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Keri Martinowich

@martinowk.bsky.social

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Director, Translational Neuroscience at Lieber Institute and Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine studying molecular regulation across species in circuits impacted in complex brain disorders. Native plants/flowers/wetland habitats. Own opinions.

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Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · Nov 10

For all the new followers (thank you!!), I love to post images about our science - team #FluorescenceFriday - as well as DC city stuff, #nativeplants, sunsets, sunrises, paddling and all things Chesapeake!

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Alex Merz 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦 @merz.bsky.social · 11h

My first time sitting down with a real sample. Phase separated membrane in a yeast lysosomal vacuole. Green is the V-ATPase, in the liquid disordered domain, and magenta is Ivy1, a protein that associates with the liquid ordered domain. This vacuole is about 2 microns in diameter.

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Jonas Wietek @jwietek.bsky.social · 14h

Great body of work led by @ppiantad.bsky.social

First use of PdCO in the wild to perform closed-loop pre-choice modulation 🤩

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

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Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 16h

Also, re: the glossiness of those berries - yes, it is really striking. I have a Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) right near that plant also with amazing fruit set this year, but with them close together struck me how glossy the Chokeberry was.

Round, red berries on a Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 16h

Do you mean the number/letter combo from here (I would be 65n - Chesapeake Rolling Coastal Plain) : dmap-prod-oms-edc.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ORD/Ecoregio...

Sorry, I am not familiar with this, so was just looking now!

dmap-prod-oms-edc.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

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Alicia Izquierdo @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social · 17h

🎇 Excited to finally share JL Romero Sosa’s publication! Results are from single-cell imaging in different subregions of rat frontal cortex during ✨de novo learning. Spoiler: everything is not everywhere all at once www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Neural coding of choice and outcome are modulated by uncertainty in orbitofrontal but not secondary motor cortex - Nature Communications

Neural mechanisms underlying flexible learning and decision-making are not fully understood. Using single-cell calcium imaging, authors here found that neurons in orbitofrontal and secondary motor cortex exhibit complementary roles in reward learning, with neurons in the former exerting a sustained role in conditions of uncertainty.

www.nature.com

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Dan Levenstein @dlevenstein.bsky.social · 17h

The Wu Tsai Institute at Yale is hiring another faculty member in neurocomputation. Come work with us in a growing community at the interface of neuroscience and AI!

More info below 👇

Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 5d

📣 WTI is hiring faculty positions! Are you interested in advancing our understanding of the brain + how it gives rise to cognition?

Two calls are open:

Open-rank search, Neurocomputation, deadline: 12.1.25
Senior search, Neurodevelopment, rolling review

🔗 wti.yale.edu/opportunities

#KnowTogether

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Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 18h

Fascinating how shared pop culture can define how you interact with others around certain ideas - and how when individuals don't share that - can create a palpable disconnect.

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Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 18h

We had a whole thing about how we were going to recreate this scene when retiring a hated microscope in our imaging core, and there were a lot of blank stares.

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Luke Sjulson @lukesjulson.bsky.social · 22h

It makes me sad there is an entire generation that has not seen Office Space

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Nico Franzmeier @nfranzme.bsky.social · Jan 22

Incredibly happy and proud to share our newest work in
Science Transl Med showing that Aβ promotes neuronal hyperconnectivity, thereby driving tau spread across connected brain regions. Many thanks to first authors @sebroemer.bsky.social and Fabian Wagner!

science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Amyloid-associated hyperconnectivity drives tau spread across connected brain regions in Alzheimer’s disease

Aβ induces neuronal hyperconnectivity, which promotes tau spreading from temporal lobe epicenters to connected brain regions in Alzheimer’s disease.

science.org

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Jake Vogel @jwvogel.bsky.social · 22h

Really compelling evidence in humans for network propagation hypothesis of tau spread: individualized connectivity helps resolve individualized tau patterns.

#MedSky #neuroskyence #neurosky #alzsky #compneuro #ai #datascience #bioinformatics #neurology

Harry H Behjat @aitchbi.bsky.social · 1d

does brain connectivity drive spread of pathological proteins in Alzheimer’s disease?

✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️

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Harry H Behjat @aitchbi.bsky.social · 1d

[🧵2] growing evidence suggests that tau pathology spreads via communicating neurons, along brain networks: the network-spread hypothesis: rdcu.be/eJLAl

many works on this topic, by @jwvogel.bsky.social @nfranzme.bsky.social and others, e.g. see: bsky.app/profile/nfra...

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Harry H Behjat @aitchbi.bsky.social · 1d

does brain connectivity drive spread of pathological proteins in Alzheimer’s disease?

✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️

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Erin Sherman 🌱 65n Chesapeake rolling coastal plain @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social · 1d

Last thing to start blooming in my yard: these sunflowers / bee beds

(I think it's H. maximiliani)

🌻 #flowerreport
🌱 #nativeplants
🐝 #insects

A bright yellow sunflower with long rays rolling and tapering to points. Two bumblebees are snoozing on it.

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Talia Lerner @talialerner.bsky.social · 1d

The program for the 2026 Basal Ganglia GRC is live! 🧠🧪
www.grc.org/basal-gangli...

We are already ~60% full, so apply now to join us! Submit an abstract by end of Oct to be considered for a short talk.

See you in Tuscany!

2026 Basal Ganglia Conference GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Basal Ganglia will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Jean-Yves Tinevez @jytinevez.bsky.social · 1d

Job alert!

We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks?

See also on the forum:
forum.image.sc/t/research-e...

Research engineer in Bioimage Analysis for the researchers of the inIdEx FORMULA

Hi all We are looking for a bioimage analysis to work in an image analysis core facility in beautiful Paris. Can I ask you to share this opportunity with your networks? The position is in the Instit...

forum.image.sc

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NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience @dpn-journal.bsky.social · 1d

The latest DPN Deep Dive covers research by @lauramcampbell.bsky.social et al. exploring intraindividual variability in smartphone-based cognitive tests. The study showed that individuals who performed better on average tended to have more consistent scores across days.

youtu.be/JVzu1D7mAaI?...

Are fluctuations in cognitive functioning a better readout of brain health than one average number?

YouTube video by NPP - Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN)

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 1d

#goals

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Leslie Brick @lesliebrickphd.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 Position Alert! 🚨
I am looking for a full-time Research Scientist 1 to join my lab in Albuquerque, NM at the Center on Alcohol, Substance Use, and Addiction (CASAA). We will be studying how stress and trauma influence cannabis and substance use. 🧠🌿 (1/5)

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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 2d

I am going to repost our job ad because we are not getting many applicants!
Like anywhere, there are pros and cons, so if you have questions just DM or email me.
#academicjobs #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicsky

Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · Sep 4

For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦
#academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada
neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...

Assistant Professor (Neuroscience, Tenure Track) - Lethbridge (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Lethbridge | 39049

Assistant Professor (tenure track) of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

neurojobs.sfn.org

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Stephanie L. Grella, PhD @sgrella.bsky.social · 2d

First lab paper out today! Student authors: Mikayla Cutler and Abhi Thati 🎉🤩

Hippocampus | Neuroscience Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Memory is a cornerstone of human behavior, and addiction offers a compelling model of its persistence and plasticity. The scope of engram research has rapidly expanded to include addiction-related ph....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Scott Thompson, PhD @sthom003.bsky.social · 8d

Interested in bridging the translatability gap between mice and humans, specifically with regard to psychedelics? Have I got an opportunity for you! Join us for an interactive and stimulating pre-meeting before #SfN2025. @theborislab.bsky.social @bita37.bsky.social @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social

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NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience @dpn-journal.bsky.social · 13d

The DPN Deep Dive podcast is now on Spotify! Follow us there to get updates when new episodes are released 🎧

open.spotify.com/show/0IjilX6...

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Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats!! Working with the @npp-journal.bsky.social interns was one of my absolute favorite parts about being on the NPP team. I hope you have a great experience - it is such a great group of people!

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Brianna George, PhD @briannaegeorge.bsky.social · 2d

So incredibly excited to join the NPP team!!

Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 2d

Big news at @npp-journal.bsky.social HQ 👇

We are thrilled to welcome @briannaegeorge.bsky.social as our new NPP Editorial Intern 🎉

We are looking forward to working with Dr. George and are excited to have such a fantastic addition to our team 🤩

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