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Yale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
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We aim to understand how genes, molecules, cells, and neural circuits interact to give rise to brain development and behavior, and to apply this knowledge to advance treatments for brain disorders.
https://medicine.yale.edu/kavli/
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In a new study, @yale.edu's Shane Elliott, Paul Ready, and the
@davidbreslowlab.bsky.social identified 2 genes🧬that control how cells assemble & dismantle cilia—pointing to new strategies for treating diseases linked to ciliary breakdown!

Read More Here👇
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New insight into how cilia on cell surfaces break down
In a new study, Yale researchers identified a pathway that allows cells to “disassemble” their cilia before division — and found a possible connection to a neurological disorder.
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November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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In a new study led by @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social Adam de Havenon, researchers found a surprising rise📈in the percentage of young adults 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 reporting cognitive impairments🧠⬇️

Read more about their findings & the potential public health implications here 👇
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A growing number of U.S. adults report cognitive disability
In a 10-year study, U.S. adults reported growing rates of problems with their memory, concentration, and decision-making abilities, with the figure doubling among the youngest cohort.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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In a new article, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social's Dr. John Krystal discusses treatment-resistant depression: what it is, how it is diagnosed, and how new therapies are offering hope beyond traditional treatments! 🧠

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What Is Treatment-Resistant Depression?
Treatment-resistant does not mean untreatable. Discover the evidence-based options for coping with this form of depression.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Join us tomorrow (10/28) for an ✨#Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Seminar✨ by @heatherdsnell.bsky.social, PhD

This event is open to the @yale.edu community only. 📩 The Zoom link is available via email.

We hope to see you there! See flyer for more 👇
Flyer of Alzheimer Disease Research Center Seminar Series by Heather Snell, PhD on October 28th at 4pm
October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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In a new @natcomms.nature.com study led by
@georgedragoi.bsky.social and Yuchen Zhou 🥼, researchers reveal how the hippocampus builds and updates internal maps 🗺️ of our surroundings—helping us navigate new & unexpected spaces!

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The Brain Navigates New Spaces by ‘Flickering’ Between Reality and Old Mental Maps
A new Yale study reveals the brain's internal map doesn't just track one’s current location, it constantly "flickers" between the present space and remembered
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October 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Join us next Thursday (10/23) for #SYNAPSES, a senior postdoc symposium @yaleneuro.bsky.social @kavliatyale.bsky.social

Talks will be given by:
- @annrosebright.bsky.social, PhD👩‍🔬
- Peter Hasenhuetl, PhD 🔬
- Minhyeok Chang, PhD 🧑‍🔬
- @zhenggang.bsky.social, PhD 🥼

Register Today! Yale only.
Flyer for SYNAPSES Symposium (Thursday October 23rd at Room 116 at 100 College Street) with talks by Ann Rose Bright, PhD at 9:00am, Peter Hasenhuetl, PhD at 10:00am, Minhyeok Chang, PhD at 11:15am, and Zhenggang Zhu, PhD at 12:15pm. Registration QR code at top right.
October 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Excited to share our new paper entitled Multisystem Environmental Factors Elucidate Shared and Distinct Associations With Brain and Behavior in Adolescents.

Link: www.jaacap.org/article/S089....

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October 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Happy Monday! 🍁🍂
Kick off your week to a great start by registering for THIS FRIDAY's (10/17) ✨ @kavliatyale.bsky.social Networking Hour✨ Food & drinks will be provided.

Thank you to the @mhigley.bsky.social lab for hosting! Open to all Yale neuroscientists - registration required & limited.
Flyer for Kavli Networking Hour on Friday, October 17th at 4pm. Registration QR code at bottom left.
October 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Thank you to everyone who joined this year’s @kavliatyale.bsky.social Chalk Talk - there were many of you!

And a big thank you to our incredible speakers @schandralab.bsky.social and @trevorsorrells.bsky.social, and all the faculty who gave feedback to postdocs during their mock chalk talks.
Sreeganga Chandra, PhD, presenting what to do and not to do during a chalk talk, in front of a full room of postdocs.
October 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I thought we would never work on gamma oscillations again, but I was wrong 🤷‍♀️ So happy to see this work out in @nature.com! This was a truly epic project spearheaded by @q-perrenoud.bsky.social. Gamma isn't always an oscillation, but it's critical for sensory encoding and perceptual performance 🧠
October 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Music might be keeping your mind sharp! 🎶🧠

In a new @buzzfeed.com article, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social's Fesharaki-Zadeh, MD, PhD, explains how making music can help build your brain’s cognitive reserve, keeping it resilient 🛡️ against aging & disease.
This 1 Hobby Is Great For An Aging Brain, According To A New Study
If you want to protect your brain as you age, pick up this hobby.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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WTI Postdoctoral Fellowship applications are open! Unique opportunity for those pivoting fields or working across disciplines. I’d be happy to support candidates with a background in immunology and/or in vivo 2-photon imaging, including collaborations with other WTI labs wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...
Postdoctoral Fellowships | Wu Tsai Institute
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October 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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In a recent @cp-neuron.bsky.social study, @dscheinost.bsky.social and @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social's Jean Ye found that neural variability 🧠—brain fluctuations that support flexible behavior—increases 📈 through childhood 👶before stabilizing in adolescence🧍
Brain Activity is Increasingly Variable During Development
Fluctuations in brain activity increase until mid-adolescence. Deviations from this trajectory are linked to worse executive functioning.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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In a new @natcomms.nature.com study, Yale's @schandralab.bsky.social found that mutations in the GBA gene 🧬 may drive the cognitive decline 🧠 seen in individuals with #Parkinsons, as opposed to a buildup of alpha-synuclein as previously thought.

