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Lastly, we zoomed out: what’s the overall pattern of superficial tract development — where the developmental drama happens? Tract ends near sensorimotor cortex mature earlier; those near association cortex mature later. Our second axis: Sensorimotor ➡️ Association. 10/n

We truly didn’t know what we’d find. The pattern we saw was striking – and replicable. Across nearly all tracts, we saw the most developmental drama at superficial tract regions near the cortex. Deep regions showed little age-related change. Our first axis: Deep ➡️ Superficial. 4/n

The savings we're getting here by annihilating decades of American science will pay for whole minutes of the operation to create decades of death, immiseration, and chaos in Iran.

$300 Million in jet planes lost to a fuckup. That’s 83 five year NIH R01 grants burned in minutes due to error, aka poor execution of this unnecessary war which serves only to make the world more dangerous.

I would like to see Pritzker and Newsom declare a state tax receivership fund whereby citizens pay their federal tax liabilities into a state-run escrow account rather than directly to the IRS. The state can hold these funds in trust for the federal government until Trump obeys the Impoundment Act.

I really needed a quiet week after a series of big pushes over the last many months. So of course, today I started writing a brand new IACUC protocol #academicmasochism

1. Kevin Gross and I have a new paper out today PLOS Biology. We used economic models based around screening games and the market for unpaid labor to highlight a meltdown cycle threatening peer review.

NYU's Center for Neural Science is seeking a faculty candidate that would be jointly appointed with our Tandon School of Engineering. We are looking for post-doc applicants with neuroengineering or computational backgrounds. apply.interfolio.com/182074

A amazing new story by @cate-cholamine.bsky.social led by @forrestdrogers.bsky.social on the environmental modulation of paternal behavior in African striped mice, with a newly discovered molecular player of parental control, Agouti! Terrific study, congrats to all authors!...

🌟Announcing the next cohort of the DPN Editor’s New Investigator Waiver Award recipients🌟 Dr. Nicole Zürcher, @nicolerzurcher.bsky.social Dr. Jennifer Goldschmied, @jengoldschmiedphd.bsky.social Dr. Sarah Sperry, @drsarahsperry.bsky.social Congratulations! We're proud to support your work👏

New postdoctoral opportunity @lieberinstitute.bsky.social working w/ @tsawada1.bsky.social and our Molecular Neurogenetics team using human induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate molecular, cellular and neuroendocrine mechanisms by which impaired placental function impacts brain development

YOU GUYS. I forgot to share my dad joke! How can you tell if a mouse is a dad? . . . . . . . . . . . By his mousetache! 🤣 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A magnum opus indeed! A sample of its fascinating brilliance: "In contrast to standard laboratory rodents, ... striped mice show that the capacity for male caregiving is broadly present and that individual differences arise from context-dependent suppression of melanocortin signalling."

New research on African striped mice found that the caregiving instinct may be rooted in a specific gene

From "Dad of the Year" to deadbeat: what accounts for a doting father versus a negligent one? PNI's @forrestdrogers.bsky.social working in the labs of @cate-cholamine.bsky.social & @mallarinolab.bsky.social finds a molecular “switch” for paternal care in mice. pni.princeton.edu/news/2026/ma...

And @forrestdrogers.bsky.social is on the job market! Get him while you can!! 🔥🔥 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I am so proud to share @forrestdrogers.bsky.social’s postdoctoral magnum opus, now out in @nature.com! Forrest discovered a novel role for Agouti in the MPOA of the hypothalamus to integrate socio-environmental information to flexibly tune paternal behavior www.nature.com/articles/s41... Thread! 👇🏻

My husband and kids have been traveling for the last few days while I stayed back to work, and my sleep-wake-eat cycle immediately shifted. Which is how I learned that my kids are more important to my circadian rhythm than the sun itself

Extremely proud of Rachael @neurohoke.bsky.social and Kiara for this work. I have learned so much working with @talliezee.bsky.social and the whole team.

News from central Jersey: I'm running to represent New Jersey's 12th Congressional District. By entering the fray, I hope to bring ideas of repairing our frayed republic. Not only to defend it in 2026, but to build something stronger, for generations to come! samwang.substack.com/p/entering-t...

