This lecture series is generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Congratulations, SNF!
#humanityatthecore

Featuring Wes Grueber, PhD; Mimi Shirasu-Hiza, PhD; Amanda González-Segarra, PhD.

Join us for our next SNF Brain Insight Lecture: The Brain-Body Connection, on 04/22

Experts will bring together perspectives from neuroscience, genetics, and physiology to uncover what the fruit fly can tell us about our own brain-body connection.

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A rare opportunity to meet our director, Daphna Shohamy, live in Rome! Don’t miss her talk on ‘The Neuroscience of Memory and Meaning’ on April 14, during Galileo Week at the American Academy in Rome. 🔭🧠🇮🇹

IICD members prepare their activities for Saturday Science

Children participate in Saturday Science activities led by IICD

Lorenza Favrot and Maithe de Barros run the DNA Decoder activity at Saturday Science

This past weekend, IICD participated in Saturday Science (@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social) with Biobus! Thank you to @khanhndinh.bsky.social, Maithê R.M. de Barros, and Lorenza Favrot for running a DNA Decoder station, and to Ren-Yi Wang for running the Genetic Shuffle.

Brain scans like these helped scientists classify how study participants made decisions. (Credit: Jonathan Nicholas / Shohamy lab/ Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute)

How does one study memory? What questions do you ask? What methodologies do you use? How does memory construct the present? How do we use it to reconstruct the past in stories, memoir, and dramatic work?

Join us on April 9 for Where Ideas Come From: Art, Neuroscience, and Memory.

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By analyzing brain activity throughout the lives of mice, Itamar Kahn, Gagan Wig, Ezra Winter-Nelson & team found that the rodent’s brain ages similarly to that of a human. Studying mice could therefore be a way to learn about how our brains decline as we grow old.

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🧠 ⚙️ Saturday Science: The Human Machine

How does your brain help you think, move, learn, and adapt to the world around you?

Join us on Saturday, March 28, from 1–4 PM to explore the incredible systems that make the human brain work.

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#SaturdayScience #Neuroscience #BrainWeek

ARNI: Memory Driven Learning with Kim Stachenfeld YouTube video by Columbia Engineering

How can machines achieve the kind of flexible learning mastered by our brains? That’s what our own @neurokim.bsky.social is trying to find out! Learn more about ARNI’s work on natural and artificial intelligence:

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#BrainAwarenessWeek

A group of children is looking at a brain-shaped cherry tree in blossom.

Curious about the mind and brain? Join us during #BrainAwarenessWeek and learn more about the questions our scientists are asking about the brain. Be curious with us! 🧠 🔍💡

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Our #BrainWeek is off to a good start! We always love talking about memory, the brain and health with @pbs.org South Florida and colleagues from @sinaibrain.bsky.social @mpfneuro.bsky.social. Stay tuned for air dates!

Saturday Science participants - photo by Sirin Samman

It’s #BrainAwarenessWeek! We are part of s an international campaign to celebrate the wonders of the mind and brain. Join us for free public events!

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How do jazz musicians keep time together? How does the brain stay in sync with the rhythms of day and night?

Join us at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem on March 19, 2026, for Music on the Brain! 🧠🎼

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Saturday Science participants, photo by Sirin Samman

Saturday Science participants, photo by Sirin Samman

Saturday Science participants, photo by Sirin Samman

Saturday Science participants, photo by Sirin Samman

Our Saturday Science program welcomed the 10,000th brainy visitor last month! Join us at our next free, public event on March 28! Have some hands-on fun and explore how the brain helps us think, move and learn. Register here:

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📸 Photos by Sirin Samman

What’s the best way to work as a team across continents on some of the biggest challenges in #neuroscience? Our researchers and colleagues at the @intlbrainlab.bsky.social reveal 20 lessons from their partnership: www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...

The Huston Lab @zuckermanbrain.bsky.social has an open Postdoctoral Research Scientist position.

