Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangAaron Quinlan (he/him) @aaronquinlan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I am delighted to announce that The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is continuing a multi-year recruiting initiative for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share and consider applying! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208... 187109
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangLouis-Eric Trudeau @louistrudeau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Do you have some exciting work on dopamine and related topics ready for submission? Please consider this special issue on dopamine in the European Journal of Neuroscience. This is related to the Dopamine 2026 meeting that was held last May. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...onlinelibrary.wiley.comEuropean Journal of Neuroscience Call for Papers DOPAMINE: From Molecules to Behavior and Therapeutics 023
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangSylvain Baillet @sylvainbaillet.bsky.social · 25/09/2026👉 Tenure-track opening in neuroscience @crchum.bsky.social @umontreal.ca crchum.carrieresante.gouv.qc.ca/poste/profes... 04133
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangCell - a Cell Press journal @cp-cell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Now online! Architecture of the serotonergic projectome in the mouse braindlvr.itArchitecture of the serotonergic projectome in the mouse brainSerotonin neurons innervate nearly the entire mammalian brain, yet how their projections are organized has remained unclear. Systematic whole-brain serotonergic axon collateralization mapping reveals five projectomic groups that preferentially target functionally related regions, with each projectomic group connecting to specific spatial transcriptomic and behavioral profiles. 002
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangHHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Proud to recognize #HHMIInvestigator Huda Zoghbi, a 2026 recipient of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social's Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize. Her pioneering epigenetics work, particularly in Rett syndrome, helped transform our understanding of how gene regulation drives brain disease: bit.ly/4x1xvEA. 021
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangMcGill University @mcgill.ca · 27/08/2026Backed by a historic federal investment, McGill has recruited six Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada. These globally renowned experts are coming to Canada to tackle pressing challenges, make discoveries, and advance innovation here at home. 0811
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangJess Cardin @jess-cardin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Yale Neuroscience 🧠 @yaleneuro.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have 2 searches, one cell/molecular/systems neuro (apply.interfolio.com/190736) and one computational neuro (apply.interfolio.com/190740). Got questions about the searches, the department, or the process? Please ask, happy to chat!apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 16850
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangChristian Mosimann @chrmosimann.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Great wrap-up of #2026SDB - if you are hungry for more #devbio, consider joining us for the upcoming Gordon Research Conference & trainee-led Gordon Research Seminar in Developmental Biology, Jan 17-22 at Il Cioccio! 🧬🐟🐀🧪🌱🧫🦎🪰🪱 22911
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangBaptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 26/07/2026🚨We have a new star in Ottawa! Consider joining Erika Wang’s lab if you are passionate about bioengineering, therapeutics and nanomedicine! 👇👇 #newrecruit #ECR 031
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangAntoine Zalc @antoinezalc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026There is still time to register for this great free meeting itbcrde.inserm.fr/index.php?pa... Exciting speaker line-up and lots of slot for short talk. Please submit your abstract by July 20, 2026 It will be in the Grand Amphi, 102 Rue de la santé 75014 Paris, on September 21-22, 2026itbcrde.inserm.fr 045
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangJesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Just approved an order for standard lab consumables. Prices have nearly doubled since starting the lab. Meanwhile, the bar for publishing keeps rising, requiring ever more costly experiments, while grant budgets barely changed. Hard to see how this is a sustainable trajectory for academic research. 0338
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangDr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 13/05/2026It's that time of year again. Student evals. "If students complained that the course had too much science and “science” was in the course title, drink." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rev...mcsweeneys.netReviewing Course Evaluations: The Drinking Game“If you are female, drink one shot immediately. Underrepresented minority: one shot. Both: three shots, because intersectionality. Each shot will help you lo... 021
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang Huangmark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Trainees attending @canacn.bsky.social 2026 Meeting - @franklandlab.bsky.social and I are co-hosting the Circuits & Behaviour satellite and seeking 4 trainee speakers (one of whom will receive a $500 "Best Talk" prize). Register by next Friday for consideration: www.eventbrite.ca/e/neural-cir... 12212
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangWendy Xin @droligo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Super stoked to share that I’m starting my lab at UHN @dkjei-uhn.bsky.social / @kbi-uhn.bsky.social and the University of Toronto! If you’re interested in neuron-myelin interactions in circuit maturation and cognition, please reach out - we are hiring! www.oligodendrocyte.org 1/oligodendrocyte.orgXin LabWelcome! We study the cellular interactions between neurons and oligodendrocytes, which produce myelin in the central nervous system. Myelination - the process by which oligodendrocytes ensheath neuro... 1711632
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangHHMI @hhmi-science.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Celebrating #HHMIInvestigator Huda Zoghbi, recognized by the Lurie Autism Institute for her ground-breaking discovery that mutations in the MECP2 gene cause Rett syndrome (an autism-related neurodevelopmental disorder) — work that continues to transform autism research today: bit.ly/4sFhNx6. 0175
