🔬 This Thursday: Greg Field, PhD (@UCLA Ophthalmology) on "Efficient coding and early visual processing" — exploring how the visual system processes signals and the surprising diversity of cell types. Co-hosted by the Vision Training Grant. Don't miss it!

🚀 Day 2 of #CRSy25 kicks off with keynote speaker Adrienne Fairhall @uw-nbio.bsky.social on “Brain-wide dynamics of internal model update”.

🎯 Our 2025-26 seminar schedule is live! Next up: Martha Bagnall, PhD on Oct 16 discussing "Sensorimotor circuits in the larval zebrafish" 🐟🧠 Mark your calendars! 📅

Thesis defense for Jess Jones happening tomorrow! DM me if you'd like the zoom link.

New paper from @tuthill.bsky.social ab reveals the brain's built-in 'autopilot' system! 🧠 This fundamental discovery in fruit fly brains could translate into real-world medical applications for people with sensorimotor disorders and beyond. Learn more: rdcu.be/eGU1a

Huge congratulations to Juan Ispizua on earning a prestigious Pew Postdoctoral Fellowship! 🏆 This incredible recognition speaks to his exceptional research and dedication. We couldn't be prouder!

Excited to share our Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics' new visual identity! Three panels capturing the essence of our work: 🔬 Cellular level 🧬 Molecular level 📊 Systems level All inspired by the stunning PNW - trees, mountains, and water reflecting where science meets nature.

We're delighted to have Dr. Sophia Tintori present the final NBIO seminar of 2024-25 academic year. Join us tomorrow in Health Sciences K-069 for what promises to be an engaging conclusion to the seminar series! 🔬

🎨 What a beautiful day! NBIO's inaugural Art Swap filled the Temy Kennedy Conference Room with incredible creativity and vibrant energy. Much of the art was created by former PBIO Research Scientist Paul Newman. Amazing to see science and art come together! #ArtSwap #ScienceAndArt #CommunityNBIO

NBIO welcomes distinguished professor and friend Dr. Luis Fernando Santana (@lfsantana68.bsky.social) who will give the 2025 Lamport Lecture today. Join us for the talk in Genome Sciences at 4:30 pm. #sciencetalks #physiology #rhythm

🔬 CAREER OPPORTUNITY ALERT 🔬 The Dept. of Neurobiology & Biophysics at UW Seattle is hiring an Asst. Professor (w/o tenure). Join this highly collegial and collaborative department. The app closes June 9. 👉 apply.interfolio.com/166070 #AcademicJobs #NeuroscienceCareers #FacultyPosition

Your opportunity to apply for the #LakeConference on Neural Coding & Dynamics is going to set sail soon! 🛥️ Apply by May 23 to join us for this intimate, interactive conference. 📆 Sep. 28 to Oct. 2 📍 Seattle, USA 🧠📈 All career stages welcomed More info: alleninstitute.org/events/lake-...

Congratulations to Adrienne Fairhall, Prof. of Neurobiology and Biophysics, Adjunct Prof. of Applied Mathematics, and Adjunct Prof. of Physics, who has just been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! 🍾 🎉

🚨 LAST CHANCE! NBIO is hiring a Research Assistant Professor (full-time, non-tenure track) position closing TOMORROW (April 30)! Join our collaborative and welcoming department in beautiful Seattle! Don't miss this opportunity-applications close in just ONE DAY! #hiring 🔥 apply.interfolio.com/162856

🤔 Thinking about transitioning to industry but not sure how? The CNC hosted an event last week to share some tips. Bing Brunton showed us how to retool a CV into an industry-appropriate resume & CNC alum Anatoly Buchin shared wisdom gained from his career trajectory and recent job search. 🧠

The brain as it's never been seen before. Scientists have created the largest wiring diagram and functional map of a mammal brain to date. 🧠📈 @princetonneuro.bsky.social @jhuapl.bsky.social @uwgradschool.bsky.social @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social @unigoettingen.bsky.social

(2/2) Kudos to our esteemed Affiliate faculty members Clay Reid and Forrest Collman for their leadership and expertise guiding this important work and the whole MICrONS Consortium. Check out the study 👉 www.nature.com/collections/...

(1/2) Breakthrough study just dropped by the Allen Institute for Brain Science (@alleninstitute.bsky.social). Major shoutout to our brilliant NBIO trainees Leila Elabaddy and Sven Dorkenwald whose exceptional contributions helped make this possible! 👏

We're thrilled to welcome our final spring recruitment candidate, Dr. Shefin S. George (@stanford.edu) who will be unveiling her fascinating research on "The Role of Membrane in Auditory Hair Cell Mechanotransduction."

Our brilliant NBIO trainees are bringing cutting-edge research to #Cosyne2025! Will you be in Montreal this week? 🤝 Come support our emerging scientists! Full list of NBIO posters + talks 👇

👀 New post with both our open positions. #hiring #stemhiring #awesometeam

📣 Recruitment seminar alert: Join us this Thursday and Friday as we welcome Dr. Vikram Vijayan (@rockefelleruniv.bsky.social & @hhmi.org) to NBIO! 🪰 Seminar details👇

This week NBIO welcomes Faculty Recruitment Candidate Dr. Deepa Ramamurthy (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social). Join us on Thursday @ 9:30 am in HS G-328 for Dr. Ramamurthy's seminar "Mapping the cellular basis of attention in sensory cortex".

