In this episode of “Brain Inspired,” @braininspired.bsky.social talks to @antihebbiann.bsky.social, who argues that molecular signaling, like protein expression, controls innate brain responses to varying environmental contexts. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...

Flies fly thanks to local circuits of sensory and effector neurons that control specific body parts and enable behaviors such as feeding and walking, new work shows. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/l...

In his new book, published today, artificial-intelligence researcher @blaiseaguera.bsky.social draws from computer science, machine learning and neuroscience to provide a nuanced examination of the fundamental aspects of intelligence. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/learning/wha...

Experts' concerns about yesterday's HHS announcement include the administration’s reliance on weak evidence rather than established research. www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/aut...

A 2009 paper reported that gelsolin reduced amyloid burden in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Now the journal’s editors have retracted the work over potential image duplication. By @lauren-schneider.com #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/a...

@pessoabrain.bsky.social talks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @aliyarumana.bsky.social and Peter Ulric Tse about the need for neuroscience’s traditional mechanistic framework to give way to a richer understanding of how brains generate behavior. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

Faux fish and birds are helping researchers decipher some of the rules that govern schooling and squawking, among other social behaviors. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/social-behav...

Long-read sequencing reveals novel autism-linked variants that short-read sequencing misses, according to two new preprints. By Natalia Mesa www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/lon...

This month’s newsletter features @jheannellejohnson.bsky.social on @blackinneuro.bsky.social’s new initiative and Q&As with @kmcostalab.com and @matthiasnau.bsky.social about their new labs. Plus, the latest neuroscience funding and job opportunities. Sign up for the newsletter. bit.ly/4pAlyU3

The field of human neuroscience particularly benefits from studies conducted in large, diverse cohorts of participants, which produce findings that better generalize to the entire global population, writes @lucinauddin.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/inte...

Truly honored (and a little overwhelmed) to see our work featured in The Transmitter's "This Paper Changed My Life." Huge thanks to @neural-reckoning.org for the kind words - and to our amazing community that keeps pushing spiking neural network research forward 🙏

In this month’s “Liftoff,” @matthiasnau.bsky.social talks about the importance of making quick decisions as a PI, and @kmcostalab.com shares how lab members being mad at a PI can sometimes be a good thing. By @franciscorr25.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/liftoff-new-...

In our latest “This paper changed my life,” @neural-reckoning.org explains how @fzenke.bsky.social's 2019 paper, and its related coding tutorial SpyTorch, made it possible to apply modern machine learning to spiking neural networks. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...

A widely cited study linking chromatin modifications to improved memory has earned an expression of concern from publishers over apparent image duplication. By @lauren-schneider.com #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/p...

The first nerve net connectome is here, and it belongs to a comb jelly. This ancient lineage could crack open research into the evolution of sensory motor coordination, researchers say. By @siddhantpusdekar.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/f...

International collaborations enable the sharing of resources and expertise, as well as more broadly applicable and reproducible results. But new U.S. federal funding restrictions are putting them in jeopardy, writes @lucinauddin.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/funding/inte...

Help @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social understand what early-career neuroscientists need. Take just a few minutes to fill out the survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career... #neuroskyence

@nicolecrust.bsky.social poses fundamental questions about emotions, and the terms we use to describe them, to other experts in this "Big picture" debate. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

If you’re at the @blackinneuro.bsky.social Conference, swing by and say hello! Learn more about @thetransmitter.bsky.social and our efforts to support early-career neuroscience researchers. #BINW25 #neuroskyence

Oxytocin controls both sides of the mother-pup relationship in mice, influencing how pups communicate when separated from their mothers, a new study finds. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/oxytocin/oxy...

A new dopamine sensor enables neuroscientists to simultaneously monitor the activity of two additional signaling chemicals in the brains of living mice and zebrafish. By @dianakwon.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/sen...

Explore our Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center—with news, expert insights, practical tools and more to help you navigate the field: https://www.thetransmitter.org/early-career-researchers/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20250908-ecrrc-gif

We're excited to be here at the @blackinneuro.bsky.social Conference. Swing by our booth to learn more about our efforts to support early-career neuroscience researchers. #BINW25 #neuroskyence

In the latest episode of @braininspired.bsky.social, @drbreaky.bsky.social and @macshine.bsky.social describe a scale-free property of brain activity conserved across diverse species, suggesting a universal principle of activity underlying cognition. www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...

