Arkarup Banerjee
@arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Neuroscientist. Loves explaining. Bibliophile. Amateur singer. Eternal optimist. Writes the occasional paper. Lab website - www.arkabanerjeelab.com
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Transformative opportunity for early career faculty @hhmi-science.bsky.social #FreemanHrabowski Scholars competition opens 11/3/2026 but you can get started NOW: view application components, establish eligibility, and unlock example applications and other resources www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...
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September 18, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Transformative opportunity for early career faculty @hhmi-science.bsky.social #FreemanHrabowski Scholars competition opens 11/3/2026 but you can get started NOW: view application components, establish eligibility, and unlock example applications and other resources www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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Faculty Job Alert 📣! The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developments to AI-enabled discovery. Please spread the word!
Tenure-Track Professor in Life Science and AI
The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developme...
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September 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Faculty Job Alert 📣! The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developments to AI-enabled discovery. Please spread the word!
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Deeply saddened to learn of the death of my colleague Terri Grodzicker. She was an amazing molecular biologist who did fundamental work on adenovirus. Many will know her as the charismatic long-time editor of Genes & Development and organizer of CSHL meetings 1/2
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Terri Grodzicker - Wikipedia
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September 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Deeply saddened to learn of the death of my colleague Terri Grodzicker. She was an amazing molecular biologist who did fundamental work on adenovirus. Many will know her as the charismatic long-time editor of Genes & Development and organizer of CSHL meetings 1/2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_G...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_G...
A few years ago, I congratulated someone who looked pregnant but wasn’t. It was the most embarrassing moment (almost) of my life. Until today.
I was reading something a colleague sent me. I commented that chatGPT did a really poor job. Turns out, it was entirely written by the colleague. 🤦🏽♂️
I was reading something a colleague sent me. I commented that chatGPT did a really poor job. Turns out, it was entirely written by the colleague. 🤦🏽♂️
September 15, 2026 at 2:03 AM
A few years ago, I congratulated someone who looked pregnant but wasn’t. It was the most embarrassing moment (almost) of my life. Until today.
I was reading something a colleague sent me. I commented that chatGPT did a really poor job. Turns out, it was entirely written by the colleague. 🤦🏽♂️
I was reading something a colleague sent me. I commented that chatGPT did a really poor job. Turns out, it was entirely written by the colleague. 🤦🏽♂️
Apply to be our colleague 👇🏽
CSHL is hiring a new BioAI faculty member, part of a multi-year hiring process for the Foundations of the Future.
We need to fill a new BioAI building, come join!
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...
We need to fill a new BioAI building, come join!
www.cshl.edu/about-us/car...
September 1, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Apply to be our colleague 👇🏽
Removing the fallopian tubes can reduce the risk of “ovarian” cancers by 80%!
My mom died of ovarian cancer a few years ago that went undetected until it was too late. I wish I knew.
Please read and share widely👇🏽
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
My mom died of ovarian cancer a few years ago that went undetected until it was too late. I wish I knew.
Please read and share widely👇🏽
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
Most ‘Ovarian Cancer’ Isn’t. And That Fact Can Save Lives.
The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.
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August 27, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Removing the fallopian tubes can reduce the risk of “ovarian” cancers by 80%!
My mom died of ovarian cancer a few years ago that went undetected until it was too late. I wish I knew.
Please read and share widely👇🏽
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
My mom died of ovarian cancer a few years ago that went undetected until it was too late. I wish I knew.
Please read and share widely👇🏽
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
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Can we design molecules that rewrite how organisms interact with the environment? I'm delighted to share our lab's latest work, where we use structural biology and chemistry to modulate insect behavior in a clade of destructive agricultural pests. Congrats Steve and team!
Huge thanks to the team! Sasha Mcdowell, Pramod KC, Marija Simjanoska, Sanjana Mandala, Xiao Zhang, Hanjie Jiang, Phil Cole, Jeff Riffell, Qinheng Zheng, @delmarmollab.bsky.social
Read the full updated preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Read the full updated preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Molecular logic of pheromone recognition enables rational design of insect behavior modulators
Reproductive success across animal taxa relies on the unequivocal identification of volatile chemical cues used for sexual communication. These chemical signals, called pheromones, are often structura...
www.biorxiv.org
August 25, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Can we design molecules that rewrite how organisms interact with the environment? I'm delighted to share our lab's latest work, where we use structural biology and chemistry to modulate insect behavior in a clade of destructive agricultural pests. Congrats Steve and team!
This is a remarkable story. Well worth the read/listen! 👇🏽
D. Carleton Gajdusek’s work on kuru, a fatal brain disease found in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea, won him the Nobel Prize in 1976. His prestige put him in a position where people around him rarely said no.
