Eating its own tail, the central dogma of molecular biology has come full circle! 🧬

🚨 Why can’t mammals regenerate limbs like frog tadpoles or salamanders? In our new paper in @science.org , we show that species-specific oxygen sensing acts as a gatekeeper for initiating limb regeneration 🐭🐸 🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #EvoDevo

Pablo Villar et al discover male octopus mating arms are sensory organs used to find females, navigate internally to the oviduct & deliver sperm. From behavior to structure, these findings offer a framework for how sensory systems shape reproduction & species barriers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Monitoring gene expression in the brain with a simple blood test? In collaboration with @jerzyszablowski.bsky.social & his lab we figured out how to do it nonhuman primates using noninvasive neuroengineering of synthetic serum markers. nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

From campus to New Haven streets to the Connecticut shoreline, this storm left behind scenes that feel both stark and beautiful, especially in black and white. Swipe through a few scenes from this week's storm. 📷: Kyle Hurley & Bronwen Pailthorpe

On #SquirrelAppreciationDay, check out a 2021 Science study that revealed how decision-making and learning capabilities complement the biomechanical adaptations that enable "squirrel parkour." Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Nhl4n8

The deepest confirmed fish observation occurred at ~8,300 m. I know the shape behind it is another fish’s tail, but my brain insists it looks like the foreground fish is wearing a party hat. #deepsea #marinelife www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of Rising Stars Symposium this year and it was amazing! Great science, great people and a great place!! It was one of my highlights of this year! If you are a neuro grad student, I highly encourage you to apply! ✨

Neuro grad students! Applications for the 6th annual - Rising Stars in Neuroscience - due Jan 9! Don’t miss this chance to present research, sharpen science communication skills and connect with peers & faculty. Plus you’ll get to experience stunning Utah! medicine.utah.edu/neurobiology...

📣 Calling all early career #neuroscientists! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & Neuromatch are teaming up to better understand how to support #EarlyCareer Researchers. Whether you're a student, postdoc, or launching your career, we want to hear from you. ➡️ www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...

Seahorses have a unique sex role reversal with male pregnancy involving the brood pouch, an evolutionarily novel organ. A study in Nature Ecology & Evolution uses single-cell genomics and in-vivo experiments to reveal the mechanisms of pouch development in seahorses. 🧪

Pablo Villar and team uncover molecules and receptors underlying octopus mating. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

This parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their own queen. Learn more: https://scim.ag/43FNdcR

Here's the link to the system, try it! qedscience.com @qedscience.bsky.social

WTI Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are open! Unique opportunity for those pivoting fields or working across disciplines. I’d be happy to support candidates with a background in immunology and/or in vivo 2-photon imaging, including collaborations with other WTI labs wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...

Preprint - Excited to present WHOLISTIC, which extends the concept of whole-brain functional imaging to the entire body. Pioneering work by incredibly talented Virginia Ruetten @vmsruetten.bsky.social, this platform reveals whole-organism cellular dynamics in vivo. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno

So glad to have had the chance to join this symposium. ✨ Amazing people and amazing science! Thank you for this opportunity!

Lab’s latest: (mouse) mums grow their guts during pregnancy and lactation: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Check out this @science.org video 📽️ featuring @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social's PI Elena Gracheva & grad student Maddy Junkins 👩‍🔬 as they explore the fascinating physiology of hibernation 💤 in 13-lined ground squirrels 🐿️ and the neurophysiology behind thirst suppression! 🥤🧪

Squirrel-sicles, space travel, brain surgery, and scenes from an in-person reporting trip (unheard of in this economy)! www.popsci.com/science/hibe...

A paper that comes with a tagline "Amorous adventures can lead us to pursue risky actions." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My inaugural post on Bluesky - quite fittingly, I'm thrilled to share our first study on heat acclimation, which identifies a neuronal mechanism that drives heat tolerance in mice. (www.nature.com/articles/s41... ) Here is the gist 🧵 (1/n):

Beautiful study by Maddy from the Gracheva Lab describes a mechanism for long-term thirst suppression during hibernation in hibernating ground squirrels 🐿️💧 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My lab studies both lab mice and naked mole rats. There is a belief amongst some that what we discover in mice will be universally true, and what we discover in naked mole rats will be a weird mole rat quirk. I believe this mouse-centric view of biological systems is very limiting.

This is us! We're an educational resource with a bsky account. Content will be all about open educational resources in neuro, including but not limited to this book. #neuroscience #neuroskyence #openneuroscience #openscience