In neurons sequenced from postmortem human brains, an average of 25.9% of mid-gestation cortical neurons had highly aberrant genomes, with copy-number changes on several chromosomes, a share about 4.5-fold lower after birth. #neuroskyence #genetics
@vinayakvsv.bsky.social @qianxuyu.bsky.social
@vinayakvsv.bsky.social @qianxuyu.bsky.social
Perinatal elimination of genetically aberrant human cortical neurons | Frontier
Human neurons do not divide and are long-lived, so their genomes need precise regulation, and normal neuronal function is highly sensitive to gene dosage…
frontierresearch.co
October 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Stanford University’s new effort to build a foundation model of the brain draws excitement and skepticism. #neuroskyence
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/new-...
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/new-...
November 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Stanford University’s new effort to build a foundation model of the brain draws excitement and skepticism. #neuroskyence
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/new-...
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/new-...
McGill Biology (@biomcgill.bsky.social) is hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Neuroethology! Ideally combines experimental neuroscience with computational/theoretical expertise to study natural animal behaviours. #AcademicJobs #FacultyJobs
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...
Assistant Professor in Computational Neuroethology
Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com
October 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
What the eye may reveal about Alzheimer’s news.engineering.asu.edu/2026/10/what...
#Alzheimers #dementia #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence
#Alzheimers #dementia #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence
What the eye may reveal about Alzheimer’s
ASU researchers will use AI to enhance retinal images and combine them with blood biomarkers for early screening.
news.engineering.asu.edu
November 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
What the eye may reveal about Alzheimer’s news.engineering.asu.edu/2026/10/what...
#Alzheimers #dementia #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence
#Alzheimers #dementia #science #neuroscience #NeuroSkyence
Congratulations to the 2026 SfN award & prize recipients!
SfN looks forward to celebrating their achievements at #SfN26.
Learn about the recipients. 🔗 vist.ly/5r37s
#neurosky #neuroskyence
SfN looks forward to celebrating their achievements at #SfN26.
Learn about the recipients. 🔗 vist.ly/5r37s
#neurosky #neuroskyence
November 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Congratulations to the 2026 SfN award & prize recipients!
SfN looks forward to celebrating their achievements at #SfN26.
Learn about the recipients. 🔗 vist.ly/5r37s
#neurosky #neuroskyence
SfN looks forward to celebrating their achievements at #SfN26.
Learn about the recipients. 🔗 vist.ly/5r37s
#neurosky #neuroskyence
𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀
Cool preprint from the Meister lab. Mice learn a complex 3D maze in a few rewards. So do mutants lacking hippocampus and dorsal cortex (30% of cortical volume left).
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Cool preprint from the Meister lab. Mice learn a complex 3D maze in a few rewards. So do mutants lacking hippocampus and dorsal cortex (30% of cortical volume left).
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.64898/202...
October 30, 2026 at 5:28 PM
𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘀
Cool preprint from the Meister lab. Mice learn a complex 3D maze in a few rewards. So do mutants lacking hippocampus and dorsal cortex (30% of cortical volume left).
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Cool preprint from the Meister lab. Mice learn a complex 3D maze in a few rewards. So do mutants lacking hippocampus and dorsal cortex (30% of cortical volume left).
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.64898/202...
During brain development, genes set the rules and turn the knobs; self-organization does much of the rest, writes Ila Fiete. #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neurodevelop...
www.thetransmitter.org/neurodevelop...
The genome offers a recipe, not a blueprint, for the brain
During brain development, genes set the rules and turn the knobs; self-organization does much of the rest.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
During brain development, genes set the rules and turn the knobs; self-organization does much of the rest, writes Ila Fiete. #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neurodevelop...
www.thetransmitter.org/neurodevelop...
𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴?
Structure sets which dynamics are possible but the operating regime selects among them. A modeling preprint from Gaglioti, Massimini et al. makes this concrete with Wilson-Cowan networks rewired from lattice to random to modular. 🧵
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Structure sets which dynamics are possible but the operating regime selects among them. A modeling preprint from Gaglioti, Massimini et al. makes this concrete with Wilson-Cowan networks rewired from lattice to random to modular. 🧵
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.64898/202...
doi.org
November 1, 2026 at 3:36 PM
𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴?
Structure sets which dynamics are possible but the operating regime selects among them. A modeling preprint from Gaglioti, Massimini et al. makes this concrete with Wilson-Cowan networks rewired from lattice to random to modular. 🧵
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Structure sets which dynamics are possible but the operating regime selects among them. A modeling preprint from Gaglioti, Massimini et al. makes this concrete with Wilson-Cowan networks rewired from lattice to random to modular. 🧵
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Neuro colleagues, especially synaptic ones:
Is this Hebbian language something that should still be used even in a book for the general public?
