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Alice Mosberger

@alicemosberger.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, investigating how the brain generates skilled movements. (she/her) Public transport and bicycle enthusiast Views are my own

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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🚨Applications are now open for our S.P.i.N.E.S. Postdoc Seminar Series 2026/2027! Deadline August 15th. Find all info and link to the application here: med.nyu.edu/departments-...
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Ariel Levine @ariellevine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Posting for Vibhu Sahni: Due to unforeseen circumstances the Burke Neurological Institute will have to terminate its research operations 5/22. There are international postdocs on visas who are looking for new homes. Please reach out to Vibhu if you can help
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Michelle Marneweck @mmarneweck.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I am looking to hire a great postdoc to join our lab in sunny Eugene at the University of Oregon for fun behavioral/fMRI experiments on sensorimotor control in young and older adults. Please share/get in touch if interested! pages.uoregon.edu/mmar/
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Paul Masset @paulmasset.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I am recruiting graduate students for the experimental side of my lab @mcgill.ca for admission in Fall 2026! Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.
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David Schoppik @schoppik.com · 02/11/2025
Thread coming soon, but be the first to read the latest from @franziau.bsky.social!
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Jonathan A. Michaels @jonathanamichaels.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Thrilled that our paper is out today in Nature! www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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Sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits
Nature - Experiments with human volunteers and macaques show that expectations produced by probabilistic cueing of future sensory inputs shape motor circuit dynamics in order to increase the...
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Ian Greenhouse @iangreenhouse.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
New tenure track faculty position in glia and/or neurovascular coupling! Please come join us! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30864 #neurosky #neuroskyence #glia #neurojobs
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University of Oregon, Department of Human Physiology
Job #AJO30864, Assistant/Associate Professor of Human Physiology with a Glia and Neurovascular focus, Department of Human Physiology, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, US
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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
In NYC this week? join us at NYULH for a networking event all about sensorimotor research and tech transfer! Register below!
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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
How do we facilitate working across institutions and borders to improve sensorimotor research and health? Join us for an evening of discussing the future of technology and collaboration in sensorimotor neuroscience. Made possible by the DWIH, held at NYULH! www.dwih-newyork.org/en/event/mot...
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Motor Health: Transatlantic Cooperation Strategies and Tech Transfer in Sensorimotor Neuroscience | DWIH New York
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Lena Ting @lenating.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Our department started a podcast to let people know about our research and the impact that it has on the public! Please have a listen and subscribe to the series! Also available on Apple podcast, Spotify, and Transistor, www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
How do we facilitate working across institutions and borders to improve sensorimotor research and health? Join us for an evening of discussing the future of technology and collaboration in sensorimotor neuroscience. Made possible by the DWIH, held at NYULH! www.dwih-newyork.org/en/event/mot...
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Motor Health: Transatlantic Cooperation Strategies and Tech Transfer in Sensorimotor Neuroscience | DWIH New York
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Laureline Logiaco @laurelinelogiaco.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Interested in doing a Ph.D. to work on building models of the brain/behavior? Consider applying to graduate schools at CU Anschutz: 1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro... 2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri... You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.
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IMPRS for Brain and Behavior @imprsbb.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
📢Apply now! Join our IMPRS for Brain&Behavior to pursue a #PhD in #neuroethology. Learn how brain circuits are linked to interesting animal behaviors! 📅 Deadline: October 31, 2025 🔗 imprs-brain-behavior.mpg.de #neuroscience #Neuroskyence #neurojobs #sciencejobs #PhDsky #PhDOffers #FundedPhD
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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Leading neuroscientists share their top tips to optimise learning: teach, sleep, repeat! www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/neu...
Illustration showing multiple sets of steps leading up to a brain representing learning
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Luke Sjulson @lukesjulson.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube! Please like and repost to help us get the word out! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization 🧵
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Neuroscience methods - YouTube
Nanocourse: Approaches to Study Neural Circuits This course was taught by Anita Autry, Tiago Gonçalves, and Luke Sjulson at Albert Einstein College of Medici...
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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨🚨🚨 OPEN POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🚨🚨 in my lab! Are you interested in understanding how the brain moves our arms? Reach to your computer and apply! www.mosbergerlab.com/open-positions
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Open Positions — Mosberger Lab
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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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Western University @westernu.ca · 08/07/2025
To attract top global talent, #WesternU is doubling the number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Program awards and launching the new US-CAN Doctoral Excellence Awards. #CdnPSE #HigherEd
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Western expands PhD and postdoc funding - Western News
Western is boosting funding for postdoctoral fellows and PhD candidates from the U.S. and other countries with expanded and new award programs.
