Andrew Seeds
@andrew-seeds.bsky.social
Director at the Institute of Neurobiology, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus
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Andrew Seeds
@andrew-seeds.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Honored to begin as Director @neurobio-upr.bsky.social , UPR Med Sciences. After disasters, pandemic & cuts, we’re rebuilding—expanding into computational neuroscience & ramping up conferences/courses. We’ll seek partners & donors; reach out to join us! Stay tuned for more.
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Excited to return as co-director of the CSHL Drosophila 🪰Neurobiology course in 2026!
Application Deadline: March 27
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@cshlnews.bsky.social
@cshlaboratory.bsky.social
@cshlcourses.bsky.social
#cshlflycourse
#scicomm
#drosophila
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Application Deadline: March 27
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@cshlnews.bsky.social
@cshlaboratory.bsky.social
@cshlcourses.bsky.social
#cshlflycourse
#scicomm
#drosophila
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Drosophila Neurobiology: Genes, Circuits & Behavior
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Excited to return as co-director of the CSHL Drosophila 🪰Neurobiology course in 2026!
Application Deadline: March 27
meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
@cshlnews.bsky.social
@cshlaboratory.bsky.social
@cshlcourses.bsky.social
#cshlflycourse
#scicomm
#drosophila
🪰🧪
Application Deadline: March 27
meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
@cshlnews.bsky.social
@cshlaboratory.bsky.social
@cshlcourses.bsky.social
#cshlflycourse
#scicomm
#drosophila
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@senapati.bsky.social latest and greatest! Charly Treiber on board too. Over and out.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Visceral signaling of post-ingestive malaise directs memory updating in Drosophila
Consolidation is a time when labile memories transition to a stable form. Malaise learning in Drosophila reveals consolidation to also permit memory updating. Flies taught to associate one of two odor...
www.biorxiv.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
@senapati.bsky.social latest and greatest! Charly Treiber on board too. Over and out.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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If you wonder why doesn't Harvard use its endowment: the answer, of course, is that we do. A major source of Harvard's annual budget is the endowment investment return.
For anyone seriously interested in how university endowments work, an excellent wonky reference:
www.nber.org/papers/w32506
For anyone seriously interested in how university endowments work, an excellent wonky reference:
www.nber.org/papers/w32506
Economic Budgeting for Endowment-Dependent Universities
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you wonder why doesn't Harvard use its endowment: the answer, of course, is that we do. A major source of Harvard's annual budget is the endowment investment return.
For anyone seriously interested in how university endowments work, an excellent wonky reference:
www.nber.org/papers/w32506
For anyone seriously interested in how university endowments work, an excellent wonky reference:
www.nber.org/papers/w32506
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Watch Refik's inspiring talk on our YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpb7...
From Datasets to AI Data Dreams | Refik Anadol on Science Matters
YouTube video by Allen Institute
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October 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Watch Refik's inspiring talk on our YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpb7...
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There are still a few days left to apply for the San Juan Winter School on Connectomics and Brain Simulation!
Apply by October 24th! sjcabs.com
Apply by October 24th! sjcabs.com
Applications are now open for our course on connectomics & brain simulation.
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
San Juan Winter School on Connectomics and Brain Simulation
Two-week intensive course on connectomics and brain simulation in San Juan, Puerto Rico. December 29, 2025 - January 10, 2026.
sjcabs.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
There are still a few days left to apply for the San Juan Winter School on Connectomics and Brain Simulation!
Apply by October 24th! sjcabs.com
Apply by October 24th! sjcabs.com
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Excited to share more widely: I am starting the Dorkenwald Lab at MIT (McGovern Institute + BCS) in January 2026. We study the organizational principles of neuronal circuits using connectomics.
