I love this piece! It shows the many ways a connectome can be put to use, AND the many complementary modalities that are needed, beyond the connectome, to answer real questions. And it makes me feel good about having helped to generate the thing. :)

Congrats to @bucklr01.bsky.social on being selected as a finalist in the NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards, for her piece "Brains, biases and amyloid beta: Why the female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer’s research"! www.nasw.org/article/anno...

Thinking about which neuroscience conferences to attend in 2026? Check out our recently updated calendar, featuring top neuroscience meetings and events through April 2027. Are you organizing a conference? Share it with us at [email protected]. www.thetransmitter.org/events/?utm_...

Facial movements reflect a mouse’s decision-making patterns independent of their chosen action during a foraging task, per a new study. By @lauren-schneider.com #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/motor-behavi...

Building reproducible systems across labs is possible, even in large-scale neuroscience. You just need rigor, collaboration and the willingness to look your own practices in the eye, writes Anne Churchland. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil...

@pessoabrain.bsky.social talks to @wiringthebrain.bsky.social, @aliyarumana.bsky.social and Peter Ulric Tse about the need for neuroscience’s traditional mechanistic framework to give way to a richer understanding of how brains generate behavior. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

Explore our Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center—with news, expert insights, practical tools and more to help you navigate the field: https://www.thetransmitter.org/early-career-researchers/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20250908-ecrrc-gif

My new essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social. Why is understanding emotion so challenging? The debates around what counts as an "emotion" shed insight. These disputes are multidimensional, principled and fascinating. Here, I unpack them. www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...

“Competent prose generated by a machine, I’ve come to realize, might not be what science actually needs.” ? By Tim Requarth #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/from-bench-t...

Selfishly, I’ll plug our tool LLM agent in system #AmadeusGPT - which lets you vibe code your behavioral analysis ;) and even gives you interpretable and verifiable outputs! www.mackenziemathislab.org/amadeusgpt

From bench to bot: How to use AI to structure your writing by Tim Requarth: www.thetransmitter.org/from-bench-t... A scientific fraud. An investigation. A lab in recovery by @callimcflurry.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...

Our current approach to defining neural populations is largely arbitrary. We need new methods for grouping cells, ideally by their dynamics, writes @markdhumphries.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...

Calling all PIs! @thetransmitter.bsky.social wants to understand the diverse funding sources that support your neuroscience research. Complete this survey and let us know: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/quan... #neuroskyence

Prairie voles have typically been used to probe the neural basis of love, until now: Female voles that lack oxytocin receptors struggle to make friends with other females, a new study shows. By Holly Barker #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neurobiology...

We are excited to announce the launch of a joint quarterly newsletter in partnership with @neuromatch.bsky.social. Together, we want to connect neuroscientists who share a common interest in computational neuroscience. www.thetransmitter.org/newsletters-... #neuroskyence

Computational sciences can offer a unique opportunity for democratized access and participation, but we are currently falling far short of that goal, writes @neuromatch.bsky.social's @meganakpeters.bsky.social and Bradley Roberts‬‬‬‬. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/education/ho...

Embodiment is the concept that the function of the brain is inexorably shaped by the body, a lens that is often neglected when neuroscientists study specific brain subsystems, write @bingbrunton.bsky.social and @tuthill.bsky.social. #neuroskyence #neuroai www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/brea...

Are you a basic scientist? What do you think about public engagement? Whether you're active, curious, or unsure where to start—we want your perspective. Take our survey to help shape future support & training. Open until 3 Aug airtable.com/appIOiMGYFhF... #BasicScience #PublicEngagement #SciComm

Neuroscience PIs: Help @thetransmitter.bsky.social understand the funding landscape by filling out this survey. www.thetransmitter.org/funding/quan... #neuroskyence

To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, systems and circuits, neuroscientists must embrace an evolutionary perspective, argue Karl Farrow and @katjareinhard.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...

Great piece for anyone who wants to know what an NIH study section is like, and what that service feels like in this fraught moment.

I would love (and am trying) to build a whole lab off of data reuse + modeling. This article pointed to some useful resources I hadn't heard of. I would also add that reuse can be for things far afield from what the data was originally collected for. Your data may have value you've never dreamt of!

Data reuse represents an opportunity to accelerate science, reduce costs and increase the value of investments. But to date, the field hasn't placed equal emphasis on the reuse side of the data-sharing equation, writes @bendichter.com #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...

Our award-winning news team is looking for an enthusiastic trade journalist to join our fast-paced newsroom in NYC. This is an excellent opportunity for a science journalist to develop a beat in the field of neuroscience. For more info, please visit: bit.ly/4nvAy4k #neuroskyence

To truly understand Alzheimer’s disease, we may need to take a systems approach, in which inflammation, vascular injury, impaired glucose metabolism and other factors interact in complex ways, writes @mikeyassa.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/alzheimers-d...

