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- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsWe're launching the Arc AIxBio Fellows Program to support the next generation of researchers working at the interface of AI and biology. Teams of 2-3 undergrads propose and execute their own research projects over 6-12 months with Arc mentors. arcinstitute.org/news/aixbio-...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsThanks to Ladan Jiracek for having me on the Neural Implant Podcast! We discussed how clinical neuroscience is combining high-resolution brain recordings with sophisticated behavioral studies to provide a truly comprehensive characterization of the human brain. 🎧 Listen here: tinyurl.com/yx47525v
- Catch our CEO @caitvw.bsky.social at @acnporg.bsky.social next week! Her Special Topics Session will tackle #SciComm in an era of misinformation with Yasmin Hurd @neurovoice.bsky.social & Lana Ruvolo Grasser 📢🧪 Caitlin will be at ACNP all week so email her to connect: caitlin@stellatecomms.com
- We're thrilled to share that Clare Reynell, PhD has been promoted to Senior Account Supervisor at Stellate in recognition of her steady & trusted leadership on several of our most high-profile accounts! Congrats on the much-deserved advancement— we’re excited for what’s ahead 💜
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsToday, we welcome Megan van Overbeek as our first Chief Scientific Officer. At Arc, she'll drive the discovery of novel therapeutic strategies for complex diseases, bringing expertise that bridges fundamental research with therapeutic development.
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsLooking back on 2025, I’m proud of all we accomplished as a team. But more than that, I'm proud of the growth, the laughter, and the support we gave one another along the way. Grateful for this team and a year of shared moments big and small. Happy holidays from the Tian Lab 💜✨
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- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsDon’t miss out on the chance to present at #OptoGRC2026! Apply to attend and submit a poster abstract to be considered for an oral presentation during the conference 🎤 Early applications are strongly encouraged! 🔽 www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsWe had such a great time celebrating Tian Lab student Nikki Tjahjono’s successful PhD defense last week! Over the past six years, it has been a privilege to work with Nikki and watch her grow into an exceptional scientist, mentor, and community builder. Congratulations, Dr. Tjahjono! 🎓🎉
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsLooking for a nice way to build team connection before the holiday? Our lab drew names (gift exchange style) & shared aloud why we're grateful for that teammate, what makes us proud of them & how they strengthen the team. Such a sweet, grounding moment. Highly recommend 💛🧠
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsThis paper truly changed my life!!
- “I will die on the hill that population coding is the relevant level of encoding information in the brain.” In the latest “This paper changed my life,” Nancy Padilla-Coreano discusses a paper on mixed selectivity neurons. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsJoyful, connected design for @manuellayassa.bsky.social's NeuroEngage Lab. What an absolute pleasure to bring this group's logo and website to life! Check it out: www.neuroengagelab.com
- Reposted by Stellate Communications🚨 Reminder: Applications for #OptoGRC2026 are now OPEN! Don’t miss your chance to join an incredible week of science, discovery, and connection with the brightest minds in optogenetics 💡🧠 Apply now for the best chance of acceptance: www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
- Reposted by Stellate Communications@thetransmitter.bsky.social's portrait of the state of neuroscience presents a great opportunity to look back & reflect as we come toward the end of 2025. I'm quoted alongside leaders in the field as we reflect on the current challenges & hopes for the future: www.thetransmitter.org/state-of-neu...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsA preprint out today from Arc Innovation Investigator Theo Roth, Austin Hartman, Oliver Takacsi-Nagy, and colleagues introduces CRISPR All–a unified programming language for editing human cells across all major genetic perturbation types at once.
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsIt's time to meet your #OptoGRC2026 chairs! Co-vice chair @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social is an assistant professor at @princeton.edu who spent the summer building a van for weekend adventures 🚐✨ She's most looking forward to meeting new people & exploring areas outside of her usual wheelhouse!
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsNew from @stellatecomms.bsky.social ✨❄️ An icy website design for @nelsontotah.bsky.social's group at Helsinki Institute of Life Science! Go check out the *STUNNING* research illustrations. You won't be disappointed... totahlab.org/research
- Reposted by Stellate Communications#BlackInNeuro has supported marginalized neuroscientists for 5️⃣ years!! ✨ We have gorgeous limited-edition pins 😍 for $15 donations to support BIN programming ❤️ blackinneuro.com/donate I can mail it to you or if you just want to donate, I’ll give your pin to trainees at #ABRCMS 🤗 Please share 🙌🏾✨
- Reposted by Stellate Communications#SfN25, what a week! So proud watching lab members Omer, Nicole & Owen shine at their posters. Loved catching up with colleagues, former students & neuroscientists I deeply admire. Thank you for a fantastic event @sfn.org! 🧠
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsPublished today in @nature.com, @adititm.bsky.social & researchers from the @brianhie.bsky.social lab report that the large-scale genomic model, Evo, is capable of using surrounding genomic context to produce novel, functional genes, enabling an an emergent approach they've termed 'semantic design'.
