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Promoting interdisciplinary brain science research and translating discoveries into solutions for health and society. dibs.duke.edu

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Dixon Acosta Medellín @dixonacostamed.bsky.social · 8h
Felipe De Brigard is a source of pride for Colombia and for the National University in Bogotá (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) where he studied philosophy.
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 21h
So thrilled to see this. Congrats to Felipe de Brigard! Among the many hats he wears are core member of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and DGS of its Cognitive Neuroscience Admitting Program for PhD students. Way to go Felipe! 🙌 @felipedebrigard.bsky.social today.duke.edu/2026/09/duke...
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Duke Scientist Awarded MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ | Duke Today
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Come join our Duke Brain Sciences community! Neural engineers at Duke engage in diverse collaborations with clinicians, scholars in the humanities, and basic research neuroscientists. All within walking distance from each other. See tenure-track job ad from Duke Biomedical Engineering below!
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Kevin LaBar for his appointment as Director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke! We look forward to Kevin's leadership of the CCN, a center in DIBS focused on studies of the mind and its neural foundations. scholars.duke.edu/person/klabar
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
‼️ Exciting job opportunity - the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience at Duke is kicking into high gear. The position has the potential for lots of interactions with the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, as well. 🙂
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Computational or Theoretical Neuroscience -- Neurobiology Department, Duke School of Medicine. Excellent department & broader community! Across the street from Biomed Engr, + other collaborations galore. NC is lovely. Join us! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32697
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Job #AJO32697, Tenure Track Assistant Professor - AI/ML Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Congrats to Felipe de Brigard, Prof. at Duke and PI of the Imagination and Modal Cognition Laboratory (IMC Lab, www.imclab.org) at the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences! He is co-recipient of the 2026 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize from the American Philosophical Assn.
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Home | Imagination and Modal Cognition Lab
The Imagination and Modal Cognition lab is a group of neuroscientists, psychologists and philosophers studying the nature and function of memory and hypothetical thinking. We are located at Duke Unive...
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Two new papers on intracranial recordings during speech from DIBS faculty member Greg Cogan & colleagues! Improving speech decoding for brain-computer interfaces ~AND~ understanding the brain network fundamentals of spoken language planning and articulation. What a summer for them!
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Mike Tadross @miketadross.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
1/6 Opioids trigger a dopamine surge that can create dangerous reward associations—yet that same dopamine signal may help shape central pain perception. Can the dopamine surge and reward associations be separated? Our recent Nature study says yes www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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John Pearson @jmxpearson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
**Four** positions in AI/ML for biology at @dukemedschool.bsky.social, including in Neurobiology. @scottsoderling.bsky.social and David Page are leading a tremendous initiative in Discovery AI. Wonderful colleagues, wonderful place.
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AI/ML for Biology - 4 tenure-track assistant professor positions - Durham, North Carolina job with Duke University - Biochemistry & Cell Biology | 12862109
Discovery AI Initiative and Departments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Integrative Immunobiology, Neurobiology, and Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
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Cogan Lab @coganlab.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our new review paper lead by CNAP PhD Student Jim Zhang and @tobiasegner.bsky.social is now published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews: “Insights into the neural mechanisms supporting cognitive stability and flexibility from human intracranial EEG.” doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... 1/5
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
You may have read that the OMB is proposing dozens of changes to grant selection, oversight, termination, etc. 📢 Public comments accepted through July 13! Nearly 70k so far. If you are at Duke, you can contact OR&I at vpri@duke.edu for basic guidance. Be heard! www.regulations.gov/docket/OMB-2...
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Congratulations Minel Arinel @minelarinel.bsky.social and the Naumann lab at Duke for this epic work on development of gut-brain communication!
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Debby Silver @debbysilver.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
What a fantastic visit I had. Thanks so much @martinowk.bsky.social for hosting me and excited for future collaborations!
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Felipe De Brigard @felipedebrigard.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
SSNAP always ends with a final conference, open to the public--both in person and online. Here are the zoom links for this afternoon, for those who want to connect. Feel free to share widely! Jorge Morales (Northeastern): duke.zoom.us/j/99919297471 Zoe Drayson (UC Davis): duke.zoom.us/j/91565535456
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Timely new Gordon Research Conference, organized in part by Vice-Chair and DIBS faculty member Dr. Anne West @ennatsew.bsky.social !
