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Paul Anastasiades
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Neuroscientist at University of Bristol. Cortical circuits, PFC, interneurons, dopamine, brain development.

https://www.anastasiades-lab.org
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panastasiades.bsky.social
Likewise. Looking forward to it!
carandinilab.net Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 2d
Our lab plans to attend en masse. We think #FENS2026 will be the greatest FENS meeting ever. See you in Barcelona!
fens.org Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 20d
🚨 Big news for the neuroscience community!

The Call for Abstracts, Travel Grants and Registrations for #FENS2026 is officially open! 🧠

👉 Register and submit your work today: https://loom.ly/usQR0ao
December 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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markdhumphries.bsky.social
Terrific work led by @emmaroscow.bsky.social showing that hippocampal replay reflects events with large prediction errors, all the better to bootstrap learning as we slumber

Congratulations to Matt Jones & Nathan Lepora for seeing this through to the end!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Post-learning replay of hippocampal-striatal activity is biased by reward-prediction signals - Nature Communications
It is unclear which aspects of experience shape sleep’s contributions to learning. Here, by combining neural recordings in rats with reinforcement learning, the authors show that reward-prediction sig...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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petergleick.bsky.social
Violent conflict over #water hit a record last year
2024 saw a record number of violent incidents over water around the world, far surpassing the 355 in 2023, continuing a steeply rising trend. Violence has more than quadrupled in the last five years.

www.latimes.com/environment/...
Violent conflict over water hit a record last year
Violence over water is on the rise worldwide. Researchers counted a record 420 incidents of conflict in 2024, many in Ukraine and the Middle East.
www.latimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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earlkmiller.bsky.social
A neuroecological perspective on the prefrontal cortex
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
#neuroscience
Redirecting
doi.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social
Most early-born subplate neurons persist as Layer 6b neurons in the adult mouse neocortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689634v1
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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britishneuro.bsky.social
BNA Festive Symposium 2025 – Book your ticket now!

Join your #neuroscience community in London next month.
Hear from expert speakers across research, industry & healthcare and earn 5 CPD points.

www.bna.org.uk/events/festi...

#Neurodegeneration #TranslationalResearch
November 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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sepikeshavarzi.bsky.social
📢 We are organising the Senses in Motion conference for the third time, and we are now accepting abstracts for posters or talks.

Deadline for abstracts: 19 December
Conference dates: 18–21 May 2026
Location: Harnack House, Berlin

Register via this page👇
sensesinmotion.org

#neuroskyence #neurosky
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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turrigiano.bsky.social
Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)

www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program - Waltham, Massachusetts (US) job with Brandeis University | 12848464
The Department of Biology and the Program in Neuroscience at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor positio...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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marliesoostland.bsky.social
We are looking for an Assistant Professor in Healthy Longevity and Epilepsy to join the Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience team at the University of Amsterdam! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies... @sfn.org @fens.org @uva.nl @swammerdamuva.bsky.social @amsneuroscience.bsky.social
Vacancy — Assistant Professor in Healthy Longevity and Epilepsy
<p><span>Are you passionate about neuroscience and eager to contribute to groundbreaking research on healthy longevity and epilepsy? The Faculty of Science at the University of Amsterdam is looking for an ambitious Assistant Professor to join our interdisciplinary research team of the research group </span><a href="https://sils.uva.nl/content/research-groups/cellular-and-computational-neuroscience/cellular-and-circuit-neuroscience.html"><span>Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience</span></a><span>.</span></p>
werkenbij.uva.nl
November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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fens.org
🚨 Big news for the neuroscience community!

The Call for Abstracts, Travel Grants and Registrations for #FENS2026 is officially open! 🧠

👉 Register and submit your work today: https://loom.ly/usQR0ao
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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kristenefunk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor position posted for my Department, Biological Sciences at UNC Charlotte! Current research foci: Immunology, Microbiology, Virology; Biomolecular Function; Proteostasis; Genome Integrity; Epigenome Regulation; Cancer; Environmental Risks. jobs.charlotte.edu/postings/65141
Assistant Professor
Applicants should possess a Ph.D. in the biological sciences or related fields.Candidates are expected to document expertise in their specialty by a record of postdoctoral training, peer reviewed publ...
jobs.charlotte.edu
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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grc-frontal-cortex.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce that the preliminary program for the 2026 GRC on the Frontal Cortex is now live!
www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
Registration is now open for both the GRC and our GRS, chaired by @albitc.bsky.social and @jorge-miranda.bsky.social!
2026 Frontal Cortex Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Frontal Cortex will be held in Holderness, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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wiringthebrain.bsky.social
Genomics of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder www.nature.com/articles/s41... - comprehensive new review from Michael Owen and colleagues
Genomics of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder - Nature Reviews Genetics
Genomic advances have enhanced our understanding of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder, revealing genetic architectures and risk mechanisms through large-scale genome-wide a...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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carandinilab.net
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...
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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hansonmark.bsky.social
We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing:

