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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 1d

Please spread the word! I am recruiting a PhD student this cycle (Fall 2026 start) to join my team in a new venture: the neuroscience of mood.

If you are curious to learn more, this short talk provides a good overview of why, what and how.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjIK...

Nicole Rust - The representation of mood in the primate insula (May 6, 2025)

YouTube video by Simons Foundation

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Pam Belluck @pambelluck.bsky.social · 1d

He was expected to get Alzheimer’s 25 years ago. Why hasn’t he? Researchers are trying to answer that question, which could help lead to treatments to benefit many others facing Alzheimer's. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/h...

He Was Expected to Get Alzheimer’s 25 Years Ago. Why Hasn’t He?

www.nytimes.com

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Ian Kremer @leadcoalition.bsky.social · 2d

Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice using nanoparticles ibecbarcelona.eu/consiguen-re... via @ibecbarcelona.eu

#Alzheimers #dementia #bioengineering #science

Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice using nanoparticles - Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia

An international team co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the West China Hospital Sichuan University (WCHSU) was able to reverse Alzheimer’s in mice after only 3 injecti...

ibecbarcelona.eu

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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

jocnf.pubpub.org

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Rosa Lafer-Sousa @rosalafersousa.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 Are you an alum from one of the 9 universities Trump is attempting to extort right now?

✍️ Sign this petition to defend your university, free speech, and democracy. I signed.

This is a time for courage, not capitulation.
#JustSayNo #Compact 🧪🧠🧬

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Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now

Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.

alumni.controlshift.app

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Sam Nastase @samnastase.bsky.social · 7d

I'm recruiting PhD students to join my new lab in Fall 2026! The Shared Minds Lab at @usc.edu will combine deep learning and ecological human neuroscience to better understand how we communicate our thoughts from one brain to another.

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Boston Public Health Commission @publichealth.boston.gov · 14d

We’re offering free vaccine clinics in Boston. Vaccines are safe, effective, and protect against serious illness. Getting vaccinated keeps you healthy and helps protect your family, friends, and community.

Learn more at boston.gov/vaccine-clinics.

A group of young people sit on a bench behind a fence at a baseball diamond. Text reads, “FREE Vaccine Clinics in Boston. Get your flu and COVID-19 vaccines for free. No appointment necessary, walk-ins welcome. Find dates, times, and locations at boston.gov/vaccine-clinics.” The logos for the City of Boston, Boston Public Health Commission, Boston Public Schools, Boston Centers for Youth and Families, Legacy Care Group, and Shaw’s Star Market are at the bottom.

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 9d

Nominations are open for the 2025/26 Vivensa Academy Excellence Awards, recognising outstanding ageing research with £120,000 per award across three categories.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/vivensa-acad...

Vivensa Academy Excellence Awards - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER

Nominations are open for the 2025/26 Vivensa Academy Excellence Awards, recognising outstanding ageing research with £120,000 per award across three categories.

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk

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Heather L Kosakowski @kosakowski.bsky.social · 10d

My lab at USC is recruiting!
1) research coordinator: perfect for a recent graduate looking for research experience before applying to PhD programs: usccareers.usc.edu REQ20167829
2) PhD students: see FAQs on lab website dornsife.usc.edu/hklab/faq/

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Cornelius Gati @gati.bsky.social · 10d

Thrilled to share that I’ll be joining the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania! Our lab will be relocating to the Department of Pharmacology in Jan ’26. We’re hiring at all levels—reach out if you’re interested! @isbupenn.bsky.social @pennmedicine.bsky.social

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INS @insneuro.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 The INS Career Awards nominations are open 🏆 Please send nominations for #INS2026inPhiladelphia to [email protected] and [email protected] with the subject line 2026 Awards Nomination by September 30th!

For more information see ins-2026-philadelphia.oa-event.com/awards

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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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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 14d

Jimmy Kimmel's Monologue now has 14.3 MILLION VIEWS on YouTube.

It would be a shame for you to share it

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tj...

Jimmy Kimmel is Back!

YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Yakeel T. Quiroz, PhD @ytquiroz.bsky.social · 15d

Woohoo! 🎉 @drmlamar.bsky.social is not only an incredible neuropsychologist but also a brilliant scientist. She has the vision and scientific excellence that INS needs in its next president. We're so fortunate to have her as a candidate—let’s help make it happen with our votes! @insneuro.bsky.social

Melissa Lamar PhD @drmlamar.bsky.social · 16d

1st week of International Neuropsychological Society voting!

I am honored to be a candidate for President. My focus: global engagement across regions and interests.

For details see my platform, and those of all candidates, at the-ins.org/ins-election...

Thank you for your consideration!

INS Election 2026 – The International Neuropsychological Society

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16d

Trump again just implied that the MMR vaccine causes autism.

Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism.

This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

A Population-Based Study of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccination and Autism | NEJM

It has been suggested that vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) is a cause of autism. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all children born in Denmark from January 1991 th...

www.nejm.org

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Melissa Lamar PhD @drmlamar.bsky.social · 16d

1st week of International Neuropsychological Society voting!

I am honored to be a candidate for President. My focus: global engagement across regions and interests.

For details see my platform, and those of all candidates, at the-ins.org/ins-election...

Thank you for your consideration!

INS Election 2026 – The International Neuropsychological Society

the-ins.org

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 17d

A new, tour de force review on the future approaches to treat and potentially cure Type 1 diabetes
@thelancet.com
thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Brynn Sherman @brynnsherman.bsky.social · 19d

Last month, I launched my lab at Ohio State. Our lab website is now live, and we're recruiting graduate students this cycle! If you're interested in the cognitive (neuro)science of learning & memory, please reach out!

www.momentslab.org

Moments Lab

www.momentslab.org

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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 18d

Rewriting the Grand Plan of Clinical Neuroscience

A Review of “Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That” by Nicole C. Rust ( @nicolecrust.bsky.social )

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/rewriting-...

Rewriting the Grand Plan of Clinical Neuroscience

A Review of “Elusive Cures” by Nicole C. Rust

www.psychiatrymargins.com

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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.medsky.social · 19d

Dr. Quiroz also shared the finding of a PSEN1 carrier who did not develop mild cognitive impairment until after her 70s and had minimal tau pathology and neurodegeneration.

She was found to have the rare protective ApoE3 Christchurch allele.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Brain imaging shows limited tau pathology and neurodegeneration despite high amyloid-β plaque burden in an individual homozygous for APOE3ch.

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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.medsky.social · 19d

The Financial Decision Tracker is 10-item interview that examines a specific financial decision made by an older adult to assess his or her financial judgment, vulnerability to theft and scams, and whether financial predation may have taken place.

prod.oanedev.com/for-professi...

10 questions to protect your older client from financial disaster?

10 questions to protect your older client. Assess financial judgment, risk of theft and scams, and whether financial predation occurred.

prod.oanedev.com

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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.medsky.social · 19d

In addition, using religious coping strategies (prayer, attending religious services) was associated with lower entorhinal cortex tau and better memory in cognitively unimpaired PSEN1 carriers in this Colombian sample.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Associations between religious stress coping, cognitive performance, and Alzheimer's disease-related pathology. Greater religious stress coping was associated with lower entorhinal tau in carriers only.

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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.medsky.social · 19d

Dr. Quiroz and colleagues have found that, in carriers of the PSEN1 autosomal dominant mutation, lower hippocampal volumes were associated with greater depressive symptoms - suggesting a potential intervention. Could treating depression alter dementia course?

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Association between hippocampal volume and depressive symptoms in carriers and non‐carriers. Scatterplots showing Geriatric Depression Scale scores plotted by normalized hippocampal volume in (A) carriers and (B) non‐carriers with regression lines and standard error bands.

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Art Walaszek, MD @walaszek.medsky.social · 19d

Next is Dr. Yakeel Quiroz (@ytquiroz.bsky.social), professor at Boston University, who will discuss COLBOS, the Colombia-Boston biomarker study of autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease.

bostonmapp.org/colbos/

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