overlooked challenges and increase global support.

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Cognitive neuroscientist Kevin Dunbar, who died in May at age 70, helped reveal how the brain forms creative analogies. His work also transformed the study of scientific reasoning by bringing research out of the lab and into real-world settings. By Alissa de Chassey bit.ly/4yEM7Me

In memoriam: Kevin Dunbar, who traced the neural basis of human reasoning

Using imaging technologies, he transformed our understanding of how creativity and scientific discovery arise in the brain.

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“When autistic kids grow up” is a five-part podcast exploring how @dr-t-a-mcdonald.bsky.social’s lived experience fueled her research, and how she stumbled onto a problem with autism funding that has been hiding in plain sight. Listen now: www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... #neuroskyence

When autistic kids grow up

An autistic researcher’s paper called attention to a huge disparity in autism funding research between children and adults. It nearly derailed her life.

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Beyond their ability to restore function, brain-computer interfaces provide a window into the neural signals that underlie decision-making, speech and other cognitive processes. #neuroskyence By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social, @rebeccasky.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/brain-comput...