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July 2023
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Spectrum Launch: Transitioning to industry with Hien Zhao

by  /  6 July 2023

Zhao says her graduate and postdoctoral training prepared her to transition to her job at the biotech company Ionis Pharmaceuticals, where she works to find treatments for Parkinson’s disease and other conditions.

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June 2023
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Community Newsletter: Nanoscale brain imaging; naturalistic mouse set-ups

by  /  25 June 2023

Our feeds this week were full of discussion about a new super-resolution microscopy method and ways to make mouse behavioral experiments more natural.

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Community Newsletter: Sensory sensitivities; neuroscience podcasts

by  /  18 June 2023

Researchers took to social media this week to discuss the mechanisms behind hypersensitivity in autism and share their favorite neuroscience-focused podcasts.

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How early-career researchers get the most out of social media

by  /  7 June 2023

Researchers share advice about how they find connection and gain visibility via online platforms.

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Spectrum Launch: Four tips for advancing your career via social media

by  /  7 June 2023

Researchers also share insight into navigating the academic job market and “everything you wanted to know about running a lab but were afraid to ask.”

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Community Newsletter: Replication fail; autism diagnostic pathways

by  /  4 June 2023

Scientists on social media this week discussed a failed attempt to replicate some functional MRI results and children’s journeys to an autism diagnosis in the United Kingdom.

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Two scientists, two interventions: A ‘gentle rivalry’ to aid autistic children

by  /  2 June 2023

Minimally verbal autistic preschoolers gained new words and phrases in a head-to-head comparison of two interventions.

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May 2023
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Community Newsletter: ‘Scammer participants’; dopamine receptor structures

by  /  28 May 2023

A potential threat to the integrity of data collected online and an analysis of the structure and function of dopamine receptors caught researchers’ attention on social media this week.

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Community Newsletter: 3D motion tool; Imaging Neuroscience announcement

by  /  21 May 2023

This week on social media, scientists discussed a new tool to quantify motion in 3D and responded to the announcement of the launch of Imaging Neuroscience.

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Community Newsletter: Social memory; viral vector for striatum; brain gene expression

by  /  14 May 2023

Several studies caught researchers’ attention on social media this week, including one that compared gene expression in living versus postmortem samples of the human brain.

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