Broad peer review is crucial for a healthy scientific literature, but neuroscientists turn down review requests too often. Simple math suggests that small groups of scientists can significantly bias the literature, writes @jvoigts.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/l...

@samwang.bsky.social , an autism scientist who made headlines for his data-based analyses of congressional districts, is running for a House seat in New Jersey. By Lauren Schenkman www.thetransmitter.org/policy/is-th...

Chances are you have not heard her name, but Marcelle Lapicque may have been the first Black woman neuroscientist in Europe. By @avaskham.bsky.social, @rebeccasky.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/history-of-n...

This month’s early-career newsletter features a Q&A with Raphe Bernier about how he ventured away from academia—and found his way back. Plus, @dlevenstein.bsky.social and @qlu.bsky.social on their new labs, and more. Sign up for the newsletter. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/newsletters-...

If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...

Check out our recently updated calendar, featuring the top neuroscience meetings and events through September 2027. #neuroskyence #neuroscience #events www.thetransmitter.org/events/?utm_...

Defining brain cell types is no longer a matter of classification alone, but of embedding their genetic identities within the dynamical organization of population activity, writes @lmprida.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/defining-cel...

Another thoughtful piece from Tim Requarth on the potential impact of AI tools on the scientific process.

A wonderful piece by @callimcflurry.bsky.social on how mechanosensitive PIEZO ion channels are being used to explore how our bodies rely on pressure sensing. It is a thoughtfully researched article, with perspectives from many colleagues across the field. www.thetransmitter.org/interoceptio...

Studying aspects of the brain’s emotion system that enable organisms to infer indirect threats and understand changing context can establish a common framework that bridges species and levels of analysis, writes @jojolab.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/emotion/why-...

The creativity is still mostly human, writes @kenneth-harris.bsky.social. The AI’s strength is relentless, moderately clever trial-and-error in the space of technical solutions. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...

Dissecting different parallel processing streams may help us understand the mechanisms underlying psychiatric symptoms, such as delusions, and unite human and animal research, writes Michael Halassa. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/psychiatry/c...

Books by Nachum Ulanovsky, @nicolecrust.bsky.social, and @evoneuro.bsky.social and Georg Striedter made the list of some of the most engaging neuroscience titles released in 2025. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/books/the-tr...

A competition to design small, efficient neural models may provide new insight into real brains—and perhaps unite disparate modeling efforts, writes @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/computationa...

Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs, writes @marcusghosh.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...

A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social. www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop... #neuroskyence

@russpoldrack.org's guidelines for AI-assisted coding can help researchers ensure the integrity of their work while accelerating progress on important scientific questions. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i...

Check out the first entry on our new Q&A series about neuroscientists who’ve built careers outside of the lab! #neuroskyence

Check out our courses calendar, where you can search for upcoming neuroscience courses. If you’re organizing a course and would like to share it with us, submit it at [email protected]. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/courses/?utm...

Check out our recently updated calendar, featuring the top neuroscience meetings and events through September 2027. Are you organizing a neuroscience conference? Share it with us at [email protected]. www.thetransmitter.org/events/?utm_... #neuroskyence

Great having @drnancypadilla.bsky.social contribute to the series! #neuroskyence

In @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025, we recognize 25 early-career researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and community-building in neuroscience. #neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience bit.ly/4rnFnyQ

Learn more about the origins of Neurotree and how you can use it to explore trends in neuroscience.

At the #SFN2025 #NeuroAI session and want to hear more from Terry Sejnowski? www.thetransmitter.org/human-neurot...

The challenges Neurodata Without Borders faces reflect a broader need for funding that sustains new research tools once they are established. By Lauren Schneider #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/community/ne...

An exciting collaboration with @worldwideneuro.bsky.social , @tpvogels.bsky.social @bozelosp.bsky.social @moritzstefaner.bsky.social

Congrats to @thetransmitter.bsky.social staff reporter Calli McMurray & @quantamagazine.bsky.social contributing writer Max G. Levy for winning Gold Awards for Science Journalism! https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta-and-the-transmitter-writers-win-aaas-kavli-gold-awards-for-science-journalism/

In our latest Postdoc Perspectives essay, Dana Rubi Levy, Kevin Mastro and Michael Ryan argue that some age-related changes in the brain are not solely the result of cognitive decline but rather part of a larger adaptive process. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/aging/aging-...

Such an important project! Please share your research stories.

I'm excited to share a big project we've been working on for the last few months!

@jeromelecoq.bsky.social describes how he brought together more than 50 scientists to identify the key missing data needed to rigorously test theoretical models and to design experiments to fill those gaps. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...

Many well-known perimenopause symptoms arise in the brain, but we still know little about the specific mechanisms at play. More research—both in animals and humans—is essential, writes @kundakoviclab.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/sex-hormones...

Had a great time chatting with Steve about his new book, How to Change A Memory. Check out the interview and read a short excerpt of the book today on @thetransmitter.bsky.social tinyurl.com/42vam6hn

U.S. Public Research Benefits is a searchable repository that showcases the value of basic science in an easy and accessible format. @baselesspursuit.bsky.social shares how he and his colleagues developed the resource. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...

Researchers are using LLMs to analyze the literature, brainstorm hypotheses, build models and interact with complex datasets. Hear from @mschrimpf.bsky.social, @neurokim.bsky.social, @jeremymagland.bsky.social, @profdata.bsky.social and others. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/machine-lear...

Congratulations to Sheena Josselyn @sjo09.bsky.social, contributing editor at @thetransmitter.bsky.social, on winning the 2025 Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize in recognition of her profound impact on memory research. #neuroskyence

Many of our big insights into brain function come from trying to mimic it, writes @timothyoleary.bsky.social. This lesson should guide how we organize research programs. www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur... #neuroskyence

Bifurcations—an underexplored concept in neuroscience—can help explain how small differences in neural circuits give rise to entirely novel functions, writes Xiao-Jing Wang. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...

Congratulations to @callimcflurry.bsky.social for winning a 2025 Eric and Wendy Schmidt Award for Excellence in Science Communications. Read Calli’s award-winning work:

Editing this series is so fun! I remember reading Takamori’s paper in grad school and feeling some of the same excitement that Sandra writes about in this piece. Give it a read! #neuroskyence

Applying new tools to entire brains, starting with C. elegans, offers the opportunity to uncover how molecules work together to generate neural physiology, and how neurons generate behavior, write @kordinglab.bsky.social and @eboyden3.bsky.social. #neuroskyence bit.ly/48EzEO8

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...