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Arkarup Banerjee

@arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Neuroscientist. Loves explaining. Bibliophile. Amateur singer. Eternal optimist. Writes the occasional paper. Lab website - www.arkabanerjeelab.com

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Stories of WiN @storiesofwin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our next profile is here! Dr. Katie Tschida (@katietschida.bsky.social) studies the neural circuitry underlying vocalizations. Follow the link below to listen and learn more! #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really interesting article by @aatishb.com on how LLMs work!
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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Excellent preprint from @justuskebschull.bsky.social’s lab showing how new cerebellar nuclei arise by excitatory progenitor diversification in the early rhombic lip 🧪🧠🧬 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Evolution of new cerebellar nuclei by excitatory progenitor diversification in the early rhombic lip
The cerebellar nuclei, the output regions of the cerebellum, have evolved via repeated duplication of a conserved cell type set to produce different numbers of nuclei across species. Here, we investig...
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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Amazing work led by @nickjourjine.bsky.social showing how the species-specific temporal structure of neonatal vocalizations in deer mice can be traced back to cerebellar anatomy & maybe even to a genomic locus containing plausible gene candidates [e.g ASTN2, well studied by @mbhatten.bsky.social ]🧪
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The Genetic Architecture of Neonatal Deer Mouse Cries Implicates the Cerebellum in the Temporal Control of an Infant Social Behavior
Vocal communication is a conserved vertebrate social behavior that begins at birth with the cries of infants. These neonatal vocal signals vary across contexts to elicit parental care that matches inf...
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Congratulations. Glad to see this out. Very interesting! 👇🏽
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Leslie B Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Transformative opportunity for early career faculty @hhmi-science.bsky.social #FreemanHrabowski Scholars competition opens 11/3/2026 but you can get started NOW: view application components, establish eligibility, and unlock example applications and other resources www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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Early Career Faculty Program | Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
The Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program offers comprehensive support to outstanding early career faculty committed to scientific excellence in their own research, and to fostering labs that expand the ...
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Venki Murthy @neurovenki.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Faculty Job Alert 📣! The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developments to AI-enabled discovery. Please spread the word!
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Tenure-Track Professor in Life Science and AI
The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developme...
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Deeply saddened to learn of the death of my colleague Terri Grodzicker. She was an amazing molecular biologist who did fundamental work on adenovirus. Many will know her as the charismatic long-time editor of Genes & Development and organizer of CSHL meetings 1/2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_G...
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Terri Grodzicker - Wikipedia
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A few years ago, I congratulated someone who looked pregnant but wasn’t. It was the most embarrassing moment (almost) of my life. Until today. I was reading something a colleague sent me. I commented that chatGPT did a really poor job. Turns out, it was entirely written by the colleague. 🤦🏽‍♂️
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Apply to be our colleague 👇🏽
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Removing the fallopian tubes can reduce the risk of “ovarian” cancers by 80%! My mom died of ovarian cancer a few years ago that went undetected until it was too late. I wish I knew. Please read and share widely👇🏽 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
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Most ‘Ovarian Cancer’ Isn’t. And That Fact Can Save Lives.
The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.
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Del Mármol lab @delmarmollab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Can we design molecules that rewrite how organisms interact with the environment? I'm delighted to share our lab's latest work, where we use structural biology and chemistry to modulate insect behavior in a clade of destructive agricultural pests. Congrats Steve and team!
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
This is a remarkable story. Well worth the read/listen! 👇🏽
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Herbert Wu @herbertwu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
First study out! Using a new cooperative paradigm and multi-agent inverse RL, we show that mice spontaneously adopt leader/follower roles, and the prefrontal cortex encodes these role dynamics and an egocentric social value map of the partner’s position. (1/3) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Asymmetric prefrontal representations for leader–follower dynamics - Nature
Mice spontaneously form leader and follower roles during cooperation, and the medial prefrontal cortex encodes these role dynamics and an egocentric social value map of the partner’s position.
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Selmaan Chettih @selmaan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Congrats @katietschida.bsky.social and team on this nice study. 👇🏽
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Excellent advice on scientific writing. I just forwarded this to my lab.👇
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Who says religion doesn’t change with the times? Light a “candle”with a credit card! Credit goes to @sancharighosh.bsky.social for spotting
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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I thought I'd repost this piece quoting the first sentence. Then I thought, no, the first paragraph. No, the first three. And I went on doing that until the final word. www.theguardian.com/books/ng-int...
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‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
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Klingenstein Philanthropies @klingensteinorg.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thank you Arkarup Banerjee, Ph.D. for presenting his talk, "Neural Basis for a Behavioral Innovation: Insights from a Singing Mouse" at the recent Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience Conference. @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Literally a bird’s eye view of the evolution of advertisement signals! Interesting preprint 👇🏽
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Meeting only after ALL the data has been collected.
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“the (GRC chair) appointment marks the definitive apex of a trajectory that will now, according to sources, “flatten out and then just kind of trail off.” Uh oh, I am chairing the NMAC GRC in 2028. It seems I have two years and it’s all downhill from there! Attention @katietschida.bsky.social
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Brian DePasquale @briandepasquale.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thanks to everyone for contributing their comments! I really enjoyed seeing the diversity of takes — an important conversation at a critical moment!
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Annie Roth @annieroth.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I’m looking for soon to be published animal studies! Hit me up!
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Very nice profile. When I was a PhD student working on olfactory circuits in mice, Rachel’s papers on fly olfaction were such a delight to read!
