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@thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a portrait of the state of neuroscience in 2025 through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding. Each view features analyses of major trends and more. Explore the end of year report: bit.ly/4oNeTVC
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By mapping connections among researchers, Neurotree makes it possible to trace how the field has evolved and to visualize how shifts in lab size, training and other factors can shape its direction, writes founder @stephenvdavid.bsky.social.
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Tracing neuroscience’s family tree to track its growth
By mapping connections among researchers, Neurotree makes it possible to see how the field has evolved and what factors shape its direction.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
By mapping connections among researchers, Neurotree makes it possible to trace how the field has evolved and to visualize how shifts in lab size, training and other factors can shape its direction, writes founder @stephenvdavid.bsky.social.
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#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
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In the late 1980s, things were “a bit Wild West” in the transcranial magnetic stimulation field, says Mark George. “You could do things you couldn’t do now.”
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Remembering Mark Hallett, leader in transcranial magnetic stimulation
The long-time NINDS researcher, best known for studying movement disorders, has died at age 82.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In the late 1980s, things were “a bit Wild West” in the transcranial magnetic stimulation field, says Mark George. “You could do things you couldn’t do now.”
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Very grateful to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for including me in their Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025 alongside some really inspiring scientists. Check out the link to see some of their cool work 🧠✨
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The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Very grateful to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for including me in their Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025 alongside some really inspiring scientists. Check out the link to see some of their cool work 🧠✨
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In @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025, we recognize 25 early-career researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and community-building in neuroscience.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025, we recognize 25 early-career researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and community-building in neuroscience.
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The CDC website now falsely suggests that autism-vaccine research is still an open question, prompting distrust among researchers—some of whom anticipate more unreliable statements.
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Autism scientists push back on CDC’s invalid vaccine claims
The CDC falsely suggests autism-vaccine research still an open question, prompting distrust and dismay among researchers.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The CDC website now falsely suggests that autism-vaccine research is still an open question, prompting distrust among researchers—some of whom anticipate more unreliable statements.
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To identify the most transformative tools and technologies in the past five years, @thetransmitter.bsky.social surveyed readers and contributors and worked with a market-research firm to interview neuroscientists around the world. See what they had to say: bit.ly/3LYTNoB
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Survey: What are neuroscience’s most transformative new tools?
Which new tools—including artificial intelligence, deep-learning methods, genetic tools and advanced neuroimaging—are making the largest impact?
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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
To identify the most transformative tools and technologies in the past five years, @thetransmitter.bsky.social surveyed readers and contributors and worked with a market-research firm to interview neuroscientists around the world. See what they had to say: bit.ly/3LYTNoB
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@thetransmitter.bsky.social gathered citation metrics for the top neuroscience papers published over the past 30 years and assembled a list of the top 20 to try to capture a different view of the field’s changing landscape. www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/w...
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The most-cited neuroscience papers from the past 30 years
Highly cited papers reflect the surge in artificial-intelligence research in the field and other technical advances.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@thetransmitter.bsky.social gathered citation metrics for the top neuroscience papers published over the past 30 years and assembled a list of the top 20 to try to capture a different view of the field’s changing landscape. www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/w...
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Thank you to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for selecting me among the Rising Stars in Neuroscience 2025. It's an honor to be among a list of great scientists that I look up to. Check them out here: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Thank you to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for selecting me among the Rising Stars in Neuroscience 2025. It's an honor to be among a list of great scientists that I look up to. Check them out here: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
Boosting SYNGAP1 levels via viral delivery can normalize brain waves in mice.
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Gene replacement therapy normalizes some traits in SYNGAP1 model mice
The first published virus-based gene therapy for SYNGAP1 deletion yields benefits despite the gene’s long length and complexity.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Boosting SYNGAP1 levels via viral delivery can normalize brain waves in mice.
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Very honored to be selected as one of the @thetransmitter.bsky.social 2025 Rising ✨Stars ✨ in Neuroscience! Learn more about our work and those of the other awardees here! here: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
November 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Very honored to be selected as one of the @thetransmitter.bsky.social 2025 Rising ✨Stars ✨ in Neuroscience! Learn more about our work and those of the other awardees here! here: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
The field is buzzing about work on brain-computer interfaces for speech, the mechanism of psychedelics, a broader definition of hippocampal representations and more.
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The buzziest neuroscience papers of 2023, 2024
The field took note of work on brain-computer interfaces for speech, the mechanism of psychedelics, defining hippocampal representations, and more.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The field is buzzing about work on brain-computer interfaces for speech, the mechanism of psychedelics, a broader definition of hippocampal representations and more.
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#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
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@braininspired.bsky.social talks with Henk de Regt about what it means for both humans and artificial-intelligence agents to “understand,” and how to assess this understanding.
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Does AI understand what it produces? Henk de Regt explores how we might assess understanding in machines and humans
Building on his philosophy of how scientists understand what they work on, de Regt is extending his approach to test understanding in machines.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
@braininspired.bsky.social talks with Henk de Regt about what it means for both humans and artificial-intelligence agents to “understand,” and how to assess this understanding.