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsDo you know what snail shells & teeth have in common? 🐌🦷 They both grow in distinct layers! Snail shells add spiral layers as they age, much like how our teeth show incremental layers of enamel... www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-... 🧪
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsReunion with past and present Cai lab & Shuman lab members (and collaborators). Spending time with you guys is easily the best part of my job. @tristanshuman.bsky.social @sinaibrain.bsky.social @sfn.org
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsBeautiful fall foliage on my morning run. Looking forward to more time spent outdoors as the seasons shift and change! 🍂
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- Reposted by Stellate Communications🎉 Join us on Monday for the best party of the year! The Cai-Tye Collective is throwing a bash at #SfN25 and everyone is invited! 🎉 November 17, 9pm at Parq Nightclub in San Diego. See you all there!
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsAre you at #SfN25 and want VIP access to the Cai-Tye Collective event on Nov 17? Come by my lab members' posters for a bracelet! Hailey Rosenblum: Nov 15, 1-5pm PSTR040.05/BB6 Zoé Christenson Wick: Nov 17, 8am-12pm PSTR192.01/RR13 Zach Pennington: Nov 17, 1-5pm PSTR234.05/CC7
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsThe Tian Lab is headed to San Diego for @sfn.org #Sfn25! Proud to have Postbac Fellow, Landon Lee representing us this year––if you’re attending, be sure to stop by his poster to hear more about the science we've been developing this year! ☀️🧠
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsThe Preston Lab will be at @sfn.org #SfN2025! Come see what we've been working on 🧠 We'll discuss how kids & adults remember when things happen, how memory changes impact reasoning & how we learn different actions have different consequences based on the setting. Find us Monday & Wednesday 🤘
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsCalling all creative social media enthusiasts! 📷 The Dunn Lab is seeking support to share our science through videos & photos on social media. If you have a talent for content creation & are local to #PurdueUniversity Indianapolis campus, please apply by November 30, 2025!
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsFor those of you headed to #SfN25 If you study social behaviors be sure to check out our posters. We will be presenting how the brain represents prosocial decisions, how dopamine dynamics relate to social memory, whether respiration relates to social hierarchies, and more!
- Reposted by Stellate Communications🧠 The Cai Lab will be at #SfN25! Be sure to stop by the poster sessions to check out Hailey's work on decision-making, @zachtpennington.bsky.social's work on stress, @zoechristensonwick.bsky.social's work on seizures, Alexa's work on cocaine seeking, and Sandra's work on context representations 🤓
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsCongratulations to Arc Science Fellow, @uchemedoh.bsky.social, on being named a winner of the 2025 @science.org & @scilifelab.se Prize for Young Scientists! His work solves a decades-old mystery in cell biology, revealing the enzyme responsible for BMP synthesis: www.aaas.org/news/researc...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsAwesome work co-led by my student @annhuang42.bsky.social and @neurostrow.bsky.social on disentangling, then comparing recurrent and externally driven dynamics! Look out for more incredible work from @annhuang42.bsky.social coming up at NeurIPS 👀
- Our next paper on comparing dynamical systems (with special interest to artificial and biological neural networks) is out!! Joint work with @annhuang42.bsky.social , as well as @satpreetsingh.bsky.social , @leokoz8.bsky.social , Ila Fiete, and @kanakarajanphd.bsky.social : arxiv.org/pdf/2510.25943
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsAs the Science Tooth Fairy, I love seeing teeth featured in fall decorations. Here are two of my favorites, featured by local dental offices 🦷🎃 What were your favorite Halloween / Fall sights recently?
- Reposted by Stellate Communications✨ Program Manager Job Alert ✨ Join our Mount Sinai team in NYC to steer a multi-institutional neuroscience initiative aimed at understanding Bipolar Disorder. If you’re passionate about science, data & impact we’d love to hear from you! Learn More & Apply 👇 careers.mountsinai.org/jobs/3032351...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsCurrent research continues to emphasize that adolescents should not be consuming #cannabis and need to be better educated about its health impacts 🧠 Read more about the mental and physical effects of cannabis use on the brain ⬇️ www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/addi...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsWork published today in @natbiotech.nature.com from Arc’s Luke Gilbert and Patrick Hsu labs presents a new way to insert large DNA sequences into the genome using engineered recombinases that don’t require DNA cutting or rely on the cell's repair machinery.
