The Transmitter: Neuroscience News and Perspectives
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Optimized two-photon microscopy enables voltage imaging at multiple depths
By
Simon Makin
11 August 2026 | 4 min read
Memory
Are parts of the memory trace found in the ‘astroengram?’
By
David Brzostowicki
10 August 2026 | 9 min read
Science and society
Redefinindo a sub-representação na neurociência mundial
By
Keerthana Iyer, Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots, Ana Silva, Violetta Zujovic
10 August 2026 | 7 min read
Science and society
Redefiniendo la subrepresentación en la neurociencia global
By
Keerthana Iyer, Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots, Ana Silva, Violetta Zujovic
10 August 2026 | 7 min read
This paper changed my life
Este artículo cambió mi vida: Adoptando un modelo temprano de neurociencia naturalista
By
Sidarta Ribeiro
3 August 2026 | 5 min read
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Virus-like particles deliver gene-editing tools into Duchenne mouse model
By
Brianna Abbott
5 August 2026 | 5 min read
Spectrum
Cortical territories compete in developmental space race
By
Holly Barker
30 July 2026 | 5 min read
Funding
Manifestantes argentinos denunciam a falta de financiamento para a ciência
By
Claudia López Lloreda, Natalia Mesa
10 August 2026 | 4 min read
Funding
Crise de financiamento na Argentina desencadeia nova onda de protestos
By
Claudia López Lloreda, Natalia Mesa
6 August 2026 | 5 min read
Science and society
Scientific talent is global. Access to the world’s scientific stage is not.
By
Vicente Medel
3 August 2026 | 8 min read
Policy
Neuroscientists weigh in on White House proposal for ‘moonshot infrastructure’ for connectomics
By
Sarah Thau
24 July 2026 | 4 min read
An Iranian, an Israeli, and a Palestinian neuroscientist walked into a bar…
By
Arash Fassihi, Gily Ginosar, Noga Larry, Abdulraheem Nashef
28 July 2026 | 7 min read
After the ‘Thank you’ slide: When lived trauma enters trauma neuroscience
By
Ziv Ben-Zion
22 July 2026 | 7 min read
Making an impact through academic administration
By
Katie Moisse
15 July 2026 | 7 min read
Supported by a $40 million NIH grant, Yale brain shuttle technology raises questions
Yale University claims its STEP platform might be able to deliver gene-editing tools into the brain via multiple routes. Researchers are eager to see more.
By
Natalia Mesa
3 June 2026 | 11 min read
Brain imaging
A brief history of precision self-scanning
When a researcher solved a logistical problem by going rogue, the idea proved remarkably infectious.
By
Lauren Gravitz
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21 January 2026 | 13 min read
This paper changed my life: Embracing an early model for naturalistic neuroscience
By
Sidarta Ribeiro
14 July 2026 | 4 min read
This paper changed my life: Learning the molecular rules of cell identity
By
Ardem Patapoutian
17 June 2026 | 6 min read
This paper changed my life: Appreciating John Hopfield’s brilliant neural network
By
Maria Geffen
15 May 2026 | 5 min read
Ethics
Neuropathologist not guilty of research misconduct, says university probe
By
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
8 July 2026 | 5 min read
Publishing
Scientists decry conference’s use of hidden prompts to snare AI peer reviews
By
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
1 July 2026 | 4 min read
Publishing
Exclusive: Neuroscience journal editor resigns over automation concerns
By
Dalmeet Singh Chawla
17 June 2026 | 5 min read
Artificial intelligence
Writing science that humans and machines can read
By
Rachel Parkinson
15 June 2026 | 7 min read
O que significa ‘lar’ para Martín Giurfa
O pesquisador especializado em cognição de insetos já trabalhou em vários continentes, mas a Argentina nunca está longe de seus pensamentos.
By
Gina Jiménez
10 August 2026 | 15 min read
Early-career researchers
The Transmitter ’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
By
Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, Lauren Schneider
15 November 2025 | 23 min read
Community
The Transmitter’s New Lab Directory
By
Francisco J. Rivera Rosario
15 November 2025 | 21 min read
Sleep
Making waves: Sleep-like brain activity in awake mice lowers sleep need, boosts memory
By
Alissa de Chassey
16 July 2026 | 4 min read
Social behavior
From friend to foe: How the brain updates feelings toward others
By
Natalia Mesa
9 July 2026 | 5 min read
Learning and memory
‘Completely new learning mechanism’ drives navigation in fruit flies
By
Natalia Mesa
7 July 2026 | 0 min watch
‘The Brain, In Theory,’ an excerpt
By
Romain Brette
7 April 2026 | 5 min read
David Sussillo on persistence, luck and the bonds between life and work
By
Francisco J. Rivera Rosario, David Sussillo
17 March 2026 | 7 min watch
‘The Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved,’ an excerpt
By
Rogier Mars
10 March 2026 | 6 min read
Models at the speed of thought: How AI coding is reshaping theoretical neuroscience
Agentic coding makes it possible to specify a neuroscience model in hours instead of months. Seven neuroscientists weigh in on what that tectonic change may bring to the field.
By
Brian DePasquale
16 June 2026 | 17 min read
The big picture
Trading places: What happens when neuroscience turns into machine learning, and machine learning turns into neuroscience?
Neuroscience has become increasingly concerned with prediction, and machine learning with causal explanation, with each field adopting methods from the other. I asked eight experts to weigh in on what we stand to learn from this exchange.
By
Samuel Gershman
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23 March 2026 | 22 min read