What enables human language? A biocultural framework. New paper by Inbal Arnon & al. with @limorraviv.bsky.social , @profsimonfisher.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1126/science.adq8303

Structural and functional brain asymmetry in relation to heterogeneous causes of situs inversus totalis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.04.686509v1

Asymmetries of the brain and body - are they linked genetically? In a new study we sequenced the genomes of people with their visceral organs reversed on the left-right axis, in a rare congenital condition called situs inversus totalis: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Short thread below ⬇️ 1/5

🎉 Next week: NL’s first Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW)! Workshops, talks & networking at Donders, Nijmegen. “Postdocs often fall between the cracks—let's recognise & support them.” —Lisa Groendendaal-van Weert, Postdoc coordinator.

Read more about this week:

www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

#PAW_NL

New @maxplanck.de study: We looked for left-right differences of gene expression and cell-type abundances in the brains of MICE 🐭using Xenium @10xgenomics.bsky.social. Possible clues to how functional brain asymmetry is supported !! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Short thread below ⬇️

Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans

https://go.nature.com/3Gv861V

It’s been 25 years since the UCSC Genome Browser launched. Nature profiles how the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function, and clinical impact. #Academicsky 🧬 🧪

Neural progenitor cells detected in the dentate gyrus of people aged 20 to 78 years add evidence to the debate around adult neurogenesis.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social‬‬

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/neurogenesis...

Your genome is not a blueprint. A thread about misleading metaphors in science communication. 🧬🧪 1/n

Are the asymmetries of body and brain linked genetically?@meng-yun.bsky.social will present our latest work on the genetics of visceral organ asymmetry in relation to functional brain laterality at #ESHG2025 in Milan this weekend. Stop by his poster to find out!

@maxkorbmacher.bsky.social the real hero

White matter microstructure links with brain, bodily and genetic attributes in adolescence, mid- and late life. New paper by Max Korbmacher & al. with @meng-yun.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121132

Our study of genes, brains and #DYSLEXIA in over 30,000 adults from @ukbiobank.bsky.social is now published: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Brain regions especially involved in motor, language and vision functions are associated with genetic disposition to dyslexia. Thread below ⬇️ 1/8

2024 was the first full calendar year for Imaging Neuroscience @mitpress - 350 papers published.

We're proud of how the brain imaging community enthusiastically embraced open access non-profit publishing. Our aim is to be *your* journal.

Full size PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1M170...

Mapping neuropeptide signaling in the human brain | doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Neuropeptides are among the functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body.

@cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it brain function 🧩 🧠 ⤵️

A more detailed news article here: thedebrief.org/breakthrough...

Want to do a PhD in Nijmegen on 'Mapping language-relevant genetic effects on brain variability using normative modelling' with myself, @amarquand.bsky.social
and @profsimonfisher.bsky.social
? Applications welcome via mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... We are a friendly international group of🧠🧬scientists