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Theresa McKim
@tmckim.bsky.social
Assistant Teaching Professor | UNR Neuroscientist
Great opportunity to learn about resources and gain support in bringing cutting edge science and methods into the classroom!
Teach neuroscience to undergraduates? Learn how to incorporate our connectomics data into your courses!

🧠 "Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience"
🗓️ July 23-24
🛫 Travel funds available
⏳ Apply by Feb. 2: https://bit.ly/3LAfOdy

#neuroskyence
Incorporating open connectomics data into teaching neuroscience
Learn to analyze open neuroscience data and introduce dry lab modules into your existing classes at the Incorporating Open Connectomics data into...
alleninstitute.org
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Apply to join us! 🧠👩‍💻
Our python workshop for educators is returning!

💻 No prior coding experience needed.
✈️ Travel, meals, & stipend included.

Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/

#iTeachBio
January 14, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Looking forward to facilitating this again! 🧠

Apply to join us for this workshop 👩‍💻
Our python workshop is returning! Undergraduate educators, join us on July 27-30 for "Coding with Allen Institute Data."

No prior coding experience needed. Travel, meals, & stipend included.

Apply by Feb. 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/

#iTeachBio #EduSky
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Reposted by Theresa McKim
🚀 New paper alert!
Thrilled to share our latest study led by postdoc
@gera_jayati
published in eLife.

👉 doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Continue reading for a summary. 🧵
Anti-diuretic hormone ITP signals via a guanylate cyclase receptor to modulate systemic homeostasis in Drosophila
A multi-pronged approach reveals that ion transport peptide neuropeptide acts through the guanylate cyclase receptor Gyc76C to coordinate osmotic and metabolic homeostasis across multiple tissues in D...
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Reposted by Theresa McKim
Public access to the first fly connectome that spans the whole CNS - BANC!: codex.flywire.ai?dataset=banc

Different from prior connectomes - it is brain + cord (think spinal cord)

We use it to ‘embody’ the system and find it resembles ‘subsumption architecture’ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
August 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM