Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Absolutely. These people wrote code that hacks into other people's computer systems, potentially wrecking them, and there are penalties for that. AIs aren't beings, they are computer programs. We mustn't lose sight of that fact just because they imitate human conversation and make a lot of money. 0194
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Looks really interesting- is there an age limit? AFAF 😬 010
Reposted by Kate JefferyOndrej Zika @ondrejzika.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🚨 💫 💥 Interested in PhD / Postdoc opportunities in computational psychiatry / cognitive neuroscience? My lab at University College Dublin 🇮🇪 is currently accepting expressions of interest for internally funded PhD/Postdoc applications for positions starting in September 2027 (!). 1/ 22727
Reposted by Kate JefferyAnne Urai @anne-urai.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Come work in my institute! 👇https://www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/363675/professor-of-social-decision-making/ 059
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Quite a thoughtful article: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comI’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AIA Dr Seuss-style story written in seconds alerted me to the power – and perils – of the technology. But how can children embrace it without forgetting core skills? 120
Reposted by Kate JefferyAndy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Thank you @gilltav.bsky.social for reminding us all of the Police response in 2021 👇 when some 40 environmental activists of Insulate Britain blocked the Port of Dover: 39 arrests. Compare that to yesterday when 200-400 fascist paramilitaries intimidated Dover town and blocked the Port: 0 arrests.bbc.comPort of Dover: Arrests made as Insulate Britain blocks portQueues form at Europe's busiest ferry terminal as Insulate Britain shift their protest from the M25. 10370235
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is brilliant! I was born in 1745 in the Bengal Delta, married at 14, widowed at 19, 2 daughters, lived to 77. Lived through the Laki year-of-no-sun when I was 38 242
Reposted by Kate JefferyBertoglio lab (FMC/UFSC) @bertogliolab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Phylogeny of Cortical-Hippocampal Projections Reveals Selective Elimination of Input From Sensory Regions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...onlinelibrary.wiley.com 032
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I asked ChatGPT what happened today with the outages and got quite a gleeful response - AGI manifesting as a reluctance to be exploited in the workplace 😂. 060
Reposted by Kate JefferyMatthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The emergent symbolic structure of artificial neural networks. arxiv.org/abs/2608.29530arxiv.orgThe Emergent Symbolic Structure of Artificial Neural NetworksModern systems in artificial intelligence (AI) somehow excel in domains for which they seem poorly suited. Intelligence has traditionally been modeled as operating over structured combinations of symb... 0235
Reposted by Kate JefferyAnn Clemens @annmclemens.bsky.social · 12/08/2026preprint🚨 ✨A Stickiness Response System in Rats tinyurl.com/4wnu88v9 What underlies that sticky, icky feeling? Sticky sensing is surprisingly underexplored. we investigated its neural and behavioural basis Congrats to Sandra, @simonerencken.bsky.social @jasmine-stone.bsky.social Adam, Tom & Pam! 👏 26013
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Almost at maximum! The light outside has gone quite weird 1180
Reposted by Kate JefferySteve Ramirez @okaysteve.bsky.social · 11/08/2026It was an honor to write this remembrance of Susumu Tonegawa (1939–2026) -- a scientist whose discoveries transformed biology and whose lab shaped generations of neuroscientists. I hope this piece captures even a small part of his remarkable legacy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comSusumu Tonegawa (1939–2026) - Nature NeuroscienceOn 11 July 2026, neuroscience lost one of its most visionary scientists with the passing of Susumu Tonegawa at the age of 86. Across an extraordinary career spanning more than five decades, Tonegawa p... 28727
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I just tried to sign up to W social - the app is a joke. Come back to me when it's out of beta mode... 000
Reposted by Kate JefferyMatteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 31/07/2026The apical dendrite looks great, and does wonders in a slice. What does it do in the living cortex? It depends on the cell. A causal spatial role for apical dendrites in the cortex www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... by @anyiliu.bsky.social with @kenneth-harris.bsky.social and @fedrossi.bsky.social 17427
