Folks in the UK who want to help may want to write to their MP. The list is at members.parliament.uk/constituencies. (I wrote to mine).

Without paywall link: archive.is/678If

How long is the world going to allow this horror to go on?

🎉 Heron is finally out @elife.bsky.social! Led by George Dimitriadis, with Ella Svahn & @macaskillaf.bsky.social 🧪 🧠 🐭 🤖 If you wonder why yet another tool for experimental pipelines, read the 🧵 below: #neuroscience #neuroskyence #OpenSource 1/ elifesciences.org/articles/91915

Archerfish make lightning-fast decisions to catch prey, but their aim isn’t hardwired. They can adapt to new physics and generalise rules across contexts, all in under 100 ms. buff.ly/7Ogh3B1

Out today in @nature.com: we show that individual neurons have diverse tuning to a decision variable computed by the entire population, revealing a unifying geometric principle for the encoding of sensory and dynamic cognitive variables. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I couldn't get in touch with my parents (in Tehran) since yesterday, as there's a massive internet shutdown. And just now, via some news channel, saw a video of their street lit up under anti-aircraft guns... Watching war, where your loved ones are trapped, from afar, is pure torture... 😢 #NoToWar

It's so heartbreaking to see one of the 'three angry old men'* flirting w the idea of bombing a country so nonchalantly. Like 90million ppl are at the mercy of the 'noise' in his drift diffusion process--is it accumulating to this bound or that bound😞 *see this: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Listen to this!

“Dear citizens, for your safety, we ask you to immediately leave the mentioned area in District 3 of Tehran” says the IDF. While I was still on the phone w my dad to see where they are, the attack started (less than 1.5hr after the notice). FYI, Tehran's population is ~17m. What a joke of a notice!

An example of biased media these days, dehumanizing one side--Iran killing civilians (which is of course tragic), vs Israel hitting military sites. No, Iranian civilians have been killed in every single attack by Israel since Friday (in hundreds so far). Don't rebrand it. #StopTheWar #NoToWar

Just so u know, these 'military ppl' & 'nuclear scientists' don't live in a cave, tucked away from the rest of the population. They live in residential areas, AMONG ordinary ppl. Media reports are quite disingenuous & outrageous... & to be clear, Israel has no right doing what it's doing. #NoToWar

Fascism. Right here... This is fascism. The words that Noem was using are fascist. The actions to remove a duly elected senator from California in this situation are fascist. Fascism is here folks. You ask yourself what you'd do in response to fascism when it showed up? Now is your chance.

Our work, out at Cell, shows that the brain’s dopamine signals teach each individual a unique learning trajectory. Collaborative experiment-theory effort, led by Sam Liebana in the lab. The first experiment my lab started just shy of 6y ago & v excited to see it out: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Delighted to see this out- we hope these results will open up new ways of understanding the computational and functional basis for distinguishing internally and externally generated experiences (eg insight into hallucinations) Spearheaded by the brilliant @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social 🤩

Calling all neuroscience postdocs! Come and share your work with the London neuroscience community. No CVs, publication records or recommendation letters needed. Learn more about SWC’s Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series and apply by 10 July: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...

In case this is helpful for anyone, here is a post on how to get a job in french academia : trialsanderrors.substack.com/p/getting-a-... Aimed at non-french scientists who are curious, but french ones may find it useful too.

Going through months-worth of Google Scholar Alert emails getting caught up on neuro papers, so I figured I'd share some fun findings here 👇

Our study using layer fMRI to study the direction of communication between the hippocampus and cortex during perceptual predictions is finally out in Science Advances! Predicted-but-omitted shapes are represented in CA2/3 and correlate specifically with deep layers of PHC, suggesting feedback. 🧠🟦

Hivemind, what's the best approach/tool to aggregate neural data across sessions (and animals) in dimensionality reduction analyses, particularly when it's not known how overlapping the pool of neurons are over different sessions?

Maps are everywhere in the brain...and finally we've discovered one in the nose! Led by @davidhbrann.bsky.social, we uncovered the logic that specifies the positions of each of the 1,000 sensory neuron subtypes in the nose and aligns their projections to the brain.👇👃see more details below👃👇

🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again!   💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty   📈Apply until July 1st! 🔗https://imbizo.africa/

Our paper is out in Nature. By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned. Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thx for posting @nicolecrust.bsky.social ! So many interesting stories to put in there! E.g.: Did you know that in the late 2000s, millions of cars could have been hacked and remotely driven into the sea? Not any more. NSF-funded work made us safer. publicusaresearchbenefits.com/examples/202...

Calling all science advocates!! Carlos Brody+ are creating a searchable database of tangible science benefits, and they need you. publicusaresearchbenefits.com They are asking for suggestions - from brief to lengthy. The database is state-searchable, so all 50 states. Please spread the word!

As a follow-up to the Kaiser interview, here is my exchange with Dr. Bhattacharya starting Sunday evening... 1/n

Gave a talk at my parents’ retirement community to describe how science is done, and what is at stake. There was a ton of interest, and anyone can do this. Get the word out about how science affects everyone. I’m happy to share slides with anyone who asks- just get in touch! youtu.be/BY_SFgi-Cig

This does not match the 'America First' idealogy, but it certainly does match the 'Universities/Academia are the enemy' one.

(2/3) MAKE NOISE: 1. Share your story. Post how NSF funding has impacted your research or your life. Use #WithoutNSF to raise your voice. 2. Share your story on the Federal Freeze Tracker to help lawmakers and the public understand what’s at stake: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Please help me understand this. I thought IBRO @ibroorg.bsky.social is an independent, non-governmental org. Why bound by the US sanctions? "Following IBRO terms & conditions, applications from North Korea, Syria, Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, & Russia cannot be considered" www.ebrains.eu/news-and-eve...

Excited to share our new study: "Cold memories control whole-body thermoregulatory responses" by @andreamunozz.bsky.social, @aaron-douglas.bsky.social & team at @tcddublin.bsky.social, in collaboration with @lydialynch.bsky.social & @drchristineannd.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our new paper is out in Science. What is the synaptic plasticity rule in the brain, we asked. It turns out there are multiple, even within individual neurons. Congrats Jake! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

My lab @kinshiplab.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc 🚨 with Sept start date Preference for in-vivo ephys / circuits experience / interest in applying quantitative methods to natural social behaviour. Funding & visa fees for 1-yr with possible extension. Send me your CV & visit kinshiplab.org

🚨 New preprint on bioRxiv! We investigated how the brain supports forward planning & structure learning during multi-step decision-making using fMRI 🧠 With A. Salvador, S. Hamroun, @mael-lebreton.bsky.social & @stepalminteri.bsky.social 📄 Preprint: submit.biorxiv.org/submission/p...

As a biologist, I'm appalled at pride the White House takes in willful ignorance. In yesterday's executive order about NPR and PBS, their first example of "the trash that passes for `news' at NPR and PBS" is the statement that "banana slugs are hermaphrodites." But this is unequivocal fact.

Academics & others need to understand a few things. A 🧵 I) First, fascism is not inevitable. Research on autocratic movements show that only about 3,5% of the population need to resist to stop them. Fascism thrives on the silence of the friends. That why visible resistance matters. 1/

FINALLY. Some gumption from the President of Harvard today:

My new post mapping out 69 actions that President Trump has taken in the last twelve weeks to undermine democracy, undermine the rule of law, attack enemies, suppress dissent and control information. Do read and share. Full 🧵 tomorrow hopefully! christinapagel.substack.com/p/a-republic...

🚨 New study alert! 🚨 Ever wondered if rats and humans learn in the same way? 🐭🧑‍🔬 We tested this — and the answer is yes, at least when it comes to how we value rewards in context. (with @shaunaparkes.bsky.social Lachlan Ferguson, Magdalena Soukupova) 🧵Thread 👇 1/ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Anyone looking for a PhD in NeuroAI (models of the visual system to spatial system)? @amansaleem.bsky.social and I are looking for someone to start in October. More details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Get in touch with either of us if you’ve got questions!

Really impressed by the courage and clarity of thought expressed by Princeton president Chris Eisgruber. I understand the risks, but I think more university presidents should be following his example and/or his suggestion to voice dissent even if meeting demands. open.spotify.com/episode/7JG5...

"The COVID-conscious people have not abandoned science, It’s the opposite: They’ve come to think that science has abandoned them." People who are taking precautions, some of whom are immunocompromised, should not be mocked or discriminated against www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

The situation in Gaza is dire. A friend there tells me: "Unfortunately, all humanitarian aid has been suspended by Israel, and there are no international organizations able to bring us food at the moment... if the world remains silent, famine and ethnic cleansing will claim many more lives."

Neuropeeps! Is there a list somewhere of the intramural neuroscience researchers @ NIH who have lost their jobs? If not, could you reply to this thread or hit me up on Signal (tverstynen.64) if you happen to know of specific people? Please boost if you don’t mind.

A new study finds one of the most cited #AI models used to scan chest x-rays doesn’t accurately detect potentially life-threatening diseases in marginalized groups, including women and Black people. scim.ag/42uhnPO

OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word www.nature.com/naturecareer...

At today's Cosyne poster session, Quentin Pajot-Moric will present "Studying sensory statistics and priors during sound categorisation in head-fixed mice" #cosyne2025

The elimination of: grants to study #LongCovid, the Office of LC, & Advisory Committee on LC — have sent a chilling signal. We encourage folks to take the following action led by our partners: 1. Call your reps: win.newmode.net/longcovidcam... 2. Email your reps: actionnetwork.org/letters/long...

Friends at #cosyne2025, this year we have two posters and two workshop talks. Tonight, Dammy Onih is going to present his results on incidental statistical learning (decoupled from reward) in mice, using pupillometry, hippocampal inactivation and ephys.