We're hiring! NBIO is looking for a tenure-track Assistant Professor whose research & teaching will strengthen our department. 🧠 Deadline: 9/30/2026 Apply → apply.interfolio.com/187735 Please share with your network!

John Tuthill@tuthill.bsky.social · last mo.

My department, Neurobiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (nbio.uw.edu), is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor, application deadline 09/30/26. It's a broad search — molecular to organismal, all of neuroscience/physiology/biophysics welcome. apply.interfolio.com/187735

Last seminar of the year: Join us tomorrow for Dr. Hernandez Moura-Silva (@ragoninstitute.bsky.social) presenting: "Ironing Out the Ferrostatic Role of Vasculature Associated Macrophages" 📅 Tomorrow, 6/18 · 9:30 AM. Don't miss it!

⭐ Big news! NBIO Asst. Prof. Astra Bryant has been awarded the McKnight Scholar Award — one of neuroscience's most prestigious honors for early-career researchers showing exceptional promise. Congratulations, Astra! 🧠🎉 bit.ly/4fTzRRh

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(1/2) 🔬 Two talks you won't want to miss this week, featuring researchers from Janelia Research Campus: 📅 5/27 — Carsen Stringer, PhD (@computingnature.bsky.social) "Spatial predictive coding in visual cortical neurons"

(2/2) 📅 5/28 — Marius Pachitariu, PhD (@marius10p.bsky.social y.social) "Linking neural representations to behavior using generalization"

🧠 Big week at NBIO! Two great talks this Thursday: 📌 Dr. Jason Shepherd (@jasonsynaptic.bsky.social) — "Virus-Like Mechanisms of Intercellular Synaptic Plasticity" 📌 Trainee Research in Progress: Ryan Ressmeyer (Horwitz Lab) — "Perisaccadic Gating at the Macaque Retinogeniculate Synapse"

A great honor! @uw-nbio.bsky.social @uwmedicine.bsky.social

We're thrilled to welcome Dr. Shefin George to the NBIO family! 🎉 As our newest Assistant Professor, Dr. George brings exciting research from Stanford University - exploring how membrane properties regulate mechanotransduction in auditory hair cells. We can't wait to see where her work takes us!

🧠 Big news! We're proud to congratulate our department chair, Elizabeth Buffalo (@bethbuffalo.bsky.social) on her election as a 2025 AAAS Fellow! This honor recognizes her outstanding contributions to science and society. We couldn't be more proud! 🎉 #Neuroscience #AAAS #AAASSFellows #UW🍾

Congrats to post-doc Yichen Luo (@camellyc.bsky.social) for receiving a K99 award from NIH! Yichen is investigating the neural control of respiration.

🍾 🧠 Excited to be kicking off our winter '26 seminar series this Thursday with a talk by Dr. Karen Zito (@ucdaviscns.bsky.social) - "Ion flux-independent NMDAR signaling in bidirectional synaptic plasticity and disease" details -> nbio.uw.edu/event/nbio-p...

Wrapping up our 2025 NBIO seminar series with a fantastic finale! Thur. 12/11 at 9:30 AM, we're thrilled to host Dr. Xiaoyin Chen (@alleninstitute.org) 📍 In person: HSB 328 💻 Virtual: Zoom link available (UW & Allen Institute folks - email us for 🔗) Don't miss this great talk to close out the year!

🤩 🔬 A new Tuthill lab preprint 👇

John Tuthill@tuthill.bsky.social · 8mo ago

How do neural circuits generate the walking rhythm? Using connectome simulations, @sarahpugly.bsky.social found a minimal central pattern generator (CPG) that produces oscillations in leg motor neurons. Same circuit motif for each 🪰 leg. w @bingbrunton.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🔬🧠 This Thursday: Join us for an exciting talk by Dr. Arif Hamid (@arifahamid.bsky.social)! "On the Principles of Dopamine Release in Dorsal Striatum" 📆 nbio.uw.edu/event/nbio-p... #Neuroscience #NBIO #DopamineResearch #BrainScience

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🧠#SfN2025 Don't miss two chances to hear from NBIO's @micheleabasso.bsky.social this week! TODAY: Meet-the-Expert: Nonhuman Primate Neuroscience: A 20-Year History of Unplanned Advocacy 11/19: Special Lecture: "Deep Decisions: Uncovering the Subcortical Role in Perceptual Choice" Links in comments

