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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 3d

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Ryan Grim @ryangrim.bsky.social · 7d

After announcing a $20 billion bailout of Argentina, the White House now says it's pausing $18 billion in funding for NYC infrastructure projects

Russ Vought would love nothing more than to tear this country down to its studs

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Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 7d

Our next profile is here! Dr. Christine Constantinople studies the neural mechanisms of decision-making. Follow the link below to learn more! 🧠

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

#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuro

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Jean-Paul Noel @jpnoel.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats Kurt!

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Thomas Luo @thomas-zhihao-luo.bsky.social · 21d

How does the brain decide? 🧠

Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.

After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.

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Transitions in dynamical regime and neural mode during perceptual decisions - Nature

Simultaneous recordings were made of hundreds of neurons in the rat frontal cortex and striatum, showing that decision commitment involves a rapid, coordinated transition in dynamical regime and neura...

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Nature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · 23d

Multisensory coding of self-motion and its contribution to navigation — a Review by Dun Mao & Yong Gu

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

#neuroscience #neuroskyence

Multisensory coding of self-motion and its contribution to navigation - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

As an animal moves within its environment, self-motion signals are generated by the inner ear vestibular organs and the retina and transmitted to the CNS. In this Review, Mao and Gu describe how these...

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Jean-Paul Noel @jpnoel.bsky.social · 28d

I think they are right, you WILL solve it in that timeframe. Thanks in advance!

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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 28d

Full professor complaining to an assistant professor on how hard it is to get funding nowadays

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Paul Gribble 🇨🇦 @gribblelab.org · Sep 7

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Living Science: Love writing

Clear writing is the key to success in science.

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International Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in ‪@Nature.com‬:
🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0
🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Sep 3

The first complete activity map of a mammalian brain has revealed unprecedented insights into how decisions are made – and may even hint at the roots of intuition.

First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action

Scientists have mapped the activity that takes place across a mouse's entire brain as it decides how to complete a task - and the results could explain the origin of our gut feelings

www.newscientist.com

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · Sep 3

The ‪@intlbrainlab.bsky.social published 2 papers today on their work to create a map of neural activity across the entire mouse brain. Learn more about the lab: https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/02/20/how-do-our-brains-make-decisions-the-international-brain-laboratory-is-closing-in-on-answers/

How Do Our Brains Make Decisions? The International Brain Laboratory Is Closing In on Answers

How Do Our Brains Make Decisions? The International Brain Laboratory Is Closing In on Answers on Simons Foundation

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Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · Sep 3

The two key studies of the International Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social are out today!

A brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour - Nature

The International Brain Laboratory presents a brain-wide electrophysiological map obtained from pooling data from 12 laboratories that performed the same standardized perceptual decision-making task i...

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 2

A show of bipartisan support for NIH. Basically flat except for ARPA-H.

The President’s budget proposal basically ignored (as it should have been).

Ian L Morgan @ianlmorgan.bsky.social · Sep 1

House LHHC bill is out. Lots of hits to HHS, but the top line number for NIH is 1% decrease, mostly due to cuts ARPA-H. This seems like a huge rejection of the president's budget request.

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · Aug 19

A must-read, must-share piece - clearly deconstructing the shoddy science of the Geiers (who are inexplicably in charge of studies at HHS).

Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)

Data can easily be manipulated to show a causation that doesn’t exist.

www.nytimes.com

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congrats to this neuro-leaning @simonsfoundation.org physics & math collaboration on the science of learning. NeuroAI - exciting!

www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/08/18/s...

Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on the Physics of Learning and Neural Computation

Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on the Physics of Learning and Neural Computation on Simons Foundation

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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · Aug 17

Please sign! Science funding got strong support from the Senate but is now in the House! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CE-Letter to Congress Requesting Protection of Science Funding in the FY26 Budget

To: The Honorable Members of the United States Congress Dear Honorable Senators and Representatives, We write in our individual capacities as U.S. citizens to urge you to prevent the far-reaching cons...

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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · Aug 17

I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.

Google's Gemini AI tells a Redditor it's 'cautiously optimistic' about fixing a coding bug, fails repeatedly, calls itself an embarrassment to 'all possible and impossible universes' before repeating 'I am a disgrace' 86 times in succession

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Edward A. Rowe @edwardarowe1.bsky.social · Aug 14

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Aug 5

BREAKING NEWS: a government watchdog confirmed the Trump administration is breaking the law by blocking NIH funds.

How many kids with cancer or grandmas with Alzheimer’s have to get closer to death while crucial research is stalled?

Trump must end this illegal funding freeze.

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Chris Zimmerman @czimmerman.bsky.social · Jul 8

I’m very excited to share that I will join the University of Utah Department of Neurobiology as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!! 🎉🏔️🏜️

My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?

University of Utah Health Campus in winter. Image courtesy of the University of Utah.

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Anne Urai 🟥 @anne-urai.bsky.social · Jun 20

Come work in my dept! We are hiring a lecturer in psychology (ideally speaking Dutch) @leidenpsychology.bsky.social

www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3529...

Docent Psychologie

De Sectie Cognitieve Psychologie van het Instituut Psychologie van de Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen heeft een vacature voor Docent Psychologie Dit ga je doen Als docent psychologie ga je onderwijs v...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 23

Maybe he would only be able to rent part of Venice if he had to pay taxes.

Just kidding. With a net worth of $224.6 billion, he could pay $1 million per hour for the next 25 years and still be a multibillionaire (assuming no increase in wealth).

www.greenpeace.org/italy/storia...

A giant banner with a picture of Jeff Bezos, saying: "if you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax".

The banner is on the ground of the Piazza San Marco in Venice.

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Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · Jun 9

Mice harboring mutations in Fmr1, Cntnap2 or Shank3B show a blunted update of priors during decision-making, suggesting that distinct genetic instantiations of ASD may yield common neurophysiological and behavioral phenotypes

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

A common computational and neural anomaly across mouse models of autism - Nature Neuroscience

Noel et al. show aberrant updating of expectations in three distinct mouse models of autism spectrum disorder. Brain-wide neurophysiology data suggest this stems from excess units encoding deviations ...

www.nature.com

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Jean-Paul Noel @jpnoel.bsky.social · Jun 6

Humbled by the honor and looking forward to seeing y'all in Utrecht soon!

Body Representation Network – BRNet @bodyrepnetwork.bsky.social · Jun 6

🎉 Big news! 🎉

The inaugural #BRNet Early Career Researcher Award goes to Dr. Jean-Paul Noel @jpnoel.bsky.social

🧠Learn more about his work here: noel-lab.org
🎤 Catch his award lecture this July in #Utrecht!

Noel Lab, Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota

Neuroscience Lab at the University of Minnesota

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Jean-Paul Noel @jpnoel.bsky.social · Jun 3

Proud of this work, many years in the making: rdcu.be/ephb0. Still looking for post-docs for the noel-lab.org so if this looks interesting to you, please reach out! Thanks for the support @simonsfoundation.org (SFARI), @sloanfoundation.bsky.social @natneuro.nature.com

A common computational and neural anomaly across mouse models of autism

Nature Neuroscience - Noel et al. show aberrant updating of expectations in three distinct mouse models of autism spectrum disorder. Brain-wide neurophysiology data suggest this stems from excess...

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