@nunoftheabove.bsky.social
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These drugs were not stumbled upon or borrowed from traditional remedies. They were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
How basic neuroscience has paved the path to new drugs
A growing list of medications—such as zuranolone for postpartum depression, suzetrigine for pain, and the gepants class of migraine medicines—exist because of insights from basic research.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
These drugs were not stumbled upon or borrowed from traditional remedies. They were born out of a long arc of studies in the lab, writes @alexkwan.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/drug-develop...
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How convenient - this tree already comes with ornaments!
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line - complete with pink nuclei ornaments!
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line - complete with pink nuclei ornaments!
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
How convenient - this tree already comes with ornaments!
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line - complete with pink nuclei ornaments!
Get into the holiday spirit with this beautiful cell tree by @oozguc.bsky.social from @ibecbarcelona.eu. This beautiful fusion of science and art was made using our Lamin B1 stem cell line - complete with pink nuclei ornaments!
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A “universal” pattern of cortical brain oscillations may be less ubiquitous than previously proposed.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
Dispute erupts over universal cortical brain-wave claim
The debate highlights opposing views on how the cortex transmits information.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A “universal” pattern of cortical brain oscillations may be less ubiquitous than previously proposed.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-waves/...
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Happy birthday to the Allen Institute for Cell Science! 🥳🎂
On this day in 2014, the Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded to investigate and model the complex living machinery of cells.
Dive deeper into their mission to decode cell behavior: https://www.allencell.org/
On this day in 2014, the Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded to investigate and model the complex living machinery of cells.
Dive deeper into their mission to decode cell behavior: https://www.allencell.org/
December 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Happy birthday to the Allen Institute for Cell Science! 🥳🎂
On this day in 2014, the Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded to investigate and model the complex living machinery of cells.
Dive deeper into their mission to decode cell behavior: https://www.allencell.org/
On this day in 2014, the Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded to investigate and model the complex living machinery of cells.
Dive deeper into their mission to decode cell behavior: https://www.allencell.org/
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
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Did you pick up this flyer at #SfN2025?
📣 Calling all early-career neuroscience researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to hear from you about the support you need to thrive in your career.
➡️ Take this short survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
📣 Calling all early-career neuroscience researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to hear from you about the support you need to thrive in your career.
➡️ Take this short survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Did you pick up this flyer at #SfN2025?
📣 Calling all early-career neuroscience researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to hear from you about the support you need to thrive in your career.
➡️ Take this short survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
📣 Calling all early-career neuroscience researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social & @neuromatch.bsky.social want to hear from you about the support you need to thrive in your career.
➡️ Take this short survey: www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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@thetransmitter.bsky.social gathered citation metrics for the top neuroscience papers published over the past 30 years and assembled a list of the top 20 to try to capture a different view of the field’s changing landscape. www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/w...
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
The most-cited neuroscience papers from the past 30 years
Highly cited papers reflect the surge in artificial-intelligence research in the field and other technical advances.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@thetransmitter.bsky.social gathered citation metrics for the top neuroscience papers published over the past 30 years and assembled a list of the top 20 to try to capture a different view of the field’s changing landscape. www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/w...
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience
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We have 70+ posters at #SfN25!
Get board locations and abstracts: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1311
Get board locations and abstracts: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1311
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We have 70+ posters at #SfN25!
Get board locations and abstracts: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1311
Get board locations and abstracts: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/session/1311
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TOMORROW at #SfN25 - join us for a professional development workshop on how you can contribute to the vibrant Open Education Resources community, moderated by our own @kaitlyncasimo.bsky.social.
🗓️ Sat., Nov. 15, 12-2pm
📍 Room 2
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/sfn2025/
🗓️ Sat., Nov. 15, 12-2pm
📍 Room 2
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/sfn2025/
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
TOMORROW at #SfN25 - join us for a professional development workshop on how you can contribute to the vibrant Open Education Resources community, moderated by our own @kaitlyncasimo.bsky.social.