[2/2] PLUS: SfN 2025 in San Diego is underway! Keep an eye out for members of the @uw-nbio.bsky.social community presenting their research. Good luck to all our attendees! 🧠 #SfN2025 #SfN25

[1/2] This Thursday, we're excited to welcome Amy Arnsten, PhD (@yaleneuro.bsky.social) to NBIO! Join us for "Dynamic Network Connectivity: The Unusual Molecular Regulation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Confers Vulnerability to Cognitive Disorders." 🔬 🧠

🔬 This Thursday: Greg Field, PhD (@UCLA Ophthalmology) on "Efficient coding and early visual processing" — exploring how the visual system processes signals and the surprising diversity of cell types. Co-hosted by the Vision Training Grant. Don't miss it!

🚀 Day 2 of #CRSy25 kicks off with keynote speaker Adrienne Fairhall @uw-nbio.bsky.social on “Brain-wide dynamics of internal model update”.

🎯 Our 2025-26 seminar schedule is live! Next up: Martha Bagnall, PhD on Oct 16 discussing "Sensorimotor circuits in the larval zebrafish" 🐟🧠 Mark your calendars! 📅

Thesis defense for Jess Jones happening tomorrow! DM me if you'd like the zoom link.

New paper from @tuthill.bsky.social ab reveals the brain's built-in 'autopilot' system! 🧠 This fundamental discovery in fruit fly brains could translate into real-world medical applications for people with sensorimotor disorders and beyond. Learn more: rdcu.be/eGU1a

John Tuthill@tuthill.bsky.social · 11mo ago

this was the question that got me into limb sensorimotor control in the first place, specifically papers from burrows, fetz, etc about how presynaptic inhibition could predict and modify sensory feedback during voluntary movement www.nature.com/articles/nn1... www.jneurosci.org/content/15/8...

Huge congratulations to Juan Ispizua on earning a prestigious Pew Postdoctoral Fellowship! 🏆 This incredible recognition speaks to his exceptional research and dedication. We couldn't be prouder!

John Tuthill@tuthill.bsky.social · 12mo ago

congratulations to our own Juan Ispizua on being selected as a pew latin american postdoctoral fellow www.pew.org/en/projects/...

Excited to share our Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics' new visual identity! Three panels capturing the essence of our work: 🔬 Cellular level 🧬 Molecular level 📊 Systems level All inspired by the stunning PNW - trees, mountains, and water reflecting where science meets nature.

We're delighted to have Dr. Sophia Tintori present the final NBIO seminar of 2024-25 academic year. Join us tomorrow in Health Sciences K-069 for what promises to be an engaging conclusion to the seminar series! 🔬

John Tuthill@tuthill.bsky.social · last yr.

i am excited to be hosting sophie tintori tomorrow for the last @uw-nbio.bsky.social seminar of the academic year. sophie is both a brilliant artist and an amazing scientist, if you are at UW, don't miss this opportunity to absorb some of her bounteous Qi

🎨 What a beautiful day! NBIO's inaugural Art Swap filled the Temy Kennedy Conference Room with incredible creativity and vibrant energy. Much of the art was created by former PBIO Research Scientist Paul Newman. Amazing to see science and art come together! #ArtSwap #ScienceAndArt #CommunityNBIO

NBIO welcomes distinguished professor and friend Dr. Luis Fernando Santana (@lfsantana68.bsky.social) who will give the 2025 Lamport Lecture today. Join us for the talk in Genome Sciences at 4:30 pm. #sciencetalks #physiology #rhythm

🔬 CAREER OPPORTUNITY ALERT 🔬 The Dept. of Neurobiology & Biophysics at UW Seattle is hiring an Asst. Professor (w/o tenure). Join this highly collegial and collaborative department. The app closes June 9. 👉 apply.interfolio.com/166070 #AcademicJobs #NeuroscienceCareers #FacultyPosition

Your opportunity to apply for the #LakeConference on Neural Coding & Dynamics is going to set sail soon! 🛥️ Apply by May 23 to join us for this intimate, interactive conference. 📆 Sep. 28 to Oct. 2 📍 Seattle, USA 🧠📈 All career stages welcomed More info: alleninstitute.org/events/lake-...

Congratulations to Adrienne Fairhall, Prof. of Neurobiology and Biophysics, Adjunct Prof. of Applied Mathematics, and Adjunct Prof. of Physics, who has just been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! 🍾 🎉