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Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Made a starter pack for attendees of the Neural Mechanisms of Acoustic Communication Gordon Conference. I'm sure I've missed people so let me know! go.bsky.app/57Ln8Bk
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Do you record multimodal data? For our experiments with the singing mice, @cshlnews.bsky.social graduate student @xmikezheng20.bsky.social set up a fantastic acquisition pipeline, which has now become THE standard for all rigs in my lab. He published a detailed protocol today! Check it out. 👇
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Justus Kebschull @justuskebschull.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
New from the lab: BARseq3! Barcodes + high efficiency spatial transcriptomics and translatomics in the same cells, or just a nice spatial transcriptomics assay. All in a modular, expandable system to enable truly multimodal measurements. Check it out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory @cshlnews.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
At CSHL, Gabrielle Pouchelon and Dimitri Dumontier reveal how Fragile X disrupts brain wiring, offering hope for autism. bioRxivpreprint #AutismAcceptanceMonth #FragileX #InspiringDiscovery #ScienceMakesLifeBetter
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory @cshlnews.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
What did the brain say to the face? Say cheese—Cheese3D that is! See the new discovery platform from CSHL’s Helen Hou, Kyle Daruwalla, and Irene Nozal Martin.  www.cshl.edu/say-cheese3d-a-new-mod…
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
How did singing mouse evolve its song? Two research manuscripts published today shed light on peripheral and central circuit modifications underlying this novel vocal capacity.
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Really excited to see this in print!
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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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Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Still time (May 3rd) to apply for one of my favorite conferences: Neural Mechanisms of Acoustic Communication GRC! Slots open for short talks/posters, come learn about communication across the animal kingdom! @nmac2026.bsky.social #Neuroskyence
a poster advertising the neural mechanisms of acoustic communication conference
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This is a really insightful piece. Highly recommend 👇🏽
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David Poeppel @davidpoeppel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
This conference is going to be so cool! Good science good people good location. Register ASAP! #neuroskyence www.fens.org/news-activit...
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The Brain Conference on Neural Foundations of Communication: Integrative Approaches Across Species - Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
Location: Heraklion, Crete, Greece Early registration and stipend applications deadline: 7 April 2026 Regular registration and abstract submission deadline (no further stipend applications accepted)…
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Stephanie L Mason PhD @stephaniellaura.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Young magpies learn to combine calls into "sentences" much like human toddlers: through listening to family and friends! Now available to read at @royalsocietypublishing.org @mandyridley.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
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Ontogenetic evidence of socially learned call sequences in Western Australian magpies
Abstract. Combinatoriality is the capacity to combine discrete vocal elements into larger structures. Previously thought unique to human language, combinat
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Dinu F Albeanu @dinanthos.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Join us at TENSS 2026 to open black boxes, explain how things/brains work and debate the impact (or lack or it) of various new technologies on understanding of the brain and on society. tenss.ro Apply by: March 15th!
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Terrific lab and mentor. Can’t recommend enough.👇🏽
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Aditi Jha @aditijh.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Psyched to announce our COSYNE workshop on social behaviors (Mar 17th, Cascais). We have a stellar lineup of speakers on topics from animal cooperation and aggression to the social dynamics of LLM agents. Co-organized with Libby Zhang (Allen Institute + UW). cosyne-social-behavior.github.io
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Circuits, Dynamics, and Computation in Social Behavior, COSYNE 2026
COSYNE 2026 Workshop: Circuits, Dynamics, and Computation in Social Behavior
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Christine Grienberger @cgrienberger.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We’re looking for a new Research Tech! Our research tech is heading to graduate school (very exciting!), which means we’re recruiting someone new to join our team. The position involves hands-on neuroscience research in a collaborative environment. brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Jobs/job/Bra...
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Research Technician
Research Technician position available in the Grienberger lab at Brandeis University. We are a new neuroscience group studying the cellular basis of learning and memory in the mammalian brain. This is...
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory @cshlnews.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Think a 280-character limit is small? CSHL's Ben Cowley (@benjocowley.bsky.social) in collab with @princetonneuro.bsky.social and @cmu-neuroscience.bsky.social, has recreated the visual system of the macaque - amonkey whose brains are closer to humans-using an AI model that fits in an email.
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This year's Neural Mechanisms of Acoustic Communication (NMAC) GRC is looking great! Fantastic lineup already. More talks will be selected based on abstracts. Please apply. 👇 #bioacoustics #neuroskyence
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Very clever use of unnatural playback stimuli to reveal the hierarchical logic of acoustic production in nightingales! Congratulations @danielavallentin.bsky.social and team.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Adam Kampff prioritized spreading knowledge over publishing flashy papers in prestigious journals, but colleagues say his mark on neuroscience was undeniable. The researcher and educator passed away on 9 December. By Lauren Schneider www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
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Remembering Adam Kampff, neuroscience educator and researcher
Kampff’s do-it-yourself approach inspired a generation of neuroscientists.
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Seriously, who comes up with these idiotic tests? Also, wait, is there anyone who doesn’t put water on toothbrush before paste?
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Arkarup Banerjee @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
AGI may arrive soon --- not because machines are getting smarter but because the bar set by humans keeps dropping!
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Dinu F Albeanu @dinanthos.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Adam Kampff’s passion for understanding and explaining the world was unmatched. Living by example and not ever compromising on his dreams, Adam was uncanny in making people realize they can learn and understand anything and everything. Keep his dream alive! In his own words: tinyurl.com/ye29csw3
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Michael Orger @daniobrain.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
This is tough. Adam Kampff was one of the most brilliant people that I have had the privilege to know. He was a wonderful and generous friend and colleague, a remarkable teacher and a visionary who inspired hundreds of others. He was a shining example to us all, and we will miss him very much.
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