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Thank you, @thetransmitter.bsky.social , for naming me a Rising Star of Neuroscience and special thanks to those who nominated me ! see ya at the @simonsfoundation.org social! www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Thank you, @thetransmitter.bsky.social , for naming me a Rising Star of Neuroscience and special thanks to those who nominated me ! see ya at the @simonsfoundation.org social! www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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Proud of Megan Kirchgessner for being named a rising ⭐️ of neuroscience 2025 by the @thetransmitter.bsky.social #SfN25
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Proud of Megan Kirchgessner for being named a rising ⭐️ of neuroscience 2025 by the @thetransmitter.bsky.social #SfN25
How will the field’s relationship to industry change over the next decade? Most neuroscientists we surveyed predicted that interactions between academic neuroscience and industry will grow, and the neurotech sector will expand.
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Survey: What should neuroscience prioritize over the next 10 years?
Respondents pointed to a range of challenges in basic neuroscience and called for more circuit-level research and more precise brain recordings.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
How will the field’s relationship to industry change over the next decade? Most neuroscientists we surveyed predicted that interactions between academic neuroscience and industry will grow, and the neurotech sector will expand.
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Thank you, @thetransmitter.bsky.social, for including me on the list of Rising Stars in Neuroscience along with so many other spectacular neuroscientists! It is an honor to receive this recognition!
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Thank you, @thetransmitter.bsky.social, for including me on the list of Rising Stars in Neuroscience along with so many other spectacular neuroscientists! It is an honor to receive this recognition!
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Congratulations 👏👏👏 to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social who has been selected as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social Rising Stars of Neuroscience, 2025!
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The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Congratulations 👏👏👏 to @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social who has been selected as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social Rising Stars of Neuroscience, 2025!
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Congratulations to @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social on being named one of the 2025 "Rising Stars in Neuroscience" by @thetransmitter.bsky.social! Kim was recognized for her many early career scientific contributions and dedication to mentoring and community building 🌟
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November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Congratulations to @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social on being named one of the 2025 "Rising Stars in Neuroscience" by @thetransmitter.bsky.social! Kim was recognized for her many early career scientific contributions and dedication to mentoring and community building 🌟
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What are the fastest-growing areas in neuroscience? Survey respondents pointed to computational neuroscience, systems neuroscience, neuroimmunology and neuroimaging, among other subfields.
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Survey: What are the fastest-growing areas in neuroscience?
Respondents pointed to computational neuroscience, systems neuroscience, neuroimmunology and neuroimaging, among other subfields.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
What are the fastest-growing areas in neuroscience? Survey respondents pointed to computational neuroscience, systems neuroscience, neuroimmunology and neuroimaging, among other subfields.
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Truly honored and grateful to receive the Rising Star in Neuroscience Award! 🎉 Huge thanks to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this wonderful recognition, and congratulations to all the other amazing awardees! 🎊😍
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Truly honored and grateful to receive the Rising Star in Neuroscience Award! 🎉 Huge thanks to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for this wonderful recognition, and congratulations to all the other amazing awardees! 🎊😍
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I'm so grateful to be recognized as one of The Transmitter's Rising Stars of Neuroscience. Thank you, @thetransmitter.bsky.social!
Learn about the amazing scientific, mentoring, and community-building contributions made by friends selected around the world 🧠🌍 www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
Learn about the amazing scientific, mentoring, and community-building contributions made by friends selected around the world 🧠🌍 www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'm so grateful to be recognized as one of The Transmitter's Rising Stars of Neuroscience. Thank you, @thetransmitter.bsky.social!
Learn about the amazing scientific, mentoring, and community-building contributions made by friends selected around the world 🧠🌍 www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
Learn about the amazing scientific, mentoring, and community-building contributions made by friends selected around the world 🧠🌍 www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
Is neuroscience a coherent field? Or is it becoming more fragmented? About half of the neuroscientists we surveyed say it’s the latter, thanks to the sheer volume of research and increasing specialization in neuroscience education.
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Survey: Is neuroscience a coherent or fragmented field?
How do the volume of research, competition among labs and increasing specialization affect neuroscience research?
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November 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Is neuroscience a coherent field? Or is it becoming more fragmented? About half of the neuroscientists we surveyed say it’s the latter, thanks to the sheer volume of research and increasing specialization in neuroscience education.
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🎉 Dr. Linden Parkes, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at @rwjms.bsky.social and Core Faculty Member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute, has been named one of The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025! @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🎉 Dr. Linden Parkes, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at @rwjms.bsky.social and Core Faculty Member of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute, has been named one of The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025! @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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🚀Congratulations to #KempnerInstitute Investigator SueYeon Chung (@sueyeonchung.bsky.social)!
Honored as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025 for her outstanding achievements in the field.🌟
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Honored as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025 for her outstanding achievements in the field.🌟
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#AI #NeuroAI #Neuroscience
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🚀Congratulations to #KempnerInstitute Investigator SueYeon Chung (@sueyeonchung.bsky.social)!
Honored as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025 for her outstanding achievements in the field.🌟
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#AI #NeuroAI #Neuroscience
Honored as one of @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025 for her outstanding achievements in the field.🌟
🔗 bit.ly/4i8uX1J
#AI #NeuroAI #Neuroscience
A special edition of our Launch Newsletter, highlighting The Transmitter's State of Neuroscience 2025 report, features rising stars of neuroscience, 80 new neuroscience labs, how funding cuts have affected the careers of young scientists, and more. bit.ly/3K96Mna
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November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A special edition of our Launch Newsletter, highlighting The Transmitter's State of Neuroscience 2025 report, features rising stars of neuroscience, 80 new neuroscience labs, how funding cuts have affected the careers of young scientists, and more. bit.ly/3K96Mna
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
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