Kirstin-Friederike Heise
@kirstinheise.bsky.social
🇪🇺 Neuromodulation 🧠 of sensorimotor control/learning/memory for translation to recovery and rehabilitation. Assistant Professor at MUSC, Charleston, SC |
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Applications due December 1st!
Come work with us!
Come work with us!
Two weeks left to apply! MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor, working with nonhuman animals in some way. Application deadline is Dec. 1. Full posting: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30586
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences
Job #AJO30586, Assistant Professor level or higher, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
academicjobsonline.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Applications due December 1st!
Come work with us!
Come work with us!
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The Sensorimotor Superlab with @gribblelab.org and @andpru.bsky.social is a unique place to work and learn. We are now accepting MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2026. Join our awesome team at Western University... For application instructions see diedrichsenlab.org and gribblelab.org/join.html!
Diedrichsenlab
diedrichsenlab.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Sensorimotor Superlab with @gribblelab.org and @andpru.bsky.social is a unique place to work and learn. We are now accepting MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2026. Join our awesome team at Western University... For application instructions see diedrichsenlab.org and gribblelab.org/join.html!
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Letter: "New polling by Best for Britain shows three in five Brits now see Brexit as a failure with seven in 10 of these voters blaming Nigel Farage. His silence on the subject speaks volumes." ~AA
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
Brexit 'an act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism'
FIVE years since Brexit and a British Chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is.
www.worcesternews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Letter: "New polling by Best for Britain shows three in five Brits now see Brexit as a failure with seven in 10 of these voters blaming Nigel Farage. His silence on the subject speaks volumes." ~AA
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
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🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
November 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚀 We are hiring! 🚀
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
🔍 Join us as a Postdoctoral Researcher (fully-funded) at the Helmholtz Institute for Human-Centered AI in Munich.
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We have many exciting workshops lined up for #CNS2026 in Vancouver! Check them all out here:
www.cogneurosociety.org/workshops-so...
www.cogneurosociety.org/workshops-so...
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
We have many exciting workshops lined up for #CNS2026 in Vancouver! Check them all out here:
www.cogneurosociety.org/workshops-so...
www.cogneurosociety.org/workshops-so...
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Researchers from the KU Leuven spent between 1.500 en 3.120k€ on APC for Nature Communications since 2015... This is the price for the Nature brand and the cost of "high" impact factor...
Couldn't that money better be invested elsewhere (and this is only one journal and one university...)
Couldn't that money better be invested elsewhere (and this is only one journal and one university...)
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Researchers from the KU Leuven spent between 1.500 en 3.120k€ on APC for Nature Communications since 2015... This is the price for the Nature brand and the cost of "high" impact factor...
Couldn't that money better be invested elsewhere (and this is only one journal and one university...)
Couldn't that money better be invested elsewhere (and this is only one journal and one university...)
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Wrote an editorial about linking invasive and noninvasive neuromodulation techniques for clinical neurophysiology w/ Andrea Kühn:...
November 25, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Wrote an editorial about linking invasive and noninvasive neuromodulation techniques for clinical neurophysiology w/ Andrea Kühn:...
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are you a @neuromatch.bsky.social student, TA, mentor, impact scholar, ambassador, volunteer at #SfN #SfN2025 #SfN25--or you're here & just want to say hi? come by our booth, meet some of the team, meet each other!
& look out for other neuromatchers across SfN... there are literally 1000s of us!
& look out for other neuromatchers across SfN... there are literally 1000s of us!
Safe travels to everyone in our community heading to San Diego for #SfN2025!
Be sure to come see us at Booth #3704 in the Nonprofit Area!
#Neuromatch #ComputationalNeuroscience #DeepLearning #NeuroAI #ClimateScience #GlobalResearch #EarlyCareerResearchers #STEMEducation #DataScience #SfN
Be sure to come see us at Booth #3704 in the Nonprofit Area!