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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
🚨🚨🚨 OPEN POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🚨🚨 in my lab! Are you interested in understanding how the brain moves our arms? Reach to your computer and apply! www.mosbergerlab.com/open-positions
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Open Positions — Mosberger Lab
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christine liu / two photon art @christineliu.art · 03/05/2025
New opportunity for Bay Area undergrads to gain computational neuroscience exposure and training! I’m teaming up with @neuronush.bsky.social to offer this to students in our communities 💕🧠🧪 Please share with any students who might be interested! Tiny.cc/ucsfcompneuro
Summer Research Program in Neuroscience & Computation
For undergrads interested in exploring the brain and learning how to code
No prior experience necessary!
June - August 2025
UCSF Mission Bay campus
25-30 hours/week commitment
Learn more & apply:
http://tiny.cc/ucsfcompneuro/
Students from backgrounds historically underrepresented in STEM are encouraged to apply!
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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Basal ganglia output is a formidable bottleneck Striatum neurons project to output nuclei in a ratio ~16:1; but their targets outnumber them by up to 150 to 1. New paper from me, on how I got to those numbers & the model of basal ganglia output they imply www.eneuro.org/content/12/4...
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The Computational Bottleneck of Basal Ganglia Output (and What to Do About it)
What the basal ganglia do is an oft-asked question; answers range from the selection of actions to the specification of movement to the estimation of time. Here, I argue that how the basal ganglia do ...
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Kepecs Lab @ WashU @kepecslab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
1/ Why do patients with late-stage cancer lose motivation & sink into apathy? 🔥 Our new Science paper shows chronic inflammation activates a cytokine-sensing brain circuit that lowers motivation. Huge team effort: Aelita Zhu, Sarah Starosta, Pignatelli & Janowitz labs! 🧵 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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A neuroimmune circuit mediates cancer cachexia-associated apathy
Cachexia, a severe wasting syndrome associated with inflammatory conditions, often leads to multiorgan failure and death. Patients with cachexia experience extreme fatigue, apathy, and clinical depres...
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
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The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
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Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Now out in JNP: journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....
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String-pulling by the common marmoset | Journal of Neurophysiology | American Physiological Society
Coordinated hand movements used to grasp and manipulate objects are crucial for many daily activities, such as tying shoelaces or opening jars. Recently, the string-pulling task, which involves cyclic...
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Hisham Zerriffi @hishamzerriffi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
U.S. citizen interested in grad studies at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada)? Grad programs are re-opening applications of US programs for one week. With expedited decisions. U.S. Applicant Week: www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant... #AcademicChatter #Canada #GradSchool
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US Applicant Week
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Stéphanie C Koch @skochlab.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
New preprint out! We developed a behavioural platform for the kinematic analysis of skilled whole body behaviour. Very fun collaboration with Christopher Black, @liamebrowne.bsky.social and Rob Brownstone.
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Chris Rodgers @chrisxrodgers.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Inspired by @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social , I wrote an op ed for my hometown newspaper (the Lexington Herald-Leader) about the importance of protecting science and universities from destruction by the government. Think about writing one of your own! www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-e...
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Kentucky needs to stand up for science; ask lawmakers to stop federal research cuts | Opinion
OpEd: In particular, the University of Kentucky’s federal research funding generates medical breakthroughs, sustains thousands of Kentucky jobs, and trains Kentucky students to be the leaders of tomor...
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R. Brian Roome @rbrianroome.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Check out my postdoc work at Ariel Levine’s lab, hot and fresh, describing how you build a dorsal horn! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Ariel Levine @ariellevine.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Gorgeous image and a wonderful thread from @rbrianroome.bsky.social on our new work 🥳
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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Best figure I've seen to demonstrate that climate change and migration are tightly linked. You can't ignore one and think you'll be able to prevent the other. It's either delusional or plain cruel.
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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
The brain drain is opening This is good for trainees, glad if they can find ways to pursue their dreams.
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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
🚨 Neuromatch Academy Course Applications are OPEN for 2025!! 🚨 Get your application in early to be a student or teaching assistant for this year’s courses! Applications are due Sunday, March 23. Apply & learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/ #mlsky #compneurosky #ai #climatesolutions #ScienceEdu 🧪
Applications are now open! 3-week courses: Comp Neuro and Deep Learning. 2-week courses: NeuroAI and Comp Tools for Climate Science.
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Anja Brandon, PhD @anjabrandon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Big things are happening in California! The decisions made THIS WEEK will shape the future of plastic pollution in CA and beyond. We need @gavinnewsom.bsky.social to stay the course & ensure #SB54, the nation’s strongest plastic pollution law, stays on track. #EndPlasticPollution #CAMustLead
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Bence Ölveczky @olveczky.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Thoughtful piece on how going with the flow, however well meaning, may end up washing us all down the drain. Harvard admin take note.... www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/o...
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Opinion | To Obey Trump or Not to Obey (Gift Article)
The voluntarily surrender of the public’s power is how autocracies are built.
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Alice Mosberger @alicemosberger.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Super stoked to announce 📣 The *Mosberger lab* is officially open and hiring! We're looking for Research Associates and Postdocs interested in uncovering how the brain makes us move 🧠👋🏻 Learn more and find out how to apply here: mosbergerlab.com
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Mosberger Lab
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