Vincent Bonin
@boninlab.bsky.social
Neuroscientist @__NERF | @BiologyKULeuven | @VIBLifeSciences | @leuvenbrainins1. Opinions my own. https://bsky.app/profile/boninlab.bsky.social
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Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk, write Cory Miller, @movshon.bsky.social and Doris Tsao.
#neuroskyence
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#neuroskyence
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Without monkeys, neuroscience has no future
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of BCIs, ANNs. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk, write Cory Miller, @movshon.bsky.social and Doris Tsao.
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Proud to have contributed to @gaiabianchini.bsky.social and @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social new paper on how the superior colliculus temporally integrates multisensory information
Functional specialisation of multisensory temporal integration in the mouse superior colliculus - Nature Communications
Whether and how anatomically distinct regions of the superior colliculus (SC) exhibit specialisation in multisensory temporal integration to facilitate different behavioural responses are not fully un...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Proud to have contributed to @gaiabianchini.bsky.social and @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social new paper on how the superior colliculus temporally integrates multisensory information
November 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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The science is clear - SNAP reduces food insecurity, improves health outcomes, and lower healthcare costs.
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The science is clear - SNAP reduces food insecurity, improves health outcomes, and lower healthcare costs.
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
Although fed judges ruled the admin can NOT withhold SNAP disbursements, it appears they plan to do just that.
We’re mobilizing a national food drive - join here👇
zurl.co/BrvG5
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The science is clear: SNAP is critically important for the health of over 40m Americans.
We are mobilizing @standupforscience.bsky.social to collect food, in partnership with local food banks all across the country.
🤝 Get involved here: www.standupforscience.net/sufs-food-dr...
We are mobilizing @standupforscience.bsky.social to collect food, in partnership with local food banks all across the country.
🤝 Get involved here: www.standupforscience.net/sufs-food-dr...
SUFS Locals Food Drive — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
We are mobilizing our local SUFS activists to support emergency food banking and distribution in those communities suffering from the Trump cuts to jobs, healthcare and safety net programs.
www.standupforscience.net
November 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The science is clear: SNAP is critically important for the health of over 40m Americans.
We are mobilizing @standupforscience.bsky.social to collect food, in partnership with local food banks all across the country.
🤝 Get involved here: www.standupforscience.net/sufs-food-dr...
We are mobilizing @standupforscience.bsky.social to collect food, in partnership with local food banks all across the country.
🤝 Get involved here: www.standupforscience.net/sufs-food-dr...
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Applications for our Fellows-to-Faculty Award are now open! This program supports early career scientists in #autism or #neuroscience research by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions. Apply by 1/14/2026: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/10/31/a... #science
Applications for Fellows-to-Faculty Awards Now Open
Applications for Fellows-to-Faculty Awards Now Open on Simons Foundation
www.simonsfoundation.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Applications for our Fellows-to-Faculty Award are now open! This program supports early career scientists in #autism or #neuroscience research by facilitating their transition into tenure-track faculty positions. Apply by 1/14/2026: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/10/31/a... #science
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Pitt faculty taking a stand against the higher education "compact"
www.wesa.fm/identity-com...
I know of a few other news stories about similar faculty action.
Please share them here.
www.wesa.fm/identity-com...
I know of a few other news stories about similar faculty action.
Please share them here.
University of Pittsburgh professors push back against Trump 'compact' for higher education
University of Pittsburgh professors have asked their school to reject a Trump "compact" that promises more access to federal resources to schools that sign on to his agenda
www.wesa.fm
October 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Pitt faculty taking a stand against the higher education "compact"
www.wesa.fm/identity-com...
I know of a few other news stories about similar faculty action.
Please share them here.
www.wesa.fm/identity-com...
I know of a few other news stories about similar faculty action.
Please share them here.
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Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
October 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Yes, Halloween is the deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians—great advice from @mcbazacophd.bsky.social
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
(It’s also our kid’s birthday)
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MindCORE Summer Fellowship Program
May 31-Aug 7, 2026
This is a paid 10-wk research experience for undergrad students matched with select Penn faculty in mind sciences.
Open to both Penn students & non-Penn US students through our REU.
Apply by Jan 11: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/research/sum...
