Am I alone in finding the UK Home Office ASPEL form completely and utterly not fit for purpose? I could have run and published an entire experiment in the time it's taken me to get my licence application through the multiple rounds of editing required 😡

We tracked mice in space! This video shows our estimate of their self-induced centripetal force during circling in 3D 👩‍🚀 Preprint thread below 👇

Just boosting this - 5 more days to go till the closing date - please spread the word!

Not every wrong turn is harmless. Misinformation doesn’t just confuse—it can cost lives. Accurate information matters. Protect science. Learn the facts -> savescienceoregon.org/stay-alive

Preprint alert! We've done the first ever wireless brain recordings from the high-level visual & motor regions (IT/PMv/PFC) in monkeys engaged in natural behaviors as well as during controlled screen-based tasks. Read below for a lay summary and the link for details! 1/8

On this day dedicated to animals in laboratories, I thank the animals that make it possible to advance science I pledge to work with them compassionately and responsibly ❤️ I also thank my lab and institute team who share my commitment to ethical science 🙏. I am proud of what we accomplish together

I created this collection of common brain models in neuroscience, all to scale Across species, brains share fundamental principles and many homologous regions But as size increases, complexity and connectivity change. We need the full spectrum, from flies to rodents, non-human primates, and humans

Nice! I presented a Bayesian poster in 2004… and now I do naturalistic wireless ephys and behavior to study navigation in rats and primates. Not too bad! 😁 It may look like Bayesian modeling and information theory peaked, but I think that they became the background, and are now simply assumed.

Très intéressant, en particulier la section sur les climatosceptiques, qui ressemble beaucoup aux tactiques utilisées les militants contre l’expérimentation animale.

Chapter 1 – Why do we feel dizzy when turning? This comes from how the inner ear’s rotation sensors (the semi-circular canals) work mechanically. The short videos below (and the next one) explain why. (And yes, that video is low-quality, but it's actually me on the chair 😅)

Hi BlueSky — I’m bringing over an old SciTwitter thread series exploring how beautifully the vestibular system works from a systems and computational neuroscience perspective. Chapter 1 coming shortly! I’ll keep all chapters threaded below.

Wow 😍 I have been dreaming of doing that with Head Direction Cells for a while... Maybe one day!

If you are interested to learn about my experiences in neuroscience research, please take a look at my webinar with the Society for Neuroscience.

“A sanctuary is not a strategy. It is capitulation to fear and to political pressure that ignores scientific reality,” said @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social, a neuroscientist at Emory University NPRC. “You are chasing the approval of a vocal minority, rather than chasing the future of medicine.”

If that’s its V1 then this monkey’s got the power to see into the future.

Being grumpy is not a character flaw. People have moods & emotions. They influence their decision making and actions. Negative affect isn’t something that has to be eradicated from science, nevermind life. bsky.app/profile/nico...

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Nature research paper: Plastic landmark anchoring in zebrafish compass neurons go.nature.com/4qP4HwB

Can humans & animals really use internal maps to take shortcuts? Tolman famously said yes - based largely on his Sunburst maze. Our new review & meta-analysis suggests evidence is far weaker than you might think. 🧵👇 doi.org/10.1111/ejn.... @uofgpsychneuro.bsky.social @ejneuroscience.bsky.social

Very happy for this @ejneuroscience.bsky.social editorial on the importance of diverse research animals in neuroscience. We make the case that embracing a plurality of model organisms enriches the field and accelerates both basic and translational research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Coincidence of thalamic HD signal and retrosplenial visual input is detected in the Presubiculum! 🎯 This may be the neuronal basis for landmark anchoring of the HD signal. Pleased to announce the VOR is now available elifesciences.org/articles/92443 Congrats first author Louis Richevaux 🙌

I definitely didn’t just scrape the web to get the h-index and total citation count as of 12/30/2025 for 319 living and dead nonhuman primate researchers to get a sense of publication metrics by rank on tenure-track.

One thing to add here is the immense impact this incredibly tiny fraction of PIs has had on our knowledge of the brain! To quote a great NHP neuroscientist that shall remain anonymous: this is real science!

📢 Join us, the Haberkern lab, @uni-wuerzburg.de for a postdoc studying neural circuit mechanisms of navigation. You’ll spearheading neurophysiology experiments on our brand new 2P! ⏳ Apply by 28th February 2026 Details: www.haberkernlab.de/docs/ENPostd... #neuroscience #academicjobs #postdoc

New grant, new openings coming up… www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

📣We have 2 open faculty positions for senior researchers in Neuroscience at Queen's University! healthsci.queensu.ca/administrati... 1. a new Director for our Centre for Neuroscience Studies 2. a non-human primate NeuroAI researcher Please share widely and reach out for questions!

