Francisco Rivera Rosario

Earlier this week, we published an essay by @jvoigts.bsky.social on the consequences of low peer review participation: lnkd.in/edfaWQBW. We continue the conversation on peer review today with a piece by @eblancosuarez.bsky.social about how to teach students how to be thoughtful and fair reviewers!

Let’s teach neuroscientists how to be thoughtful and fair reviewers Blanco-Suárez revamped the traditional journal club by developing a course in which students peer review preprints alongside the published papers that evolved from them.

It was great to share this experience with @thetransmitter.bsky.social Can't wait to begin this course again in Fall. If you're interested in something like this for your own class, I'm happy to discuss.
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Let’s teach neuroscientists how to be thoughtful and fair reviewers Blanco-Suárez revamped the traditional journal club by developing a course in which students peer review preprints alongside the published papers that evolved from them.

In the first essay of our new neuro-education series, @eblancosuarez.bsky.social shares how she reimagined the traditional journal club course by developing a class in which students review preprints alongside the published papers that evolved from them.

#neuroskyence

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New autism committee positions itself as science-backed alternative to government group The Independent Autism Coordinating Committee plans to meet at the same time as the U.S. federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee later this month—and offer its own research agenda.

“You can look at the minutes from both meetings side by side and decide which has the potential to advance the cause of autistic people more,” says autism researcher @dsmandell.bsky.social.

By @avaskham.bsky.social

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Two neurobiologists win 2026 Brain Prize for discovering mechanics of touch Research by Patrik Ernfors and David Ginty has delineated the diverse cell types of the somatosensory system and revealed how they detect and discriminate among different types of tactile information.

Two neurobiologists who helped decipher how the somatosensory system detects touch and pain have won this year’s Brain Prize, the largest award in neuroscience.

By @helenak.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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Shifting neural code powers speech comprehension Dynamic coding helps explain how the brain processes multiple features of speech—from the smallest units of sounds to full sentences—simultaneously.

Dynamic coding of speech, as suggested by two new studies, challenges the idea that language features are encoded in a one-to-one manner in the brain.

By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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News: There are now *two* advisory bodies in the U.S. that claim authority over autism research: IACC and....I-ACC.

Autism researchers and advocates have formed an independent group to act as a bulwark against potential misinformation from the newly-reformed federal body.

story coming

Neuro’s ark: Cracking the secret sensory world of ticks Carola Städele, a self-proclaimed “tick magnet,” studies the sensory neurobiology of ticks—how the parasitic animals zero in on their next meal.

Carola Städele @tickphysiology.bsky.social a self-proclaimed “tick magnet,” studies the sensory neurobiology of ticks—in other words, how the parasitic animals zero in on their next meal.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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Night in the Library | Brooklyn Public Library On Saturday, March 14, 2026 at 7 pm, Night in the Library returns with The Philosophy of Mathematics. Night in the Library, BPL's overnight festival of ideas, invites you to talks, panels, workshops, ...

Small joys in dark times.
Brooklyn Public Library and @simonsfoundation.org present

Night in the Library:
The Philosophy of Mathematics

Free Event at Brooklyn Central Library
Pi Day, Saturday 3/14
7 p.m. to 3:14 a.m
Keynote Address by Werner Herzog

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Meet the neuroscientist running for Congress Sam Wang, a neuroscientist running for the U.S. House of Representatives, has been interested in “fixing bugs in democracy” for decades.

Neuroscientist @samwang.bsky.social, whose research implicated the cerebellum in autism, now hopes to “fix bugs in democracy”—by running for Congress.

By Lauren Schenkman

#neuroskyence

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Lack of reviewers threatens robustness of neuroscience literature Simple math suggests that small groups of scientists can significantly bias peer review.

Broad peer review is crucial for a healthy scientific literature, but neuroscientists turn down review requests too often. Simple math suggests that small groups of scientists can significantly bias the literature, writes @jvoigts.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence

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The deadline to apply for the Brain Prize Cajal summer course in Computational Neuroscience has been extended to March 9! We’re excited for you to join us in sunny Lisbon! Please do not hesitate to send in an application and learn about computational neuroscience! @gjorjulijana.bsky.social

Building the future of neuroscience at HBCUs Black In Neuro is launching a new program to help historically Black colleges and universities advance neuroscience research and education, focusing on cross-institutional collaboration…

In 2025, @blackinneuro.bsky.social celebrated its 5th anniversary and announced the HBCU-MINDS Network, an initiative focused on building neuroscience research infrastructure, expanding graduate training and increasing opportunities at HBCUs.

By @jheannellejohnson.bsky.social

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“In her obituary, her mentee, Catherine Veil, says that [Marcelle Lapicque] fought against the prejudices of her time … it may be that the prejudices included race and not just sexism,” says @oligoclonalband.medsky.social.

