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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 2d

For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience

Principles for proper peer review

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Lindsay Schwarz @lindsayschwarz.bsky.social · 14d

With 2 postdocs moving on to faculty positions🥳, we're looking to hire someone new. If you're interested in norepinephrine and neural circuits, please apply! tinyurl.com/42bfe24k

Postdoctoral Research Associate - Developmental Neurobiology

A postdoctoral research associate position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Lindsay Schwarz in the Department of Developmental Neurobiology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Schwarz l...

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 23d

A new preprint field study reveals that New York City’s rats aren’t just survivors—they’re talkative city dwellers with their own hidden nightlife. Mapping their movements and conversations could offer insights to transform urban planning and pest control

New York City’s Rats Have a Secret Nightlife—And a Language Humans Can’t Hear

A new preprint field study reveals that New York City’s rats aren’t just survivors—they’re talkative city dwellers with their own hidden nightlife. Mapping their movements and conversations could offe...

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Ross Williamson @rswilliamson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Really excited to share the latest work from my lab, where we identify how distinct cortical projections differentially encode sensory category and choice.

A cortical output channel for perceptual categorization

Perceptual categorization allows the brain to transform diverse sensory inputs into discrete representations that support flexible behavior. Auditory cortex (ACtx) has been implicated in this process,...

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Mark Laubach @marklaubach.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Neuroscience Dept at American University is hiring for a tenure-track position at the Assistant level with expertise in Computational Neuroscience. Apply by Sep 15:
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...

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Eero Simoncelli @eerosim.bsky.social · Jun 18

Submissions now accepted for a special issue of the Journal of Vision:

Choose your stimuli wisely: Advances in stimulus synthesis and selection

Submission deadline: Dec 12, 2025
Futher details: jov.arvojournals.org/ss/synthetic...

JOV Special Issue - Choose your stimuli wisely: Advances in stimulus synthesis and selection | JOV | ARVO Journals

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David Schneider @schneiderneuro.bsky.social · Jun 13

Congratulations Alex!

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · Jun 10

This is a welcome opportunity for early and mid-career folks committed to equity in STEM: "2030STEM x BWF fellows will reinvent career advancement for individual STEM professionals, and strengthen and accelerate culture change in STEM institutions."

Dr. Asmeret Asefaw Berhe @aaberhe.com · Jun 10

2030STEM in partnership with Burroughs Wellcome Fund (BWF) is building a new, catalytic resource to advance the careers of early to mid-career STEM researchers and professionals who are motivated to build an inclusive STEM ecosystem.
Get more informarion at 2030stem.org/fellowship-1

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David Schneider @schneiderneuro.bsky.social · May 2

There are a few rodent vocal datasets here from our recent NeurIPS paper: vclbenchmark.flatironinstitute.org

cc
@ralphpeterson.bsky.social
in case he has posted the larger gerbil data set from here: elifesciences.org/articles/89892

SSL Datasets

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Whitney Gibbs @whitgibbs.bsky.social · Apr 30

My lab at NYU is hiring a postdoc interested in RNA biology and local translation in neurons following axonal injury/neurodegenerative diseases!! Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/165681

Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio

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David Schneider @schneiderneuro.bsky.social · Apr 19

Do it. Work with Pierre.

Pierre Apostolides @pfapostolides.bsky.social · Apr 17

(Plz repost)

I’ve been receiving some good news lately and will be hiring at all levels to expand the lab. Please get in contact if you are interested in reinforcement learning, neural plasticity, neural circuit dynamics, and/or hearing rehabilitation.

pierre.apostolides @ umich .edu

Tyvm

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Ralph Emilio Peterson @ralphpeterson.bsky.social · Apr 9

would love to embed some existing *ultrasonic* audio recordings into some pre-trained ANN feature space — anyone know of any *ultrasonic* networks out there? cc @animal-prattle.bsky.social @earthspecies.bsky.social @timsainburg.bsky.social @nicholdav.bsky.social @nickjourjine.bsky.social

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Peri Kurshan @pkurshan.bsky.social · Mar 26

FACULTY JOB ALERT! The Albert Einstein Dept of Neuroscience is hiring a new assistant professor in any area of neuroscience! We have funds specifically earmarked for this search. #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs #NeuroSky Job just posted: faculty-einstein.icims.com/jobs/17175/f... Please share widely!!

