iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Final day of DIBS Dream Teams! We're proud to provide 3 years of support for all 5 of the new research collectives. 5. Embodied Learning Frameworks for Brain-Inspired AI. This Team will integrate perspectives across science and the humanities to explore how embodied learning can inform AI design.

Cartoon illustration of a woman out walking, touching the leaf of a tree as she passes by, with depictions of her brain linking both to her arm & hand, and also to an abstract cluster of nodes representing a computational network.

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

DIBS Dream Teams -- Day 4! (out of 5). Details in first reply. 4. Duke IN utero Fetal NeuroTherapies (INFaNT). The vision of the INFaNT Dream Team is to build an intellectual community to advance in utero gene therapies for fetal neurological disorders.

Cartoon image of a human fetus, floating peacefully, with depiction of broken DNA in the brain undergoing repair.

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MindCORE at the University of Pennsylvania @pennmindcore.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The MindCORE Fellows Application is open! We seek applications from recent PhDs in neuro, psych, ling, philo, comp sci, or other cog sci discipline for our 3-yr postdoc. MindCORE is Penn's interdisciplinary effort to understand human intelligence & behavior. mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/post-doctora...

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Great video! Now I don't need to read the paper 😄 Very worth watching, well-aimed at non-experts.

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 3 of DIBS Dream Teams! (details in comment) 3. Enabling Neuro Discovery & Translation with Functional Genomics in Human Brain Organoid Systems (Fun-BOSS). They will develop high-throughput CRISPR screening in brain organoids, share the tech widely, & teach disease modeling & functional genomics

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Congratulations to Duke's Dr. Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social who has been selected by @statnews.com as one of this year's #STATWunderkinds !! The award recognizes early-career scientists and doctors shaping the future of science and medicine. Read more here: www.statnews.com/wunderkinds

Official STATnews promo photo of Dr. Drew Schreiner on green background with the title "STAT Wunderkinds '26" near the top, and "Drew Schreiner (he/him) Duke University School of Medicine" and an picture of a gold medal at the bottom.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It is quite good - clear and concise, about a 10 min read.

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 2 of DIBS Dream Teams! Each of the 5 Teams will be supported by DIBS for 3 years to grow a community around a specific topic in the brain sciences. 2. Nurturing NeuroArts at Duke. This Team will explore interrelations between the arts and neuroscience through research, education, and outreach.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia" Good opener 😏

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

DIBS is proud to announce the launch of 5 Dream Teams for building new research communities at Duke! One per day all week. Award details in comment. 1. Duke Brain Ultrasound Initiative. It aims to build a cross-school community for ultrasound imaging, neuromodulation, and clinical translation.

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

📢 Another brain sciences job search at Duke! Seeking a tenured Full Prof. in Clinical Psych for the endowed Marcil-Monahan Family Professorship. Human neuroscience and quantitative mental health research preferred. Apply by Nov 15 for guaranteed consideration: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32753

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Duke University, Psychology and Neuroscience

Job #AJO32753, Professor (tenured), Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bedhead were so great. Saw them at TT The Bears in Cambridge MA around this time, I think they opened for Come and I didn't know who they were. Instant fan. Did you ever get to see them?

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Jorge Morales @jorgemorales.me · 01/10/2026

Our lab is growing! We're looking for a graduate student to start next fall (applications due on Dec 1) and a postdoctoral researcher to start soon (ad coming soon; starting date is flexible, probably some time next year). subjectivitylab.org

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The Subjectivity Lab · Duke University · Jorge Morales, PhD

Duke interdisciplinary research group led by Dr. Jorge Morales studying vision, mental imagery, consciousness, and introspection.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

📢 To everyone on the job market who has a vision for neuroscience applied to biomedical applications & technological innovation: The Duke Department of Biomedical Engineering announces a tenure-track faculty job search in neural engineering, broadly defined! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32784

View of Duke Chapel looking up a quiet street framed by colorful autumn foliage

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just rewatched s6 ep12, 'quality of mercy'. What a curveball. This show. (The one where Pete finally understands Bob and the outcome + Glen hijinks + so forth).

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @dukebrain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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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John Pearson @jmxpearson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨Postdoc hiring alert! 🚨 Applications for the Flatiron Research Fellows 2027 cohort at the Center for Computational Neuroscience are now live: apply.interfolio.com/193800. Come work with us!

