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Alexa Morcom @alexamorcom.bsky.social · Jul 23

So happy this is finally out! Despite Covid delays and thanks to persistence by @arimoccia.bsky.social + the helpful reviewers

Starting to uncover how memory cues and goals interact - with implications for how we understand memory reconstruction during retrieval

Arianna Moccia @arimoccia.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨Paper now published! 🚨

The Effects of External Cue Overlap and Internal Goals on Selective Memory Retrieval.

Grateful for thorough reviews that made it stronger. Out now in #EJN: doi.org/10.1111/ejn..... w @alexamorcom.bsky.social @MattPlummer @ivorsimpson.bsky.social. Updated summary🧵👇

The Effects of External Cue Overlap and Internal Goals on Selective Memory Retrieval as Revealed by Electroencephalographic (EEG) Neural Pattern Reinstatement

This EEG study used multivariate decoding in humans to investigate how memories are selected when retrieval goals vary. The results showed that EEG neural patterns reinstating studied information tra...

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Claire Lancaster @claire-lancaster.bsky.social · Jun 10

📣 New paper alert- Detrimental gene dose effect of APOE on perceptual discrimination by mid-life. Published in Alzheimer's & Dementia, the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association @samberens.bsky.social @chrismbird.bsky.social alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Perceptual discrimination of complex objects: Apolipoprotein E e4 gene‐dose effects in mid‐life

INTRODUCTION Complex perceptual discrimination is supported by tau-vulnerable regions of the medial temporal lobe (MTL); notably the perirhinal cortex. This research tests whether there is a gene-do...

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Rhys Morgan @rhysmorganlab.bsky.social · Jun 6

Join me + Dr David Palmer, Haematology Clinician at UHS NHS @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social, for a 3.5yr School of Life Sci funded PhD (UK fees only) studying RUNX1 mutations in myeloid leukaemia here at @sussex.ac.uk @sussexbcr.bsky.social @sussexcancer.org

Details 👇

www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

School of Life Sciences Studentship : University of Sussex

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Natasha Sigala @neuronatasha.bsky.social · May 16

Preprint with brilliant medical student, Melis, on the effectiveness of the AVATAR method for treating auditory verbal hallucinations @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social @sussexneuro.bsky.social

medRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · May 8

The effectiveness of non-pharmacological treatments for auditory verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.08.25327225v1

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Miguel Maravall @mmaravall.bsky.social · May 13

Posting this after some recent conversations with potential international applicants - still time to apply to our Masters courses and International PhD Academy for 2025 entry - join the diverse and vibrant Neuroscience community on our beautiful campus next to Brighton

Sussex Neuroscience @sussexneuro.bsky.social · Mar 25

Want to join our vibrant postgrad community?

Discover all our Neuroscience courses here: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/subjects/neuroscience

Including:
🏫 International PhD Academy
🏫 Masters courses
🏫 Opportunities across several schools: Life Science; Psychology; Computer Science & AI; and BSMS

Neuroscience : University of Sussex

Discover our undergraduate courses, Masters and PhD degrees in neuroscience.

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Soapbox Science Brighton @soapboxscibrighton.bsky.social · May 16

🚨 1 WEEK TO GO! 🚨
Soapbox Science Brighton is back next Saturday!

📍 Find us by the i360
🗓 Saturday 24th May
🕚 11am–2pm

Come hear brilliant women & non binary scientists share their research. Free, fun, and for everyone!

#SoapboxScience #1WeekToGo #WomenInSTEM #ScienceByTheSea

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Claire Lancaster @claire-lancaster.bsky.social · May 12

Join us for an evening in the pub discussing memory, mental health and wellbeing during menopause with clinical and scientific experts. Taking place in The Walrus, Brighton on Monday 2nd June. Open to all, but please register to confirm your space.

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Soapbox Science Brighton @soapboxscibrighton.bsky.social · Apr 29

💤 Meet Maria, Assistant Professor at Sussex and Soapbox Science 2025 speaker!

She’ll explore what happens during different stages of sleep, why it matters for your health, and how sleep hygiene and circadian rhythms play a role.

Catch her on 24th May by the i360!

#SoapboxScience #Brighton2025

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Sussex Neuroscience @sussexneuro.bsky.social · Mar 25

Want to join our vibrant postgrad community?

Discover all our Neuroscience courses here: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/subjects/neuroscience

Including:
🏫 International PhD Academy
🏫 Masters courses
🏫 Opportunities across several schools: Life Science; Psychology; Computer Science & AI; and BSMS

Neuroscience : University of Sussex

Discover our undergraduate courses, Masters and PhD degrees in neuroscience.

www.sussex.ac.uk

Sussex Neuroscience @sussexneuro.bsky.social · Mar 15

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University of Sussex @sussex.ac.uk · Mar 6

Taking place on 13 March at the Ironworks Studios in Brighton - find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/think-agai...