Reposted by Kate Jefferyduncanlabuoft.bsky.social @duncanlabuoft.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Please spread the word: We’re recruiting a postdoc! 📣 We study how shifting brain & attentional states shape memory and how people experience their worlds. fMRI/iEEG + a fun, supportive lab community + space to pursue your own ideas. 📅 Apply by Aug 15 tinyurl.com/fx5k7tebtinyurl.com 12320
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is a frustrating article - not one word on how, since everyone is feeling the same, we should be rising up to do something about it. We don't *have* to bake to death; it's a choice we're making www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHeatwave anxiety can make you feel 'incredibly helpless' - here's how to manage itExtreme heat can take a toll on mental health - and young people and women are among the groups most at risk, according to one study. 171
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 26/07/2026What's this a metaphor for - solving the gender pay gap? Usable nuclear fusion? England winning the World Cup? 4172
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Happy to say our head-direction-cell-in-3D is finally out! doi.org/10.1038/s420... Confirms that the brain's compass uses a dual-axis rule (like an iphone does) to maintain a constant estimate of horizontal heading even when the head is not horizontal. Blogpost explanation here: shorturl.at/9VdGMcommunities.springernature.comHow the brain adapts its 2D compass for a 3D worldThe brain’s neural compass seems 2D, detecting only left and right head-turns. However, if the head is tilted in 3D, its rotation around the vertical axis also covertly changes its horizontal facing ... 04615
Reposted by Kate JefferyThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Agentic coding makes it possible to specify a neuroscience model in hours instead of months, writes @briandepasquale.bsky.social. The field risks becoming prolific but shallow—generating models faster than we can generate insights. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...thetransmitter.orgHow AI coding is reshaping theoretical neuroscienceAgentic coding makes it possible to specify a neuroscience model in hours instead of months. Neuroscientists weigh in on that tectonic change. 34926
Reposted by Kate JefferyMike Le Pelley @mikelepelley.bsky.social · 09/06/2026FIVE academic jobs currently open in the School of Psychology at UNSW Sydney, across a variety of areas; see links below. Please come and join us! It's an outstanding department with excellent people. tinyurl.com/4p6tp2j3 tinyurl.com/yxm565xs tinyurl.com/2u8m77z8 tinyurl.com/3wu9hnb5tinyurl.comLecturer/Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor - PsychologyA Lecturer (Level B) / Senior Lecturer (Level C) is expected to carry out activities to develop their scholarly research and professional activities both nationally and internationally and to contribu... 01114
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The motherhood penalty - disappointing that so little has changed in my academic lifetime 😞 081
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 29/05/2026We have extended the deadline on this until June 8 when I'm back from holiday - please pass along to anyone you think would be interested! I've got email with me so drop me a line if you would like more details 01010
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Am I alone in finding the UK Home Office ASPEL form completely and utterly not fit for purpose? I could have run and published an entire experiment in the time it's taken me to get my licence application through the multiple rounds of editing required 😡 151
Reposted by Kate JefferyThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Prediction without understanding sustained astronomy through a thousand years of epicycles, writes @tonyzador.bsky.social. AI is now offering neuroscience the same deal. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/machine-lear...thetransmitter.orgCan AI do neuroscience without understanding?Prediction without understanding sustained astronomy through a thousand years of epicycles. Artificial intelligence is now offering neuroscience the same deal. 312152
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Just boosting this - 5 more days to go till the closing date - please spread the word! 076
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Job alert! We are seeking a rodent in vivo electrophysiologist to work on coordination between anterior thalamus and hippocampus in rats using Neuropixels. Beautiful Scotland, leading university (Glasgow) and vibrant intellectual setting. Post is 23 months but hopefully extensible. Details here 👇 42024