Great news! We are looking for an NHP neuroscientist as the assistant professor level. We have no preconceived ideas -- looking for the most exciting research going. If you have any questions, please reach out. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

Petition in Germany with 40,000 signatures calls for a phased EU-wide end to primate research. EARA stresses that #NHP studies remain vital for developing treatments and vaccines and warning against politically driven restrictions before alternatives are ready. www.eara.eu/post/petitio...

Come and join our lab! We have TWO fully funded PhD positions AND a paid field assistant opportunity in our Behavioral Ecology group @uni-goettingen.de & @primatenzentrum.bsky.social. Projects will be part of @rtg2906-curiosity.bsky.social & @sfb1528.bsky.social!! Details in thread. Please re-post!

📢 We are organising the Senses in Motion conference for the third time, and we are now accepting abstracts for posters or talks. Deadline for abstracts: 19 December Conference dates: 18–21 May 2026 Location: Harnack House, Berlin Register via this page👇 sensesinmotion.org #neuroskyence #neurosky

Unser Heft 11/2025 ist raus! Titelthema: Kunst trifft Wissenschaft Außerdem: - Serien Premiere des Elfenbeinwurms❗ - Methoden Special #RNA-Sequenzierung - #Tierversuchspolitik; - Pathologie; - Forschungsförderung; - tRNA-#Chaperone; - … Das ganze Heft online: www.laborjournal.de/rubric/aktue...

I entirely agree. Research in rodents has enabled remarkable technical advances and deepened our understanding of brainstem circuits and general brain physiology. However, only NHPs possess cognitive, visual, and motor faculties necessary to advance human-relevant systems neuroscience.

Fear, monkeys, and institutional courage When news broke of an explosion inside Harvard’s neurobiology building early Saturday morning, every scientist who works with monkeys felt it—an involuntary jolt, a spike of cortisol, the silent thought: what if it had been us? Neither animals nor people…

Why are primates essential for brain research? 🎧 Watch Episode #3 with Prof. Gail to uncover #Neuroscience, #DecisionMaking, and #Neuroprosthetics: youtu.be/HN4YFhGU_6Y?...

A major blow to neuroscience and biomedical research.

A sad day for Neuroscience in the Netherlands.

We’re having lots of fun designing tasks to study neural circuits of spatial orientation in mice, and we’re looking for PhD candidates to join the adventure! Email me to learn more or apply for a PhD with us: www.keshavarzilab.com 🗓️ Deadline for expressions of interest: 30 October.

Hintergründe zur deutschen Forschung an der #Xenotransplantation aus erster Hand gibt es u.a. im Podcast #FabelnFellFakten: www.tierversuche-verstehen.de/s3e5-xenotra... Darin erklärt Eckhard Wolf @lmumuenchen.bsky.social die Gründe und verrät wann es mit dem #Schweineherz so weit sein könnte.

Let's recap: Everything* is everywhere** * Except language, motor, memory, facial recognition, spatial perception, ... ** Except white matter, human brains, or anything else that is not a mouse brain

‪@benhayden.bsky.social‬ @tyrellturing.bsky.social‬ @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social‬ @pessoabrain.bsky.social I see a lot of talk on here about how we should avoid "x does y" talk because the brain is "a dynamic, reverberant, reciprocally interconnected system". But this does not follow. A thread...

I think the church of everything is everywhere should check tumor removal surgeries. They all start by making sure they won't remove a specific function when removing a specific region. Can you guess how they do it? @benhayden.bsky.social @pessoabrain.bsky.social hint: it is not with decoders

Of course. It’s extraordinarily that we even need to have this discussion - again - I despair.

This graph, taken from an article @science.org by ‪@sarareardon.bsky.social is problematic. Actually, it's outright wrong. And that's probably due to ill definitions. Short 🧵⬇️

This week's @thelancet.com cover and editorial www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

We express deep concern over the recent dangerous precedent of political interference in #Canada regarding research involving #dogs. Decisions about biomedical research should be guided by fact-based evaluation and evidence, not crude political grandstanding.  More: www.eara.eu/post/the-dan...

Very timely and insightful OpEd by Prof. Cory Miller on WSJ. It lays out an important point - Advanced AI cannot be developed in a vacuum without understanding the sophisticated machines we have in our brains. www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...

hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

This had me laughing to tears. The person sitting next to me on the flight must have thought I was nuts. A must read for the FEP curious. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Kleiner Sneak Peek in unser neues Video: Wir schauen Tierpfleger Justin bei seinem Arbeitsalltag am Deutschen Primatenzentrum über die Schulter. 🎥 Hier den ganzen Film ansehen: youtu.be/x8FI2xuklds