Curious about how your brain makes sense of the world? Come to Saturday Science and explore your senses with activities and demos for the whole family. 📅 Saturday, Sept 27 | 1–4 PM 📍Greene Science Center, 605 W 129th St, NYC 🎟️ Free and open to everyone! 👉 Sign up: bit.ly/SatSciSept2025

How does the brain connect with each muscle to control the body? Check out new videos from @columbiamed.bsky.social & @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social that reveal two key molecules behind this vital process in fruit flies. @genesdev.bsky.social zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/microscopic-... 🧠💪🪰

What happens when you listen to speech a different speeds? Does your brain change its processing speed too? It turns out, no @samnorman-haignere.bsky.social & researchers at @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social found the auditory part of the brain keeps clocking in at a fixed time via @natneuro.nature.com

📣 Calling all middle school #STEM teachers in NYC! New spots have become available for the October 2025 Teacher Institute for Neuroscience and Society at @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social. Apply by Sept. 22: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/teacher-inst... #neurosociety #stemlearning #stemeducation

How does hunger spur us to consume? @columbiauniversity.bsky.social scientists have found a brain area that drives mice to consume sweets, fats, salt & food. This finding may inform novel treatments for both overeating and undereating: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/brain-dial-c...

Our event "How Early Life Shapes the Developing Brain" was so popular that we’ve added more virtual tickets! Join experts as they discuss early life, brain development, and resilience. Sign up at bit.ly/SNFBILSept

Collaborations are moving neuroscience forward. Scientists from 20 institutions (including ours!) created the first brain-wide map of individual neurons’ activity in mice for the @intlbrainlab.bsky.social. www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/research...

Our latest paper on the development of an #ultrafast #laser #PhasePlate for #cryoET @fitzpatricklab.bsky.social @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social doi.org/10.1063/4.0000770

Last week we proudly celebrated the graduating BRAINYAC class with a poster session highlighting the students’ research! BRAINYAC partners 10th & 11th graders from schools in Upper Manhattan & the Bronx with @columbiauniversity.bsky.social neuroscientists.

Congratulations to @bendeskylab.com on being awarded a @hypothesisfund.bsky.social seed grant! He’s asking why some of an animal’s genes are switched on and others off, depending on which parent the genes came from. And how evolution shapes this phenomenon, called genetic imprinting. 🧠🧬

4/ Awardee @bendeskylab.com investigates how genetic conflict between paternal + maternal genes 👫 ('genomic imprinting') evolved & why this epigenetic phenomenon leads to developmental incompatibilities. 🎉 Congrats Dr. Bendesky! @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social 🙏 #HFScout @harmitmalik.bsky.social

🚨New Marlin Lab publication✨ app.jove.com/v/67112/prof... In this #JoVE, we share a method for extracting meaningful, uninstructed behavioral readouts from constrained video recording environments (🧵1/2) Led @brimcr.bsky.social & @AmirLawen, a @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social collab w/ @ItamarKahn.

Congratulations to @bjmarlin.bsky.social on being named a 2025 Pew Biomedical Scholar! Her research dives deep into what is innate, what is learned and what is chosen by biology to be passed down from generation to generation. 🧠 🌟 www.pew.org/en/projects/...

Join us on September 9 for our next Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture: how early life shapes the developing brain. Featuring Claudia Lugo-Candelas, PhD; Kevin G. Bath, PhD; moderated by Thiago Arzua, PhD. Learn more and register: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/stavros-niar...

Our Teacher Institute for Neuroscience and Society is helping teachers explore neurodiversity, AI & screen time with students, @danafoundation.bsky.social notes. Are you a NYC middle school teacher? Apply by 8/8 for the fall, to dive into AI’s role in schools! bit.ly/teacher-neur...

By growing brain-like balls of cells in lab dishes, our own Joseph Gogos and colleagues are revealing how a missing chunk of chromosome can lead to major problems in the human brain—and potential ways to treat them. Read more in @natcomms.nature.com zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/3-d-brain-ce...

