Caitlin Vander Weele, PhD
@caitvw.bsky.social
Founder & CEO at Stellate Communications. Midwest manners with Big Apple hustle. Ex-neuroscientist at MIT. She/her. Say hi 👋🏻 [email protected]
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It's grant season & @stellatecomms.bsky.social just passed a major milestone: $50M+ in funding for our clients ✨
We've supported 108 submissions (41% success; 14 pending) to the NIH, NSF & leading foundations.
We have a few more project openings this Fall 📩 Email us: [email protected]
We've supported 108 submissions (41% success; 14 pending) to the NIH, NSF & leading foundations.
We have a few more project openings this Fall 📩 Email us: [email protected]
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It's time to meet your #OptoGRC2026 chairs!
Co-vice chair @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social is an assistant professor at @princeton.edu who spent the summer building a van for weekend adventures 🚐✨
She's most looking forward to meeting new people & exploring areas outside of her usual wheelhouse!
Co-vice chair @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social is an assistant professor at @princeton.edu who spent the summer building a van for weekend adventures 🚐✨
She's most looking forward to meeting new people & exploring areas outside of her usual wheelhouse!
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It's time to meet your #OptoGRC2026 chairs!
Co-vice chair @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social is an assistant professor at @princeton.edu who spent the summer building a van for weekend adventures 🚐✨
She's most looking forward to meeting new people & exploring areas outside of her usual wheelhouse!
Co-vice chair @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social is an assistant professor at @princeton.edu who spent the summer building a van for weekend adventures 🚐✨
She's most looking forward to meeting new people & exploring areas outside of her usual wheelhouse!
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@thetransmitter.bsky.social's portrait of the state of neuroscience presents a great opportunity to look back & reflect as we come toward the end of 2025. I'm quoted alongside leaders in the field as we reflect on the current challenges & hopes for the future: www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu...
The State of Neuroscience 2025
The Transmitter presents a portrait of the field through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@thetransmitter.bsky.social's portrait of the state of neuroscience presents a great opportunity to look back & reflect as we come toward the end of 2025. I'm quoted alongside leaders in the field as we reflect on the current challenges & hopes for the future: www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu...
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🚨 Reminder: Applications for #OptoGRC2026 are now OPEN!
Don’t miss your chance to join an incredible week of science, discovery, and connection with the brightest minds in optogenetics 💡🧠
Apply now for the best chance of acceptance: www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
Don’t miss your chance to join an incredible week of science, discovery, and connection with the brightest minds in optogenetics 💡🧠
Apply now for the best chance of acceptance: www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🚨 Reminder: Applications for #OptoGRC2026 are now OPEN!
Don’t miss your chance to join an incredible week of science, discovery, and connection with the brightest minds in optogenetics 💡🧠
Apply now for the best chance of acceptance: www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
Don’t miss your chance to join an incredible week of science, discovery, and connection with the brightest minds in optogenetics 💡🧠
Apply now for the best chance of acceptance: www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
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This paper truly changed my life!!
“I will die on the hill that population coding is the relevant level of encoding information in the brain.” In the latest “This paper changed my life,” Nancy Padilla-Coreano discusses a paper on mixed selectivity neurons.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
This paper changed my life: Nancy Padilla-Coreano on learning the value of population coding
The 2013 Nature paper by Mattia Rigotti and his colleagues revealed how mixed selectivity neurons—cells that are not selectively tuned to a stimulus—play a key role in cognition.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This paper truly changed my life!!
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Looking for a nice way to build team connection before the holiday? Our lab drew names (gift exchange style) & shared aloud why we're grateful for that teammate, what makes us proud of them & how they strengthen the team. Such a sweet, grounding moment. Highly recommend 💛🧠
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Looking for a nice way to build team connection before the holiday? Our lab drew names (gift exchange style) & shared aloud why we're grateful for that teammate, what makes us proud of them & how they strengthen the team. Such a sweet, grounding moment. Highly recommend 💛🧠
Joyful, connected design for @manuellayassa.bsky.social's NeuroEngage Lab.
What an absolute pleasure to bring this group's logo and website to life! Check it out: www.neuroengagelab.com
What an absolute pleasure to bring this group's logo and website to life! Check it out: www.neuroengagelab.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Joyful, connected design for @manuellayassa.bsky.social's NeuroEngage Lab.
What an absolute pleasure to bring this group's logo and website to life! Check it out: www.neuroengagelab.com
What an absolute pleasure to bring this group's logo and website to life! Check it out: www.neuroengagelab.com
New from @stellatecomms.bsky.social ✨❄️ An icy website design for @nelsontotah.bsky.social's group at Helsinki Institute of Life Science!
