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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 2d

How do we facilitate working across institutions and borders to improve sensorimotor research and health?
Join us for an evening of discussing the future of technology and collaboration in sensorimotor neuroscience. Made possible by the DWIH, held at NYULH!

www.dwih-newyork.org/en/event/mot...

Motor Health: Transatlantic Cooperation Strategies and Tech Transfer in Sensorimotor Neuroscience | DWIH New York

www.dwih-newyork.org

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Laureline Logiaco @laurelinelogiaco.bsky.social · 11d

Interested in doing a Ph.D. to work on building models of the brain/behavior? Consider applying to graduate schools at CU Anschutz:
1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro...
2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri...

You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.

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IMPRS for Brain and Behavior @imprsbb.bsky.social · Aug 27

📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors!
📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de
#neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD

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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · Aug 20

Leading neuroscientists share their top tips to optimise learning: teach, sleep, repeat!

www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/neu...

Illustration showing multiple sets of steps leading up to a brain representing learning

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Luke Sjulson @lukesjulson.bsky.social · Dec 13

Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube!

Please like and repost to help us get the word out!

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
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Neuroscience methods - YouTube

Nanocourse: Approaches to Study Neural Circuits This course was taught by Anita Autry, Tiago Gonçalves, and Luke Sjulson at Albert Einstein College of Medici...

www.youtube.com

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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨🚨🚨 OPEN POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🚨🚨 in my lab!

Are you interested in understanding how the brain moves our arms?

Reach to your computer and apply!

www.mosbergerlab.com/open-positions

Open Positions — Mosberger Lab

www.mosbergerlab.com

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Wei Ji Ma @weijima.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thinking of applying to US-based Ph.D. programs in neuroscience, psychology, or cognitive science? We’ve got your back! NYU’s Application Support Group is a student-led, free mentorship program offering 1-on-1 support and guidance. Apply now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

NYU Application Support Group Matching Form

Dear Prospective Neuroscience & Psychology PhD Students, We are a group of current NYU Neuroscience & Psychology PhD students who would like to help you with your PhD applications. We want to support...

docs.google.com

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Western University @westernu.ca · Jul 8

To attract top global talent, #WesternU is doubling the number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards and launching the new US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Awards. #CdnPSE #HigherEd

Western expands PhD and postdoc funding - Western News

Western is boosting funding for postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates from the U.S. and other countries with expanded and new award programs.

news.westernu.ca

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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨🚨🚨 OPEN POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🚨🚨 in my lab!

Are you interested in understanding how the brain moves our arms?

Reach to your computer and apply!

www.mosbergerlab.com/open-positions

Open Positions — Mosberger Lab

www.mosbergerlab.com

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christine liu @christineliu.art · May 3

New opportunity for Bay Area undergrads to gain computational neuroscience exposure and training!

I’m teaming up with @neuronush.bsky.social to offer this to students in our communities 💕🧠🧪

Please share with any students who might be interested!

Tiny.cc/ucsfcompneuro

Summer Research Program in Neuroscience & Computation
For undergrads interested in exploring the brain and learning how to code
No prior experience necessary!
June - August 2025
UCSF Mission Bay campus
25-30 hours/week commitment
Learn more & apply:
http://tiny.cc/ucsfcompneuro/
Students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in STEM are encouraged to apply!

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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · Apr 30

Basal ganglia output is a formidable bottleneck

Striatum neurons project to output nuclei in a ratio ~16:1; but their targets outnumber them by up to 150 to 1.

New paper from me, on how I got to those numbers & the model of basal ganglia output they imply

www.eneuro.org/content/12/4...

The Computational Bottleneck of Basal Ganglia Output (and What to Do About it)

What the basal ganglia do is an oft-asked question; answers range from the selection of actions to the specification of movement to the estimation of time. Here, I argue that how the basal ganglia do ...

www.eneuro.org

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Kepecs Lab @ WashU @kepecslab.bsky.social · Apr 11

1/ Why do patients with late-stage cancer lose motivation & sink into apathy?
🔥 Our new Science paper shows chronic inflammation activates a cytokine-sensing brain circuit that lowers motivation. Huge team effort: Aelita Zhu, Sarah Starosta, Pignatelli & Janowitz labs! 🧵
🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...

