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Going against the gut: Q&A with Kevin Mitchell on the autism-microbiome theory

A new review of 15 years of studies on the connection between the microbiome and autism reveals widespread statistical and conceptual errors.

By Lauren Schenkman
13 November 2025 | 7 min read
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Our searchable repository of useful research can restore trust in federally funded basic science

Called U.S. Public Research Benefits, the database showcases the value of basic science in an easy and accessible format.

By Adam Charles
5 November 2025 | 5 min read
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Nonhuman primate research to lose federal funding at major European facility

The Dutch Senate has ordered the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in the Netherlands to shift its funding away from primate experiments by 2030.

By Lauren Schenkman
30 October 2025 | 4 min read
Headshots of Philip Adeniyi, Samir Ahboucha, Willias Masocha and Daniel Gams Massi.

First Pan-African neuroscience journal gets ready to launch

With lower-than-average article processing fees, and issues dedicated to topics important to the continent, the journal hopes to give African neuroscience research much-needed international visibility.

By Lauren Schenkman
28 October 2025 | 4 min read
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Fly database secures funding for another year, but future remains in flux

The FlyBase team’s fundraising efforts have proven successful in the short term, but restoration of its federal grant remains uncertain.

By Calli McMurray
17 October 2025 | 3 min read
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Autism researchers ‘pleasantly surprised’ by list of NIH data project grantees, despite initial concerns

An atypical funding mechanism, truncated application timeline and opaque review process had generated concern over the quality of projects that would be selected for the Autism Data Science Initiative.

By Calli McMurray
2 October 2025 | 10 min read
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Building the future of neuroscience at HBCUs

Black In Neuro is launching a new program to help historically Black colleges and universities advance neuroscience research and education, focusing on cross-institutional collaboration, joint curriculum development and improved mentoring initiatives.

By Jheannelle Johnson
8 September 2025 | 6 min read

Bringing neuroscience to rural Mexico: In conversation with Mónica López-Hidalgo

By offering education and translating scientific terms into Indigenous languages, López-Hidalgo’s outreach program, Neurociencias Para Todos, provides schoolteachers with tools to bring neuroscience to their communities.

By Ashley Juavinett
1 September 2025 | 41 min watch

Llevando la neurociencia al México rural: En conversación Mónica López-Hidalgo

A través de la educación y traducción de términos científicos en lenguas indígenas, el programa Neurociencias Para Todos provee de herramientas a maestros para llevar la neurociencia a sus comunidades.

By Ashley Juavinett
1 September 2025 | 41 min watch
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Long-standing theoretical neuroscience fellowship program loses financial support

Funding from the Swartz and Sloan Foundations helped bring physicists and mathematicians into neuroscience for more than 30 years.

By Calli McMurray
26 August 2025 | 5 min read

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Noninvasive method lifts curtain on cerebrospinal-fluid dance in human brain

Cerebrospinal fluid shows brain-region-specific dynamics, a new high-resolution MRI approach reveals.

By Claudia López Lloreda
14 November 2025 | 4 min read

Aging as adaptation: Learning the brain’s recipe for resilience

Some age-related changes in the brain and in behavior are not solely the result of cognitive decline but rather part of a larger adaptive process.

By Dana Rubi Levy, Kevin Mastro, Michael Ryan
14 November 2025 | 6 min listen
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Timing tweak turns trashed fMRI scans into treasure

Leveraging start-up “dummy scans,” which are typically discarded in imaging analyses, can shorten an experiment’s length and make data collection more efficient, a new study reveals.

By Angie Voyles Askham
13 November 2025 | 6 min read

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