May 31-Aug 7, 2026
This is a paid 10-wk research experience for undergrad students matched with select Penn faculty in mind sciences.
Open to both Penn students & non-Penn US students through our REU.
Apply by Jan 11: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/research/sum...
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
MindCORE Summer Fellowship Program
May 31-Aug 7, 2026
This is a paid 10-wk research experience for undergrad students matched with select Penn faculty in mind sciences.
Open to both Penn students & non-Penn US students through our REU.
Apply by Jan 11: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/research/sum...
May 31-Aug 7, 2026
This is a paid 10-wk research experience for undergrad students matched with select Penn faculty in mind sciences.
Open to both Penn students & non-Penn US students through our REU.
Apply by Jan 11: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/research/sum...
Canadian researchers operating in Canada: consider signing this.
This is important.
This is important.
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Canadian researchers operating in Canada: consider signing this.
This is important.
This is important.
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Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
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People outside of science think this is nothing that concerns them. "Oh, it's harder to get grants now? Big deal."
But everyone deserves the rapid pace of advancements in science, medicine, and technology that our parents enjoyed. The Trump Administration's actions are taking that from everyone.
But everyone deserves the rapid pace of advancements in science, medicine, and technology that our parents enjoyed. The Trump Administration's actions are taking that from everyone.
Well reported story on the PBS News Hour about science cuts and the ongoing and potential brain drain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLvO...
Thanks to Terrance Tao and other scientists at various career stages for having the courage to speak out.
Watch and share!
1/7
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
People outside of science think this is nothing that concerns them. "Oh, it's harder to get grants now? Big deal."
But everyone deserves the rapid pace of advancements in science, medicine, and technology that our parents enjoyed. The Trump Administration's actions are taking that from everyone.
But everyone deserves the rapid pace of advancements in science, medicine, and technology that our parents enjoyed. The Trump Administration's actions are taking that from everyone.
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Nice cover of our work linking SRGAP2/SYNGAP1 synaptic neoteny and ID/ASD with @blibep.bsky.social @benvermaercke.bsky.social @franckp.bsky.social @boninlab.bsky.social @cecilecharrier.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/pro...
Protein tug-of-war controls pace of synaptic development, sets human brains apart
Human-specific duplicates of SRGAP2 prolong cortical development by manipulating SYNGAP, an autism-linked protein that slows synaptic growth.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Nice cover of our work linking SRGAP2/SYNGAP1 synaptic neoteny and ID/ASD with @blibep.bsky.social @benvermaercke.bsky.social @franckp.bsky.social @boninlab.bsky.social @cecilecharrier.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/pro...
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"For-profit journals disproportionately cite other for-profit journals, academia-friendly journals preferentially cite other academia-friendly journals, and non-profit journals likewise favor citations to non-profit sources." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"For-profit journals disproportionately cite other for-profit journals, academia-friendly journals preferentially cite other academia-friendly journals, and non-profit journals likewise favor citations to non-profit sources." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Looking for a PhD program where you can study computational neuroscience? NYU has a fantastic array of researchers covering the field:
groups.google.com/g/systems-ne...
groups.google.com/g/systems-ne...
Doctoral studies in Computational/Theoretical Neuroscience at NYU
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October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Looking for a PhD program where you can study computational neuroscience? NYU has a fantastic array of researchers covering the field:
groups.google.com/g/systems-ne...
groups.google.com/g/systems-ne...
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RFK Jr. is a danger to health and humans. So why is he Secretary of Health and Human Services?
It's not too late to add your name to our petition to #impeachrfkjr. We'll be delivering thousands of petitions to Congress on November 5th, and demanding our representatives take action! zurl.co/tvlga
It's not too late to add your name to our petition to #impeachrfkjr. We'll be delivering thousands of petitions to Congress on November 5th, and demanding our representatives take action! zurl.co/tvlga
October 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
RFK Jr. is a danger to health and humans. So why is he Secretary of Health and Human Services?
It's not too late to add your name to our petition to #impeachrfkjr. We'll be delivering thousands of petitions to Congress on November 5th, and demanding our representatives take action! zurl.co/tvlga
It's not too late to add your name to our petition to #impeachrfkjr. We'll be delivering thousands of petitions to Congress on November 5th, and demanding our representatives take action! zurl.co/tvlga
The US's attempted shakedown of the UC system mirrors tactics used by authoritarian regimes: secrecy, coercion, and suppression of dissent. By keeping it under wraps, UC has enabled this, sidelining public debate and resistance.
