Institute of Neurobiology - UPR
@neurobio-upr.bsky.social
Institute of Neurobiology - University of Puerto Rico
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
https://neuro.rcm.upr.edu/
Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
https://neuro.rcm.upr.edu/
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October 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Applications are now open for our course on connectomics & brain simulation.
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
San Juan Winter School on Connectomics and Brain Simulation
Two-week intensive course on connectomics and brain simulation in San Juan, Puerto Rico. December 29, 2025 - January 10, 2026.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Applications are now open for our course on connectomics & brain simulation.
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
Congratulations to the Seeds/Hampel Lab on their new manuscript on BioRxiv! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A comprehensive mechanosensory connectome reveals a somatotopically organized neural circuit architecture controlling stimulus-aimed grooming of the Drosophila head
Animals respond to tactile stimulations of the body with location appropriate behavior, such as aimed grooming. These responses are mediated by mechanosensory neurons distributed across the body, whos...
www.biorxiv.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Congratulations to the Seeds/Hampel Lab on their new manuscript on BioRxiv! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Today we welcomed 50 students from UPR Ponce to the Institute of Neurobiology in Old San Juan! They explored our research and learned about the building’s unique history. 🧠🏛️ #NeuroBoricuas #ScienceOutreach #UPRPonce #OldSanJuan
April 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Today we welcomed 50 students from UPR Ponce to the Institute of Neurobiology in Old San Juan! They explored our research and learned about the building’s unique history. 🧠🏛️ #NeuroBoricuas #ScienceOutreach #UPRPonce #OldSanJuan
Exciting news - Drs. @andrew-seeds.bsky.social, Sebastian Seung, and Stefanie Hampel just received Simons Foundation and NSF awards to launch the San Juan School on Connectomics in 2026. Stay tuned - it's happening!! 🎉🧠🔥
April 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Exciting news - Drs. @andrew-seeds.bsky.social, Sebastian Seung, and Stefanie Hampel just received Simons Foundation and NSF awards to launch the San Juan School on Connectomics in 2026. Stay tuned - it's happening!! 🎉🧠🔥
Congratulations to the lab of Dr. Cristina Velazquez for the acceptance of their paper "Comparative mRNA Profile Analysis from NAc of Adolescent Male Mice after Binge-Like Alcohol Exposure Eliciting Deficits in Context Fear Extinction Learning".
March 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Congratulations to the lab of Dr. Cristina Velazquez for the acceptance of their paper "Comparative mRNA Profile Analysis from NAc of Adolescent Male Mice after Binge-Like Alcohol Exposure Eliciting Deficits in Context Fear Extinction Learning".
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1/7 Our paper on individual variability in decision-making is finally out in @nature.com! Inspired by the classic work by Mante and Sussillo, we trained many rats to solve context-dependent decision-making, and we found that different brains use different neural mechanisms to solve the same task!
Individual variability of neural computations underlying flexible decisions - Nature
Behavioural experiments to study decision-making in response to context-dependent accumulation of evidence provide testable models that are consistent with the heterogeneity in neural signatures among...
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March 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
1/7 Our paper on individual variability in decision-making is finally out in @nature.com! Inspired by the classic work by Mante and Sussillo, we trained many rats to solve context-dependent decision-making, and we found that different brains use different neural mechanisms to solve the same task!
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Neural recordings from parrots and songbirds reveal the ways in which vocal production is encoded in the brain, highlighting remarkable similarities between how parrots and humans learn to produce sounds.
https://go.nature.com/4bImwai
https://go.nature.com/4bImwai
Bird brains help scientists to unveil the secrets of speech
Neural underpinnings of vocalization in zebra finches and budgerigars.
go.nature.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Neural recordings from parrots and songbirds reveal the ways in which vocal production is encoded in the brain, highlighting remarkable similarities between how parrots and humans learn to produce sounds.
https://go.nature.com/4bImwai
https://go.nature.com/4bImwai
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Study section tracking sheet update of the day answers your burning question: Is my study section rescheduled? I've rearranged to put sections that didn't meet on the left and added a column noting if it's been rescheduled. Subject to change as FRNs go out! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
2025 Study section tracking
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March 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Study section tracking sheet update of the day answers your burning question: Is my study section rescheduled? I've rearranged to put sections that didn't meet on the left and added a column noting if it's been rescheduled. Subject to change as FRNs go out! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Go behind the scenes at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, where #scientists built a custom recording studio to study fruit fly courtship songs.
