Micheal Sandbank

Assistant professor
University of Texas at Austin

Micheal Sandbank is assistant professor of special education at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Spectrum

24 November 2020

7 min read

Studies of autism treatments rarely report adverse events, and the scientists involved often fail to disclose their conflicts of interest.

Spectrum

24 November 2020 | 7 min read

By Natalia Mesa

2 April 2026

5 min read

The sphinx, with a worm’s brain and a fly’s body, illustrates the potential pitfalls of using deep-learning techniques to model biological processes.

Systems neuroscience

The sphinx, with a worm’s brain and a fly’s body, illustrates the potential pitfalls of using deep-learning techniques to model biological processes.

By Natalia Mesa

2 April 2026 | 5 min read

Spectrum

By The Transmitter

2 April 2026

2 min read

These glial cells are increasingly linked to neurodevelopmental conditions and the regulation of social behaviors and anxiety.

Spectrum

These glial cells are increasingly linked to neurodevelopmental conditions and the regulation of social behaviors and anxiety.

By The Transmitter

2 April 2026 | 2 min read

By Helena Kudiabor

1 April 2026

5 min read

Catherine Carr explains her discovery that geckos retain a vibration-sensing pathway previously thought to be lost when animals moved onto land.

Neuro’s ark

Catherine Carr explains her discovery that geckos retain a vibration-sensing pathway previously thought to be lost when animals moved onto land.

By Helena Kudiabor

1 April 2026 | 5 min read