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Alina Peter

@alinapeter.bsky.social
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Consultant, Science and Innovation. Munich. Formerly neuroscientist @ MIT, PhD @ MPI Frankfurt, Germany.

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Alireza Modirshanechi @modirshanechi.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Excited to share that I'll be starting as a junior professor and Emmy Noether awardee at the University of Göttingen this October! 🥳 🚀 I'll be hiring #phd students and #postdoc across #machinelearning, #neuroscience and #cogsci: modirlab.github.io/open-positio... Please spread the word! 🙏
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Alina Peter @alinapeter.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Thanks! Happy this work with Gwangsu Kim & Jim DiCarlo is out. Amygdala neurons are famously multimodal with complex visual selectivity. We find that the relationship between visual and valence responses is also specific and can be partially captured in models, like the visual responses themselves.
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Found a really nice Dutch grant for turning our WARN-D pipeline that forecasts depression onset for young adults into an actionable system for people at risk. Grant requires a Dutch tech partner, preferably with an existing app that can be adapted to ours needs. Any interest? Please get in touch.
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Hi folks! For a methods validation paper, we're looking for a large, cross-sectional, psychometric dataset that will show considerable heterogeneity in item responses, preferably, based on different classes/clusters/groups of people. Open access optimal, but if you have one you'd share w me ...
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
After 5 years of data collection, our WARN-D machine learning competition to forecast depression onset is now LIVE! We hope many of you will participate—we have incredibly rich data. If you share a single thing of my lab this year, please make it this competition. eiko-fried.com/warn-d-machi...
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WARN-D machine learning competition is live » Eiko Fried
If you share one single thing of our team in 2026—on social media or per email with your colleagues—please let it be this machine learning competition. It was half a decade of work to get here, especi...
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Friends in Boston!! Please join me Tuesday evening (10/28) for this event at the Harvard Science Center. Free and open to all (just register). Elusive Cures is targeted at non-experts and experts alike. Its message is empathetic and optimistic. www.harvard.com/event/nicole...
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Please spread the word! I am recruiting a PhD student this cycle (Fall 2026 start) to join my team in a new venture: the neuroscience of mood. If you are curious to learn more, this short talk provides a good overview of why, what and how. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjIK...
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Nicole Rust - The representation of mood in the primate insula (May 6, 2025)
YouTube video by Simons Foundation
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 17/09/2025
Open Call for Expressions of Interest: become a Max Planck Director & redefine what’s possible in science! We offer scientific independence, long-term stable funding & exceptional infrastructure. Lead your own department & open new frontiers of research. Apply by 31 Oct 2025 → www.mpg.de/directors
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The Max Planck Society offers Directors a unique platform for groundbreaking research and leadership in diverse scientific fields.
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Michele A. Basso @micheleabasso.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I’ve officially moved to BlueSky - yes i’m a little slow! You’ll soon get a following notice from me as I ‘bridged’ my X account - I hope that wasn’t a mistake.
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Ida Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Pleased to say "Space, Time, and Memory", an academic book by Oxford University Press edited by the inimitable Lynn Nadel & Sara Aronowitz is now out. I contributed a chapter, "Memory and Planning in Brains and Machines". You can download the entire book for free: library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha...
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Lisa Schmors @lisaschmors.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again!   💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty   📈Apply until July 1st! 🔗https://imbizo.africa/
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
We want to hear from you! We’re conducting a survey on the state of neuroscience. This week’s question is: What are the most important neuroscience findings of the past five years? #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu...
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Survey: The state of basic neuroscience
We want to hear from all neuroscientists. Please participate in our survey.
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Yossi Yovel's book is out! 🦇 Yossi, the Batman, is not only a super original neuroscientist, he's also a great writer and adventurer. Recenlty he's been releasing, one by one, his tales from the jungles. Get his book on promotion here: bit.ly/TheGeniusBatBN
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The Genius Bat: The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal|Hardcover
An awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world’s leading expertWith nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse gro...
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hakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
is anyone working on cortical waves (traveling, rotational, etc) looking for a faculty position? we'll soon be hiring in Korea, at our center where multiple labs (ephys, optical imaging, human neuroimaging) are interested in collaborating w/ theoreticians pls DM/email for informal inquiries 🧠📈 🧠💻
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
the ERC has added a million euro for researchers moving to Europe.
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ERC to double allowance for researchers moving to EU
The European Research Council (ERC) is doubling the relocation allowance it makes to researchers coming to the EU to take up one of its grants. At present it offers third-country researchers up to €1 ...
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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
The cover of our new book has been approved! Due out this August through MIT Press and the online version will be open access. #neuroskyence #ornithology 🪶🧠
A book cover for Bird Brains and Behavior: A Synthesis. The images on the cover include a Turkey vulture in flight, a singing song sparrow, a drawing of a black browed albatross brain, and a foraging whimbrel.
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
If any science illustrators are available to do a rush job on illustrations (around "mood") that will appear in an upcoming documentary (due EOD Sunday), please let me know. My DMs are open & my contact info is here: www.nicolecrust.com/nicole Thank you!