Albert Einstein College of Medicine | Medical Education | Biomedical Research

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EvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · Mar 12

The McBride Lab at Princeton University seeks a lab technician for mosquito research, starting summer 2025. Candidates need a biology degree and lab experience. Apply at http://mcbridelab.princeton.edu. #job

McBride Lab

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Jeremy Day @daylab.bsky.social · Mar 11

UAB Neurobiology is hiring up to 4 new tenure-track faculty as part of 3 new open-rank searches. Come join our vibrant, supportive, and growing neuroscience community!
uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23916
uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/23944
uab.peopleadmin.com/postings/24010

Academic Joint Departments-Open Rank/Tenure-Neurobiology

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Heersink School of Medicine invites applications for 4 open-rank faculty positions in the Department of Neurobiology. We are seeking candidates who apply ...

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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · Mar 8

UNC-CH is searching for a new Chair of Psychiatry.

Please share.

www.nejmcareercenter.org/job/863298/c...

Chair - Department of Psychiatry - Chapel Hill, North Carolina job with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 863298

The School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks an accomplished and visionary leader..

www.nejmcareercenter.org

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David Schneider @schneiderneuro.bsky.social · Mar 7

No better way to learn the ropes than joining a brand new lab. And Nick's will be an excellent one! He's combining cutting edge behavior with systems- and circuits-level physiology to tackle big neuroscience questions.

cc soon-to-be graduates looking for post-bac positions.

Nick Audette (He/His) @njaudette.bsky.social · Mar 7

Join our brand-new lab at UConn studying flexible sensory processing in mice! We're hiring a full-time lab tech - a great fit for recent grads looking to get experience with systems and behavioral neuroscience research.

Apply here: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/cw/en-us/job...

UConn CareersSearch UConnUConn A to Z Index

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David Schneider @schneiderneuro.bsky.social · Mar 6

That drive to fort ransom down the Sheyenne River valley is something special. The cars are def a nice surprise.

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Adriana Guatame-García @adrianaguatame.bsky.social · Mar 6

A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩‍🔬

There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience.
No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent.
And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted.
... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.

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Roberta McLain @bmclain.bsky.social · Mar 1

Do you know you can't tickle yourself? Read my latest piece about the weird neuroscience behind this and why our brains love unpredictability.
Learn more www.livescience.com/health/why-c...
Thanks for your time: @kkilteni.bsky.social @davideagleman.bsky.social @schneiderneuro.bsky.social

Why can't you tickle yourself?

Why do we laugh when tickled but are unable to tickle ourselves? Neuroscience has the answer.

www.livescience.com

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Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics @braincoustics.bsky.social · Feb 26

Mark your calendars for a new bridging brain and #bioacoustics seminar!

Join us in two weeks to learn about the ecology and neuroscience of *corvid* vocal behaviors from @wascherclaudia.bsky.social and @daliao.bsky.social 🐦‍⬛

🗓️ March 12th @ 11:00 EDT
✅ Register here: braincoustics.com

Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics Seminar for March 12th, 2025 at 11:00 AM ET

From Claudia Wascher: "Unsung songbirds: Vocal communication and cognition in corvids"

From Diana Liao: "Exploring auditory responses in the crow with functional ultrasound imaging"

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Shoko Sugasawa @shokosugasawa.bsky.social · Feb 24

🚨Fully-funded PhD studentship on insect behaviour, cognition & muscles with me & @viveknityananda.bsky.social at @newcastleuni.bsky.social 🐝🍀🎓🙌Application deadline April 30, start date in September. Drop me an email if you have questions! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Image of a PhD position advert entitled "PhD studentship in Brain, Brawn, and Bugs: cognitive and physical factors of insect dexterity" with images of a praying mantis and a bumblebee foraging.

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David J. Herzfeld @dherzneuro.bsky.social · Feb 23

And - another personal plug: I am setting up my lab at UW-Madison this summer (herzfeldlab.neuro.wisc.edu). I am looking for people passionate about linking circuit computations to behavior in primates! (6/6)

Herzfeld Lab

Herzfeld Lab at UW-Madison: Herzfeld Lab

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David Schneider @schneiderneuro.bsky.social · Feb 20

Compare and contrast the emails from McKnight (left) and Chan-Zuckerberg (right). Proud to be part of the McKnight community.

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