Heather Snell
@heatherdsnell.bsky.social
Neuro. Cerebellum. Assistant Professor at Yale School of Medicine, Allen Institute Next Gen Leader, Board Member of The Swaliga Foundation, Lead organizer/matriarch of People of Color Burning Man camp. My words. She/her
www.snelllab.org
www.snelllab.org
If you're at @sfn.org and are in need of some pre-clinical mouse trials. Go by booth 2804 and learn more about MuriPhys! It'll be worth it!
November 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you're at @sfn.org and are in need of some pre-clinical mouse trials. Go by booth 2804 and learn more about MuriPhys! It'll be worth it!
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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...
The Leading Edge community has been a life-line as I navigate *points to everything*.
Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her.
Apply, apply, apply!!!!
Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her.
Apply, apply, apply!!!!
The Leading Edge Fellows gathered this week to celebrate Zara Weinberg, a beloved member of our community. Our 7th cohort of Leading Edge Fellows (2026) will be named in her honor.
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
The Zara Weinberg Leading Edge Cohort application is now open! Due Feb 2.
www.leadingedgesymposium.org/apply/
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The Leading Edge community has been a life-line as I navigate *points to everything*.
Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her.
Apply, apply, apply!!!!
Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her.
Apply, apply, apply!!!!
Happy Halloween from the happy garden Snell Lab.
October 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Happy Halloween from the happy garden Snell Lab.
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Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
Editorial @nature.com this week
And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world
nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/d41...
BIG MOOD. Still got my R21 submitted though. 🙆🏾♀️🙆🏾♀️
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October 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
BIG MOOD. Still got my R21 submitted though. 🙆🏾♀️🙆🏾♀️
Ugh the fact that second year grad student can no longer apply to the nsf-gfrp is so devastating to my students. They purposely didn't apply last year. They could have announced that they would enforce the change next year to allow for some heads up and buffer. Just ridiculous.
September 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Ugh the fact that second year grad student can no longer apply to the nsf-gfrp is so devastating to my students. They purposely didn't apply last year. They could have announced that they would enforce the change next year to allow for some heads up and buffer. Just ridiculous.
So Tylenol is going to sue for defamation right?
September 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
So Tylenol is going to sue for defamation right?
I'm convinced.
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September 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I'm convinced.
The Snell lab is seeking a Postbaccalaureate researcher and Postdoctoral associate to join our team. More details here:
www.snelllab.org/contact-2
www.snelllab.org/contact-2
Contact | Snell Lab
www.snelllab.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Snell lab is seeking a Postbaccalaureate researcher and Postdoctoral associate to join our team. More details here:
www.snelllab.org/contact-2
www.snelllab.org/contact-2
Department of War?!
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September 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Department of War?!
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Our faculty job market series continues tomorrow. In this session, we will discuss Teaching Statement & Other Docs.
Joining us to speak on this topic will be Ben Vincent, PhD (Cal State LA), @heatherdsnell.bsky.social (Yale), @lydiagrmai.bsky.social(Yale) and Duc-Huy Nguyen, PhD (UW-Madison).
Joining us to speak on this topic will be Ben Vincent, PhD (Cal State LA), @heatherdsnell.bsky.social (Yale), @lydiagrmai.bsky.social(Yale) and Duc-Huy Nguyen, PhD (UW-Madison).
August 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Our faculty job market series continues tomorrow. In this session, we will discuss Teaching Statement & Other Docs.
Joining us to speak on this topic will be Ben Vincent, PhD (Cal State LA), @heatherdsnell.bsky.social (Yale), @lydiagrmai.bsky.social(Yale) and Duc-Huy Nguyen, PhD (UW-Madison).
Joining us to speak on this topic will be Ben Vincent, PhD (Cal State LA), @heatherdsnell.bsky.social (Yale), @lydiagrmai.bsky.social(Yale) and Duc-Huy Nguyen, PhD (UW-Madison).
Idk the term "deportation depot" just feels so wrong and max IcKKKy.
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August 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Idk the term "deportation depot" just feels so wrong and max IcKKKy.
Reposted by Heather Snell
Position open for a neuroimaging focused postdoc to come work with us in Sydney
Feel free to get in touch for a chat if you have any questions about it :)
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Feel free to get in touch for a chat if you have any questions about it :)
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
August 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Position open for a neuroimaging focused postdoc to come work with us in Sydney
Feel free to get in touch for a chat if you have any questions about it :)
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Feel free to get in touch for a chat if you have any questions about it :)
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Reposted by Heather Snell
Today is brought to you by this family of four getting donuts living their best pup lives and enjoying the cooler weather.