And we are hiring postdocs & tech associates! dorkenwaldlab.com/join
And we are hiring postdocs & tech associates! dorkenwaldlab.com/join
MIT’s McGovern Institute and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences welcome new faculty member Sven Dorkenwald - MIT McGovern Institute
The McGovern Institute and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences are pleased to announce the appointment of Sven Dorkenwald as an assistant professor starting in January 2026. A trailblazer i...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Excited to share more widely: I am starting the Dorkenwald Lab at MIT (McGovern Institute + BCS) in January 2026. We study the organizational principles of neuronal circuits using connectomics.
And we are hiring postdocs & tech associates! dorkenwaldlab.com/join
And we are hiring postdocs & tech associates! dorkenwaldlab.com/join
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NEWS🎉 We’re excited to announce @hhmijanelia.bsky.social Investigator David Stern will join the Institute from Janelia Research Campus. His lab studies how aphids transform plants at the genetic level, uncovering secrets of #evolution & new strategies for pest control. @hhmi.org bit.ly/4np96Fb
Stowers Institute recruits renowned developmental and evolutionary…
David Stern, Ph.D., brings groundbreaking research on insect–plant interactions for next-generation pest control to the Institute.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NEWS🎉 We’re excited to announce @hhmijanelia.bsky.social Investigator David Stern will join the Institute from Janelia Research Campus. His lab studies how aphids transform plants at the genetic level, uncovering secrets of #evolution & new strategies for pest control. @hhmi.org bit.ly/4np96Fb
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Applications are now open for our course on connectomics & brain simulation.
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
San Juan Winter School on Connectomics and Brain Simulation
Two-week intensive course on connectomics and brain simulation in San Juan, Puerto Rico. December 29, 2025 - January 10, 2026.
sjcabs.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Applications are now open for our course on connectomics & brain simulation.
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
Organizers: Sven Dorkenwald (MIT), Stefanie Hampel (UPR), Andrew Seeds (UPR), Sebastian Seung (Princeton), and Srini Turaga (Janelia).
Interested? Apply here ➜ sjcabs.com
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Ed Kravitz passed away yesterday.
He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired.
We will miss you, Ed.
He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired.
We will miss you, Ed.
September 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ed Kravitz passed away yesterday.
He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired.
We will miss you, Ed.
He was a remarkable scientist and mentor- brilliant, curious, creative, and kind. I am grateful to have learned from him. His legacy will endure through his science and through the many people he inspired.
We will miss you, Ed.
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How is the nervous system organized to coordinate behavior? To approach this massive question, a team led by @asbates.bsky.social, @jasper-tms.bsky.social, @mindyisminsu.bsky.social, & Helen Yang present the BANC: a Brain and Nerve Cord connectome.
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧪#Neuroskyence
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧪#Neuroskyence
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
How is the nervous system organized to coordinate behavior? To approach this massive question, a team led by @asbates.bsky.social, @jasper-tms.bsky.social, @mindyisminsu.bsky.social, & Helen Yang present the BANC: a Brain and Nerve Cord connectome.
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧪#Neuroskyence
Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025...
🧪#Neuroskyence
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Congratulations to the Seeds/Hampel Lab on their new manuscript on BioRxiv! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
A comprehensive mechanosensory connectome reveals a somatotopically organized neural circuit architecture controlling stimulus-aimed grooming of the Drosophila head
Animals respond to tactile stimulations of the body with location appropriate behavior, such as aimed grooming. These responses are mediated by mechanosensory neurons distributed across the body, whos...
www.biorxiv.org
May 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Congratulations to the Seeds/Hampel Lab on their new manuscript on BioRxiv! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🎉🏆🏆🏆We're delighted to announce 3 new @royalsociety.org Fellows here in Zoology!
Dr Gregory Jefferis, Prof Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Marta Zlatic are all now FRS.
Many, many congratulations!
Read more: bit.ly/3H4rCCk
Dr Gregory Jefferis, Prof Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Marta Zlatic are all now FRS.
Many, many congratulations!
Read more: bit.ly/3H4rCCk
May 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🎉🏆🏆🏆We're delighted to announce 3 new @royalsociety.org Fellows here in Zoology!
