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Tomás Ryan

@tjryan.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist| Professor at Trinity College Dublin | CIFAR Fellow| P.I. of Ryan Lab at Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience. @tjryan.bsky.social

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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ireland is well below European average investment in higher education and research, despite an immense government budget surplus. Time to make decisions. Budget 2027 must tackle Ireland’s universities €250m funding gap. www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...
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Opinion: Budget 2027 must tackle Ireland’s universities €250m funding gap
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Euronews @euronews.com · 17/09/2026
The EU-Canada alliance aims to be a "beacon for other democracies," says Canadian PM Mark Carney, addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
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ebbsociety.bsky.social @ebbsociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📅 The EBBS 2027 Meeting programme is now online! Check out the sessions, symposia, poster sessions and events, and start planning your participation in Dublin 🇮🇪 👇 ebbs2027.azuleon.org/programme
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EBBS 2027 :: Programme
The website of the 52nd EBBS Meeting :: EBBS 2027
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"MIT wants to rebuild education around the things AI can't replace. That means oral exams, semester portfolios, in-person project work, and a required social component in every subject. The report even floats the idea of rethinking grades entirely..." This is the way forward @tcddublin.bsky.social
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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 04/09/2026
🧠 The FENS Network for Advocacy came together in Brussels this week, bringing 24 neuroscientists from across Europe together for three days of training in advocacy and EU policymaking! 👉 Meet the FENS Network for Advocacy cohort: buff.ly/xmYRY1m
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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 31/08/2026
🧠 This week, the FENS Network for Advocacy comes together in Brussels! 🇪🇺 From 1-3 September, participants will take part in dedicated advocacy and EU policymaking training. 👥 Discover who is taking part: buff.ly/kSZcga5 📍 Stay tuned for an update later this week!
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ebbsociety.bsky.social @ebbsociety.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
📢 Symposia submissions for the EBBS 2027 Meeting are now open! Thinking of organizing a symposium? You can now submit your proposal! 📅 Submission deadline: 16 Nov. 2026 📍 Dublin, Ireland | 29 Jun–2 Jul. 2027 👉 Find all the information here: ebbs2027.azuleon.org/welcome
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EBBS 2027 :: Welcome
The website of the 52nd EBBS Meeting :: EBBS 2027
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Very sad. We will miss him greatly. Full length obituary to follow but, for now: www.linkedin.com/posts/eupha_...
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In memoriam: Anthony Staines, a public health leader who never lost sight of the people Public Health serves. It is with great sadness that the European public health community learned of the death… ...
In memoriam: Anthony Staines, a public health leader who never lost sight of the people Public Health serves. It is with great sadness that the European public health community learned of the death o...
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Steve Ramirez @okaysteve.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
It 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...
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Susumu Tonegawa (1939–2026) - Nature Neuroscience
On 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...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 13/08/2026
Memories can survive even after the brain temporarily loses more than half of its synaptic connections, according to a new mouse study in Science, which challenges the long-held view that long-term memories depend on stable individual synapses. Learn more: scim.ag/4zhsCK2
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Artificial hibernation reveals synaptic engram architecture associated with memory retention
Memories leave lasting physical changes at the synaptic level. Although stable, larger spines are thought to support memory, the high turnover of dendritic spines and the drifting of neuronal represen...
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Tim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
My friend is a co-lead on this project (my wife is a collaborator). Let me tell you what it was about and why Battacharya’s decision simply amplifies the consequences of structural racism that the project was attempting to understand. A 🧵 1/12
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Announcing #engramsensembles '27, to be held at @tcddublin next May. Registration and abstract submission will open in autumn 2026.
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
“A maggot knows things about the outside world in a way that no computer does.” — Matthew Cobb, Manchester University Right on, Dr Cobb, right on. (This article is terrific btw)
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Announcing #engramsensembles '27, to be held at @tcddublin next May. Registration and abstract submission will open in autumn 2026.
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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 03/08/2026
People ask me why the COVID contrarians were needed. Why did the first Trump White House align with rightwing billionaires and orgs to find credentialed ppl who looked good on TV that would deny COVID severity and yell about lockdowns? This is why
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Nature @nature.com · 29/07/2026
Obituary: Susumu Tonegawa (1939-2026) Japan’s first Nobel prizewinner in physiology or medicine go.nature.com/4wty0Yy
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Obituary: Susumu Tonegawa, Japan’s first Nobel prizewinner in physiology or medicine
Fearless molecular biologist who revealed the workings of antibodies and memories.
