⚠️ Postdoc Opportunity in System Neuroscience at the Paris Brain Institute ⚠️

Feel passionate about neuroscience and sleep 🧠? Want to learn cutting-edge techniques 🔬 to answer exciting basic science questions? Want to work in a multidisciplinary environment at the heart of Paris 🏨?

Come join us !

Dopaminergic mechanisms of dynamical social specialization - Nature Longitudinal tracking of mice reveals that stable, specialized social roles emerge spontaneously within groups during a foraging task, with dopaminergic activity in the ventral tegmental area driving ...

New paper in Nature, @nature.com (go.nature.com/4c4OjCj) : how do social roles emerge in groups of near-identical individuals ? we find that they are neither predetermined nor fixed.

As a reminder: I am hiring a postdoc and at least one research assistant for a project on VTA circuits and cognitive function that starts this summer. Get in touch if interested!

Orbitofrontal noradrenaline acts as an early gate for reversal learning Piccin et al. find that surprising rewards trigger brief orbitofrontal noradrenergic bursts whose magnitude predicts reversal learning speed. Targeted manipulation of noradrenergic neurons projecting ...

Very proud to share our most recent work, now out in
@cp-cellreports.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

We show that brief noradrenergic signals in the orbitofrontal cortex, triggered by surprising rewards, support reversal learning and predict how quickly animals adapt.

www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Join us for a day of great science! "From boys to men: A journey through gender expectations" on April 2nd at the Paris Brain Institute #genderequity #gender #womeninleadership #alba #science #neuroskyence @institutducerveau.bsky.social

Deconstruction of a memory engram reveals distinct ensembles recruited at learning - Nature Neuroscience Pouget et al. identified distinct CA1 neuron ensembles active during specific moments of fear learning and uncovered the core engram essential for memory formation.

How does the brain build a memory?
A common assumption is that the neurons activated during an experience collectively form the memory engram.
In our new Nature Neuroscience paper (finally out!), we show that this is not the case.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

1/4 When rules change, dopamine (DA) changes what it calls an “action”.
New bioRxiv version: “Dopamine tracks adaptive learning of action representations”.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This project brought together Maxime Come’s PhD work and Arnaud Lespart’s postdoctoral work in our lab.

Pour le site de la Société des Neurosciences @socneuro.bsky.social, avec les collègues Christelle Peyron, Carole Rovere et Anne Giersch, on va lancer plus de news et de contenus courts 👀🧠

Vous avez un article récent ? Envoyez-le nous (mes DM sont ouverts) avec un bref résumé, on le mettra en avant

Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience Locations: Madrid, Shanghai and Pune Application Deadline: March, 9th 2026 candidates will be considered as they apply About Springer Nature ...

🚨We're hiring a new editor!🚨

We're especially looking for someone with expertise in neurodegeneration and cellular/molecular neuroscience. Must have a Ph.D. and be able to work from Madrid, Shanghai, or Pune. Deadline to apply is March 9.

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I edited a special issue of Addiction Neuroscience on dopamine circuitry & heterogeneity in addiction - now complete!🧠🧪

Check out the full issue & my editorial (all open access) here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

I'm very honored to be the recipient of the Prix Bernard Bioulac, closing out 2025 on a high note

congratulations Milan !!!

to do : alliteration

EastBio: Too sweet: how early life sugar consumption shapes brain and behaviour at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - EastBio: Too sweet: how early life sugar consumption shapes brain and behaviour at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

Possibility for a Eastbio funded PhD in my group at the @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social.
This is a highly competitive process: applicants should hold a 1st BSc Honours or 2:1 MSc degree in neuroscience.
A single applicant per project will be interviewed.
shorturl.at/rd669

Estrogen modulates reward prediction errors and reinforcement learning - Nature Neuroscience Dopamine encoding of reward prediction errors naturally fluctuates over females’ reproductive cycles with estrogenic signaling due to reduced expression of dopamine reuptake proteins.

Thrilled to share our new paper, out now in @natneuro.nature.com, uncovering how estradiol, the most potent estrogen, modulates reinforcement learning and reward prediction errors across biological levels. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#blueprint 1/7

Junior group leader position in Strasbourg NeuroStra aims to recruit outstanding junior scientists to develop projects aligned with the following themes: Mental health | Neuroepigenetics | Nociception and Pain

The Strasbourg (France) neuroscience community (NeuroStra) will offer 3 positions over the next 3 years for junior group leaders. Applicants should develop projects along 3 themes:
--> Mental health
--> Neuroepigenetics
--> Nociception and Pain
Spread the word!
neurostra.unistra.fr/actualites/a...

Seminar announcement:
Dr P Faure will talk about" Dopaminergic Control of Social
Specialization in Mouse Microsocieties". November 14th 2025 @ noon @ipnp.bsky.social. All are welcome!
@inserm.fr #dopamine

The surprising science of adolescent brains Neuroscientist Jennifer Pfeifer digs into the fascinating brain changes driving young people’s behavior during the critical years of adolescence. She debunks some of the biggest misunderstandings abou...

If we keep saying this generation is being destroyed, how will adolescents ever believe in their own potential? My TEDx talk is live on @ted.com. Changes in their brains, bodies, and social worlds create opportunities for young people to grow & thrive - with our support. www.ted.com/talks/jennif...

🚨Abstract submissions are now OPEN for the Dopamine 2026 meeting!

Share your latest discoveries and join the global dopamine community in advancing the science of motivation, movement, and reward.

Submit here: dopaminesociety.org/abstracts/

#Dopamine2026

It's the Good Will Hunting "How you like dem apples?" meme, but I am Matt Damon and the guy in the bar is reviewer #3. I'm holding up the DOI of my new paper to the window. Suck it reviewer #3!

How I feel when I finally get a paper through peer review

#AcademicChatter

Really interesting work by Bakhurin and colleagues challenging the reward prediction error hypothesis of dopamine:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I love this figure which both echoes and undermines the famous figure from Schultz et al. (1997).

Foraging as an ethological framework for neuroscience The study of foraging is central to a renewed interest in naturalistic behavior in neuroscience. Applying a foraging framework grounded in behavioral …

Pleased to have this review out in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social. In it we discuss various aspects of the intersection between foraging behaviors and neuroscience, and offer some future directions: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Pour un dialogue éclairé et raisonné sur l’expérimentation en neurosciences, ses progrès, ses promesses !
Ça se passe à l’Hotel de Ville de Paris ce lundi 6 octobre à 17 h !
Ouvert à tous publics, sur inscription gratuite.
Rejoignez nous !

With 2 postdocs moving on to faculty positions🥳, we're looking to hire someone new. If you're interested in norepinephrine and neural circuits, please apply! tinyurl.com/42bfe24k

This year marks 10 years since Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés first joined ACNP as a postdoctoral trainee. Over the past decade, she has contributed significantly through her service and leadership. 👏 Click here to learn more about her impact: tinyurl.com/ys92eamk

🌟 Launch your own lab at Janelia 🌟

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Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...

Imagine being the kind of person with the chutzpah to "explain" to Margaret Atwood what Margaret Atwood meant in The Handmaid's Tale

In September 1919, Escher moved to Haarlem to study architecture. His landlady in Haarlem gifted Escher a white cat, who stayed his pet and companion during his student years. Escher lovingly portrayed his cat in several wood cuts.

Etches of a white cat by M.C. Escher