Since their discovery in 2004, the grid cells in the brain have been regarded as a kind of "GPS in the head." However, scientists at DKFZ and Heidelberg University Hospital have now shown that grid cells work much more flexibly than previously assumed. @nature.com Neuroscience t1p.de/hpj1m

“Many scholars from historically overexploited countries (often referred to as the global south) expected that exposing the problem would trigger change. Four years on, I see it clearly: the scientific system was never designed for equity,” writes Dolors Armenteras in Nature. #Academicsky 🧪

The deadline is approaching! Check out that great opportunity!

Open Call @embl 📍 Heidelberg 🧬 Postdoc position (3 yrs) – Computational Biology Join a world-leading research environment & drive cutting-edge data-driven biology! 🔗 Apply here: embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/d... #ComputationalBiology #EMBL

And now for an update on my office window. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

🌍 Open Call! RWTH Aachen University invites postdocs from outside the EU to apply for the “Port to Europe” Fellowship (24 months funding, all disciplines). Start your research journey at one of Europe’s top universities! 🚀 Deadline: Oct 5, 2025. 👉https://rwth-aachen.de/go/id/botjje/lidx/1

Sharing our newest study led by the incredibly talented @federicamosti.bsky.social investigating new molecular mechanisms of human brain development. We discover a human-specific enhancer HAR1984 that influences chromatin looping to promote cortical size and folding! www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...

Excited to share the story behind our recent Nature Communications paper: 👉 “Epigenetics in motion: How DNMT1 steers interneuron migration and identity”, communities.springernature.com/posts/epigen...; #NatureCommunications

Check out this paper by Werner Dykstra in which we study the effects of GFAP mutations on brain organoid development. doi.org/10.1002/glia...

Ready to lead pioneering research that bridges systems-level investigations of biological systems to molecular mechanism? The EMBL Molecular Systems Biology Unit in Heidelberg is hiring a Group Leader!

🧠 Our new study is out in Nature Communications! We show that DNMT1 regulates the migration of postmitotic cortical interneurons, with implications for cortical layering and function, and potentially disease conditions. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414... Huge thanks to the amazing team/collaborators!

Stop the doom scrolling! A new 🗞️ from my lab, describing one of our flagship projects of many years we are super excited to share: "Inducible formation of fusion transcripts upregulates haploinsufficient CHD2 gene expression". A 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/earl...

The authors of a Comment article in Nature “urge STEMM scientists in the United States to avoid the mistakes of the past and instead stand together and fight for both personal and academic freedom.” #Academicsky 🧪

Here is the collective effort of 12 labs, lead by my own at the Broad to target the range of cortical interneuron subtypes! These tools should be a game changer for all of you using NHP and other less genetically amenable species! Have at it! urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

Cherry blossoms in full bloom—nature’s quiet reminder that beauty persists, even when the world feels heavy. A moment to pause, breathe, and take in the light…

💫 New preprint from the lab: Comparing great ape cerebral organoids, we found that human-specific morphoregulatory signatures in basal radial glia characterise neocortex evolution. Fantastic work from super-talented PhD student Theresa Schütze! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

if any of you want to understand the depth of the attacks against american universities by the current administration and their ultimate goal, you have to watch this 👇 In my opinion, necessary to grasp the magnitude of the disaster we are facing: youtu.be/0FR65Cifnhw?...

Science is an investment that pays enormous dividends. So if you’re business-minded, it’s an offer you can’t refuse! Here's my full speech from the Stand Up For Science rally in DC today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eemj...

Honored to be part of this exciting work published in Science Advances! 🎉 Kir7.1 is the physiological target for hormones and steroids that regulate uteroplacental function - Grateful to the fantastic team behind this!👏 🔗 Read more: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

More hits to #NIH: "The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪 @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.org

xkcd.com/3056 #RNAsky

The Society for Developmental Biology has released a statement on the Unprecedented Disruptions to Biomedical Research in the United States.

