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Rebecca Horne

@rebeccasky.bsky.social
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Art director @thetransmitter.bsky.social, Artist @rebeccahornephotography.com

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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Zinger of an artwork from Kai Gietzen for today's story: How the pipa frog hunts prey by touch. @callimcflurry.bsky.social interviews researcher Duncan Leitch on this novel (and somewhat creepy) animal: www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/h... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
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How the pipa frog hunts prey by touch
Each of the frog’s eight fingers branches into 16 ultra-sensitive tips, which together function as a fovea.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Lavish color by Ada Zejun Shen: Revisiting the neural correlates of consciousness Life happens in real time, but experience may be composed in ragtime—like the music genre, full of offbeat notes and uneven rhythms. By Michael Pitts & Francis T. Fallon: www.thetransmitter.org/consciousnes... #sciart
A dark female profile with a central oval cut out in it with a waterfall flowing down through it. Lush jewel tones throughout: sienna, purple, deep blue, mossy green.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Smart minimalism from illustrator Chris Gash for today's essay: Grant review needs reform. How about we add an element of chance? Luck has always played a part in science funding. By @apeyrache.bsky.social : www.thetransmitter.org/funding/gran... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social
Three dice made from stacks of scientific papers in a cube in midair. One side of the dice shows a journal, the other two visible sides show dice dot numerals.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Art Yihui Chang for This paper changed my life: Transformative work in addiction neuroscience. A 2011 Nature study set the standard for how to functionally validate genetic association study findings in neuroscience. by @drjkhokhar.bsky.social bit.ly/4reTlU1 #sciart for @thetransmitter.bsky.social
A floating central circle highlights patterns in genetic data.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
illustration by Michela Buttignol for the latest unexpected neuroscience career convo: Building BCIs at Blackrock, Spencer Kellis develops implantable devices that help people with brain and spinal cord conditions communicate: www.thetransmitter.org/frameshift/b... #sciart by Katie Moisse
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Building brain-computer interfaces at a neurotech company
At Blackrock Neurotech, Spencer Kellis develops implantable devices that help people with brain and spinal cord conditions communicate, move and more.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Monthly Illustrator shout out! Yihui Chang illustrates This paper changed my life. Chang's work is utterly original, funny and brilliantly eccentric. I was amazed & impressed by her personal project Le Moraland. This paper changed my life: www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c... #sciart
Four thumbnail illustrations using cobalt blue as the anchor color, accompanied by the article headline.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Want to see the inside of a butterfly lab? Check out @callimcflurry.bsky.social 's feature: Finally, a new route for the magnetic-sense field. New data from monarch butterflies could finally help settle the old debate. www.thetransmitter.org/sensory-syst... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
female researcher with a monarch butterfly in front of rows of semi-transparent envelopes containing more butterflies.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Beautiful photos from Felix Sanchez for @callimcflurry.bsky.social's wonderful feature: Finally, a new route for the magnetic-sense field. New data from monarch butterflies could finally help settle the debate. www.thetransmitter.org/sensory-syst... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
a female researcher holding a monarch in front of a set of envelopes holding other butterflies
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Art by Anna Ivanenko for: Dimensionality—neuroscience’s red herring? Placing too much emphasis on a specific interpretation of dimensionality, or treating it as an end-all quantification may hinder progress by Matthew Perich www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciam
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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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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Illustration by Daniel Barreto: The promise of open neuroscience for Latin America. Uruguayan researchers explain how their could spark more open science initiatives in Latin America. by Francisco J. Rivera Rosario for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/the-state-of... #sciart
a crowd of scientist gather and are surrounded by glowing geometrical shapes reminiscent of data
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Magical realist flavors in Daniel Barreto's art for Natalia Mesa's neuroetheology collection: Latin America’s biodiversity fuels behavior & cognition insights: Ovenbirds, electric fish, and tree frogs help neuroscientists ask novel research questions. www.thetransmitter.org/the-state-of... #sciart
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Latin America’s biodiversity fuels social behavior, cognition insights
Ovenbirds, electric fish, tree frogs and other regional fauna help neuroscientists ask novel research questions in the field.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Groovy art by Kai Gietzen for todays QA: Inside the sea cucumber’s regenerative superpowers José E. García-Arrarás studies how they regrow their nervous system in a matter of months after threats prompt them to literally spill their guts. By Alissa De Chassey www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/i...