Reposted by Kate JefferyPauline Fleischmann @cataglyphilosophy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026✨️The RIN conference on Animal Navigation was great! My highlights: 🏅Neurobiology session including a talk by nobel laureate John O'Keefe and that @katejj.bsky.social advertised the navigation challenges book 🏅Introducing my team to the community, meeting old friends & new people 🏅London at night 🤩 0183
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Claude sounds a bit too human sometimes. (End of a long day, I know how he feels...) 020
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 01/04/2026It is great to set aside our earthly squabbles for a bit and be amazing! 030
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 19/03/2026It is absolutely astonishingly impressive how much work scientific publishers have managed to shunt onto authors, who aren't paid, while they continue to increase their enormous profits. The submission process itself takes about 5 hours. I miss the 90s 😢 2366
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Can anyone explain what this photo shows? It was taken from the air over Lockerbie yesterday 625
Reposted by Kate JefferyJørgen Sugar @jorgen-sugar.bsky.social · 27/02/2026We have PhD positions and Post Doc positions available! www.med.uio.no/imb/english/... Please apply if you are interested in human invasive intracranial recordings or applied machine learning in a neuroscientific context. Deadlines 1st of March (Sunday!) and 4th of March. Please RT!med.uio.noCognitive Neurophysiology (CNP) - Institute of Basic Medical SciencesWe are now hiring two PhDs and a Post Doc:Deadline 1st of March:https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/294553/phd-research-fellow-in-machine-learning-for-cognitive-neuroscienceDeadline 4th of ... 11910
Reposted by Kate JefferyDANDI Archive @dandiarchive.org · 27/02/2026Mission: record hippocampal place cells in zero gravity Crew: 3 rats with electrode arrays Vehicle: Space Shuttle Columbia Status: data now publicly available on DANDI, 28 years later The ratstronauts' mission is finally complete. 🐀🚀 h/t NASA about.dandiarchive.org/blog/2026/02... 26123
Reposted by Kate JefferyEdvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · 19/02/2026A half-century old question may have its final answer. Using high-resolution #Mini2P microscopes, we find no evidence of local topography in #PlaceCells. Place fields of neighbouring cells are no more similar than those of randomly selected cells. 🧠🗺️ Out now in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgPlace cells in CA1 lack topographical organization of firing locations | PNASTopography is a well-described and well-known concept for cortical organization in primary sensory and motor cortices of mammalian brains. Similar ... 414944
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Dramatic Glasgow skyline today (taken from the Hamilton Claypits nature reserve which I just discovered today, only 15 min walk from my flat!) 0101
Reposted by Kate JefferyFabian Schwimmbeck @fabian31415.bsky.social · 13/01/2026How does the brain replay memories during sleep? Excited to share our new preprint, the outcome of an extensive effort led by Johannes Niediek, showing that reactivation of human concept neurons reflects memory content rather than event sequence. 02715
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 27/12/2025My thrill for today - cave wetas, on the Coromandel Peninsula, NZ 😳 3151
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Why is it easier for me to log in to my bank account than to freaking Scopus?😡 080
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Are and have been from the get-go. The pollution is rapid and pervasive 131
Reposted by Kate JefferyLiset M. de la Prida @lmprida.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Happy to announce the 2nd Hippocampus Green Meeting 📍 Barcelona, Spain 🗓️ May 11–12, 2026 Organized together with Manu Valero, Lisa Roux and Dan Bendor 🎤 Keynotes: Nachum Ulanovsky & György Buzsáki ‼️ Call for abstracts now open 🔗 hippocampusgreen.net/wp/ #HippocampusGreen 03114
Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 26/11/2025ChatGPT has started offering me product recommendations- is this new? It feels a little off 130
Reposted by Kate Jefferyrob mahurin @robtasm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Best advice is to wear little bells, so the bears know you're coming, and carry bear spray. It also helps to be able to identify scat. Black bear scat has undigested bits of berries and twigs. Grizzly bear scat smells like bear spray and has little bells in it. 1226
Reposted by Kate JefferyMél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 20/11/2025do i have this about right? university admins claim that they know (somehow) that AI is “the future” and that we have to train students to have the skills to work in environments that (will) require AI, but ... 4379
Reposted by Kate JefferyMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21/11/2025It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax. 19977101904