@nunoftheabove.bsky.social
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The dorsal horn’s development was a ‘black box.’ Scientists have cracked it open.
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/developmenta...
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/developmenta...
Cell atlas cracks open ‘black box’ of mammalian spinal cord development
The atlas details the genetics, birth dates and gene-expression signatures of roughly 150 neuron subtypes in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The dorsal horn’s development was a ‘black box.’ Scientists have cracked it open.
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/developmenta...
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/developmenta...
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New to using Jupyter notebooks for the Allen Brain Cell Atlas?
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
January 28, 2026 at 7:46 PM
New to using Jupyter notebooks for the Allen Brain Cell Atlas?
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
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You have less than a week to apply for the Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the gorgeous San Juan Islands!
Apply by February 1 to be considered for this 2-week residential course and deepen your data analysis and computational skills.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4samKOZ
Apply by February 1 to be considered for this 2-week residential course and deepen your data analysis and computational skills.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4samKOZ
Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain 2026
The Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain is an intensive, project-based residential course with a focus on the neurobiology of sensory processing, coding, and neural population dynamics.
alleninstitute.org
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
You have less than a week to apply for the Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the gorgeous San Juan Islands!
Apply by February 1 to be considered for this 2-week residential course and deepen your data analysis and computational skills.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4samKOZ
Apply by February 1 to be considered for this 2-week residential course and deepen your data analysis and computational skills.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4samKOZ
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Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.
Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social
Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social
US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
www.nature.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Trump has been in office for one year. We at @nature.com did a deep dive looking at the administration's disruption of science in numbers.
Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social
Take a look—the numbers are staggering. By me, @dangaristo.bsky.social, Jeff Tollefson, @kimay.bsky.social, & help from @noamross.net @scott-delaney.bsky.social
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Congratulations to our own Marla Glass on receiving an Arthritis Foundation Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Program grant!
Glass and her team will leverage the support into insights into the role of B cells in the progression of RA.
Glass and her team will leverage the support into insights into the role of B cells in the progression of RA.
January 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Congratulations to our own Marla Glass on receiving an Arthritis Foundation Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Program grant!
Glass and her team will leverage the support into insights into the role of B cells in the progression of RA.
Glass and her team will leverage the support into insights into the role of B cells in the progression of RA.
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We're funding more high-impact projects – conceptualized by our internal teams – that push the boundaries of science through our inaugural Innovation Awards. Bold ideas to fuel breakthroughs of tomorrow: https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-announces-inaugural-innovation-awards-winners/
January 12, 2026 at 6:59 PM
We're funding more high-impact projects – conceptualized by our internal teams – that push the boundaries of science through our inaugural Innovation Awards. Bold ideas to fuel breakthroughs of tomorrow: https://alleninstitute.org/news/allen-institute-announces-inaugural-innovation-awards-winners/
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Looking for a New Year’s resolution? Learn to code!
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
January 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Looking for a New Year’s resolution? Learn to code!
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
Need convincing? @analog-ashley.bsky.social co-leads our python workshop for educators and is here to hype you up!
Educators, learn more the workshop and travel support: https://alleninstitute.org/events/educator-coding-workshop-2026/
#iTeachBio
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Every brain tells a story. What will we learn when we listen?
Together with @uwmedicine.bsky.social, we're embarking on an ambitious mission - building a functional, cellular map of the human brain.
https://alleninstitute.org/news/mapping-the-brain-to-improve-lives/
Together with @uwmedicine.bsky.social, we're embarking on an ambitious mission - building a functional, cellular map of the human brain.
https://alleninstitute.org/news/mapping-the-brain-to-improve-lives/
Mapping the brain to improve lives
A collaborative effort between UW and the Allen Institute is creating a first-of-its-kind brain atlas, paving the way for breakthroughs in brain health.
alleninstitute.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Every brain tells a story. What will we learn when we listen?
Together with @uwmedicine.bsky.social, we're embarking on an ambitious mission - building a functional, cellular map of the human brain.
https://alleninstitute.org/news/mapping-the-brain-to-improve-lives/
Together with @uwmedicine.bsky.social, we're embarking on an ambitious mission - building a functional, cellular map of the human brain.
https://alleninstitute.org/news/mapping-the-brain-to-improve-lives/
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You've graduated with your bachelor's...now what 😳
Check out our year-long, postbacc internships! Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
Check out our year-long, postbacc internships! Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
Internships
Students and early-career professionals in lab research, biology, neuroscience, immunology, and others should apply for our internships and fellowships.
alleninstitute.org
December 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
You've graduated with your bachelor's...now what 😳
Check out our year-long, postbacc internships! Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
Check out our year-long, postbacc internships! Get on-job-experience and mentorship that will help you pursue your educational and career goals.
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships/
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Holiday travel ahead? Add a little science to your journey with our #LabNotes podcast!
Recent episodes explore:
⚙️ Engineering life
🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures)
💻 Creating a digital brain
🛰️ Sending stem cells to space
🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/
Recent episodes explore:
⚙️ Engineering life
🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures)
💻 Creating a digital brain
🛰️ Sending stem cells to space
🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/
Lab Notes | Podcast
A podcast by the Allen Institute revealing the human stories behind headline-grabbing science
alleninstitute.org
December 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Holiday travel ahead? Add a little science to your journey with our #LabNotes podcast!