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Johannes Felsenberg @felsenberg.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Finally out in @natneuro.nature.com! A forgotten memory isn't always gone. We show that forgotten memories persist as silent memory traces, can be recovered by reminders, and can even be reconstructed into false memories. Excited to finally share this work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Creating true and false memories from forgotten information in Drosophila - Nature Neuroscience
Forgotten memories in Drosophila persist as silent memory traces and can be recovered by reminder cues. Manipulating reminders can create false memories, showing that memory reconstruction flexibly in...
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Don House @donniemarvelous.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
RIP Glen Hansard.
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Glen Hansard busking in Noto, Sicily, and singing "Her Mercy" for Illès Gennaro
YouTube video by Antonio Cennamo
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 25/07/2026
More on the Trump / Kratsios "Golden Age of Science" report, from @theverge.com
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The tech-broification of American science has officially begun
Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ of American science starts with dismantling it, while funneling billions into AI. 
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/07/2026
1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.
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Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
the reason we dont have medicare for all is bc corporations need employer based healthcare to keep you chained to your desk in a job you hate that doesnt pay you what youre worth
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The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT @picowerinstitute.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We are heartbroken to have lost our founder, who provided so much inspiration, but we are all honored to carry on the science he loved so much. picower.mit.edu/news/picower... #neuroscience #biology
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Picower Professor Susumu Tonegawa, renowned molecular biologist and Nobel laureate, dies at 86
Tonegawa made landmark discoveries about how the immune system generates antibody diversity and how the brain forms memories.
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Stephanie Albin @flygirlphd.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Thrilled to welcome the newest #FENSKavliScholars! Looking forward to the discoveries, collaborations, and leadership this incredible community will inspire. 🧠✨
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Department of Biology, University of Fribourg @unifrbiology.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
🤩Congratulations to @tomtom-auer.bsky.social from @unifrbiology.bsky.social , who has been selected to be one of the 15 newly selected #FENSKavliScholars
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Matthew L. Kraushar @matthewkraushar.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
congrats to the new FKNE scholars! rock on Dafni @drosostalis.bsky.social 🤘 and Vanessa @avstempel.bsky.social 🤘
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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Congratulations to Neuromatch's President and Board Chair, @meganakpeters.bsky.social for being selected into the @fkne-scholars.bsky.social 2026 cohort! 🎉 What an incredible and well-deserved recognition! 🧠
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Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience @kavlintnu.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Congratulations to @weijianzong.bsky.social, our Neurophotonics group leader and a new 2026 #FENSKavliScholar. He builds the #Mini2P microscopes that let us watch the living brain at work. @fens.org @kavlifoundation.org @alleninstitute.org @ntnudiscovery.bsky.social @fkne-scholars.bsky.social
Poster showing a portrait of and a quote by Weijian Zong.
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Zita Carvalho-Santos Lab @zsantoslab.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thrilled to share that Zita @carvalhosantosz.bsky.social has been selected as a FENS-Kavli Scholar, representing 🇵🇹 in the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence! During the next 4 years she will join a group of 30 scientists to shape the future of neuroscience through collaboration and discovery!
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Dafni Hadjieconomou @drosostalis.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I am super happy to have been selected as one of the new #FENSKavliScholars! Happy to be a voice of France, Greece and Cyprus, as well as one for Drosophila research! The first encounter with the rest of the extended scholar group has been an energy rump up!!! @institutducerveau.bsky.social
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Posters going live now at @fens.org area PS02-07PM
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fkne-scholars.bsky.social @fkne-scholars.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Welcome to the 15 newly selected #FENSKavliScholars! Representing 12 European countries, they join a network of 30 Scholars across 21 countries and 25 nationalities. 🧠✨With thanks to @fens.org, @kavlifoundation.org, @alleninstitute.org and our partners for supporting FKNE. h1.nu/1t8Lw
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Matthew L. Kraushar @matthewkraushar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We face great challenges, but our resolve is greater & vision clearer for the future of neuroscience. The @young-pi-neuro26.bsky.social network is stronger than ever. Thanks co-organizers, speakers @tjryan.bsky.social, @drosostalis.bsky.social, @anne-schreiter.bsky.social, & our core ➡️ participants!