(2/2) At today's recruitment talk, Dr. Sven Dorkenwald (@sdorkenw.bsky.social) showcased his pioneering work on CAVE and the fly connectome project-Flywire. The exciting frontier ahead? Scaling up to map the mammalian brain connectome! 🐭 #Neuroscience #BrainMapping #AI #ScientificCollaboration

🧠(1/2) Mapping the full brain connectome of the fruit fly wasn't done in a cave, but it required CAVE-the Connectome Annotation Versioning Engine! This groundbreaking platform empowered scientists to collaboratively proofread AI-segmented neural connections across an entire fly brain.

📣 BREAKING: Dopamine's Role in Birdsong Learning Revealed!Just published in Nature: Researchers from the Fairhall lab and Columbia University have uncovered how dopamine shapes birdsong learning in a groundbreaking collaborative study! 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Neuroscience #AnimalLearning

📢 Join us this Thursday 3/20 as NBIO welcomes faculty recruitment candidate Dr. Sven Dorkenwald (@sdorkenw.bsky.social) a Shanahan Fellow in the Fairhall Lab at UW NBIO. #NBIOseminars #NeuroscienceResearch

Seattle today 🧪🦠#StandUpForScience2025

Heading to #standupforscience rally in Seattle.

🎉 Big congrats to Leila Elabaddy, NBIO grad student, on being named a 2025 Weintraub Award recipient! 🏆 Kudos to co-advisors John Tuthill and Forrest Collman for supporting this stellar scientist's journey.

We're excited to welcome faculty candidate Marito Hayashi to NBIO this week! Don't miss his seminar: Thursday, March 6th 9:30am Health Sciences G-328 See you there!

Join our department! NBIO is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor. Position open until April 1, 2025. Please share with your networks. Apply @ apply.interfolio.com/162469 #stemhiring #neurojobs

Exciting news! 🔬 Faculty candidate Mark Gradwell visits NBIO this week! Don't miss his seminar: Thursday, Feb 27 9:30am Health Sciences G-328 See you there!

Science doesn't stop! Excited to share that we have a full house for Dr. Xin's seminar today, with an engaged audience both in-person and joining virtually! #stemhiring #neuroscience 🎓🔬✨

Join us in welcoming Dr. Wendy Xin from @UCSF to campus this week! Dr. Xin is our latest faculty candidate @ NBIO. Stay tuned for exciting research discussions! 🧠 #Neuroscience #AcademicHiring #STEM

Volt-ing into our recruitment season! ⚡️ NBIO welcomes Dr. Nathan Belliveau (UW Biology) for an electric faculty candidate seminar! (😀)

⚡ Kicking off NBIO's faculty recruitment THIS WEEK with a seminar from Nathan Belliveau (UW Biology & HHMI). Catch Dr. Belliveau's talk on Thursday 2/13 @ Health Sciences G-328.

From that first cup of coffee to catching the bus, our days are full of decisions that get us to our destination. Today, those choices brought together a room full of brilliant minds at our NBIO seminar featuring Dr. Wei-Chung Allen Lee. Thanks to everyone who joined us for this great talk! 🧠✨

🧠 Don't miss this Thursday! Dr. Wei-Chung Allen Lee (@darbly.bsky.social) will be giving a talk @ UW NBIO on "Circuit Motifs of Sensorimotor Integration". #neuroscience #circuits

Today @ UW NBIO, Dr. Jack Feldman (UCLA) explains why breathing may seem simple, but it is not. 🫁 #neuroscience #sciencetalks #breathe

This week we are hosting Dr. Jack Feldman of UCLA. Join us for Dr. Feldman's talk, "Breathing Matters", UW Seattle Health Sciences Bldg G-328, 1/23 @ 9:30 am.

🐙 Ever wondered what goes on in an octopus's brain? Today at UW NBIO, Dr.Cris Niell revealed how his team is cracking this mystery! They've successfully recorded neural signals from these incredible creatures - which pack both massive brains AND giant eyes into their tentacled bodies. #Neuroscience

Associate Professor of NBIO John Tuthill (@tuthill.bsky.social) on why practical summer courses in neuroscience matter for trainees and faculty, alike: "...these courses deliver sublime moments of discovery that reconnect us to why we became scientists in the first place."

We're excited for Dr. Chet Moritz! This breakthrough opens new possibilities in neurotechnology and patient care. 🧠🔬 #Neuroscience #Innovation

We're thrilled to be hosting Dr. Cris Niell (@crisniell.bsky.social) of the University of Oregon- next Thursday, Jan 16th for the first NBIO seminar of 2025! #Neuroscience #visionscience

Happy New Year from NBIO!

We're excited to be hosting Professor Marlene Cohen (@marlenecohen.bsky.social) next week! Join us for a talk on "Visual mechanisms for flexible behavior" on 12/12 @ 9:30 am, Health Sciences G-328. #Neuroscience #VisionScience

Today's NBIO seminar from Talmo Pereira checks all the boxes: ✅ neuroscience ✅ dancing cats ✅ choose your own adventure!

📣Congrats to the Barría lab. They have a new paper just out in the Journal of Neuroscience "Activity-Dependent Internalization of Glun2B-Containing NMDARS Is Required For Synaptic Incorporation of Glun2A And Synaptic Plasticity" www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... #Neuroscience