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Michael Williamson
15 days ago
Thrilled to share that I’ll be starting my lab at the SickKids Research Institute and University of Toronto in August!
williamsonlab.ca
Recruiting at all levels. Get in touch if you’re interested in astrocyte biology of cognition and disease!
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Williamson Lab
The Williamson Lab studies astrocyte biology across development, cognition, and disease.
https://williamsonlab.ca
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Gisella Vetere
3 months ago
How does the brain build a memory? A common assumption is that the neurons activated during an experience collectively form the memory engram. In our new Nature Neuroscience paper (finally out!), we show that this is not the case.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Deconstruction of a memory engram reveals distinct ensembles recruited at learning - Nature Neuroscience
Pouget et al. identified distinct CA1 neuron ensembles active during specific moments of fear learning and uncovered the core engram essential for memory formation.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02230-2
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Amar Sahay
4 months ago
Excited to share our study in Neuron led by
@travisgoode.bsky.social
, a K99 PDF (interviewing for Faculty) and Sahay lab team with collaborators at BROAD, Hopkins, and UW Seattle, defining a neural circuit that links prior experience with feeding behavior. Open Access:
sahaylab.com/publications
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Neuroscientists: The lesion made by an optical fiber, electrode, or injector in the brain--is it a "track" (e.g., "fiber track") or a "tract"? I have my own opinion, but curious what others think.
6 months ago
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Zach Pennington
8 months ago
Excited to share that I landed my dream job!🎉🎉🎉 The Pennington Lab will be opening at the University of British Columbia in January 2026!
@ubcpsych.bsky.social
@dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social
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Michael Totty
9 months ago
Yes, I am on the academic job market looking to start my own lab at the intersection of molecular, computational, and systems neuroscience! If you think my work may be interest to your department, please don't hesitate to reach out. Thank you, Keri!
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Gonzalo Urcelay
9 months ago
Reminder that we're looking for a Post Doc and the deadline is looming (Sept 5th). If you are interested, please get in touch. If you see this, please repost it to that it is seen by potential applicants!
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Nicole Ferrara
10 months ago
Had a blast writing this insight article with
@sydneytrask.bsky.social
covering original research from the
@michaeldrew.bsky.social
lab on the stress-specific recruitment of a brain region that drives fear behaviors!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Behavioral Neuroscience: The consequences of stress on the brain and fear
A region of the brain called the paraventricular thalamus mediates the impact of stress on unlearned fear responses, but is not involved in learned fear behavior.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.108480
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Paul Frankland
about 1 year ago
Sharing a new paper from the lab. This paper, led by Sangyoon Ko, represents a merging of two longstanding research themes in the lab-- adult neurogenesis and systems consolidation.
rdcu.be/el18q
A short thread follows for those interested. 1/n
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Systems consolidation reorganizes hippocampal engram circuitry
Nature - A study shows that loss of memory precision associated with systems consolidation can be explained by neurogenesis-dependent reorganization of engram circuitry within the hippocampus over...
https://rdcu.be/el18q
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Texas Science
over 1 year ago
The Texas Science Festival began on Friday & we’ve already had fantastic fun at some exceptional events. We’ve got lots more in the works, including 2 events tonight and 3 tomorrow. Check out the full schedule at
sciencefest.utexas.edu/events
#TexasScience
#TexasScienceFestival
#UTAustin
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Tomás Ryan
over 1 year ago
Registration & Abstract Submission is open for the 2025 "Engram and Ensembles in Learning and Memory" meeting, at Trinity College Dublin in May. Abstract deadline February 14.
#EngramsandEnsembles2025
Preliminary Agenda at event website:
event.fourwaves.com/engramsensem...
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Excited that our paper with Hans Hofmann's lab is out! Extinction training suppresses activity of fear memory ensembles across the hippocampus and alters transcriptomes of fear-encoding cells:
t.co/K8d4jAhiKS
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https://t.co/K8d4jAhiKS
almost 2 years ago
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Ken Miller
over 2 years ago
Why do sublinear response summation and quenching of shared variability tend to co-occur in cortex? We review phenomenological, normative, and circuit explanations. With Robbe Goris, Ruben Coen-Cagli, Nick Priebe, & Mate Lengyel.
rdcu.be/dy1q5
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Response sub-additivity and variability quenching in visual cortex
Nature Reviews Neuroscience - Sub-additive responses to simultaneously presented stimuli and quenching of variability in responses to repeated presentations of a stimulus are characteristics of...
https://rdcu.be/dy1q5
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Mindy Weisberger
over 2 years ago
Having health insurance in the US means that you now have a part-time job haggling with your insurance company & advocating for your own healthcare. To that end, here's a tool that can help with filing claims to contest denial of coverage, created by the nonprofit newsroom
@propublica.bsky.social
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Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file...
https://projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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Susan Sangha
over 2 years ago
#Pavlovian2024
will be held from September 26-28 in Indianapolis! If you are interested in organizing a symposium, please complete this form:
forms.gle/4QNv1TGBeHuf...
Proposals are due 1/26/24 at 5 pm ET. Proposed speakers should be confirmed at time of submission.
pavlovian.org
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