Phil Rivera @Phdrivera@qoto.org

Do you want to learn about systems neuroscience?

We have an open position to work as a research assistant in sunny Marseille: https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR7289-FANCAZ-001/Default.aspx?lang=EN

Please, help spread the word!

Hey #neuroscience #neurotech #neurodon

I'm very excited about a truly distributed community for #neuroscience.

Let's make it easier for new folks (and #twitterexodus #twittermigration) folks to plug into the #neurodon community!

Please add your Mastodon information to this importable community list: https://forms.gle/sWZyxMGsNefy3kzr5

The Cornell Psychology Dept is hiring 2 tenure-track positions (both open rank) in Affective Science and Aging/Adult Development. Please boost. Links below:

Affective Science Research:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23662

Aging/Adult Development:
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/23717

Neuroscientists need strong training in experimental design.

Another highlight of #SFN2022 was Mary Harrington's presentation on why and how to integrate experimental design into neuroscience training. Here slides (with sample syllabus) are here: https://osf.io/phzje

And her textbook, The Design of Experiments in Neuroscience, is a great starting point (https://tinyurl.com/expdesignneuro)

Mary's not on Mastodon (yet) -- but soon?

#Neuroscience #OpenScience #ExperimentalDesign

Why it's not too late to get your flu shot

Don't worry if you've waited until all the Halloween candy has been gobbled up to get your annual flu shot.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-11-late-flu-shot.html

Now that I'm getting the hang of this I suppose it's time for an introduction and time to trade tweeting 🐥 for tooting 🐘 !
Hello there 👋 I'm Helena, freshly minted PhD in psychology from Cambridge Uni and now postdoc at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE).
Give me a follow if you're interested in research on cognitive neuroscience of ageing and memory, preclinical Alzheimer's disease and neuroimaging or the occasional nerdy comment 🤓 👩‍🔬

Check one, two … #introduction

These days I’m studying, supervising, and teaching at the intersection of neuro, AI, and cognitive science.

In my research, I’ve wandered through topics like consciousness, sleep, EEG, MEG, TMS, intracranial recordings, neuromodulation, the role of predictions in perception, oscillations, virtual reality, psychedelics, virtual psychedelics, the effect of smartphones on cognition, insight problem-solving, education, Theory of Mind, dendrites and DNNs.

Cheers!

Study provides evidence of protective link between oral microbiome and COVID

Using high-throughput genome sequencing and machine learning, scientists at UMass Chan Medical School have shown a strong correlation between the oral microbiome in patients with COVID-19 at the time of hospital admission and the need for later respiratory support. Published in Frontiers in Microbiology, the study adds to a growing body of research linking the oral microbiome with respiratory i

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-11-evidence-link-oral-microbiome-covid.html

Calling all SfN DopamiNerds🤓 Come to the 19th (nearly) Annual Dopamine ‘Dinner’ for some beer & banter! Sunday Nov 13 7:30PM at Waterbar ( Ocean Bl). Kitchen closes at 9 so come early if you want to order food. #SfN2022 #DopamineDinner

Parental nicotine use and addiction risk for children

In the United States in 2021, about one in every 50 high school students reported smoking a cigarette in the past month, according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey. For the same time frame, that number jumped to one in nine for e-cigarettes.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-11-parental-nicotine-addiction-children.html

Interesting to see Nature Communications embrace open peer review.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-33056-8
Will Nature follow?

Probably not a lot of people know this now, but Mastodon's web app started out with "Publish". In 2016 a famous YouTuber jokingly offered to support Mastodon's Patreon forever if I changed the button to say "Toot" instead. Needless to say, this was a really early, and not very informed decision. The first glimpse of attention and financial support. As a non-native speaker I had no idea there was another meaning.

If you do vision research & are looking for a post-doc, consider @NIH. We have an international, diverse, collaborative group & we strive to have fun while we do science. Lots of scope for you to choose new directions for your work. And DC is a great place to live. App review starts soon, but will continue until position is filled. Great resources, 5 yrs funded, collaborative, team. Neurophys, fMRI, MEG, behav.. Pls inquire, pls boost!

https://www.nei.nih.gov/grants-and-training/training-nei/clinical-and-postdoctoral-fellowships/postdoctoral-fellowship-systems-neuroscience

Interested in other views on memory? Check out the collection I've just edited on 'Collective Memory'. Amazing contributions, with new ways of thinking about #memory a little alien to #psychology & #neuroscience
https://sciencedirect.com/bookseries/progress-in-brain-research/vol/274/issue/1
Chap 1: #Neural, #psychological, and #social foundations of collective memory: Implications for common mnemonic processes, agency, and identity for an overview Fischer & O’Mara https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0079612322001601
#CollectiveMemory #Agency #Identity

Musical memories are often preserved in those with Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers say listening to music can have a positive impact on emotion and behavior for those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
#Alzheimer #Neurology #Neuroscience #BrainDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Memory #Emotion #Music

https://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-music-memory-21793/

#neuroscience #neuroanatomy #prefrontal
Hakwan Lau and I have a new paper on how to understand the brain, and prefrontal cortex in particular. The paper summarises one of the arguments in my new book Understanding The Prefrontal Cortex (2021, OUP).

Apologies for posting this twice, now with hashtags

You can view it online by clicking on the link below.

rdcu.be/cZbZg

My timeline/feed looks like a #neuroscience party and I'm all for it. So many new folks /accounts to follow! Specially loving the #intro posts, so keep them coming 👏👏