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Albert Chen

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Biophysics PhD student with Jan Drugowitsch at Harvard Univ. (he/him) | theoretical neuroscience | spatial navigation under uncertainty

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Adrian Duszkiewicz @adrian-du.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Interesting new study from the Frank lab: Hippocampal representations of alternative possibilities are flexibly generated to meet cognitive demands
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Hippocampal representations of alternative possibilities are flexibly generated to meet cognitive demands
Comrie et al. show that the hippocampus flexibly represents different alternative possibilities—including paths ahead, behind, and far away—to meet distinct cognitive demands related to decision-makin...
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Weiji Ma @weijima.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
NEW PREPRINT ON LAB CULTURE: What is it, how is it related to mentorship, and how to document it? With @rademaker.bsky.social and Chris Pfund. osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Anna Vlasits @annaintegrated.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The Vlasits Lab is hiring a technician because our current technician was accepted into a PhD program! This position combines lab management and experiments. If you are interested in gaining experience with #retina research in Chicago, please apply. vlasitslab.org uic.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Vlasits Lab
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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 10/03/2026
Are you an undergrad looking to do hands-on #neuroscience research? Apply for our SURFiN fellowship! We're hosting an information webinar on March 25 + apps due April 21. Learn more: www.simonsfoundation.org/applicatio…
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Applications Open for 2026–2027 Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Neuroscience
Applications Open for 2026–2027 Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Neuroscience on Simons Foundation
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Rainer Engelken @rainerengelken.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
We are recruiting PhD students and postdocs at UIUC ECE interested in learning dynamics, spiking networks, and dynamical systems. Details: rainerengelken.github.io/join/
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Rainer Engelken | Join the Lab
Uncovering theoretical principles of learning and computation in neural circuits, from single neurons to brain-wide systems.
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Zach Cohen @zachcohen1.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
I’ll be presenting this work (plus some exciting new follow-up analyses!) tonight at poster [1-019], “A unifying theory of receptive field heterogeneity predicts hippocampal spatial tuning.” Come by and say hi! #cosyne26
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NSF-Simons NITMB @nitmb.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Undergraduates: Looking to contribute to innovative mathematical-biology research while receiving mentorship from world-class faculty? Join us for NITMB’s 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Program! Applications are due Monday, January 26th. Learn more at www.nitmb.org/surp
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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 07/01/2026
Our Summer at Simons internship program offers unique opportunities to work in computational research at @flatironinstitute.org or in other areas of the foundation. Applications due soon: www.simonsfoundation.org/summer-at-… #science #math #philanthropy
quote from 2025 Summer at Simons intern: “My experience at the Flatiron Institute was extraordinary. Every day I was surrounded by researchers from a remarkable range of disciplines, and the culture encouraged conversations that seamlessly crossed fields.”
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HHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
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Summer Undergraduate Research Experience | HHMI
The Cech Fellows Program is a paid, nine-week summer research experience empowering the next generation of scientific leaders.
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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
MindCORE Summer Fellowship Program May 31-Aug 7, 2026 This is a paid 10-wk research experience for undergrad students matched with select Penn faculty in mind sciences. Open to both Penn students & non-Penn US students through our REU. Apply by Jan 11: mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/research/sum...
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Blake Bordelon @frostedblakess.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Applying to do a postdoc or PhD in theoretical ML or neuroscience this year? Consider joining my group (starting next Fall) at UT Austin! POD Postdoc: oden.utexas.edu/programs-and... CSEM PhD: oden.utexas.edu/academics/pr...
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Sepiedeh Keshavarzi @sepikeshavarzi.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
We’re having lots of fun designing tasks to study neural circuits of spatial orientation in mice, and we’re looking for PhD candidates to join the adventure! Email me to learn more or apply for a PhD with us: www.keshavarzilab.com 🗓️ Deadline for expressions of interest: 30 October.
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Weiji Ma @weijima.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Thinking of applying to US-based Ph.D. programs in neuroscience, psychology, or cognitive science? We’ve got your back! NYU’s Application Support Group is a student-led, free mentorship program offering 1-on-1 support and guidance. Apply now! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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NYU Application Support Group Matching Form
Dear Prospective Neuroscience & Psychology PhD Students, We are a group of current NYU Neuroscience & Psychology PhD students who would like to help you with your PhD applications. We want to support...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Here is a link you can blast out to all of your networks to ask them to consider signing on in support of our NIH heroes. actionnetwork.org/forms/add-na... We are at 5000 folks who have signed on. But we can do better Only for people who have ever been sick or knows someone who has been.
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ADD YOUR NAME: Sign the Open Letter in Support of NIH Staff
Join the courageous and committed National Institutes of Health (NIH) public servants by adding your name now.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
My ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.