#Neuromatch #ComputationalNeuroscience #DeepLearning #NeuroAI #ClimateScience #GlobalResearch #EarlyCareerResearchers #STEMEducation #DataScience #SfN
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
are you a @neuromatch.bsky.social student, TA, mentor, impact scholar, ambassador, volunteer at #SfN #SfN2025 #SfN25--or you're here & just want to say hi? come by our booth, meet some of the team, meet each other!
& look out for other neuromatchers across SfN... there are literally 1000s of us!
& look out for other neuromatchers across SfN... there are literally 1000s of us!
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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'Moonrise' by Frances Seward, UK born contemporary abstract photographer based in New Mexico #WomensArt
November 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
'Moonrise' by Frances Seward, UK born contemporary abstract photographer based in New Mexico #WomensArt
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Noise ceilings are really useful: You can estimate the reliability of your data and get an index of how well your model can possibly perform given the noise in the data.
But, contrary to what you may think, noise ceilings do not provide an absolute index of data quality.
Let's dive into why. 🧵
But, contrary to what you may think, noise ceilings do not provide an absolute index of data quality.
Let's dive into why. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Noise ceilings are really useful: You can estimate the reliability of your data and get an index of how well your model can possibly perform given the noise in the data.
But, contrary to what you may think, noise ceilings do not provide an absolute index of data quality.
Let's dive into why. 🧵
But, contrary to what you may think, noise ceilings do not provide an absolute index of data quality.
Let's dive into why. 🧵
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A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualise the human brain in unprecedented detail has been developed by @uclqsion.bsky.social researchers.
New brain atlas offers unprecedented detail in MRI scans
A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualise the human brain in unprecedented detail has been developed by UCL researchers, in a major step forward for neuroscience and neuroimaging.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualise the human brain in unprecedented detail has been developed by @uclqsion.bsky.social researchers.
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I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
Episodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I wrote a thing on episodic memory and systems consolidation. I hope you all enjoy it and/or find it interesting.
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
A neural state space for episodic memories
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
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This was a fabulous, once in a lifetime colloquium -- and now the videos are available in high quality on the College de France web site @college-de-france.fr
www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co...
With talks by Edvard Moser, Nancy Kanwisher, Liz Spelke, Manuela Piazza, Luca Bonatti and more!
www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co...
With talks by Edvard Moser, Nancy Kanwisher, Liz Spelke, Manuela Piazza, Luca Bonatti and more!
November 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This was a fabulous, once in a lifetime colloquium -- and now the videos are available in high quality on the College de France web site @college-de-france.fr
www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co...
With talks by Edvard Moser, Nancy Kanwisher, Liz Spelke, Manuela Piazza, Luca Bonatti and more!
www.college-de-france.fr/fr/agenda/co...
With talks by Edvard Moser, Nancy Kanwisher, Liz Spelke, Manuela Piazza, Luca Bonatti and more!
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We’re hiring a technician!!
We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits of learning, decision making, and habit. More info👇
wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/
Job posting:
jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8968
We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits of learning, decision making, and habit. More info👇
wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/
Job posting:
jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8968
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We’re hiring a technician!!
We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits of learning, decision making, and habit. More info👇
wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/
Job posting:
jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8968
We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits of learning, decision making, and habit. More info👇
wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/
Job posting:
jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8968
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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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🧟This Halloween, explore how eerie experiments and 19th-century neuroscience shaped the darkest corners of gothic literature.
Join @selinawray.bsky.social, @caswell.bsky.social & @drjlange.bsky.social for a spooktacular Brain Stories.
🎃 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/51e18001
@uclqsion.bsky.social
Join @selinawray.bsky.social, @caswell.bsky.social & @drjlange.bsky.social for a spooktacular Brain Stories.