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August 22, 2026 at 9:23 PM
This is a remarkable story. Well worth the read/listen! 👇🏽
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First study out! Using a new cooperative paradigm and multi-agent inverse RL, we show that mice spontaneously adopt leader/follower roles, and the prefrontal cortex encodes these role dynamics and an egocentric social value map of the partner’s position. (1/3)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Asymmetric prefrontal representations for leader–follower dynamics - Nature
Mice spontaneously form leader and follower roles during cooperation, and the medial prefrontal cortex encodes these role dynamics and an egocentric social value map of the partner’s position.
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August 20, 2026 at 1:56 PM
First study out! Using a new cooperative paradigm and multi-agent inverse RL, we show that mice spontaneously adopt leader/follower roles, and the prefrontal cortex encodes these role dynamics and an egocentric social value map of the partner’s position. (1/3)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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August 20, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Check these three faculty searches at Yale and join me in New Haven!
1. Experimental neuroscience apply.interfolio.com/190736
2. Computational/Theoretical neuroscience apply.interfolio.com/190740
3. The (new!) Center for Neuroethology and Physiological Plasticity apply.interfolio.com/191722
1. Experimental neuroscience apply.interfolio.com/190736
2. Computational/Theoretical neuroscience apply.interfolio.com/190740
3. The (new!) Center for Neuroethology and Physiological Plasticity apply.interfolio.com/191722
Congrats @katietschida.bsky.social and team on this nice study. 👇🏽
Our latest work, led by @djzheng.bsky.social and Patryk Ziobro, is out at eNeuro. Thanks to the Cornell Chronicle for a nice summary! Please RT!
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August 18, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Congrats @katietschida.bsky.social and team on this nice study. 👇🏽
Excellent advice on scientific writing. I just forwarded this to my lab.👇
I am proud of this paper. Since it came out in 2022 it has received 0 citations (yes that's a zero). But multiple young scientists have found it useful! (from other labs, so they were not coerced...). Perhaps you will find it useful too?
SOME TIPS FOR WRITING SCIENCE
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SOME TIPS FOR WRITING SCIENCE
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Some Tips for Writing Science
When preparing a scientific paper, we typically write with coauthors who have different backgrounds and styles, and we target readers who have little time and patience. To help both readers and writer...
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August 17, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Excellent advice on scientific writing. I just forwarded this to my lab.👇
Who says religion doesn’t change with the times? Light a “candle”with a credit card!
Credit goes to @sancharighosh.bsky.social for spotting
Credit goes to @sancharighosh.bsky.social for spotting
August 10, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Who says religion doesn’t change with the times? Light a “candle”with a credit card!
Credit goes to @sancharighosh.bsky.social for spotting
Credit goes to @sancharighosh.bsky.social for spotting
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I thought I'd repost this piece quoting the first sentence. Then I thought, no, the first paragraph. No, the first three. And I went on doing that until the final word.
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I thought I'd repost this piece quoting the first sentence. Then I thought, no, the first paragraph. No, the first three. And I went on doing that until the final word.
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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Thank you Arkarup Banerjee, Ph.D. for presenting his talk, "Neural Basis for a Behavioral Innovation: Insights from a Singing Mouse" at the recent Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience Conference. @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social
August 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Thank you Arkarup Banerjee, Ph.D. for presenting his talk, "Neural Basis for a Behavioral Innovation: Insights from a Singing Mouse" at the recent Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience Conference. @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social
Literally a bird’s eye view of the evolution of advertisement signals! Interesting preprint 👇🏽
Ever wondered what the bizarre dances of male birds of paradise look like to females?
Check out our new preprint! @izziehb.bsky.social @fusanilab.bsky.social
“The geometry of visual signaling in a bird-of-paradise”
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Check out our new preprint! @izziehb.bsky.social @fusanilab.bsky.social
“The geometry of visual signaling in a bird-of-paradise”
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
July 21, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Literally a bird’s eye view of the evolution of advertisement signals! Interesting preprint 👇🏽
Meeting only after ALL the data has been collected.
A good experiment-theory collaboration takes _________.
Wrong answers only.
Wrong answers only.
How can we build better experiment-theory collaborations in neuroscience?
We're hosting a series of 6 in-person, interactive workshops to discuss this.
Come along!
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We're hosting a series of 6 in-person, interactive workshops to discuss this.
Come along!
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July 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Meeting only after ALL the data has been collected.
“the (GRC chair) appointment marks the definitive apex of a trajectory that will now, according to sources, “flatten out and then just kind of trail off.”
Uh oh, I am chairing the NMAC GRC in 2028. It seems I have two years and it’s all downhill from there!
Attention @katietschida.bsky.social
Uh oh, I am chairing the NMAC GRC in 2028. It seems I have two years and it’s all downhill from there!