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How Gene Mutations Drive Dementia in Parkinson’s Disease
New findings reveal motor and cognitive deficits arise through separate mechanisms in Parkinson’s disease, challenging previous thinking.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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In a new @usatoday.com article, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social's John Krystal, MD, both advocates for and cautions the use of ketamine therapy in teenagers suffering from depression.
Parents are quietly trying ketamine therapy for their teens. It's highly controversial.
Doctors say ketamine therapy can provide life-saving support in cases where other medications have failed, but there are potential risks involved.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Supported by a $5M @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social Depts of Neurosurgery & Psychiatry have launched a study to uncover the neural & genomic mechanisms driving anxiety. Initial pilot work was funded by Yale Center for Brain & Mind Health + @kavliatyale.bsky.social
Yale Scientists Seek to Uncover Neural and Genomic Mechanisms that Drive Anxiety
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosurgery at Yale School of Medicine has launched a pioneering study aimed at
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September 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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A new @journalofnucmed.bsky.social study shows how a novel PET radiotracer (SV2A) can track synaptic changes in a rat's spinal cord & brain post-injury.

@yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social's Jason Cai, PhD: "Our work has potential to revolutionize the way spinal cord injury is diagnosed."
Novel PET Tracer Detects Synaptic Changes in Spinal Cord and Brain After Spinal Cord Injury
A new PET tracer can provide insights into how spinal cord injuries affect not only the spinal cord, but also the brain, according to new research published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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September 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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🚨 Only 3 days left to register! 🚨
Yale postdocs, don’t miss the Oct 9th @kavliatyale.bsky.social Chalk Talk event, featuring tips by @schandralab.bsky.social & a mock talk by @trevorsorrells.bsky.social!

Register Today!👇
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Flyer for The Chalk Talk event on Oct 9.
September 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Wonder why social needs differ from childhood to adulthood? 🤱➡️🧑 In a new @currentbiology.bsky.social study, @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social researchers, led by Marcelo Dietrich, found that Agrp neurons in the hypothalamus 🧠 drive social needs during youth but slowly lose this role in adulthood.
Quitting time: Neurons that drive sociable behavior in children and teens turn off in adulthood
Researchers have mapped the neural signaling that drives social impulses critical to survival in young mammals.
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September 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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In a new study led by @kavliatyale.bsky.social graduate student @kathy-ayala.bsky.social 👩‍🔬, researchers studied 51 pregnant women in their third trimester🤰 and found that higher fetal movement was linked to stronger maternal-fetal attachment.🤱✨

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Associations between fetal movement and maternal-fetal attachment in late pregnancy
Maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) represents the evolving psychological bond between a pregnant person and their fetus, reflecting early emotional inves…
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September 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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📅 Mark your calendars and join us Thursday, Oct 9, for the 2025 edition of the Kavli Chalk Talk! 🧠

Learn from @schandralab.bsky.social & @trevorsorrells.bsky.social about what makes a great chalk talk 👩‍🏫🗣️ and senior postdocs can practice their own.

Register by Sept 25! (Yale only) 👇
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September 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for last Friday’s @kavliatyale.bsky.social Networking Hour, hosted by @colon-ramos-lab.bsky.social! 🙌 Missed it? No worries—you’ll have another chance at the next one! 😉🎉
Flyer for the Kavli Networking Hour of Sept 5, with a sunset background. Yale neuroscientists mingling with food and beverages at the Kavli Networking Hour. Yale neuroscientists mingling with food and beverages at the Kavli Networking Hour.
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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🚨LAST CHANCE TO APPLY🚨 Senior postdocs — the deadline to apply for #SYNAPSES is THIS SUNDAY! Don’t miss this chance to showcase your latest work at our in-person symposium 🧠✨ on Oct 23, 2025. @yaleneuro.bsky.social

Apply Today! 👇
SYNAPSES:
The Neuroscience Department and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale are pleased to announce the 2025 SYNAPSES Symposium to be held on October 23, 2025.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Fantastic work from the labs of ‪@stevewcchang.bsky.social, @neuralnandy.bsky.social, and Monika Jadi, led by Olivia Meisner & Weikang Shi. Our Kavli Institute is proud to have supported this research through our neurotechnology core (marmoset apparatus for automated pulling).
August 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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It is great to welcome @shariwiseman.bsky.social (back) to Yale along with the Yale Neuro Postdoc Committee [YNPC], @kavliatyale.bsky.social, and @yaleneuro.bsky.social ! Pictures are of her first talk to a packed room of trainees, about scientific publishing and related careers
Shari Wiseman standing in front of a room and speaking to trainee scientists, mostly postdoctoral researchers and graduate students. A different angle of Shari Wiseman standing in front of a room and speaking to trainee scientists, mostly postdoctoral researchers and graduate students.
August 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM