Christopher "Tyler" Short
@acetylercholine.bsky.social
PhD student in the Social Neurobiology Lab at the German Primate Center. Interested in the neural mechanisms of reward and decision-making in pro-social and affiliative behaviors. BS & MS in Neuro from UTDallas.
https://www.acetylercholine.com/
https://www.acetylercholine.com/
Oh my gosh, this episode of @storiesofwin.bsky.social with @dianambautista.bsky.social gave me so many feelings. 'Inspiring' is insufficient, but hope & joy are close. I love all the people who truly support and INVITE people to academic careers and education.
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
Dr. Diana Bautista — Stories of WiN
Talk from SfN 2025
www.storiesofwin.org
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Oh my gosh, this episode of @storiesofwin.bsky.social with @dianambautista.bsky.social gave me so many feelings. 'Inspiring' is insufficient, but hope & joy are close. I love all the people who truly support and INVITE people to academic careers and education.
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
I've been listening to this podcast for almost 12 years. This news gives me sad + other feelings, but I'm also so thankful and proud of them for delivering such a good podcast for so long. Thank you @edidin.bsky.social & @gjallerbru.bsky.social so much. I look forward to whatever comes next for yall
Sharing some news that those of you who have listened to 513 already know -- Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men will be coming to an end later this year.
www.xplainthexmen.com/2026/02/all-...
www.xplainthexmen.com/2026/02/all-...
All Good Things
Something we’ve talked about a lot on the show is how much we like stories and series with deliberate endings. Endings are important: They provide closure and meaning. They give narratives shape. A…
www.xplainthexmen.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
I've been listening to this podcast for almost 12 years. This news gives me sad + other feelings, but I'm also so thankful and proud of them for delivering such a good podcast for so long. Thank you @edidin.bsky.social & @gjallerbru.bsky.social so much. I look forward to whatever comes next for yall
Every year I'm more worried that I'm making a mistake by not studying glial cells. Don't worry though, I plan to never learn my lesson.
We then went to town on the glial populations where we identified some pretty profound sex differences. We did not note sex differences in neurons, but the identification of male and female specific glial populations for astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes could have important functions.
January 31, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Every year I'm more worried that I'm making a mistake by not studying glial cells. Don't worry though, I plan to never learn my lesson.
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📣 Funded PhD position (competitive, UK students only!)
Reach out to me via a.konovalov@bham.ac.uk by February 20th, attaching your CV and cover letter if you are interested in applying for a PhD position to study cooperation and prosocial behavior using neuroimaging (1/2)
Reach out to me via a.konovalov@bham.ac.uk by February 20th, attaching your CV and cover letter if you are interested in applying for a PhD position to study cooperation and prosocial behavior using neuroimaging (1/2)
January 30, 2026 at 2:21 PM
📣 Funded PhD position (competitive, UK students only!)
Reach out to me via a.konovalov@bham.ac.uk by February 20th, attaching your CV and cover letter if you are interested in applying for a PhD position to study cooperation and prosocial behavior using neuroimaging (1/2)
Reach out to me via a.konovalov@bham.ac.uk by February 20th, attaching your CV and cover letter if you are interested in applying for a PhD position to study cooperation and prosocial behavior using neuroimaging (1/2)
I bet the courts won't do anything about it. Oh wait, I mean, I would *invest* in the *concept* of a certain outcome of the courts.
Apps that let people wager on current events have experienced explosive growth in Trump's second term. But one of the leading markets is tied up in lawsuits that cloud the industry's future. n.pr/4kinEFJ
Kalshi in court over 19 federal lawsuits. What's the future of prediction markets?
Apps that let people wager on current events have experienced explosive growth in Trump's second term. But one of the leading markets is tied up in lawsuits that cloud the industry's future.
n.pr
January 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I bet the courts won't do anything about it. Oh wait, I mean, I would *invest* in the *concept* of a certain outcome of the courts.
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🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
January 29, 2026 at 8:38 AM
🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨
You know how when you do earn something after hard work, it's more satisfying than if you get it for free (I don't, but I hear most people do)? Apparently it's due to acetylcholine! Interesting paper here: rdcu.be/e1iEd that I heard about on @naturepodcast.bsky.social
Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behaviour
Nature - In the nucleus accumbens, acetylcholine boosts dopamine release to promote effortful behaviour.
rdcu.be
January 29, 2026 at 4:19 PM
You know how when you do earn something after hard work, it's more satisfying than if you get it for free (I don't, but I hear most people do)? Apparently it's due to acetylcholine! Interesting paper here: rdcu.be/e1iEd that I heard about on @naturepodcast.bsky.social
Half-joking but, is there anything in neuroscience that doesn't "remain poorly understood"? I'm guilty as well, but that has to be like the most common phrase in papers, right? I guess equal but opposite to the traditional "It is understood that..."
January 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Half-joking but, is there anything in neuroscience that doesn't "remain poorly understood"? I'm guilty as well, but that has to be like the most common phrase in papers, right? I guess equal but opposite to the traditional "It is understood that..."
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I hate this: "The Editors have retracted this article... the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) instrument was used without proper permissions" link.springer.com/article/10.1... The MMSE is a series of 11 simple questions. A perfectly good paper is retracted because you can copyright 11 questions
Retraction Note: Cognitive function assessed by Mini-mental state examination and risk of all-cause mortality: a community-based prospective cohort study - BMC Geriatrics
BMC Geriatrics -
link.springer.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I hate this: "The Editors have retracted this article... the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) instrument was used without proper permissions" link.springer.com/article/10.1... The MMSE is a series of 11 simple questions. A perfectly good paper is retracted because you can copyright 11 questions
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Job alert! The University of Zurich is hiring a professor for Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology. Learn more here: www.appointments.mnf.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0...
Selectus - Home
www.appointments.mnf.uzh.ch
January 27, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Job alert! The University of Zurich is hiring a professor for Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology. Learn more here: www.appointments.mnf.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0...
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Join us at the Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School in picturesque Bad Bevensen for two weeks of intense exchange about Systems Neuroscience!
When: 26 July - 7 August
Where: Bad Bevensen, Germany
Application deadline: 28 February
More details here: www.dpz.eu/pcn2026
When: 26 July - 7 August
Where: Bad Bevensen, Germany
Application deadline: 28 February
More details here: www.dpz.eu/pcn2026
Summer School PCN 2026 | DPZ
Sie befinden sich hier:
www.dpz.eu
January 27, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Join us at the Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School in picturesque Bad Bevensen for two weeks of intense exchange about Systems Neuroscience!
When: 26 July - 7 August
Where: Bad Bevensen, Germany
Application deadline: 28 February
More details here: www.dpz.eu/pcn2026
When: 26 July - 7 August
Where: Bad Bevensen, Germany
Application deadline: 28 February
More details here: www.dpz.eu/pcn2026
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One more week to apply for the PhD position on curiosity in early development (B4) in my group!
📢Applications are open for the second cohort of our RTG! Learn more about the opportunities: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/open+posi...
🔔Join our info meeting on Dec 10, 1 p.m. CET. Register via: survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/34...
🔔Join our info meeting on Dec 10, 1 p.m. CET. Register via: survey.academiccloud.de/index.php/34...
Open Positions - Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Webseiten der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
www.uni-goettingen.de
January 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
One more week to apply for the PhD position on curiosity in early development (B4) in my group!
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The reaction to this story has been mockery. Well deserved too. But the bigger question is why is Nature publishing this? Editorial decisions determine whether someone gets to publish on their site. After we get through the delightful Schadenfreude, it’s good to notice how this piece concludes +
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts
go.nature.com/4qLPpcb
go.nature.com/4qLPpcb
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
go.nature.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The reaction to this story has been mockery. Well deserved too. But the bigger question is why is Nature publishing this? Editorial decisions determine whether someone gets to publish on their site. After we get through the delightful Schadenfreude, it’s good to notice how this piece concludes +
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The Neural Control and Computation Lab is seeking a skilled part-time software engineer in Toronto to lead the development of ATHENA (Automatically Tracking Hands Expertly with No Annotations), our open-source, Python-based toolbox for 3D markerless tracking!
www.yorku.ca/health/resea...
www.yorku.ca/health/resea...
www.yorku.ca
January 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The Neural Control and Computation Lab is seeking a skilled part-time software engineer in Toronto to lead the development of ATHENA (Automatically Tracking Hands Expertly with No Annotations), our open-source, Python-based toolbox for 3D markerless tracking!
www.yorku.ca/health/resea...
www.yorku.ca/health/resea...
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A few days left to apply to join my lab as a PhD student! We study how people explore, how new ideas form, and how thinking develops. Learn more at liquinlab.github.io. Application review begins 1/15.
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #CogSci #DevPsyc
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #CogSci #DevPsyc
ELM Lab @ UNH
liquinlab.github.io
January 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
A few days left to apply to join my lab as a PhD student! We study how people explore, how new ideas form, and how thinking develops. Learn more at liquinlab.github.io. Application review begins 1/15.
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #CogSci #DevPsyc
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #CogSci #DevPsyc
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And another job! A 6 year postdoc in Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity at Uni Wien with (newly arrived) Prof. Katharina Kraus.
philjobs.org/job/show/30622
philjobs.org/job/show/30622
University Assistant Postdoc (full-time, 3 + 3 years, m/f/d), in the research area of Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity, University of Vienna
- PhilJobs:JFP
University Assistant Postdoc (f...
An international database of jobs for philosophers
philjobs.org
January 13, 2026 at 9:38 AM
And another job! A 6 year postdoc in Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity at Uni Wien with (newly arrived) Prof. Katharina Kraus.
philjobs.org/job/show/30622
philjobs.org/job/show/30622
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I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...
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The deadline to register for SPSP preconferences at the Early Bird rates ends on January 22, 2026: spsp.org/events/annua... #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc
January 13, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The deadline to register for SPSP preconferences at the Early Bird rates ends on January 22, 2026: spsp.org/events/annua... #PsychSciSky #SocialPsyc
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Deadline Reminder: The Publications Committee is seeking applications for a new Editor-in-Chief of Learning & Behavior, with a term beginning in 2027. The application deadline is February 15. Learn more: buff.ly/dRYRD2w
January 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Deadline Reminder: The Publications Committee is seeking applications for a new Editor-in-Chief of Learning & Behavior, with a term beginning in 2027. The application deadline is February 15. Learn more: buff.ly/dRYRD2w
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Reminder 📢 We are advertising a postdoctoral position in #philbio or #philphysics to work on an interdisciplinary project that adopts the lens of self-organization & active matter to explore the boundary between living and nonliving systems👇 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #philjobs #philsci #evosky
January 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Reminder 📢 We are advertising a postdoctoral position in #philbio or #philphysics to work on an interdisciplinary project that adopts the lens of self-organization & active matter to explore the boundary between living and nonliving systems👇 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #philjobs #philsci #evosky
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There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
Pathway to Independence programme | Development | The Company of Biologists
Pathway to Independence programme | Development | The Company of Biologists
Development's Pathway to Independence programme
Launched in 2022, Development’s Pathway Independence programm...
journals.biologists.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
There's still time to apply to be a 2026 @dev-journal.bsky.social Pathway to Independence fellow
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
For those about to apply for their first independent academic position, the programme offers
- mentoring
- leadership training
- profile rising
- networking
journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...
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We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
forms.gle
January 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
We're hiring! The Computational Clinical Science Lab @ Yale is seeking a full-time lab manager/research coordinator to start in early summer 2026.
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
For more information about the position and to apply: forms.gle/LtQwVgPUfaGk...
Please share widely & consider applying!
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Our python workshop for educators is returning!
💻 No prior coding experience needed.
✈️ Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
💻 No prior coding experience needed.
✈️ Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
January 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Our python workshop for educators is returning!
💻 No prior coding experience needed.
✈️ Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
💻 No prior coding experience needed.
✈️ Travel, meals, & stipend included.
Apply by February 2 at: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
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Help! We want to understand multi-task neural representations, but all we have is 24/7 spiking data from human patients in hippocampus and cortex, along with video, audio, speech, heart rate, and so much more!
If you can help, please apply to join the lab as a postdoc ☺️
jobs.bcm.edu/job/Postdoct...
If you can help, please apply to join the lab as a postdoc ☺️
jobs.bcm.edu/job/Postdoct...
Postdoctoral Associate - Specialist- Computational Cognition
Postdoctoral Associate - Specialist- Computational Cognition
jobs.bcm.edu
January 13, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Help! We want to understand multi-task neural representations, but all we have is 24/7 spiking data from human patients in hippocampus and cortex, along with video, audio, speech, heart rate, and so much more!
If you can help, please apply to join the lab as a postdoc ☺️
jobs.bcm.edu/job/Postdoct...
If you can help, please apply to join the lab as a postdoc ☺️
jobs.bcm.edu/job/Postdoct...
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The Birdsong Lab is recruiting graduate students! Links in the comments. Please repost!
January 13, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The Birdsong Lab is recruiting graduate students! Links in the comments. Please repost!