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Gorgeous art from Anna Ivaneko for Climate neuroscience needs ‘integration’ and ‘guided’ research. Five years after a groundbreaking paper, can a young field move beyond piecemeal studies? by Sarah DeWeerdt www.thetransmitter.org/environment/... via @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
coral, urchin, snail and fish in orange tones
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm so proud of the art by Daniel Barreto for our special report on Neuroscience in Latin America! And Yihui Chang and Kai Gietzen www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu... And my co-workers @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @franciscorr25.bsky.social and Natalia Mesa for making the report a reality! #sciart
a group of scientists stand around a floating map of Latin America, scattered with stars and glowing spots.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Otherworldly art by Scott Balmer for today's essay: Mind over metrics: How can we tell if two brains (or AI models) are alike? words by Alex Williams for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...
Two overlapping looping shapes made of pale yellow, pink and lavender circles in a chain float in space, suggesting similarities and differences between them.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Zesty art by Yihui Chang: This paper changed my life: A technical breakthrough for memory studies. Mark Mayford discovered that neurons activated during learning are also recruited during memory retrieval. Noelia Weisstaub For @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
Mice play in a landscape of cobalt colored shapes, some mice have brains that are yellow, and others are red, to indicate the activations of learning and memory.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Luscious art by Andreea Jurj for today's feature: Are parts of the memory trace found in the ‘astroengram?’ Neurons have long taken top billing, but researchers are making the case for astrocytes. by David Brzostowicki www.thetransmitter.org/memory/are-p... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
A pattern of neuronal engrams transforms into a denser pattern of astroengrams, gathered in the center of the image in a circle. Seen in cobalt, purple, blue and red.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Squirrel. 👀 by Kai Gietzen. How thirteen-lined ground squirrels illuminate retinal development. Seth Blackshaw explores how retinal cells develop their identities. By Sarah Thau : www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/h... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
Profile view of a standing ground squirrel, among tall blue grasses.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Rudimentary magic by Daniel Barreto for Vicente Medel's essay: Talent is global. Access to the world’s scientific stage is not. Neuroscience in Latin America, does not lack talent, but current systems price its researchers out. www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-... @thetransmitter.bsky.social
Two scientists with a ladder that leads over a semi transparent yellow wall behind which huge piles of scientific papers are accumulating.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Lush art with skillful handling of color from Anna Ivaneko After the ‘Thank you’ slide: When lived trauma enters trauma neuroscience. By Ziv Ben-Zion: www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
Lone, tentative figure holds a microphone on stage, in front of a large, shadowy audience.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Gratifying art by Daniel Barreto for today's story: Redefining underrepresentation in global neuroscience By Keerthana Iyer, Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots, Ana Silva, Violetta Zujovic for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-...
A small, lone figure confronts a fractured landscape littered with documents and passports.
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Ignacio Saez, PhD @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Where does cognition end & communication begin? 🧠 By mapping multi-region brain activity, we can see the complex circuitry behind speech and the thoughts that precede it. The next milestone? BCIs that restore cognition itself. Full video here: www.thetransmitter.org/brain-comput...
