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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 4d

WTI's Inspiring Speaker Series continues this week with Timothy Lillicrap, “Model-based reinforcement language for reasoning in games and beyond”

10.9.25 | 10 – 11:15a
100 College St, Workshop 1116
🔗 wti.yale.edu/event/2025-10/inspiring-speaker-tim-lillicrap

All Yale community members are welcome.

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Calling experimental, computational, or theoretical researchers!

WTI's Postdoc Fellowships application is now open, offering a competitive salary, structured mentorship, world-class facilities + more: wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...

Apply by November 10: apply.interfolio.com/174525

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 9d

📣 WTI is hiring faculty positions! Are you interested in advancing our understanding of the brain + how it gives rise to cognition?

Two calls are open:

Open-rank search, Neurocomputation, deadline: 12.1.25
Senior search, Neurodevelopment, rolling review

🔗 wti.yale.edu/opportunities

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 15d

Scientists from WTI will be participating in Fiesta Latina on September 27-28 in New Haven. Events are free and open from 12–5 pm. 🪇🪘 🧠

🔗 peabody.yale.edu/events/fiest...

#KnowTogether #FiestaLatina #NewHaven @dacolon.bsky.social @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social @gguerre.bsky.social

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Sep 10

WTI's Inspiring Speaker Series opens this week with Asya Rolls, "Between brain and body: A neuroimmune take on the mind–body question"

9.11.25 | 10 - 11:15a
100 College St, Workshop 1116
🔗 wti.yale.edu/event/2025-0...

All Yale community members are welcome.

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Sep 10

The Wu Tsai Institute is proud to launch the 2025–26 Inspiring Speaker Series, our signature talk series for exploring the mind and brain from every angle.

Through May, we present speakers whose research advances our understanding of cognition using a range of approaches: wti.yale.edu/events

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Sep 4

TONIGHT: 9.4 at CCAM from 7:30–8:30 pm

Meet the Artist: Sigune Hamann, WTI's Artist-in-Residence (2024-25)

Experience Hamann's “Film-strips panning." Stay to discuss the work with Hamann + community members.

Learn more: ccam.yale.edu/event/meet-a...

Photos by Sam Gulliver, courtesy of CCAM.

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Jul 28

In collaboration with @pebyale.bsky.social, WTI presents the 2025 Undergraduate Poster Symposium. Join us at 100 College Street on Wednesday, July 30, from 2-4 pm.

Faculty, students + trainees are encouraged to attend! Learn more: wti.yale.edu/event/2025-0...

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Daniel Colón-Ramos @dacolon.bsky.social · Jul 19

Neurons are hungry for energy, and carry their own batteries. Excited to share our latest study, on the use of glycogen by neurons as a "capacitor" to support glycolytic plasticity. You can find the article here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... and press release news.yale.edu/2025/07/15/n...

Neurons use built-in ‘backup batteries’ that fuel the brain under stress

A new Yale study reveals that neurons store their own sugar reserves that kick in to keep the brain functioning during metabolic stress.

news.yale.edu

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Jul 11

Stay up-to-date on the latest research, news, events, and initiatives from the Wu Tsai Institute by subscribing to our monthly newsletter!

Subscribe here: subscribe.yale.edu/browse?searc...

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Sam McDougle @actlab.bsky.social · Jun 12

chuffed!

news.yale.edu/2025/06/11/y... Yale honors three early-career faculty members for ‘groundbreaking’ research | Yale News

Yale honors three early-career faculty members for ‘groundbreaking’ research

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences this week recognized Priyasha Mukhopadhyay, Samuel McDougle, and Junliang Shen for scholarly achievements in their respective fields.

news.yale.edu

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Apr 30

🚨 The full #YaleInnovationSummit agenda is LIVE! 🚨

180+ speakers | 50+ sessions | 6 tracks: Arts, Biotech, Climate, Civic, Health, Tech

🔗 Agenda: yaleventures.swoogo.com/yale-innovat...

📲 Connect with attendees via the app mobile-mobile.swoogo.com/app/uu2d2c

ventures.yale.edu/news/yale-in...

