Our lab generates brain 🧠 organoids from isolated single neural rosettes - and now it's all in a new Nature Protocols paper 📄 ! Step-by-step details to try it yourself👇 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Organoids #Neuroscience #StemCells

Enjoying tremendously all aspects of Neurogenomics GRC in Ventura CA!!

A funding setback led Rafael Yuste to the Hydra, and a new way to study neural networks. By @shaena.bsky.social, Brady Huggett #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neural-netwo...

Our NIH funded work @utah.edu @uuhsresearch.bsky.social is revealing new mechanisms of complex neurological disorders. Modern medicine wouldn't be where it is today without the NIH and the discoveries made by scientists at universities. utah-health.shorthandstories.com/ptf-unveilin...

Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez writes in Nature that higher-education establishments in the US must not be bullied into abandoning their mission of diversity, equity and inclusion. “Higher education must not back down. But to win this fight, universities need a plan.” #Academicsky 🧪

🧪 Stand Up for Science. Science is for everyone. 🫶 Join us as we #marchforscience — for truth, discovery, and a future where research is valued and people matter. Science uplifts everyone, empowers communities, and drives real change. Stand up, Utah! 📍 Utah State Capitol 📅 March 7th 2025 at noon

If you are interested in disease modelling using state of the art stem cell based approaches, consider joining us during the summer school. fellowships are available!

“Given the intensity with which modern neurophysiologists are prowling around the brain with multi-contact electrophysiology probes and wide-field optical imaging, I doubt that there are new, fundamental discoveries to be made with qualitative assessments of neural activity. But who knows?” 🤔

"Scores of grant review panels were canceled this week, creating a gap in funding from the National Institutes of Health...the delays have deepened what scientists are calling a crisis in American biomedical research.." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/s...

Our latest paper, led by Emmy Li, is out on Neuron today: CRISPRi-based screens in iAssembloids to elucidate neuron-glia interactions www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Happy holidays from Snow Lake City!

As part of The Transmitter’s first annual book, we asked some of our contributing editors what they think the field should focus on in the years to come. @nicolecrust.bsky.social, Anthony Zador, Joshua Sanes, @russpoldrack.bsky.social and Sheena Josselyn provided their responses. bit.ly/4iObXp0

Amazing new work from the lab of @aliceyting.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social @stanfordbiosci.bsky.social, engineered GPCRs for ligand-activated cell responses www.nature.com/articles/s41...

so interesting!

I recall an interview with Rusty Gage in Nat Neuroscience, where he mentioned that ChatGPT could help students choose research problems to study. Looks like this is shaping up now - BrainGPT to predict neuroscience findings! Fascinating… 🤔 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are hiring mid-to-senior-level faculty to expand brain health and trauma research at #UTSA Individuals at the Associate/Full Professor level are encouraged to apply by December 1st Please share this opportunity with others or reach out if you would like to learn more Apply here: bit.ly/3zUK2lI

Great to know these online tools are available for making cartoons! bioart.niaid.nih.gov bioicons.com scidraw.io

How to write a grant? 1. The application is for the reviewer, not you, the applicant. 2. Communicate in stories. 3. Make your story cohesive—leave no puzzling gaps. 4. Make your story resonate to keep the reviewer reading. 5. Accept chance and noise in peer-review. www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

Still thinking about which neuroscience conferences to attend next year? Explore our events page, featuring a curated list of top neuroscience meetings with topic-based filters. Plus, check out upcoming webinars compiled by @worldwideneuro.bsky.social. thetransmitter.org/events

10K!!💪

Too often we spend only two weeks choosing a problem and then many years trying solving it, but this limits our potential impact. A must read for PhD students: Problem choice and decision trees in science and engineering. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38608651/

Fun read putting forth interesting ideas regarding intersection of cell biology and AI: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...