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SANS @sansmeeting.bsky.social · 26d

🚨Introducing the SANS Fellows Program 🚨

We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!

Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!

Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...

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SANS @sansmeeting.bsky.social · Sep 8

🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below!

Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...

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Mark J. Nelson @mm-jj-nn.bsky.social · Sep 7

Our neuroscience department is hiring an Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience who works in "areas such as artificial intelligence, convolutional neural networks, reinforcement learning, decision making, memory, computational modeling, cognitive and neural processing".

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...

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Ali Cohen @aliocohen.bsky.social · Sep 1

#Neuro4Pros 4ever 🧠🤓
Grateful for a week of learning from & being in community with fellow early career profs & amazing facilitators @gunnarblohm.bsky.social @kordinglab.bsky.social @meganakpeters.bsky.social @yaelniv.bsky.social @patrickmineault.bsky.social Hannah Bayer

📸: @mohebial.bsky.social

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Jul 24

Come join us at UMD as an MRI Tech! Feel free to share wide if you know suitable candidates - great opportunity for new grads with a Bachelor's degree and an interest in MRI research.
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MRI Tech/Faculty Specialist

Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC) is the home for neuroimaging research at the University of Maryland, www.mnc.umd.edu. The center brings...

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Paul Sharp @paulbsharp.bsky.social · Jul 14

#CPConf2025 looking forward to seeing you at our symposium tomorrow on cognitive map biases across psychopathology.

The design choice is a combination of first-year PI + addressing post-lunch fatigue. Here you go...!

with the inimitable @mgarvert.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social & Matt Nour.

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Jul 12

Mostly autistic traits and anxiety, but in the general population rather than disorders per se!

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Jul 10

Excited to see this work at CPC!!!

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Björn Lindström @bjornlindstrom.bsky.social · Jun 26

💥New postdoc position! 💥

Join us to explore how people learn from each other—and how that drives cultural evolution.

Run experiments, build computational models & collaborate across Europe w. @lucasmolleman.bsky.social
📍 Stockholm
More info: shorturl.at/CY4wk

Postdoctoral Researcher in psychology/cognitive science with focus on social learning and cultural evolution

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at the Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) in Stockholm, Sweden is seeking a highly qualified

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Jo Cutler @drjocutler.bsky.social · Jun 26

🌟 Research Assistant opportunity 🌟

I'm looking for an RA to support research @thechbh.bsky.social on social information seeking and decision making, including fMRI and MEG 🧠

Details: tinyurl.com/chbh-ra-uob
Deadline: 20th July ⏳
Start: From September 🗓️
Please share 🔁

Research Associate - School of Psychology - 104433 - Grade 6

The role is to provide Research Assistant services to Dr Jo Cutler for her projects on social decision-making and information seeking. Tasks include helping with participant recruitment and testing, c...

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Joe Barnby @joebarnby.com · Jun 11

At @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social this week? Check out our social learning workshop from @amritalamba.bsky.social and I tomorrow! Inc. talks from @natashajaques.bsky.social, @nitalon.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social, @kartikchandra.bsky.social & more!

Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/rldm202...

RLDM2025SocInfWorkshop

// RLDM 2025 Workshop \\ Reinforcement learning as a model of social behaviour and inference: progress and pitfalls 12.06.2025 // 9am-1pm

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · May 7

Gut wrenching essay about trainees by Daphna Shohamy (Director of Columbia's Zuckerman Neuroscience Institute).

"let’s be clear: It isn’t institutions that are being punished. It’s the researchers who are the future of science in this country ..." 💔

www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...

What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists?

Undermining the future of American science is not a path to accountability — it’s a path to decline.

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Apr 26

Thank you for your service!!!!

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Apr 26

And it's worth "plumbing" (pun intended) the depth of our minds! #sans2025 @kevinochsner.bsky.social

Peter Sokol-Hessner @p1sh.bsky.social · Apr 26

“Science is a smart, low cost investment. The costs of not investing in it are higher than the risk of doing so… talk to people about science.” - @kevinochsner.bsky.social makes his case to the field #sans2025

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Apr 24

And Saturday, Chaebin Yoo will present some computational modelling of ABCD behavioral data to characterize profiles of decision-making in early adolescence, in hope of identifying/predicting clinical symptoms (P3-A-14)

Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Apr 24

Today (Thursday), Yukta Thyagaraj @yuktat.bsky.social will present her work dissecting cognitive mechanisms of feedback-seeking decisions and how those vary along
internalizing symptoms, particularly social anxiety (P1-D-36)

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Apr 24

The Social Learning and Decisions lab is represented at #SANS2025.
Come check out our posters from two amazing first-year graduate students!

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Jordan Meier @doc-jlmeier.bsky.social · Apr 10

Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.

www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · Mar 21

The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.

If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.

Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.

Cancelled NIH grant information submission form

Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Feb 19

'rescheduled at a later date' rather than cancelled, but no information about when that date might be.

Such a shame for all the possibly impactful and transformative proposals...

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Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · Feb 19

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Feb 19

@scinews.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social @nature.com @nbcnews.com @science.org

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Caroline Charpentier, PhD @carocharp.bsky.social · Feb 19

🚨This should be amplified!!
Study sections and council meetings are still being cancelled despite the court order unblocking NIH freezes, effectively halting any new research grant from being funded: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...

Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze

www.thetransmitter.org

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Feb 14

Over the past few weeks, science funding in the U.S. has become shrouded in uncertainty. Ten trainees with diversity-based funding share how the changes are affecting their research and career plans.

By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social

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‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux

Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Feb 12

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!

Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!

#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

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