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It’s time to examine neural coding from the message’s point of view
Organoids and assembloids offer a new window into human brain
Unexpected astrocyte gene flips image of brain’s ‘stalwart sentinels’
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El futuro de la investigación neurocientífica en instituciones que sirven minorías está en peligro
Who funds your basic neuroscience research? Help The Transmitter compile a list of funding sources
Keep sex as a biological variable: Don’t let NIH upheaval turn back the clock on scientific rigor
Today’s action potentials
”As we approach the limits of what can be modeled in vitro, we will learn how much of brain organogenesis is influenced by extrinsic factors outside the human body. — SERGIU P. PASCA, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
The future of neuroscience research at U.S. minority-serving institutions is in danger
Accepting “the bitter lesson” and embracing the brain’s complexity
New tool may help untangle downstream effects of autism-linked genes
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How to communicate the value of curiosity-driven research
Neuroscience Ph.D. programs adjust admissions in response to U.S. funding uncertainty
The last two-author neuroscience paper?
Author lists on papers have ballooned, and it’s getting hard to discern contribution.
Static pay, shrinking prospects fuel neuroscience postdoc decline
Postdoctoral researchers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health now toil longer than ever before, for less money. They are responding accordingly.
Keeping it personal: How to preserve your voice when using AI
From bench to bot: How important is prompt engineering?
From bench to bot: Does AI really make you a more efficient writer?
Amid confusion around U.S. science, some neuroscientists prepare to rally
Eight neuroscientists at different career stages spoke with The Transmitter about whether they plan to participate in the upcoming “Stand Up for Science” demonstrations across the United States on 7 March.
‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
To keep or not to keep: Neurophysiology’s data dilemma
The S-index Challenge: Develop a metric to quantify data-sharing success
A README for open neuroscience
‘Bioethics and Brains: A Disciplined and Principled Neuroethics,’ an excerpt
‘Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,’ an excerpt
Open-access neuroscience comes to the classroom: Q&A with Liz Kirby
What makes memories last—dynamic ensembles or static synapses?
Teasing out how different subfields conceptualize central terms might help move this long-standing debate forward. I asked eight scientists to weigh in.
What are mechanisms? Unpacking the term is key to progress in neuroscience
Mechanism is a common and powerful concept, invoked in grant calls and publication guidelines. But scientists use it in different ways, making it difficult to clarify standards in the field. We asked nine scientists to weigh in.