The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives

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Neuroscience

The State of Neuroscience in Latin America

By The Transmitter

28 August 2026 | 3 min read

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Funding

Amid funding uncertainty, neuroscientists report a mix of cynicism, persistence

By Emily Singer

28 August 2026 | 5 min read

Spectrum

Autism-linked variants rewire protein networks

By Claudia López Lloreda

27 August 2026 | 5 min read

Latest

Future remains uncertain for U.S. federal funding of behavioral, cognitive science

Wouldn’t you like to know? A mouse would

Theoretical Neuroscience podcast

How energy determines where proteins are produced in neurons

Five new neuroscience books, and other notable titles from 2026

Artificial intelligence

How, when and why to use agentic AI in our neuroscience labs

Climate neuroscience needs ‘integration’ and ‘guided’ research

Nuclear location helps control gene activity during brain development

Five-year-old human brain organoids aged on schedule

Special report: The State of Neuroscience in Latin America

The Transmitter explores how researchers in six countries conduct high-quality research in the face of numerous obstacles.

Perspectives

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Science and society

How FALAN is building a thriving neuroscience community in Latin America

By Francesco Mattia Rossi

28 August 2026 | 6 min read

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Science and society

Redefining underrepresentation in global neuroscience

By Keerthana Iyer, Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots, Ana Silva, Violetta Zujovic

27 August 2026 | 6 min read

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Science and society

Scientific talent is global. Access to the world’s scientific stage is not.

By Vicente Medel

27 August 2026 | 8 min read

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Artificial intelligence

How, when and why to use agentic AI in our neuroscience labs

By Nicolas Schuck

24 August 2026 | 7 min read

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It’s a huge amount of work to submit a grant proposal, and nobody wants to be doing that if they think there is essentially zero chance of it being funded.
— RHEA ESKEW, PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY, NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY READ MORE

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Spectrum

Autism-linked variants rewire protein networks

By Claudia López Lloreda

27 August 2026 | 5 min read

Biomarkers for autism, and more

Loss of interneuron plasticity may be shared hallmark of neurodevelopmental conditions

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Neuronal genes SATB2 and MEF2C.

Spectrum

Nuclear location helps control gene activity during brain development

By Giorgia Guglielmi

20 August 2026 | 5 min read

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Funding and policy

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Funding

Amid funding uncertainty, neuroscientists report a mix of cynicism, persistence

By Emily Singer

28 August 2026 | 5 min read

Illustration of the globe with 2 scientists each standing on the poles.

Science and society

How FALAN is building a thriving neuroscience community in Latin America

By Francesco Mattia Rossi

28 August 2026 | 6 min read

Illustration of scientist facing a fractured landscape.

Science and society

Redefining underrepresentation in global neuroscience

By Keerthana Iyer, Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots, Ana Silva, Violetta Zujovic

27 August 2026 | 6 min read

Illustration of scientists climbing over a barrier to reach publications.

Science and society

Scientific talent is global. Access to the world’s scientific stage is not.

By Vicente Medel

27 August 2026 | 8 min read

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Craft and careers

Headshots of the leaders of new labs in Latin America.

Community

The Transmitter’s directory of new labs in Latin America

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario

28 August 2026 | 7 min read

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Funding

Amid funding uncertainty, neuroscientists report a mix of cynicism, persistence

By Emily Singer

28 August 2026 | 5 min read

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Open neuroscience

The promise of open neuroscience for Latin America

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario

28 August 2026 | 8 min read

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Features

Five researchers gather around a floating outline of the geography of Latin America.

Neuroscience

The State of Neuroscience in Latin America

Through interviews with dozens of Latin American neuroscientists, The Transmitter explores how researchers in six countries—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay—conduct high-quality research in the face of numerous obstacles.

By The Transmitter

28 August 2026 | 3 min read

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Environment

Climate neuroscience needs ‘integration’ and ‘guided’ research

Five years after a groundbreaking paper, can a young field move beyond piecemeal studies?

By Sarah DeWeerdt

21 August 2026 | 7 min read

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This paper changed my life

Mice playing, engaged in learning and memory: some of their brains are yellow, and some are red, matching a red and yellow legend that runs through the image to underscore both memory and learning.

This paper changed my life

This paper changed my life: A technical breakthrough for memory studies

By Noelia Weisstaub

14 August 2026 | 5 min read

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This paper changed my life

This paper changed my life: Embracing an early model for naturalistic neuroscience

By Sidarta Ribeiro

14 July 2026 | 4 min read

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This paper changed my life

This paper changed my life: Learning the molecular rules of cell identity

By Ardem Patapoutian

17 June 2026 | 6 min read

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Publishing

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Science and society

Scientific talent is global. Access to the world’s scientific stage is not.

By Vicente Medel

27 August 2026 | 8 min read

Adriano Aguzzi.

Ethics

Neuropathologist not guilty of research misconduct, says university probe

By Dalmeet Singh Chawla

8 July 2026 | 5 min read

Red note stuck in a stack of paper.

Publishing

Scientists decry conference’s use of hidden prompts to snare AI peer reviews

By Dalmeet Singh Chawla

1 July 2026 | 4 min read

Computer code.

Publishing

Exclusive: Neuroscience journal editor resigns over automation concerns

By Dalmeet Singh Chawla

17 June 2026 | 5 min read

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PROFILES

Headshots of the leaders of new labs in Latin America.

Community

The Transmitter’s directory of new labs in Latin America

Learn about early-career neuroscientists who have started new labs or independent lines of research in Latin America over the past five years.

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario

28 August 2026 | 7 min read

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Early-career researchers

The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Lauren Schneider

15 November 2025 | 23 min read

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Community

The Transmitter’s New Lab Directory

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario

15 November 2025 | 21 min read

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Systems neuroscience

Two trajectories cross over each other showing areas of alignment and misalignment.

Neural dynamics

Mind over metrics: How can we tell if two brains (or AI models) are alike?

By Alex Williams

17 August 2026 | 7 min read

Memory

New findings begin to resolve theta sweep debate

By Natalia Mesa

6 August 2026 | 1 min watch

Dendrite.

Memory

Dendrites compute independently of cell body

By Natalia Mesa

29 July 2026 | 5 min read

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Sleep

Making waves: Sleep-like brain activity in awake mice lowers sleep need, boosts memory

By Alissa de Chassey

16 July 2026 | 4 min read

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Books

Covers of The Transmitter's summer book picks.

Reviews

Five new neuroscience books, and other notable titles from 2026

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario

25 August 2026 | 7 min read

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Theoretical neuroscience

‘The Brain, In Theory,’ an excerpt

By Romain Brette

7 April 2026 | 5 min read

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Computational neuroscience

David Sussillo on persistence, luck and the bonds between life and work

By Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, David Sussillo

17 March 2026 | 7 min watch

The big picture

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The big picture

Models at the speed of thought: How AI coding is reshaping theoretical neuroscience

Agentic coding makes it possible to specify a neuroscience model in hours instead of months. Seven neuroscientists weigh in on what that tectonic change may bring to the field.

By Brian DePasquale

16 June 2026 | 17 min read

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The big picture

Trading places: What happens when neuroscience turns into machine learning, and machine learning turns into neuroscience?

Neuroscience has become increasingly concerned with prediction, and machine learning with causal explanation, with each field adopting methods from the other. I asked eight experts to weigh in on what we stand to learn from this exchange.

By Samuel Gershman

23 March 2026 | 22 min read

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