The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives

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WHAT WE ARE READING
“The molecular bond that helps secure your memories”
By Ajdina Halilovic in Quanta Magazine
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QUOTE

Particularly for trainees who have had to overcome additional barriers in their careers, “it’s a little bit of a slap in the face.” — SARA MILLS-HUFFNAGLE, GRADUATE STUDENT, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

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NEW RESEARCH
“The neurobiology of cognitive fatigue and its influence on effort-based choice”
By Grace Steward et al. in the Journal of Neuroscience
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Fact sheet: Autism prevalence
Explore our coverage of what the science says about diagnostic changes over time, the role of genes and the environment, and more.
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Upcoming Online Seminars

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Upcoming Seminar
May
19
2025
Andrew Leifer | Princeton University, US
Neural Signal Propagation Atlas of C. elegans
09:15 A.M. EDT
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May
20
2025
Gesa Hartwigsen | University of Leipzig, Germany
Functional Plasticity in the Language Network – evidence from Neuroimaging and Neurostimulation
06:15 A.M. EDT
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May
21
2025
Marion Silies | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
From heterogeneous wiring to degenerative function in motion-detection circuits
10:15 A.M. EDT
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Nominate rising stars in neuroscience for our 2025 report.
Recognize early-career researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the field. Selected nominees will be featured on our website and in our annual book. 
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Academia

The last two-author neuroscience paper?

Author lists on papers have ballooned, and it’s getting hard to discern contribution.

By Lydia Denworth
25 February 2025 | 3 min read
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Academia

Static pay, shrinking prospects fuel neuroscience postdoc decline

Postdoctoral researchers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health now toil longer than ever before, for less money. They are responding accordingly.

By Katie Moisse
31 January 2025 | 20 min read
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Neural networks

Releasing the Hydra with Rafael Yuste

By Brady Huggett, Shaena Montanari
4 April 2025 | 10 min read
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NeuroAI

Accepting “the bitter lesson” and embracing the brain’s complexity

To gain insight into complex neural data, we must move toward a data-driven regime, training large models on vast amounts of information. We asked nine experts on computational neuroscience and neural data analysis to weigh in.

By Eva Dyer, Blake Richards
26 March 2025 | 8 min read
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The big picture

What makes memories last—dynamic ensembles or static synapses?

Teasing out how different subfields conceptualize central terms might help move this long-standing debate forward. I asked eight scientists to weigh in.

By Jason Shepherd
14 October 2024 | 7 min read
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