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Congratulations to Nobel laureate and Princeton professor emeritus John Hopfield and alumna @drfeifei.bsky.social '99 who received the 2025 @qeprize.bsky.social for “their pioneering contributions to the development of modern machine learning.”
Nobel laureate John Hopfield and alumna Fei-Fei Li honored by King Charles III
Hopfield and Li were among seven AI luminaries awarded the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Congratulations to Nobel laureate and Princeton professor emeritus John Hopfield and alumna @drfeifei.bsky.social '99 who received the 2025 @qeprize.bsky.social for “their pioneering contributions to the development of modern machine learning.”
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New Princeton research gives insight into human cognition and could help scientists build better AI models: https://bit.ly/3Lp6J74
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New Princeton research gives insight into human cognition and could help scientists build better AI models: https://bit.ly/3Lp6J74
Congrats to the whole BICAN team on an exciting raft of papers, including work from the lab of PNI's @fennak.bsky.social!
A large consortium of researchers has mapped how brain cells establish diverse identities throughout neurodevelopment and across species
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Developmental maps of the brain trace when cell types emerge
A large consortium of researchers has mapped how brain cells establish diverse identities throughout neurodevelopment and across species.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Congrats to the whole BICAN team on an exciting raft of papers, including work from the lab of PNI's @fennak.bsky.social!
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The best write up on the state of AI in a while, from James Somers, with input from my Princeton colleagues Ken Norman, Uri Hasson, Jon Cohen, and many others. Coding with LLMs was a striking moment for me too www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Case That A.I. Is Thinking
ChatGPT does not have an inner life. Yet it seems to know what it’s talking about.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The best write up on the state of AI in a while, from James Somers, with input from my Princeton colleagues Ken Norman, Uri Hasson, Jon Cohen, and many others. Coding with LLMs was a striking moment for me too www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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On Oct 24, more than 60 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students gathered for the first Rutgers Brain Health Institute x Princeton Neuroscience Institute Social Science Mixer — a new initiative designed to strengthen scientific & social connections across New Jersey’s two major #neuroscience hubs.
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
On Oct 24, more than 60 postdoctoral fellows and graduate students gathered for the first Rutgers Brain Health Institute x Princeton Neuroscience Institute Social Science Mixer — a new initiative designed to strengthen scientific & social connections across New Jersey’s two major #neuroscience hubs.
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A new paper from @princetonneuro.bsky.social scientists shows people will forgo short-term rewards in favor of investing more effort when the opportunity for learning arises. The results could help researchers build better AI.
Read now: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/hu...
Read now: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/hu...
Human brains put in more effort when the opportunity to learn arises, the finding could help researchers build better AI
In a research paper published in PNAS, Princeton Neuroscience Institute researchers present their results finding that people will forgo short-term rewards in favor of investing more effort when the o...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A new paper from @princetonneuro.bsky.social scientists shows people will forgo short-term rewards in favor of investing more effort when the opportunity for learning arises. The results could help researchers build better AI.
Read now: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/hu...
Read now: ai.princeton.edu/news/2025/hu...
Congrats to PNI postdoc @jessiemuir10.bsky.social (@tinakim-neuro.bsky.social lab) + neuroscience PhD alumnus @sdorkenw.bsky.social *23 (Murthy + @sebastianseung.bsky.social labs) on being recognized as two of @statnews.com's 2025 Wunderkinds!
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October 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Congrats to PNI postdoc @jessiemuir10.bsky.social (@tinakim-neuro.bsky.social lab) + neuroscience PhD alumnus @sdorkenw.bsky.social *23 (Murthy + @sebastianseung.bsky.social labs) on being recognized as two of @statnews.com's 2025 Wunderkinds!
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One year ago, the team at FlyWire led by Princeton's Mala Murthy and @sebastianseung.bsky.social published the first-ever complete connectome of an adult female fruit fly brain.
@thetransmitter.bsky.social talks with scientists about how they're using FlyWire's data to make their own discoveries.
@thetransmitter.bsky.social talks with scientists about how they're using FlyWire's data to make their own discoveries.
How FlyWire is redefining Drosophila research, one year in
Nine Drosophila researchers share how the connectome transformed the field and what additional new tools they would like to see.
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October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
One year ago, the team at FlyWire led by Princeton's Mala Murthy and @sebastianseung.bsky.social published the first-ever complete connectome of an adult female fruit fly brain.
@thetransmitter.bsky.social talks with scientists about how they're using FlyWire's data to make their own discoveries.
