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Matthijs van der Meer @mvandermeer.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Hippocampal replay meets dopamine in the talented @mimijanssen.bsky.social’s first preprint from the lab!

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CogCompNeuro @cogcompneuro.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Can't make it to Amsterdam for CCN2025? Join a local meetup! Watch the livestream with colleagues at institutions worldwide. On our website we host a map with existing meetups near you & you can also register to host your own! 📍 View meetups & register: 2025.ccneuro.org/local-meetups/

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Local Meetups

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Matthijs van der Meer @mvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

We are looking for a research assistant/lab manager to join the lab! A supportive, collaborative environment where you can learn neural recording with Neuropixels, optogenetics, fiber photometry, and neural data analysis.

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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Conclusion: of the 7 major classes of ‘novel’ psychiatric drugs, the potential therapeutic actions of 6 were discovered using animal models of drug action. zendudest.substack.com/p/why-animal...

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Why animal models are useful for CNS drug discovery: Part 2

Animal models predict activity of novel psychiatric medications

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Matthijs van der Meer @mvandermeer.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Welcome Fred! We’re so lucky to have you!

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Kate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Brain/behaviour people - come to beautiful Scotland - we are recruiting in psychology and neuroscience across all grades! Closes May 12. Details below, and please re-post 🙏 www.nature.com/naturecareer... More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc... #neuroskyence #neurojobs

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Professor, Senior Lecturer/Lecturer and Lecturer posts - Glasgow City (GB) job with University of Glasgow | 12838283

University of Glasgow College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences School of Psychology & Neuroscience Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience/Psy...

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Carlos Brody @carlosbrody.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team. publicusaresearchbenefits.com please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.

A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.

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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

The NIH move to restrict animal research is a bad one and not just about health - it's about national security. More here: medium.com/@eblissmorea...

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This will kill us: restricting animal research

Tuesday, as my lab gathered to celebrate the completion of one of our big studies, the National Institutes of Health announced that they…

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I am so heartened to this seriously AWESOME #SaveNSF website go up today!!!! Has a take action toolkit with: 1. Press outreach templates 2. Social media toolkit 3. Elected official outreach 4. Talking points Check it out and share widely!!!! Likely more to come. www.savensf.com

Welcome to Save The U.S. National Science Foundation
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TAKE ACTION
Save NSF is a coalition of concerned scientists and allies who are working to save funding for scientific grants through the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Our mission is to support and advocate for the continuation of vital research and innovation in various scientific fields. NSF funding is critical to this work.

Join us in our endeavor to ensure a sustainable future for scientific exploration and discovery.

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Anna Schapiro @annaschapiro.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Check out the amazing lineup we have for the Sunday 10am Symposium at CNS on the Cognitive Functions of Replay: Matthijs van der Meer, Nathaniel Daw, and Helen Barron 🤩@mvandermeer.bsky.social @nathanieldaw.bsky.social @helencbarron.bsky.social

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Matthijs van der Meer @mvandermeer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

New opinion paper in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social with Dan Bendor, where we argue that rodent studies provide only marginal support for the idea that replay supports real-time decisions (e.g. planning). Fictive learning and memory tagging are more consistent w/evidence. www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

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Awake replay: off the clock but on the job

Hippocampal replay is widely thought to support two key cognitive functions: online decision-making and offline memory consolidation. In this review, we take a closer look at the hypothesized link bet...

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