A neuroimmune circuit mediates cancer cachexia-associated apathy

Cachexia, a severe wasting syndrome associated with inflammatory conditions, often leads to multiorgan failure and death. Patients with cachexia experience extreme fatigue, apathy, and clinical depres...

doi.org

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Apr 8

We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.

The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist

"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

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Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · Apr 8

Now out in JNP: journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · Apr 7

U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)?

Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions.

U.S. Applicant Week:

www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

#AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool

US Applicant Week

www.grad.ubc.ca

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Stéphanie C Koch @skochlab.bsky.social · Apr 6

New preprint out! We developed a behavioural platform for the kinematic analysis of skilled whole body behaviour. Very fun collaboration with Christopher Black, @liamebrowne.bsky.social and Rob Brownstone.

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Apr 5

Ethologically relevant behavioural assay for investigating reach and grasp kinematics during whole-body motor control in mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.04.647225v1

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Chris Rodgers @chrisxrodgers.bsky.social · Apr 4

Inspired by @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social , I wrote an op ed for my hometown newspaper (the Lexington Herald-Leader) about the importance of protecting science and universities from destruction by the government. Think about writing one of your own! www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e...

Kentucky needs to stand up for science; ask lawmakers to stop federal research cuts | Opinion

OpEd: In particular, the University of Kentucky’s federal research funding generates medical breakthroughs, sustains thousands of Kentucky jobs, and trains Kentucky students to be the leaders of tomor...

www.kentucky.com

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R. Brian Roome @rbrianroome.bsky.social · Mar 17

Check out my postdoc work at Ariel Levine’s lab, hot and fresh, describing how you build a dorsal horn!

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

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Ariel Levine @ariellevine.bsky.social · Mar 17

Gorgeous image and a wonderful thread from @rbrianroome.bsky.social on our new work 🥳

R. Brian Roome @rbrianroome.bsky.social · Mar 17

Check out my postdoc work at Ariel Levine’s lab, hot and fresh, describing how you build a dorsal horn!

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

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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · Mar 16

Best figure I've seen to demonstrate that climate change and migration are tightly linked. You can't ignore one and think you'll be able to prevent the other. It's either delusional or plain cruel.

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Mar 15

A study in Nature Food assesses the future climatic suitability of global croplands for 30 major food crop types, quantifying the changes in potential food crop diversity given climate conditions across four global warming levels. https://go.nature.com/3Dp5LEk #foodstudies 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows the lowest global warming level that would push current crop production into considerable risk.

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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · Mar 16

The brain drain is opening

This is good for trainees, glad if they can find ways to pursue their dreams.

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · Mar 14

🚨 HUGE news from Canada's tricouncils who are harmonizing their scholarship & fellowship programs, upping the total number (huzzah!), and critically, allowing foreigners to apply for doctoral and postdoc fellowships. Want to work with me? Get in touch! 🇨🇦🧪⚒️

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs

As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca

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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨 Neuromatch Academy Course Applications are OPEN for 2025!! 🚨

Get your application in early to be a student or teaching assistant for this year’s courses!

Applications are due Sunday, March 23.

Apply & learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/

#mlsky #compneurosky #ai #climatesolutions #ScienceEdu 🧪

Applications are now open! 3-week courses: Comp Neuro and Deep Learning. 2-week courses: NeuroAI and Comp Tools for Climate Science.

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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · Mar 5

That is wonderful news!! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

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Anja Brandon, PhD @anjabrandon.bsky.social · Mar 3

Big things are happening in California!
The decisions made THIS WEEK will shape the future of plastic pollution in CA and beyond. We need
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social to stay the course & ensure #SB54, the nation’s strongest plastic pollution law, stays on track.
#EndPlasticPollution #CAMustLead

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Bence Ölveczky @olveczky.bsky.social · Feb 8

Thoughtful piece on how going with the flow, however well meaning, may end up washing us all down the drain. Harvard admin take note....

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...

Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey (Gift Article)

The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.

www.nytimes.com

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