
Welcome to The Transmitter
A new publication for the neuroscience community, The Transmitter offers up-to-date news and analysis of the field, written by journalists and scientists.
We welcome your feedback as we systematically roll out new site features over the coming months. If you have ideas or suggestions, please send us a note at [email protected].
Featured

spectrum
Microglial overreaction to atypical neurons may drive autism
By
Holly Barker
December 7, 2023 | 5 min read

connectome
Plugging invisible gaps in the synaptic connectome
By
Elissa Welle
December 6, 2023 | 6 min read

science and society
JNeurosci joins open peer review trend but keeps opt-out
By
Elissa Welle
December 5, 2023 | 4 min read
Latest
neuroscience
Welcome to The Transmitter
craft and careers
An unconventional path to neuroscience: Q&A with Amalia Napoli
neurogenetics
On the hunt for cerebral palsy’s genetic origins
cognitive neuroscience
‘Into the wild’: Moving studies of memory and learning out of the lab
neurobiology
Making cancer nervous
craft and careers
On the high seas with Florian Engert and Bence Ölveczky
ai-powered writing
From bench to bot: A scientist’s guide to AI-powered writing
Perspectives

whole-genome sequencing
How long-read sequencing will transform neuroscience
By
Tychele Turner
November 22, 2023 | 6 min read

systems neuroscience
Why (and how) we need to professionalize neuroscience
By
Jakob Voigts
December 4, 2023 | 7 min read

craft and careers
Our planet stands on the brink of irreversible change. Neuroscientists need to do something about it.
By
Grace Lindsay
November 13, 2023 | 6 min read
Columns and series

systems neuroscience
How to teach this paper: ‘Neural population dynamics during reaching,’ by Churchland & Cunningham et al. (2012)
By
Ashley Juavinett
November 13, 2023 | 9 min read

open neuroscience
Incentivizing data-sharing in neuroscience: How about a little customer service?
By
Maryann Martone
November 13, 2023 | 7 min read

spectrum
Head of company that accredits autism service providers resigns after article retraction
By
Ellie Kincaid
November 29, 2023 | 4 min read

spectrum
Christine Wu Nordahl, doing whatever it takes to get good data
By
Laura Dattaro
November 23, 2023 | 13 min read
Book excerpts

cognitive neuroscience
Mathematical brains — an excerpt from ‘Seeing the Mind’
By
Stanislas Dehaene
November 28, 2023 | 12 min read


philosophy
Player One: An edited excerpt from ‘Free Agents — How Evolution Gave Us Free Will’
By
Kevin Mitchell
November 13, 2023 | 15 min read
Featured

inhibitory signaling
Of mice and human interneurons: Q&A with Moritz Helmstaedter
By
Angie Voyles Askham
August 1, 2022 | 7 min read

genes
The most personalized medicine: Studying your own child’s rare condition
By
Lydia Denworth
July 7, 2022 | 15 min read

astrocytes
How star cells’ secretions may stunt neurons: Q&A with Nicola Allen
By
Lauren Schenkman
September 26, 2022 | 7 min read