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Nicole Rust | About Nicole
Learn more about Nicole Rust as an author, professor, and scientist.
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Über 12.000 Wissenschaftler fordern entschlossene Klimapolitik von der Bundesregierung www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/app/consent/...
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Aktuelle Nachrichten | Saarbrücker Zeitung
Saarbrücker Zeitung – Mit unseren News sind Sie rund um die Uhr gut informiert
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SP Arun @sparuniisc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Matthew Smith and I cowrote this obituary about Carl Olson, who passed away recently. Carl was my postdoc mentor and was absolutely amazing. I will miss him💔 authors.elsevier.com/c/1knqf3BtfH...
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Pause @ Real Scientists DE @realscientists.de · 16/03/2025
[Admin] Hallo alle miteinander! Wir wollten auf eine Aktion hinweisen: Die Scientists 4 Future organisieren gerade einen Appell an den Bundestag, der darauf abzielt, dass die deutsche Politik die Wissenschaft ernster nehmen soll. Findet ihn ihr: www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/o... 1/2
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S4F: Ein Appell von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern in Deutschland an die Politik
als Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler in Deutschland sind wir in großer Sorge. Die Klima­krise und weitere Umweltkrisen (Biodiversitätsverlust, Überlastung biogeochemischer Stoffkreisläu­fe ......
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We are excited to announce that nominations are open for our “Rising stars in neuroscience” 2025 report. We seek to feature early-career researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and demonstrated a commitment to community-building. Submit a nominee here: bit.ly/4bsoBXD
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The Transmitter’s ‘Rising stars in neuroscience’ 2025
Recognize early-career researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the field. Selected nominees will be featured on our website and in our annual book.
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E. Rosalie @erosalie.infoepi.com · 13/03/2025
A French University is funding a Safe Place For Science program meant to recruit scientists who cannot continue their work in the US. www.univ-amu.fr/fr/public/a...
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Ologies with Alie Ward @ologies.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Hey we won Best Science pod at the iHeart Awards among some fierce competition. Thanks to everyone who listens & thank you to our small but mighty team. If you want to convert someone to an Ologite, but don’t know where to start, ologies.com is like a menu of topics. Science matters. Like, A LOT.
Alie (which is me) on a stage at a mic, in front of a tall red curtainAlie ol’ Dadward cheesin on a red carpet holding a chrome, heart-shaped trophy award. I’m wearing a black skirt, black shirt and striped tights with old ratty combat bootsA graphic that says iHeart Podcast Awards winner! Best Science Podcast: Ologies with Alie wardBest Science:

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Ologies with Alie Ward - WINNER
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Robert Rohde @rarohde.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Welcome to the Atlantic Temporal Anomaly. That period, twice a year, when scheduling calendars go a bit wacky because Europeans and Americans can't agree to start and stop their daylight savings changes on the same dates.
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Ch 1 of my book Elusive Cures is available for (free!) preview @princetonupress.bsky.social. I had no idea how timely it would be for conversations in 2025 about science -> society. Those conversations are complex, especially in brain research. Why? 🧵 /1 press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Elusive Cures
A neuroscientist’s bold proposal for tackling one of the greatest challenges of our time—brain and mental illnesses
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Proud to speak at the StandUpForScience rally in Boston today!
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Are you a PI interested in redirecting to something new? @simonsfoundation.org is now accepting applications for their Pivot Fellowships. I'm grateful to be a Simons Pivot Fellow (I'm pivoting from memory to mood). Very few mechanisms like this exist. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/03/03/s...
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Simons Foundation Now Accepting Applications for Fourth Class of Pivot Fellows
The Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International are now accepting applications for the 2026 class of Pivot Fellows.
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CantlonLab @cantlonlab.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Join us! Science Homecoming helps scientists reconnect with communities by writing about the importance of science funding in their hometown newspapers. We’ve mapped every small newspaper in the U.S. and provide resources to get you started. Help science get back home 🧪🔬🧬 🏠 sciencehomecoming.com
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Science Homecoming
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
This is an unusual opportunity in Germany where the idea of Tenure track is relatively new. A 'W1' is basically an Assistant Professor, (although the Germans translate it to the sad-sounding 'Junior Professor'). haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...
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W1 Professorship in Human Geography and Global Transitions (with tenure track to W3)
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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Science writing internship; BS or higher; paid, can be virtual intranet.broadinstitute.org/communicatio...
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Science writing and communications internship
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard offers paid winter and summer internship in science writing and communications.
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The Kavli Foundation @kavlifoundation.org · 21/02/2025
We're #hiring! The Kavli Foundation is looking for a Grants and Contracts Manager to join our team. Interested? Learn more and apply here: www.kavlifoundation.org/careers/ Plus, check out our other open positions! #GrantsManagement #JobOpening #STEM #NonprofitJobs
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The Kavli Foundation is dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of humanity.
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Some non-Americans are expressing a sense of helplessness watching the US. My personal recommendation to those feeling that way is to work to steel up the science infrastructure, funding, and culture in your own country. We need everyone to harbor knowledge and incubate progress while the US can't!