Dr Gregory Jefferis, Prof Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Marta Zlatic are all now FRS.
Many, many congratulations!
Read more: bit.ly/3H4rCCk
Dr Gregory Jefferis, Prof Claire Spottiswoode and Dr Marta Zlatic are all now FRS.
Many, many congratulations!
Read more: bit.ly/3H4rCCk
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It's been 3.5 months since this experiment on scientific reasoning. The improvements in SOTA models since are remarkable.
Here's OpenAI's o3 model's first attempt at reviewing my 2017 R01-A1 submission. Would you do a better job?
Here's OpenAI's o3 model's first attempt at reviewing my 2017 R01-A1 submission. Would you do a better job?
May 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It's been 3.5 months since this experiment on scientific reasoning. The improvements in SOTA models since are remarkable.
Here's OpenAI's o3 model's first attempt at reviewing my 2017 R01-A1 submission. Would you do a better job?
Here's OpenAI's o3 model's first attempt at reviewing my 2017 R01-A1 submission. Would you do a better job?
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📢 New paper alert!
Comparative connectomics of Drosophila descending and ascending neurons
A new publication in Nature from our Drosophila Connectomics group and Jefferis group @jefferis.bsky.social @mrclmb.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @nature.com
Comparative connectomics of Drosophila descending and ascending neurons
A new publication in Nature from our Drosophila Connectomics group and Jefferis group @jefferis.bsky.social @mrclmb.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @nature.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📢 New paper alert!
Comparative connectomics of Drosophila descending and ascending neurons
A new publication in Nature from our Drosophila Connectomics group and Jefferis group @jefferis.bsky.social @mrclmb.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @nature.com
Comparative connectomics of Drosophila descending and ascending neurons
A new publication in Nature from our Drosophila Connectomics group and Jefferis group @jefferis.bsky.social @mrclmb.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social @nature.com
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Today we welcomed 50 students from UPR Ponce to the Institute of Neurobiology in Old San Juan! They explored our research and learned about the building’s unique history. 🧠🏛️ #NeuroBoricuas #ScienceOutreach #UPRPonce #OldSanJuan
April 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Today we welcomed 50 students from UPR Ponce to the Institute of Neurobiology in Old San Juan! They explored our research and learned about the building’s unique history. 🧠🏛️ #NeuroBoricuas #ScienceOutreach #UPRPonce #OldSanJuan
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Exciting news - Drs. @andrew-seeds.bsky.social, Sebastian Seung, and Stefanie Hampel just received Simons Foundation and NSF awards to launch the San Juan School on Connectomics in 2026. Stay tuned - it's happening!! 🎉🧠🔥
April 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Exciting news - Drs. @andrew-seeds.bsky.social, Sebastian Seung, and Stefanie Hampel just received Simons Foundation and NSF awards to launch the San Juan School on Connectomics in 2026. Stay tuned - it's happening!! 🎉🧠🔥
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So great to see this in print! Congratulations to Johannes and team!
Read our news article from our research group Neural Circuits mpinb.mpg.de/en/research-...
Or the full paper 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroethology #Sleep #Glia #WatchingAFlysBrain
Or the full paper 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroethology #Sleep #Glia #WatchingAFlysBrain
Dynamics of glia and neurons regulate homeostatic rest, sleep and feeding behavior in Drosophila - Nature Neuroscience
Animals alternate between active periods and periods of rest or sleep. This study in fruit flies points to brain metabolism as a cause for this and shows that a network of glial cells interacting with...
www.nature.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
So great to see this in print! Congratulations to Johannes and team!
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Yay - the extensive review Ansgar Büschges and I wrote on insect motor control and the many things insects can teach us about our own nervous systems just came out in Physiological Reviews @apsphysiology.bsky.social. Check it out - it's free: journals.physiology.org/doi/epdf/10....
