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ldattaro.bsky.social
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A well-done, concise write-up, recommend.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Very good article about the next step after connectomes. But no mention of paracrine modulators as info transmission challenge, only gap junctions?

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Nice article in the transmitter about connectome-enabled brain models, covering @lappalainenjk.bsky.social’s work with @srinituraga.bsky.social and colleagues!!

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

It took more than a decade to trace the 130,000 connections in a fruit fly's brain. With the map in hand, researchers are turning to the next step in connectomics: building simulations. By @ldattaro.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/c...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

We're not just seeing a change of priorities from the federal government, we're seeing entire fields declared "Forbidden". These forbidden topics (climate change, racism, sexism, pollution, etc.) reveal facts that the current administration despises. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Many thanks to @ldattaro.bsky.social for speaking to some of us junior faculty about how we're navigating our path to tenure in this time of turmoil. She wrote a really nice piece; give it a read!

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Developing means to protect vulnerable early-career researchers needs to be a top priority for research universities in the US. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Achieving tenure is a major milestone for early-career researchers—and it often relies on securing federal funding. For my first piece for Nature, I spoke with scientists who are worried about what federal funding cuts will mean for their tenure evaluations. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Can astrocytes remember past stressors the way immune cells do? A new preprint questions a prior discovery, in this month’s Null and Noteworthy. By @ldattaro.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/null-and-not...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

MENTORS NEEDED: NASW members from all career backgrounds are invited to serve as an editor, mentor, or both for this summer's Perlman Virtual Mentoring Program. Help undergrad and grad students learn more about #WhySciWri Learn more and sign up by Thursday, May 1: www.nasw.org/article...

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Hundreds of researchers now register their papers before performing experiments. Peter Clayson wanted to know: What resulted from all that work? Read what he discovered in this month's Null and Noteworthy, by @ldattaro.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/null-and-not...

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