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Carlos Brody @carlosbrody.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team. publicusaresearchbenefits.com please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
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Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
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Dr. Suzanne Le Menestrel @drsl.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The Spencer Foundation is offering rapid response bridge funding for those who lost NSF research grants. www.spencer.org/grant_types/...
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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program
In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/05/2025
🔔BREAKING🔔 The NSF has frozen all research grant awards—cutting off life-saving science midstream and demanding ideological screenings for future funding. This is censorship disguised as oversight. Here’s how you can help us spread the word ➡️🧵(1/3): www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones
US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
URGENT ACTION FOR NSF GRANTEES. For current & recent (since 2020) awards, archive your award history this afternoon/tonight. Screenshot/download/print your work in research.gov & alert your partners. We have credible threats to integrity of awards tracking systems (via @jeremymberg.bsky.social)
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Research.gov - Homepage
Research.gov is a partnership of Federal, research-oriented grant making agencies with a shared vision of increasing customer service for applicants while streamlining and standardizing processes amon...
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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🚨 Practical URGENT tip for NSF grantees: Out of an abundance of caution, I would right now go into Research.gov and… 1. Download your NSF award letters. 2. Print PDF your annual reports. 3. Screenshot the status table for annual reports. NSF is planning maintenance tomorrow to Research.gov
Due to maintenance, Research.gov (including access to NSF-PAR, GRFP, PES, and ETAP) will be unavailable from Fri., 4/25 at 10:00 PM ET to Sat., 4/26 at 1:00 PM ET. NSF apologizes for any inconvenience.
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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
My lab is hiring a pre-doctoral research assistant to work on the neural computations of foraging, seeking common cross-species algorithms. A BBSRC-funded project in collaboration with Matt Apps (Birmingham) & Nathan Lepora (Bristol) Closes May 5th Pls share! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
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Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Research Assistant (Fixed Term)
We seek a predoctoral research assistant to join the Humphries’ group at the University of Nottingham on a BBSRC-funded project to study the neural basis of foraging, in collaboration with the groups ...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 21/02/2025
HEY BOSTON! 📣☀️ MARCH 7TH, MASSACHUSETTS STATE CAPITOL! Join us to #standupforscience2025 and make your voice heard! SEE YOU THERE! www.standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience20225
Flyer for Massachusetts stand up for science, at the  Massachusetts state capitol in Boston on March 7th from 12-4 PM. More info at standupforscience2025.org
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Shervin Safavi @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.
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Jan Drugowitsch @jdrugowitsch.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Excited that Adam Lowet's PhD work has been just been published in @nature.com at doi.org/10.1038/s415.... He has already posted about it on Twitter/X (see twitter.com/Adam_Lowet/s...), but let me re-post his thread here. 1/9
Picture of Nature article, published 19 Feburary 2025, titled "An opponent striatal circuit for distributional reinforcement learning", with authors Adam S. Lowet, Qiao Zheng, Melissa Meng, Sara Matias, Jan Drugowitsch & Naoshige Uchida.
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COSYNE @cosynemeeting.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Recruiting phd/postdocs to mentor Undergrad Awardees!! This program brings UGs from across the 🌎 considering a career in neuro research Duties: meet students on 1st day, take them to a poster session, help them feel welcome. Apply: (very short!) form forms.gle/9hCniCA29ky5...
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Cosyne 2025 undergraduate mentor applications
The Cosyne Undergraduate Travel Grant, is a program that brings ~12 undergraduates from across the world to Cosyne. As part of the program, we aim to pair the students with a “conference mentor”, a P...
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Emily Singer @emilysingerneuro.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Check out @thetransmitter.bsky.social's newly launched calendar of advanced neuroscience courses, featuring events all over the world. www.thetransmitter.org/courses/
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Courses
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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Experience Postgrad Life Sciences in @cambridgebiosci.bsky.social Paid 8-week research internships, for undergraduates in their penultimate year at a UK/Irish university. Aimed at talented students who might not otherwise feel they can easily access summer research opportunities.
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Experience Postgrad Life Sciences | Enhancing diversity among life scientists of the future
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Jacob Zavatone-Veth @jzv.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
The official ad for this postdoc position is now (finally) live, see academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14486!
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Theoretical & Computational Neuroscience
Postdoctoral positions are available in Jacob Zavatone-Veth’s research group at Harvard's Center for Brain Science. We are broadly interested in the theory of neural computation; see jzv.io for more i...
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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
my lab (www.tuthill.casa) at UW is hiring a research assistant/tech. basic scope is to apply machine learning/computer vision tools to measure and model 3D animal behavior and mechanics. we are a diverse, collaborative, curiosity-driven group. Apply: uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/Candidat...
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