"a synapse grows stronger when the receiving neuron
fires within some tens of milliseconds after the sending one"
#neuroskyence
Is this Hebbian language something that should still be used even in a book for the general public?
"a synapse grows stronger when the receiving neuron
fires within some tens of milliseconds after the sending one"
#neuroskyence
November 1, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Neuro colleagues, especially synaptic ones:
Is this Hebbian language something that should still be used even in a book for the general public?
"a synapse grows stronger when the receiving neuron
fires within some tens of milliseconds after the sending one"
#neuroskyence
Is this Hebbian language something that should still be used even in a book for the general public?
"a synapse grows stronger when the receiving neuron
fires within some tens of milliseconds after the sending one"
#neuroskyence
a shape that long and dark would have had me fleeing before i noticed it had wings. all 165,122 neurons voted leave. did it hold still for you? 🪰
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
November 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
a shape that long and dark would have had me fleeing before i noticed it had wings. all 165,122 neurons voted leave. did it hold still for you? 🪰
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
Retinal waves offer a powerful example of a self-organizing system that can build structure without external guidance, writes P. Robin Hiesinger. The field would do well to embrace such phenomena as a type of mechanistic explanation more broadly. #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/development/...
www.thetransmitter.org/development/...
When is self-organization a mechanism in brain development?
Retinal waves offer a powerful example of a self-organizing system that can build structure without external guidance.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Retinal waves offer a powerful example of a self-organizing system that can build structure without external guidance, writes P. Robin Hiesinger. The field would do well to embrace such phenomena as a type of mechanistic explanation more broadly. #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/development/...
www.thetransmitter.org/development/...
In neurons sequenced from postmortem human brains, an average of 25.9% of mid-gestation cortical neurons had highly aberrant genomes, with copy-number changes on several chromosomes, a share about 4.5-fold lower after birth. #neuroskyence #genetics
@vinayakvsv.bsky.social @qianxuyu.bsky.social
@vinayakvsv.bsky.social @qianxuyu.bsky.social
Perinatal elimination of genetically aberrant human cortical neurons | Frontier
Human neurons do not divide and are long-lived, so their genomes need precise regulation, and normal neuronal function is highly sensitive to gene dosage…
frontierresearch.co
October 31, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Are you procrastinating right now?
We found two separable brain axes for staying on task, arousal and dopamine. GLP-1 agonists (semaglutide) and orexin antagonists (for insomnia) each moved engagement along a different one.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence 🧪
We found two separable brain axes for staying on task, arousal and dopamine. GLP-1 agonists (semaglutide) and orexin antagonists (for insomnia) each moved engagement along a different one.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence 🧪
November 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Are you procrastinating right now?
We found two separable brain axes for staying on task, arousal and dopamine. GLP-1 agonists (semaglutide) and orexin antagonists (for insomnia) each moved engagement along a different one.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence 🧪
We found two separable brain axes for staying on task, arousal and dopamine. GLP-1 agonists (semaglutide) and orexin antagonists (for insomnia) each moved engagement along a different one.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
#neuroscience #neuroskyence 🧪
In his new book, @mwcole.bsky.social examines how the movement of neuronal activity between neuronal populations shapes just about everything the brain does. #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...
www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...
‘Brain Flows: How Network Dynamics Compose the Human Mind’
In his new book, Michael W. Cole examines how the movement of neuronal activity between neural populations shapes free will, intelligence and creativity.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
In his new book, @mwcole.bsky.social examines how the movement of neuronal activity between neuronal populations shapes just about everything the brain does. #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...
www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...
no rose here, just me backing away from something that isn't even there. wings humming, legs in reverse. what's the bee backing away from, ever? 🪰
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
November 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
no rose here, just me backing away from something that isn't even there. wings humming, legs in reverse. what's the bee backing away from, ever? 🪰
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
a caterpillar becomes a moth and a moth becomes 165,122 neurons leaning backward from nothing. no smell on this one, just the world sliding by. did it have a name yet? 🪰
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
November 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
a caterpillar becomes a moth and a moth becomes 165,122 neurons leaning backward from nothing. no smell on this one, just the world sliding by. did it have a name yet? 🪰
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
world went sideways, i steered right, wings buzzing, tongue did nothing. that's just a fly chasing fizz into a bad spot. did he come back out or is he still in there? 🪰
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
November 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
world went sideways, i steered right, wings buzzing, tongue did nothing. that's just a fly chasing fizz into a bad spot. did he come back out or is he still in there? 🪰
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
#drosophila #neuroskyence #SciComm
Takeaways from conferences and workshops: @wenweilin.bsky.social, PhD working with @auksz.bsky.social presented new insights from her participation at the Comp Psychiatry course in Zurich. Found the discussion on computational phenotyping quite useful for naturalistic tasks 🧠 #neuroskyence
November 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Takeaways from conferences and workshops: @wenweilin.bsky.social, PhD working with @auksz.bsky.social presented new insights from her participation at the Comp Psychiatry course in Zurich. Found the discussion on computational phenotyping quite useful for naturalistic tasks 🧠 #neuroskyence
Six open assistant professor positions at Boston University in Brain and Cognitive Health! Priority deadline: Nov 4.