@thetransmitter.bsky.social talks with scientists about how they're using FlyWire's data to make their own discoveries.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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NYT is looking for scientists to tell them about their projects that were cut by the administration for a new series on “lost science”: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
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October 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
NYT is looking for scientists to tell them about their projects that were cut by the administration for a new series on “lost science”: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Congrats🥂 to Callan O’Shea, a MolBio M.D./Ph.D student and newest recipient of the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science Award (NJ ACTS) T32 Fellowship. O'Shea is advised by associated faculty member Sam Wang. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/os...
O’Shea awarded a NJ ACTS translational science fellowship
MD/PhD student Callan O’Shea, a member of the Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology (MOL), is the newest recipient of the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science Awar...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Congrats🥂 to Callan O’Shea, a MolBio M.D./Ph.D student and newest recipient of the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science Award (NJ ACTS) T32 Fellowship. O'Shea is advised by associated faculty member Sam Wang. molbio.princeton.edu/news/2025/os...
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To celebrate the first anniversary of the release of FlyWire, we asked nine neuroscientists to share how they are using connectome data in their research and what they hope is in store for the future of fly connectomics.
By @franciscorr25.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
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By @franciscorr25.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
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How FlyWire is redefining Drosophila research, one year in
Nine Drosophila researchers share how the connectome transformed the field and what additional new tools they would like to see.
bit.ly
October 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
To celebrate the first anniversary of the release of FlyWire, we asked nine neuroscientists to share how they are using connectome data in their research and what they hope is in store for the future of fly connectomics.
By @franciscorr25.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/3Wx5nt3
By @franciscorr25.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
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Congratulations to PNI's @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social on being named a @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, which will support her research on how modifications in brain cells result in long-lasting changes in behavior!!
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Princeton Engineering - Christina Kim, an expert in the brain and behavior, named Freeman Hrabowski Scholar by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has named Christina K. Kim a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, supporting her research on how modifications in brain
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October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Congratulations to PNI's @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social on being named a @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, which will support her research on how modifications in brain cells result in long-lasting changes in behavior!!
engineering.princeton.edu/news/2025/10...
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We're hiring! The Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology invite applications for a joint hire Assistant Professor in human cognitive neuroscience 🧠
Review of applications begin Oct 15. More details here: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
Review of applications begin Oct 15. More details here: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
August 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We're hiring! The Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology invite applications for a joint hire Assistant Professor in human cognitive neuroscience 🧠
Review of applications begin Oct 15. More details here: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
Review of applications begin Oct 15. More details here: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
⏰ Deadline approaching — apply for the PNI C.V. Starr Fellowship by Oct 10!
🧠 Up to 3 years of salary and research support, along with world-class faculty mentorship and facilities.
🔗 Learn more: pni.princeton.edu/apply/postdo...
🧠 Up to 3 years of salary and research support, along with world-class faculty mentorship and facilities.
🔗 Learn more: pni.princeton.edu/apply/postdo...
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
⏰ Deadline approaching — apply for the PNI C.V. Starr Fellowship by Oct 10!
🧠 Up to 3 years of salary and research support, along with world-class faculty mentorship and facilities.
🔗 Learn more: pni.princeton.edu/apply/postdo...
🧠 Up to 3 years of salary and research support, along with world-class faculty mentorship and facilities.
🔗 Learn more: pni.princeton.edu/apply/postdo...
With the help of AI, Princeton’s @thomas-zhihao-luo.bsky.social and @carlosbrody.bsky.social can now pinpoint the exact moment a rat makes up its mind — just by reading its brain activity 🧠🐀
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When a rat makes up its mind, these neuroscientists know
Scientists can now freeze-frame the exact moment an animal makes up their mind and commits to a choice — simply by looking at their brain activity
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September 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
With the help of AI, Princeton’s @thomas-zhihao-luo.bsky.social and @carlosbrody.bsky.social can now pinpoint the exact moment a rat makes up its mind — just by reading its brain activity 🧠🐀
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Love how this project came together with the amazing @endoeartha.bsky.social ! Have you wondered about the role that testosterone plays in the ability to re-pattern social behavior when you are at home in your "territory" vs away? We have answers for you...
Very excited and proud to share my postdoctoral research with @neurrriot.bsky.social looking at the context-specific encoding of social behavior 💃🕺 in hormone-sensitive, large-scale brain networks in mice!
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#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
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#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
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September 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Love how this project came together with the amazing @endoeartha.bsky.social ! Have you wondered about the role that testosterone plays in the ability to re-pattern social behavior when you are at home in your "territory" vs away? We have answers for you...