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Kira Shaw @kirasha.bsky.social · Mar 7

I am excited to have been awarded a Wellcome Trust CDA fellowship to study whether menopause enhances AD risk by exacerbating vascular dysfunction. I will be starting my lab in Manchester in January 2026, and would love to connect with other researchers interested in sex differences and AD 🧠🩸 🔬.

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Kevin Staras @kevinstaras.bsky.social · Mar 5

Aw, we got the cover for our new paper on X-ray imaging and atlas building in the snail brain. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... Thanks @pnas.org .. and to @sussexneuro.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @ukri.org for funding support #invertebrate #brain #neuroscience THREAD: bsky.app/profile/kevi...

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Soapbox Science Brighton @soapboxscibrighton.bsky.social · Feb 28

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Kevin Staras @kevinstaras.bsky.social · Feb 28

Michael Crossley led the experimental work, supported by Anna Simon, @arndroth.bsky.social and @enzomarra.bsky.social Thanks to @sussexneuro.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @ukri.org and @diamondlightsource.bsky.social for funding support. Thanks for reading! 10/10

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Kevin Staras @kevinstaras.bsky.social · Feb 28

Looking for a quick way to map the brain of your favourite small animal model?
See our new paper. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 1/10

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Wolf Huetteroth @wolfhuette.bsky.social · Feb 27

Join us for a 4-year PhD in Newcastle at @northumbriauni.bsky.social on a fun project (literally)!

Building on our recent publication about Drosophila playing on a carousel (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...), we will explore:

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Soapbox Science Brighton @soapboxscibrighton.bsky.social · Feb 9

Applications to Soapbox Science Brighton 2025 are open! All female and non-binary scientists in STEM subjects are welcome to apply 🥼👩‍🔬🌼🐜🐭🐝🧪⚛️

Apply by March 2nd
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Maxine Sherman @maxinesherman.bsky.social · Jan 9

I’m advertising for a 3.5yr fully-funded PhD position at the lovely Sussex Uni.

If you're interested in combining behavioural experiments & computational modelling to study how we evaluate our inferences about others, please see here:

www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

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Vincenzo Marra @enzomarra.bsky.social · Dec 22

Applications to the 2025 Paris Spring School in Optical Imaging and Electrophysiological Recording in Neuroscience (AKA the Paris Neuro Course) are now open. Deadline on the 1st of February.

The course will run 14-27 May 2025.

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Paris NeuroCourse | Optical Imaging and Electrophysiological Recording in Neuroscience

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Jamie @neworderofjamie.bsky.social · Dec 20

First paper by our excellent PhD student @mbalazs98.bsky.social on trying to unpick the relation between delay learning and structural plasticity in SNNs and visualise what gets learned www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Frontiers | Learning delays through gradients and structure: emergence of spatiotemporal patterns in spiking neural networks

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Open Neuroscience @open-neuroscience.com · Dec 3

This coming Monday! Join us for an excellent hour of #metascience #openscience and #neuroimaging! All from the comfort of your desk/couch/chair with @worldwideneuro.bsky.social @sussexneuro.bsky.social @theneuro.bsky.social

Open Neuroscience @open-neuroscience.com · Nov 18

🎉 Don't miss our upcoming seminar by Kendra Oudyk, from ORIGAMI lab at McGill Uni, on open meta-research in #neuroimaging.

📅 Monday, December 9, 4 pm (UTC)/11 am (ET).

more details & link to join:
www.world-wide.org/seminar/9965/

👀 hope to see you there!
#openscience #opensoftware #metaresearch

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Scientific seminars right where you are 🔬

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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · Dec 4

✨ We can’t wait to see everyone next week at the 2024 Festive Symposium in Leeds!
It’s your chance to connect with #neuroscientists from academia, clinics, and industry as we explore 'The Resilient Brain'.
Make sure you’ve got your ticket! bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...

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Dr Liat Levita @drliatlevita.bsky.social · Dec 2

Excited to be speaking at the BNA 2024 Festive Symposium soon! 10 Dec 2024: "THE RESILIENT BRAIN" in Leeds, UK. Giving a talk about the resilient teen brain! @britishneuro.bsky.social. To register www.bna.org.uk/meeting-book...

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Ivor Simpson @ivorsimpson.bsky.social · Nov 29

One of several opportunities to come and do a PhD in our lab! Happy to discuss supervision in all things MRI analysis

Sussex Neuroscience @sussexneuro.bsky.social · Nov 27

Our Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme is open for applications! Deadline Jan 13th, for Sept 2025 entry. Brilliant community of students and supervisors, and a choice of >60 labs for rotations- come and join us by the sea! www.sussex.ac.uk/research/cen...

Sussex Neuroscience 4-year PhD Programme : PhD Programmes in Neuroscience : Sussex Neuroscience : University of Sussex

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