Go check out the *STUNNING* research illustrations. You won't be disappointed... totahlab.org/research
Go check out the *STUNNING* research illustrations. You won't be disappointed... totahlab.org/research
Totah Lab | Research
The Totah Lab investigates neural control of cognition, actions, and emotions through locus coeruleus research, behavioral studies, and brain-body connections.
totahlab.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New from @stellatecomms.bsky.social ✨❄️ An icy website design for @nelsontotah.bsky.social's group at Helsinki Institute of Life Science!
Go check out the *STUNNING* research illustrations. You won't be disappointed... totahlab.org/research
Go check out the *STUNNING* research illustrations. You won't be disappointed... totahlab.org/research
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I'll be at Zoé and Zach's posters today, giving out VIP access bracelets for the Cai-Tye Collective event tonight!
If you're at #SfN25, come check out Zoé and Zach's work and snag a bracelet before we run out!
If you're at #SfN25, come check out Zoé and Zach's work and snag a bracelet before we run out!
Are you at #SfN25 and want VIP access to the Cai-Tye Collective event on Nov 17?
Come by my lab members' posters for a bracelet!
Hailey Rosenblum: Nov 15, 1-5pm PSTR040.05/BB6
Zoé Christenson Wick: Nov 17, 8am-12pm PSTR192.01/RR13
Zach Pennington: Nov 17, 1-5pm PSTR234.05/CC7
Come by my lab members' posters for a bracelet!
Hailey Rosenblum: Nov 15, 1-5pm PSTR040.05/BB6
Zoé Christenson Wick: Nov 17, 8am-12pm PSTR192.01/RR13
Zach Pennington: Nov 17, 1-5pm PSTR234.05/CC7
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I'll be at Zoé and Zach's posters today, giving out VIP access bracelets for the Cai-Tye Collective event tonight!
If you're at #SfN25, come check out Zoé and Zach's work and snag a bracelet before we run out!
If you're at #SfN25, come check out Zoé and Zach's work and snag a bracelet before we run out!
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Book launch day is here 🚀
How to Change a Memory, in physical and audio form: www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
and here's a preview of one of the book's central themes: memories change and, as a result, we change too🧠.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
How to Change a Memory, in physical and audio form: www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
and here's a preview of one of the book's central themes: memories change and, as a result, we change too🧠.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
Buy How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
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November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Book launch day is here 🚀
How to Change a Memory, in physical and audio form: www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
and here's a preview of one of the book's central themes: memories change and, as a result, we change too🧠.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
How to Change a Memory, in physical and audio form: www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
and here's a preview of one of the book's central themes: memories change and, as a result, we change too🧠.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
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Work published today in @natbiotech.nature.com from Arc’s Luke Gilbert and Patrick Hsu labs presents a new way to insert large DNA sequences into the genome using engineered recombinases that don’t require DNA cutting or rely on the cell's repair machinery.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Work published today in @natbiotech.nature.com from Arc’s Luke Gilbert and Patrick Hsu labs presents a new way to insert large DNA sequences into the genome using engineered recombinases that don’t require DNA cutting or rely on the cell's repair machinery.
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Current research continues to emphasize that adolescents should not be consuming #cannabis and need to be better educated about its health impacts 🧠
Read more about the mental and physical effects of cannabis use on the brain ⬇️
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/addi...
Read more about the mental and physical effects of cannabis use on the brain ⬇️
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/addi...
Early Cannabis Use Poses Risks to Physical and Mental Health
Recent studies have found earlier teen cannabis use significantly increases risks for serious health problems in adulthood. Best goal: Delay or prevent cannabis use in adolescents.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Current research continues to emphasize that adolescents should not be consuming #cannabis and need to be better educated about its health impacts 🧠
Read more about the mental and physical effects of cannabis use on the brain ⬇️
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/addi...
Read more about the mental and physical effects of cannabis use on the brain ⬇️
www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/addi...
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✨ Program Manager Job Alert ✨ Join our Mount Sinai team in NYC to steer a multi-institutional neuroscience initiative aimed at understanding Bipolar Disorder.
If you’re passionate about science, data & impact we’d love to hear from you!
Learn More & Apply 👇
careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3032351...
If you’re passionate about science, data & impact we’d love to hear from you!
Learn More & Apply 👇
careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3032351...
Research Project Manager I (Dr Saez's Lab) - Neurosciences in New York, NY | Mount Sinai Health Systems
Mount Sinai is hiring a Research Project Manager I (Dr Saez's Lab) - Neurosciences in New York, NY. Review all of the job details and apply today!
careers.mountsinai.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
✨ Program Manager Job Alert ✨ Join our Mount Sinai team in NYC to steer a multi-institutional neuroscience initiative aimed at understanding Bipolar Disorder.
