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Katja Reinhard @katjareinhard.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Karl @farrowlab.bsky.social and I wrote a little opinion piece on the importance of comparative neuroscience

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Mabo 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇺🇦🇵🇸 @ikbenmabo.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Daarom: 15 juni, Malieveld! www.oxfamnovib.nl/rode-lijn

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen.

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Simon Schultz @simonschultz.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

I semi-commissioned this artwork some time ago … you may have seen it on the wall behind me in zoom meetings. There is another (possibly even nicer) that will be revealed when I have had it framed. The artist, see below, is trying to drum up work to pay her school fees.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/04/2025

For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other items has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel. Aid groups are running out of food to distribute. Markets are nearly bare. Palestinian families are left struggling to feed their children.

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For nearly 60 days, Israel has blocked food from Gaza. Palestinians struggle to feed their families

For nearly 60 days, no food, fuel, medicine or other item has entered the Gaza Strip, blocked by Israel.

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Jesper Sjöström @pjsjostrom.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

🧪 The Sjöström Lab in Montreal is looking for a postdoc! We study cortical circuits, synaptic plasticity, and NMDAR signalling using custom 2-photon microscopy and optogenetics. We seek candidates with strong patch-clamp and/or 2-photon imaging expertise, and a relevant publication track record.

We are looking for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to join our team at McGill University. The Sjöström lab studies neocortical circuits, with a focus on synaptic plasticity, NMDA receptor signaling, 2-photon optogenetics, and advanced 2-photon imaging. We are particularly interested in candidates with strong expertise in whole-cell patch-clamp electrophysiology and/or 2-photon imaging, and a solid track record of relevant publications.
Applicants should be experienced with whole-cell recordings and/or cutting-edge imaging approaches. Responsibilities will include performing experiments, analyzing and presenting data locally and internationally, writing manuscripts, and occasionally mentoring junior lab members.
Our lab is based at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, in vibrant, multicultural Montreal—a city that offers exceptional quality of life. McGill and its neighbouring universities form one of the most dynamic neuroscience communities in the world.
For examples of our current directions, see:
• Chou et al The Innovation 2025, www.cell.com/the-innovation/fulltext/S2666-6758(24)00173-5
• Wong et al Neuron 2024, www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(23)00767-5
The position is fully funded with a competitive salary. Candidates are also expected to apply for external funding, for which we provide strong support. Opportunities are available for both Canadian and international applicants.
To apply, please send a Letter of Intent, CV, brief research statement, and contact information for three referees to Dr. Jesper Sjöström (jesper.sjostrom@mcgill.ca). In the subject line, include "Postdoc" followed by your name.
Application deadline: July 31, 2025.
Website: http://plasticity.muhc.mcgill.ca
McGill University is committed to diversity and equity in employment.

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Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

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Sonja Hofer @sonjahofer.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Mehran collected mindboggling amounts of data and used many behavioural paradigms to get a holistic understanding of the function of median raphe cell types. Mehran will start his own lab in Oxford soon, watch out for this absolute neuroscience star!

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Sonja Hofer @sonjahofer.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Should you stick to your goal, try something else, or give up? Your median raphe nucleus in the brainstem knows and will decide for you 😉. First foray of my lab into foraging, behavioural strategies and exploration. Amazing work from the one and only Mehran Ahmadlou: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A subcortical switchboard for perseverative, exploratory and disengaged states - Nature

Behavioural experiments in mice demonstrate that GABAergic (γ-aminobutyric acid-expressing), glutamatergic and serotonergic neurons in the median raphe nucleus have distinct and complementary function...

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 28/02/2025

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Be strong, be brave, be fearless. You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy. We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

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Alexander Heimel @alexanderheimel.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Awesome study about overcoming innate responses

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Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) @nin-knaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Professor Francesca Siclari was a guest on the most recent episode of the Sleep Science Podcast to talk about her work on non-REM parasomnias and their link to dreams. Listen to the full episode by clicking this link: sleepsciencepodcast.buzzsprout.com/787211/episo...

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S3E2 - Francesca Siclari - Parasomnias and dreaming - Sleep Science Podcast

Sleepwalking, sleep talking, night terrors - how do they occur and why do some people have them more than others?Join us as we discuss with Professor Francesca Siclari her work looking at non-REM para...

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Markus Meister @mameister4.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The unbearable slowness of being: Humans still clock in at just 10 bits/s. Even after peer review :) Share link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kHVa3BtfH.... ArXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2408.10234

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Fleur Zeldenrust @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Registrations for the Brain Bee are open! We welcome all secondary school students! It will be a fun day in the city heart of Nijmegen, including a live brain dissection, brain olympiad, workshops and more. 👉https://hersenolympiade.nl/inschrijven-hersenolympiade-2025/

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

An exhibit that opened last weekend at Yale shows drawings from the influential duo Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Camillo Golgi, recasting them as collaborators rather than rivals. It also reveals lessons for modern scholars. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/art-in-scien...

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Alexander Heimel @alexanderheimel.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Today, I had an inspiring personal lesson about the claustrum and its potential role as the brains working memory from Alan Carleton. Awesome findings

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