Thanks very much, John. I would add that Krembil in particular and Canada in general are also extremely attractive environments so there is lots of “pull” forces at work too

Thank you, Joaquin!

Thank you, Jeff!

😉 thank you!!

Save the Date!

The annual pre-SfN satellite Motor Symposium will be held November 13 at NIH

📣 Exciting news: my lab is moving to the Krembil Institute at the University of Toronto’s University Health Network in Fall 2026.

We’ll be recruiting for all roles, so reach out if you’re interesting in joining us to study spinal circuits for sensorimotor control

www.levine-lab.org

Any favorite recs for a platform to make/host a lab website? Eg wix, weebly, wordpress… thanks!

Oh that’s very interesting! Do you think it’s a cortically driven pattern (given the P20 timing and your cortical hypoth), even though that’s not the first driver that comes to mind for awake locomotion. I wonder if spinalized animals sleep-twitch

Really interesting! Any thoughts on why twitches are then organized into the “run”-like alternating locomotor pattern?

I’ll be there too! No surprise (I may be a bit biased), but it’s my favorite meeting now

motor-circuits.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Multiple talks on human motor control, but I don’t recall NHP

It is every two years 2023, 2025, 2027… around June. Martha and ai have both rotated off the organizing committee but it is in good hands. :)

Have you tried the St. Andrews meeting? I think it’s a pretty great solution to this issue, although of course no meeting fulfills all needs

The St. Andrews spinal cords and beyond meeting was born of a conversation just like this back in the day on Twitter, when Martha Bagnall called me out for being too mouse-centric in organizing a pre-SfN satellite Motor Symposium

I would add that we should organize and attend joint conferences, symposia at annual society meetings etc. This is where I’ve always seen the best interaction between researchers studying different organisms

🥳 so well deserved!!

On War and Peace in Animals and Man

This essay by Tinbergen on “War and Peace in Animals and Man” was too far afield to make it into the discussion of our recent pre-print on the execution of a natural behavior, but has been on my mind a lot lately. Anyone else?

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dear Devoted Users of SeqSeek,

I’m sorry, but NIH has decided that we can no longer maintain the website. All of the data is still available at the links provided, and the new platform even has added functionality.

Happy gene expression hunting!

seqseek.ninds.nih.gov

I appreciate someone took the time to write this. I profoundly disagree with their view, but if I take the spirit of what they're saying as a good faith attempt to raise a mental issue, there's at least a conversation to be had.

Let's have it 1/🧵

www.science.org/content/arti...
#AcademicChatter

Sound on for the first video!

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Thank you!

Thank you, Britton!

Thank you!

Impressive jump of the fox to hunt a mouse under the snow #animals #nature #fox #wildlife YouTube video by window on nature

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#Wildlife 32 #jerboa and #snake #dakrouri #shorts YouTube video by Dakrouri

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Jumping around so cute and adorable rabbit YouTube video by Brown Rabbit

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Impalas Leap Across The Road YouTube video by The Dodo

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cute cat jumping into the wall hole YouTube video by OuR CeLeBrItIeS

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