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May-Britt Moser

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Neuroscientist at KISN at NTNU, Tronheim, Norway Nobel prize in Medicine or Physiology, 2014 together with Edvard I. Moser and John O’Keefe for the discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · Feb 3

So proud: another mystery of the #brain #gridcells discovered the #sweeps in our lab by - @azwollan.bsky.social @rjgardner.bsky.social
@edvardmoser.bsky.social at
@kavlintnu.bsky.social
@torilhernes.bsky.social
@kavlifondation.bsky.social
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Edvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · Feb 3

Grid cells have a geometry in time. Thanks to @azvollan.bsky.social l & @rjgardner.bsky.social for this heroic discovery. @ercresearch.bsky.social
#KiloNeurons @m-bmoser.bsky.social @kavlintnu.bsky.social @nature.com
@kavlifoundation.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Left–right-alternating theta sweeps in entorhinal–hippocampal maps of space - Nature

A study in rats proposes a mechanism for how the brain maps the surrounding environment, including places it has never seen, by alternating left and right forward sweeps in successive theta cycles.

www.nature.com

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 6d

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neuroparis.bsky.social @neuroparis.bsky.social · 6d

Meanwhile, in Europe people are saying...

"Where and at what time in History have we seen this before..."

Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 6d

My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

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neuroparis.bsky.social @neuroparis.bsky.social · 6d

Meanwhile, in Europe people are saying...

"Where and at what time in History have we seen this before..."

Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 6d

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 6d

The scientist Jane Goodall 💃🏻🤩

Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

In this news story we look at three ways she changed science.

A loss for science, a loss for the community, a loss for everyone

🧪 #academicSky

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

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

www.nature.com

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 6d

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Stephie Gibs @stephiegibs.bsky.social · 6d

Silence helps the oppressor — never the oppressed. If you see injustice and stay quiet, you’ve chosen a side. Speak up. Protest. Refuse to be complicit.

May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 7d

We have lost an eminent scientist, Jane Goodall, - do not forget her beautiful work and strong voice: - «hope and action: - value and respect animals and protect them and their habitats»

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 7d

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 7d

So sad, such a fantastic scientist and human being❤️🌹

Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 8d

Look at that huge jump in Trump's wealth in 2025.

Americans can't afford groceries or health care.

But the Trump presidency is working out great for Donald Trump.

www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

A chart titled "How Rich is Donald Trump: $7.3 billion," showing his wealth skyrocketing in 2025

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 7d

A lot of us believed Pete Hegseth hated women even before he was confirmed. We weren’t wrong.

Quotes on women in the military:

• In a 2024 interview, Hegseth stated that "Women shouldn't be in combat at all. They're life-givers, not life-takers"
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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks! If it is the same place then weak or rate remapping is the typical response, but I believe it is depending on the ability of the animal to recognize the place or not.

Andrew McAvan (they/he) @andrew-mcavan.bsky.social · 9d

Such amazing work!
Do you have any inklings about how the brain would remap the same space but in different states (e.g., superimposed non-Euclidean space or a rural area that underwent rapid development)?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 9d

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 9d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 9d

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 9d

RFK Jr wants to outlaw vaccines—but he knows he can’t ban them overnight, so he’s successfully chipping away, little by little, at the US vaccine system, with the help of those Fox News MAGA/MAHA MDs & PhDs (Drs Bhattacharya, Makary, Oz, Kulldorff, & Prasad)

Blaxill is another extreme anti-vaxxer😢

J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social · 9d

File under: worse and worse.

www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 10d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

79. American citizen.

May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 10d

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10d

ICE made Hyundai's legal Korean engineers drink water off the floor, chained them up, and left them sleeping on moldy mats.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11d

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 13d

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neuroparis.bsky.social @neuroparis.bsky.social · 13d

Who. Are. These. Guys ?!?!?!?!?

Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 13d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks, Emre🤩

May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 13d

So proud🤩: Beautiful work by @clykken.bsky.social 💃🏻 et al: finally we understand how the hippocampus can express multiple maps even though grid cell inputs are universal metrics.
E.g. hippocampal global remapping was induced when different grid modules anchored independently to environments. See 👇🏽

clykken.bsky.social @clykken.bsky.social · 14d

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How can the brain create countless unique memories using a single, universal metric of space? We’ve been waiting for the answer to this for two decades!
Read it here:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 25d

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Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 25d

Just a thought for all you dads out there …

May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 25d

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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 25d

While Charlie Kirk's reputation was being sanitized to near sainthood, you might've missed the news that ICE is now just shooting undocumented people...

Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social · 26d

Here is more news on ice shooting an unarmed driver in chicago today www.cbsnews.com/chicago/vide...

May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 25d

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25d

In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed

'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People

"Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.

www.huffpost.com

May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 26d

@octoscience.bsky.social 🤩

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 27d

Congratulations! 🕺🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💐🎉

Daniel Reznik @reznikdan.bsky.social · Sep 8

Beyond thrilled to share that I've been awarded an ERC Starting Grant to study the role of the human entorhinal cortex in episodic memory! 🎉🎉 🥳 🥳 🧠 🧠 Many thanks to my friends, colleagues and institutions who supported me along the way! @erc.europa.eu #ERCStG

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4

📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh

#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · 28d

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Anita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 28d

Philosophy majors rank higher than all other majors on verbal & logical reasoning, according to our new study published in the J of the American Philosophical Assoc. They also tend to display more intellectual virtues such as curiosity & open-mindedness theconversation.com/studying-phi... #philsky

Studying philosophy does make people better thinkers, according to new research on more than 600,000 college grads

Philosophers are fond of saying that their field boosts critical thinking. Two of them decided to put that claim to the test.

theconversation.com

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May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Science Magazine @science.org · Aug 18

"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor … then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." https://scim.ag/4lt1Ru0

An illustration of a man riding a bike surrounded by wheels and other bike parts, with text: How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike

May-Britt Moser @m-bmoser.bsky.social · Aug 10

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ritaswartz.bsky.social @ritaswartz.bsky.social · Aug 10

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pete Hegseth reposts video that says women shouldn’t be allowed to vote

Progressive evangelical group says ideas shared by pastors and amplified by defense secretary are ‘very disturbing’

www.theguardian.com

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