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Very excited and proud to share my postdoctoral research with @neurrriot.bsky.social looking at the context-specific encoding of social behavior 💃🕺 in hormone-sensitive, large-scale brain networks in mice!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
1/12
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
1/12
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Very excited and proud to share my postdoctoral research with @neurrriot.bsky.social looking at the context-specific encoding of social behavior 💃🕺 in hormone-sensitive, large-scale brain networks in mice!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
1/12
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #compneurosky 🧪
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Looking for a neuroscience postdoc opportunity with competitive salary + research funds? Apply for PNI's C.V. Starr Fellowship, which offers collaboration, mentorship, and up to 3 years of support!
Applications due Oct 10.
Learn more 🔗 pni.princeton.edu/apply/postdo...
Applications due Oct 10.
Learn more 🔗 pni.princeton.edu/apply/postdo...
September 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Looking for a neuroscience postdoc opportunity with competitive salary + research funds? Apply for PNI's C.V. Starr Fellowship, which offers collaboration, mentorship, and up to 3 years of support!
Applications due Oct 10.
Learn more 🔗 pni.princeton.edu/apply/postdo...
Applications due Oct 10.
Learn more 🔗 pni.princeton.edu/apply/postdo...
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Thank you @nancyrmack.bsky.social and @princetonneuro.bsky.social for a great explainer about our paper!
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September 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thank you @nancyrmack.bsky.social and @princetonneuro.bsky.social for a great explainer about our paper!
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What happens in your brain when you make up your mind?
Postdoc (soon faculty at U. of Utah) @thomas-zhihao-luo.bsky.social and ex-grad student (now Shanahan Fellow at Allen Institute) @timkimd.bsky.social have some answers in this new paper out in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Postdoc (soon faculty at U. of Utah) @thomas-zhihao-luo.bsky.social and ex-grad student (now Shanahan Fellow at Allen Institute) @timkimd.bsky.social have some answers in this new paper out in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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September 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What happens in your brain when you make up your mind?
Postdoc (soon faculty at U. of Utah) @thomas-zhihao-luo.bsky.social and ex-grad student (now Shanahan Fellow at Allen Institute) @timkimd.bsky.social have some answers in this new paper out in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Postdoc (soon faculty at U. of Utah) @thomas-zhihao-luo.bsky.social and ex-grad student (now Shanahan Fellow at Allen Institute) @timkimd.bsky.social have some answers in this new paper out in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In the @nytopinion.nytimes.com, PNI’s @sebastianseung.bsky.social warns federal research cuts endanger Americans’ health.
"Think about Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's disease. The dollar cost of these are huge. And the emotional costs are even huger. Can we wait?" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
"Think about Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's disease. The dollar cost of these are huge. And the emotional costs are even huger. Can we wait?" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Defunding Medical Research. It Could Cost You Your Life. - The New York Times
In the Opinion video above, meet the scientists who are trying to save your life — and the lives of your children and grandchildren.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In the @nytopinion.nytimes.com, PNI’s @sebastianseung.bsky.social warns federal research cuts endanger Americans’ health.
"Think about Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's disease. The dollar cost of these are huge. And the emotional costs are even huger. Can we wait?" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
"Think about Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's disease. The dollar cost of these are huge. And the emotional costs are even huger. Can we wait?" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/o...
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How does the brain decide? 🧠
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Transitions in dynamical regime and neural mode during perceptual decisions - Nature
Simultaneous recordings were made of hundreds of neurons in the rat frontal cortex and striatum, showing that decision commitment involves a rapid, coordinated transition in dynamical regime and neura...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
How does the brain decide? 🧠
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Two preprints from the lab of PNI's @andrewleifer.bsky.social provide new insights into the longstanding challenge of how brain wiring relates to brain activity 🧠 www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/w...
Worms help untangle brain structure/function mystery
The synaptic connectome of most animals bears little resemblance to functional brain maps, but it can still predict neuronal activity, according to two preprints that tackle the puzzle in C. elegans.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Two preprints from the lab of PNI's @andrewleifer.bsky.social provide new insights into the longstanding challenge of how brain wiring relates to brain activity 🧠 www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/w...
Originally an aspiring cellist from Huntsville, AL, @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social returns to Princeton as a professor of neuroscience & bioengineering, where she builds new tools to study the brain and advance treatments for mental health:
Neuroscientist Christina Kim ’11 Is Mapping the Brain for Better Therapies
Stuntman Kent De Mond ’07 is on fire; Endowment tax fallout; Pilot Michael Holl ’03 trains Qataris
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September 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Originally an aspiring cellist from Huntsville, AL, @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social returns to Princeton as a professor of neuroscience & bioengineering, where she builds new tools to study the brain and advance treatments for mental health: