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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Aug 27

In the latest episode of @braininspired.bsky.social, Xaq Pitkow discusses how evolution's messy constraints shape optimal brain algorithms, from Bayesian inference to ecological affordances.

#neuroskyence

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Xaq Pitkow shares his principles for studying cognition in our imperfect brains and bodies

Pitkow discusses how evolution's messy constraints shape optimal brain algorithms, from Bayesian inference to ecological affordances.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 9d

Premenstrual disorders, including PMS and PMDD, are associated with significantly reduced quality of life, particularly affecting anxiety, mood, and daily functioning in women of reproductive age. doi.org/g95bzk

Greater impact than expected: Premenstrual disorders linked to reduced quality of life

A new study from the Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) at Karolinska Institutet shows that women with premenstrual disorders have a significantly lower quality of life compared to women without such conditions.

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Qingqing Zhang @qqzhang.bsky.social · 19d

Does predictive coding work in SPACE or in TIME? Most neuroscientists assume TIME, i.e. neurons predict their future sensory inputs. We show that in visual cortex predictive coding actually works across SPACE, just like the original Rao+Ballard theory #neuroscience
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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · Aug 1

Aeon enables:

– Continuous Neuropixels recordings
– Behavioural tracking
– Modular, scalable design
– Multi-modal data pipelines
– Open-source hardware/software

A new tool for neuroscience → aeon.swc.ucl.ac.uk

Aeon — Aeon v0.0.15 documentation

aeon.swc.ucl.ac.uk

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Sep 7

Fantastic to see Elusive Cures by @nicolecrust.bsky.social & How to Change a Memory by @okaysteve.bsky.social (on-sale: November 4) on @thetransmitter.bsky.social reading list:

The Transmitter’s reading list: Six upcoming neuroscience books, plus notable titles in 2025

Dig into an exploration of the fundamental aspects of intelligence, a new textbook about theoretical neuroscience and a memoir about memory research, among other new releases.

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Carina Heller, Ph.D. @carinaheller.bsky.social · Aug 13

We wrote a piece for @naturemedicine.bsky.social 🧠

Menstrual cycle irregularities can be both cause and consequence of wide-ranging health issues.
Embracing this complexity could reveal novel brain–body interactions and advance neuroscience.

Check out our commentary www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Why menstrual cycle irregularities belong in brain research - Nature Medicine

The menstrual cycle requires tight orchestration between the brain and body, and irregularities can be both the cause and the consequence of wide-ranging health issues. Embracing this complexity, inst...

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.

Reddit post on r/technology about young people and AI: "I recently heard about a teacher who instead of trying to circumvent students using AI, which is impossible, she made assignments by going "ask ChatGPT to write a report on this subject, and then research how and why it's wrong".

Not only did the students discover that ChatGPT is extremely wrong a lot of the time, it also lead them to realise that they should not use it as a primary source".

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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · Jul 23

Better version of the meme.

The joke is, Nature is the one killing null results, but blaming scientists.

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 15

Super interview on the @ologies.bsky.social podcast with my fab colleague @abeba.bsky.social on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence 👏
open.spotify.com/episode/5w6D... - how often is it just a bunch of poorly paid humans in a trenchcoat?

Artificial Intelligence Ethicology (WILL A.I. CRASH OUT?) with Abeba Birhane

Ologies with Alie Ward · Episode

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Florian Wollweber @florianwollweber.bsky.social · Jun 27

After 5 amazing years @pilhoferlab.bsky.social I'm starting my lab @embl.org Grenoble this November embl.org/wollweber
We'll image Asgard archaea and many other strange microbes ( #archaeasky, #protistsonsky..) to understand eukaryogenesis
First job ad: #teamtomo scientist!🔬❄️ tinyurl.com/2rdu2ze6

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Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh 🍉🌻🟥 @gianamar97.bsky.social · Jun 4

Curious about the global history of science?

I talked to the @ri-science.bsky.social podcast about globalising our stories of the sciences.

Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/1vRS...

De-westernizing the history of science - with Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh

Ri Science Podcast · Episode

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Jun 4

Terrific podcast relevant to our debates here about “What is an emotion?” But in the case of emotion, it’s turned up to 11 b/c (unlike “representation”), everyone alive has intuition and interest about the answers (including the public).

www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...