In her new book, published today, neuroscientist @nicolecrust.bsky.social takes a bird's-eye view of where the neuroscience community is currently and where it needs to go to solve some of the field’s biggest questions. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/community/el...

Keeping up with the literature is essential. But so is devoting time to developing your own scientific ideas, writes Sheena Josselyn. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...

I hope Elusive Cures will help shift the current narrative (from scientists as corrupt data falsifiers). Most scientists I know are impassioned individuals throwing their best at complicated challenges that matter for society; this is how Elusive Cures describes them. I'm humbled by this review.

ICYMI: Sex-related factors are important in two ways, writes Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social. They are more precise variables than sex, and they are gender-independent. Part of our series on sex differences in the brain. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...

ICYMI: Researchers should continue to hold themselves accountable for “sex as a biological variable” practices, writes @docbecca.bsky.social. Part of our series on sex differences in the brain. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...

ICYMI: The female brain deserves a closer look in Alzheimer’s disease research, writes Rachel Buckley @bucklr01.bsky.social‬. Read more in this essay for our series on sex differences in the brain. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...

The latest in our 'future of fMRI' series

I wrote an article earlier in the week arguing that we need to give junior researchers more independence earlier, and this should be our focus, not moonshot mega projects led by senior researchers. I was surprised how much agreement I'm seeing. So next question: how do we do this?

The Transmitter is honored to have won four Gold and two Silver National ASBPE's Azbee Awards of Excellence! bit.ly/3Fd2t87 Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to the neuroscience community for your continued support!

The latest essay in our #NeuroAI series explores how inspiration from how babies learn language might improve language models.

In the last essay in our human neurotechnology series, neuroethicist Karen Rommelfanger explores some of the ethical issues raised by new technological advances.

@tyrellturing.bsky.social and Eva Dyer were both a huge part of creating our NeuroAI course content and projects! Check out their @thetransmitter.bsky.social piece! 🧪 There's still time to apply to our NeuroAI course: neuromatch.io/neuroai-cour...

Excited to have this out in the world and to share my thoughts! Birds 🐣 have so much to teach us about sexual differentiation and diversity, which is so desperately needed in this moment. #neuroendocrinology

We want to hear from you! We’re conducting a survey on the state of neuroscience. This week’s question is: What are the most transformative tools and technologies developed in the last five years and why? #neuroskyence thetransmitter.typeform.com/tools?utm_so...

In his new book, published today, Nachum Ulanovsky calls on the field to embrace naturalistic conditions and move away from overcontrolled experiments. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...

@lauradata.bsky.social outlines new advances in fMRI tech, in the latest essay in our 'Frontiers in human neurotechnology' series

IN the latest essay in our 'Future of fMRI' series, @avramholmes.bsky.social argues that the field needs to develop research programs that link phenomena across levels, from genes and molecules to cells, circuits, networks and behavior.

Until recently, in-vivo brain imaging has largely been absent from… integrative efforts, limiting the opportunities to contribute our discoveries, theories or vision toward a comprehensive view of brain function, writes @avramholmes.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/future-of-fm...

In the latest in our 'Frontiers in human neurotechnology' series, @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social explores how xenotransplantation can offer insight into human specifc properties of the brain. Series guest editor: Josh Sanes.

Check out the latest news on funding, upcoming advanced neuroscience courses, new job opportunities and more in our newly launched Early-Career Neuroscientists Resource Center: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career... #neuroskyence

Who funds your basic neuroscience research? Help @thetransmitter.bsky.social compile a list of funding sources. Fill out this anonymous 1-question survey. www.thetransmitter.org/funding/who-...

The latest in our essay series exploring Frontiers in Human Neurotechnology, written by @sergiuppasca.bsky.social, series guest editor Josh Sanes.

We want to hear from you! Given recent changes to publicly available data, @thetransmitter.bsky.social wants to know what datasets are most important to the neuroscience community. What datasets do you use in your research? #neuroskyence thetransmitter.typeform.com/datasets?utm...

The latest in our #NeuroAI series, from Eva Dyer and @tyrellturing.bsky.social , with comments from @clopathlab.bsky.social, @kordinglab.bsky.social, @memming.bsky.social, @pessoabrain.bsky.social, @computingnature.bsky.social, @sussillodavid.bsky.social and others

Three researchers who served as scientific advisers to NIMH and one to NIDA were removed from their positions this week with no explanation. @callimcflurry.bsky.social and I reported for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: #neuroskyence 🧪 www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...