@aryngittis.bsky.social
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i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
Fear and loathing on study section: Reviewing grant proposals while the system is burning
As grants are canceled, delayed and subject to general uncertainty, participating in study sections can feel futile. But it’s more important than ever.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
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@stephmprince.bsky.social's recent paper was included in the Editors’ page “From brain to behaviour”. Check it out here: www.nature.com/collections/...
Editors’ Highlights pages showcase exciting recent papers in an area.
Editors’ Highlights pages showcase exciting recent papers in an area.
July 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
@stephmprince.bsky.social's recent paper was included in the Editors’ page “From brain to behaviour”. Check it out here: www.nature.com/collections/...
Editors’ Highlights pages showcase exciting recent papers in an area.
Editors’ Highlights pages showcase exciting recent papers in an area.
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and by funding from the CART foundation, the NIH, the NSF, the BrightFocus foundation, and the Alzheimer’s Association. The paper is here: doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
Frequency and duration of sensory flicker control transcriptional profiles in 5xFAD mice
Current clinical trials are investigating gamma frequency sensory stimulation as a potential therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease (AD); yet, we lack a c
doi.org
July 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
and by funding from the CART foundation, the NIH, the NSF, the BrightFocus foundation, and the Alzheimer’s Association. The paper is here: doi.org/10.1063/5.02...
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So cool!
Wow! Scientists engineered E. coli to convert plastic waste (PET) into pain medicine paracetamol (acetaminophen or Tylenol) in under 24 hours with up to 92% yield.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#medsky #pharmsky 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#medsky #pharmsky 🧪
Everyday painkiller made from plastic — by E. coli
Study highlights potential for sustainable synthesis of paracetamol.
www.nature.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
So cool!
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Happy to share this new paper from the lab in collaboration with George Augustine, characterizing synaptic connectivity between the claustrum and the anterior cingulate cortex. Congratulations to Roberto, Zach, and all co-authors. @robertodelator.bsky.social
Our new paper in Current Biology
"Presynaptic and postsynaptic determinants of claustro-cortical connectivity"
CLA→ACC projections are highly specific: defined by presynaptic identity, postsynaptic target, and cortical layer.
Check here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Neuroscience #Claustrum
"Presynaptic and postsynaptic determinants of claustro-cortical connectivity"
CLA→ACC projections are highly specific: defined by presynaptic identity, postsynaptic target, and cortical layer.
Check here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#Neuroscience #Claustrum
Presynaptic and postsynaptic determinants of claustro-cortical connectivity
The claustrum (CLA) is a thin and elongated brain structure that is located between the insula and lateral striatum and is implicated in a wide range …
www.sciencedirect.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Happy to share this new paper from the lab in collaboration with George Augustine, characterizing synaptic connectivity between the claustrum and the anterior cingulate cortex. Congratulations to Roberto, Zach, and all co-authors. @robertodelator.bsky.social
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Neuroscience peeps!
There is an amazing opportunity opening up at CMU!
www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
@cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social
@cmuscience.bsky.social
@cmu.edu
There is an amazing opportunity opening up at CMU!
www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
@cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social
@cmuscience.bsky.social
@cmu.edu
Director | Isaacson, Miller
www.imsearch.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Neuroscience peeps!
There is an amazing opportunity opening up at CMU!
www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
@cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social
@cmuscience.bsky.social
@cmu.edu
There is an amazing opportunity opening up at CMU!
www.imsearch.com/open-searche...
@cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social
@cmuscience.bsky.social
@cmu.edu
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Dopamine Decoded: 5 Myths, 10 Facts | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/betw...
With yours truly 😊🧪👩🏼🔬
With yours truly 😊🧪👩🏼🔬
Dopamine Decoded: 5 Myths, 10 Facts
What does dopamine actually do? A neuroscientist breaks down the science and clears up common misconceptions.
www.psychologytoday.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dopamine Decoded: 5 Myths, 10 Facts | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/betw...
With yours truly 😊🧪👩🏼🔬
With yours truly 😊🧪👩🏼🔬
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The preliminary program for the 2026 Basal Ganglia Gordon Research Conference is up! www.grc.org/basal-gangli...
