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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · 4d

Submit your abstracts before Nov 1 to be considered for a short talk!

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2026 The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors Conference GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors will be held in Pomona, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.

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Reza Shadmehr @rezashadmehr.bsky.social · 5d

Tenure-track faculty position in motor neuroscience at Penn State.

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Open-Rank Faculty Position in Sensorimotor Control and Rehabilitation Neuroscience

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 7d

Guidance our institution provided today: "Unless an agency has specifically communicated that a submission system will be affected by the shutdown, it should still be possible to submit ... If submission systems are shut down, the agency is likely to communicate extensions to submission deadlines."

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 7d

The fiscal year is over.

So how was the NIH appropriation committed?

A long thread with institute by institute results about where the money went.

a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .

ALT: a white cat is sitting on a box with the words where written on it .

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Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 8d

We will have an NHP position open at @westernu.ca this year. Posting is coming soon. If you're interested about our setup and the opportunities here, feel free to get in touch.

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 8d

Duke community: DIBS has announced revival of its seed grant programs with a round of Germinators! These are specifically for grad students and postdocs - they are the PIs of the awards - to propose 1-year, interdisciplinary research projects in the brain sciences. RFP: dibs.duke.edu/2025-germina...

2025 Germinator Awards: Request for Proposals | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

The Duke Institute for Brain Sciences (DIBS) invites applications for Germinator Awards: Interdisciplinary research and training relevant to the brain sciencesOpen only t

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Vinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 9d

Rare hard money gig. Emory and ATL neuroscience community are excellent.

Malu Murugan @malu-murugan.bsky.social · 9d

Come be my colleague! Lots of exciting science, fantastic students and supportive colleagues. Emory University Biology Department tenure-track assistant professor position in neuroscience. share.google/945Jko4W1MTA.... Please feel free to retweet and share widely.

Emory University Biology Department tenure-track assistant professor position in neuroscience - Atlanta, Georgia job with [email protected] | 675335

Candidate uses experimental approaches to examine any aspect of neural function, including molecular, cellular, systems, or developmental neuroscience

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 11d

Done - I hope everyone else comments as well. Only 2 days left.

Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 11d

Here's my comment--join me. This would effectively remove foreign PhD students and postdocs from our labs. please share

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 11d

OMG glad I didn't see this before I got on the camel

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 11d

@superkash.bsky.social and @nanopharmnc.bsky.social you need to get a couple of these to fill out your ranch

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 11d

BREAKING: luckily no bones. Gentle camel. But so, so tall.

Smiling but terrified me riding a camel, with desert and pyramids of Giza in the background.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 15d

Any faculty at UCLA out there - have you received any info from the school or NIH about this?

Javi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · 15d

www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/n... 🧪

UCLA's frozen federal grants to be restored by Trump administration, judge says

The federal judge ordered that grants that were terminated by a form notice without a "grant-specific explanation for the termination" be restored.

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Marlene Cohen @marlenecohen.bsky.social · 15d

New preprint! How can you remember an image you saw once, even after seeing thousands of them? We find a role for humble mid-level visual cortex in high-capacity, one-shot learning. doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.22.677855 🧵🧪1/

Neuronal signatures of successful one-shot memory in mid-level visual cortex

High-capacity, one-shot visual recognition memory challenges theories of learning and neural coding because it requires rapid, robust, and durable representations. Most studies have focused on the hip...

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Maria Paz Fernandez @mariadelapax.bsky.social · 16d

Ed Kravitz passed away yesterday.
He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired.

We will miss you, Ed.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 19d

the zoom chat is the subconscious

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 19d

Kliph always with the historical perspective when it comes to comedy. Worth reading.

Kliph Nesteroff @classicshowbiz.bsky.social · 20d

June 1982.

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Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 20d

become my colleague at penn bioengineering: apply.interfolio.com/173716

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CL @cllantz.bsky.social · 22d

New funding opportunity from the BRAIN Initiative! Applications due Oct 28!

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RFA-DA-27-004: BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allo...

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 22d

Woohoo way to go!!

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 22d

I actually think about this a lot! Amazing book in its own right, but also so prescient.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 24d

Cool - glad you got to experience Peter Schiller lectures! (he was my PhD advisor)

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 24d

Ah - who was your advisor there?

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 24d

Or, other access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

On the specificity of neurons and visual areas

The dominant view during; the past 40 years has been that the visual system analyzes the visual scene by breaking it down into basic attributes such a…

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 24d

@earlkmiller.bsky.social knows this, but neuroscientists like Peter Schiller were very interested in neuron multifunctionality back in the 90s (and I'm sure before). Peter liked to talk of "Swiss army knife" neurons. Stirred up controversy at the time. 1996 review:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/e714w...

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 25d

I've only read the abstract and I already know this paper is so very correct 👀

JJ @jjodx.bsky.social · 25d

The myth of optimality in human movement science

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The myth of optimality in human movement science

The concept of optimality dominates contemporary human movement science, with researchers across biomechanics, motor control, and neuroscience routine…

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