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Very excited about this landmark study led by Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social along with DIBS faculty network members John Pearson @jmxpearson.bsky.social and Rich Mooney! Opto & chemogenetic exploration of birdsong circuits guided by a computational framework. 🤩 Congratulations!
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Rene Carter @renecarter.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Introducing the Duke Psychedelic Community of Scientists! 🍄 A space for students, postdocs & faculty to connect and explore psychedelic science together. Exciting meetings ahead, scan the QR code to join, and reach out if you or anyone you know would be interested in presenting.
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Anne West @ennatsew.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Two more newly minted PhDs!! Hope for the future of science.
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Letters of Intent due this coming Wed., May 13! tinyurl.com/DIBS-DreamTeams
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Congratulations to our Ph.D. Fellowship awardees! DIBS has awarded 19 fellowships to PhD students across Duke who are conducting research on brain-themed topics. The new Fellowship program covers much of their training costs for up to two years. dibs.duke.edu/news/phd-fel...
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Ph.D. Fellowships Provide Valuable Support for the Duke Brain Sciences Community | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
DIBS has awarded 19 fellowships to support Ph.D. students across the university who are engaged in doctoral research on brain-related topics.
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📢‼️🧠 The Duke School of Medicine is searching for a new Chair of Neurology. Letter of Interest and CV due May 22. Come join us in beautiful North Carolina! medschool.duke.edu/about-us/lea...
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Leadership Searches | Duke University School of Medicine
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📢‼️🧠 The Duke School of Medicine is searching for a new Chair of Neurology. Letter of Interest and CV due May 22. Come join us in beautiful North Carolina! medschool.duke.edu/about-us/lea...
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Felipe De Brigard @felipedebrigard.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Forthcoming in October, at MIT press! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205590...
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Duke colleagues: is there a new development in your field of brain studies that captivates you, but you feel alone in your excitement? Do you want to grow a community at Duke to explore it? DIBS wants to help you! Announcing the new, 3-yr DIBS Dream Team awards: dibs.duke.edu/request-prop...
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Request for Proposals: DIBS Dream Teams | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
We are looking for visionary collectives of scholars who aspire to integrate ideas across disciplines to foster a new, energetic community in a field of brain studies. Co
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Duke Institute for Brain Sciences recently awarded grants of $25,000 to six graduate students and postdoctoral fellows through its Germinator Award program. Turning visionary insights into new advances requires the courage to take a risk. dibs.duke.edu/news/germina...
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Germinator Awards provide critical support for promising research | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
The six recipients of 2026 Germinator Awards from the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences talk about their projects, their career pathways and what the $25,000 grant means
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The NIH is accepting comments on its Strategic Plan for FY 2027–2031. Make your voice heard! Doesn't need to take long, and doesn't need to be the most scholarly text you've ever written. Comments close May 26. For details see grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-26-047: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2027-2031
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on a Framework for the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Fis...
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Jennifer Groh @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Science peeps! Excited to share first of two preprints just uploaded. This one concerns a person who hears sounds when she moves her eyes! We could actually record these sounds and verify they were connected to eye movements 1/ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Nick Steele @njsteele.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Excited to announce I will be moving on from my Duke post-bacc position to be a Duke PhD! I will be starting my PhD in the Psychology & Neuroscience department this fall in Dr. Kevin LaBar's lab. #Neuroskyence #AcademicSky #GradSchool
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Debby Silver @debbysilver.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Delighted to share that our study is now out @cp-cellstemcell.bsky.social www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce... Congrats to Dr. @federicamosti.bsky.social for the culmination of a beautiful thesis!
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Species-specific chromatin architecture and neurogenesis mediated by a human enhancer
How human-specific DNA changes shape brain development is poorly understood. Mosti et al. discover a human enhancer, HAR1984, which drives ETV5 and TRA2B expression via human-enriched chromatin intera...
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Tobias Egner @tobiasegner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
New paper out in JEP:General, led by uber-productive grad student Ricardo Morales Torres (@rmt93.bsky.social): We use behavior and RNNs to show that object semantics protect visual WM against visual interference but increase susceptibility to semantic interference. psycnet.apa.org/record/2027-...