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
So exciting to work on this video with Ninetynine Films and @claudia-lopez.bsky.social: How BCIs reveal the speaking brain: Long-term implants provide an opportunity to study how speech arises in everyday life. www.thetransmitter.org/brain-comput... @thetransmitter.bsky.social
Post operative male patient in a hospital room, using a joystick as part of an experiment with researchers.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Anna Ivanova really delivered on her first Illustration for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: Watching the mind build a world: Lucid dreaming as a model for generative perception. By Magdalena Paluchowska @ Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown : www.thetransmitter.org/perception/w... #sciart
Seen through a pixelated veil of purple with flecks of other colors, a set of open eyes stares back at the viewer, floating on the forehead area, above a pair of closed eyes.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Spot-on Illustration by @maksymdraws.bsky.social for today's essay by Kenneth Harris: Mass-produced science is coming. What happens to scientists? www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... #sciart #FENS2026 @thetransmitter.bsky.social
A female scientist in a white coat watches a grid of conveyor belts with objects that look like neuronal models or network models moving by.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Illustrator appreciation post: I'm so pleased with the work of Ibrahim Rayintakath for this series of essays about AI and neuroscience. Thanks to editor @emilysingerneuro.bsky.social Singer for these #FENS2026 on essays @thetransmitter.bsky.social homepage this week: www.thetransmitter.org #sciart
four images explore computational neuroscience concepts in a soft gray silver palette with limited bright color adding accents.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Computational tapestry by artist Ibrahim Rayintakath: How to use artificial intelligence to strengthen scientific processes and scholarly output By Satrajit Ghosh www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... #sciart
Ripples moving through a fabric-like pattern reminiscent of gene sequencing. A single red thread loops through the material.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Bold art from Mark Harris for When autistic kids grow up, Episode 5: The war dial “You have to reshape the whole system.” Tempest McDonald earns a measure of peace. By huggett.bsky.social : www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social sciart
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When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 5: The war dial
“You have to reshape the whole system.” Tempest McDonald earns a measure of peace.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The most unwelcome insects in the world might help us understand proprioception! By comparing proprioceptive systems, Sweta Agrawal aims to uncover fundamentals of the ability to sense self-movement. Art by Kai Gietzen Words by @callimcflurry.bsky.social bit.ly/4gm4tuV @thetransmitter.bsky.social
Closeup up of a mosquito, drawn in a purplish blue color, on human skin, framed by large hairs, with its gangly legs wobbling.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Motion art @veronykajelinek.bsky.social for today's essay: Queerying neuroscience: How legislation and institutions reframe LGBTQIA+ researchers’ careers www.thetransmitter.org/science-and-... By Paige Miranda for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
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New survey quantifies experiences of LGBTQ+ neuroscientists
A survey of more than 400 LGBTQIA+ neuroscientists reveals challenges and actionable steps institutions can take to foster inclusion.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Luminous transparency from illustrator/artist Ibrahim Rayintakath for today's essay: AI can’t solve the brain without data that fit together By Sean Hill: www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
Luminous funnel or cone shape with flat semi-transparent objects falling into it. Some of the objects relate to topics across neuroscience: neurons, networks, fMRIs, etc.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Thanks @emilymbender.bsky.social and @nannainie.bsky.social for incisive and timely decoding of rampant marketing / anthropomorphization of probabilistic automation (AKA AI) bit.ly/3SvwxSz
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Emily M. Bender and Nanna Inie In our op-ed for Tech Policy Press ("We Need to Talk About How We Talk About 'AI'"), we made the case against the...
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Mark Harris portrait art for Chapter 4: When autistic kids grow up. McDonald sues Vanderbilt University Medical Center via Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her pub'd NIH paper finds allies. By huggett.bsky.social for @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... #sciart
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When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 4: How did things unfold?
Tempest McDonald sues Vanderbilt University Medical Center through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Her published NIH paper finds allies.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Art by Ibrahim Rayintakath underscores @mtoneva.bsky.social's idea of brain-tuning in todays essay: Transforming AI models into useful model organisms via @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... #sciart
cylindrical tuning knobs outline the shape of a brain, while taut, multicolored wires run between them.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Art by Mark Harris for today's episode: When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 3: Would there be data? Her paper accusing the National Institutes of Health of discrimination threatens everything she built. Huggett.bsky.social @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... #sciart
Collage with images from Tempest McDonald's life
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Original art by Yihui Chang: This paper changed my life: Learning the molecular rules of cell identity. A 1987 Cell paper showed that a single transcription factor could turn fibroblasts into muscle cells, inspiring @ardemp.bskyverified.social to think on molecular codes: bit.ly/4vhGd1m/ #sciart
A red sphere drops into four shapes, passing through each one and transforming them sequentially.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A little visual romance from Andreea Jurj for today's essay: Models at the speed of thought: How AI coding is reshaping theoretical neuroscience. By @briandepasquale.bsky.social : www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I'm delighted with Ibrahim Rayintakath's incisive art for today's essay: Writing science that humans and machines can read. Words by Rachel Parkinson @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... #sciart
