This November, like every November, I am teaching basic research proposal writing to the new phd cohort at my institute. Here is the 2 page template we start with and adapt. Link to LaTeX github.com/rmcelreath/P...

Sports betting is sadly everywhere these days, but have you tried betting on your running permutation tests ? More of a thrill, less yet more at stake

Oxford is great

This delights me for some reason - a comparative anatomical framework for the brains of 26 carnivore species!

1 To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised! 🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Fitting title for tonight 🥵

ping @r3rt0.bsky.social Cross-species neuroanatomy in primates using tractography | Brain Structure and Function link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A US judge has ordered hundreds of terminated research projects at the US National Institutes of Health to be reinstated, calling the processes that led to their cancellation “bereft of reasoning”. https://go.nature.com/4kOmXDy

Explore our Mentorship Directory to discover mentorship opportunities from prominent organizations, and build your neuroscience network: www.thetransmitter.org/mentorship-d... #neuroskyence

Now out in Nature Human Behaviour @nathumbehav.nature.com : “End-to-end topographic networks as models of cortical map formation and human visual behaviour”. Please check our NHB link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Precon_all is finally citeable! I’m relieved, pleased, thrilled and all other superlatives to present to you our preprint describing the inner workings of the precon_all pipeline for semi-automated non-human cortical surface reconstruction! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/10

Reread the preprint yesterday and can’t help but think I prefer the original title! Congrats to the team though this is a really fantastic approach

The OxCIN Global Scholars programme offers a year of remote MRI training and collaboration for early-career researchers from the Global South. Apply by June 30th to join the 2025/26 cohort. Please repost! www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/traini...

When a Decision on Manuscript email arrives a minute before you go out to celebrate your birthday

Choose Science. Choose Europe. A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open. With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond. Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

I'm really loving lm notebook! You can now output podcasts about an article in multiple languages! It means I can share my work with my in-laws in spanish!

I think I want a Canadian team to win the cup this year. Rantanen may single handedly make that impossible. What a streak

🎨🧑‍🎨 Looking for a tool to visualize subcortical/thalamic data in 2D? Check out this python-based package I put together (subcortex-visualization on PyPI), plus a guide for creating your own custom atlas meshes and vector graphics! All feedback/tips welcome 😊 anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...

Science is under threat in the US. @elife.bsky.social have commissioned a series of articles discussing the implications and what we can do. The first three articles are now live. More to follow: elifesciences.org/articles/106... elifesciences.org/articles/106... elifesciences.org/articles/106...

Placebo-controlled trials can be dangerous when safer alternatives already exist. That’s why scientists now use active comparator trials to ensure safety and protect lives. Forcing placebo use across the board isn’t science—it’s recklessness disguised as “gold standard science.”

Go California go!

The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com

10pm coffee… you know it’s grant season

📚😅🎉 Yay!! I just submitted the complete manuscript of my upcoming book to the publisher! Learn to easily and clearly interpret (almost) any stats model w/ R or Python. Simple ideas, consistent workflow, powerful tools, detailed case studies. Read it for free @ marginaleffects.com #RStats #PyData

Had a quick pit stop back in Paris. Was great to have lunch with @k4tj4.bsky.social and @r3rt0.bsky.social and talk about 🧠

We are hiring! @aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS). If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!! careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Lugging my hockey gear through Oxford to get a plane to Paris… I feel like Frodo

A lot of things are happening and it feels silly to post a silly thought, but I think one of the most important things I've learned to do this year is to write and listen to music that's fun. I've made it out of the soundtrack bubble (note I still love writing to soundtracks too)

🚨 New #preprint: The molecular and cellular underpinnings of human brain lateralization 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧠 We identify an acetylcholine-norepinephrine axis underlying functional lateralization, along with mitochondrial and cellular correlates. 🧵1/9👇 #neuroskyence

What a title!

And this is why science communication and science literacy is so important. 🧪

Task-free functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging data from 33,250 individuals at 32 weeks of postmenstrual age to 80 years from 132 global sites 🧠🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PRIME-DRE supports the valuable work done at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Please co-sign this letter to remind Oregonian leadership of its importance prime-dre.github.io/onprc

🚨New in @science.org🚨 With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication

What makes the human brain unique? We compared it with monkeys and apes to find out medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03...

It's finally here! Use the Network Correspondence Toolbox to help contextualize your neuroimaging findings 🧠

THREAD The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X. By quite a lot. Release the Kraken... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics 1/11

Really a wonderful session on identifying what you want before switching.

Thanks @rocco-chiou.bsky.social ! You helped make it possible!

Always thought we should use connectivity blueprints to investigate differences between human, chimpanzee, and macaque brains? www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... For Katherine Bryant’s latest masterpiece.

Beautiful work

Happy to share my last PhD work "Genetic, transcriptomic, metabolic, and neuropsychiatric underpinnings of cortical functional gradients". We used UKB, HCP, and QTAB to analyze the genetics of functional gradients. The results are so good, consistent, and inspiring! (1/3)

I’d be more impressed with the DOGE wunderkinds if their decisions weren’t based on the worst regexs ever.

Hey! If you're in Paris this Monday 3 of March, come chat about brain evolution with us! We'll be at the Hôtel de Ville with @ameliebeaudet.bsky.social, @k4tj4.bsky.social, @lionelc.bsky.social and other friends 🧠🤓 @pasteur.fr @theconversation.com

Reminder that Europepmc.org exists. In case anyone should need it for any reason.

New papers in Science provide evidence for the convergent development and evolution of neurons and their connections in the bird and mammalian pallia, highlighting the need for multiple perspectives in brain comparative studies. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/41xuqjl

In the process of moving I can’t help but think that vacuum bagging a pillow is an excellent way to show how physical forces can change a structures shape #folding

SOBP BrainHack is officially open for registration! The hackathon will be held April 22-23 at Sick Kids Toronto. Beginners and experienced hackers welcome! Website and registration: www.repronim.org/SOBPHack-042...