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Despite some ups and downs at NIH, we do have an open position for a postbac and are considering candidates. Our work is at the intersection of neuroscience and AI, and we aim to understand how the brain's densely connected recurrent networks operate. 🧪

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The brainstem’s red nucleus is an evolutionarily old structure that emerged as animals began to use limbs for walking, but its function in humans reaches beyond motor control, a new study suggests. By Sydney Wyatt thetransmitter.org/brain-imaging/…

Thank you, Jesse H. Neal Awards, for naming The Transmitter winner in four categories: Best launch of a media brand, best profile for Emily Sohn's thetransmitter.org/glymphatic-sys…, best single article, and the Grand Neal for Calli McMurray's piece, thetransmitter.org/science-and-so….

In its first year of publication, The Transmitter received four Jesse H. Neal Awards from SIIA, which recognize the best of business journalism and content creation: simonsfoundation.org/2025/05/20/the… #science #neuroscience

After more than a month of uncertainty, 30 previously purged employees at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke received an email yesterday stating they no longer face termination. By Sydney Wyatt, Angie Voyles Askham thetransmitter.org/science-and-so…

Who's calling the shots at NIH? Sworn testimonies reveal for the first time the breadth of DOGE's control over the world's largest biomedical funder DOGE provided lists of specific grants to cut and is now reviewing ALL NIH awards before they're released nature.com/articles/d4158…

Cool new study from Élora Midavaine, Sakeen Kashem and colleagues showing that regulatory T cells in the spinal meninges release endogenous opioids to quell pain in female (but not make) mice:

Here is my OpEd about the impacts of restructuring the NIH thehill.com/opinion/health…

The NIH announced a plan to pour $50 million into data science projects investigating autism’s causes, but the initiative’s short timeline and lack of details have prompted questions about how the work will progress. By Angie Voyles Askham thetransmitter.org/spectrum/nih-a…

Breaking news: Staff at the National Institutes of Health have issued a declaration calling on their director to depoliticize the agency and reverse spending cuts. scim.ag/3FN7HHK

Multiple studies by a prominent neural tube researcher at the University of Maryland show potential image manipulation and reuse; an institutional investigation is underway. By Claudia López Lloreda thetransmitter.org/academia/more-…

📷 An News from Science probe found doctors on CDC 's now-fired ACIP made less from industry than their specialist peers; 5 of 13 made nothing at all. science.org/content/articl…

Senator Schatz asked a critical Q: if you’re an ECR scientist who just had your funding canceled, why should you stay in the US? Because 1000s of ECR grants have been cancelled. Many were considered “DEI” grants but here’s the thing, the NIH definition of under served /1

A paper investigating the effects of psychedelics on brain-derived neurotrophic factor was retracted last month following reader concerns about data use. By Marta Hill thetransmitter.org/retraction/psy…

my first story for The Transmitter came out today! I'm spending the summer diving into all things neuroscience and couldn't be more excited to see where it takes me🧠

A statistical error known as pseudoreplication appears in more than half of recent mouse studies on neurological disorders, according to a new study. Peter Kind and Constantino Elfetheriou tell Lauren Schenkman why researchers should pay attention. thetransmitter.org/pseudoreplicat…

More than two dozen papers by neural tube researcher come under scrutiny - findings by Elisabeth Bik via Claudia López Lloreda thetransmitter.org/academia/more-…

Here is a chat with Bosilijka Tasic and myself about the enhancer-mediated AAVs that we were both centrally involved in publishing. I truly believe these approaches are fundamentally important for both basic and clinical approaches! braininitiative.nih.gov/news-events/bl…

FYI Sen. Susan Collins Senator Patty Murray..NIH is not giving out funds to Alzheimer's disease research..despite your recent senate hearing emphasizing this as a priority!