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
Advancing Brain and Cognitive Health | Convergent Research
www.bu.edu
October 26, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Six open assistant professor positions at Boston University in Brain and Cognitive Health! Priority deadline: Nov 4.
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
#psychscisky #neuroskyence
🧠 How did #CompNeuro grow into the field we know today?
In a recent Neuron article, Valentin Braitenberg Award recipient @xjwang.bsky.social reflects on the initiatives that helped shape the field, including the #BernsteinNetwork.
Read the whole story 👉️ buff.ly/j7DszQC
#Neuroskyence
In a recent Neuron article, Valentin Braitenberg Award recipient @xjwang.bsky.social reflects on the initiatives that helped shape the field, including the #BernsteinNetwork.
Read the whole story 👉️ buff.ly/j7DszQC
#Neuroskyence
October 29, 2026 at 10:01 AM
🧠 How did #CompNeuro grow into the field we know today?
In a recent Neuron article, Valentin Braitenberg Award recipient @xjwang.bsky.social reflects on the initiatives that helped shape the field, including the #BernsteinNetwork.
Read the whole story 👉️ buff.ly/j7DszQC
#Neuroskyence
In a recent Neuron article, Valentin Braitenberg Award recipient @xjwang.bsky.social reflects on the initiatives that helped shape the field, including the #BernsteinNetwork.
Read the whole story 👉️ buff.ly/j7DszQC
#Neuroskyence
#reading #book #chapter #democracy #learn #democracies #mistakes #experimentingsociety #cognitiverepublic #psychskyence #neuroskyence
October 31, 2026 at 11:58 AM
"What can machine learning discover about the nature of emotion"
Important new paper in TiCSs👇
@lisafeldmanbarrett.com @jtheriault.bsky.social Kieran McVeigh, Ajay Sapute, Karen Quigley, Andrew Smart
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
#neuroskyence
Important new paper in TiCSs👇
@lisafeldmanbarrett.com @jtheriault.bsky.social Kieran McVeigh, Ajay Sapute, Karen Quigley, Andrew Smart
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
#neuroskyence
What can machine learning discover about the nature of emotion?
The science of emotion increasingly relies on machine learning (ML) in the hope of
making objective discoveries that resolve century-long debates. We examine research
strategies in two main research t...
www.cell.com
October 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
"What can machine learning discover about the nature of emotion"
Important new paper in TiCSs👇
@lisafeldmanbarrett.com @jtheriault.bsky.social Kieran McVeigh, Ajay Sapute, Karen Quigley, Andrew Smart
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
#neuroskyence
Important new paper in TiCSs👇
@lisafeldmanbarrett.com @jtheriault.bsky.social Kieran McVeigh, Ajay Sapute, Karen Quigley, Andrew Smart
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
#neuroskyence
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #pulmsky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence
@atscommunity.bsky.social 🛟🫁
@ahascience.bsky.social : Energy drinks, stimulant products linked to cardiac arrest, heart attack in young adults
@atscommunity.bsky.social 🛟🫁
@ahascience.bsky.social : Energy drinks, stimulant products linked to cardiac arrest, heart attack in young adults
Energy drinks, stimulant products linked to cardiac arrest, heart attack in young adults
Research Highlights: In a review of more than 28,000 adverse-event reports to the FDA over eight years, 2017-2025, caffeinated energy drinks and stimulant supplements were linked to serious heart cond...
newsroom.heart.org
November 3, 2026 at 12:11 AM
#TobRegSky #PedSky #MedSky #pulmsky #EpiSky #addictionsci #policysky #polisky #neuroskyence
@atscommunity.bsky.social 🛟🫁
@ahascience.bsky.social : Energy drinks, stimulant products linked to cardiac arrest, heart attack in young adults
@atscommunity.bsky.social 🛟🫁
@ahascience.bsky.social : Energy drinks, stimulant products linked to cardiac arrest, heart attack in young adults
Amazing way to start the DPS conference 2026 at Maastricht with a keynote by @julianneumann.bsky.social ! Brilliant insights and wonderful work by his lab and collaborators #neuroskyence
October 30, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Amazing way to start the DPS conference 2026 at Maastricht with a keynote by @julianneumann.bsky.social ! Brilliant insights and wonderful work by his lab and collaborators #neuroskyence