Josh Dudman
@dudman.bsky.social
husband, father, neuroscientist, senior group leader at Janelia @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, beard enthusiast, unrepentant dilettante, he|him
www.dudmanlab.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-1057
www.dudmanlab.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4436-1057
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🚨Job alert🚨
The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour
This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour
This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Champalimaud Foundation (Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🚨Job alert🚨
The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour
This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour
This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
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🌟 Apply to lead a lab at Janelia 🌟
We’re #hiring Group Leaders in our Computation & Theory research area.
🔹 5-year renewable appointment
🔹 Internal funding + generous resources
🔹 Collaboration across disciplines
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
We’re #hiring Group Leaders in our Computation & Theory research area.
🔹 5-year renewable appointment
🔹 Internal funding + generous resources
🔹 Collaboration across disciplines
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🌟 Apply to lead a lab at Janelia 🌟
We’re #hiring Group Leaders in our Computation & Theory research area.
🔹 5-year renewable appointment
🔹 Internal funding + generous resources
🔹 Collaboration across disciplines
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
We’re #hiring Group Leaders in our Computation & Theory research area.
🔹 5-year renewable appointment
🔹 Internal funding + generous resources
🔹 Collaboration across disciplines
📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
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Excited to share our new #biorxivpreprint:
“Sexual dimorphism in the complete connectome of the Drosophila male central nervous system” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We describe the #connectomics reconstruction and analysis of an entire adult #maleCNS #drosophila central nervous system. 1/10
“Sexual dimorphism in the complete connectome of the Drosophila male central nervous system” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We describe the #connectomics reconstruction and analysis of an entire adult #maleCNS #drosophila central nervous system. 1/10
October 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Excited to share our new #biorxivpreprint:
“Sexual dimorphism in the complete connectome of the Drosophila male central nervous system” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We describe the #connectomics reconstruction and analysis of an entire adult #maleCNS #drosophila central nervous system. 1/10
“Sexual dimorphism in the complete connectome of the Drosophila male central nervous system” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We describe the #connectomics reconstruction and analysis of an entire adult #maleCNS #drosophila central nervous system. 1/10
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🪰 A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system—a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the millions of connections between them.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
October 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🪰 A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system—a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the millions of connections between them.
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
🔗 https://hhmi.news/4o3EJnk
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We're very proud to be releasing the complete male fly CNS connectome!
It's the product of a huge team effort here at Janelia in partnership with the Cambridge Fly Connectomics group (@jefferis.bsky.social and colleagues), plus invaluable collaborators.
More soon...
www.janelia.org/project-team...
It's the product of a huge team effort here at Janelia in partnership with the Cambridge Fly Connectomics group (@jefferis.bsky.social and colleagues), plus invaluable collaborators.
More soon...
www.janelia.org/project-team...
Male CNS Connectome
A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system —a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ...
www.janelia.org
October 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
We're very proud to be releasing the complete male fly CNS connectome!
It's the product of a huge team effort here at Janelia in partnership with the Cambridge Fly Connectomics group (@jefferis.bsky.social and colleagues), plus invaluable collaborators.
More soon...
www.janelia.org/project-team...
It's the product of a huge team effort here at Janelia in partnership with the Cambridge Fly Connectomics group (@jefferis.bsky.social and colleagues), plus invaluable collaborators.
More soon...
www.janelia.org/project-team...
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A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine
October 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A small primer on the #NobelPrize awarded to Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi today. This prize was for combining two separate fields of immunology research - genetic research on IPEX and immunology research of regulatory T cells (#Tregs), with enormous impact on biology/medicine
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The neural control & computation lab is recruiting!
If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.
www.ncclab.ca
If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.
www.ncclab.ca
October 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The neural control & computation lab is recruiting!
If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.
www.ncclab.ca
If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.
www.ncclab.ca
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HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
September 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
HHMI adopts Plan U journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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www.bbc.com/news/article... science ftw! Amazing work described here.
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article... science ftw! Amazing work described here.
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NIMH is looking for a new director - please encourage interested candidates to apply - deadline 10/6/25. Please share!
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
hr.nih.gov
September 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
NIMH is looking for a new director - please encourage interested candidates to apply - deadline 10/6/25. Please share!
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
hr.nih.gov/careers/open...
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BonnBrain 2026 is a go!
March 23–25, Bonn (DZNE, Bonn, Germany).
Apply now: www.bonnbrain.de
Limited slots. Presentations (posters/talks) selected from submitted abstracts.
Keynotes & invited speakers 👇
March 23–25, Bonn (DZNE, Bonn, Germany).
Apply now: www.bonnbrain.de
Limited slots. Presentations (posters/talks) selected from submitted abstracts.
Keynotes & invited speakers 👇
September 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
BonnBrain 2026 is a go!
March 23–25, Bonn (DZNE, Bonn, Germany).
Apply now: www.bonnbrain.de
Limited slots. Presentations (posters/talks) selected from submitted abstracts.
Keynotes & invited speakers 👇
March 23–25, Bonn (DZNE, Bonn, Germany).
Apply now: www.bonnbrain.de
Limited slots. Presentations (posters/talks) selected from submitted abstracts.
Keynotes & invited speakers 👇
Fascinating work and a lovely, clear summary in the thread.
Excited to share my latest work with @jonathanamichaels.bsky.social @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social & @andpru.bsky.social!
We asked: How does the motor cortex account for arm posture when generating movement?
Paper 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/10
We asked: How does the motor cortex account for arm posture when generating movement?
Paper 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
1/10
Compositional neural dynamics during reaching
The complex mechanics of the arm make the neural control of reaching inherently posture dependent. Because previous reaching studies confound reach direction with final posture, it remains unknown how...
www.biorxiv.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Fascinating work and a lovely, clear summary in the thread.
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📢We're #hiring Group Leaders!
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
📢We're #hiring Group Leaders!
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning.
🔹5-year renewable appointment
🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches
🔹Collaborate across disciplines
Apply by Nov. 4👉 https://janelia.link/groupleader
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Thank you so much to @lauragrima.bsky.social for presenting her recent preprint today at @the-cnbc.bsky.social @cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social
Super cool science and design
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence
Super cool science and design
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence
A global dopaminergic learning rate enables adaptive foraging across many options
In natural environments, animals must efficiently allocate their choices across multiple concurrently available resources when foraging, a complex decision-making process not fully captured by existin...
www.biorxiv.org
August 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thank you so much to @lauragrima.bsky.social for presenting her recent preprint today at @the-cnbc.bsky.social @cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social
Super cool science and design
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence
Super cool science and design
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence
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Over a decade after reading it, I think about this Neil Young profile at least 1-2x/mo. especially this quote.
www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/m...
www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/m...
August 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Over a decade after reading it, I think about this Neil Young profile at least 1-2x/mo. especially this quote.
www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/m...
www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/m...
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I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
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✨ We’re #hiring Theory Fellows!✨
Janelia is recruiting early-career scientists to join our collaborative research environment and use #computation & #theory to tackle bold questions in #biology.
🔗 Apply by Nov. 3 👉 janelia.link/theoryfellow...
@hhmi.org
Janelia is recruiting early-career scientists to join our collaborative research environment and use #computation & #theory to tackle bold questions in #biology.
🔗 Apply by Nov. 3 👉 janelia.link/theoryfellow...
@hhmi.org
August 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
✨ We’re #hiring Theory Fellows!✨
Janelia is recruiting early-career scientists to join our collaborative research environment and use #computation & #theory to tackle bold questions in #biology.
🔗 Apply by Nov. 3 👉 janelia.link/theoryfellow...
@hhmi.org
Janelia is recruiting early-career scientists to join our collaborative research environment and use #computation & #theory to tackle bold questions in #biology.
🔗 Apply by Nov. 3 👉 janelia.link/theoryfellow...
@hhmi.org
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‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...
theonion.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method
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A landmark volume, The Handbook of Dopamine, is now online:
www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han...
Big kudos to the editors, Stephanie Cragg and Mark Walton, for putting this together.
www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han...
Big kudos to the editors, Stephanie Cragg and Mark Walton, for putting this together.
Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience | Volume 32: The Handbook of Dopamine | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest chapters of Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A landmark volume, The Handbook of Dopamine, is now online:
www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han...
Big kudos to the editors, Stephanie Cragg and Mark Walton, for putting this together.
www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han...
Big kudos to the editors, Stephanie Cragg and Mark Walton, for putting this together.
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🚨 Upcoming postdoc openings 🚨
We will soon be hiring postdocs to work on neural data analysis & modelling in the context of a recently awarded ARIA grant aimed at "precision control" of neural population dynamics (w. collabs. across the UK)
Reach out if interested!
www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...
We will soon be hiring postdocs to work on neural data analysis & modelling in the context of a recently awarded ARIA grant aimed at "precision control" of neural population dynamics (w. collabs. across the UK)
Reach out if interested!
www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...
Precision Neurotechnologies
Backed by £69m, this programme aims to unlock new methods to interface with the human brain at the cellular level, with unprecedented precision.
www.aria.org.uk
August 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
🚨 Upcoming postdoc openings 🚨
We will soon be hiring postdocs to work on neural data analysis & modelling in the context of a recently awarded ARIA grant aimed at "precision control" of neural population dynamics (w. collabs. across the UK)
Reach out if interested!
www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...
We will soon be hiring postdocs to work on neural data analysis & modelling in the context of a recently awarded ARIA grant aimed at "precision control" of neural population dynamics (w. collabs. across the UK)
Reach out if interested!
www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-...
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My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
April 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
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Check out our new review/perspective (w/ @juangallego.bsky.social & Devika Narain) on neural manifolds in the brain! It was a lot of fun to think through these ideas over the past couple of years, and I'm excited it's finally out in the world!
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄: rdcu.be/ex8hW
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄: rdcu.be/ex8hW
A neural manifold view of the brain - Nature Neuroscience
Recent advances in neuroscience have revealed how neural population activity underlying behavior can be well described by topological objects called neural manifolds. Understanding how nature, nurture...
www.nature.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Check out our new review/perspective (w/ @juangallego.bsky.social & Devika Narain) on neural manifolds in the brain! It was a lot of fun to think through these ideas over the past couple of years, and I'm excited it's finally out in the world!
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄: rdcu.be/ex8hW
🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📄: rdcu.be/ex8hW
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few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history
Now do the Department of Defense budget, Andrew.
“Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
“Washington has thrown billions at NIH for decades with little accountability and few measurable outcomes,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Future Pulse.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
NIH spending battle’s ripple effect
www.politico.com
July 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
few outcomes, except for 99% of FDA-approved drugs, 174 recipients of 104 Nobel Prizes, training ~30K MDs and ~10K PhDs per year to enter the workforce, and a 34% reduction in age-adjusted cancer deaths since 1990 -- the largest decrease in history