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This reminds me of this photo I took in the men's bathroom of the 40W in Athens during Popfest 2008 bc I thought it was a funny thing to see written there. Has become a running motto in my life for no good reason.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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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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Monosov Lab @monosovlab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

1/11 How does the brain make the heart skip a beat? New preprint: a prefrontal→hypothalamus circuit that controls heart rate. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Aren't we supposed to be using AI agents for that now? 😒

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Thanks to the generosity of the Bezos Family Foundation, @basicsci.fredhutch.org is excited to announce a new search to recruit a Bezos Family Distinguished Scholar : apply.interfolio.com/193655

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Nanthia Suthana @suthanalab.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New tenure-track faculty position at Duke! The Neurobiology department is looking for a computational neuroscientist. Join a highly collaborative & interdisciplinary community. My time at Duke has been amazing so far & we would love the opportunity to collaborate with you! Applications due Dec 1.

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Duke University, Neurobiology

Job #AJO32697, Tenure Track Assistant Professor - AI/ML Neurobiology, Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Clawing our way out of drought with a vengeance!

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Was there during the rain - seemed to be draining but 🤞

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@adapples.bsky.social bat signal, neuroscientists in need of apple expertise again...

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Drew Schreiner @schreinerdrew.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m on the faculty job market this fall! 🐦🧠 I’m an NIH K99/R00 awardee studying how the brain learns complex skills, using birdsong to connect molecules, synapses, circuits, behavior & computation. Know of a search where I might fit? Please send it my way & share!

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Drew Schreiner, Ph.D. | Neuroscience of Learning

I use birdsong to understand how the brain learns complex skills across molecules, synapses, circuits, behavior, and computation. On the 2026–27 faculty job market.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New frontrunner for the Barry Kidston chemistry innovation medal

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Touche. Maybe it was chic in Quebec at the time?

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Rewatching S5 of Mad Men and while Peggy overall steals the show, drunk Peggy is about the best thing ever televised. @jefftobias.bsky.social

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I fear that placing too much emphasis on a specific interpretation of dimensionality, or treating dimensionality as an end-all quantification of some aspect of neural computation, may lead us down the wrong path, writes @mattperich.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...

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Dimensionality—neuroscience’s red herring?

Placing too much emphasis on a specific interpretation of dimensionality may lead neuroscience down the wrong path.

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

First, I love this song (and the whole soundtrack). 2nd I love the Deals. 3rd I hadn't heard this cover before so thank you 😍 4th and worth hating me for but this sounds like they inadvertently made the perfect Belle & Sebastian cover of the song (complimentary).

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Joey Saito @jsaito25.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Has anyone taught a course of the Cognitive Neuroscience of Vision (w/ emphasis on the neuro side)? Would you be able and willing to share your slides etc. to help me develop a course?

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I totally thought it was a deer at first too

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Kristy Ainslie's Lab @kristy-ainslie-lab.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Pls Repost! I've set up a central resource of post doc opportunities for BME and related areas: 📌 For PIs & Lab Leaders: Submit your open postdoc positions here: go.unc.edu/BME-PD-Form 🔎 For Trainees & Job Seekers, browse current postdoc opportunities: go.unc.edu/BME-PD-Posti...

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Is she wearing nylons under the wet suit? 😄

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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We're currently hiring a new director for the renowned UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain. The director will be appointed as a Professor in our psychology department: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07814

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Director of the Center for Mind and Brain & Professor of Psychology

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Glad that an email input requirement popped up to help me stop rage-reading it

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Yasmine El-Shamayleh @elshamayleh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Excited to share the lab’s first publication, co-led by talented postdoc Chuyi Su @chuyisu.bsky.social We leveraged cell type-specific optogenetics in the macaque cerebral cortex to elucidate the role of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual form processing. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Optotagging in primate cortex uncovers excitatory and inhibitory neuron specializations in form vision - Nature Communications

This study leverages cell type-specific optogenetics in the monkey cerebral cortex to elucidate the unique functional contributions of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in visual form processing. The ...

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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Congratulations Yasmine, quite an achievement!!

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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Most basic science departments at UCSF are having faculty searches this year. Biochemistry & Biophysics, Microbiology & Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and more. We're looking for new and exciting science and nice people. You'll find them all at aprecruit.ucsf.edu

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Welcome - AP Recruit

University of California, San Francisco Online Faculty Recruitment

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Amanda Randles 🧪⚛️ 👩‍🔬 @profamandarandles.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

🧪It was great talking with fellow Duke alum Katy Hansell about the future of digital twins and what they could mean for proactive healthcare. We covered HARVEY, AI, wearables, and where this technology is headed. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4RL...

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The Future of Medicine: How Digital Twins Can Predict Your Health

YouTube video by Katy Hansell: The Impact Whisperer® podcast

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Marlene Cohen @marlenecohen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Now out at PNAS! The final version includes a smart analysis suggested by a reviewer showing that biomarkers collected in blood track our neural population metrics. A very exciting connection between basic neurophys and translational approaches. Congrats to all! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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