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Navjot Kaur

@babyamygdala.bsky.social

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Associate Research Scientist in Nenad Sestan Lab at Yale University. Interested in Amygdala, Claustrum and Insula Development and their connectivity. Love Tracing and Tracking Neurons. Views are my own.

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Navjot Kaur @babyamygdala.bsky.social · Jan 15

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I am thrilled to share our latest paper from Sestan lab on the development of the claustro-amygdalar complex, is published at nature.com/articles/s41.... A big thank you to all our collaborators and mentors.
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Specification of claustro-amygdalar and palaeocortical neurons and circuits - Nature

A conserved gene regulatory network involving SOX4, SOX11 and TFAP2D shapes the development of excitatory neurons in ventrolateral pallium and their connectivity with the prefrontal cortex.

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Dr Elodie Chabrol @eloscicomm.bsky.social · 6d

How Jane Goodall changed the way we see animals - and the world by @rowhoop.bsky.social for @newscientist.com

www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

How Jane Goodall changed the way we see animals - and the world

Jane Goodall, who chronicled the social lives of chimps, has died, but has left a lasting legacy on how we view the natural world

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Vinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 21d

A spatially resolved transcriptomic atlas of the primate amygdala (human, macaque, and baboon) now out in Science Advances (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...). The amygdala contains 32 types of neurons with many neuron types specific to particular subdivisions.

Lots of updates from the preprint!

Transcriptomic diversity of amygdalar subdivisions across humans and nonhuman primates

Specialized cell types and links to psychiatric disorders are revealed by genetic mapping of primate amygdala neurons.

www.science.org

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Michael Totty @mictott.bsky.social · 21d

Very excited to share my second postdoc, now out in Science Advances! We used targeted snRNA-seq to profile four major subnuclei of the primate across three species (including humans). 1/13 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Transcriptomic diversity of amygdalar subdivisions across humans and nonhuman primates

Specialized cell types and links to psychiatric disorders are revealed by genetic mapping of primate amygdala neurons.

www.science.org

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Navjot Kaur @babyamygdala.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats Vinny!

Navjot Kaur @babyamygdala.bsky.social · Jul 1

Beautiful work out from Sestan lab!!

Jeremiah Tsyporin @tsyporin.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thrilled to present MIND!

A model for how the sensorimotor–association axis of the neocortex develops.

Huge thanks to the incredible multidisciplinary team who made this happen.

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

Competing Programs Shape Cortical Sensorimotor-Association Axis Development

The neocortex is organized along a dominant sensorimotor-to-association (S-A) axis, anchored by modality-specific primary sensorimotor areas at one end and transmodal association areas that form distr...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Jun 14

Asked about his decision to fire the entire vaccine advisory committee of the CDC, RFK Jr. asserted that "children get between 69 and 92 vaccines before they’re 18," among other lies.

Fact check: the number is closer to between 24 and 50.
https://trib.al/uUQLOgI

After Purging Key Vaccine Panel, RFK Jr. Moves to Assert Control

The HHS chief went on Fox News to repeatedly lie about vaccines and the members of an advisory committee he recently purged.

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Sarah Lempriere @sarahlempriere.bsky.social · May 30

A wave of emotion | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A wave of emotion

Sustained brainwide patterns of activity enable emotions to outlast their triggers

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Ed Boyden @eboyden3.bsky.social · May 30

Just published, expansion in situ genome sequencing, where you can sequence DNA while still inside the cell, mapping its organization relative to proteins and other markers, with the help of expansion microscopy! Led by @jbuenrostro.bksy.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Benjamin Kay @benjaminkay.bsky.social · May 22

My med school textbook says stimulants like Ritalin treat hyperactivity by “stimulating” the brain’s attention and cognitive control systems. We studied children taking stimulants in the ABCD Study, and the largest differences were actually in arousal and reward networks! Check out our preprint!

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Navjot Kaur @babyamygdala.bsky.social · May 22

Excited to showcase as a co-first author our latest work "Adaptive Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks in Mammalian Neocortical Neurons "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.20.652233v1

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · May 16

Day 25 (a need): Psychiatric conditions are diagnosed based on symptoms rather than biological tests like brain scans or blood tests.

We do not yet know enough about what's happening in the brain of someone experiencing a depressive episode or psychosis to create such a test.

#ElusiveCures30

Major Depressive Disorder Diagnostic Criteria

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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · Apr 7

Einstein:
Scientists should not be silent about human affairs.

Science shouldn’t be partisan, but scientists should embrace values that improve humanity.

