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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 2d

Find out more about #ANS2025 symposia for the Hobart 2025 ANS meeting including "The brain's neuromodulatory yin-yang: Dopamine and acetylcholine in learning and disease" here: www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/prog...

Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 6d

Introducing the #ANS2025 ANS Plenary Lecturer, Dr Miriam Matamales!
Dr Matamales' research focuses on the neural circuits underlying goal-directed learning and how their dysfunction impairs appropriate behaviour.

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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 9d

Find out more about #ANS2025 symposia for the Hobart 2025 ANS meeting including "Cancer neuroscience: Defining and targeting neural-tumour interactions in the body and brain" here: www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/prog...

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Nature @nature.com · 13d

A fresh supply of the immune cells that keep the brain tidy might one day help to treat a host of conditions, from ultra-rare genetic disorders to more familiar scourges, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

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Swapping old immune cells in the brain with fresh ones could treat disease

Replacing immune cells called microglia holds promise for addressing brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.

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Nature @nature.com · 12d

Nature research paper: Arousal as a universal embedding for spatiotemporal brain dynamics

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Arousal as a universal embedding for spatiotemporal brain dynamics - Nature

Reframing of arousal as a latent dynamical system can reconstruct multidimensional measurements of large-scale spatiotemporal brain dynamics on the timescale of seconds in mice.

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American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 12d

From MBoC: Guofa Liu (University of Toledo) shows MYC → miR-92 → Robo1 controls Slit2/Robo1 repulsion, enabling commissural axon midline crossing in the developing spinal cord. Paper: www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #CellBiology

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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 12d

This recent 🔥 Hot Topic 🔥 examines how prefrontal cortex parvalbumin-expressing interneurons contribute to sex differences in psychiatric disorders, w/ sex differences in glutamate receptor activity likely shaped by estrogen receptor signaling

Parvalbumin interneurons mediate sex differences in prefrontal cortex function

Neuropsychopharmacology - Parvalbumin interneurons mediate sex differences in prefrontal cortex function

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Waggoner Lab @labwaggoner.bsky.social · 12d

Replacing old immune cells called microglia with fresh ones holds promise for addressing brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease @nature.com @heidiledford.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/d41...

Swapping old immune cells in the brain with fresh ones could treat disease

Replacing immune cells called microglia holds promise for addressing brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.

nature.com

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SfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · 12d

#JNeurosci: Results from Veruki et al. show that activation of D1 receptors in rats reduces the excitability of AII amacrines by increasing the threshold of action potential initiation, suggesting a new role for DA in the retina.
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0736-25.2025

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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 12d

Find out more about #ANS2025 symposia for the Hobart 2025 ANS meeting including "Delineating brain regions - Importance and current methods of application" here: www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/prog...

Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 14d

Find out more about #ANS2025 symposia for the Hobart 2025 ANS meeting including "Modelling neurodegenerative diseases in vitro" here: www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/prog...

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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 21d

Introducing the #ANS2025 Eccles Plenary Lecturer, Prof Melinda Fitzgerald!
Prof Fitzgerald's leads a team of researchers and post-graduate students in nationally coordinated research focused on understanding and preventing the loss of function that occurs following neurotrauma

Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 23d

September Fun Fact!

Hobart's Farm Gate Market made Lonely Planet's Top 10 Best Markets in the World list for 2025, and is known for its vibrant atmosphere and local produce.
#ANS2025 #AusNeuro

Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 23d

September Fun Fact!

Hobart's Farm Gate Market made Lonely Planet's Top 10 Best Markets in the World list for 2025, and is known for its vibrant atmosphere and local produce.
#ANS2025 #AusNeuro

Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 23d

🚨 Early Bird Registration Extended – Now Closes 26 September!
Join us in Hobart, Tasmania for the ANS Annual Meeting. Register now to take advantage of discounted Early Bird rates. tas.currinda2.com/register/eve...
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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 24d

Dr Jingjing You from #USyd is launching a research program to advanced Brain-Computer Interfaces. Collaborating with experts at Fudan University 🇨🇳 , she will gain skills in electrode fabrication, neural signal collection, and AI data analysis.

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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 24d

Dr. Christina Mo from @TheFlorey aims to transform Brain-Computer Interfaces by focusing on translational neurotechnology. She will visit two top U.S. labs 🇺🇸 to gain expertise in real-time motor decoding and neural control of assistive devices.

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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 24d

Dr. Barbora Fulopova from QBI-UQ will explore proprioception, our body's vital sense of self-awareness. Her project at the University of Fribourg 🇨🇭 aims to develop advanced robotic systems to understand how the brain processes proprioceptive information. @barborafulopova.bsky.social

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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · 24d

Announcing the 2025 ANS Finkel Foundation Travelling Fellowships!

Dr Barbora Fulopova (The University of Queensland)
Dr Christina Mo (The University of Melbourne)
Dr Jingjing You (The University of Sydney)

Congratulations! See thread for details 🧵 👇
#ANS2025

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Australasian Course in Advanced Neuroscience @acancourse.bsky.social · Sep 8

Planning for ACAN 2026 is well underway and we're excited to announce that Dr Christina Mo has joined as a co-director (florey.edu.au/researcher/c...). Christina's expertise strengthen our focus on bridging imaging approaches and in vivo systems neuroscience. @ausneurosoc.bsky.social

Dr Christina Mo | Researcher | The Florey

Dr Christina Mo is interested in the neural basis of thoughts and decisions, and uses calcium imaging and behavioural tasks to understand the circuitry.

florey.edu.au

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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎉 Back by Popular Demand! 🎉
The abstract submission portal for the ANS Annual Meeting this December has been reopened for a limited time for poster presentations only!
Submissions close Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 at 5pm AEST.
www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/call...
#ANS2025

Call for Abstracts - Australasian Neuroscience Society Inc

Abstract Submissions Closed Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for the ANS Conference 2025 — submissions are now closed.

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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · Aug 28

Introducing the #ANS2025 Lawrie Austin Plenary Speaker, Prof Alex Fornito of Monash University!

Prof Fornito’s research develops new approaches to mapping and modelling the human brain in health and disease.

Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎉 Back by Popular Demand! 🎉
The abstract submission portal for the ANS Annual Meeting this December has been reopened for a limited time for poster presentations only!
Submissions close Tuesday, September 30th, 2025 at 5pm AEST.
www.ans.org.au/ans-asm/call...
#ANS2025

Call for Abstracts - Australasian Neuroscience Society Inc

Abstract Submissions Closed Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for the ANS Conference 2025 — submissions are now closed.

www.ans.org.au

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Australasian Neuroscience Society @ausneurosoc.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚨 Award alert 🚨

Nominations for the @network-alba.bsky.social 2026 ALBA-Elsevier Award Lecture on Brain Sciences are now open 🧠 🏆
This award highlights outstanding research by active neuroscientists working in countries underrepresented in neuroscience publications and conferences. Apply now👇

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Australian Museum Eureka Prizes @eurekaprizes.bsky.social · Jul 31

Dr Lila Landowski @rockatscientist.bsky.social from @utas.edu.au is a finalist in the Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science.

Learn more: youtu.be/Kofqt_p2P40

#EurekaPrizes @ausneurosoc.bsky.social @whofides.bsky.social

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