Delighted to present our SOMs tutorial with fresh-out-of-print slides at @mrccbu.bsky.social Weekly Seminar today! Even better getting to present alongside @estherina.bsky.social 🙌

This Thursday (Feb 5th) we're hosting Dr. Salvador Durá-Bernal with a talk on “Large-scale biophysical models of neuronal circuits to study brain function and disease”. Here's the registration link and the abstract: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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New preprint 🎉 Psych constructs are complex. Symptoms overlap, people rarely fit neat categories, and patterns are non-linear. Most methods compromise this richness. Self-Organising Maps don't. We provide a step-by-step tutorial with annotated R code to make them accessible. doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🚨new work with the dream team @danakarca.bsky.social @loopyluppi.bsky.social @fatemehhadaeghi.bsky.social @stuartoldham.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Researchers from MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and University of Cambridge showed that the brain stays in the adolescent phase until our early thirties. Find out more in the BBC article 👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgl6klez226o

Happy LGBTQ+STEM Day! To mark the occasion, LGBTQ+ and ally scientists alike introduced our new pride flag to the @mrccbu.bsky.social

We are excited to announce #COGNESTIC 2026 @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge, between 14-25 Sep 2026. Our 2-week summer school provides training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking: www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...

🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research 🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available 📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site 🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Assimilation-induced dehumanization: Psychology research uncovers a dark side effect of AI

📣 We are recruiting! Please share!! Are you a bioinformatician / computational scientist who wants to apply your skills to understanding regulatory biology and improving rare disease diagnosis and treatment? 🧠 💻 🧬 🩺 We have two roles available 👇 🧵 1/4

I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!

📣 We are expanding! Repost 🙏🏽 - Postdoc (funded by @simonsfoundation.org grant on synchronisation between cognitive representations and stepping) - Project Associates - Create your role! (Reach out if you are keen on these topics and these roles do not define you 👀🤗) www.neuroact.in

*New Paper* How genes for IQ shape brain organisation. Amazing work led by Alicja Monaghan @mrccbu.bsky.social reveals 2 ways. First, they’re associated w/ the ‘costs’ of network formation. Second, they define ‘high value’ areas within the network. How she did it…🧵 doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -Dalai Lama home sweet home catch you on the other side🌈🎶🌲😊

I'm hiring 2+ 2.5-year postdocs over the next few months. Job 1: looking for someone with deep expertise in computational modelling (reinforcement learning, agent based modelling) on real-world/complex data (closing: 18 August, starting: October-December), www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/52059/

So delighted to be a Visiting Professor at the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University. Many thanks to my sponsor @giusiporciello.bsky.social and @scnl-agliotilab.bsky.social. If you are in Rome come to my seminar!

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Excellent paper by the amazing @idoshal.bsky.social 👏☺️

Alert! ... for the child development world! @fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪ The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive. Check here: docs.hbcdstudy.org and here: nbdc-datahub.org Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼

Highly recommend working with Julie!!! An incredible researcher and, more importantly, a fantastic human being!!

The Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference is in Amsterdam this year, but you don't have to go that far to attend. Local meetups/watch parties are being organized all over, including the one I'm hosting in New York! Check them out and register (free!) here 👇 #neuroskyence #compneurosky

Many highlights at #PNIRS2025 but one of them was definitely dinner (at KBaroque) with the PNIRS RISING STARS (from left to right) @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @estherina.bsky.social Annelise Madison @linashansson.bsky.social 🤩😍🥰 @pnirs.bsky.social

Brilliant symposium and talks by the amazing, Iris, Julie and Elizabeth 👏👏👏 @julielasselin.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social #PNIRS2025

Incredible talk from @lironrozenkrantz.bsky.social, who shared her fascinating results. I'm looking forward to reading the full publication 🤩 👏 #PNIRS2025 @pnirs.bsky.social

Would you like to hear about prosocial behavioral in rats during social isolation and it's on neuroendocrine-immune effects? Come to my poster - Wednesday #57 #PNIRS2024 @pnirs.bsky.social

@estherina.bsky.social @iriskayichat.bsky.social @linashansson.bsky.social kicking off an exciting poster blitz session #PNIRS2025!! Come see hints of some of the exciting posters will be presented during the meeting!!