🗓️ Sat., Nov. 15, 12-2pm
📍 Room 2
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/sfn2025/
🗓️ Sat., Nov. 15, 12-2pm
📍 Room 2
🔗 https://alleninstitute.org/events/sfn2025/
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
theonion.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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As we continue to develop the @alleninstitute.org Allen Institute for Immunology web platform, our first big challenge was to build tools to support the release of the amazing longitudinal Immune Health study, published yesterday in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Multi-omic profiling reveals age-related immune dynamics in healthy adults - Nature
This multi-omic longitudinal analysis of the healthy human peripheral immune system constructs the Human Immune Health Atlas and assembles data on immune cell composition and state changes w...
www.nature.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
As we continue to develop the @alleninstitute.org Allen Institute for Immunology web platform, our first big challenge was to build tools to support the release of the amazing longitudinal Immune Health study, published yesterday in Nature:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Timing of immune checkpoint blockade shapes anti-tumor immunity via a clock-dependent chemokine axis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 AM
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Timing of immune checkpoint blockade shapes anti-tumor immunity via a clock-dependent chemokine axis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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A set of 12 papers published in Nature journals offers new atlases of brain development and hints at the varied evolutionary origins of different cell types.
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/con...
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/con...
Constellation of studies charts brain development, offers ‘dramatic revision’
The atlases could pinpoint pathways that determine the fate of cells linked to neurodevelopmental conditions.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
A set of 12 papers published in Nature journals offers new atlases of brain development and hints at the varied evolutionary origins of different cell types.
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/con...
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/con...
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Koko's Basilisk: The concept that someday apes will become the dominant species on the planet and will get revenge on everyone who tried to stop them from getting Birkin bags
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Koko's Basilisk: The concept that someday apes will become the dominant species on the planet and will get revenge on everyone who tried to stop them from getting Birkin bags
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📣 The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has nominated the MICrONS Project, which began at @alleninstitute.org , for a prestigious Anthem Award!
The project is also nominated for a “People’s Choice” Community Voice Award. Help them win by voting before Oct. 30! https://bit.ly/47nMKNm
The project is also nominated for a “People’s Choice” Community Voice Award. Help them win by voting before Oct. 30! https://bit.ly/47nMKNm
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
📣 The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has nominated the MICrONS Project, which began at @alleninstitute.org , for a prestigious Anthem Award!
The project is also nominated for a “People’s Choice” Community Voice Award. Help them win by voting before Oct. 30! https://bit.ly/47nMKNm
The project is also nominated for a “People’s Choice” Community Voice Award. Help them win by voting before Oct. 30! https://bit.ly/47nMKNm
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We're nominated for an Anthem Award for the MICrONS Project! Help us win by voting for us.
1️⃣ Go to: https://celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting?
2️⃣ Search “Allen Institute”
3️⃣ Select our project and click “SIGN UP AND CELEBRATE”
4️⃣ Create account
5️⃣ Click the verification link in your email inbox
1️⃣ Go to: https://celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting?
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October 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We're nominated for an Anthem Award for the MICrONS Project! Help us win by voting for us.
1️⃣ Go to: https://celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting?
2️⃣ Search “Allen Institute”
3️⃣ Select our project and click “SIGN UP AND CELEBRATE”
4️⃣ Create account
5️⃣ Click the verification link in your email inbox
1️⃣ Go to: https://celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting?
2️⃣ Search “Allen Institute”
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We're nominated for an Anthem Award for our story on the MICrONS Project! Help us win by voting for us.
1️⃣ Go to: bit.ly/anthemaward2...
2️⃣ Search “Allen Institute”
3️⃣ Select our project and click “SIGN UP AND CELEBRATE”
4️⃣ Create account
5️⃣ Click the link in the verification email
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October 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We're nominated for an Anthem Award for our story on the MICrONS Project! Help us win by voting for us.
1️⃣ Go to: bit.ly/anthemaward2...
