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Ding Liu @dingliu.bsky.social · 5d

My Own Lab at Westlake University is OPEN! We are recruiting cool people at all levels NOW!
By tinkering behaviors and neural circuits in distinct animal species (mouse, sugar glider, etc), we are exploring new ways of doing social neuroscience in vivo, in silico and at home!

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Christopher "Tyler" Short @acetylercholine.bsky.social · 11d

I had such an incredible time at @s4sn.bsky.social. I took a lot of pictures of Portugal but none at the conference, so here's a video of an otter at the aquarium.

Thanks so much to the organizers for putting together a great conference, and thanks to all the presenters!
#S4SN2025

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Nancy Padilla-Coreano @drnancypadilla.bsky.social · 18d

The NSF GRFP is an amazing opportunity for students in the first two years of a PhD or those applying to a PhD right now.

Below, check out our special episode with advice for both applicants and those who write letters of support!! 🧐

Please help us spread the word 📢

Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 19d

Submitting an NSF GRFP soon? Check out our special episode on how to structure your essays and letters, and common mistakes to avoid! #NSF

www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

NSF GRFP advice — Stories of WiN

In this special episode of Stories of WiN we provide advice for students preparing a Graduate Research Fellowship Program application funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF-GRFP).

www.storiesofwin.org

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Jena Doom @truedrdoom.bsky.social · 21d

Come be my colleague! We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor of developmental psychology at the University of Denver. Please share with anyone on the job market this year! jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

Details - Assistant Professor, Developmental Psychology CAHSS | University of Denver

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Motivated Cognition Meetings @motcogmeet.bsky.social · 23d

Announcing our FALL Schedule! Please like and share!
@kendraseaman.bsky.social @colleencfrank.bsky.social @sebastianshorn.bsky.social @kimberlychiew.bsky.social @zitamayer.bsky.social @srndna.bsky.social

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Animal Behavior Society @animbehsociety.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join us at the Southeaster Conference for Animal Behavior to learn about this year's theme, Behavior in the Southeast!

We now have an updated time: 9/26 to 9/27!

Register here by 9/11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Christopher "Tyler" Short @acetylercholine.bsky.social · Sep 8

I had a great time in Birmingham learning and connecting with people about computational social cognition #CSC2025. Thanks Dr. Ili Ma & @alosecaatv.bsky.social for being great group leaders, and thanks to @drjocutler.bsky.social & @lei-zhang.bsky.social and everyone else for a great summer school

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Joe Barnby @joebarnby.com · Sep 3

🧠 We're hiring a computational postdoc!

3+ years with me & @mitulamehta.bsky.social on @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded social cognition/paranoia research at the IoPPN.

Lead & develop computational work, collaborate with experimentalists on psychosis/THC data.

DM for details! lnkd.in/eCMy9Jf5

Computational postdoc ad for KCL funded by the Wellcome Trust on the NEPTUNE project

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Christopher "Tyler" Short @acetylercholine.bsky.social · Sep 2

I had a great day 1 presenting a poster, seeing posters, and getting to know everyone

Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · Sep 2

Today's the day we welcome over 80 participants, instructors & keynote speakers from all over the world to @uob-sop.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social for the Computational Social Cognition (CSC) Summer School with @leidenpsychology.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

#CSC2025
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CSC 2025

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Simon Columbus @simoncolumbus.bsky.social · Aug 26

⚡ Autumn 2025 Cooperation Colloquia ⚡

We are excited to announce the next run of Cooperation Colloquia. With @talbotmandrews.bsky.social, @setayeshradkani.bsky.social, @kris-smith.bsky.social, @alexmesoudi.com, & more.

Every second Friday, 15:00 CE(S)T

Sign up here: list.ku.dk/postorius/li...

Speaker list for the Autumn 2025 Cooperation Colloquia:
2025-09-12 | Doruk İriş (Sogang University)
2025-09-26 | Talbot M. Andrews (Cornell University)
2025-10-10 | Setayesh Radkani (MIT)
2025-10-24 | Christian Ruff (University of Zürich)
2025-11-07 | Bianca Beersma (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
2025-11-21 | Kristopher M. Smith (Washington State University)
2025-12-05 | Alex Mesoudi (University of Exeter)

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Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) @aiasdk.bsky.social · Aug 26

🔊Up to 10 individual AIAS-AUFF FELLOWSHIPS are open for application by curiosity-driven and talented researchers from all over the world, from any research discipline & with 2-10 years of experience after completion of their PhD.
📆APPLY by: 28 October at 12:00 (noon, CET)
aias.au.dk/events/show/...

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Christopher "Tyler" Short @acetylercholine.bsky.social · Aug 26

New Orleans climate data represented as New Orleans music. I love @npr.org

www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...

‘Hearing’ heat data … with science : Short Wave

Feel like summers are hotter than they used to be? It’s not just your imagination. Climate researchers say that average annual temperatures around the country have been trending upwards for the past 5...