How do brains change over evolution? By comparing the brains of two worms in exquisite detail, research by Oliver Hobert, Steven Cook, et al. reveals evolutionary changes that might one day shed light on brain disorders. Read more in @science.org zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/tale-two-worms

Victoria Abraira reflects on a paper from Charles Zuker’s lab that made her wonder which aspects of somatosensory circuits are hardwired, which are plastic and how we can change them, in our latest “This paper changed my life.” #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...

Framing human brains in terms borrowed from artificial intelligence is dangerous—writes Shohamy lab grad student @iddogefen.bsky.social in @latimes.com. He explores the harm of trying to “optimize” or “fine-tune” people—for education, health, law, art or science. tinyurl.com/2zjsv892

What was @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social up to in 2024? See for yourself in our Yearly Recap: bit.ly/ZIyearlyrecap

Is it possible to fix the problems a missing bit of chromosome might cause in the brain? The work of our own Gogos lab, featured in @forbes.com, explores how DNA fragments might one day help reverse such memory and learning problems: www.forbes.com/sites/willia...

🌈 📖 Explore memoirs, novels, essays, and more from Columbia authors that celebrate the unique stories and shared histories of the LGBTQ+ community.

Congrats to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social scientist @lintonvision.bsky.social, who received the David Marr Medal from the Applied Vision Association @theava-uk.bsky.social for "pioneering research on visual experience." 🏆 👁️ 🧠

Recent funding cuts have targeted the training of new scientists across the United States. What does this mean for the future of discovery and innovation? Reflect with us here on the dangers of losing today’s young scientists: youtu.be/AZCAs4N7alU?...

How do you make a decision in a situation you’ve never encountered? Memories do much of the thinking long before you have to make the choice. Read more by Daphna Shohamy, @jonathannicholas.bsky.social and Nathaniel Daw in @natcomms.nature.com zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/memories-can...

Come explore the workings of the brain at Saturday Science on June 7, and help us celebrate #ManhattanvilleCommunityDay with an amazing lineup of food, fun, and activities for all! More info: www.eventbrite.com/e/saturday-s...

How do knots of DNA help create our sense of smell? Learn more from new research by Joan Pulupa, Natalie McArthur and Stavros Lomvardas in ‪‪‪@nature.com‬ Read: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/how-knots-dn... @columbiauniversity.bsky.social #neuroscience

This colorful brain image comes from a mouse with missing DNA. Its cells should be deformed and malfunctional. But scientists in the Gogos lab used DNA fragments (yellow and green) to reverse the damage. Could this help people with genetic disease? zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/restoring-br...

Creativity, neoteny and synaptic density may be what makes us human. In our latest interview, SWC Seminar speaker @franckp.bsky.social (@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social) traces our cognitive uniqueness from cave art to cortical circuits. Read the article: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/qa/what-...

Why create an AI model of a fish? New research from our own Nate Sawtell & Larry Abbott, along with Denis Turcu, shows how real fish can use electricity to scan the world, findings that could help us understand our own senses, such as vision: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/how-ai-fish-...

What’s at stake when scientific research funds are cut? Our own @ericarodriguez.bsky.social talks about the grant canceled for her work on social behaviors (with autism and schizophrenia ties) and the impact on her career. @gothamist.com tinyurl.com/yc34c64b

Science is revealing DNA’s many shapes and their roles in health & disease, from the growth of a fetus to the decay of Alzheimer’s. Now Joan Pulupa, Natalie McArthur & Stavros Lomvardas discover how DNA forms loops fastened with molecular zip ties. Published in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In a @statnews.com opinion piece, our CEO and Director Daphna Shohamy reflects on recent funding cuts for scientists-in-training. She asks, “What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists?” Read more: www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...

For the first time, scientists Charles Zuker, Anthony Fitzpatrick, and team have mapped the tongue’s sweet sensor. This could lead to new ways to curb our insatiable attraction to sugar. @columbiauniversity.bsky.social @cellpress.bsky.social zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/scientists-m...