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
2026 Basal Ganglia Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Basal Ganglia will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The preliminary program for the 2026 Basal Ganglia Gordon Research Conference is up! www.grc.org/basal-gangli...
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
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Our new paper is out in Science.
What is the synaptic plasticity rule in the brain, we asked. It turns out there are multiple, even within individual neurons.
Congrats Jake!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What is the synaptic plasticity rule in the brain, we asked. It turns out there are multiple, even within individual neurons.
Congrats Jake!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Distinct synaptic plasticity rules operate across dendritic compartments in vivo during learning
Synaptic plasticity underlies learning by modifying specific synaptic inputs to reshape neural activity and behavior. However, the rules governing which synapses will undergo different forms of plasti...
www.science.org
April 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Our new paper is out in Science.
What is the synaptic plasticity rule in the brain, we asked. It turns out there are multiple, even within individual neurons.
Congrats Jake!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What is the synaptic plasticity rule in the brain, we asked. It turns out there are multiple, even within individual neurons.
Congrats Jake!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Probably the most insightful and most important paper on physiomarkers of subthalamic DBS in a long while. Bravo @julianneumann.bsky.social @tsbinns.com and team!!
Out at @natcomms.nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out at @natcomms.nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Probably the most insightful and most important paper on physiomarkers of subthalamic DBS in a long while. Bravo @julianneumann.bsky.social @tsbinns.com and team!!
Out at @natcomms.nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Out at @natcomms.nature.com:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Check out our latest paper today in Nature: “Goal specific hippocampal inhibition gates learning” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By Nuri Jeong, Xiao Zheng, Abby Paulson, Steph Prince and colleagues.
By Nuri Jeong, Xiao Zheng, Abby Paulson, Steph Prince and colleagues.
April 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Check out our latest paper today in Nature: “Goal specific hippocampal inhibition gates learning” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By Nuri Jeong, Xiao Zheng, Abby Paulson, Steph Prince and colleagues.
By Nuri Jeong, Xiao Zheng, Abby Paulson, Steph Prince and colleagues.
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Congratulations to Steve Chase, professor in BME and the Neuroscience Institute, for his recent induction into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows!! 🎉 Learn more about this distinguished achievement and Chase's outstanding work below! #CMU
Chase elected to AIMBE College of Fellows - Neuroscience Institute - Carnegie Mellon University
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced that Steven Chase, professor of biomedical engineering and the Neuroscience Institute, has been inducted into its Co...
www.cmu.edu
April 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Congratulations to Steve Chase, professor in BME and the Neuroscience Institute, for his recent induction into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows!! 🎉 Learn more about this distinguished achievement and Chase's outstanding work below! #CMU
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Here is the link to the open letter to the American People from ~2000 members of the National Academies
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Here is the link to the open letter to the American People from ~2000 members of the National Academies
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Michael Gold, founding president of USASP, explains why industry can’t fill the gap in funding from cuts to NIH in letter to the editor of local paper (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
March 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Michael Gold, founding president of USASP, explains why industry can’t fill the gap in funding from cuts to NIH in letter to the editor of local paper (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
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Concerned mentors wishing we could speak with our senators about attacks on science and students @sarahross1.bsky.social & Michael Gold 🤔
March 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Concerned mentors wishing we could speak with our senators about attacks on science and students @sarahross1.bsky.social & Michael Gold 🤔
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McCormick and Fetterman were supposed to do a book tour appearance in Pittsburgh, but canceled at the last minute because they heard people would be protesting. We showed up anyway. The book is about mentoring. As mentors, we are concerned. With @ahmarilab.bsky.social and @goldpainlab.bsky.social
March 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
McCormick and Fetterman were supposed to do a book tour appearance in Pittsburgh, but canceled at the last minute because they heard people would be protesting. We showed up anyway. The book is about mentoring. As mentors, we are concerned. With @ahmarilab.bsky.social and @goldpainlab.bsky.social
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💥Hey all, dropping my 1st Bluesky GIF thread describing this cute little study we recently published examining the role of the basolateral amygdala in active vs inhibitory avoidance and reward seeking
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Valence-dependent contribution by the basolateral amygdala to active but not inhibitory avoidance and reward-seeking
The basolateral amygdala (BLA) is integral for promoting instrumental actions to avoid aversive events, and also contributes to certain aspects of rew…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
💥Hey all, dropping my 1st Bluesky GIF thread describing this cute little study we recently published examining the role of the basolateral amygdala in active vs inhibitory avoidance and reward seeking
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Carl Olson, Professor of the Neuroscience Institute at CMU, died Nov. 23, 2024. Carl was a renowned neuroscientist who provided insights into fundamental issues in the neural basis of cognition. Read more about Carl's life and legacy in his published obituary. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Carl Olson, Professor of the Neuroscience Institute at CMU, died Nov. 23, 2024. Carl was a renowned neuroscientist who provided insights into fundamental issues in the neural basis of cognition. Read more about Carl's life and legacy in his published obituary. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Join us for SAND in June - Abstracts due this Friday!