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsA study out today in @natgenet.nature.com from Core Investigator Luke Gilbert, Haolong Li, & others identifies PTGES3 as a critical regulator of androgen receptor (AR) protein levels in prostate cancer, revealing a potential new target for tumors that become treatment-resistant.
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsThe genetic code is full of synonymous codons that, for decades, were assumed to be interchangeable. Today, with NVIDIA, co-led by @genophoria.bsky.social, we announce CodonFM, a family of open-source AI models that reveal the grammar underlying codon choice: developer.nvidia.com/blog/introdu...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsWelcome to our 9th Core Investigator and first physician-scientist, John Pluvinage. His team investigates the hidden overlap between autoimmunity and neurodegeneration, developing targeted treatments for mysterious neurological cases and common dementias.
- Reposted by Stellate Communications(7/8) Thanks to @deisseroth.bsky.social, @mishaahrens.bsky.social & Chris Harvey for their contributions, and to @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social & @harvardmed.bsky.social for supporting computational neuroscience research. Read the paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2506.14957
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsBook launch day is here 🚀 How to Change a Memory, in physical and audio form: www.amazon.com/How-Change-M... and here's a preview of one of the book's central themes: memories change and, as a result, we change too🧠. www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsWhat does "Human-centered neural engineering and AI" mean? It means prioritizing the patient across the entire pipeline: Discovery, Design, and Delivery of neuro-engineering treatments for psychiatric disorders. Join me to discuss at @embs.org #NER25 hosted by @onemindaccelerator.bsky.social
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsHow mood states shift in the brain remains one of psychiatry’s biggest mysteries. With generous support from @bipolardiscoveries.org, our @sinaibrain.bsky.social team will apply cutting-edge techniques to map these transitions—aiming to build the most precise understanding of bipolar disorder yet.
- PRESS RELEASE! @mountsinainyc.bsky.social receives $4.5 million @bipolardiscoveries.org grant! Led by @ignaciosaezphd.bsky.social, team will investigate neural mechanisms underlying #BipolarDisorder & pioneer novel neuromodulation-based treatment strategies 👉 www.mountsinai.org/about/newsro...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsOne important part of The Dunn Lab culture is to spend time together outside the lab! It was so refreshing to be able to host a recent lab lunch for us to reconnect & share ideas in a different setting - always great for creativity ✨🧪
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsLooking forward to my CONNECT seminar on December 3, 2025! I’ll share my path from MIT PhD to founding @stellatecomms.bsky.social, and show how we use research, strategy & design to tell science stories ✨👩🏻🔬🧪 Learn more about the series, other speakers + register here: cnlm.uci.edu/connect/
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsMust-read #NYBCI25 coverage by @neurotechnology.substack.com in @forbes.com. My key takeaway on cognitive BCI: Our biggest limiting factor isn't tech—it's fundamental scientific understanding. We can’t advance the tech until we define the disorder. Basic research must lead the way!
- @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's #BrainComputerInterface Symposium has cemented itself as a must-attend for those interested in the nexus of brain health & implanted technologies. This is a MUST READ, in-depth summary of #NYBCI25 penned for @forbes.com by Naveen Rao 👉 www.forbes.com/sites/naveen...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsA quick thread of some great Purdue representation sharing our amazing science at @ispg.bsky.social annual conference #WCPG2025! 🧬 🧠 🧪 First up: @ktnthompson.bsky.social presented work investigating whether family acceptance & belonging mitigate depression risk 👪
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsPublished today in @natureportfolio.nature.com Biotechnology, Laine Goudy, Luke Gilbert, Alex Marson, & colleagues report an epigenetic editing platform that safely reprograms multiple genes in human T cells without many of the challenges & risks associated with traditional gene editing approaches.
- Reposted by Stellate Communications⚗️ @stellatecomms.bsky.social began with the idea that science deserves to be shared, understood & celebrated. This month we celebrate 5 years of Stellate! To my team: thank you for believing in this dream as much as I do. You’re the magic behind it all✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU5P...
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsGREAT PRESENTATION by @neurovoice.bsky.social at Mount SInai's Dean's Select Seminar Series. An exciting talk about how @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's translational efforts in #Addiction research are contributing to the development of treatments that can truly make a difference in patients' lives.
- Reposted by Stellate CommunicationsArc is looking for an outstanding early-career scientist to be our next Science Fellow. This program provides resources and freedom for those looking to transition into a principal investigator role immediately after doctoral training. Apply here: arcinstitute.org/programs/sea...
