Can't make it to #NJ12? Wherever you are, donate to my campaign!!. Wherever you are in the country, if you want to fight gerrymandering, defend science, and rebuild democracy, I'm on your side! Donate: secure.actblue.com/donate/sam4nj

anyone else see Bayes theorum in the superbowl ad?

I’m supporting @samwang.bsky.social (even though I don’t live New Jersey) - because he’s the type of scientist-as policy-maker that we so desperately need. Join me in helping him succeed!

Inspiring article explaining why friend and colleague Sam Wang is running for Congress. Lets help put a Neuroscientist into the halls of policy-making.

Grab some popcorn and check out this fantastic "post-orial" from the soon-to-be-Dr. @miah-pitcher.bsky.social This story has everything: movies of retinal waves, explanations of dendritic integration, images of starburst cells. Enjoy!

yes!

Stand Up for NCAR! Link in our bio!

A new paper from my lab. I will have a full description soon. rdcu.be/eX1Ld

G+D together with JHU worked to put together this cool video describing our latest work! Check it out!

Protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type kappa (PTPRκ) regulates Superior ON-Direction Selective Ganglion Cell development, facilitating image stabilization https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.07.698158v1

Self renewing pools of mitochondria at axon branch points to support those loooooong axons. great thread and fascinating finding from colleague @samlewis.bsky.social Congrats to all!

Studying vision across light levels? Interested in rod photoreceptors and related (patho)physiology? Matteo Rizzi, Kate Powell and I wrote a review on rod photoreceptor activity at daylight doi.org/10.1016/j.vi... . Free access link here kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

New preprint on sensory cortex dysfunction in Scn2a+/- mouse. Profoundly degraded sensory tuning and maps in S1--most dramatic of any ASD model. And rescued in post-critical period adults with CRISPRa. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Creative and important study for understanding visual processing.

10+ years of vision 👁️research in mice 🐭recasts our ideas about the brain 🧠and sharing data 🧪📈... a brief guide 👇 Thanks to many colleagues and @gtresearch.bsky.social @gt-neuro.bsky.social for connecting us w @us.theconversation.com

Thanks @nicolecrust.bsky.social for forwarding the tweets and the perspective. What an incredible opportunity for an incredible scientist. Proud day for #neuroscience at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

Our story on mechanosensation in baroreceptor cells of the kidney is finally out! Well worth the wait on this project we began in 2020 that turned into a massive collaborative effort within the kidney field. 🫘 www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...

Check out the newest Editors' (that would be me and Eunjoon Kim) Choice issue in Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Superbly guest edited by Stephen Liberles and @zknight.bsky.social >20 review articles on Interoception www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Application review launches on December 1, 2025. We want to read *your* application outlining a vision for a research program deciphering how membrane proteins collaborate to enable cell function, their biosynthesis, and the biophysics and structure of how membrane proteins change shape.

Announcing the Inaugural Fluorescence Advanced Imaging Research Workshop sites.uci.edu/aimlfdworksh... A joint effort between UC Berkeley and UC Irvine, bringing together the cutting edge talks of AIM and the intensive hands-on experience of the LFD Workshop. #microscopy #fluorescence

There is a matching campaign today for the Berkeley Basic Needs Center to help @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social students dealing with reduced CalFresh (SNAP) benefits. Give if you can! crowdfund.berkeley.edu/project/48580

We’re hiring! Join the Sivyer Lab at The University of Sydney as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Neurodegeneration within the Snow Vision Accelerator, a $50M initiative tackling glaucoma and optic nerve disease. iPSCs, electrophysiology, drug discovery, and gene therapy.

Excited to share our paper now published in Cell! 'Zebrafish use spectral information to suppress the visual background' Huge thanks to @neurofishh.bsky.social & @teuler.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social @cp-cell.bsky.social 👇🏻 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Run-roh! Dr. Karina Bistrong’s last day in the lab. It was celebrated Scooby-Doo style 🐾🔍 She’s off to NYU for a postdoc with the exciting new lab run by @[email protected] — onward to solving the mysteries of motor systems!