March 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Go behind the scenes at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, where #scientists built a custom recording studio to study fruit fly courtship songs.
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At least some meetings essential to approving new grants by the National Institutes of Health will be back on track later this month. scim.ag/41FbfEg
NIH announces some key grant-review meetings will restart in late March
Trump policy blocking required notices has frozen reviews of thousands of grants
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March 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
At least some meetings essential to approving new grants by the National Institutes of Health will be back on track later this month. scim.ag/41FbfEg
NeuroBoriquas organized a visit for UPR Bayamón students to the Institute of Neurobiology, where they explored Neuroscience and discussed shared facilities and equipment. 🔬🧠 #NeuroBoriquas #Neuroscience #NeurosciencePuertoRico @neurobio-upr.bsky.social @andrew-seeds.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NeuroBoriquas organized a visit for UPR Bayamón students to the Institute of Neurobiology, where they explored Neuroscience and discussed shared facilities and equipment. 🔬🧠 #NeuroBoriquas #Neuroscience #NeurosciencePuertoRico @neurobio-upr.bsky.social @andrew-seeds.bsky.social
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Wanna learn what we know about why we need to sleep? Here's a fun podcast I recorded for the excellent @npr.org "Seeking a scientist" show, conducted by Kate the Chemist. Enjoy!
@imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
www.kcur.org/podcast/seek...
@imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
www.kcur.org/podcast/seek...
Why do we need to sleep?
Humans spend one-third of their life sleeping, yet the purpose and function behind this regular state of unconsciousness remains a biological mystery. Sleep researcher Giorgio Gilestro is trying to un...
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February 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wanna learn what we know about why we need to sleep? Here's a fun podcast I recorded for the excellent @npr.org "Seeking a scientist" show, conducted by Kate the Chemist. Enjoy!
@imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
www.kcur.org/podcast/seek...
@imperiallifesci.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
www.kcur.org/podcast/seek...
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Our latest findings on social behavior circuits is out: how does the brain responds to social isolation? Terrific work by @dingliu.bsky.social et al. uncovering a circuit with similar neural architecture as physiological needs (hunger, thirst, sleep..). Detailed thread soon.
rdcu.be/ebo63
rdcu.be/ebo63
A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis
Nature - New data on brain-wide circuits centred around two interconnected hypothalamic neuron populations provide significant mechanistic insights into the emergence of social need during social...
rdcu.be
February 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Our latest findings on social behavior circuits is out: how does the brain responds to social isolation? Terrific work by @dingliu.bsky.social et al. uncovering a circuit with similar neural architecture as physiological needs (hunger, thirst, sleep..). Detailed thread soon.
rdcu.be/ebo63
rdcu.be/ebo63
Hands-on training for students by Dr. Jonathan Crooke on our new Sutter CRISPR instrumentation. Participants in the workshop: Yanilis Velázquez, Yaniushka Fernández, Alexa Negrón, Fabiola Pagán, Arelys Rivas-Jiménez.
February 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Hands-on training for students by Dr. Jonathan Crooke on our new Sutter CRISPR instrumentation. Participants in the workshop: Yanilis Velázquez, Yaniushka Fernández, Alexa Negrón, Fabiola Pagán, Arelys Rivas-Jiménez.
NIH is again throttling research funding in defiance of a federal court order www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
NIH is again throttling research funding in defiance of a federal court order
A freeze on "new and continuation awards" will "remain in place" pending DEI review, states a new internal memo.
www.motherjones.com
February 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
NIH is again throttling research funding in defiance of a federal court order www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Imagine listening to a language you don't know. When does one word end, and another begin? Human infants face a similar challenge. Scientists have looked at exactly how babies recognise patterns in speech from birth.
