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Karolinska Institutet @ki.se · 3d

The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance that prevents the immune system from harming the body 🧪 www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic...

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Anders Borgkvist @borgkvistlab.bsky.social · 8d

Postdoc Opportunity at Karolinska Institutet: We're seeking an electrophysiologist to join an exciting collaborative project focusing on diabetes and Parkinson's disease.

Join us!

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Postdoktor i Diabetes och Parkinsons sjukdom

Vill du bidra till medicinsk forskning av toppkvalitet? Det strategiska forskningsprogrammet för diabetes (SRP Diabetes) vid Karolinska Institutet finansierar ett prestigefyllt stipendieprogram för

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Emma R Andersson @anderssonlab.bsky.social · 12d

👩‍🔬👨‍💻 Postdoc recruitment! 👨‍🔬👩‍💻

Join us to use next generation single cell lineage tracing (de Haan & He et al Science 2025) to resolve dermis developmental dynamics & mechanisms.

🚨 Deadline Oct 1st!! 🚨

Please re-post and help us spread the word far and wide! ✈

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Postdoctoral studies in next generation single cell lineage tracing of skin (scholarship)

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? A postdoctoral scholarship is available in the lab of Emma R Andersson at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet

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Dinos Meletis @meletis.bsky.social · 28d

very exciting to share the result of a collaborative effort to map the molecular changes in the mouse and human striatum in Parkinson’s, revealing new biological targets and vulnerability of specific cell types with disease progression

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 29d

A molecular atlas of cell-type specific signatures in the parkinsonian striatum. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675138v1

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Bence Ölveczky @olveczky.bsky.social · Aug 25

Wrote a eulogy for the yellow letters in my office window. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

My Lab Displayed A Message of Solidarity on Our Windows. Harvard Took It Down. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

If we continue down this path, we risk not only Harvard’s future as an institution of free inquiry and expression but also its integrity and trustworthiness.

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Jens Hjerling Leffler @hjerling-leffler.bsky.social · Jun 19

I definitely never regretted the decision to leave New York for Stockholm and Karolinska - now you can join us: big call for assistant professors across medical disciplines coming up. news.ki.se/ki-to-recrui...

KI to recruit junior researchers with a focus on excellence

On 25 June, Karolinska Institutet will be starting a major recruitment drive for 20 junior researchers with a focus on excellence and mobility. As one of Europe’s leading medical universities, KI offe...

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Karl Deisseroth @deisseroth.bsky.social · May 30

Congratulations to our Human Neural Circuitry team; bit.ly/4dEyX7Z publishes today in Science! This was the hardest challenge of my career, but one of the most rewarding, after years of rebuilding– & expanding my inpatient neuropsychiatry in the service of basic discovery bsky.app/profile/deis...

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Dinos Meletis @meletis.bsky.social · May 24

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Data Scientist – Data-Driven Neuroscience Discovery - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies

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Talia Lerner @talialerner.bsky.social · Apr 17

The preliminary program for the 2026 Basal Ganglia Gordon Research Conference is up! www.grc.org/basal-gangli...

Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us 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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Dinos Meletis @meletis.bsky.social · Apr 16

most wonderful team 😻

ASAP CRN Team Cragg @craggasap.bsky.social · Apr 16

The ASAP CRN 2025 Collaborative Meeting gave us the opportunity to come together in person for an intense, inclusive, and inspiring experience. Always a pleasure to see everyone in person!

@stephcragg.bsky.social
@wademartinslab.bsky.social @meletis.bsky.social @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org

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Steph Cragg @stephcragg.bsky.social · Mar 17

New study from the lab is out revisiting old friends/foes #dopamine and #acetylcholine 🧠 @natureneuro.bsky.social ! Congrats and thanks to all the team!
#openscience
@asapresearch.bsky.social @craggasap.bsky.social
@oxforddpag.bsky.social

YanFeng Zhang @yanfengzhang.bsky.social · Mar 17

🚨 Excited to share our new study in @natureneuro.bsky.social! We (+ @stephcragg.bsky.social) show that ChIs (via nAChRs) continuously, and dynamically DEPRESS dopamine release! @oxforddpag.bsky.social @hls.exeter.ac.uk www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An axonal brake on striatal dopamine output by cholinergic interneurons - Nature Neuroscience

Cholinergic interneurons act at nicotinic receptors to depress dopamine release, interrupting its relationship to dopamine neuron firing and supporting an inverse scaling of dopamine release according...

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Sten Linnarsson @sten.linnarsson.org · Apr 1

Are you an established (”distinguished”) researcher outside Europe? Thinking of moving here for some reason? Grant opportunity just dropped: www.vr.se/english/appl...