@carmensandi10.bsky.social continued Member Symposium 1 of #PNIRS2025, delivering an exciting talk about the promise of mitochondria-targeted treatments for anxiety and depression 👏

I'm so excited to be here at #PNIRS2025! This is the best conference and society, I’m thrilled to meet all of you! #Bordeaux @pnirs.bsky.social

🚨 Get EXCITED — We are just *ONE WEEK* away from #PNIRS2025!!! 👏🏼🤩 Are you ready to bookmark our final #highlights? 📌 Member-Sponsored Symposia 5 & 6 🗓️ Thu, Jun 12 8:30–10 AM For Details >> 🧵 Spread 👏🏼 the 👏🏼 word 👏🏼 #PNIRS #PNI #Psychoneuroimmunology #Science #France #Bordeaux 🇫🇷

The countdown is almost over — #PNIRS2025 starts tomorrow ✨👏🏼 We’re excited for everyone to (re)connect and soak in the vibes in Bordeaux at the Welcome Reception at Le Tchanqué tomorrow (June 9) at 6 PM! >>🧵

Looking forward to this! If you're attending #PNIRS2025 be sure to come to our session (Symposia 4) on Wednesday morning and say hello 👋 @ymilaneschi.bsky.social @dpmoriarity.bsky.social @uob-ieu.bsky.social

Did you know that social isolation affects both the brain and cancer progression in rats? What can this teach us about social isolation in humans? This short article, based on my PhD research, explores the science behind it. 🧠🧬 ‪‪@lbscience.org‬ www.lbscience.org/en/2025/06/0...

#פידמדע איך בידוד משפיע על חולדות? ומה אפשר ללמוד מזה על בני אדם? כתבה ד"ר אסתרינה טרכטנברג @estherina.bsky.social , מובילת המחקר ⬇️

Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁). drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...

This is a really cool project! Please repost to anyone interested at the intersection between developmental cognitive neuroscience and education!

I'm super excited to give my Pint of Science talk today: Wired for connection – how relationships and kindness support mental and physical health 🧠🍺

It's a huge field and hard to know where to start. If you're interested in the use in science, I would recommend this perspective by @lmesseri.bsky.social and @mjcrockett.bsky.social.

What began as a hallway chat at @mrccbu.bsky.social with @idoshal.bsky.social grew to a deep conversation and turned into a BNA insight paper. We explored subjectivity in neuroscience from the voices of ECRs. Endless thanks, dearest Ido, and Nimrod Hertz @britishneuro.bsky.social

Fascinating! Well done, Celia 👏🤩 @celiafoster.bsky.social

The media has been largely ignoring IL's criminal siege of Gaza. But now as it enters its 9th week, NYT finally reports how the confluence of lack of food, water & medicine is creating a catastrophe As Gaza Siege Grinds On, Gazan Children Go Hungry and Patients Die www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w...

AOC: Donald Trump is a criminal. He was found guilty of 34 felony counts of fraud, found liable for sexual abuse. If he wants to find the rapists and criminals in this country, he should look in the mirror

1/5 Yesterday and today, I gave a talk at the Psychology Dept. as part of the Cambridge Festival. Thank you, Nina and Louise, for inviting me!! I spoke about empathy in rats, and we explored how empathy manifests in humans and animals. @mrccbu.bsky.social @cambridgefestival.bsky.social 🧑‍🔬🧪

Always wanted to have a mug with my publication on it. Now I have 2!!!Super excited and thank you to my incredible hubby @agilkis.bsky.social @pnirs.bsky.social ☺️

Join our science night with fascinating activities and talks! I'll be talking about my research, "Wired for connection: The neuroscience of loneliness and health". Super excited about it!🧠🧪🧑‍🔬

Looking forward to giving the talks about empathy in Rats ☺️✨

Continuing the #InternationalWomensDay theme, say hello to Professor Hiranya Peiris. Professor Peiris will be joining us at #CamFest to help us explore the evolution of the cosmos and unravel its mysteries: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb... @cambridgeastro.bsky.social #Astronomy #Cosmology

Do rats feel empathy? @estherina.bsky.social @mrccbu.bsky.social is speaking about her research at #CamFest. She'll be exploring how understanding empathy in animals could help us understanding empathy in humans: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/camb...