Splitting speech
Newborn babies can recognise patterns in how voices alternate, as well as detect word-like motifs even when individual syllables are pronounced by various speakers.
buff.ly
February 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Imagine listening to a language you don't know. When does one word end, and another begin? Human infants face a similar challenge. Scientists have looked at exactly how babies recognise patterns in speech from birth.
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Applications are open for the @lakeconferences.bsky.social on Neural Coding & Dynamics in Seattle – co-hosted with Circuit Neuroscience Basel!
📆 9/28 to 10/2
📍 Seattle, USA
🧠📈 All career stages welcomed.
Apply to attend by May 23: alleninstitute.org/events/lake-...
#LakeConference
📆 9/28 to 10/2
📍 Seattle, USA
🧠📈 All career stages welcomed.
Apply to attend by May 23: alleninstitute.org/events/lake-...
#LakeConference
Lake Conference - Neural Coding & Dynamics 2025
Join the Allen Institute and Circuit Neuroscience Basel for the Lake Conference in Seattle, Washington this September! This small conference will...
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February 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Applications are open for the @lakeconferences.bsky.social on Neural Coding & Dynamics in Seattle – co-hosted with Circuit Neuroscience Basel!
📆 9/28 to 10/2
📍 Seattle, USA
🧠📈 All career stages welcomed.
Apply to attend by May 23: alleninstitute.org/events/lake-...
#LakeConference
📆 9/28 to 10/2
📍 Seattle, USA
🧠📈 All career stages welcomed.
Apply to attend by May 23: alleninstitute.org/events/lake-...
#LakeConference
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February 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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🔬 Researchers from the Shroff Lab & collaborators have developed a new method to simultaneously image the 3D orientation & position of biomolecules, giving scientists a new view into how structures are arranged inside cells.
🔗 www.janelia.org/news/new-ima...
🔗 www.janelia.org/news/new-ima...
February 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🔬 Researchers from the Shroff Lab & collaborators have developed a new method to simultaneously image the 3D orientation & position of biomolecules, giving scientists a new view into how structures are arranged inside cells.
🔗 www.janelia.org/news/new-ima...
🔗 www.janelia.org/news/new-ima...
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Tomatoes lose their bitterness and toxicity as they ripen thanks to DNA demethylation, the hormone ethylene, and key transcription factors, finds a new #ScienceAdvances study. scim.ag/4bfdr8u
Removal of toxic steroidal glycoalkaloids and bitterness in tomato is controlled by a complex epigenetic and genetic network
A complex regulatory network controls the removal of toxic steroidal glycoalkaloids during tomato ripening.
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February 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Tomatoes lose their bitterness and toxicity as they ripen thanks to DNA demethylation, the hormone ethylene, and key transcription factors, finds a new #ScienceAdvances study. scim.ag/4bfdr8u
Come see Patrick Emery's talk!
February 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Come see Patrick Emery's talk!
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Honored to begin as Director @neurobio-upr.bsky.social , UPR Med Sciences. After disasters, pandemic & cuts, we’re rebuilding—expanding into computational neuroscience & ramping up conferences/courses. We’ll seek partners & donors; reach out to join us! Stay tuned for more.
February 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Honored to begin as Director @neurobio-upr.bsky.social , UPR Med Sciences. After disasters, pandemic & cuts, we’re rebuilding—expanding into computational neuroscience & ramping up conferences/courses. We’ll seek partners & donors; reach out to join us! Stay tuned for more.
Dr. Yasmín Pedrogo, Dean of Academic Affairs, announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Seeds as the new Director of the Institute of Neurobiology yesterday! Congratulations, and best wishes for the future to Dr. Seeds! @andrew-seeds.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dr. Yasmín Pedrogo, Dean of Academic Affairs, announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Seeds as the new Director of the Institute of Neurobiology yesterday! Congratulations, and best wishes for the future to Dr. Seeds! @andrew-seeds.bsky.social