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UBC Day of the Longboat. The Neu-row-transmitters did very well!! 🛶

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Lea Duncker @leaduncker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you are an undergraduate student interested in computational and systems neuroscience research, this is your chance to attend #COSYNE27 !!! Apply here for our undergrad travel grant tinyurl.com/cos27ugtravel deadline is Oct 30 (and if you are not an undergraduate, please help to spread the word!)

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Cosyne 2027 Undergraduate Travel Grant Program

This is the application form for the Cosyne 2027 Undergraduate Travel Grant Program. The deadline to apply is October 30th 2026.

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Tim Lee @leetim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My institute is hiring a group leader in Neuroethology! Bonn is a wonderful place to do neuroscience. Check it out! jobs.b-ite.com/jobposting/4...

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Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2) in Neuroethology (m/f/div)

limited contract

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Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEW: The anterior hypothalamic nucleus acts like a volume knob for stress, scaling the brain’s response to threatening events 🧠 Read the Cai Lab's latest paper, led by @zachtpennington.bsky.social, in @nature.com 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... More: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Kiran Soma @kiransoma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

US citizens living abroad can vote in the upcoming midterm election! Registration deadlines are coming up.

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Jeopardy! @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

MEECEstakes happen and that's okay 💙

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'll save you the click-through: A lab at University of Copenhagen had been feeding draft manuscripts & data into "Claude Science" & then Anthropic announces a discovery that this lab made a year ago but hasn't published yet. It's plausible that Claude found the same signatures independently...

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BCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

‼️ attention Canadian health researchers ‼️ #CIHR has posted the Project Grants Discussion Paper and a related *survey* cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/54821.html Please please participate 🙏

photo of the “help shape the future of the project grant program” announcement by CIHR. TEXT is accessible in the hyperlink in this post.

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Laura R Cortes @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My postdoc work at @uclacollege.bsky.social in the #CorreaLab is now published at @pnas.org! 🙌 Our broad question was - do estrogens act on the brain to coordinate thermoregulatory adaptations during pregnancy? 1/8

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Journal of Neuroendocrinology @jne-editor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Are you planning a neuroendocrine meeting & need extra funds to run it/bring in a wider community, e.g. via travel grants? Apply for the JNE Symposium grant for up to £5k at any time. As part of the grant, recipients publish a JNE Special Issue. www.neuroendo.org.uk...

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Evidence for Democracy @e4dca.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Canada just announced 64 recipients of a program to attract world-leading researchers. Great news. But researchers already here are struggling to get funded. We need to attract, retain, and develop, not just recruit. youtube.com/shorts/v3yc9...

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Canada Impact + Awards

Canada just announced the first 64 recipients of a major new program to attract world-leading researchers here. A huge opportunity. But researchers already here are struggling to get funded. Grad…

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 16/09/2026

Authors!🚨 While you scramble for scarce $ 🤔 “Springer Nature reports revenue growth of 6.2%..and adjusted operating profit growth of 7.7%. They reported even more stunning submission growth of 30% and published article growth of 13%.” Publishing in society journals helps YOU not them👇🏻. Pass it on.

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Man Lying on a Pile of Money

ALT: Man Lying on a Pile of Money

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Democrats Abroad @demsabroad.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

How you return your ballot depends entirely on your home state! 🗺️🗳️ Some states let you submit your voted ballot electronically (email, online portal, or fax). Others require return by mail. Make sure your voice is heard this election. Find your state's rules and deadlines at votefromabroad.org!

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...

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Naomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’

She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui...

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American Association for the Advancement of Science @aaas.org · 07/09/2026

Threats to funding basic research are at an all-time high. But despite often sounding obscure, basic research can have majorly beneficial outcomes. Research into lizard venom, for example, led to a breakthrough discovery that created one of the most widely used diabetes treatments in the world.

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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Registration and abstract submission are now open for the 3rd Annual SBN Online Research Symposium, taking place virtually October 22–23! Attendance and presentations are FREE! Talk abstracts are due September 28 and poster abstracts are due October 5. Register and submit your abstract today!

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Ed van Veen @edvanveenphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

1/3 Our seeER paper is out in Neuron! 🎉 We built a genetically encoded reporter to see when & where estrogen receptors are actually signaling in the brain, not just where the receptors are expressed. Paper: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... Resources: jevanveen.github.io/resources/

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A bifunctional optical reporter for tracking estrogen response dynamics in neurons

Cara, Guthman, et al. present neuro-seeER, an optical tool for monitoring how neurons respond dynamically to the hormone estrogen. By tracking these dynamics across the reproductive cycle in female mi...

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Canadian Association for Neuroscience @canacn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Read CAN's submission to the 2026 pre-budget consultations: can-acn.org/read-cans-su... CAN recommends that the Government of Canada implement a five-year plan to increase the budgets CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC by a minimum of 10% annually.

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BCCHR ResDev (DM) @resdevbcch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

dear Canadian grant reviewers and international reviewers of Canadian grants: NOPE NOPE NOPE federal policy prohibits use of AI for grant review. **please respect the privacy / confidentiality of your peers** thank you!