#neuroskyence

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Watch this beautiful video and tribute to Marcelle Lapicque for #BlackHistoryMonth! ❤️

A timely and insightful perspective written by our former postdoc @justinkohare.bsky.social in @thetransmitter.bsky.social on dendritic integration and the urgent need to develop better ways to bridge molecular/cellular neuroscience with circuit/systems neuroscience 👇

Dendrites help neuroscientists see the forest for the trees Dendritic arbors provide just the right scale to study how individual neurons reciprocally interact with their broader circuitry—and are our best bet to bridge cellular and systems neuroscience.

Dendritic arbors provide neuroscience with an ideal opportunity to study how individual neurons interact with their broader circuitry and are the field’s best bet to bridge cellular and systems neuroscience, writes @justinkohare.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence

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Two primate centers drop ‘primate’ from their name The Washington and Tulane National Biomedical Research Centers—formerly called National Primate Research Centers—say they made the change to better reflect the breadth of research performed at the…

Two of the U.S. national primate research centers have changed their name to “Biomedical Research Center” to better reflect their range of research activities.

By @callimcflurry.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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Truth, Beauty, and Brains Moritz Stefaner's visualization about the state of Neuroscience

In the Open Visualization Academy newsletter: Friends of the OVA, Episode 3, a conversation with @moritzstefaner.bsky.social about his recent State of Neuroscience project openvisualizationacademy.beehiiv.com/p/truth-beau...

#dataViz #infographics #dataJournalism #dataVisualization

Stimulating the brain with Damien Fair The MacArthur Foundation “genius” discusses his return to his home state of Minnesota and why it’s important to protect the developing brain.

MacArthur Foundation “genius” @drdamienfair.bsky.social discusses his return to his home state of Minnesota and why it’s important to protect the developing brain, in this episode of “Synaptic.”

By Brady Huggett

#neuroskyence

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Meet the neuroscientist running for Congress Sam Wang, a neuroscientist running for the U.S. House of Representatives, has been interested in “fixing bugs in democracy” for decades.

I spoke with Laura Schenkman at The Transmitter about my candidacy for the House!

Going from the lab to public life is a huge transition. From a lifetime of research to biotech to democracy to running for office, here’s the story of one scientist: www.thetransmitter.org/policy/is-th...

It was so fun to work with @rebeccasky.bsky.social on this video about the life and work of pioneering neuroscientist Marcelle Lapicque! Check it out here:

Meet the neuroscientist running for Congress Sam Wang, a neuroscientist running for the U.S. House of Representatives, has been interested in “fixing bugs in democracy” for decades.

@samwang.bsky.social , an autism scientist who made headlines for his data-based analyses of congressional districts, is running for a House seat in New Jersey.

By Lauren Schenkman

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Spiders have long fascinated scientists and storytellers alike.

At this month's Presents, physicist Ella King, biologist Cheryl Hayashi & astrophysicist Moiya McTier joined @scifri.bsky.social's Flora Lichtman to explore the clever and intricate ways spiders engineer their silks and webs. #science

Chances are you have not heard her name, but Marcelle Lapicque may have been the first Black woman neuroscientist in Europe.

By @avaskham.bsky.social, @rebeccasky.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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Infant brain categorizes common objects by two months of age Brain activity patterns in the ventral visual cortex appear to distinguish images across 12 categories, including birds and trees, fMRI scans suggest.

Functional MRI scans of more than 100 2-month-old infants suggest that they are capable of distinguishing among a variety of different objects. The findings challenge perceptions of cognitive development as a gradual process.

By @helenak.bsky.social

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By applying analysis techniques they had been using to study the brain to their lab meetings, @lindadouw.bsky.social and team identified ways to boost communication among people with very different backgrounds.

By @emilysingerneuro.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

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Bradley Dickerson reflects on how a 1940s paper on fly neuroanatomy shaped his scientific ambitions.

#neuroskyence

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Thanks Angie! If you’re starting out your career in neuroscience check out our early career newsletter. It features articles catered towards early career researchers, job opportunities and much more!

Are there any traditions or practices from the labs you trained at that you will implement in your lab? I plan to use a “slide stack”—a practice that worked well for me when I was a trainee. Basically, every trainee will maintain a running Google Slides document, and every week, the trainee can add updates about their projects. This allows me to preview everything before one-on-one meetings, making them more efficient. For the trainee, the slide stack will act as an archive of checkpoints—which is helpful for “debugging” things throughout the projects—and as a template for making polished materials for talks and papers.

There are always great mentoring tips in @thetransmitter.bsky.social's early career newsletter, Launch. This one from new PI @qlu.bsky.social in today's edition stood out to me as being a particularly useful idea!