Drew Schreiner
@schreinerdrew.bsky.social
learning | neuroethology | basal ganglia | birdsong | decision-making | natural history | Current K99 Postdoc Rich Mooney @Duke | PhD Christina Gremel @UC San Diego
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Drew Schreiner
@schreinerdrew.bsky.social
· Mar 12
Dual neuromodulatory dynamics underlie birdsong learning - Nature
Dopamine release in the basal ganglia of the zebra finch is driven by neurons associated with reinforcement learning and by cholinergic signalling, and tracks performance quality during long-term lear...
www.nature.com
Proud to have contributed to @jiaxuanqi.bsky.social's masterpiece out @nature.com! She shows that dopamine transients track the learned quality of song during juvenile learning and that dopamine release is driven not just by VTA firing, but by a local cholinergic mechanism! (1/x)
The SS Ostracism
I feel like there should only be one cruise ship in the world and it only docks once a year, and, when it docks, we put all the most irritating cultural figures on the ship.
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The SS Ostracism
it's abominable
i can not be the only person wondering about the five percent gap between bigfoot and the yeti
i mean is this where u draw the line
i mean is this where u draw the line
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
it's abominable
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I'm proposing a new machine learning metric, I call it
Dave’s Perplexity Sauce
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I'm proposing a new machine learning metric, I call it
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concise and informative review article on corticostriatal pathways in sensory process by @giladsilberberg.bsky.social et al . I find myself looking into it frequently and learn/cross check a new thing every time : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Corticostriatal pathways for bilateral sensorimotor functions
Corticostriatal pathways are essential for a multitude of motor, sensory, cognitive, and affective functions. They are mediated by cortical pyramidal …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
concise and informative review article on corticostriatal pathways in sensory process by @giladsilberberg.bsky.social et al . I find myself looking into it frequently and learn/cross check a new thing every time : www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I am revising our 'expectations document' in which I'm listing what I expect from lab members (at various stages of their career) and what they should expect from me. I would appreciate it if you could share yours with me. I will eventually share mine once completed.
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I am revising our 'expectations document' in which I'm listing what I expect from lab members (at various stages of their career) and what they should expect from me. I would appreciate it if you could share yours with me. I will eventually share mine once completed.
This looks very interesting! Reminds me of some of our earlier work focusing on "task-irrelevant" information from a behavioral and circuit perspective. Irrelevancy is in the eye of the beholder
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This looks very interesting! Reminds me of some of our earlier work focusing on "task-irrelevant" information from a behavioral and circuit perspective. Irrelevancy is in the eye of the beholder
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Black's Beach never disappoints
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Black's Beach never disappoints
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A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... - so cool! 🐦🧠
A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain
How animals detect the Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology. Despite extensive behavioral evidence, the neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms responsible for magnetic sensin...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... - so cool! 🐦🧠
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As the Neuroscience 2025 meeting comes to a close, it's time for us to think about the future. Do you want to help us shape neuroscience research and future @sfn.org meetings? Consider nominating yourself or colleagues: www.sfn.org/about/volunt...
Call for Nominations
www.sfn.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
As the Neuroscience 2025 meeting comes to a close, it's time for us to think about the future. Do you want to help us shape neuroscience research and future @sfn.org meetings? Consider nominating yourself or colleagues: www.sfn.org/about/volunt...
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BTSP in V2
Rapid neocortical network modifications via dendritic plateau potential induced plasticity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.19.689338v1
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
BTSP in V2
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November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Thanks, Adrian! I’m excited to be starting a lab at the University of Utah (theluolab.org)!
We’re recruiting at all levels.
If you’re excited about neural computation, large-scale multi-region recordings, and machine learning, let’s talk!
And yes, the mountains are as incredible as they say!
We’re recruiting at all levels.
If you’re excited about neural computation, large-scale multi-region recordings, and machine learning, let’s talk!
And yes, the mountains are as incredible as they say!
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thanks, Adrian! I’m excited to be starting a lab at the University of Utah (theluolab.org)!
We’re recruiting at all levels.
If you’re excited about neural computation, large-scale multi-region recordings, and machine learning, let’s talk!
And yes, the mountains are as incredible as they say!
We’re recruiting at all levels.
If you’re excited about neural computation, large-scale multi-region recordings, and machine learning, let’s talk!
And yes, the mountains are as incredible as they say!