Join us tomorrow for our SNF Brain Insight Lecture: how we perceive ourselves and others. Featuring Steven A. Siegelbaum, PhD; Jon B. Freeman, PhD; moderated by Jennifer Merritt, PhD Wednesday, May 7th, 6:30 pm (EST) Learn more and register: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/stavros-niar...

Join us for our next Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture: how we perceive ourselves and others. Featuring Steven Siegelbaum, PhD; Jon Freeman, PhD; moderated by Jennifer Merritt, PhD Wednesday, May 7th, 6:30 pm. Learn more & register: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/stavros-niar...

Congratulations to all our Columbia scientists recognized with NYAS 2025 Leon Levy Scholarships in Neuroscience: Matthew Eroglu, @yukihaba.bsky.social , @sreejan.bsky.social , Yuta Mabuchi and Keshav Suresh. 👏👏👏 Read more about the Scholars: bit.nyas.org/3Yoa6Pf

Today marks the first World Hormones Day! 🧠🫀 Hormones are the body’s messengers, guiding us through each phase of life with their subtle yet powerful influence 🙌🏼 @socendocrinology.bsky.social @women-in-endo.bsky.social @endocrinesociety.bsky.social 📸: Prof.Catteau Jonard at the ESE annual meeting

Achieving singularity in olfactory receptor gene expression: Come listen to our next keynote lecture by Stavros Lomvardas, Professor of Neuroscience at Columbia University! @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social 📍April 29th at 11am in NQ105 in Martinsried Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social

How does the brain create mental maps of the world? In a new @cp-neuron.bsky.social study, Justin OHare, @franckp.bsky.social & Attila Losonczy reveal how branches at the farthest tips of neurons can help us remember new places: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/how-do-memor... #neuroscience #memory

A @columbiauniversity.bsky.social researcher describes something amazing, like a memory forming. An improv group brings the science to life. This is The Lab, started in her spare time by Rajyashree Sen (with CUNO & Magnet Theater). Show 4/25! tinyurl.com/2mahut75 @researchamerica.bsky.social

Congrats to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social scientists Gary Struhl & Iva Greenwald for winning the @gairdnerawards.bsky.social Award for their research yielding critical insights on how cells communicate with their neighbors during development. Read: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/columbia-gai...

How does the brain respond to art? In a new @pnas.org study, by showing paintings to people while scanning their brains, Daphna Shohamy, Celia Durkin and colleagues provide a scientific test of a longstanding idea in art theory. Read: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/art-brain-be... #neuroscience 🧠🎨

3/ Awardee @cmholab.bsky.social tackles the complex challenges of protein sequencing by leveraging microbial molecular machinery. Her work can revolutionize how we study protein function/structure & our understanding of biology🤯. 🥳Congrats Dr. Ho! @columbiauniversity.bsky.social 🙏#HFScout Ellen Yeh

Aaron Judge is now the first #Yankee in history to hit four home runs in the first three games of a season. How does he do it? How does the brain control movement? Learn more about the brain science of baseball with neuroscientist Daniel Wolpert. zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/brain-scienc...

Exploring Minds is a three-day event series exploring cognitive differences. We'll explore the unique ways that people imagine and perceive the world. Panel discussions, a jazz concert, Q&As, and more. In-person and hybrid events: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/exploring-mi...

Teaching incarcerated students is much like teaching any students, write @columbiauniversity.bsky.social scientists Tessa Montague and Shai Berman. Learn more about their experience teaching neuroscience at Sing Sing: tinyurl.com/yfkyjfej

NYC middle and high school educators! Register now for BrainSTEM In Action to explore the neuroscience of anxiety in STEM learning, especially math and test-taking. Join us June 5, 2025 on campus for a behind the scenes lab tour and custom lesson creation. Sign up at bit.ly/bia-2025

Join us tomorrow for our next Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Brain Insight Lecture: Advancing Mental Health Care for All. March 18th, 6:30 pm (EST). Learn more and register: zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/stavros-niar...

For decades, government funding “has positioned the United States as a global leader” in science, says scientist Tom Maniatis of @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social and the New York Genome Center. He highlights how a new #NIH policy cutting money for research “jeopardizes” this, in Cell tinyurl.com/ubw6uphe