The focus is on joining experimental and computational neuroscientists to drive progress in analyzing neural data
The focus is on joining experimental and computational neuroscientists to drive progress in analyzing neural data
📣 The 11th Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data (SAND11) workshop will be held June 11-13, 2025 in New York at the @flatironinstitute.org with generous support from @simonsfoundation.org
Submissions for talks+posters are due March 21. See our website for details 👇
sandworkshop.github.io
Submissions for talks+posters are due March 21. See our website for details 👇
sandworkshop.github.io
SAND - 2025
SAND - 2025
sandworkshop.github.io
March 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Join us for SAND in June - Abstracts due this Friday!
The focus is on joining experimental and computational neuroscientists to drive progress in analyzing neural data
The focus is on joining experimental and computational neuroscientists to drive progress in analyzing neural data
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Check out our new paper, that reveals both the striking generality of cortical circuit organization, but also what we think are key differences in the scales of local excitatory and inhibitory networks across cortical areas. www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
Local Differences in Network Organization in the Auditory and Parietal Cortex, Revealed with Single Neuron Activation
The structure of local circuits is highly conserved across the cortex, yet the spatial and temporal properties of population activity differ fundamentally in sensory-level and association-level areas....
www.jneurosci.org
March 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Check out our new paper, that reveals both the striking generality of cortical circuit organization, but also what we think are key differences in the scales of local excitatory and inhibitory networks across cortical areas. www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
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Incredible new work from the legendary @caroline-runyan.bsky.social. Congrats to all!
Check out our new paper, that reveals both the striking generality of cortical circuit organization, but also what we think are key differences in the scales of local excitatory and inhibitory networks across cortical areas. www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
Local Differences in Network Organization in the Auditory and Parietal Cortex, Revealed with Single Neuron Activation
The structure of local circuits is highly conserved across the cortex, yet the spatial and temporal properties of population activity differ fundamentally in sensory-level and association-level areas....
www.jneurosci.org
March 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Incredible new work from the legendary @caroline-runyan.bsky.social. Congrats to all!
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I'm pleased to report that the board has now heard from NIH that the appointments of these three investigators and similarly situated folks are being extended. Thank you NIH! Delighted that the stellar work there will be continuing!
Compelling pushback from @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) regarding termination of tenure-track investigators driven by DOGE.
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March 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I'm pleased to report that the board has now heard from NIH that the appointments of these three investigators and similarly situated folks are being extended. Thank you NIH! Delighted that the stellar work there will be continuing!
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great opportunity for someone who loves undergraduate teaching and ephys! Applications due 4/1
Join our department! NBIO is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor. Position open until April 1, 2025. Please share with your networks. Apply @ apply.interfolio.com/162469 #stemhiring #neurojobs
March 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
great opportunity for someone who loves undergraduate teaching and ephys! Applications due 4/1
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NEW: A program officer inside NIH sent an anonymous message to grantees with some updates and requests for patience. "This is the most stressful work situation most of us have ever been in," it reads. "I know this is tough, but please hang in there with us."
February 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
NEW: A program officer inside NIH sent an anonymous message to grantees with some updates and requests for patience. "This is the most stressful work situation most of us have ever been in," it reads. "I know this is tough, but please hang in there with us."
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Many in biotech/private sector are boasting about their ways of funding and doing science
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed
February 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Many in biotech/private sector are boasting about their ways of funding and doing science
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed
But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities
With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed