Cambridge #neuroscientist Dr Flavia Mancini has joined a landmark #research consortium aiming to revolutionise the treatment of chronic pain through personalised #neurotechnology www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambrid... The 6-year, £11m project backed by the EPSRC is led by @ox.ac.uk #ChronicPain

Almost last call to register for UK neural computation conference in London July 10-11. Registration deadline is July 1st. We have some great talks and posters as well as a session on funding with ARIA. 🤖🧠🧪 Look forward to seeing you all there. Now click here 👇 neuralcomputation.uk

Beyond housekeeping duties, astrocytes also coordinate complex computational tasks during modulation, expanding their role in the brain. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/astrocytes/a...

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages. ki.se/en/about-ki/...

GCSE are more harmful than useful - they should be abolished

Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

1/ Why do patients with late-stage cancer lose motivation & sink into apathy? 🔥 Our new Science paper shows chronic inflammation activates a cytokine-sensing brain circuit that lowers motivation. Huge team effort: Aelita Zhu, Sarah Starosta, Pignatelli & Janowitz labs! 🧵 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Two rather surprising results from the lesioning analysis of the model: 1) Removing the behavioral modulation module led to only a modest (2.8%) reduction in predictive accuracy. Surprising given the known effects of locomotion etc. on mouse visual responses. (1/2)

There are rumours of a UCL-KCL merger thetab.com/2025/04/01/u...

A second child has died of measles in Texas. Measles is both dangerous AND preventable. In fact high childhood Vax rates (>95%) can eliminate it completely from a country. Please read and share our recent report on once common childhood diseases. independentsage.org/wp-content/u...

The line between brains and computer chips just got blurrier. Everyday chips made to work like neurons with a simple modification. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Great Depression sparked the rise of extremism in the past, and history may repeat itself. Economic turmoil often fuels radical ideologies.

🚨CALL FOR ABSTRACTS & REGISTRATION🚨 Join us in Cambridge for "Exploring Interdisciplinary Frontiers: Cognitive Science, Computational Modelling & AI", sponsored by @acceleratescience.bsky.social @cambridgec2d3.bsky.social 🗓️ 9–10 May 2025 | Hybrid format 🔗 sites.google.com/view/capbs20...

𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Wait, that works with simple systems in physics where small scale signals ("details") average out. But how about more "interesting" complex systems? New approaches are breaking ground there. Great review paper. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Big piece on how the UK is not getting the data it needs and how this is affecting policymaking. A key issue seems to be that the shift from surveys to admin data has not worked well as govt departments have not allowed the ONS access to the data it needs on.ft.com/3WSCN6h

Fantastic opportunity if you are interested in moving your lab to Montreal, Canada! Through this program, Chairholders will be awarded up to $1 million per year for a period of 8 years. Contact me if you are interested. www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Is it true that the NIH Office of Pain Policy and Planning (OPPP) has been closed today? How does this affect NIH funding for pain research?

Applications are now open for the Shenoy Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Neuroscience (SURFiN) program for the 2025–26 academic year. This program aims to spark interest in #neuroscience among undergrads who have not had access to research opportunities. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/3/27/ap...

Policy changes this Parliament will be felt very differently across the income distribution depending on whether households contain a disabled member.

Excoriating insider blog on the Alan Turing Institute. A root cause identified is the governance. I remember at the time it was set up it was done very quickly with little reflection on structure or strategy, in order to have an announceable. Evergreen lesson www.chalmermagne.com/p/how-not-to...

This will resonate across the UK #NHS All eyes on #ScotGov to see if they actually follow the recommendations and #NHSGGC likewise Damning findings on management culture - a frequent root cause of safety issues not being dealt with as we know now from endless #NHS failures

Huge thanks to Julia Gillard, chair of #Wellcome and former PM of Australia, for her inspiring lecture at #Pembroke marking 40 years since the admission of women. Her motto, “Resist, Reflect, Re-energise,” truly resonated with all of us!

How is the input of the different kinds of primary sensory neurons responding to heat and mechanical stimuli summarized in the spinal cord? Check out our recent study. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Looking for an exciting fellowship in AI & Neuro, with competitive salary (~£100k)? We got a new position in the lab at Oxford, working with @somnirons.bsky.social and me! 🧪 Our project: encode.pillar.vc/projects/beh... General info: encode.pillar.vc #compneuro #neuroai #neuroscience #sciencejobs

Two cool papers out in Neuron today on memory. 1. Animals can be trained to activate specific remote memories at will: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... 2. Interactions between cortex and amygdala during reactivation in NREM sleep help enhance perceptual memories: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... 🧠📈 🧪

Nature research paper: Rapid emergence of latent knowledge in the sensory cortex drives learning https://go.nature.com/4kBinZH

This is really important in the context of NHS budgets being cut across the hospital sector...many hospitals are short of the nurses needed to provide safe care: www.channel4.com/news/factche...

Had a great time! Remembering the amazing Steve McMahon, whose impact continues to inspire us all. Never to be forgotten. Thank you! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...

Excited to share our latest publication, out now in @ScienceAdvances: “Thermosensory predictive coding underpins an illusion of pain.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Read the full thread for details!

Cuts to #disability benefits are alarming, especially for those with #chronicpain. Our current approach to #pain management is deeply flawed, and forcing people to work without support won't help. We need to prioritize proper care and support for all. 💔 #DisabilityRights #medsky

🌌 It's time to address the hidden misogyny of attributing achievements of #womeninstem to special treatment. This mindset undermines the hard work, talent, and resilience of #women. #EquityInScience means recognizing that opportunities should be fair, not a reason to question a woman's abilities. 💪

99% of new medicines developed by the pharmaceutical industry depend on NIH research jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

How to push back against the rise of endless administrative burden in academia?

Columbia University loses $400mn in US government grants https://www.ft.com/content/64addb39-7b6b-45e4-8e20-576a0a314a71

Two faculty positions in comp biology in Cambridge www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50414/

The emotional spectrum drawn by 4 yo daughter

Great to see wonderful Irene Tracey on top of the league www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best...

New faculty position in ML at CBL, Cambridge University Engineering department www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49361/

For my first Bluesky post, I'm very excited to share a thread on our recent work with Mitra Javadzadeh, investigating how connections between cortical areas shape computations in the neocortex! [1/7] www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience is the most wonderful place to work. Supportive, bright colleagues doing incredible research in beautiful Queen Square. Do get in touch if you have any questions. Come join us! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Unregulated AI bonanza, scrapping off WHO and Paris climate agreement —> what could go wrong?

Very cool paper by Emily Oby and colleagues: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Interesting insights into the flexibility (or lack thereof) of neural dynamics for motor control

Great feature about #pain

Eleanor Maguire, who died 4 January at age 54, pioneered the famous London taxi-driver study and naturalistic approaches for studying spatial and episodic memory in people. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/memory/remem...

I used to be exactly that kind of kid. Luckily me and my brother survived childhood largely uninjured

The blue light makes our lab look so sciencey :) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Incredible story and worth a read. Also sent me down a rabbit hole reading current lit on tau

Are you a fan with the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit? If so, read this Science story and then join the 500 scientists (inc two Nobels and two former Royal Society heads), who are asking the MRC to adjust course by signing the Open Letter linked in the story. www.science.org/content/arti...