a 🧵 1/n

Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...
A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. A figure detailing the drain on researcher time. 1. The four-fold drain 1.2 Time The number of papers published each year is growing faster than the scientific workforce, with the number of papers per researcher almost doubling between 1996 and 2022 (Figure 1A). This reflects the fact that publishers’ commercial desire to publish (sell) more material has aligned well with the competitive prestige culture in which publications help secure jobs, grants, promotions, and awards. To the extent that this growth is driven by a pressure for profit, rather than scholarly imperatives, it distorts the way researchers spend their time. The publishing system depends on unpaid reviewer labour, estimated to be over 130 million unpaid hours annually in 2020 alone (9). Researchers have complained about the demands of peer-review for decades, but the scale of the problem is now worse, with editors reporting widespread difficulties recruiting reviewers. The growth in publications involves not only the authors’ time, but that of academic editors and reviewers who are dealing with so many review demands. Even more seriously, the imperative to produce ever more articles reshapes the nature of scientific inquiry. Evidence across multiple fields shows that more papers result in ‘ossification’, not new ideas (10). It may seem paradoxical that more papers can slow progress until one considers how it affects researchers’ time. While rewards remain tied to volume, prestige, and impact of publications, researchers will be nudged away from riskier, local, interdisciplinary, and long-term work. The result is a treadmill of constant activity with limited progress whereas core scholarly practices – such as reading, reflecting and engaging with others’ contributions – is de-prioritized. What looks like productivity often masks intellectual exhaustion built on a demoralizing, narrowing scientific vision. A table of profit margins across industries. The section of text related to this table is below: 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year. The costs of inaction are plain: wasted public funds, lost researcher time, compromised scientific integrity and eroded public trust. Today, the system rewards commercial publishers first, and science second. Without bold action from the funders we risk continuing to pour resources into a system that prioritizes profit over the advancement of scientific knowledge.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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britishneuro.bsky.social
"The UK cannot become a science superpower unless it exploits the full range of talent that we have" - @nramnani.bsky.social

We are now welcoming applications to our BNA Scholars Programme.

🔗 Find out more and apply: www.bna.org.uk/policy-advoc...

#BNAScholars #DiversityInSTEM #Mentorship
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
panastasiades.bsky.social
Multiple BBSRC funded PhD projects available via SWBio

with Paul Chadderton looking at cerebellum bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...

with Denize Atan, Zaf Bashir Marc Goodfellow & Mike Ashby
bpb-eu-w2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.bristo...

Please get in touch if you are interested in either project.
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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sjblakemore.bsky.social
🌟Prof @lizcoulthard.bsky.social 🌟discussing blood tests for dementia

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dementia diagnosis could be revolutionised by blood tests
Researchers say early diagnosis is key to supporting patients with the memory loss condition.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social
What an exciting program for GRC Frontal Cortex in 2026! www.grc.org/frontal-cort...
2026 Frontal Cortex Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Frontal Cortex will be held in Holderness, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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katewassum.bsky.social
We’re hiring a technician!!

We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits of learning, decision making, and habit. More info👇
wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/

Job posting:
jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8968
Photo of a lab group smiling in front of a fountain at UCLA
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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sjblakemore.bsky.social
*Job alert*

Exciting job at UCL: Lecturer in Child Mental Health

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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The psychology program at NYU Abu Dhabi has open rank open area positions in cognition-perception-cogneuro. Wonderful colleagues, excellent research infrastructure (incl MRI, MEG, EEG), close ties to NYU New York. Superfast growing part of the research world
apply.interfolio.com/175417
#neuroskyence
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November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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climateintegrity.org
Exxon scientists warned executives in 1981 that the continued burning of fossil fuels could "produce effects which will indeed be catastrophic (at least for a substantial fraction of the earth’s population)."

They knew. They lied. They must be held accountable.
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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kacummings.bsky.social
The Cummings Lab is hiring a postdoc to work in the areas of reward and addiction! Please see the ad below:
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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dlevenstein.bsky.social
Come do a postdoc at the Wu Tsai Institute!

WTI fellows have freedom to work with anyone at the institute, and preference is given to applicants who want to work on interdisciplinary projects with multiple faculty mentors.

If you’re interested to work with me, please reach out!
wutsaiyale.bsky.social Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · Oct 6
📣 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

#KnowTogether
October 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM