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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 13d

In August, U.K. software entrepreneur Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley died at age 91. The nation’s autism researchers and advocates remember the tech trailblazer for her philanthropic legacy.

By @lauren-schneider.com

www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/in-...

Steve Shirley’s legacy of autism philanthropy

The late pioneer for remote work and women in tech is remembered by U.K. autism researchers and advocates for her support.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Rochefort Lab @rochefortlab.bsky.social · 19d

Well done Danai! Congratulations!

CMVM Postdocs and Early Career Researchers @cmvm-res.bsky.social · 19d

Well done to Danai for winning Contributions to Citizenship! Such an important part of working in academia - great work! @edinunineuro.bsky.social

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Bryan M. Li @bryanlimy.bsky.social · 19d

We present our preprint on ViV1T, a transformer for dynamic mouse V1 response prediction. We reveal novel response properties and confirm them in vivo.

With @wulfdewolf.bsky.social, Danai Katsanevaki, @arnoonken.bsky.social, @rochefortlab.bsky.social.

Paper and code at the end of the thread!

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Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 20d

Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes

in @nature.com

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

Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes - Nature

Repetitive head impacts from contact sports are associated with brain inflammation, vascular damage and neuron loss that are independent of hyperphosphorylated tau pathology.

www.nature.com

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · Aug 28

“We don’t see an epidemic of autism, but we see an ‘epidemic’ of diagnoses”

A fresh journalistic look at the rise in autism that brings together perspectives from the researchers & the autism community
🧪 #MedSky

@nature.com by @helenpearson.bsky.social

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

Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?

RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.

www.nature.com

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Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Aug 27

Deadline for these jobs is 5th September, so you've got until next week on Friday to apply! Come join us in beautiful York, complete with Minsters, snickelways, fMRI and OPMs - what more could you ask for?!

#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs

Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · Jul 21

2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!

#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Jobs - The University of York

jobs.york.ac.uk

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Jan Gründemann @jangrundemann.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sensory thalamus function, plasticity and neuromodulation in health and disease.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Sensory thalamus function, plasticity and neuromodulation in health and disease

For each of the many sensory channels through which animals perceive the world, sensory thalamus is an important processing station whose role lies be…

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Aug 18

RatDISCO, a tissue clearing and immunolabelling protocol for large rat brains. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.17.670723v1

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Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social · Aug 14

We are incredibly honored to receive continued support from the Simons Foundation in our mission to uncover the biological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders

Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · Aug 13

Meet the Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain: a center devoted to deconstructing the secrets of neurodevelopmental disorders and the developing brain. Read more: annualreports.simonsfoundation.org/2024/scottis... #science #neuroscience

Scottish Neuroscience Initiative Takes Basic Science From Lab to Clinic

The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain aims to discover biological mechanisms underlying autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders and to use that information to deliver therapeutic…

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Flor Iacaruso @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social · Aug 1

1/N What are the organizational principles underlying crossmodal cortical connections?
We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & ‪@bturner-bridger.bsky.social‬ in collab w/ ‪@petrznam.bsky.social‬ @crick.ac.uk
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Tim Vogels @tpvogels.bsky.social · Jun 30

Here is your last reminder that the application deadline for Imbizo.Africa is nearing quickly, the 1st of July, in fact tomorrow. Still the place where diversity is at its best in the world! Tell all who need to hear. #africa #neuro

#Imbizo - Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo - #Imbizo

Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo summer school in Cape Town, South Africa

Imbizo.Africa

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Rochefort Lab @rochefortlab.bsky.social · May 22

Same here, happy to help/provide information for anyone interested in relocating in Scotland /UK

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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · May 22

"Exploring brain circuits, one cell type—or more— at a time" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Bosiljka Tasic & @gordfishell.bsky.social ‬
@cp-neuron.bsky.social

Exploring brain circuits, one cell type—or more— at a time

This issue of Neuron, with accompanying papers in Cell, Cell Genomics, Cell Reports, and Cell Reports Methods, contains studies describing methods for access to neuronal and non-neuronal cell types wi...

www.cell.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · May 4

France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe

Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdown

www.theguardian.com

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Oscar Marín Lab @marinlab.bsky.social · Apr 30

1/10 Our latest research, led by @martijnselten.bsky.social, identifies a mechanism through which Parvalbumin (PV) interneurons regulate their activity in the #cortex. This is the story @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇︎ 🧵 @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

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Prof Narender Ramnani @nramnani.bsky.social · Apr 25

Just 2 days to go before #BNA2025! **AMAZING** programme!
meetings.bna.org.uk/bna2025/prog...

Delighted to be speaking at a session on diversity and inclusion in British neuroscience (Mon, 9.30am, Room 4) with
@srikipedia.bsky.social (chair), @landreae.bsky.social & @diegobaptista.bsky.social

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Edinburgh Neuroscience @edinunineuro.bsky.social · Apr 23

And that’s a wrap! What an amazing #neuroday2025 we’ve had. Thank you to all participants inc speakers, posters & exhibitors for showcasing the fantastically broad range of research taking place across our vast @edinunineuro.bsky.social community. 🧠🧠🧠

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Philippe Domenech @philippedomenech.bsky.social · Apr 20

english.elpais.com/internationa...

EU to double funding to attract US scientists fleeing Trump

The European Commission acknowledges its interest in the ‘opportunity’ generated by the cuts and obstacles promoted by the Republican administration

english.elpais.com

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Chris Zimmerman @czimmerman.bsky.social · Apr 3

How do we associate the flavors we experience during a meal 🍽️😋 with postingestive effects like food poisoning 🤢🤮 that arise much later?

Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.

📄: nature.com/articles/s41...

A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback - Nature

Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavour representations in the amygdala to support learning from delayed postingestive feedback.

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Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · Apr 1

Many of us use 2p scopes to image 3D volumes of brain. But then we analyze the data plane by plane, resulting in duplicated neurons, missed neurons, and low s/n. Let's go 3D!

Suite3D: Volumetric cell detection for two-photon microscopy
by @haydari.bsky.social & team.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · Mar 27

We polled Nature readers to ask if they were thinking of leaving the US for jobs abroad. Three-quarters of them (who said they were US-based scientists) said yes. 🧪

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

75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · Mar 28

OK here it is, the moment you have all been waiting for! Our advert for 5 posts here at Glasgow: Cognitive neuroscience/psychology. Closing date May 12 - please spread the word
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

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Kishore Kuchibhotla @kishoreneuro.bsky.social · Mar 21

Thrilled to share the latest paper from the lab! Huge congrats to first author Dr. Celine Drieu and the amazing team of Ziyi Zhu, Sarah Elnozahy, Joy Wang, Aaron Wang, and Kylie Fuller! Lots of fun stuff in the paper so check it out - and let us know what you think :)

Nature @nature.com · Mar 20

Nature research paper: Rapid emergence of latent knowledge in the sensory cortex drives learning

https://go.nature.com/4kBinZH

Rapid emergence of latent knowledge in the sensory cortex drives learning - Nature

In mice, learning and performance on an auditory task is driven by higher-order signals in the auditory cortex that are no longer required when the mouse has achieved expert-level performance.

go.nature.com

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Rochefort Lab @rochefortlab.bsky.social · Mar 17

I just received the price, thank you so much for all your work @womeninneurouk.bsky.social !!!

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Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social · Jan 14

There’s just under 2 weeks to apply for our PhD studentships! Join our dynamic community where we provide an annual stipend of £25K, plus tuition fees (inc. international) 🧠.

Apply by 26 January and start your journey with us: sidb.org.uk/phds/

@edinburghmedschool.bsky.social

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