Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩🔬 🐁
@eisch.bsky.social
Philadelphia Neuroscience Professor obsessed w/dentate gyrus, mentoring, unsweet soymilk. Opinions & bad jokes are mine not my employer’s. She/her/cat.
https://sites.google.com/view/eischlab
Pics: 75% my smiling face, desk, laptop, blue sky with clouds
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Pics: 75% my smiling face, desk, laptop, blue sky with clouds
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Good news.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
www.wunc.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Good news.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
Faculty expressing their concerns seems to be having effects.
If you are in academia, make sure your administration knows your views on the compact.
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Cool paper from Sora Shin’s lab mapping a neural circuit for aggression and self-harm. Awesome to see another group using our pain assessment platform in their studies.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Thalamo-hippocampal pathway determines aggression and self-harm
Thalamo-hippocampal calcium channel hyperactivity drives aggression and self-harm after early adversity.
www.science.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Cool paper from Sora Shin’s lab mapping a neural circuit for aggression and self-harm. Awesome to see another group using our pain assessment platform in their studies.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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As a neuroscientist, I’d suggest there is a profound disconnect between what *some* computer scientists think is representative of “intelligence”, cognitive ability, or descriptions of consciousness from some in AI work.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
As a neuroscientist, I’d suggest there is a profound disconnect between what *some* computer scientists think is representative of “intelligence”, cognitive ability, or descriptions of consciousness from some in AI work.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
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In Case You Missed It…
...a week of Mad Biologist posts: Without Consent of the Governed, the U.S. Park Police Have Decided to Inflict Their Own Policing Policy on D.C. 45 Percent of Americans Strongly Agree Trump Is a “Potentially Dangerous Dictator” Some Thoughts on Last Night’s Rout The…
...a week of Mad Biologist posts: Without Consent of the Governed, the U.S. Park Police Have Decided to Inflict Their Own Policing Policy on D.C. 45 Percent of Americans Strongly Agree Trump Is a “Potentially Dangerous Dictator” Some Thoughts on Last Night’s Rout The…
In Case You Missed It…
...a week of Mad Biologist posts: Without Consent of the Governed, the U.S. Park Police Have Decided to Inflict Their Own Policing Policy on D.C. 45 Percent of Americans Strongly Agree Trump Is a “Potentially Dangerous Dictator” Some Thoughts on Last Night’s Rout The Conservative Heritage Foundation Has a Nazi Meltdown Who Goes Cuomo?
mikethemadbiologist.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In Case You Missed It…
...a week of Mad Biologist posts: Without Consent of the Governed, the U.S. Park Police Have Decided to Inflict Their Own Policing Policy on D.C. 45 Percent of Americans Strongly Agree Trump Is a “Potentially Dangerous Dictator” Some Thoughts on Last Night’s Rout The…
...a week of Mad Biologist posts: Without Consent of the Governed, the U.S. Park Police Have Decided to Inflict Their Own Policing Policy on D.C. 45 Percent of Americans Strongly Agree Trump Is a “Potentially Dangerous Dictator” Some Thoughts on Last Night’s Rout The…
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'Tis the season of flooded inboxes & time to reamplify this brilliant tip from @hannahrsnyder.bsky.social.
As semesters start and you find yourself repeatedly answering emails with the same questions from students, this is my annual reminder that you can make all your frequent responses email signatures and just select them from your signature list to respond. You're welcome. #academicsky
November 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
'Tis the season of flooded inboxes & time to reamplify this brilliant tip from @hannahrsnyder.bsky.social.
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How much do y'all pay for syringe filters? I can't really find a supplier selling new sterile PES filters for less than ~$1/filter. Thoughts?
Ideally 33mm, 0.22um, PES hydrophilic
TYIA!!!
Ideally 33mm, 0.22um, PES hydrophilic
TYIA!!!
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 AM
How much do y'all pay for syringe filters? I can't really find a supplier selling new sterile PES filters for less than ~$1/filter. Thoughts?
Ideally 33mm, 0.22um, PES hydrophilic
TYIA!!!
Ideally 33mm, 0.22um, PES hydrophilic
TYIA!!!
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Please help spread the word to all who will be in San Diego on Sunday, Nov. 16th. As part of SFN, SFN's scicomm arm is sponsoring an event.
It's me, Shrek Chalasani (Salk), Kumar Narayanan (UIowa) and the brainfacts.org team. Short talks; trivia; lots of fun. Join us!
It's free. Register here.
It's me, Shrek Chalasani (Salk), Kumar Narayanan (UIowa) and the brainfacts.org team. Short talks; trivia; lots of fun. Join us!
It's free. Register here.
Dive into the depths of the brain with neuroscientists from across the country at Little Bird Brewing on Sunday, November 16th from 6:30pm to 9pm.
BrainFacts LIVE: Decoding Disorders
Eventbrite - BrainFacts LIVE: Decoding Disorders - Sunday, November 16, 2025 at Little Bird Brewing, San Diego, CA. Find event and ticket information.
www.eventbrite.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Please help spread the word to all who will be in San Diego on Sunday, Nov. 16th. As part of SFN, SFN's scicomm arm is sponsoring an event.
It's me, Shrek Chalasani (Salk), Kumar Narayanan (UIowa) and the brainfacts.org team. Short talks; trivia; lots of fun. Join us!
It's free. Register here.
It's me, Shrek Chalasani (Salk), Kumar Narayanan (UIowa) and the brainfacts.org team. Short talks; trivia; lots of fun. Join us!
It's free. Register here.
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We have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration:
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We have written two reviews providing a practical guide and fundamentals of cell migration:
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
(1) How to select an optimal cell migration assay,
(2) How to analyze cell migration data.
We also added a perspective on AI methods of analysis.
Coming out soon in Nature Methods.
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Applications are now open for the @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social Alan Kanzer Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Deadline: December 16, 2025
bit.ly/KanzerFellows
Deadline: December 16, 2025
bit.ly/KanzerFellows
Alan Kanzer Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
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November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Applications are now open for the @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social Alan Kanzer Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Deadline: December 16, 2025
bit.ly/KanzerFellows
Deadline: December 16, 2025
bit.ly/KanzerFellows
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So happy I have been able to witness the incredible growth and success of (now Dr.) Sozerko Yiandiev, who defended his PhD thesis with brio in Lyon this week! It was a true pleasure to co-mentor Sozerko with @jcourchet.bsky.social during the past 5 years 🍻👨🎓 #Thesis #BrainMetabolism
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So happy I have been able to witness the incredible growth and success of (now Dr.) Sozerko Yiandiev, who defended his PhD thesis with brio in Lyon this week! It was a true pleasure to co-mentor Sozerko with @jcourchet.bsky.social during the past 5 years 🍻👨🎓 #Thesis #BrainMetabolism
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I'm Christmas shopping for my brother.
Do you have any weird hyper local items that you'd like to pitch?
My brother loves the strange, the weird, the esoteric, and the bizarre. One year I got him a single bowling pin. I've got weird, but expanding the catchment area of my weird is always useful.
Do you have any weird hyper local items that you'd like to pitch?
My brother loves the strange, the weird, the esoteric, and the bizarre. One year I got him a single bowling pin. I've got weird, but expanding the catchment area of my weird is always useful.
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I'm Christmas shopping for my brother.
Do you have any weird hyper local items that you'd like to pitch?
My brother loves the strange, the weird, the esoteric, and the bizarre. One year I got him a single bowling pin. I've got weird, but expanding the catchment area of my weird is always useful.
Do you have any weird hyper local items that you'd like to pitch?
My brother loves the strange, the weird, the esoteric, and the bizarre. One year I got him a single bowling pin. I've got weird, but expanding the catchment area of my weird is always useful.
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Optogenetic stimulation of the infralimbic cortex prior to fear extinction learning rescues deficits in a preclinical model of comorbid PTSD and AUD
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Optogenetic stimulation of the infralimbic cortex prior to fear extinction learning rescues deficits in a preclinical model of comorbid PTSD and AUD - Psychopharmacology
Rationale Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) frequently co-occur, leading to significant impairments in learning and memory. Despite the prevalence of these disorders...
link.springer.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Optogenetic stimulation of the infralimbic cortex prior to fear extinction learning rescues deficits in a preclinical model of comorbid PTSD and AUD
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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More on the link brain-heart axis and sensorimotor function, relevant for BCI research 🤖: Different bodily rhythms are coupled with cortical regions at rest. Here we show that motor imagery triggers a decoupling of cardiac dynamics with motor cortex functional connectivity 🧠🫀 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Imagined movement increases the segregation of brain-heart networks
Understanding the mechanisms of motor imagery, the mental simulation of movement without execution, is key for the development of neurotechnologies. For instance, for detecting covert motor intent in ...
doi.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
More on the link brain-heart axis and sensorimotor function, relevant for BCI research 🤖: Different bodily rhythms are coupled with cortical regions at rest. Here we show that motor imagery triggers a decoupling of cardiac dynamics with motor cortex functional connectivity 🧠🫀 doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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The neural circuits and signalling pathways of opioid use disorder — a Review by Victor P. Mathis, Aliza T. Ehrlich & Emmanuel Darcq
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The neural circuits and signalling pathways of opioid use disorder - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
In many parts of the world, opioid use disorder presents a growing challenge to public health, reinforcing the need to decipher its underlying mechanisms. Mathis et al. provide an overview of our curr...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The neural circuits and signalling pathways of opioid use disorder — a Review by Victor P. Mathis, Aliza T. Ehrlich & Emmanuel Darcq
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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✨ Exciting News! ✨
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the University of Guelph's Department of Psychology in Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science as an Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2026. I will be returning to Canada on Canada Day!
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the University of Guelph's Department of Psychology in Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science as an Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2026. I will be returning to Canada on Canada Day!
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
✨ Exciting News! ✨
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the University of Guelph's Department of Psychology in Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science as an Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2026. I will be returning to Canada on Canada Day!
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the University of Guelph's Department of Psychology in Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science as an Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2026. I will be returning to Canada on Canada Day!
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Congratulations to Sheena Josselyn @sjo09.bsky.social, contributing editor at @thetransmitter.bsky.social, on winning the 2025 Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize in recognition of her profound impact on memory research.
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Congratulations to Sheena Josselyn @sjo09.bsky.social, contributing editor at @thetransmitter.bsky.social, on winning the 2025 Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize in recognition of her profound impact on memory research.
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
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The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum.
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
Sosa Lab - Postdoctoral Researchers
We are seeking postdocs to start in 2026!
www.sosaneurolab.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum.
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
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Feeling so honoured to be a finalist for the Neuroscience Communicator Award at tonight's @womeninneurouk.bsky.social awards!
I'm up for the Neuroscience Communicator Award, along with some other brilliant women 💪🏾
Today, I'd like to share some of my highlights from the year 😊
I'm up for the Neuroscience Communicator Award, along with some other brilliant women 💪🏾
Today, I'd like to share some of my highlights from the year 😊
The countdown is on for the WiNUK Awards 2025! 💜✨
An evening of inspiration, celebration & connection awaits — from our opening introductions to award presentations, keynote talks by Prof. Selina Wray & Dr. Carole Torsney, and networking with brilliant neuroscience minds. 🧠🌟
An evening of inspiration, celebration & connection awaits — from our opening introductions to award presentations, keynote talks by Prof. Selina Wray & Dr. Carole Torsney, and networking with brilliant neuroscience minds. 🧠🌟
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Feeling so honoured to be a finalist for the Neuroscience Communicator Award at tonight's @womeninneurouk.bsky.social awards!
I'm up for the Neuroscience Communicator Award, along with some other brilliant women 💪🏾
Today, I'd like to share some of my highlights from the year 😊
I'm up for the Neuroscience Communicator Award, along with some other brilliant women 💪🏾
Today, I'd like to share some of my highlights from the year 😊
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I’m looking for interns to join our lab for a project on foundation models in neuroscience.
Funded by @ivado.bsky.social and in collaboration with the IVADO regroupement 1 (AI and Neuroscience: ivado.ca/en/regroupem...).
Interested? See the details in the comments. (1/3)
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Funded by @ivado.bsky.social and in collaboration with the IVADO regroupement 1 (AI and Neuroscience: ivado.ca/en/regroupem...).
Interested? See the details in the comments. (1/3)
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AI and Neuroscience | IVADO
ivado.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I’m looking for interns to join our lab for a project on foundation models in neuroscience.
Funded by @ivado.bsky.social and in collaboration with the IVADO regroupement 1 (AI and Neuroscience: ivado.ca/en/regroupem...).
Interested? See the details in the comments. (1/3)
🧠🤖
Funded by @ivado.bsky.social and in collaboration with the IVADO regroupement 1 (AI and Neuroscience: ivado.ca/en/regroupem...).
Interested? See the details in the comments. (1/3)
🧠🤖
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new paper with @robertchisciure.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era - Synthese
This paper formalizes biological intelligence as search efficiency in multi-scale problem spaces, aiming to resolve epistemic deadlocks in the basal “cognition wars” unfolding in the Diverse Intellige...
link.springer.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
new paper with @robertchisciure.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Cognition all the way down 2.0: neuroscience beyond neurons in the diverse intelligence era"
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Good news everyone: #Duke Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) are back!! We are now accepting applications for SSNAP 2026, which will take place from May 26 to June 6, 2026. #neuroscience #philosophy #brain Please spread the word! ssnap.submittable.com/submit
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November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Good news everyone: #Duke Summer Seminars in Neuroscience and Philosophy (SSNAP) are back!! We are now accepting applications for SSNAP 2026, which will take place from May 26 to June 6, 2026. #neuroscience #philosophy #brain Please spread the word! ssnap.submittable.com/submit
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Me, a neuroscience PhD, checking for the 747th time if DRG neurons are CNS or PNS
November 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Me, a neuroscience PhD, checking for the 747th time if DRG neurons are CNS or PNS
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Conrad Hal Waddington was born OTD in 1905.
His “epigenetic landscape” is a diagrammatic representation of the constraints influencing embryonic development.
On his 50th birthday, his colleagues gave him a pinball machine on the model of the epigenetic landscape.
🧪 🦫🦋 🌱🐋 #HistSTM #philsci #evobio
His “epigenetic landscape” is a diagrammatic representation of the constraints influencing embryonic development.
On his 50th birthday, his colleagues gave him a pinball machine on the model of the epigenetic landscape.
🧪 🦫🦋 🌱🐋 #HistSTM #philsci #evobio
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
ALT: a cartoon says hey everybody an old man 's talking while bart simpson looks on
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November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
1/41
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By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4nLbCoC
go.nature.com/4nLbCoC
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Nature - Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
go.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
By studying the process through which a soil bacterium naturally produces a well-known drug, scientists have discovered a powerful antibiotic that could help to fight drug-resistant infections
go.nature.com/4nLbCoC
go.nature.com/4nLbCoC