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Seth Blackshaw wants to uncover how ground squirrel retinas became so jam-packed with cones, instead of preserving the rod-rich design of other mammalian retinas. #neuroskyence By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/h...
How 13-lined ground squirrels illuminate retina developmentIn 13-striped ground squirrels, cones surprisingly outnumber rods, which helps Seth Blackshaw explore how retinal cells develop their identities.www.thetransmitter.orgLast week, about 120 genetic neuroscientists gathered in rural New Hampshire for the first-ever Neural Genetics and Epigenetics Gordon Research Conference. The meeting’s organizers spoke to The Transmitter about the major themes and takeaways. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/epigenetics/...
Highlights from first Neural Genetics and Epigenetics GRCThe meeting’s organizers recap the science to watch.www.thetransmitter.orgThe brain’s sensorimotor-association axis may emerge as a result of competing sets of genetic blueprints—a dynamic process described in a paper published this month. By Holly Barker www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/cor...
Cortical territories compete in developmental space raceSensory and association regions are established through a reciprocal process, according to a new model of cortical development.www.thetransmitter.orgDendrites keep their own memory of the past and even predict the future independently of the cell body. #neuroskyence By @natmesanash.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/memory/dendr...
Dendrites compute independently of cell bodyDepending on their distance from the cell body, dendrites play different roles in learning and memory.www.thetransmitter.orgThe Oregon primate center will not be converted into an animal sanctuary. Instead, the center’s host university will identify how to shrink the center’s monkey colony and research portfolio, according to a plan approved 27 July. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
Oregon primate research center to downsize monkey colonyThe plan, approved today, follows talks about converting the center into a sanctuary and preserves some of the nonhuman primate studies.www.thetransmitter.orgAfter meeting at an SfN social, neuroscientists Arash Fassihi, Gily Ginosar, Noga Larry and Abdulraheem Nashef organized the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium, hoping to build a community that can transcend political barriers through scientific connection. #neuroskyence bit.ly/4g0sZkk
Helping Middle Eastern neuroscientists build communityFour neuroscientists got together to organize the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium. They hope to build a community that can find ways to transcend political barriers through scientific co...bit.lyOver the past few years, @quorumetrix.bsky.social has been working on bringing neuroscience to the dome. His new planetarium film, more than a decade in the making, takes viewers on an immersive journey into the brain. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/art-in-scien...
A planetarium for the brainNeuroscientists should take a cue from astrophysicists and use planetariums to inspire awe, argues Tyler Sloan. His new film takes a first step.www.thetransmitter.orgBuilding a "moonshot infrastructure" to map connections in mammalian brains features among the recommendations from the White House report on U.S. scientific priorities released earlier this week. Neuroscientists weigh in. By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/policy/neuro...
Neuroscientists weigh in on White House proposal for ‘moonshot infrastructure’ for connectomicsA report from the Trump administration calls for a “new golden age” of science, in which the federal government supports mission-driven collaborations to deliver high returns on research investments.www.thetransmitter.orgThe board of directors at Oregon Health & Science University has voted unanimously to develop a plan to scale down the university’s primate research center and pivot its focus to new approach methodologies. #neuroskyence By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/nonhuman-pri...
Oregon primate research center to downsize monkey colonyThe plan, approved today, follows talks about converting the center into a sanctuary and preserves some of the nonhuman primate studies.www.thetransmitter.orgIn this edition of “Brainstorming,” learn how researchers have worked around the logistical constraints of studying individual brains by turning to a select group of reliable brain-scanning participants: themselves. Subscribe and get notified every time we publish: www.linkedin.com/pulse/unders...
A new study suggests that during developmental migration, double-stranded “DNA damage is inevitable,” says author Mineko Kengaku. #neuroskyence By @sarahthau.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/developmenta...
Cognitive neuroscientist Kevin Dunbar, who died in May at age 70, helped reveal how the brain forms creative analogies. His work also transformed the study of scientific reasoning by bringing research out of the lab and into real-world settings. By Alissa de Chassey bit.ly/4yEM7Me
In memoriam: Kevin Dunbar, who traced the neural basis of human reasoningUsing imaging technologies, he transformed our understanding of how creativity and scientific discovery arise in the brain.bit.ly“When autistic kids grow up” is a five-part podcast exploring how @dr-t-a-mcdonald.bsky.social’s lived experience fueled her research, and how she stumbled onto a problem with autism funding that has been hiding in plain sight. Listen now: www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... #neuroskyence
When autistic kids grow upAn autistic researcher’s paper called attention to a huge disparity in autism funding research between children and adults. It nearly derailed her life.www.thetransmitter.orgBeyond their ability to restore function, brain-computer interfaces provide a window into the neural signals that underlie decision-making, speech and other cognitive processes. #neuroskyence By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social, @rebeccasky.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/brain-comput...
The DSM-5 definition of autism classifies sensory traits as part of restricted and repetitive behaviors. That doesn’t seem to fit the data, a new study finds. #neuroskyence By Lauren Schenkman
Study questions DSM-5’s combining of autism traitsSensory traits and restricted and repetitive behaviors comprise multiple characteristics that are interrelated in complex ways, the new work suggests.www.thetransmitter.orgTrauma researchers need professional norms that allow brief, humane acknowledgment when acute trauma directly affects a scientific community, writes @zivbenzion.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
When lived trauma enters trauma neuroscienceTrauma researchers need professional norms that allow brief, humane acknowledgment when acute trauma directly affects a scientific community.www.thetransmitter.orgIn their essay, ALBA Network team members Keerthana Iyer, Arish Rakshasa-Loots, Ana Silva and Violetta Zujovic argue that to improve global neuroscience participation the field must embrace a more holistic definition of underrepresentation. #neuroskyence
Redefining underrepresentation in global neuroscienceShifting the focus of equity initiatives from identity categories to structural barriers can reveal overlooked challenges and increase global support.www.thetransmitter.orgNobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa, who pioneered cell-type-specific transgenic mice and the study of engrams, has passed away at the age of 86. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/memory/susum...
In memoriam: Susumu Tonegawa, ‘intellectual giant’He won the Nobel Prize for his work on immunology and then went on to define the field of learning and memory.www.thetransmitter.orgBrain-computer interfaces implanted long term could help researchers unravel the mysteries of speech. #neuroskyence By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social, @rebeccasky.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/brain-comput...
How BCIs reveal the speaking brainLong-term implants provide an opportunity to study how speech arises in everyday life.www.thetransmitter.org