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Nanthia Suthana @suthanalab.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New lab paper! 🧠 Human hippocampal & MTL theta activity is linked to eye movements, but only during memory-guided navigation. Theta is also strongest during longer, more exploratory eye movements. plos.io/4dwJhR8 Huge congrats to Humza & team! 👏
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Eye movements reflect memory-related theta activity in the human brain
Theta oscillations in the medial temporal lobe support memory, but how they relate to eye and body movements during human navigation is unclear. This study shows that theta power increases during sacc...
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Happy Spring Break!
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Tobias Egner @tobiasegner.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
New paper from the lab now out online! @changrun-huang.bsky.social asked whether people use informative pre-cues to up-regulate cognitive control in the spatial Stroop task. Surprisingly, they do not, and we rule out some possible reasons why. Enjoy!
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Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
I can highly recommend the NIH Outstanding Scholar in Neuroscience Award Program (nice backronym for OSNAP)! Need to be 2 years before/after PhD, due March 23. Great opportunity to visit and present at NIH and meet some amazing colleagues. www.nimh.nih.gov/research/res...
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/research-conducted-at-nimh/scientific-director/office-of-fellowship-and-training/outstanding-scholars-in-neuroscience-award-program
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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Another reminder as we've crossed into the second half of February. There's still time to apply for the Neurobiology Chair position at Duke University! Just send in a letter of interest and CV by Feb 28. Love of Duke basketball is not required.
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Nanthia Suthana @suthanalab.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
The biggest problem holding neuroscience back right now isn’t data or tools, thanks in large part to the BRAIN Initiative. It’s fragmentation across species. I wrote this to hopefully spark discussion around an issue that can only be solved as a community👇 www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
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Neuroscience has a species problem
If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.
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Cogan Lab @coganlab.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Last week, Jim Zhang (4th year PhD student, @DukeBrain ) presented Sina Tafazoli’s paper on building compositional tasks with shared neural subspaces. This 🧵 explores our thoughts (🤍 & ❔)
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
👀 check this out
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Super excited for Jorge to join us at Duke. Welcome!!
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
One day online conference on the ways behavioral and neural sciences can inform peace efforts. Organized by Duke's amazing @felipedebrigard.bsky.social Free! Tomorrow! (Fri Feb 6). To register see link below. behavioralscientist.org/program-neur...
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PROGRAM—Neuropaz 2026: Hard Truths & Paths Forward - Behavioral Scientist
On Friday, February 6, join us for an online event exploring the latest work and thinking at the intersection of behavioral science and peace and conflict.
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Great opportunity!!
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
The Duke Institute for Brain Sciences restarted its Germinator seed grants for PhD students and postdocs this year, after a 4 year hiatus - and we are thrilled to announce the 6 awardees! Congratulations to all. 🧠 dibs.duke.edu/2026-dibs-ge...
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The 2026 DIBS Germinator Award recipients | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
DIBS is pleased to announce the 2026 cohort of Germinator Award recipients. The graduate students and postdoctoral fellows listed below were selected based on their innov
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John Pearson @jmxpearson.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
My department, Duke Neurobiology, is searching for a new chair. Ad below. Come work with me, @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social @ennatsew.bsky.social @jorggrandl.bsky.social @jnklab.bsky.social @sbilbo.bsky.social @neurocircuits.bsky.social and many other amazing folks! @dukemedschool.bsky.social
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Department Chair, Duke Neurobiology - Duke University, Durham job with Duke University - School of Medicine | 12852576
The Duke University School of Medicine (SOM) seeks a distinguished neuroscientist to serve as the next Chair of the Department of Neurobiology.
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Anne West @ennatsew.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Peace, love, and science from our lab to you.
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Beautiful work on a frontal cortex to brainstem pathway in the primate brain, from NEI intramural investigators with help from Martin Bohlen and others in the Sommer Lab at Duke! Optogenetics for projection targeting and causal manipulation, to study visuomotor behavior.
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Felipe De Brigard @felipedebrigard.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Tomorrow is the last day to apply for SSNAP! Please spread the word! #neuroscience #philosophy #neurophilosophy
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Many congrats to the newly minted Dr. Maddie Clark!
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Two DIBS Network Faculty elected to National Academy of Inventors! Dr. Adam Wax: methods for imaging retinas & tracking biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Arovind Asokan: viral methods for gene therapies incl. for the brain. @dukeubme.bsky.social @dukesurgery.bsky.social tinyurl.com/DIIBS-NAI
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Duke Researchers Selected to National Academy of Inventors | Duke Today
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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