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · Aug 26

It’s not just what you read—it’s whether you chose to read it.

In our new paper out at QJEP 🎉 we show that:
👉 Having a choice over what you read makes reading more enjoyable
👉 …and makes people willing to pay more for books

EXPRESS: Providing choice enhances reading motivation - Amrita Bains, Carina Spaulding, Jessie Ricketts, Saloni Krishnan, 2025

Multiple literacy programmes embed choice of reading material into their programmes, as this is believed to enhance motivation for reading. Yet, this practice h...

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · Aug 23

“There, Sisyphus toils—straining to zero the inbox, only for Nathan to smite him with that cruelest of follow-ups: ‘Just checking if you saw this?’”
— Virgil, Aeneid

Sisyphus’s Inbox

“And I saw Sisyphus in agonizing torment, drafting a reply to Kayleigh’s ten urgent UX questions. He hit ‘send,’ and immediately received an autore...

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Christopher "Tyler" Short @acetylercholine.bsky.social · Aug 22

TRIO disappearing entirely & Federal Work Study reduced by 82%

NPR @npr.org · Aug 22

For 60 years, TRIO has helped millions of people along the path to a degree, but the administration says it is no longer needed. n.pr/4mWcQgK

These programs help poor students with college. Trump wants to pull the funding

For 60 years, TRIO has helped millions of people along the path to a degree, but the administration says it is no longer needed.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Aug 22

Drops in on Twitter to see how things are going over there.

Oh, so that’s how academics are interacting with each other in the world’s town square*.

Never look back, folks.

Text from tweet:
Only a moron--a shit-for-brains-level moron--would support citing papers based on authors' race, sex, and sexual orientation, rather than on content

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Christopher "Tyler" Short @acetylercholine.bsky.social · Aug 22

Omg, I tried finding the tweet and...

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Christopher "Tyler" Short @acetylercholine.bsky.social · Aug 22

I was lucky enough to get 2 podcasts featuring @nicolecrust.bsky.social this week: @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social's Theoretical Neuroscience & @storiesofwin.bsky.social
I was surprised by how different and engaging both conversations were. Thanks to everyone involved!

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Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry @hubmetpsych.bsky.social · Aug 22

🚨 New Job Opportunity! 🚨

We are seeking a #ResearchAssistant to support active clinical research studies within the Hub (principally the METPSY research study) at the University of Edinburgh.

📍Edinburgh
📆 Apply by 11th September
🔗 More info 👇

elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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ALT: a sign that says we 're hiring in orange on a white background

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Sam Yeaman @samyeaman.bsky.social · Aug 20

I'm looking to recruit a PhD student to study patterns of local adaptation and introgression across the spruce hybrid zone in the Rockies near Calgary. Projects can include field work, bioinformatics, pop gen theory, or comparison to plant/ conifer species
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Paolo De Los Rios @paolodelosrios.bsky.social · Aug 21

A no-miss opportunity to join EPFL. We are a vibrant (had to use it 😉) community working in all branches of basic sciences and engineering, and interdisciplinary studies are strongly encouraged.
If you want more information, contact the committee heads, or feel free to DM me.

tinyurl.com/bd27ky7p

Assistant/associate Professor of AI-assisted Biophysics at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Group Leader at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI)

The School of Basic Sciences (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) at EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) jointly seek to appoint a Tenure Track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor in AI-As...

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Karen J Liu @karenjliu.bsky.social · Aug 18

Embryology! Neural crest! Looking for a postdoc? Job closes 25 Aug. Informal enquiries welcome, and anyone hanging out at the Xenopus meeting come say hi. #mouse #human #development #neuralcrest #chromatin
@the-node.bsky.social @marcotrizzino.bsky.social

Karen J Liu @karenjliu.bsky.social · Aug 5

Dev biologists! 3-yr postdoc position at King's, collaboration with Trizzino lab @marcotrizzino.bsky.social modelling CHD3 neural crest. We are looking for postdocs with mad embryology skills @the-node.bsky.social #developmental @ccrb27.bsky.social

thenode.biologists.com/jobs/postdoc...

Postdoctoral Research Associate: Modelling Neural Crest Anomalies (mouse/human) - the Node

The Liu lab is looking for a postdoc with a love of embryos and developmental biology! This post is part of an MRC-funded collaboration between Karen Liu’s lab at King’s College London and Marco Trizz...

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Aug 17

Why do these amazing individuals volunteer their time to @storiesofwin.bsky.social?

“academic culture often pressures scientists into hiding their uncertainties, setbacks, and the quirks of their career journeys in order to preserve a certain status in the scientific community. “

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Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · Aug 11

🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

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Norman Lab @ptoncompmemlab.bsky.social · Aug 13

Come work with us! @princetonneuro.bsky.social and the Department of Psychology at Princeton University are searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the area of human cognitive neuroscience, to be hired jointly in Psychology and Neuroscience: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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