Recent episodes explore:
⚙️ Engineering life
🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures)
💻 Creating a digital brain
🛰️ Sending stem cells to space
🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/
Recent episodes explore:
⚙️ Engineering life
🧠 Science of addiction (and possible paths to cures)
💻 Creating a digital brain
🛰️ Sending stem cells to space
🎧: https://alleninstitute.org/podcast-lab-notes/
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These drugs were not stumbled upon or borrowed from traditional remedies. They were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs
A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
These drugs were not stumbled upon or borrowed from traditional remedies. They were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
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How convenient - this tree already comes with ornaments!
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line - complete with pink nuclei ornaments!
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line - complete with pink nuclei ornaments!
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
How convenient - this tree already comes with ornaments!
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line - complete with pink nuclei ornaments!
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line - complete with pink nuclei ornaments!
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A “universal” pattern of cortical brain oscillations may be less ubiquitous than previously proposed.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
Dispute erupts over universal cortical brain-wave claim
The debate highlights opposing views on how the cortex transmits information.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A “universal” pattern of cortical brain oscillations may be less ubiquitous than previously proposed.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
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Happy birthday to the Allen Institute for Cell Science! 🥳🎂
On this day in 2014, the Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded to investigate and model the complex living machinery of cells.
Dive deeper into their mission to decode cell behavior: https://www.allencell.org/
On this day in 2014, the Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded to investigate and model the complex living machinery of cells.
Dive deeper into their mission to decode cell behavior: https://www.allencell.org/
December 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Happy birthday to the Allen Institute for Cell Science! 🥳🎂
On this day in 2014, the Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded to investigate and model the complex living machinery of cells.
Dive deeper into their mission to decode cell behavior: https://www.allencell.org/
On this day in 2014, the Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded to investigate and model the complex living machinery of cells.
Dive deeper into their mission to decode cell behavior: https://www.allencell.org/
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
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Did you pick up this flyer at #SfN2025?
📣 Calling all early-career neuroscience researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to hear from you about the support you need to thrive in your career.
➡️ Take this short survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
📣 Calling all early-career neuroscience researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to hear from you about the support you need to thrive in your career.
➡️ Take this short survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Did you pick up this flyer at #SfN2025?
📣 Calling all early-career neuroscience researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to hear from you about the support you need to thrive in your career.
➡️ Take this short survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
📣 Calling all early-career neuroscience researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to hear from you about the support you need to thrive in your career.
➡️ Take this short survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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@thetransmitter.bsky.social gathered citation metrics for the top neuroscience papers published over the past 30 years and assembled a list of the top 20 to try to capture a different view of the field’s changing landscape. www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/w...
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
The most-cited neuroscience papers from the past 30 years
Highly cited papers reflect the surge in artificial-intelligence research in the field and other technical advances.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@thetransmitter.bsky.social gathered citation metrics for the top neuroscience papers published over the past 30 years and assembled a list of the top 20 to try to capture a different view of the field’s changing landscape. www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/w...
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
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We have 70+ posters at #SfN25!
Get board locations and abstracts: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1311
Get board locations and abstracts: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1311
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We have 70+ posters at #SfN25!
Get board locations and abstracts: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1311
Get board locations and abstracts: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1311
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TOMORROW at #SfN25 - join us for a professional development workshop on how you can contribute to the vibrant Open Education Resources community, moderated by our own @kaitlyncasimo.bsky.social.
🗓️ Sat., Nov. 15, 12-2pm
📍 Room 2
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/sfn2025/
🗓️ Sat., Nov. 15, 12-2pm
📍 Room 2
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/sfn2025/
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
TOMORROW at #SfN25 - join us for a professional development workshop on how you can contribute to the vibrant Open Education Resources community, moderated by our own @kaitlyncasimo.bsky.social.
🗓️ Sat., Nov. 15, 12-2pm
📍 Room 2
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/sfn2025/
🗓️ Sat., Nov. 15, 12-2pm
📍 Room 2
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/sfn2025/
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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As we continue to develop the @alleninstitute.org Allen Institute for Immunology web platform, our first big challenge was to build tools to support the release of the amazing longitudinal Immune Health study, published yesterday in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multi-omic profiling reveals age-related immune dynamics in healthy adults - Nature
This multi-omic longitudinal analysis of the healthy human peripheral immune system constructs the Human Immune Health Atlas and assembles data on immune cell composition and state changes w...
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As we continue to develop the @alleninstitute.org Allen Institute for Immunology web platform, our first big challenge was to build tools to support the release of the amazing longitudinal Immune Health study, published yesterday in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Timing of immune checkpoint blockade shapes anti-tumor immunity via a clock-dependent chemokine axis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Timing of immune checkpoint blockade shapes anti-tumor immunity via a clock-dependent chemokine axis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A set of 12 papers published in Nature journals offers new atlases of brain development and hints at the varied evolutionary origins of different cell types.
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/con...
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/con...
Constellation of studies charts brain development, offers ‘dramatic revision’
The atlases could pinpoint pathways that determine the fate of cells linked to neurodevelopmental conditions.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A set of 12 papers published in Nature journals offers new atlases of brain development and hints at the varied evolutionary origins of different cell types.
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/con...
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/con...
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Koko's Basilisk: The concept that someday apes will become the dominant species on the planet and will get revenge on everyone who tried to stop them from getting Birkin bags
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Koko's Basilisk: The concept that someday apes will become the dominant species on the planet and will get revenge on everyone who tried to stop them from getting Birkin bags