August 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today is brought to you by this family of four getting donuts living their best pup lives and enjoying the cooler weather.
Reposted by Heather Snell
Well this looks quite useful right about now 👀😂
'(...) there is no established resource for group leaders to improve their lab culture with concrete action points for implementation. Here, we introduce the SAFE Labs Handbook: a collection of thirty “commitments” which can be verifiably actioned without requiring institutional support.'
#Preprint
#Preprint
www.biorxiv.org
June 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Well this looks quite useful right about now 👀😂
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#neuroskyence folks: as my postdoc grant is running out soon, I am looking for new opportunities in systems neuroscience!
Keywords: patch clamp ephys, opto, mouse behavior, (in vivo) voltage imaging. Would love to return to the Basal Ganglia.
Sharing appreciated, and happy #FluorescenceFriday !
Keywords: patch clamp ephys, opto, mouse behavior, (in vivo) voltage imaging. Would love to return to the Basal Ganglia.
Sharing appreciated, and happy #FluorescenceFriday !
June 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
#neuroskyence folks: as my postdoc grant is running out soon, I am looking for new opportunities in systems neuroscience!
Keywords: patch clamp ephys, opto, mouse behavior, (in vivo) voltage imaging. Would love to return to the Basal Ganglia.
Sharing appreciated, and happy #FluorescenceFriday !
Keywords: patch clamp ephys, opto, mouse behavior, (in vivo) voltage imaging. Would love to return to the Basal Ganglia.
Sharing appreciated, and happy #FluorescenceFriday !
Reposted by Heather Snell
We are also raising money to support undergrads at UCSF this summer!
Help me, @neuronush.bsky.social and @quexarce.bsky.social buy ice cream and pizza for our little community of undergraduate researchers!
20% of sales for the rest of the month will go towards our programs!!!
Help me, @neuronush.bsky.social and @quexarce.bsky.social buy ice cream and pizza for our little community of undergraduate researchers!
20% of sales for the rest of the month will go towards our programs!!!
My friend @christineliu.art and fellow IRACDA scholar (oof rip) designs wonderful wearable messages! The enamel pins especially make nice gifts for recent grads 👀
twophotonart.com
twophotonart.com
Two Photon Art
From fun science enamel pins and patches to colorful zines explaining scientific concepts, we like to explore a multitude of science communication avenues and make them worth coveting!
twophotonart.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
We are also raising money to support undergrads at UCSF this summer!
Help me, @neuronush.bsky.social and @quexarce.bsky.social buy ice cream and pizza for our little community of undergraduate researchers!
20% of sales for the rest of the month will go towards our programs!!!
Help me, @neuronush.bsky.social and @quexarce.bsky.social buy ice cream and pizza for our little community of undergraduate researchers!
20% of sales for the rest of the month will go towards our programs!!!
Reposted by Heather Snell
Purkinje Cell spike patterns do not correlate with nuclei cell spike patterns in mouse models for cerebellar disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.19.654856v1
May 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Purkinje Cell spike patterns do not correlate with nuclei cell spike patterns in mouse models for cerebellar disease https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.19.654856v1
Saw a bumper sticker yesterday that read "Crying but Trying" and I feel like that sums up the past few months. 😭💪🏾
May 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Saw a bumper sticker yesterday that read "Crying but Trying" and I feel like that sums up the past few months. 😭💪🏾
Reposted by Heather Snell
"It's been such an honor to interact with the brilliant scientists at the Allen institute and the other NGL members. I've gained so much and will continue to benefit for the rest of my career!" - @heatherdsnell.bsky.social
Apply for our NGL program by 6/3!
More: alleninstitute.org/about/people...
Apply for our NGL program by 6/3!
More: alleninstitute.org/about/people...
Next Generation Leaders
The Next Generation Leaders program at the Allen Institute aims to support emerging and diverse early-career researchers in bioscience who will contribute to cultivating new ideas to make a broad, tra...
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May 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"It's been such an honor to interact with the brilliant scientists at the Allen institute and the other NGL members. I've gained so much and will continue to benefit for the rest of my career!" - @heatherdsnell.bsky.social
Apply for our NGL program by 6/3!
More: alleninstitute.org/about/people...
Apply for our NGL program by 6/3!
More: alleninstitute.org/about/people...