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I’m happy to share a protocol we’ve been working on for building modular, synchronized multimodal data acquisition systems for systems neuroscience behavior rigs. @mbd1mbd1.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro...

How did singing mouse evolve its song? Two research manuscripts published today shed light on peripheral and central circuit modifications underlying this novel vocal capacity.

We tracked mice in space! This video shows our estimate of their self-induced centripetal force during circling in 3D 👩‍🚀 Preprint thread below 👇

Y'all know it's New Murderbot Day, right???

Congratulations to the 2026 cohort of Grass Fellows! 🔗 go.mbl.edu/grass26

As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out! This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors. Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social

Never a doubt GO BIRDS

SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS! THIS ONE’S FOR YOU PHILLY!

New paper from the lab: feedback from piriform cortex to the olfactory bulb carries identity and reward contingency signals in a multimodal (odor and sound) rule-reversal task. Feedback is re-formatted within seconds and reflects changes in the perceived rules of engagement. doi.org/10.1038/s414...

Interested in understanding how things work? In particular the tools you use to study the brain? Join us at TENSS 2025 where we brainstorm ideas, build and debug microscopes, electrophysiology and behavior rigs amidst the picturesque Transylvanian hills! tenss.ro Apply by: February 16th!

Go birds

Duke is currently a double digit favorite in every ACC game except at Clemson and at UNC. Projected to win the ACC by 5 games. From @barttorvik.bsky.social

Jim Boeheim on color commentary is barely keeping it together. You can tell he really wants to go full Len Elmore style Hall of Fame Hater

TMBG TONIGHT!!🎉🎉 When @mbd1mbd1.bsky.social and I headed to this bridge on the Duke campus (ca. ‘97), armed with the black and silver spray paint cans left over from building our “exploding” Death Star model rocket, I was -convinced- that @tmbg.bsky.social would see it and think it was so cool 😂

💯 97 was the season that Feinstein covered in the book. Everyone should read it

The perfect sports weekend: Duke basketball beat Arizona Tottenham beat Man City Duke football beat Virginia Tech Eagles beat the Rams #thebrotherhood #coys #bleedblue #flyeaglesfly

Maybe, just maybe? Daniel Jones wasn’t the problem. Maybe.

NIH funding generated $2.46 for every $1 funded in 2023. Important info for scientific advocacy in the years ahead- science is a quantifiable investment, not just a cost. H/t to @nicolecrust.bsky.social for sharing! #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #NeuroSkyence www.fiercebiotech.com/research/rep...

Refs are letting them play and Wofford is getting open looks. Duke shouldn’t get too comfortable with the early lead.

tonight at 8 PM ET, I will be doing a “live skeet” (as I understand they are called) of my movie HOT FROSTY and try to share some fun behind-the-scenes facts along the way. if you’d like, please watch along with me! 🔥⛄️

In this video from Pianote, the multi-talented Jon Baptiste hears Green Day’s Holiday for the first time (drum & vocals only) and is challenged to come up with a piano accompaniment for it — and he really *really* gets into it. [kottke.org]