If you’re passionate about science, data & impact we’d love to hear from you!
Learn More & Apply 👇
careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3032351...
If you’re passionate about science, data & impact we’d love to hear from you!
Learn More & Apply 👇
careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3032351...
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As the Science Tooth Fairy, I love seeing teeth featured in fall decorations. Here are two of my favorites, featured by local dental offices 🦷🎃
What were your favorite Halloween / Fall sights recently?
What were your favorite Halloween / Fall sights recently?
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
As the Science Tooth Fairy, I love seeing teeth featured in fall decorations. Here are two of my favorites, featured by local dental offices 🦷🎃
What were your favorite Halloween / Fall sights recently?
What were your favorite Halloween / Fall sights recently?
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Awesome work co-led by my student @annhuang42.bsky.social and @neurostrow.bsky.social on disentangling, then comparing recurrent and externally driven dynamics!
Look out for more incredible work from @annhuang42.bsky.social coming up at NeurIPS 👀
Look out for more incredible work from @annhuang42.bsky.social coming up at NeurIPS 👀
Our next paper on comparing dynamical systems (with special interest to artificial and biological neural networks) is out!! Joint work with @annhuang42.bsky.social , as well as @satpreetsingh.bsky.social , @leokoz8.bsky.social , Ila Fiete, and @kanakarajanphd.bsky.social : arxiv.org/pdf/2510.25943
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Awesome work co-led by my student @annhuang42.bsky.social and @neurostrow.bsky.social on disentangling, then comparing recurrent and externally driven dynamics!
Look out for more incredible work from @annhuang42.bsky.social coming up at NeurIPS 👀
Look out for more incredible work from @annhuang42.bsky.social coming up at NeurIPS 👀
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Congratulations to Arc Science Fellow, @uchemedoh.bsky.social, on being named a winner of the 2025 @science.org & @scilifelab.se Prize for Young Scientists!
His work solves a decades-old mystery in cell biology, revealing the enzyme responsible for BMP synthesis: www.aaas.org/news/researc...
His work solves a decades-old mystery in cell biology, revealing the enzyme responsible for BMP synthesis: www.aaas.org/news/researc...
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Congratulations to Arc Science Fellow, @uchemedoh.bsky.social, on being named a winner of the 2025 @science.org & @scilifelab.se Prize for Young Scientists!
His work solves a decades-old mystery in cell biology, revealing the enzyme responsible for BMP synthesis: www.aaas.org/news/researc...
His work solves a decades-old mystery in cell biology, revealing the enzyme responsible for BMP synthesis: www.aaas.org/news/researc...
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🧠 The Cai Lab will be at #SfN25!
Be sure to stop by the poster sessions to check out Hailey's work on decision-making, @zachtpennington.bsky.social's work on stress, @zoechristensonwick.bsky.social's work on seizures, Alexa's work on cocaine seeking, and Sandra's work on context representations 🤓
Be sure to stop by the poster sessions to check out Hailey's work on decision-making, @zachtpennington.bsky.social's work on stress, @zoechristensonwick.bsky.social's work on seizures, Alexa's work on cocaine seeking, and Sandra's work on context representations 🤓
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🧠 The Cai Lab will be at #SfN25!
Be sure to stop by the poster sessions to check out Hailey's work on decision-making, @zachtpennington.bsky.social's work on stress, @zoechristensonwick.bsky.social's work on seizures, Alexa's work on cocaine seeking, and Sandra's work on context representations 🤓
Be sure to stop by the poster sessions to check out Hailey's work on decision-making, @zachtpennington.bsky.social's work on stress, @zoechristensonwick.bsky.social's work on seizures, Alexa's work on cocaine seeking, and Sandra's work on context representations 🤓
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For those of you headed to #SfN25 If you study social behaviors be sure to check out our posters.
We will be presenting how the brain represents prosocial decisions, how dopamine dynamics relate to social memory, whether respiration relates to social hierarchies, and more!
We will be presenting how the brain represents prosocial decisions, how dopamine dynamics relate to social memory, whether respiration relates to social hierarchies, and more!
November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For those of you headed to #SfN25 If you study social behaviors be sure to check out our posters.
We will be presenting how the brain represents prosocial decisions, how dopamine dynamics relate to social memory, whether respiration relates to social hierarchies, and more!
We will be presenting how the brain represents prosocial decisions, how dopamine dynamics relate to social memory, whether respiration relates to social hierarchies, and more!
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The Preston Lab will be at @sfn.org #SfN2025! Come see what we've been working on 🧠
We'll discuss how kids & adults remember when things happen, how memory changes impact reasoning & how we learn different actions have different consequences based on the setting.
