Mathew Summers
@summersathome.bsky.social
Thalamic hodologist, formerly retina surfer. Scientist @AllenInstitute
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Our lab is looking for a postdoc! We have interesting projects and cutting-edge techniques such as Neuropixels Opto, Light Beads Microscopy and more. We would be delighted to receive your application. Deadline is 25 November 2025. More info here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/cortexlab/po...
www.ucl.ac.uk/cortexlab/po...
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our lab is looking for a postdoc! We have interesting projects and cutting-edge techniques such as Neuropixels Opto, Light Beads Microscopy and more. We would be delighted to receive your application. Deadline is 25 November 2025. More info here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/cortexlab/po...
www.ucl.ac.uk/cortexlab/po...
10 days left to be considered for a speaking slot at the Thalamocortical Interactions GRS!
If you're a trainee at the NIH and unable to submit an application due to furlough, shoot me a DM and we'll figure something out.
If you're a trainee at the NIH and unable to submit an application due to furlough, shoot me a DM and we'll figure something out.
If you're a trainee studying the thalamus, consider checking out our GRS on Thalamocortical Networks in Sensation, Behavior, and Disease: www.grc.org/thalamocorti.... Apply by Nov 16th to be considered for a talk!
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 PM
10 days left to be considered for a speaking slot at the Thalamocortical Interactions GRS!
If you're a trainee at the NIH and unable to submit an application due to furlough, shoot me a DM and we'll figure something out.
If you're a trainee at the NIH and unable to submit an application due to furlough, shoot me a DM and we'll figure something out.
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Can’t always trust everyone. Drop your ballot in an official drop box, not in someone’s hands.
To find your nearest drop box, visit: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
To find your nearest drop box, visit: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Can’t always trust everyone. Drop your ballot in an official drop box, not in someone’s hands.
To find your nearest drop box, visit: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
To find your nearest drop box, visit: www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
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Fresh off the press! @selinsch.bsky.social discovered some really cool features of mouse frontal cortex pyramidal cells that co-vary with dopamine receptor expression. D3R+ cells appear very responsive to AP bursts, producing Ca transients across dendritic arbors.
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
Intrinsic dendritic integration features of prefrontal layer 5 pyramidal cell subclasses
Prefrontal cortex (PFC) is an associative center in the brain and integrates various inputs to support cognition. Layer 5 pyramidal cells are themselves associative centers, as their dendrites span al...
www.jneurosci.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Fresh off the press! @selinsch.bsky.social discovered some really cool features of mouse frontal cortex pyramidal cells that co-vary with dopamine receptor expression. D3R+ cells appear very responsive to AP bursts, producing Ca transients across dendritic arbors.
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
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YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH, Teresa!!!
Teresa Puthussery, a UC Berkeley vision scientist whose insights into the retina could one day help those with vision loss regain their sight, has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius” Fellow. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...
Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award - Berkeley News
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
news.berkeley.edu
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 PM
YEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHH, Teresa!!!
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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
bit.ly/3Wx5nt3
By @franciscorr25.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/3Wx5nt3
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
bit.ly/3Wx5nt3
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A huge congrats to Seattle scientist Mary E. Brunkow for winning the Nobel Prize in medicine!
This is exactly the kind of groundbreaking work that we should be leading on — and it’s exactly why I’ll continue to fight Trump’s cuts to the NIH and research.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
This is exactly the kind of groundbreaking work that we should be leading on — and it’s exactly why I’ll continue to fight Trump’s cuts to the NIH and research.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
A Seattle scientist won a Nobel Prize. She thought the call was spam
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
www.seattletimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A huge congrats to Seattle scientist Mary E. Brunkow for winning the Nobel Prize in medicine!
This is exactly the kind of groundbreaking work that we should be leading on — and it’s exactly why I’ll continue to fight Trump’s cuts to the NIH and research.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
This is exactly the kind of groundbreaking work that we should be leading on — and it’s exactly why I’ll continue to fight Trump’s cuts to the NIH and research.
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Check out our resource for navigating and analyzing spatial transcriptomics data in the thalamus, which we fondly call "the THALMANAC" (𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐋amus 𝐌ERFISH 𝐀𝐍alysis and 𝐀𝐂cess), now live on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Exploring the correspondence between gene expression and thalamic nuclei using the THALMANAC resource
The thalamus connects the sensory organs and major subcortical brain regions with the neocortex. The thalamus has long been divided into multiple discrete nuclei, based on cytoarchitecture, histochemi...
www.biorxiv.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Check out our resource for navigating and analyzing spatial transcriptomics data in the thalamus, which we fondly call "the THALMANAC" (𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐋amus 𝐌ERFISH 𝐀𝐍alysis and 𝐀𝐂cess), now live on bioRxiv:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
If you're a trainee studying the thalamus, consider checking out our GRS on Thalamocortical Networks in Sensation, Behavior, and Disease: www.grc.org/thalamocorti.... Apply by Nov 16th to be considered for a talk!
September 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If you're a trainee studying the thalamus, consider checking out our GRS on Thalamocortical Networks in Sensation, Behavior, and Disease: www.grc.org/thalamocorti.... Apply by Nov 16th to be considered for a talk!
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Very few PhD students finish within 4 years. But international students will need to do that if US proposed visa rules change go through.
Sound reasonable to you?
Fed register is accepting comments for next month. Details at the link & comment button
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Sound reasonable to you?
Fed register is accepting comments for next month. Details at the link & comment button
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media
Unlike most nonimmigrant classifications, which are admitted for a fixed time period, aliens in the F (academic student), J (exchange visitor), and most I (representatives of foreign information media...
www.federalregister.gov
August 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Very few PhD students finish within 4 years. But international students will need to do that if US proposed visa rules change go through.