Neuroscientists say No Kings

Appreciating the art with fellow @annualreviews.bsky.social for vision science board members Roland Fleming and @shinyanishida.bsky.social .

AMAZING!! 🎉👏👁️🧠🤓

The 2025 volume of the Annual Review of Vision Science is now online. The most read article so far is "Behavior-Specific Computations in the Vertebrate Retina" arevie.ws/46HMEjd @serenariccitelli.bsky.social @annaintegrated.bsky.social @katrinfranke.bsky.social TOC: arevie.ws/3Wklava

Timely piece on the importance and safety of “gain-of-function” research, from my brilliant PhD advisor Sarah Stanley www.statnews.com/2025/10/06/g...

a must read for anyone interested visual cortex plasticity - a fresh look at some textbook models and a fun read. congratulations to the authors!

Representing @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #Neuroscience chair @danfeldman.bsky.social and @standupforscience.bsky.social at annual #BT5k fundraiser for brain tumor research. GO BEARS!

If you are a PhD student planning to graduate in Spring 2026, think about applying for a miller.berkeley.edu/fellowship. And if you are interested in development/neural circuits, I am happy to sponsor your nomination! email me....

Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041

The lab's first paper is out! We find that pupil constriction in mice drives strong retinal activity in vivo, and that humans can also perceive pupil-shaped stimulus. This has repercussions for anybody using pupillometry. 🧵1/n www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroskyence #neuroscience #neuro

A giant YES for @gliangel.bsky.social for this incredible honor. Great news for Angel, the lab, and the greater neuroscience ( neuroscience.berkeley.edu/grad ) and @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social communities. We look forward to being a part of this fantastic community. 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

Thrilled to share our new Adesnik lab paper!! Using holography in excitatory & inhibitory neurons, we reveal how a single cortical circuit can both complete and cancel predictable sensory activity, sharpening representations 📄https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.02.668307v1 🧵

Turns out that the “loudest” neurons are not always the most relevant ones. Great article about a fascinating and important result by @hayleybounds.bsky.social , graduate of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social neuroscience.

Thanks to @rachanads.bsky.social and the rest of my awesome lab for hosting lawrencehallofscience.org/visitors/tee... for a day in lab.

The Anne West lab at Duke is hiring a postdoc to work on nuclear cell biology in neurogenesis. Please help me spread the word! Applications to [email protected].

Hey 🧪 I’m looking for a sci-savvy illustrator to build a cartoon-style schematic for a paper about summer research experiences. HMU if this describes you or your side gig.

🧠 Join the JNeuro Early Career Advisory Board! 🧪 A great way to learn about the world of publishing and support other early career researchers by sharing your perspectives! Apps due July 18 www.jneurosci.org/content/ecr-...

Lots of room for growth at @uwaterloo.ca. 🇨🇦 And were hiring 6 new faculty in #optometry and #visionscience. Spread the news. Contact me if you want to learn more. share.google/8HXvp3LbwLPw...

Lack of spontaneous activity (#retinalwaves) in early development prevents the formation of retinal circuits critical for stabilizing images as we move through the world. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce....

Don't miss Dr. Doris Tsao of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social on our latest episode of Neuroscience Perspectives with @johnfoxe.bsky.social 👇Along with AI vs the brain, she shares that a mentor's support was pivotal in her career & how her father's curiosity helps fuel hers ➡️ urmc.info/25C

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

Among other things

Today I had the honor of speaking in front of nearly 3000 people today at the Woodland #NoKings rally. WE FEAR NO KING BECAUSE WE DONT HAVE ONE ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 let’s gooooooo

Thousands at #NoKings in Oakland!

@standupforscience.bsky.social represented in #Oakland,CA. incredible turnout including @danfeldman.bsky.social

Inspired by @annaintegrated.bsky.social - Hey #BayArea scientists, lets stand together with @standupforscience.bsky.social and @indivisiblesf.bsky.social for No Kings Rally Saturday, June 14. So many actions in Bay Area -- www.nokings.org#map