Attention @katietschida.bsky.social
June 18, 2026 at 3:13 AM
“the (GRC chair) appointment marks the definitive apex of a trajectory that will now, according to sources, “flatten out and then just kind of trail off.”
Uh oh, I am chairing the NMAC GRC in 2028. It seems I have two years and it’s all downhill from there!
Attention @katietschida.bsky.social
Uh oh, I am chairing the NMAC GRC in 2028. It seems I have two years and it’s all downhill from there!
Attention @katietschida.bsky.social
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Thanks to everyone for contributing their comments! I really enjoyed seeing the diversity of takes — an important conversation at a critical moment!
Hear from Larry Abbott, @neurograce.bsky.social, @gjorjulijana.bsky.social, @neural-reckoning.org, @talmo.bsky.social, @neurokim.bsky.social and @tonyzador.bsky.social on what that tectonic change will bring to the field.
June 17, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Thanks to everyone for contributing their comments! I really enjoyed seeing the diversity of takes — an important conversation at a critical moment!
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I’m looking for soon to be published animal studies! Hit me up!
June 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM
I’m looking for soon to be published animal studies! Hit me up!
Very nice profile. When I was a PhD student working on olfactory circuits in mice, Rachel’s papers on fly olfaction were such a delight to read!
A glowing profile of my post-doc advisor.
As @yvetteefisher.bsky.social says in the piece, Rachel is truly "...one of these generational scientists who thinks extremely incisively about both the details and the big-picture frameworks."
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/stu...
As @yvetteefisher.bsky.social says in the piece, Rachel is truly "...one of these generational scientists who thinks extremely incisively about both the details and the big-picture frameworks."
magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/stu...
By Studying Fruit Flies, Rachel Wilson Is Changing How We Understand the Brain
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June 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Very nice profile. When I was a PhD student working on olfactory circuits in mice, Rachel’s papers on fly olfaction were such a delight to read!
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Made a starter pack for attendees of the Neural Mechanisms of Acoustic Communication Gordon Conference. I'm sure I've missed people so let me know!
go.bsky.app/57Ln8Bk
go.bsky.app/57Ln8Bk
June 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Made a starter pack for attendees of the Neural Mechanisms of Acoustic Communication Gordon Conference. I'm sure I've missed people so let me know!
go.bsky.app/57Ln8Bk
go.bsky.app/57Ln8Bk
Do you record multimodal data? For our experiments with the singing mice, @cshlnews.bsky.social graduate student @xmikezheng20.bsky.social set up a fantastic acquisition pipeline, which has now become THE standard for all rigs in my lab. He published a detailed protocol today! Check it out. 👇
I’m happy to share a protocol we’ve been working on for building modular, synchronized multimodal data acquisition systems for systems neuroscience behavior rigs. @mbd1mbd1.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social
dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro...
dx.doi.org/10.17504/pro...
A modular toolkit for synchronized multimodal data acquisition in systems neuroscience
A modular toolkit for synchronized multimodal data acquisition in systems neuroscience. Animal behavio. Read full protocol, steps, and materials on protocols.io
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May 21, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Do you record multimodal data? For our experiments with the singing mice, @cshlnews.bsky.social graduate student @xmikezheng20.bsky.social set up a fantastic acquisition pipeline, which has now become THE standard for all rigs in my lab. He published a detailed protocol today! Check it out. 👇
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New from the lab: BARseq3!
Barcodes + high efficiency spatial transcriptomics and translatomics in the same cells, or just a nice spatial transcriptomics assay. All in a modular, expandable system to enable truly multimodal measurements. Check it out:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Barcodes + high efficiency spatial transcriptomics and translatomics in the same cells, or just a nice spatial transcriptomics assay. All in a modular, expandable system to enable truly multimodal measurements. Check it out:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org
May 17, 2026 at 1:38 PM
New from the lab: BARseq3!
Barcodes + high efficiency spatial transcriptomics and translatomics in the same cells, or just a nice spatial transcriptomics assay. All in a modular, expandable system to enable truly multimodal measurements. Check it out:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Barcodes + high efficiency spatial transcriptomics and translatomics in the same cells, or just a nice spatial transcriptomics assay. All in a modular, expandable system to enable truly multimodal measurements. Check it out:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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At CSHL, Gabrielle Pouchelon and Dimitri Dumontier reveal how Fragile X disrupts brain wiring, offering hope for autism. bioRxivpreprint #AutismAcceptanceMonth #FragileX #InspiringDiscovery #ScienceMakesLifeBetter
April 20, 2026 at 1:52 PM
At CSHL, Gabrielle Pouchelon and Dimitri Dumontier reveal how Fragile X disrupts brain wiring, offering hope for autism. bioRxivpreprint #AutismAcceptanceMonth #FragileX #InspiringDiscovery #ScienceMakesLifeBetter