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangThe Brain Prize @brainprize.org · 05/03/2026Warm congratulations to The Brain Prize winners 2026, Professor David Ginty and Professor Patrik Ernfors, for their pioneering work on how the nervous system detects and processes touch and pain. Karolinska Institutet HHMI #Neuroscience #BrainPrize2026 18536
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangJesper Sjöström @pjsjostrom.bsky.social · 16/02/2026🧪🧠 New preprint: helping resolve a decades-long debate in synaptic plasticity NMDA receptors are central to Hebbian learning. Yet for >30 years, the existence and function of presynaptic NMDA receptors have remained controversial. 📄 doi.org/10.64898/202... 1/6doi.org 15519
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangMatthijs Dorst @mattneuro.dorst-lab.org · 13/02/2026Please share: I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab in Oslo! For this project, we will investigate the role of striatal interneurons during action selection, using a combination of behavior, in vivo voltage imaging, and slice ephys. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... #NeuroJobs #NeuroSkyence 14438
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangPhilpotLab @philpotlab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Copy and paste this link to see ad: "unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/312675" 003
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangMcGill University @mcgill.ca · 18/12/2025McGill is recruiting top-tier researchers working abroad through the federally funded Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program, addressing global and national challenges. The first round is due in early 2026. Learn more and submit your candidacy: mcgill.ca/x/5Zh 02320
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangSylvain Baillet @sylvainbaillet.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Please repost: another kind of Black-Friday deal! 02717
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangPaul Masset @paulmasset.bsky.social · 19/11/2025I am recruiting graduate students for the experimental side of my lab @mcgill.ca for admission in Fall 2026! Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations. 13730
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangKaren S Wilcox, PhD (she/her) @karenswilcoxphd.bsky.social · 12/11/2025After 10 years, I am stepping down as chair of our department and we have an active search going on! Utah is a phenomenal place to live and work and it's been the honor of a lifetime chairing the department founded by Lou Goodman. #MedSky #Neuroskyence Repost! jobs.chronicle.com/job/37914733...jobs.chronicle.comChair of Pharmacology and Toxicology - Salt Lake City, Utah job with The University of Utah | 37914733The University of Utah seeks a Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology 64726
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangMichael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications: Applicant names, profiles, demographics Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores 13143168
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangW. Brent Derry @wbderry.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Fantastic opportunity at The Hospital for Sick Children. Please repost. www.nature.com/naturecareer...nature.comSCIENTIST – Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology Program - Toronto (City), Ontario (CA) job with The Hospital for Sick Children - Developmental & Stem Cell Biology Program | 12848200Discovery-based and/or translational research using model organism genetics and/or stem cell and organoid platforms to study paediatric cancer. 03540
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangJames Briscoe @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social · 10/10/2025The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders - Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers - Support for up to 12 years - Access to our core facilities - Competitive salary - Fantastic colleagues - All areas of biology Deadline 27 Nov www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...crick.ac.ukEarly career group leadersWe appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick. 2155154
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangJibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Come join us at @westernu.ca: Chair, Department of Medical Biophysics: www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...uwo.ca 01011
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangAndrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 04/09/2025For anyone on the neuroscience job market, our ads are up. We are looking for anyone working in systems neuroscience of animals to join us in southern Alberta 🇨🇦 #academicsky #neuroskyence #neuroethology #academicjobs #Canada neurojobs.sfn.org/job/39049/as...neurojobs.sfn.orgAssistant Professor (Neuroscience, Tenure Track) - Lethbridge (City), Alberta (CA) job with University of Lethbridge | 39049Assistant Professor (tenure track) of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada 13341
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangCell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Making #yogurt with ants from a nearly forgotten Bulgarian recipe. www.cell.com/iscience/ful... @cp-iscience.bsky.social Veronica M. Sinotte, Leonie J. Jahn & colleagues 0113
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangStem Cell Network @stemcellnetwork.ca · 29/09/2025📢 McGill University is hiring! The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, with the Meakins-Christie Labs at the RI-MUHC, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Pluripotent Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine. Learn more and apply. ➡️ stemcellnetwork.ca/wp-content/u... 054
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangLindsay Schwarz @lindsayschwarz.bsky.social · 24/09/2025With 2 postdocs moving on to faculty positions🥳, we're looking to hire someone new. If you're interested in norepinephrine and neural circuits, please apply! tinyurl.com/42bfe24ktinyurl.comPostdoctoral Research Associate - Developmental NeurobiologyA postdoctoral research associate position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Lindsay Schwarz in the Department of Developmental Neurobiology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Schwarz l... 44729
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangDr. Vin Gupta @vinguptamd.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Since this is going to be headline news tomorrow… The highest quality research has shown Tylenol use in pregnancy is NOT at all associated with autism risk. To suggest otherwise is to be an amateur that cherry-picks data points from decades ago. What we discussed 2 weeks ago remains true today ⬇️ 32835346
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/09/2025Breaking News: The Supreme Court lifted restrictions on ICE agents in Los Angeles, allowing them to make indiscriminate stops based on factors like ethnicity.nyti.msSupreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration StopsA federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish. 133279183