@blackinneuro.bsky.social celebrates its fifth anniversary and announces the HBCU-MINDS Network, an initiative focused on building neuroscience research infrastructure, expanding graduate training and increasing opportunities at HBCUs. By @jheannellejohnson.bsky.social #BINW25 bit.ly/3JZJSOB

This week, @thetransmitter.bsky.social is at the @blackinneuro.bsky.social Conference. If you’re attending, we’d love to meet you! Swing by our booth to find out more about us and our efforts to support early-career researchers. #BINW25 #neuroskyence

Sleep might be an “inescapable consequence” of aerobic metabolism, new findings in fruit flies suggest. By @vcallier.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/sleep/mitoch...

Last week, the International Brain Laboratory released a comprehensive activity map of the rodent brain during decision-making, enabling researchers to "test new ideas in a really easy and powerful way," says neuroscientist @predictivebrain.bsky.social. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social bit.ly/4mhqMRO

@blackinneuro.bsky.social is launching a new program to help HBCUs advance neuroscience research and education, focusing on cross-institutional collaboration, joint curriculum development and improved mentoring initiatives. By @jheannellejohnson.bsky.social #neuroskyence bit.ly/4mSgUyH

Fantastic to see Elusive Cures by @nicolecrust.bsky.social & How to Change a Memory by @okaysteve.bsky.social (on-sale: November 4) on @thetransmitter.bsky.social reading list:

The same genes can have disparate, sometimes opposing, effects on neuropsychiatric conditions, a study finds. By Natalia Mesa www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/aut...

In this "Big picture" debate, @nicolecrust.bsky.social explores the controversy around the terminology used to characterize emotions—and invites 13 experts to chime in. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

Astrocyte networks are much larger than previously thought, which “flips the way we think about astrocytes and what their networks may mean,” says @liddelowsa.bsky.social. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/astrocytes/a...

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 “Connectomes: The wiring diagram of an entire animal,” by Alex M. Winsor and Paul S. Katz in 𝑒𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

How is it that the same genes can influence the likelihood of multiple neuropsychiatric conditions? By Natalia Mesa https://bit.ly/4mPcKb4

The mouse brain lights up during decision making, showing widespread activity across both predictable as well as unexpected areas. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/decision-mak...

Earlier this year, four papers were published describing a “reviving-like” behavior observed in mice, but Peggy Mason finds that description to be “nonsensical.” By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social #neuroskyence https://bit.ly/4g4JdYp

On the latest Brain Inspired podcast episode, Xaq Pitkow shares his principles to study cognition in our imperfect brains and bodies, and how AI and machine learning are contributing to our efforts to understand brains and minds. youtu.be/ugorctvkCa0?...

Astrocytes are connected by gap junctions in large, plastic networks that link brain regions not connected by neurons, a new preprint shows. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/astrocytes/a...

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 “Cell biology of astrocytic adhesive interactions and signaling pathways in regulating neuronal circuits,” by Vasileios Glykos 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. in 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑂𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

“Competent prose generated by a machine, I’ve come to realize, might not be what science actually needs.” ? By Tim Requarth #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/from-bench-t...

Neurociencias Para Todos brings neuroscience education to remote communities in Mexico. @analog-ashley.bsky.social‬ talked with founder Monica López-Hidalgo about the program’s efforts and the importance of making neuroscience accessible to all. www.thetransmitter.org/community/br...

New findings help to explain why it has been so challenging to predict brain signaling from the connectome alone. By Holly Barker #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/w...

Microglia nurture young GABAergic interneurons by secreting IGF-1, a new study shows. By Lauren Schenkman www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/mic...

In the latest episode of @braininspired.bsky.social, Xaq Pitkow discusses how evolution's messy constraints shape optimal brain algorithms, from Bayesian inference to ecological affordances. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...

In The Transmitter's reading list, we highlight the most anticipated upcoming neuroscience books and other notable 2025 releases. Featuring titles by @okaysteve.bsky.social, @dr-brein.bsky.social, @nicolecrust.bsky.social,‬ Xiao-Jing Wang and many more. By @franciscorr25.bsky.social bit.ly/45MvK41

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 “Gender data would be off-limits under proposed NIH policy,” by @stephaniemlee.bsky.social in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐸𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

In the 1990s, neuroscientists often complained “that theorists were completely out of touch with experimental data,” says @tonyzador.bsky.social. Today, in part thanks to the Sloan-Swartz Centers, “I very rarely hear that.” By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 “Marcelle lapicque (1873-1960): The first Black female European neuroscientist?” by Alison Christy et al. in the 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 doi.org/10.1016/j.jn...

With LLMs, researchers can develop software entirely through natural language conversations. This shift is transforming how research gets done, offering new opportunities and new challenges, writes ‪Benjamin Dichter. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...