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John Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

two new preprints from Wangchu Xiang (@darbly.bsky.social, Ginty labs) about connectomic reconstruction from electron microscopy of somatosensory afferents and projection neurons in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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neurosock @neurosock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mix. selectivity is everywhere in cortex: from vis. to PFC This paper relates to Cover's theorem but the typical explainer kind of sucks I'll try to explain how the theory relates to the paper, and the importance of "weird" neurons A🧵with my toy model and notes: #neuroskyence #compneuro #NeuroAI

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John Burns @burnsajohn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A planktic melange from the Gulf of Maine featuring juicy diatom chains from 100m depth waters.

A microscope image of a bunch of diatoms from a plankton tow in the Gulf of Maine

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Gaspar Jekely @jekely.biologists.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

If you are interested in serial sectioning for electron microscopy, we have now uploaded a revised version of our paper Shahidi et al: "Volume Electron Microscopy: Tips & Tricks on Micromanipulator-Assisted Serial Sectioning for Array Tomography" […] [Original post on biologists.social]

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

remember that egg in a little cup on a table in Berlin… there is clearly some overlap in how our visual systems operate

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OK this one too. I’ll just return to not replying to these Porsche posts of yours :)

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

the link seems to be to some kind of spam site

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Ivy Chan @ivychanchiwai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our paper on odour categorization in the Drosophila mushroom body is now out in Cell Reports! 🎉 We found that αβ and α′β′ Kenyon cells—but not γ KCs—distinguish food-related from non-food odours at the population level. Very happy to see this work published! 🪰🧠 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Very nice to see this extension + (most importantly) functional assay of our initial observation of non-random overconvergence of food-responsive PNs onto downstream aB and a'B' KCs (@zhihaozheng.bsky.social et al. Curr Biol 2022). Connectomics leading to testable hypotheses: as it should be!😀

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Not assuming anything, I just want to know what the setting was. :)

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Claude has a privacy setting for whether or not your sessions can be used to train their models. I'd like to know what the setting was in this case.

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Mike Levin @drmichaellevin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

new #preprint: t.co/eE1qqGSflK Ben Hartl explains: In 1917, D'Arcy Thompson drew Cartesian grids around different anatomical shapes & showed that deforming the grid could change one species' shape into that of another. We find that "reusable regulatory handles control phenotypic variation" in NCAs

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Julia Van Etten @couchmicroscopy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Protists deserve the spotlight and so do scientists! This was such an honor but mostly, this project reminded me why I have the best job and friends/colleagues in the world! 🔬

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David Solecki @so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Georgios Skiniotis and I are announce a unique St. Jude faculty search: a joint effort between the CoE for Structural Cell Biology an intellectual community advancing structural imaging & the Division of Neuronal Cell Biology. CryoET/vEM + neuron cell biology = 🚀 talent.stjude.org/careers/JobD...

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Faculty position, Neuronal Cell Biology and Cryo-ET/vEM

Department of Developmental NeurobiologyCenter of Excellence for Structural Cell Biology and Neuronal Cell Biology DivisionSt. Jude Children’s Research HospitalThe Center of Excellence for...

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I think private science is great as long as public science stays strong

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Now I can say: last week we received Notice of Award from NSF on a Midscale Research Infrastructure Design proposal for a National Connectomics and Ultrastructure Volume Observatory (NCUVO) www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news...

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UVM Launches $19 Million National Observatory to Unlock…

| The University of Vermont

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

this is interesting in its own right and because Flourish raised $500m to develop new AI architectures based at least in part on neuroanatomy data they plan to acquire. (see flourishlabs.ai/flourish_wir...)

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Ben de Bivort @debivort.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We are hoping that word of this search goes far and that we draw a wide and diverse pool of applicants. Please take a look and share if you're inclined. 5 departments involved! • Organismic & Evol Bio • Mol & Cell Bio • Stem Cells & Regen Bio • Earth & Planetary Sci • Human Evolutionary Bio

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Omaya Dudin 𓂆 ¦🍉¦🦠¦🔬¦ @dudinlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For two weeks, our entire lab is dropping everything to focus on one mission: deploying @embl.org's Advanced Mobile Laboratory to cultivate microbial eukaryotes from Alpine ecosystems. Our dream? Isolating new #Ichthyosporeans never cultured before. Let's see what we find. 🔬🏔️

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Sweta Agrawal @hokuba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just a little under 2 weeks until this deadline! Come join my department! 🧪

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Sven Dorkenwald @sdorkenw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Applications are now open for the San Juan Winter School 2027 on Connectomics and Brain Simulation! Join us to learn how to analyze and simulate connectomes. sjcabs.com

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I replied... bsky.app/profile/ddda...

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

HHMI’s social media operation is on board: bsky.app/profile/hhmi...

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Andrew Lin @andrewclin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're hiring! Join us as a postdoc to study how the brain is optimised for sensory coding and memory Please spread the word! Apply at jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research... Deadline: 5 October 2026 Learn more at: www.aclinlab.org

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Research Associate: Neuroscience (2 Posts)

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

But seriously, that preprint has had a big impact. Well done.

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I too am shocked, shocked. 😂

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Vincent Bonin @boninlab.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

That contextual signals are broadly available does not mean that signals everywhere are used, or causally involved in behavior, at every moment. They aren’t. A bit like a radio broadcast, information may be widely available while circuits selectively “tune in” when needed. So where still matter.

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Then the big dollars flow, and cool work happens, and sometimes the prophecy turns out to be self-fulfilling due to the scale of the investment (and a lot of hard work).

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

One clear pattern over the years is it seems to be easier to get big dollars when a you can make a narrative that your new technology is a hell of a lot cheaper/better than an ‘old’ one… 2/

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I’m happy to see all this movement but still want to see how the various optical methods work out at scale.

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Greg Jefferis @jefferis.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Last week to apply for these posts. This a great time to join this project — every week we’re finding out new and exciting things about the organisation of the mosquito brain — with super collaborators @darbly.bsky.social and @megyounger.bsky.social. Pls share!

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Andrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thanks to @bwjones.bsky.social for the polite education... I had no idea that glutaraldehyde-linked small molecules can indeed be detected in this way, by antibodies raised against the same small molecules cross-linked to BSA. bwjoneslab.com/wp-content/u...

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Seems good -- maybe try to work in a sentence or two on how quality of results goes up (and up and up) as a function of scale? It's conceptually interesting & will also help people understand e.g. why the frontier labs want ever-larger data centers.

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Kari Johnson @karijohnson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Kit D. Longden @theflyside.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Mosquito Aedes aegypti brain connectome project is super exciting: jobs available Elizabeth Marin & @jefferis.bsky.social recruiting Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Associate Deadline: 3 September 2026 Brilliant colleagues & bosses - highly recommend flyconnecto.me/2026/08/01/t...

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Adam Hantman @adamhantman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Do you want to be part of the RCP (www.raynorcerebellumproject.org) effort to usher in the next generation of closed loop neuromodulation? Work with a one of a kind human dataset? Collaborate with top groups all over the world? Apply. cdn.prod.website-files.com/679cf22d773c...

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MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Adding some deep-sea wonder to your scroll💙✨️⁠ ⁠ This siphonophore, Erenna richardi, can be identified by the massive clusters of tentilla (the side branches of the tentacle) at the end of the tail (siphosome). In Monterey Bay, this species has been observed at average depths of about 1,100 meters.

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