Matthijs van der Meer
@mvandermeer.bsky.social
Associate prof & cognitive neurophysiologist at Dartmouth. www.vandermeerlab.org, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cGMeE7UAAAAJ&hl=en
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Awake replay: off the clock but on the job
Hippocampal replay is widely thought to support two key cognitive functions: online
decision-making and offline memory consolidation. In this review, we take a closer
look at the hypothesized link bet...
www.cell.com
New opinion paper in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social with Dan Bendor, where we argue that rodent studies provide only marginal support for the idea that replay supports real-time decisions (e.g. planning). Fictive learning and memory tagging are more consistent w/evidence. www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Hippocampal replay meets dopamine in the talented @mimijanssen.bsky.social’s first preprint from the lab!
Hung-tu Chen, Nicolas Tritsch, Matt van der Meer, and I have submitted a new preprint (doi.org/10.1101/2025...) in which we use simultaneous hippocampal ephys and ventral striatal (VS) fiber photometry to establish a link between sharp-wave ripples (SWRs) and VS dopamine (DA) in mice. (1/9)
Ventral Striatal Dopamine Increases following Hippocampal Sharp-Wave Ripples
Leading theories suggest that hippocampal replay drives offline learning through coupling with an internal teaching signal such as ventral striatal dopamine (DA); however, the relationship between hip...
www.biorxiv.org
August 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Hippocampal replay meets dopamine in the talented @mimijanssen.bsky.social’s first preprint from the lab!
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Can't make it to Amsterdam for CCN2025? Join a local meetup!
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May 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Can't make it to Amsterdam for CCN2025? Join a local meetup!
Watch the livestream with colleagues at institutions worldwide. On our website we host a map with existing meetups near you & you can also register to host your own!
📍 View meetups & register: 2025.ccneuro.org/local-meetups/
Watch the livestream with colleagues at institutions worldwide. On our website we host a map with existing meetups near you & you can also register to host your own!
📍 View meetups & register: 2025.ccneuro.org/local-meetups/
We are looking for a research assistant/lab manager to join the lab! A supportive, collaborative environment where you can learn neural recording with Neuropixels, optogenetics, fiber photometry, and neural data analysis.
May 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We are looking for a research assistant/lab manager to join the lab! A supportive, collaborative environment where you can learn neural recording with Neuropixels, optogenetics, fiber photometry, and neural data analysis.
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Conclusion: of the 7 major classes of ‘novel’ psychiatric drugs, the potential therapeutic actions of 6 were discovered using animal models of drug action.
zendudest.substack.com/p/why-animal...
zendudest.substack.com/p/why-animal...
Why animal models are useful for CNS drug discovery: Part 2
Animal models predict activity of novel psychiatric medications
zendudest.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Conclusion: of the 7 major classes of ‘novel’ psychiatric drugs, the potential therapeutic actions of 6 were discovered using animal models of drug action.
zendudest.substack.com/p/why-animal...
zendudest.substack.com/p/why-animal...
highly recommend!
*** Come join us !! We are recruiting !! ***
How does the brain generate beliefs that go beyond direct experience? How do these mechanisms go awry in psychosis?
The Barron lab tinyurl.com/bdf4drjf @MRCBNDU @NDCNOxford are recruiting a new postdoc tinyurl.com/ut4vbwt4 to work in mouse models
How does the brain generate beliefs that go beyond direct experience? How do these mechanisms go awry in psychosis?
The Barron lab tinyurl.com/bdf4drjf @MRCBNDU @NDCNOxford are recruiting a new postdoc tinyurl.com/ut4vbwt4 to work in mouse models
Barron Group | mrcbndu
Our group investigates how cells and circuits in the brain work together to perform computations that support memory. Using a wide range of technical approaches, we investigate how these computations ...
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May 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
highly recommend!
Welcome Fred! We’re so lucky to have you!
Despite the world being on fire, I can't help but be thrilled to announce that I'll be starting as an Assistant Professor in the Cognitive Science Program at Dartmouth in Fall '26. I'll be recruiting grad students this upcoming cycle—get in touch if you're interested!
May 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Welcome Fred! We’re so lucky to have you!
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Brain/behaviour people - come to beautiful Scotland - we are recruiting in psychology and neuroscience across all grades! Closes May 12. Details below, and please re-post 🙏
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc...
#neuroskyence #neurojobs
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More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc...
#neuroskyence #neurojobs
Professor, Senior Lecturer/Lecturer and Lecturer posts - Glasgow City (GB) job with University of Glasgow | 12838283
University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences School of Psychology & Neuroscience Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience/Psy...
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May 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Brain/behaviour people - come to beautiful Scotland - we are recruiting in psychology and neuroscience across all grades! Closes May 12. Details below, and please re-post 🙏
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc...
#neuroskyence #neurojobs
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc...
#neuroskyence #neurojobs
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we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
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The NIH move to restrict animal research is a bad one and not just about health - it's about national security.
More here:
medium.com/@eblissmorea...
More here:
medium.com/@eblissmorea...
This will kill us: restricting animal research
Tuesday, as my lab gathered to celebrate the completion of one of our big studies, the National Institutes of Health announced that they…
medium.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The NIH move to restrict animal research is a bad one and not just about health - it's about national security.
More here:
medium.com/@eblissmorea...
More here:
medium.com/@eblissmorea...
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I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!!
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
Has a take action toolkit with:
1. Press outreach templates
2. Social media toolkit
3. Elected official outreach
4. Talking points
Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come.
www.savensf.com
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The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
www.spencer.org
May 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants.
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
“Planning has value in units of cheese” — @nathanieldaw.bsky.social at #CNS2025
March 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“Planning has value in units of cheese” — @nathanieldaw.bsky.social at #CNS2025
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Check out the amazing lineup we have for the Sunday 10am Symposium at CNS on the Cognitive Functions of Replay: Matthijs van der Meer, Nathaniel Daw, and Helen Barron 🤩@mvandermeer.bsky.social @nathanieldaw.bsky.social @helencbarron.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Check out the amazing lineup we have for the Sunday 10am Symposium at CNS on the Cognitive Functions of Replay: Matthijs van der Meer, Nathaniel Daw, and Helen Barron 🤩@mvandermeer.bsky.social @nathanieldaw.bsky.social @helencbarron.bsky.social
New opinion paper in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social with Dan Bendor, where we argue that rodent studies provide only marginal support for the idea that replay supports real-time decisions (e.g. planning). Fictive learning and memory tagging are more consistent w/evidence. www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Awake replay: off the clock but on the job
Hippocampal replay is widely thought to support two key cognitive functions: online
decision-making and offline memory consolidation. In this review, we take a closer
look at the hypothesized link bet...
www.cell.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New opinion paper in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social with Dan Bendor, where we argue that rodent studies provide only marginal support for the idea that replay supports real-time decisions (e.g. planning). Fictive learning and memory tagging are more consistent w/evidence. www.cell.com/trends/neuro...