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Zach Pennington @zachtpennington.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Woo!!!!!! PenningtonLab.com is live!

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Pennington Lab

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Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Join us in Paris this summer for our #Miniscope Workshop 🔬 We'll teach you everything you need to know about miniscopes and have a blast while we're at it! Applications close on May 22, so don't wait 👇

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Daniel Aharoni @danielaharoni.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We’re really excited to announce our next international, hands-on #Miniscope workshop covering everything from microscope design to experiments to analysis! Applications are now open for the 2026 Paris Miniscope Workshop (July 1–3, ESPCI). Apply by May 22: forms.gle/4CWh7MeMchLS...

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

It's gonna be a bright bright bright bright sunshiny day throughout the United States today! Happy No Kings III, y'all. ❌👑

Map showing no precipitation in the US for No King III!

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Brian Sweis @brianmsweis.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🚨The Sweis Lab for Translational Neuroeconomics at Mount Sinai is searching for a postdoctoral research fellow! If you or someone you know is searching for a position, please share! 📄 📌Link to job flyer here: tinyurl.com/3vapfpn5 🧠 🐁 🔬🏙️🌆🧪🧬💊🧫💡🏥 @sinaibrain.bsky.social @mountsinai.bsky.social

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Austin Baggetta @austinbaggetta.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

If you want rigorous and exciting science, top tier mentorship, and a lab that loves good food, I cannot recommend working with Zach enough!!

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Zoé Christenson Wick @zoechristensonwick.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

🚨New preprint alert🚨 We used closed-loop optogenetics to causally test the importance of inhibitory spike timing in network function and found that manipulating PV+ cell theta phase locking in the dentate gyrus can shift seizure susceptibility (both ways!)

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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🤔 Did you know we're hosting a trainee event the day before the first annual New York Memory Hub conference? Trainees, join us in the afternoon of September 25 for lively discussion about learning and memory geared toward YOU! Space is limited, so register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/new-york-m...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/08/2025

BREAKING: We're suing ICE for unlawfully targeting and arresting people who show up to court for their immigration hearings.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 01/07/2025

Very striking how every right-wing conspiracy freakout was just a prophecy of what they planned on eventually doing - whether it was Jade Helm or FEMA camps, the moment they had the opportunity to make these imaginary monstrosities they came up with come to life, they did

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Nick Jourjine @nickjourjine.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Very happy to share the latest from my postdoc‬! 10 yrs of mouse social networks + 1.25 yrs of acoustic data ➡️ insight into vocalization & sociality in a wild population of your favorite lab model 🐁 paper: bit.ly/4n93yyD data: bit.ly/4lfFBEk code: bit.ly/4kNnMwx #bioacoustics #neuroskyence 1/8

Graphical abstract for "Vocal communication is seasonal in social groups of wild, free-living house mice."

The abstract has, from top to bottom, a title, four middle image panels, and two bottom text panels.

Image title: "Vocal communication in social groups of wild-free living house mice"

Middle image panels from left to right: (1) An aerial snap shot of the region where the study site is located, an agricultural landscape in rural Switzerland. (2) An image of the study site, a small barn in the forest inhabited by mice. (3) An image of a radio frequency identification (RFID) box used to track mouse social interactions. A mouse is entering the box from the left while another sits outside. (4) A spectrogram showing example vocalizations - one low frequency squeak and one ultrasonic call - recorded from an RFID box.

Bottom panels:
Left: Data Collection
- 10 years of RFID-based tracking data (from 6,946 mice)
- 15 months of acoustic monitoring (totaling 6,594 hours)
- Machine learning for vocal detection and labeling (CNN)

Right: Key Findings
- Vocalization is seasonal (most in spring and summer)
- Vocalization is associated with the presence of pups
- Vocalization is correlated with social group dynamics

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

It is actually nuts that even when the NYC political establishment was presented with a broad field of talented candidates w/ many ideas, in a time of generational change & anti-corruption, they STILL chose to line up behind scandal-ridden Andrew Cuomo. It’s cowardice.

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D.A. Bullock @bullycreative.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

These militarist ICE raids are the actual government oppression that right wingers dreamed was happening during Covid. They are not up in arms like they were about masking, go figure.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/05/2025

We're suing the Trump administration over its politically-motivated termination of research grants that has already harmed scientists and our communities. Political ideology shouldn't dictate public health.

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‘Devastated’ and ‘Hopeless.’ Researchers Speak Out on Funding Cuts | ACLU

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Optogenetics Gordon Research Conference @optogrc.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

📆 Mark your calendars: #OptoGRC2026 is headed back to Tuscany, May 10-15, 2026! We look forward to reuniting with our amazing community for a week of great science, thoughtful discussions & shared time with colleagues. More details coming soon👇🏽 tinyurl.com/esvrabsu

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

If you’re changing the definition of human rights, it means you plan on violating people’s human rights.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

If you are a Southern California person upset about @schumer.senate.gov ‘s craven betrayal of our country, the theatre his book tour will be at on 3/23 is the Moss Theatre. Their phone number is 310-828-5582

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Brian Sweis @brianmsweis.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We are #hiring! The Sweis Lab for Translational Neuroeconomics is looking for talented postbacs interested in basic & translational neuroscience research studying how the #brain makes decisions at Mount Sinai in Manhattan, NY. See job posting below. Please repost! 🧠 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai hiring Research Assistant in New York City Metropolitan Area | LinkedIn

Posted 11:47:22 AM. Company Description The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a renowned institution in…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

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STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

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Ellen L. Weintraub @ellenlweintraub.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

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Tristan Shuman @tristanshuman.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

New paper out in Cell Reports! Led by @susieyufeng.bsky.social, we found that chronic epilepsy in mice drives distinct synchronization deficits in hippocampus and MEC, with early changes in HPC and late-onset changes in MEC that align with progressive memory impairment. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Screenshot of article entitled "Distinct changes to hippocampal and medial entorhinal circuits emerge across the progression of cognitive deficits in epilepsy" by Yu Feng, Keziah S. Diego, Zhe Dong, ..., Nadia N. Khan, Denise J. Cai, and Tristan Shuman.

In brief: Feng et al. demonstrate that memory deficits in temporal lobe epilepsy involve multiple discrete mechanisms with distinct time courses. In epileptic mice, early-onset memory deficits are associated with disrupted hippocampal synchronization, while more severe, lateonset impairments are associated with disrupted synchrony of medial entorhinal cortex circuits.

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