Science affects people and the people — humanity — affect science.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Feb 11

"I do not share your view that the Scientist should observe silence in political matters, i.e. human affairs in the broadest sense. The situation shows whither this restraint will lead: to the surrender of leadership, without any resistance, to those who are blind or irresponsible.”
-Einstein, 1933

John Mandrola, MD & @drjohnm

It's going to be difficult in the coming weeks but ! think clinicians should try hard to stay apolitical in the public sphere. We owe it to our patients.
6:34 PM • 8/6/24

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · Mar 15

Podcast interview with me about spatial planning in London taxi drivers: youtube.com/watch?v=6gUR...

London black cabs beat AI to show 'genius of human mind' ...The Standard podcast

YouTube video by The London Standard

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Joe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · Mar 12

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

NIH funding delivers exponential economic returns — Harvard Gazette

Report finds all 50 states reap gains in patient health, job creation, research resources, business development.

news.harvard.edu

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Ali Cohen @aliocohen.bsky.social · Mar 10

Excited to share this brief review where @katieinsel.bsky.social & I discuss studying adolescence to understand how brains work! We highlight avenues for future collaborative work at the intersection of cognitive, computational, & developmental neuroscience 🧠
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Current Directions in Psychological Science article entitled More Than Just a Phase: Adolescence as a Window Into How the Brain Generates Behavior

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Mar 6

When you've been in the cell culture hood all day and finally get to take off your gloves:

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Mar 5

@michellemonje.bsky.social at @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social and Frank Winkler at Heidelberg University have won the 2025 @brainprize.bsky.social from the Lundbeck Foundation for their work in cancer neuroscience.

By @sydneywyatt.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/community/20...

2025 Brain Prize honors pair of cancer neuroscientists

Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler share the $1.4 million award for their discovery of synapses between brain cancer cells and neurons.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Harris Kaplan @harriskaplan.bsky.social · Mar 5

I’m excited to share our publication from @dulaclab.bsky.social in @nature.com, where we illuminate the development of hypothalamic cell types involved in a broad range of functions, from social behaviors to thirst, thermoregulation, and sleep. Highlights below! 🧵

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Sensory input, sex and function shape hypothalamic cell type development - Nature

Paired transcriptomic and chromatin accessibility profiling are used to examine the developmental trajectories of neuronal populations in the hypothalamic preoptic region, including cell types with ke...

www.nature.com

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Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · Mar 6

It continues to get worse. We can’t breathe a sigh of relief because it isn’t MY grant. We all risk being on the chopping block. Not even to mention the severe detriment to science, society, etc. 😢

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants

Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

www.nature.com

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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · Mar 6

New work by @gozziale.bsky.social on the phenotypic heterogeneity in autism spectrum disorder and underlying processes, with two major subtypes—hypo- & hyper-connectivity—linked to synaptic dysfunction transcriptional regulation/chromatin remodeling, respectively 🧪🧠🧬
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Biological subtyping of autism via cross-species fMRI

It is frequently assumed that the phenotypic heterogeneity in autism spectrum disorder reflects underlying pathobiological variation. However, direct evidence in support of this hypothesis is lacking....

www.biorxiv.org

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · Feb 23

Poor old Pavlov. Eventually every time he heard a bell ring he wanted to feed a dog.

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Angry Former Public Servant @drneuro.bsky.social · Feb 21

So.

It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year.

I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · Feb 16

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Stina Börchers, PhD @stinaborchers.bsky.social · Feb 16

🧠🍽️ Satiety neurons that make you crave sugar? 🍬 New research shows that POMC neurons, typically linked to appetite suppression, release opioids in the thalamus, flipping the switch to increase sugar intake.

#neuroskyence 🧪 #appetite

Thalamic opioids from POMC satiety neurons switch on sugar appetite

High sugar–containing foods are readily consumed, even after meals and beyond fullness sensation (e.g., as desserts). Although reward-driven processing of palatable foods can promote overeating, the n...

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · Feb 15

I have been talking to the media, Time, Fortune, NBC, etc., to explain how the onslaught on science and NIH will impact the health of all Americans. Everyone knows someone who has cancer, heart disease, or depression. Spread the word about how cutting science impacts all.
time.com/7216299/nih-...

Experts Call NIH Budget Cuts an 'Apocalypse' for Science

The reductions target indirect costs that cover administrative and equipment costs.

time.com

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Sergiu P. Pasca @sergiuppasca.bsky.social · Feb 15

Constrained roads to complex brains
Neural development and brain circuit evolution converged in birds and mammals

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Constrained roads to complex brains

Neural development and brain circuit evolution converged in birds and mammals

www.science.org

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