2️⃣ Search “Allen Institute”
3️⃣ Select our project and click “SIGN UP AND CELEBRATE”
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In @elife.bsky.social: Enhancer-AAVs allow genetic access to oligodendrocytes and diverse populations of astrocytes across species doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Enhancer-AAVs allow genetic access to oligodendrocytes and diverse populations of astrocytes across species
doi.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In @elife.bsky.social: Enhancer-AAVs allow genetic access to oligodendrocytes and diverse populations of astrocytes across species doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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🧠📈 Do neurons of a feather flock together? Not quite.
New evidence shows that neurons of the same specific type tend to avoid each other in space, supporting the mosaic hypothesis in the cortex.
📄 Read the @cp-cellreports.bsky.social study: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
New evidence shows that neurons of the same specific type tend to avoid each other in space, supporting the mosaic hypothesis in the cortex.
📄 Read the @cp-cellreports.bsky.social study: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
October 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
🧠📈 Do neurons of a feather flock together? Not quite.
New evidence shows that neurons of the same specific type tend to avoid each other in space, supporting the mosaic hypothesis in the cortex.
📄 Read the @cp-cellreports.bsky.social study: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
New evidence shows that neurons of the same specific type tend to avoid each other in space, supporting the mosaic hypothesis in the cortex.
📄 Read the @cp-cellreports.bsky.social study: www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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1M+ people live with SYNGAP1-related conditions, which can include severe seizures.
For the first time in mice models, gene therapy has reversed symptoms, even after onset. The breakthrough was achieved in collaboration with BioMarin.
🧠📈 Read the study: www.cell.com/molecular-th...
For the first time in mice models, gene therapy has reversed symptoms, even after onset. The breakthrough was achieved in collaboration with BioMarin.
🧠📈 Read the study: www.cell.com/molecular-th...
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
1M+ people live with SYNGAP1-related conditions, which can include severe seizures.
For the first time in mice models, gene therapy has reversed symptoms, even after onset. The breakthrough was achieved in collaboration with BioMarin.
🧠📈 Read the study: www.cell.com/molecular-th...
For the first time in mice models, gene therapy has reversed symptoms, even after onset. The breakthrough was achieved in collaboration with BioMarin.
🧠📈 Read the study: www.cell.com/molecular-th...
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Facial movements reflect a mouse’s decision-making patterns independent of their chosen action during a foraging task, per a new study.
By @lauren-schneider.com
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/motor-behavi...
By @lauren-schneider.com
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/motor-behavi...
September 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Facial movements reflect a mouse’s decision-making patterns independent of their chosen action during a foraging task, per a new study.
By @lauren-schneider.com
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/motor-behavi...
By @lauren-schneider.com
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/motor-behavi...
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“It’s hard to know if I should close down my existing projects and/or redouble my efforts writing new grant applications,” Joshua Jacobs, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, told @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
By Natalia Mesa
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...
By Natalia Mesa
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...
NIH awarded 37 percent fewer neuroscience-related grants in 2025 than in past years
But the agency has spent nearly its entire budget for this fiscal year, which ends tomorrow.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“It’s hard to know if I should close down my existing projects and/or redouble my efforts writing new grant applications,” Joshua Jacobs, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, told @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
By Natalia Mesa
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...
By Natalia Mesa
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/nih-...
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#OpenScience allows researchers like Maheshwar Panday from @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social create pipelines that can help other researchers.
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
September 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
#OpenScience allows researchers like Maheshwar Panday from @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social create pipelines that can help other researchers.
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
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Happy birthday to us! 🥳
In 2003, we launched with just four employees in a small, rented laboratory working together towards a big goal - map the entire mammalian brain in a way the world had never seen.
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
In 2003, we launched with just four employees in a small, rented laboratory working together towards a big goal - map the entire mammalian brain in a way the world had never seen.
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
September 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Happy birthday to us! 🥳
In 2003, we launched with just four employees in a small, rented laboratory working together towards a big goal - map the entire mammalian brain in a way the world had never seen.
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek
In 2003, we launched with just four employees in a small, rented laboratory working together towards a big goal - map the entire mammalian brain in a way the world had never seen.
🧠📈 #OpenScienceWeek