Candidates can apply via the following link:
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"HazardPyMatch: A tool for identifying reproductive and other hazards in scientific laboratories" spkl.io/63328At0rn

Emily Parker & colleagues
@cp-cellrepmethods.bsky.social

Neuroscientists are always looking for new tools that can bring the brain into sharper focus. For postdoc Daniel Du, that means shooting lasers at state-of-the-art microscopes to take better snapshots of the building blocks of the brain:

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Close-up of a laser that can improve cryo-electron tomography images. (Credit: Fitzpatrick lab).

How do you make one of the best microscopes in biology even better? Postdoc Daniel Du of the Fitzpatrick lab zapped electrons with a laser. The new research in @elife.bsky.social with Cornell’s Maxson lab promises improved snapshots of the brain:
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This Valentine’s week, find out what fighting fish and jazz soloists have in common. 🐟🎷❤️

Next Thursday, 02/12, join us for Music on the Brain: The Dance Before the Embrace, an evening of live jazz and brain science at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem.

bit.ly/MotBFeb2026

#jazz #neuroscience

During a seminar on how the brain controls movement, Ramsha Farooq (left) and Sean McFadden (right) practiced a brain-machine interface activity. (Photo by Steve Myaskovsky)

Neuroscience for NYC high school students? Yes, please! We're celebrating the NYC educators that help us bring brain science from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social labs into the classroom. Read more! 🎓 🧠 🎓

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Illustration with a pink background and colorful bold script that reads: “Happy Black History Month.” At the top is the Black In Neuro logo featuring a stylized profile of a Black person with “Black In Neuro” written in their hair and a brain illustration. The design uses rich, warm colors and a soft gradient for a celebratory and uplifting feel.

Happy Black History Month from #BlackInNeuro! 🧠🖤
This month (and every month), we celebrate Black brilliance in neuroscience. Take time to reflect, rest, and honor your wins — you deserve it. ✨

One week to go: the circuits that move us.

Our next Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture will bring together perspectives from computational, experimental, and clinical approaches to discuss how form meets function in the brain.

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Join us on Feb. 19 for a powerful VR journey to 1937 Addis Ababa, where Ethiopian civilians sought refuge amidst devastating violence. Explore history with artist Ezra Wube, historian Dr. Angelo Caglioti and moderator Dr. Mulugeta Abebe.

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This Valentine’s week, find out what fighting fish and jazz soloists have in common. Join us for Music on the Brain: The Dance Before the Embrace, an evening of live jazz and brain science, at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem

February 12, 7–8 pm 🧠🎼

Join us in March for the Teacher Institute for Neuroscience & Society! NYC middle school educators will explore how social media and screen time impact the developing brain through four interactive workshops. Earn a $400 stipend & 10 CTLE credits. Apply by Feb 1 bit.ly/teacher-neur...

Featuring Lea Duncker, PhD; Hemali Phatnani, PhD; moderated by Leslie Sibener, PhD.

Join us for our next Stavros Niarchos Foundation Brain Insight Lecture: The circuits that move us.

Experts will bring together perspectives from computational, experimental, and clinical approaches to discuss how form meets function in the brain.

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Congratulations to @franckp.bsky.social, awarded this year’s @fondationfyssen.bsky.social International Prize jointly with Pierre Vanderhaeghen! Read more about their research on genes that guide human brain development.

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Our Alan Kanzer Postdoctoral Fellowship program is accepting new applications! The fellowship offers a competitive salary, broad-ranging collaboration opportunities and access to state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. Learn more!!
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We are looking for candidates from diverse backgrounds who have demonstrated exceptional ability, creativity and productivity. Labs will be housed in the Jerome L. Greene Science Center with generous start-up funds, space and mentorship.

Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute and Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons are seeking an outstanding Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Neuroscience.

Applications received by November 22, 2025 will receive full consideration. Learn more: bit.ly/columbianeuro