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Young PI Neuroscience Symposium'26 @young-pi-neuro26.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Yesterday we finished the day with @tjryan.bsky.social calling for more Advocacy for 🧠Science in Europe🇪🇺!
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 03/07/2026
Justine McCarthy: What will Trump have to do before Ireland’s golfers have had enough?
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Justine McCarthy: What will Trump have to do before Ireland’s golfers have had enough?
The mute response of Ireland’s golfing community to the threat of his visit is in sharp contrast to the footballing community’s refusal to countenance Israel playing on Irish soil
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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 01/07/2026
🧠 Watch highlights from Brain Health Day 2026! 🎥 You can now watch the session A European Vision for the Brain: Coordinating Research, Care & Innovation from Brain Health Day 2026! 👉 buff.ly/PcRtZa3
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
There’s more in Stem than an academic career: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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There’s more for women in Stem than an academic career
Most science graduates never become academics, nor do they intend to
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 30/06/2026
Fintan O'Toole: Red alerts issued by Europe’s met offices must also be issued by citizens to their governments
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Fintan O'Toole: Red alerts issued by Europe’s met offices must also be issued by citizens to their governments
At a fundamental level, we do not believe what we are experiencing: the catastrophic effects of global heating
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Save the date: the 3rd biennial #engramsandensembles conference will be held from May 12 - 14, 2027 at @tcddublin.bsky.social 🪉🧠🌐📈
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/06/2026
KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.
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The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We are more than delighted to welcome our new #ListerPrize2026 Fellows! These eight inspiring researchers are set to pursue ambitious biomedical science, thanks to our flexible funding. Bravo! 👏 Meet the new #ListerFellows (read thread) and repost ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/news/our-lis...
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Europe in danger of losing its place in global science and tech without major investment www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
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Luke O’Neill warns Europe in danger of losing its place in global science and tech without major investment
He says falling behind threatens future employment and the wellbeing of EU citizens
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Proposed dismantling of centralised PhD scholarship programmes in Ireland needs to be reconsidered www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...
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Proposed dismantling of centralised PhD scholarship programmes needs to be reconsidered
These programmes represent an internationally admired feature of the Irish research system, and one not easily rebuilt once lost
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
‘Sad day for Ireland’s future’: Academics and Research Ireland row over how to spend €4.55bn of taxpayers’ money. www.independent.ie/irish-news/e...
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‘Sad day for Ireland’s future’: Academics and Research Ireland row over how to spend €4.55bn of taxpayers’ money
In a letter to Higher Education Minister, 2,300 academics criticise state agency’s strategy, saying it was an assault on Ireland’s research ecosystem, with too much focus on industry interests
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 21/06/2026
The Irish Times view on university rankings: only part of the story
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The Irish Times view on university rankings: only part of the story
Irish institutions made progress in the latest survey, but funding questions remain
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The Ditch @wereontheditch.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Palantir founder Peter Thiel will host a gathering this August at the Powerscourt Hotel in Wicklow – with 87 of the 222 guests listed as first-time attendees. Leaked records for the meeting name Alexus Grynkewich, Scott Bessent and Ted Cruz as attendees. www.ontheditch.com/hacked-peter...
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Peter Thiel hosting secret Wicklow event
With 87 of the 222 attendees listed as first-time guests.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 17/06/2026
dead funny but also painfully accurate
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Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Save the date: the 3rd biennial #engramsandensembles conference will be held from May 12 - 14, 2027 at @tcddublin.bsky.social 🪉🧠🌐📈
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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Very good conceptual piece by @tjryan.bsky.social & D. Burnston “An alternative to encoding for thinking about neural representation” 🧪🧠 I found it a very companion to rethinking the notion of information in the genome (by @wiringthebrain.bsky.social) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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An alternative to encoding for thinking about neural representation | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/06/2026
Right now, we could be living through a hantavirus disaster. The world avoided that, and this is why | Devi Sridhar
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Right now, we could be living through a hantavirus disaster. The world avoided that, and this is why | Devi Sridhar
As the isolation period comes to an end for those caught up in the outbreak on a cruise ship, let’s celebrate a good news story, says Devi Sridhar of Edinburgh University
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Scott Robertson @sarobertson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Carney: The post-Cold War world rules-based order is breaking down. Multilateral institutions have weakened. Economic integration from which we have benefited is being weaponized. The international trading system, which we've relied upon for decades, is under threat.
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