Many know about amyloid, the gene APP and its relationship to Alzheimer's. But how many know the backstory? It all began with a letter from Carol Jennings to John Hardy .... Wonderful tribute and retelling here.

Much gratitude, Carol Jennings. RIP.

To everyone who has been shocked and depressed by the staggering 40% cut to the BRAIN Initiative: we have a voice!

Outside Witness Testimony (aka written testimony) for the FY 2025 appropriations cycle is ongoing. Deadline for the House side is Friday May 3 and the Senate side

Congratulations to our contributing editor André Fenton on being named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Learn more about Fenton in this “Synaptic” episode, in which he discusses long-term potentiation, vulnerability and ghosts: bit.ly/3JyNMun

This week's Spectrum (Autism Research News) news story is about a RNA drug that corrects calcium signaling in chimeric model of Timothy syndrome, the rare genetic condition characterized by heart problems, seizures and autism. Read more by Katie Moisse for The Transmitter thetransmitter.org/spectrum/rna-d…

Congratulations to Laura Dattaro, Calli McMurray, Gina Jiménez, and all of the winners of the 2023 Association of Health Care Journalists Awards For Excellence in Health Care Journalism! Work appeared in The Transmitter, Texas Observer, 19thnews, and KFF Health News. healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/04/m…

(5/5) In the Student Reporting category, Gina Jiménez won third place for their article titled, 'For young people on Medicare, a hysterectomy sometimes is more affordable than birth control.'

Read the story, co-produced by 19thnews and KFF Health News: kffhealthnews.org/news/article/m…

A drug containing snippets of RNA reverses defects seen in neurons derived from children with Timothy syndrome, according to a study published today in Nature.

By Katie Moisse

bit.ly/3WddHQ3

A remembrance of Larry Young

nature.com/articles/s4159…

Highly recommend applying for this award! 🏆 The One Mind Rising Star Award not only propelled my research but also connected me to an incredible community of investigators!

NIH to increase pay for predoctoral and postdoctoral NRSA. Predocs now earn will go up 4% and postdocs will start at $61,008 (+8%), with more based on experience. Also boosting childcare subsidies and funds for training expenses.
nih.gov/news-events/ne…

AAVs work for amphibians! Two new preprints show that the genetic tools are effective in frogs, newts and axolotls, opening up new doors for studying these species.

'It's a big game-changer,' says Helen Willsey.

are neurons noisy?

or does the noise come from the neuroscientists?

This is a bad policy, NEJM, as I told MedPage Today. medpagetoday.com/special-report…

BRAIN Initiative funding was cut by 40% from last year, and it's not yet clear what that will mean for current grants, reports Angie Voyles Askham for The Transmitter thetransmitter.org/funding/278-mi…

Companies gathering neural data in Colorado will now be subject to the new Colorado Privacy Act, which passed yesterday, reports Isha Marathe for Legaltech©news law.com/legaltechnews/…

Funding for the BRAIN Initiative was cut 40% from last year, and it's not yet clear what that will mean for current or newly funded grants. New for The Transmitter: thetransmitter.org/funding/278-mi…

Jawless fish may have a sympathetic nervous system after all, a new study from Caltech researchers finds. A textbook-rewriting find for evo/devo fans today in The Transmitter from me! thetransmitter.org/evolution/new-…

Important read: To do the best science we need top scientists. And top scientists come from the everywhere in the world 🌎✨

'The shame of modern science is that everyone is hyperfocused on their system...It can stifle innovation when people are not broadly trained and don’t step outside their comfort zone.'

Lovely interview of Ishmail Abdus-Saboor by Ingrid Wickelgren for Quanta Magazine.

Faulty connections between the subthalamic nucleus & cortex characterize disparate brain disorders --- and figure into an ongoing debate about how best to identify dysfunctional circuitry using diffusion tractography. My latest for The Transmitter thetransmitter.org/connectivity/d…