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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Are the commentators with a yellow hazy NYC in the background...sitting outside?

Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I entered this competition from a hospital bed (recovering now 💪🏾), we made it to the top 20 of our group. You can vote once a day, or donate to the LA food bank or @oceana.bsky.social. Everything is burning literally and figuratively, but there's still love ❤️! tinyurl.com/Americans-Fa...

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I've always dreamt of having a salad with lettuce from my garden and today my dream came true!!! And more to come, this garden is rocking it!

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Figure 1 of: How's life going? When life seems to be out of my control, I like to build things, and garden. ✅ ✅ Good thing I married an engineer! He planned the structure and I got to help put it together and add the plants. ❤️

Stages of garden build. Top left panel: previous garden bed. Top right panel: weeded garden with additional garden bed on the right. Bottom left panel: first post out into the ground for the garden enclosure. Bottom right panel: finished garden enclosure.

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

😆😆😆😅😅😅😭😭😭😭🤬🤬

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Jess Cardin @jess-cardin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Do brain circuits really sit in a 'soup' of neuromodulators? Are neurons like soggy bits of bread soaked in signaling factors? Is the whole brain just squelching around in one big pool of warm modulators?

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

After a great day of doorknocking in Pennington, relaxing at Needle Creek Brewery over a glass of stout! The goat ran away, might not be a registered voter ;-) Great, engaged citizens. They’re concerned about health, AI, and democracy. Next weekend in #NJ12 come join our canvass! SamForNJ.org

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Princeton-area friends, come to a meet-and-greet this Sunday morning, outside Tiger Noodles! Get your coffee next door at the "small" Small World, then say hi! We'll talk about how to harness democracy to save science! #autism #research samfornj.org

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Such a fun visit! Thank you so much for the invite and what a fantastic scientific community!

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

What do Louie Lunchmeat, Jesse Owens, and Jesus Christ have in common? They are "signatures" on Sue Altman's ballot petitions. We found these and hundreds of fakes, using science and AI. Legislation requires attention to detail. NJ-12 needs someone who sweats the details. I'm SamForNJ.org

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Meike van der Heijden @meikeesther.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

🎉 lab’s first data paper 🎉 TL;DR: we found profound changes in vocal calls produced by mice with early-onset dystonia caused by cerebellar dysfunction. Thus, vocal impairments in people with dystonia may, in part, be driven by cerebellar dysfunction. www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/dys...

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Frontiers Publishing Partnerships | Assessing vocal changes through spectral analyses of vocalizations in a cerebellar-specific dystonia mouse model

Vocal impairments are a debilitating but understudied feature of several dystonias, including generalized and early-onset genetic forms. Despite growing reco...

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Calling all neuroscientists: please come to a virtual Rally For Neuroscience! Saturday 11am ET/8am Pacific. I'm hosting it not just as a candidate but as a scientist. Learn how it's happening & how we can defend ourselves! Sign up: note this is a *free* event! secure.actblue.com/donate/samzo...

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Caroline Nettekoven @carobellum.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Are you thinking about acquiring multi-task fMRI for your study but don’t know where to start? @bassel_arafat just published a toolbox to optimally select tasks and run them in the MRI scanner - with many commonly used tasks ready to go! Check out the preprint below 👇

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The government oversees safety of roads, flights, food, and drugs. It should do the same for AI. I’m a scientist who uses responsible AI to help parents with autism diagnosis. In Congress I’ll make sure this powerful technology serves us, not harms us. www.ft.com/content/7f63...

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AI chatbots often validate delusions and suicidal thoughts, study finds

Stanford researchers analysing 391,000 messages warn conversational technology may reinforce psychological vulnerabilities

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I am grateful for the endorsement of leading scientists from New Jersey's 12th Congressional District! I'm backed by Nobel laureates & pioneers in medicine, physics, chemistry, & AI. I'll defend against attacks on science & build jobs & health for all Americans. www.samfornj.org/news/scienti...

John Hopfield
David MacMillan
Daniel Tsui
Eric Wieschaus
Shirley Tilghman
and >20 signers

We are leading American scientists who are deeply concerned for the future of our nation, and we live in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District. Among us are Nobel laureates, winners of the National Medal of Science, MacArthur awardees, members of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and working scientists. All of us enthusiastically endorse Sam Wang for Congress.

American science has produced countless benefits and jobs for our society. Yet the administration is systematically attacking science, life-saving medical research, and democracy itself. Congress needs representatives who will fight to preserve science. As the leader of a prominent lab researching autism, Sam knows first-hand how science works. As an ex-Congressional Science Fellow, Sam has seen Congress from the inside and knows how to get things done. American science built this country's future. Sam Wang will defend it.

The White House is slashing science budgets, nominating unqualified ideologues to lead scientific agencies, imposing destructive rules, and undermining vaccine development. The damage already done to research pipelines, scientific talent, and public trust will take decades to repair.

Sam’s research program on autism has led to AI-assisted tools for early diagnosis - a model of how federally supported basic science creates real-world benefits and jobs. With artificial intelligence reshaping our economy and our society, Congress urgently needs members who understand this technology and can craft policy that ensures that AI serves people rather than exploiting them. Sam Wang is that person.
As an experienced democracy reformer, Sam has also applied rigorous scientific methodology to the problem of gerrymandering, producing court-tested results in multiple states. He knows what is needed to protect our freedoms. Let’s elect Sam Wang to Congress.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Today, leading scientists & educators from New Jersey's 12th District are endorsing my candidacy! Nobel laureates, as well as pioneers in medicine, physics, AI, and chemistry. I'm deeply grateful. And I'm ready to defend science and the prosperity it brings! www.samfornj.org/news/scienti...