What do neuroscientists mean by the term representation?

A group of neuroscientists and philosophers discuss the use and misuse of the term “representation” across the cognitive sciences.

www.thetransmitter.org

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Jun 4

🗓️ Join us on June 9th to learn about Dr. Crystal Schiller’s research in the Impact of Ovarian Steroids on Brain Function and Mood in Women Across the Reproductive Lifespan. Register today: cornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Curious about past lectures? Visit us at: wbhi.ucsb.edu/events

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Mar 28

What could large-scale AI do for neuroscience? What barriers prevent us from pursuing an AlphaFold for the brain? What are the limits of scale, and where will we need more tailored solutions? Eva Dyer and @tyrellturing.bsky.social ask nine neuroscientists to weigh in.

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Accepting “bitter lesson” and embracing brain’s complexity

To gain insight into complex neural data, we must move toward a data-driven regime, employing large models trained on vast amounts of data. Experts weigh in.

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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · Apr 9

Multiplexing of cognitive encoding by oculomotor networks leads to incidental gaze shifts
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#neuroscience

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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eabhorrocks.bsky.social @eabhorrocks.bsky.social · Mar 6

Excited to share a new preprint investigating whether functional specialisations of mouse higher visual areas (HVAs) depend on behaviour.
With @amansaleem.bsky.social

Thread below👇

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Locomotion selectively enhances visual speed encoding in mouse medial higher visual areas

Mammalian visual systems are comprised of multiple brain areas with distinct functional roles. Whilst functional specialisations have been proposed in the mouse based on visual feature encoding, the e...

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Auguste Schulz @auschulz.bsky.social · Feb 3

1) Some exciting science in turbulent times:

How do mice distinguish self-generated vs. object-generated looming stimuli? Our new study combines VR and neural recordings from superior colliculus (SC) 🧠🐭 to explore this question.

Check out our preprint doi.org/10.1101/2024... 🧵

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Dan Jagger @auditorynerves.bsky.social · Mar 24

15 American scientists working in climate, health & astrophysics to be brought to the University of Aix-Marseille , under a 3-year "Safe Place for Science".

Europe positions itself to reverse the decades-long transatlantic brain drain.
🧪
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A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst

The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

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Florian Wollweber @florianwollweber.bsky.social · Mar 21

Asgard archaea are full of surprises, this time we found (tiny) microtubules (snapshots of microtubule evolution?!) - Check out our new paper on the cytoskeleton of Lokiarchaeum ossiferum: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Pilhofer Lab 🦠❄️🔬 @pilhoferlab.bsky.social · Mar 21

Asgard archaea have actin - but what about microtubules? Where do they come from? 🧐 Our new paper www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... by @xujwet.bsky.social & @florianwollweber.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Schleper & Wieczorek labs, describes tiny Asgard microtubules! #TeamTomo #ArchaeaSky 1/6

Credit: Margot Riggi (@margotriggi.bsky.social), Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry (@mpibiochem.bsky.social)

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Mar 14

Beyond Mechanism—Extending Our Concepts of Causation in Neuroscience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... - really pleased that this paper with Henry Potter is now published in the European Journal of Neuroscience 😊

Beyond Mechanism—Extending Our Concepts of Causation in Neuroscience

The search for neural mechanisms of behaviour often relies on a synchronic, driving view of causation, where neural activity drives more neural activity, which eventually drives behaviour. The real c...

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Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · Mar 13

Proud of @univ-amu.fr response to the crisis in the US.

Thinking of moving your research from the US to France? I’m happy to share my experience—DM me.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille University ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

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Jerome Epsztein @jeromeepsztein.bsky.social · Mar 14

Our university @univ-amu.fr has launch an initiative to welcome scientists from the US🇺🇸 See details below 👇 DM me if interested to join @inmed.bsky.social

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Eleonora Ambrad @norambr.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille University ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

www.univ-amu.fr

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Mar 11

ATTENTION

If anyone from Columbia is interested in communicating with reporters and/or can share documents to help reporters cover this nightmare and cover it accurately,

PLEASE reach out to me (or have them do so) on signal (jeremymberg.78).

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