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · May 23

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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · May 22

Honesty + Celebrating (Unexpected Results + Mistakes)=👇

Part of the formula Dr. Kia Nobre of @wutsaiyale.bsky.social
uses in her lab to cultivate a positive work environment that leads to success in science

via 🎙️ Neuroscience Perspectives

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Apr 24

What if AI could model life at the cellular level? 🧬

Yale’s David van Dijk, working at Wu Tsai Yale and partners at Google Research + GoogleDeepMind are paving the way for "virtual cells" — a leap for biomedicine. bit.ly/42ZqN6g

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · May 13

✨ This week at 100 College, we close out our 2024-25 Inspiring Speaker Series with:

WTI Inspiring Speaker: Jane Wang, "On the importance of acting in a complex world"

Thursday, 5.15 | 4p
🔗 wti.yale.edu/event/2025-0...

Events are open to the Yale community! wti.yale.edu/events #KnowTogether

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Apr 22

✨ This week at 100 College:

WTI Inspiring Speaker: Richard Zemel, "Integrating past and present in continual learning"

🗓️ Thursday, 4.24 | 4p
🔗 wti.yale.edu/event/2025-0...

Events are open to the Yale community! wti.yale.edu/events #KnowTogether

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Apr 7

Babies are terrible functional MRI participants: They wiggle, cry and nap. But a small group of scientists have figured out how to scan them. “I’ve held hands with probably 100 babies during these scans,” says Nick Turk-Browne.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...

What infant fMRI is revealing about the developing mind

Cognitive neuroscientists have finally clocked how to perform task-based fMRI experiments in awake babies. Now they want watch cognition take shape.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Yale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience @kavliatyale.bsky.social · Apr 9

In a new @plos.org study, @yale.edu researchers led by Nachshon Korem & @ifatlevy.bsky.social developed a model 💻 that predicts decision-making 🤔 using qualitative 🖼️rather than traditional quantitative 🔢 datasets --shedding light on nuanced choices.

Read More 👇

How Does Your Brain Make Decisions? Researchers Develop a Novel Model

Researchers created a new decision-making model based on qualitative outcomes of available options. It could provide insight into how our brains value

medicine.yale.edu

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Yale Ventures @yaleventures.bsky.social · Apr 7

The Yale Innovation Summit on May 28-29 brings together entrepreneurs, investors, & industry leaders for 2 days of inspiring panels, networking, & pitch competitions.

Discounted registration for the Yale community.

Secure your spot bit.ly/yaleinnovati...

#YaleInnovation25

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Apr 8

✨ This week at 100 College:

WTI Inspiring Speaker: Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, "Trying to decode the real-time brain"

🗓️ Thursday, 4.10 | 4p
🔗 wti.yale.edu/event/2025-0...

Events are open to the Yale community! wti.yale.edu/events #KnowTogether

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Apr 1

A new study in Science led by @tristansyates.bsky.social + WTI director Nick Turk-Browne offers evidence that babies can form episodic memories: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thursday, 3.27 | WTI Inspiring Speaker: Karla Miller

12p | How to foster a positive research culture 🔗https://forms.gle/Ya34HcEXzzrtGhYy6

4p | MRI methods for crossing scales in neuroscience
🔗https://wti.yale.edu/event/2025-03/inspiring-speaker-karla-miller

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Mar 4

✨ This week at 100 College:

WTI Inspiring Speaker: Olaf Sporns, “Connectomics and network science”
📅 Thursday, 3.6 | 4p
🔗 wti.yale.edu/event/2025-0...

WTI Symposium: Computation and Cognition
📅 Friday, 3.7 | 9a
🔗 wti.yale.edu/event/2025-0...

Open to the Yale community! #KnowTogether

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Feb 25

✨ This week at 100 College:

WTI Inspiring Speaker: R. Clay Reid, "The promise of whole-brain connectomics"
📅 Thursday, 2.27, 4p
🔗 wti.yale.edu/event/2025-0...

Open to the Yale community! #KnowTogether

View more upcoming events: wti.yale.edu/events

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Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Feb 18

WTI Symposium: Interactive Systems in Cognition

📅 Friday, 2.21 | 9:00a - 12:00p
wti.yale.edu/event/2025-0...

Events are open to the Yale community!
wti.yale.edu/events #KnowTogether