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Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics @mpicybernetics.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
This year again in person: the Systems Vision Science Summer School & Symposium! Come and connect with other #vision and #neuroscience researchers from around the world. 🗓️ Aug. 11-22, 2025 📍Tübingen, Germany ⏰ Apply until March 31! 👉https://buff.ly/3EplK5u
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 16/02/2025
hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
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Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
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Amr Farahat @amr-farahat.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
🚨Preprint Alert New work with @martinavinck.bsky.social We elucidate the architectural bias that enables CNNs to predict early visual cortex responses in macaques and humans even without optimization of convolutional kernels. 🧠🤖 🧠📈
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Danielle Beckman @daniellebeckman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Rare chance to work as a Postdoc with one of the nicest people and a world expert in Neurovirology. The position is to investigate the connection between viruses and #Parkinson (more relevant than ever) and funded by philanthropy, so independent of government funding.
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I don't often collect my paper mail, so only saw this just now. "the strength of our Nation is defined in part by the boldness of its science, the quality of its research, and the progress it brings forth." Exactly!
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Great reporting @npr.org! Cuts to NIH Indirects Costs could disrupt cancer Clinical Trials. Includes a patient 1st perspective. www.npr.org/2025/02/11/n...
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Abrupt changes to NIH funding rules could disrupt cancer research clinical trials
Last week, the NIH abruptly changed its funding rules for scientific research, prompting chaos and uncertainty for scientific researchers everywhere, including in cancer research clinical trials.
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Marieke van Vugt @mvugt.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"it’s very scary to think the concentration of plastics in my brain will go up several percentage points before we have answers,” www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Your brain is full of microplastics: are they harming you?
Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists are scrambling to understand their effects on health.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Warming stripes on an electric bus in Kiel, Germany. #ShowYourStripes @edhawkins.org
An electric bus with colorful graphics promoting climate awareness, displaying the route number "11 Wik Kanal." The bus is driving down a street, with a nearby tree and car visible.
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 06/02/2025
For every important election, Germany’s Federal Agency for Civic Education releases an online tool that asks your opinion on the most important topics and matches your responses with the statements given in the platforms/programs of all political parties. The newest one will go live in 1 minute.
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Alina Peter @alinapeter.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Americans taught us Germans about freedom. After defeating a genocidal Nazi regime, they and regime survivors strongly influenced our constitution. Art. 5 guarantees uncensored freedom of speech & public information, and protections esp for: journalists, artists, professors, and scientists. #SciComm
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 01/02/2025
Ab morgen, den 2. Februar 2025, gilt die weltweit strengste KI-Gesetzgebung, der #AIAct der #EU. Digitalrechtsexperte Erik Tuchtfeld erklärt, worauf sich Entwickler und Anbieter einstellen müssen - und was das für uns bedeutet www.mpg.de/24096506/faq... #KI @erik.d-64.social @mpil.de
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AI Act: Was er regelt und wen er betrifft
Ein FAQ zur KI-Verordnung, KI-Gesetz oder auch AI Act genannt, dessen Verbote im Laufe des Jahres in Kraft treten.
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Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...
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Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
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Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (BAdW) @badw.de · 28/01/2025
„Für die Wissenschaft sei Bluesky mit seiner Transparenz und Offenheit „ein Paradies“ […]“ - @tuda.bsky.social legt erste umfassende Studie zu #Bluesky vor
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X-Ersatz mit Benefits - TU-Forschende legen erste umfassende Studie zur Plattform Bluesky vor
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CleanEnergyNerd @cleanenergynerd.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Hey #energysky #climatesky et al. - I'm looking for a #heatpump science experiment or demo session appropriate for an elementary/middle school aged audience for an event I'm planning later this year. Basically, 20 mins of fun for kids re heat pumps! No luck with internet searching, any suggestions?
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christine liu / two photon art @christineliu.art · 22/01/2025
Hearing that a lot of NIH study section and council meetings are being cancelled. In the spirit of @nicolecrust.bsky.social ‘s call to action for scicomm, if you have found yourself with a few extra hours today, consider making a video or writing an op-ed on why research matters. 🙏
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Jaan Aru @jaanaru.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I have a post-doc position to study the effect of AI on education. How can we ensure that AI tools enhance natural intelligence? The position is a part of the Estonian Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence. Please repost - not easy to get people to work in Estonia 🥶 #edusky #neuroAI
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Aitor Morales-Gregorio @aitormg.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Maybe a good time to remember that mice have tiny hyperconnected brains. An estimated 97% of all possible connections between brain areas exist in mice, vs ~62% in macaques and marmosets. No wonder everything is everywhere in mice, they have all-to-all connectivity! doi.org/10.1093/cerc...
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The meso-connectomes of mouse, marmoset, and macaque: network organization and the emergence of higher cognition
Abstract. The recent publications of the inter-areal connectomes for mouse, marmoset, and macaque cortex have allowed deeper comparisons across rodent vs.
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