This document is … insane? Incredible?
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American
In it the USG shakes down a university for $1.17 BILLION “to avoid legal action” and dictates how hiring, promotion, admissions, scholarships, and CURRICULA REVIEW will be conducted. It stipulates how and when students can protest on campus.
It is un-American
Here is the proposed agreement the Trump admin sent to UCLA, which administrators fought tooth and claw to keep secret ucop.edu/communicatio...
October 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The US's attempted shakedown of the UC system mirrors tactics used by authoritarian regimes: secrecy, coercion, and suppression of dissent. By keeping it under wraps, UC has enabled this, sidelining public debate and resistance.
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Cramer hat 2024 einen Forscher entlassen, weil ihm seine Äußerungen zum Völkermord in Gaza nicht passten. Inzwischen geben laut einer Studie von der FU 75% von Forschenden mit Nahostbezug an. sich mit Äußerungen zu Israel-bezogenen Themen zurückzuhalten — Selbstzensur.
#Wissenschaftsfreiheit
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#Wissenschaftsfreiheit
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Politische Entscheidungen greifen tief in unser Leben ein – deshalb müssen sie sich auf wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse stützen, fordert Patrick Cramer @spektrum.de. Ein Plädoyer für Evidenz in der #Politik und für #Wissenschaftsfreiheit. www.spektrum.de/news/wissens... @patrick-cramer.maxplanck.de
October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Cramer hat 2024 einen Forscher entlassen, weil ihm seine Äußerungen zum Völkermord in Gaza nicht passten. Inzwischen geben laut einer Studie von der FU 75% von Forschenden mit Nahostbezug an. sich mit Äußerungen zu Israel-bezogenen Themen zurückzuhalten — Selbstzensur.
#Wissenschaftsfreiheit
...
#Wissenschaftsfreiheit
...
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Apply to become a CSHL-Simons Fellow in Neuroscience!
Run your own lab, pursue bold ideas, join a highly collaborative community!
All areas including experimental or computational neuro, including NeuroAI & systems
PhD required; ≤~1 yr postdoc
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...
Run your own lab, pursue bold ideas, join a highly collaborative community!
All areas including experimental or computational neuro, including NeuroAI & systems
PhD required; ≤~1 yr postdoc
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...
Fellows Positions | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
CSHL Simons Fellow in NEUROSCIENCE Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is seeking to fill a Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Fellow position in the area of NEUROSCIENCE (experimental and/or computationa...
www.cshl.edu
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Apply to become a CSHL-Simons Fellow in Neuroscience!
Run your own lab, pursue bold ideas, join a highly collaborative community!
All areas including experimental or computational neuro, including NeuroAI & systems
PhD required; ≤~1 yr postdoc
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...
Run your own lab, pursue bold ideas, join a highly collaborative community!
All areas including experimental or computational neuro, including NeuroAI & systems
PhD required; ≤~1 yr postdoc
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...
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I actually had heard the the potential NIEHS appointment 2 days ago and broke the news about it at the STAT Summit. I did not share any details since I did not have confirmation.
Eric Green shared his views about the importance of process and applicant quality.
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Eric Green shared his views about the importance of process and applicant quality.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I actually had heard the the potential NIEHS appointment 2 days ago and broke the news about it at the STAT Summit. I did not share any details since I did not have confirmation.
Eric Green shared his views about the importance of process and applicant quality.
1/5
Eric Green shared his views about the importance of process and applicant quality.
1/5
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I wrote an op-ed for the Washington Square News about the government's attempt to extort universities. nyunews.com/opinion/gues...
Guest Essay: Unity is the only way out of Trump’s ‘compact’ - Washington Square News
Grace Lindsay is an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Data Science at New York University. Nine universities received an Oct. 1 letter from the Trump administration with an offer: If you agree to a ...
nyunews.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I wrote an op-ed for the Washington Square News about the government's attempt to extort universities. nyunews.com/opinion/gues...
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TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
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The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
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I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
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October 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
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I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
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