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Nobel Laureates and Leading Scientists Endorse Sam Wang for Congress — Sam Wang for New Jersey

Nobel laureates and leading scientists across New Jersey’s 12th District endorsed Sam Wang for Congress, warning that attacks on science and research threaten America’s future.

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Liberty Hamilton @libertysays.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I am thrilled to announce that our group has received a new grant from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation to study the neural dynamics of vocal learning in children! I am looking for a postdoc to join us in this effort, currently funded for 2 years. Please reach out with CV and letter of interest.

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Suel-Kee Kim @suelkeekim.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Excited to share that our work is now published in Cell: Human-specific features of the cerebellum and ZP2-regulated synapse development. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Many thanks to the Sestan lab members @yaleneuro.bsky.social and all collaborators who made this work possible.

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Calling central Jersey scientists! Come out to say hi today at 5pm, Destination Dogs, New Brunswick. Apps, games, and...researchers!!! You can just show up! Or to help w/headcount, RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Mainly just show up to say hi and talk about how we can save science!

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Caroline Nettekoven @carobellum.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

🧠 Resting-state fMRI is often treated as the gold standard for studying the brain’s intrinsic organization. But is it actually the best way to estimate functional architecture? We tested this directly. 🧵1/8

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Rutgers scientists and academics! Come out to meet-and-greet with me at Destination Dogs, New Brunswick. Who can say no to Destination Dogs? There will be food and drink! Wednesday March 11, 5-7pm RSVP: forms.gle/6AykuoTq23XW... (truthfully just show up...but RSVP helps us choose how many dogs!)

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Dalylight savings time is stressful for the brain - every year, a transient risk of accidents and illness. We should consider doing away with it. Put this neuroscientist in Congress and we’ll take it up. Sam Wang for Congress: secure.actblue.com/donate/sam4nj

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Friends in central NJ, come out this lovely weekend to help me qualify for the ballot! Send an educator and scientist to Congress! Canvassing for signatures in Princeton and Montogomery: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Had a lot of fun teaching the first year students about the cerebellum today! Opened with the Powerpuff girls, how the mayor was absolutely useless and horrible at his job, but his assistant was essential, ran everything, and kept the town afloat. Her name was Ms. Sara Bellum. Got audible gasps!

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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 27/02/2026

"I've thoroughly enjoyed my time as a NGL! It's been such an honor to interact with the brilliant scientists at the Allen institute and the other NGL members. I've gained so much and will continue to benefit for the rest of my career!" - @heatherdsnell.bsky.social 🔗 bit.ly/3OjzdRa

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Next Generation Leaders

The Next Generation Leaders program at the Allen Institute aims to support emerging and diverse early-career researchers in bioscience who will contribute to cultivating new ideas to make a broad, transformational impact on the future of science while e...

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Baked celebration cupcakes! My grad student received the National Ataxia Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship and I received the National Ataxia Foundation Early Career Investigator Award!! I had lots of rejections last year so nice to start 2026 with some wins. All gluten free!

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In Hoes of Increasing Wonder (Natty) @nattyzaddy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Jesse Jackson aint got no business being taken from us during Black History Month 😭💔. Rest In Power ✊🏾

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

What's a holiday song you could listen to on repeat for the next 16 days? Mine is The Carpenters Christmas Waltz!

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

If you're at @sfn.org and are in need of some pre-clinical mouse trials. Go by booth 2804 and learn more about MuriPhys! It'll be worth it!

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Sam McDougle @actlab.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

heading to @sfn.org? Check out our group's posters -->

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Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum. If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...

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Sosa Lab - Postdoctoral Researchers

We are seeking postdocs to start in 2026!

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The Leading Edge community has been a life-line as I navigate *points to everything*. Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her. Apply, apply, apply!!!!

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Happy Halloween from the happy garden Snell Lab.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs Editorial @nature.com this week And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/d41...

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Ugh the fact that second year grad student can no longer apply to the nsf-gfrp is so devastating to my students. They purposely didn't apply last year. They could have announced that they would enforce the change next year to allow for some heads up and buffer. Just ridiculous.

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

So Tylenol is going to sue for defamation right?

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Heather Snell @heatherdsnell.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

The Snell lab is seeking a Postbaccalaureate researcher and Postdoctoral associate to join our team. More details here: www.snelllab.org/contact-2

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Contact | Snell Lab

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Brisa Palikuqi @brisapalikuqilab.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Our faculty job market series continues tomorrow. In this session, we will discuss Teaching Statement & Other Docs. Joining us to speak on this topic will be Ben Vincent, PhD (Cal State LA), @heatherdsnell.bsky.social (Yale), @lydiagrmai.bsky.social(Yale) and Duc-Huy Nguyen, PhD (UW-Madison).

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Claire O'Callaghan @claireocallaghan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Position open for a neuroimaging focused postdoc to come work with us in Sydney Feel free to get in touch for a chat if you have any questions about it :) usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

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