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangMaxime Rousseaux @maximewc.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Very fun collaborating with the Russell lab on this one. Tireless efforts of Dr. Truc (Cloe) Losier to bring this across the finish line. 052
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangJim Johnson 🇨🇦 @jimjohnsonsci.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Come join our Department! universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...universityaffairs.caSearch Jobs - University Affairs 084
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangCedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Another excellent study by @dulaclab.bsky.social and collaborators. This new @cp-cell.bsky.social study uncovers a key role for the thalamus in the neural control of social hierarchy 🧪🧠🧬 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...cell.comMolecular and neural control of social hierarchy by a forebrain-thalamocortical circuitSocial hierarchy in unfamiliar male mice is regulated by the mediodorsal thalamus acting as a hub whose altered expression of the voltage-gated ion channel Trpm3 and synaptic plasticity drive inhibiti... 0239
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 08/08/2025The White House is taking new steps to undermine every international student at our universities. It has approved a new rule restricting student visas to 4 years max. That's not long enough for PhD students, or about half of undergrads, to finish their degree. Likely to enter force within days. 61661824
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangBrian Owens @scibri.com · 07/08/2025Carney is planing 15% budget cuts across most of government. @supportourscience.bsky.social and @u15ca.bsky.social worry what that would do to a research system that is already lagging behind other countries. My story for @science.org 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgCanada plans a 15% budget cut. Scientists are alarmedCuts could erase promised boost, researchers fear 119562
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangBart Deplancke @bartdeplancke.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Outstanding Faculty opportunity in the broad area of 'life sciences engineering' @EPFL School of Life Sciences, open to both junior and senior researchers. We may prefer metabolism-centric applications but remain open to outstanding applications across domains: www.epfl.ch/about/workin...epfl.chFaculty Position in Life Science EngineeringThe School of Life Sciences at EPFL invites applications for a faculty position in life science engineering. Appointments will be at Tenure Track Assistant Professor or at Associate Professor level. W... 04440
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangKevin Bender @neurobender.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Patch clampers: we got an error 52 on our Leica vibracheck and the normal "blow on it like a nintendo in the 80s" fix didn't work. Nor did a cleaning of the LED and diode. LED does shine. Has anyone else had such an issue and managed to resurrect this very simple but stupidly expensive thing? 374
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangMax Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 31/07/2025The NIH budget will INCREASE by $400 million — not slashed by 40%, as Trump proposed — according to a proposal by Senate appropriators, says Sen Murray. "Some have asked if there will even be an NIH by [2029]. The commmittee's resounding message is yes—Congress has your back", she says. 825978
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangMichel Cayouette @michelcayouette.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Hi all, we got a grant for a cool project that will follow up of our paper published a few months ago (see below). We will explore how light acts as a morphogen to instruct PCP. If you are looking for a postdoc position and interested in this topic, please reach out! 02615
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangOlena Zhulyn @ozhulyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2025SickKids Research Institute has just launched a search for Program Head in Developmental, Stem Cell and Cancer Biology. Phenomenal colleagues, amazing science and great food all in the most multicultural city in the world. Join us: www.sickkids.ca/en/research/...sickkids.caDevelopmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology | SickKids Research InstituteThe Developmental, Stem Cell & Cancer Biology program has led significant discoveries in developmental genetics, genomics, stem cell and cancer biology. 01611
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangJan Żylicz @jzylicz.bsky.social · 15/07/2025It’s always a bit awkward to write about personal experiences. I tried to touch on what Pride means to me and ended up reflecting on heteronormativity, passing, and allyship. Thank you @slefkopoulos.bsky.social for the great opportunity! @ucph.bsky.social #LGBTQIA+ #PRIDE #Diversity 1429
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangAlex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 18/07/2025OK, researchers: the government is almost certainly going to renege on its 2024 pledge of increased funding for research - on top of that, we're looking at potential cuts of 15%. So: if you were advising ISED, what would you say we could do without? Where would 15% cuts cause the least damage? 3147
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangRoordaLab @roordalab.bsky.social · 17/07/20256+6 = 12 reasons to move to Waterloo, Canada. First 6..... 6 job openings in the University of Waterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science/Waterloo Eye Institute. lnkd.in/d3QD5wFA see thread for the next 6.lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 1138
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang HuangKeri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 11/07/2025I recently got to see Marina present this and extensions of the project @corticodevelopment.bsky.social - this is amazing work with huge promise as a cell therapy for treatment resistant epilepsy. Congrats to the whole team here - this story and work is really inspiring!! 092
Reposted by Wei-Hsiang Huangboehninglab @boehninglab.com · 08/07/2025This is extraordinarily dangerous and will slow academic biomedical research and drug development. A total ban is on the horizon. www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/nih-announce...drugdiscoverytrends.comNIH announces end to funding for animal-only studies - Drug Discovery and DevelopmentDrug Discovery and Development covers strategies and technologies related to pharmaceutical research and development and drug formulation. 1216880