Call to End Freeze on Federal Grants The White House's pause on federal grants threatens our nation’s scientific progress. Read SfN's full statement urging this Administration to lift the freeze to protect the health and security of our nation: bit.ly/4gq9i2I

Many of you may not be familiar with #NIH grants. Here are some facts to help you understand the magnitude of this disaster. 1) NIH grants are extremely difficult to get & not "free money". Researchers must have preliminary data & write detailed proposals. Mine was >200pages & took years to put

📢 We are recruiting group leaders! We seek researchers who address fundamental questions in biology, including the development, the function, and the dynamics of complex biological systems. APPLY before March 30th 2025 👉 www.ibdm.univ-amu.fr/we-are-recru... #ScienceCareers #Marseille

"As of today, it looks as though Donald Trump is in the process of freezing federally-funded cancer research in the United States," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social

Who will protect our environment from Trump? Non-profit environmental lawyers. They won hundreds of cases against Trump 45 and have been hiring new lawyers for months. They are ready for this moment. Follow and donate to: @earthjustice.bsky.social @nrdc.org @centerforbiodiv.bsky.social

It has started a movement. Cartoonists are paying homage to Ann Telnaes. Here are two of them. Ann’s is the final. Steve Brodner, @danboriscreates.bsky.social @anntelnaes.bsky.social

As an "EIPOD" interdisciplinary postdoc in @jamiehackett.bsky.social and our lab, @denbobalab.bsky.social found that "Paternal microbiome perturbations impact offspring fitness" (2024): antibiotic treatment of male mice led to low birth weight & higher mortality in offspring www.nature.com/artic...

Please retweet! Open rank faculty search in the basic sciences at UCLA David School of Medicine. Multiple positions are available - the application deadline is 19th January. Please apply here: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10062

In Puerto Varas, Chile 🇨🇱, doing a site visit for @molbiosystems.bsky.social Plan to join usin Sep 2025! Molbiosystems.com

Abstract Vs. Results

🌍 Calling all early-career RNA researchers! Join us in Lucca, Italy, March 15-16, 2025, for the RNA Editing Gordon Research Seminar (GRS)! 📅 #EarlyCareerScientists #RNAediting #RNAmodifications #RNAsky

Take a moment to appreciate and celebrate how far you’ve come!🎉 Great visual by visualhustles (LinkedIn) #Academics #Academicsky #growth #mindset #appreciation

We are recruiting an associate or full Professor of Infection and/or Immunity to the school biological sciences in Cambridge. Full details here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49381/ #immunology #virology

Breaking: AI beats neuroscientists at predicting experiment outcomes. But don’t pack up your lab coats yet—AI can predict, but only humans can interpret, explain, and ask the big, juicy questions. Teamwork, folks. The future of science seems human-AI collabs! 🤝🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sox & POU transcription factors, key to stem cell pluripotency, are older than multicellular animals! New research shows their roots in unicellular relatives, highlighting how ancient molecular tools were adapted for complex life. 🧬✨ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Nordic #neuroscience societies welcome you all to the FENS Regional Meeting in Oslo next year - the first time ever in a Nordic country! The CALL FOR SYMPOSIA is still open until 30 November. Submit now! frm2025oslo.no #FRM2025 #brain #FENS @pirtahotulainen.bsky.social @olekiehn.bsky.social

Graduate students are the backbone of science, but their mental health often takes a hit. We owe it to the future of science and our students to address this crisis and build a healthier academic culture. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mapping the genome in high resolution! 🧬 ChIP-DIP revolutionizes DNA–protein mapping by profiling numerous regulatory proteins in one experiment…a game-changer! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

OK, I've made a Starter Pack on Neuroepigenetics, Chromatin, and Gene Regulation! Please share and let me know who else should be added to this list. go.bsky.app/6LWE4dr

If you are interested in #Epigenetics apply for a PhD with Jack Hardwick and Jonathan Hanley in Bristol, and our group in Exeter. Elucidating the role of DNA modifications in neurons Funded by #SWBio DTP Deadline: Dec 4 To apply: www.swbio.ac.uk/programme/ho...

I’m thrilled to share a collaborative story from @Mendell_lab and Jan Erzberger labs, led by postdoc extraordinaire Xiaoqiang Zhu. We showed that in addition to their canonical decoding function, tRNAs play a key role in regulating mRNA stability during translation! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Excited to see the second edition of this book on Transcriptional Regulation by Neuronal Activity (edited by Ramendra Saha and @serenadudette.bsky.social) officially published! Lots of great content here, may be useful for people new to this field. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

@rongfan8.bsky.social's Perturb-DBIT www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...