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Eder Zavala @ederzavala.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Delighted to share our new study, published today in Science Translational Medicine! We combined dynamic hormone profiling with computational analysis to reveal that Primary Aldosteronism is characterised by disrupted patterns of hormonal secretion. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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American Brain Foundation @abfbrain.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Researchers: we want to give you money! As an early-career brain researcher, your study might qualify for a Next Generation #ResearchGrant. But time is running out! Applications are due September 10 for three of the awards, and October 8 for the others. Apply here: buff.ly/ovlHSXK

Image: A photograph of a team of brain researchers collaborating in the lab. Text: Calling all researchers! Research grant applications are open for: ALS, Cognitive Aging, Epilepsy, Mal de Débarquement Syndrome and Central Vestibular Disorders, Neuromuscular Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Peripheral Neuropathy, and Stroke.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/08/2026

Mark Carney: "This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union, the world's second-largest economy, to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership"

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"The real trouble with us professors was that we were absorbed in our day-to-day tasks. Most of us can say with some justice that we were good workmen. Is it equally true to say that we were good citizens?" Marc Bloch, 1940.

The movements of the Stock Exchange vary according as the fluctuation of current prices are or are not known to the aggregate of shareholders. But of what is the general mind composed if not of a multitude of individual minds which continually act and react upon one another? For a man to form a clear idea of the needs of society and to make an effort to spread his views widely is to introduce a grain of leaven into the general mentality.
By so doing he gives himself a chance to modify it to some small extent, and, consequently, to bring some influence to bear upon the course of events which, in the last analysis, are dictated by human psychology. The real trouble with us professors was that. we were absorbed in our day-to-day tasks. Most of us can say with some justice that we were good workmen. Is it equally true to say that we were good citizens?

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If the boycott of US goods & services by Canadians was bad already, I have a feeling they haven’t seen anything yet. I feel for the many US businesses and folks who oppose Trump, but Trump and his cronies are waging economic war on Canada and other countries, and they have given us no other choice.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The whole world needs to stand up to this out-of-control, corrupt, narcissistic bully and criminal, who literally doesn’t care that he’s imploding the US economy, hurting countless families and businesses, and dragging the entire global economy down with him. It actually may be his specific intent.

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U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods take effect after trade talks fall apart | CBC News

The Trump administration's latest round of tariffs against billions of dollars worth of Canadian goods took effect just after midnight Saturday, after the two countries failed to seal a last-minute tr...

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

How your email finds me.

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Dr. Natasha Rajah, Ph.D. @mnrajah.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

“At midnight tonight, the U.S. intends to impose a 50% tariff on roughly $28 billion of Canadian goods. Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses” Interesting start to the weekend…

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Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada-U.S. trade negotiations

We have recognised from the beginning that America has changed, and that we will not return to our old relationship. Our government understood, before many, that America is altering all its trade rela...

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studioosynapse @studioosynapse.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Pause to see which model organism you are 🤔 Scientists! Let us know which model organism you work with and share your research in the comments 🧬 🧫 🧪 #digitaldrawing #research #neuroscience Original art by @studioosynapse.bsky.social

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’m looking to hire a postdoc to join our lab at UCLA! We study the genes, hormones, and cells that regulate social behavior in the African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni (in a separate post we’re looking for a PhD student) @sbn-bsky.bsky.social 1/3

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Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 17/08/2026

I am proud of this paper. Since it came out in 2022 it has received 0 citations (yes that's a zero). But multiple young scientists have found it useful! (from other labs, so they were not coerced...). Perhaps you will find it useful too? SOME TIPS FOR WRITING SCIENCE doi.org/10.1523/ENEU...

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Some Tips for Writing Science

When preparing a scientific paper, we typically write with coauthors who have different backgrounds and styles, and we target readers who have little time and patience. To help both readers and writer...

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

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Dr. Cate Peña @cate-cholamine.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So proud to have “Early-life stress alters H3K4me1 in VTA to prime stress sensitivity” out now in Neuron! This work spanned Many years and Many people contributed. Huge thanks to @hyejaykim.bsky.social, @ja-balouek.bsky.social, Luke Geiger, and Meaghan Creed www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

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Early-life stress alters H3K4me1 in VTA to prime stress sensitivity

Kim, Geiger et al. report that early-life stress increases the chromatin modification H3K4me1 and its enzymatic writer, SETD7, in the ventral tegmental area. They show that this form of epigenetic pri...

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callista yee @csybio.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

hiiii everyone! my department @zoology.ubc.ca is hiring an assistant professor in cell and developmental biology! deadline is october 1! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32408 // please share!!!!!

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University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology

Job #AJO32408, Assistant Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 03/08/2026

Great to hear @emilyjacobs.bsky.social talking about her lab's amazing work on precision neuroimaging of women's brains radiolab.org/podcast/this...

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This is Your Brain on Hormones - Transcript

We don’t have hormones, hormones have us.

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