Motor control on the move: from insights in insects to general mechanisms
journals.physiology.org
April 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Yay - the extensive review Ansgar Büschges and I wrote on insect motor control and the many things insects can teach us about our own nervous systems just came out in Physiological Reviews @apsphysiology.bsky.social. Check it out - it's free: journals.physiology.org/doi/epdf/10....
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Congratulations to the lab of Dr. Cristina Velazquez for the acceptance of their paper "Comparative mRNA Profile Analysis from NAc of Adolescent Male Mice after Binge-Like Alcohol Exposure Eliciting Deficits in Context Fear Extinction Learning".
March 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Congratulations to the lab of Dr. Cristina Velazquez for the acceptance of their paper "Comparative mRNA Profile Analysis from NAc of Adolescent Male Mice after Binge-Like Alcohol Exposure Eliciting Deficits in Context Fear Extinction Learning".
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Our third paper on the neuronal control of insulin release in flies was published in @elife.bsky.social!
This was a great team effort spearheaded by Tina Held, Rituja Bisen and our collaborator @zandawala.bsky.social.
You can find the paper here:
elifesciences.org/articles/99548. 1/3
This was a great team effort spearheaded by Tina Held, Rituja Bisen and our collaborator @zandawala.bsky.social.
You can find the paper here:
elifesciences.org/articles/99548. 1/3
Aminergic and peptidergic modulation of insulin-producing cells in Drosophila
The combination of receptor expression analysis, optogenetics, physiological approaches, and connectomics reveals how a heterogeneous population of insulin-producing cells in Drosophila integrates div...
elifesciences.org
March 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Our third paper on the neuronal control of insulin release in flies was published in @elife.bsky.social!
This was a great team effort spearheaded by Tina Held, Rituja Bisen and our collaborator @zandawala.bsky.social.
You can find the paper here:
elifesciences.org/articles/99548. 1/3
This was a great team effort spearheaded by Tina Held, Rituja Bisen and our collaborator @zandawala.bsky.social.
You can find the paper here:
elifesciences.org/articles/99548. 1/3
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The first paper from the lab is out on biorxiv - enjoy reading! Social context and interactions influence our behavioral decisions - the same is true for the little fly larva!
March 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The first paper from the lab is out on biorxiv - enjoy reading! Social context and interactions influence our behavioral decisions - the same is true for the little fly larva!
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Why Are We Professors Doing “Research As Usual” While AI Systems Advance at Breakneck Speed?
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Why Are We Professors Doing “Research As Usual” While AI Systems Advance at Breakneck Speed?
Introduction
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March 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Why Are We Professors Doing “Research As Usual” While AI Systems Advance at Breakneck Speed?
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NeuroBoriquas organized a visit for UPR Bayamón students to the Institute of Neurobiology, where they explored Neuroscience and discussed shared facilities and equipment. 🔬🧠 #NeuroBoriquas #Neuroscience #NeurosciencePuertoRico @neurobio-upr.bsky.social @andrew-seeds.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NeuroBoriquas organized a visit for UPR Bayamón students to the Institute of Neurobiology, where they explored Neuroscience and discussed shared facilities and equipment. 🔬🧠 #NeuroBoriquas #Neuroscience #NeurosciencePuertoRico @neurobio-upr.bsky.social @andrew-seeds.bsky.social
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Hands-on training for students by Dr. Jonathan Crooke on our new Sutter CRISPR instrumentation. Participants in the workshop: Yanilis Velázquez, Yaniushka Fernández, Alexa Negrón, Fabiola Pagán, Arelys Rivas-Jiménez.
February 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Hands-on training for students by Dr. Jonathan Crooke on our new Sutter CRISPR instrumentation. Participants in the workshop: Yanilis Velázquez, Yaniushka Fernández, Alexa Negrón, Fabiola Pagán, Arelys Rivas-Jiménez.
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Come see Patrick Emery's talk!
February 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Come see Patrick Emery's talk!