So after a year of working on it and many, many revisions here is my lab's take on the wonders of Layer 1! A bit shout out to Shuhan Huang Leena Ali Ibrahim who both did the heavy lifting in putting this piece together! Let us know what you think! cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

The Cerebral Cortex and Thalamus edited by S. Murray Sherman, W. Martin Usrey - Oxford University Press - global.oup.com/academic/produ… The thalamus has often been treated as a minor, rather insignificant player in cortical functioning. This book is going to change that view forever.

For academic job seekers: Tailor your application to fit the job advertisement. A generic application, regardless of your qualifications, is unlikely to succeed and wastes time—for you and the hiring committee.

Nature retracts controversial superconductivity paper by embattled physicist go.nature.com/47e8t92

I'm absolutely delighted to share that I'll be joining Georgetown University University Medical Center as an Asst Prof in Spring 2024 to lead the Vision, Imaging, & Plasticity (VIP) Lab. I'm recruiting founding VIP members (grad students, a postdoc, & RAs). Please RT & help spread the

What do I say to my student? #SfN2023

Great day at NIH with the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) NSP Fellows!

Interested in learning about training opportunities in National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)'s Intramural Research Program? Join us for the last virtual info session of the year on Dec. 5 to learn about NIH training programs and research conducted in NIMH labs! go.nih.gov/aCAmdkU

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) NIH Intramural is a totally unique training environment offering access to multiple rare research opportunities at once. Time spent here can set you up perfectly for next step at all levels- postbac, PhD, postdoc. Definitely check this out ⬇️

Check out Will Snyder’s Will Snyder thread on his fab new work -> patterning and developmental roots of cortical folding in human adulthood. Details of the science and the wonderful collaborative team below. Hats off to you on this stunning project Will !! 🎩

Final version of our 3D map of the human embryo head is out! Cover from Raphael Blain cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

#NHMRC is seeking experienced and high-performing individuals to fill multiple roles across the agency at both EL1 and EL1 levels. For more information visit NHMRC’s Careers page: nhmrccareers.nga.net.au/cp/

Are you considering a career in mental health research? 1. Do what you love! 2. Learn more math & data science. 3. Talk to National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) program staff about how we can support your career development. For more of my reflections & advice: go.nih.gov/E13zCw0 #NationalMentoringMonth

Delighted to share Transcriptional Cartography in eLife - the journal (doi.org/10.7554/eLife.……) Our goal was to make dense cortical gene expression maps from the Allen Human Brain Atlas. We took the sparse samples and interpolated them into >20k downloadable gene expression maps. 1/n

1/ Excited to share my thesis work, now out as a pre-print: “Dynamic fibroblast-immune interactions shape wound healing after brain injury” biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Come attend this exciting conference on Brain Cell Types, Circuits and Disorders (Aug 19-21, 2024, Irvine, CA, USA), organized by the UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping (UCI Center for Neural Circuit Mapping) and the Cajal Club Cajal Club. Register by June 19: cncm.som.uci.edu/2024-conferenc…

~75M years ago some nocturnal mammals developed the vision superpower. When dinosaurs went extinct, they invaded the daylight niche; the super power became UberPower shaping the behaviour and brain of our ancient primate cousins, including the Hippocampus. link.springer.com/article/10.103…

Join us! Faculty position at the University of Maryland, College Park at Dept of Psychology. Assistant or Associate Professor in Computational Psychology or Computational Neuroscience. Pls RT ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120948

Come tell us about your research! The Basic Science Training Program in Psychiatry at Yale seminar series encourages postdocs to apply to give a talk through our MAPS program: tinyurl.com/m63mx8mn Deadline August 31

We're hiring two tenure-track assistant professors in behavioural neuroscience to begin on July 1, 2025. Please share with your networks! Apply by Oct 1, 2024 here: bit.ly/PsychBNSPositi…