I'm finally reading through this book and I can't recommend it highly enough -tons of fascinating findings, extremely accessible read
A reminder to anyone interested in #brains #birds or behaviour, our new book is available for FREE as an ebook in addition to print copies.
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
#neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Bird Brains and Behavior: A Synthesis
From two avian neurobiologists, a captivating deep dive into the mechanisms that control avian behavior.The last few decades have produced extensive resear
direct.mit.edu
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm finally reading through this book and I can't recommend it highly enough -tons of fascinating findings, extremely accessible read
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Goodbye to the beautiful friends I made and met again at #SfN2025. Community is everything. You are everything. Go back home and spread kindness, share a laughter with a friend and smile. Smile big. That's all that remains. All other glories will wash away, like your posters... Smiles will prevail.
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Goodbye to the beautiful friends I made and met again at #SfN2025. Community is everything. You are everything. Go back home and spread kindness, share a laughter with a friend and smile. Smile big. That's all that remains. All other glories will wash away, like your posters... Smiles will prevail.
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Colors of the Brain reunion at Society for Neuroscience! Scholars, alumn, mentors and leadership from our last 9 years as an organization !
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Colors of the Brain reunion at Society for Neuroscience! Scholars, alumn, mentors and leadership from our last 9 years as an organization !
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Join us on Dec. 2 for a webinar on the major advances in basal ganglia mapping, including cross-species cellular mapping and open-access visualization tools.
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
Neuroscience Cell Types Webinars
Neuroscience webinars from the Allen Institute to hear about latest cell types researchers from various scientists.
alleninstitute.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us on Dec. 2 for a webinar on the major advances in basal ganglia mapping, including cross-species cellular mapping and open-access visualization tools.
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
📅 Dec. 2, 9-10:30am PT
📍 Online
🔗 Register: https://alleninstitute.org/events/neuroscience-cell-types-webinars/
#studyBRAIN #neuroskyence
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Great @currentbiology.bsky.social study by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social @cliffscience.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social 🧪🧠🐭🎶
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
Zheng and Harpole et al. show that singing mice produce two major vocal modes: ancestral
USVs and novel songs that follow a linearly decelerating rhythm. Although acoustically
distinct, songs and USVs...
www.cell.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Great @currentbiology.bsky.social study by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social @cliffscience.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social 🧪🧠🐭🎶
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Independent Basal Ganglia Neural Populations Encode Speech Production and Ambient-Noise Levels https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.18.689157v1
November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Independent Basal Ganglia Neural Populations Encode Speech Production and Ambient-Noise Levels https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.18.689157v1
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November 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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I am not at SFN this year but my dopamine friends are asking you to come out and celebrate the worlds best precursor molecule.
November 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I am not at SFN this year but my dopamine friends are asking you to come out and celebrate the worlds best precursor molecule.
Conferences, or whatever your professional domain’s equivalent communal gathering happens to be, are a fundamentally load-bearing aspect of building anything worthwhile at scale. Just excellent to feel like one amidst a host of likeminded people largely pulling in the same direction.
November 16, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Excited to present our recent work at #SfN25 's Evolutionary Neurogenomics session this Tuesday!
🧬 Evolution meets neuroscience at #SfN25!
Learn how multi-omics approaches are revealing how evolution acts on cell types, underpinning neural circuitry and behavior changes across diverse species.
📅 Tues., 11/18, 9:30am–12:00pm
📍 Rm 6CF
📲 https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1213
Learn how multi-omics approaches are revealing how evolution acts on cell types, underpinning neural circuitry and behavior changes across diverse species.
📅 Tues., 11/18, 9:30am–12:00pm
📍 Rm 6CF
📲 https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1213
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Excited to present our recent work at #SfN25 's Evolutionary Neurogenomics session this Tuesday!
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I am very grateful for Steve's leadership and excited to step into this new role! www.neuro.duke.edu/news/lisberg...
Lisberger to step down as department chair; Bilbo named interim leader
Stephen Lisberger, PhD, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Neurobiology, will step down from his role as
www.neuro.duke.edu
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I am very grateful for Steve's leadership and excited to step into this new role! www.neuro.duke.edu/news/lisberg...
In birdsong, it's definitely "HVC (used as a proper name)"
What other seemingly obligatory phrases do you notice in neuro papers?
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
In birdsong, it's definitely "HVC (used as a proper name)"