Sound reasonable to you?
Fed register is accepting comments for next month. Details at the link & comment button
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Sound reasonable to you?
Fed register is accepting comments for next month. Details at the link & comment button
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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The ideological cancellation of $800 million of scientific research grants because they supposedly focused on DEI was just backed by the Supreme Court. This is horrific on so many levels.
Supreme Court allows NIH to stop making nearly $800M in research grants for now
But the court, in its emergency docket order, also left in place by a 5-4 order a lower court ruling that threw out NIH memos that enforced the administration's policies.
www.npr.org
August 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The ideological cancellation of $800 million of scientific research grants because they supposedly focused on DEI was just backed by the Supreme Court. This is horrific on so many levels.
A great environment!
Come join our new Department of Neuroscience @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social as an Assistant Professor! aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05041
Assistant Professor - Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Neuroscience - Department of Neuroscience
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A great environment!
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6+6 = 12 reasons to move to Waterloo, Canada.
First 6.....
6 job openings in the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science/Waterloo Eye Institute.
lnkd.in/d3QD5wFA
see thread for the next 6.
First 6.....
6 job openings in the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science/Waterloo Eye Institute.
lnkd.in/d3QD5wFA
see thread for the next 6.
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
July 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
6+6 = 12 reasons to move to Waterloo, Canada.
First 6.....
6 job openings in the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science/Waterloo Eye Institute.
lnkd.in/d3QD5wFA
see thread for the next 6.
First 6.....
6 job openings in the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science/Waterloo Eye Institute.
lnkd.in/d3QD5wFA
see thread for the next 6.
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NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
Exclusive: NIH to dismiss dozens of grant reviewers to align with Trump priorities
The move would undo years of work, leaving advisory councils understaffed, and without the full expertise needed for reviews.
www.nature.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
NEW: In an unprecedented move, the NIH will soon disinvite dozens of scientists about to take positions on advisory councils that make final decisions on grant funding.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
NIH staff were told to select others aligned with the Trump administration and told to expect placements by political appointees.
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CCTV comes to Seattle.
Seattle police cameras, now up and running, draw constitutional concerns
Seattle's newly revamped Real Time Crime Center is operational, with analysts monitoring dozens of surveillance cameras placed in areas with high crime rates.
www.seattletimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
CCTV comes to Seattle.
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This is amazing.
The momentum to fix the 8 is UNPRECEDENTED!
The momentum to fix the 8 is UNPRECEDENTED!
July 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is amazing.
The momentum to fix the 8 is UNPRECEDENTED!
The momentum to fix the 8 is UNPRECEDENTED!
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Really important article in the NY Times today about cuts to NIH diversity grants, featuring a profile of Ashley Albright @aralbright.bsky.social who is an amazing and super inspiring cell biology postdoc whose K99 was prematurely terminated.
“If you cut out these diversity measures, you're going to make science full of people that are very elite…Full of people who have grown up with a large amount of privilege, who were able to work in a lab in high school because their dad was a prof at Cornell.” 🧪
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/u...
How Trump’s D.E.I. Cuts Are Hurting Rural White Americans Too
www.nytimes.com
July 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Really important article in the NY Times today about cuts to NIH diversity grants, featuring a profile of Ashley Albright @aralbright.bsky.social who is an amazing and super inspiring cell biology postdoc whose K99 was prematurely terminated.
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Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The ICE budget is now set to be approximately what the NIH budget was. We’re shifting money from solving real problems to solving fictitious problems.
July 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The ICE budget is now set to be approximately what the NIH budget was. We’re shifting money from solving real problems to solving fictitious problems.
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It's been a fixture of downtown for 20 years. It’s the second big Berkeley bookstore closure this year.
Half Price Books will close its downtown Berkeley store after 20 years
It's been a fixture of downtown for 20 years. It’s the second big Berkeley bookstore closure this year.
www.berkeleyside.org
July 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It's been a fixture of downtown for 20 years. It’s the second big Berkeley bookstore closure this year.
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Part 2 - Slashing budgets of NIH, NASA, NSF (and NOAA, DOE, EPA and ...) undermines key employers in communities all across the US that form hubs of research and technology development. For NIH alone, we estimate $46B in economic loss and 202K lost jobs.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH
scienceimpacts.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Part 2 - Slashing budgets of NIH, NASA, NSF (and NOAA, DOE, EPA and ...) undermines key employers in communities all across the US that form hubs of research and technology development. For NIH alone, we estimate $46B in economic loss and 202K lost jobs.
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
That alone makes him a powerful senator.
That alone makes him a powerful senator.
June 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
That alone makes him a powerful senator.
That alone makes him a powerful senator.
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ME: two of my most hated enemies are going to drag each other down
YOU: right, the Trump-Musk thing
ME: the what
YOU: right, the Trump-Musk thing
ME: the what
Breaking: Aaron Rodgers plans to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers, sources told Adam Schefter.
This ends the months of uncertainty around his future and unites the future Hall of Famer with a team that desperately needs a quarterback.
This ends the months of uncertainty around his future and unites the future Hall of Famer with a team that desperately needs a quarterback.
Rodgers plans to sign with Steelers, sources say
Aaron Rodgers plans to sign with the Steelers, sources told ESPN, uniting the future Hall of Famer with a team that desperately needs a QB.
spr.ly
June 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
ME: two of my most hated enemies are going to drag each other down
YOU: right, the Trump-Musk thing
ME: the what
YOU: right, the Trump-Musk thing
ME: the what
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why not decommission it the usual way: launching it into a million pieces over protected wetlands
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
why not decommission it the usual way: launching it into a million pieces over protected wetlands