🎃 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/51e18001
@uclqsion.bsky.social
a black and white photo of frankenstein laying on a bed with his eyes closed
ALT: a black and white photo of frankenstein laying on a bed with his eyes closed
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October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🧟This Halloween, explore how eerie experiments and 19th-century neuroscience shaped the darkest corners of gothic literature.
Join @selinawray.bsky.social, @caswell.bsky.social & @drjlange.bsky.social for a spooktacular Brain Stories.
🎃 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/51e18001
@uclqsion.bsky.social
Join @selinawray.bsky.social, @caswell.bsky.social & @drjlange.bsky.social for a spooktacular Brain Stories.
🎃 Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/51e18001
@uclqsion.bsky.social
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We are very excited to announce that we are opening applications to join the ReproducibiliTea Steering Committee at the beginning of 2026!
🔹 Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
✍️ Application Form:
forms.gle/R8FSHGJCFVk2...
🔹 Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
✍️ Application Form:
forms.gle/R8FSHGJCFVk2...
October 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We are very excited to announce that we are opening applications to join the ReproducibiliTea Steering Committee at the beginning of 2026!
🔹 Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
✍️ Application Form:
forms.gle/R8FSHGJCFVk2...
🔹 Full Announcement:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
✍️ Application Form:
forms.gle/R8FSHGJCFVk2...
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We have an open postdoc position in Social Science Genomics in Berlin!
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Postdoctoral Position in Social Science Genomics | Max Planck Research Group Biosocial
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We have an open postdoc position in Social Science Genomics in Berlin!
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
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Sharing this post-doc opportunity to work with one of my favorite humans, Nick Gilpin at LSU! Besides getting to do amazing neuroscience research, you get to live in New Orleans!!!
October 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Sharing this post-doc opportunity to work with one of my favorite humans, Nick Gilpin at LSU! Besides getting to do amazing neuroscience research, you get to live in New Orleans!!!
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I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
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December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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A key aspect in determining dosing is the maximal dose of the intervention that stroke patients can tolerate. In a phase I dose-escalation study, authors found patients can tolerate up to 100 minutes per day of upper limb #rehabilitation (plus standard care). 🧠🔄
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Higher Doses of Intensive Upper Limb Rehabilitation for Moderate to Severe Impairment in Acute, Subacute Stroke: Phase I Dose Escalation Study - Lisa Tedesco Triccas, Peter Hallet, Sofie Cardeynaels, ...
Background: Optimizing moderate to severe upper limb recovery is likely to require a higher dose of rehabilitation training than is currently delivered, but the...
journals.sagepub.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A key aspect in determining dosing is the maximal dose of the intervention that stroke patients can tolerate. In a phase I dose-escalation study, authors found patients can tolerate up to 100 minutes per day of upper limb #rehabilitation (plus standard care). 🧠🔄
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Psychedelics alter neurovascular coupling, which means we need to critically re-evaluate fMRI findings of acute psychedelic effects
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Psychedelic 5-HT2A receptor agonism alters neurovascular coupling and differentially affects neuronal and hemodynamic measures of brain function - Nature Neuroscience
Padawer-Curry et al. show that the hallucinogenic 5-HT2A receptor agonist DOI alters neurovascular coupling in mice, with implications for the interpretation of human fMRI studies of psychedelics.
www.nature.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Psychedelics alter neurovascular coupling, which means we need to critically re-evaluate fMRI findings of acute psychedelic effects
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence
#PsychSciSky
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Academic Advisory Board of the Global Research Initiative on Open Science (GRIOS): Call for Applications
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Academic Advisory Board of the Global Research Initiative on Open Science (GRIOS): Call for Applications
The Global Research Initiative on Open Science (GRIOS) invites applications for 3–10 positions on its Academic Advisory Board (AAB). The Board will play a central role in ensuring the scientific rigou...
www.grios.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Academic Advisory Board of the Global Research Initiative on Open Science (GRIOS): Call for Applications
www.grios.org/academic-adv...
www.grios.org/academic-adv...