Why I’m running for Congress: www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2026...

I’m thrilled to share our latest preprint from the lab, now available on BioRxiv! We investigated how early life adversity (ELA) shapes the adult brain, and the results are a stark reminder that sex isn't just a variable but leads to fundamentally different stress-induced mechanistic consequences

My weekly update (Grants with Notice of Award dates up to 1/23/26) All projects 1/3

This quantification of loss is staggering. And knowing some of the excellent people that make up these numbers… is heartbreaking www.science.org/content/arti...

People outside of Minnesota, in case you are wondering how to help the current situation, this website has many current opportunities to donate and support people who need help in Minnesota. Help pay rent, get groceries, and provide other support for people in hiding. www.standwithminnesota.com

Pssst… it’s been a few years but @stellatecomms.bsky.social will be hiring for TWO roles ✨ Looking for excellent communicators with advanced degrees. Must have a strong attention to detail, passion for science & enjoy working within a team. Agency & media experience is +++ but not required.

What happens when a neuroscientist realizes trauma rewired their own brain? ❤️‍🩹 I’ll be sharing that very personal story - the intersection of my research, insights it's brought me & the healing journey I've embarked on - LIVE & LIVESTREAMING on 1/26! Tickets 👇 www.storycollider.org/tickets/2026...

As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪

We cannot do science while our people are being shot down in the streets. We cannot fund DHS/ICE. Call your representatives.

They shot Renee Good in the face. They kidnapped Liam Ramos. They just executed a man on the street. Unmask them. Prosecute them. No more secret police.

Every child is everyone's responsibility www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

1/12 Really proud of this paper! We borrowed tools from biology to ask a simple question: does who you play with actually matter in football? (Spoiler: it does, a lot.) 🧬 🤝 ⚽ Paper here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1mUusArnpe...

We could all use some extra stress #resilience rn. But how does it work in the brain? On the surface, resilience looks like ignoring stress. Does the brain fail to respond? Or are active adaptations required? Or are resilience and susceptibility divergent paths? doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116867

Feeling very lucky to have @thebalelab.bsky.social in my life 🫶

Deadline extended to 29 Jan 2026! Nominate!!!!! One of the most prestigious mid-career recognitions in neuroscience. A great chance to spotlight outstanding mid-career researchers whose achievements shine relative to opportunity. Self-nominations welcome!

✨New year, new webinars! We are kicking off a new season of the GSRNet Flagship Webinar Series. 🎙️ Elisabeth Binder (Germany) 🧠 Moderators of the Stress Response: From Molecular Discovery to Translational Impact ⏰ March 4, 3 PM CET | 9 AM EST | 7:30 PM IST Register now👉 forms.gle/XUkDRbLXmouf...

Just spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.

Happy to share the latest from our lab published @cp-cellreports.bsky.social, where we delineated the synaptic maturation trajectory for vCA1 and iCA1 projections to mPFC, and pathway-specific effects of vCA1- and iCA1-mPFC juvenile inhibition on cognitive flexibility www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Excited to share a new preprint that examines how adversity exposure across development is associated with subcortical-cortical structure-function coupling and youth mental health! 🧠 Thread below: 🧵⬇

Every day, a new atrocity. This one hits close to home.

What ICE can and can't do:

So much #ACNP FOMO 😭

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

Delighted to share our first preprint of the year! A project that we're all really proud of in the lab led by @ossamaghenissa.bsky.social with @mathiasgua.bsky.social in which we set out to test the role of basolateral amygdala astrocytes in anxiety behaviour. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨 Proposals for @sfn.org Jan 21st 🚨 I’ve only been on the programming committee led by @nictritsch.bsky.social for a short time but already impressed with the vision for 2026 & @sfn.org’s service to our 🧠 community. This is a grear year to support @sfn.org & contribute to a smashing meeting! 🧪

This really struck me too about this biography. Over and over in his career when people asked Crick what he did for a living he would respond: "I read and I think"

How does your favorite gene respond to stress? Check out our updated “Stressome-app”! In a new @natcomms.nature.com paper we vastly extend our interactive app with loads of bulk and single-cell transcriptomics after acute and chronic stress. www.nature.com/articles/s41... I'll walk you through👇

Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇 "Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...