Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

Thanks guys. Sounds like it should be fine.

My K99 was assigned to a study section that, based on the title, is a terrible fit for my grant. SRO dismissed my concerns. Does anyone have any insight on these things? Am I screwed?

I wish I could tell all the young eager people who write to me about wanting to do research, or the new novel exciting theory they have developed, that if your email (or worse, theory) was very obviously generated by chatGPT it will be very hard for anybody to take you seriously.

This is a really insightful piece. Highly recommend 👇🏽

The MIT BCS Postdoc Association is looking for a Rising Star 🌟

Showcase your work and meet folks in the department! Deadline 31st May 2026!
@picowerinstitute.bsky.social

0.0013...I see things others can't even imagine

Let’s get more scientists into Congress!

At this point, any paper from Mark's group immediately jumps to the top of the reading list.

So strange to see a discussion section in a high profile paper that's clearly written by AI. People, it's very easy to tell. It's not just lazy—it's almost always poorly written neuroscience gobbledygook. Not to mention a disservice to our community.

Daphna is the best! I still get zuckerman emails, and even through this limited view, it's clear that her leadership is extraordinary.

Do you or someone you know work on the neurobiology of cognition, and is an early career researcher? The cognition GRS is open for applications! Human, non-human, computational models are all welcome. Apply here now: www.grc.org/neurobiology...

Omg, I remember seeing this on the homepage of the numenta website. I think it was up for over a year!

Such a great idea!

Well, it didn't forget about you...

Here's my vote: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Do you have questions about how to use neuropixels in NHPs? Want to learn about how to record simultaneously from a crap-load of probes? Come stop by the Neuropixels booth (#3731) today from 3-4pm, where I'll be serving as an "expert"! #SfN25 #SfN2025

Come to my poster at SfN on Wednesday morning! I'll present my work on how the cerebellum uses internal models to control neocortical dynamics in a non-motor learning task. I'm biased, but I think it's pretty exciting! www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...

Come to my poster at SfN on Wednesday morning! I'll present my work on how the cerebellum uses internal models to control neocortical dynamics in a non-motor learning task. I'm biased, but I think it's pretty exciting! www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...

Not only that, but new tech is making monkey neuroscience more exciting/promising than it ever has been!

My reviewing style has changed over time. Rather than litigate every little thing, and pushing my own ideas, I focus only on 2 things:
(1) Are the claims interesting/important?
(2) Does the evidence support the claims?

Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.

Seriously! And someone just offered me a ticket to the Copenhagen show and I can't go 😭

Anyone know what happens with NIH deadlines during a government shut down??

Interested in doing a Ph.D. to work on building models of the brain/behavior? Consider applying to graduate schools at CU Anschutz:
1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro...
2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri...

You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.

Congrats Thomas!

Congrats! Looking forward to reading more carefully, but it sounds like this aligns closely with how I think about things!

Some journals are claiming that you need to pay big $$ for gold open access to comply with NIH's new public access policy. FYI that is total bs. You can comply by depositing the Accepted Manuscript into PubMed Central on the Date of Publication without embargo. Pass it on.

See you soon!

Please reach out if you want help with these probes. I benefited immensely by having early access to them, and so I feel an obligation/responsibility to help others adopt the tech. And, stay tuned for open-source hardware/software for a motorized microdrive to lower these (and other) probes!

Finally out! I've been using these probes for a few years and they have been truly transformative for us. The core experiments of my lab are based around them.