Grant for recruiting international visiting researcher to Sweden

The purpose of the grant is to provide higher education institutions and other research organisations the opportunity to develop and strengthen a research field by recruiting a distinguished researche...

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ASAP CRN Team Cragg @craggasap.bsky.social · Mar 31

A new publication from Cragg Lab is out in @natureneuro.bsky.social revisiting old friends/foes #dopamine and #acetylcholine. Congrats to Yanfeng Zhang, Qinbo Qiao, and the rest of the team on a great paper!

@stephcragg.bsky.social @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org

#openscience #collaboration

YanFeng Zhang @yanfengzhang.bsky.social · Mar 17

🚨 Excited to share our new study in @natureneuro.bsky.social! We (+ @stephcragg.bsky.social) show that ChIs (via nAChRs) continuously, and dynamically DEPRESS dopamine release! @oxforddpag.bsky.social @hls.exeter.ac.uk www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An axonal brake on striatal dopamine output by cholinergic interneurons - Nature Neuroscience

Cholinergic interneurons act at nicotinic receptors to depress dopamine release, interrupting its relationship to dopamine neuron firing and supporting an inverse scaling of dopamine release according...

www.nature.com

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SWEBAGS @swebags.bsky.social · Mar 27

Join us this Friday for a webinar on cholinergic interneurons with experts Stephanie Cragg & Mark Howe, hosted by the Swedish Basal Ganglia Society! No registration needed—everyone's welcome! #Neuroscience #Webinar #CholinergicInterneurons 🔗 swebags.ebrains.se/events/choli...

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Anna Krook @annakrook.bsky.social · Mar 21

The Strategic Research Programme in Diabetes at Karolinska Institutet and Umeå Univeristy is seeking a Programme Manager (based in Stockholm).

More information about the programme is here ki.se/en/srp-diabe...

and the link to the position is here ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

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Dinos Meletis @meletis.bsky.social · Mar 5

excellent prize 🧠❤️

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Dinos Meletis @meletis.bsky.social · Mar 5

a fantastic choice, wonderful celebration of great science with huge potential in the clinic ❤️

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Marie Carlén @carlenlab.bsky.social · Feb 24

We are hiring a research assistant! Come join our ongoing project investigating the PFC-striatum pathway in cognitive flexibility. Head-fixed behavior, Neuropixels, optogenetics, and viral circuit tracing etc ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/.... Please spread.

Research Assistant in Neuroscience

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The position regards experimental research in the laboratory of Professor Marie Carlén in the Department of Neuroscience. Utilizing a sy

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Feb 22

DMC-BrainMap - an open-source, end-to-end tool for multi-feature brain mapping across species https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.19.639009v1

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Aligning Science Across Parkinson's @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org · Feb 20

🧪 We are now accepting LOIs for our Scientific Track funding opportunity through March 20, 2025 (6PM ET).

Your LOI Checklist:
✅ Core Leadership Structure
✅ ECI Requirement
✅ Interdisciplinary Collaboration
✅ Doctoral Degrees
✅ Independent Faculty

Check eligibility & apply: bit.ly/3DXOBxt

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Iskra Pollak Dorocic @iskrapollak.bsky.social · Feb 7

My lab is has an open PhD position! In vivo work exploring neural circuits and neuromodulation. Please apply directly or contact me for more info 🧠
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PhD student in Neurochemistry

The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. SciLifeLab ( SciLifeLab ) is a national center for molecular biosciences with focus on health and environmental research. The center combines frontline t

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Dinos Meletis @meletis.bsky.social · Feb 3

you are a star with a bright future 🎆

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Onur Dagliyan @onurdagliyan.bsky.social · Jan 30

I am looking for electrophysiologists for couple of very exciting projects. Recent PhD graduates (defended within 2 years) is preferred, but open to other possibilities too. The lab is funded by ERC, SSMF, Brain Foundation, StratNeuro and others. Find me at KI. DM or email.

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Lin Tian, PhD @lintianphd.bsky.social · Jan 14

Registration for the 2025 @mpfneuro.bsky.social
Neurotechniques Course closes this Wednesday!

Co-directed by Ryohei Yasuda & @denisejcai.bsky.social and led by an amazing team of experts, this hands-on course is a great opportunity to learn cutting-edge methods in neuroscience 🔬🧠

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Dinos Meletis @meletis.bsky.social · Jan 14

I look forward to 7 months of amazing science and deep adventure at Stanford - my first week as a Stanford University Visiting Professor, with the pleasure to be in the trailblazing Karl Deisseroth lab in the Bioengineering department 🧠

want to talk brain circuits in the Bay Area? email me!

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