A colorful eye shape made of patterned geometric shapes emerges from black and white shapes, focussing on stacks of paper with the top sheets lifting upwards. A striped oval at the center is the eye's pupil.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Artists, scientists et al! I have an identity outside of my work as an Art Director. I'm an artist working in conceptual photography. My newsletter, Studio Stimulus, is a deeper look at my work, with previews of unpublished work, 3 times per year. Subscribe: www.rebeccahornephotography.com/-about
Red apple hanging from a white thread is seen doubled in a multiple exposure, creating a suggestion of motion.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Noirish assemblage by illustrator Mark Harris for today's podcast episode: When autistic kids grow up, Chapter 2: “You need to go to college” : www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
Collage portrait of Tempest McDonald.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Eye catching illusion in today's subtle art by @vahrammuradyan.bsky.social How to incorporate open-science practices into neuroscience training. by Kaitlyn Casimo www.thetransmitter.org/neuro-educat... For @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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Incorporating open science into neuroscience training
If we want new neuroscientists to implement open science throughout their careers, we need to establish its practices as a core principle of training.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Badass motion art by Daniel Barreto lights up today's essay: The illusion of AI consciousness: Lessons from human unconscious processing. By Vanessa Hadid , Karim Jerbi, John Krakauer: www.thetransmitter.org/artificial-i... @thetransmitter.bsky.social #sciart
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The illusion of AI consciousness: Lessons from humans
Complex, goal-directed and emotionally responsive behavior can unfold without awareness, providing a useful lens for interpreting artificial systems.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Cinematic vibes from Mark Harris's art for the podcast launch from Brady Huggett: When autistic kids grow up, Ep 1: What leads an autism researcher to publish an intentionally inflammatory paper accusing the NIH of discrimination? www.thetransmitter.org/when-autisti... @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Vignetting suggests peering into a secret world in todays art by Kai Gietzen : Learn why spiny mice play well with others in research by Aubrey Kelly. words By Hannah Thomasy for @thetransmitter.bsky.social Transmitter www.thetransmitter.org/neuros-ark/l... #sciart
A closeup view of a group of mice huddling together, with the dark eye of one mouse at the center, with an unexpected palette of yellow, red browns and cobalt making the image pop.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Electric buzzy art by Ibrahim Rayintakath: 18 teams analyzed the same neurophysiology dataset—and got wildly different answers. The hackathon revealed that disagreement runs deep. By Gaëlle Chapuis, Mattia Chini for @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil... #sciart
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18 teams analyzed a neuro dataset and got different answers
Disagreement in neuroscience runs deeper than most researchers suspect—even in electrophysiology, a field that prides itself on hard data.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Playful art from @dalbertdraws.bsky.social for Bringing basic biology back to INSAR. Over the past two decades, basic science has become less central Christine Wu Nordahl says. by Diana Kwon www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/bri... @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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Bringing basic biology back to INSAR, a Q&A
Basic science has become less dominant at the International Society for Autism Research meeting. Christine Wu Nordahl aims to turn that tide.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Luscious social realist echoes on display from Maria Corte for today's essay: Every neuroscience lab needs an ethicist. The ethics issues that arise in neuroscience research are novel and understudied. By Timothy Brown www.thetransmitter.org/neuroethics/... #sciart @thetransmitter.bsky.social
A woman seen in profile: Her eye is outlined by the top of a lab vial hanging from a scale of justice. The other side of the scale is a hanging petri dish, that the female scientist holds in her hand. A bold gold-orange makes up the shape of the scale's support, which runs up the middle of the image. The figure is large and solid in a style reminiscent of soviet social realism.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Spirited art by @veronykajelinek.bsky.social for today's article by Brendan Borrell: Still no proof for facilitated spelling methods. A systematic review comes up empty yet again: www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/sti... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social
A hand points to a letter on a letter board, while another hand, seen in outline only, guides it.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Inspiring collage portrait by Michela Buttignol for today's QA by Katie Moisse: The ‘secretly awesome’ side of a teaching career. The freedom to do “wacky” research projects is a major perk: www.thetransmitter.org/frameshift/t... @thetransmitter.bsky.social
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The ‘secretly awesome’ side of a teaching career
The freedom to do “wacky” research projects that interest you is a major perk of the teaching stream, says Suzanne Wood, a teaching professor at the University of Toronto.
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Rebecca Horne @rebeccasky.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Rich illo by @vahrammuradyan.bsky.social for today's essay: Reforming neuroscience graduate education for—and with—AI. by Tari Tan: www.thetransmitter.org/neuro-educat... for @thetransmitter.bsky.social #SciArt
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Reforming neuroscience graduate education for—and with—AI
In disrupting the status quo, artificial intelligence can help us critically reassess and redefine what neuroscience graduate training should look like—and potentially address long-standing training c...
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