Find us Monday & Wednesday 🤘
We'll discuss how kids & adults remember when things happen, how memory changes impact reasoning & how we learn different actions have different consequences based on the setting.
Find us Monday & Wednesday 🤘
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Calling all creative social media enthusiasts! 📷
The Dunn Lab is seeking support to share our science through videos & photos on social media. If you have a talent for content creation & are local to #PurdueUniversity Indianapolis campus, please apply by November 30, 2025!
The Dunn Lab is seeking support to share our science through videos & photos on social media. If you have a talent for content creation & are local to #PurdueUniversity Indianapolis campus, please apply by November 30, 2025!
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Calling all creative social media enthusiasts! 📷
The Dunn Lab is seeking support to share our science through videos & photos on social media. If you have a talent for content creation & are local to #PurdueUniversity Indianapolis campus, please apply by November 30, 2025!
The Dunn Lab is seeking support to share our science through videos & photos on social media. If you have a talent for content creation & are local to #PurdueUniversity Indianapolis campus, please apply by November 30, 2025!
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🧠 Did you know that kids remember time differently than adults? Our new preprint review w/ @drjeni-mdlab.bsky.social discusses the real implications for juvenile justice & why we need to ask about timing in ways that match kids' developing brains ⚖️
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧠 Did you know that kids remember time differently than adults? Our new preprint review w/ @drjeni-mdlab.bsky.social discusses the real implications for juvenile justice & why we need to ask about timing in ways that match kids' developing brains ⚖️
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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🧠 Did you know that kids remember time differently than adults? Our new preprint review w/ @drjeni-mdlab.bsky.social discusses the real implications for juvenile justice & why we need to ask about timing in ways that match kids' developing brains ⚖️
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
🧠 Did you know that kids remember time differently than adults? Our new preprint review w/ @drjeni-mdlab.bsky.social discusses the real implications for juvenile justice & why we need to ask about timing in ways that match kids' developing brains ⚖️
Paper: osf.io/preprints/ps...
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A study out today in @natgenet.nature.com from Core Investigator Luke Gilbert, Haolong Li, & others identifies PTGES3 as a critical regulator of androgen receptor (AR) protein levels in prostate cancer, revealing a potential new target for tumors that become treatment-resistant.
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A study out today in @natgenet.nature.com from Core Investigator Luke Gilbert, Haolong Li, & others identifies PTGES3 as a critical regulator of androgen receptor (AR) protein levels in prostate cancer, revealing a potential new target for tumors that become treatment-resistant.
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What does "Human-centered neural engineering and AI" mean?
It means prioritizing the patient across the entire pipeline: Discovery, Design, and Delivery of neuro-engineering treatments for psychiatric disorders.
Join me to discuss at @embs.org #NER25 hosted by @onemindaccelerator.bsky.social
It means prioritizing the patient across the entire pipeline: Discovery, Design, and Delivery of neuro-engineering treatments for psychiatric disorders.
Join me to discuss at @embs.org #NER25 hosted by @onemindaccelerator.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What does "Human-centered neural engineering and AI" mean?
It means prioritizing the patient across the entire pipeline: Discovery, Design, and Delivery of neuro-engineering treatments for psychiatric disorders.
Join me to discuss at @embs.org #NER25 hosted by @onemindaccelerator.bsky.social
It means prioritizing the patient across the entire pipeline: Discovery, Design, and Delivery of neuro-engineering treatments for psychiatric disorders.
Join me to discuss at @embs.org #NER25 hosted by @onemindaccelerator.bsky.social
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Big thanks to #ThinkeryATX Children's Museum for hosting us at their STEAM Sunday Halloween celebration! 🎃
We love connecting with families and future scientists while sharing what we do at the Preston Lab 🤘
#SciComm #AustinScience
We love connecting with families and future scientists while sharing what we do at the Preston Lab 🤘
#SciComm #AustinScience
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Big thanks to #ThinkeryATX Children's Museum for hosting us at their STEAM Sunday Halloween celebration! 🎃
We love connecting with families and future scientists while sharing what we do at the Preston Lab 🤘
#SciComm #AustinScience
We love connecting with families and future scientists while sharing what we do at the Preston Lab 🤘
#SciComm #AustinScience
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@okaysteve.bsky.social chatted with @undark.org about how memories can heal the brain and his new book, How to Change a Memory (publishing 11/4). Check out the interview:
How Memories Might Be Used to Help Heal the Brain
In a new book, Steve Ramirez explores the potential of memory manipulation to ease depression and other afflictions.
undark.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@okaysteve.bsky.social chatted with @undark.org about how memories can heal the brain and his new book, How to Change a Memory (publishing 11/4). Check out the interview: