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Research Technician Research Technician position available in the Grienberger lab at Brandeis University. We are a new neuroscience group studying the cellular basis of learning and memory in the mammalian brain. This is...

We’re looking for a new Research Tech! Our research tech is heading to graduate school (very exciting!), which means we’re recruiting someone new to join our team. The position involves hands-on neuroscience research in a collaborative environment.
brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Jobs/job/Bra...

An illustration of a man in the sky above a town with email addresses around him, with text: When I lost my university email, my identity as a scientist took an unexpected hit

"Losing my institutional email address felt like losing a small but vital piece of the scientist I had become." #ScienceWorkingLife https://scim.ag/3OGpS67

According to data from NSF, universities contributed $30.2 billion of their own funds to research in FY24 – at least $7.07 billion of which went to cover essential research costs known as F&A. www.aau.edu/newsroom/lea...

Thanks to the Nature team for digging into this. Apportionment is one of those inside-baseball issues that I hoped never to need to learn about... But here was are.

The NSF GRFP, Explained: What It Is, Who Qualifies, and What Changed in 2026 — Ya'el Courtney A complete guide to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship from a coach who's supported 25+ GRFP applicants. Covers eligibility, the application, review criteria, and the major FY2026 changes — includin...

Wrote up a plain-language guide to the NSF GRFP — eligibility, what it pays, what changed in FY2026, and how the application actually works. Will update when the FY2027 solicitation drops.

If you're considering applying this fall, start here:

www.yaelcourtney.com/resources-an...

Our second paper of the year is online at @pnas.org. Led by recently graduated PhD student Anjali Pandey, we describe how seemingly symmetric neuronal responses can be mediated by underlying asymmetric molecular mechanisms. Link to longer preprint post below.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🚀 New preprint from the lab! Our first foray into the subiculum uses in vivo whole-cell recordings to show that dendritic plateaus are a prominent, learning-dependent signaling mode of subicular neurons. Feedback is welcome!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Experience-dependent reconfiguration of thermoreceptors regulates neuronal response plasticity Harris, Dutta, et al. find that experience-dependent plasticity in the activation threshold of the AFD thermosensory neurons is mediated by modulating warm and cold thermoreceptor levels at the sensor...

Our first 2026 paper is out @currentbiology.bsky.social!
👏 to @nathancsharris.bsky.social (now Asst Prof, GA State) and PD Priya Dutta.

Here we show how transcriptional and trafficking pathways coordinate thermoreceptor levels to precisely modulate response plasticity
www.cell.com/current-biol...

Congratulations IBANGS Investigator Awardees 2026
Distinguished Investigator Award
Prof. Leslie Griffith, Brandeis University griffithlabbrandeis.com

Early Career Achievment Award
Assoc. Prof. Chongyuan Luo, University of California luogenomics.github.io

🔥 New and HOT in Chemical Science!

“Visible photon energy storage by [2+2] cycloaddition of Pd-oxazolones” by Grace Han et al. from Brandeis University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Read it for free here: pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5S...

I plan to limit my media consumption to cute puppies, soccer highlights and classic cinema

A line grant showing the fraction of the NIH appropriation committed as a function of award date for fiscal years 2015-2026. The fiscal year 2026 is lagging behind all of the earlier years.

Fiscal Year 2026 NIH Funding Update

The committed funding for fiscal year 2026 is lagging behind all fiscal years from 2015-2025.

More details to follow.

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We mourn the loss of Stuart H. Altman, Ph.D., a leader in health policy and economics and the inaugural chair of the HPC.

“Dr. Altman dedicated his life to a health care system that is affordable and accessible for all,” said HPC Executive Director David Seltz.

“Remote and partial clocks expand the circadian neuronal network, driving widespread molecular rhythmicity in Drosophila” Circadian clocks orchestrate daily physiology and behavioral rhythms, yet the extent to which cells lacking canonical clock components exhibit robust temporal regulation remains unclear. Here we addre...

Our new paper is out on bioRxiv and we’re really excited about it!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

We show that circadian clocks in the fly brain are far more distributed than the classic view. Huge kudos to the authors, especially @inespatop.bsky.social and Anne, and to our collaborators!!

🚨 Our year-long, post-bacc internship positions are now open for application! 🚨

This new program is designed to provide mentorship and on-the-job experience for recent grads.

Full list of open roles: https://alleninstitute.org/careers/internships-and-postbac/

Re the PhD program, those interested in soft condensed matter, biological physics, experimental high energy physics, or quantum and gravitational theory, and astrophysics (focus on solar system & exoplanet atmospheres) are also encouraged to apply! www.brandeis.edu/gsas/program...

I have a postdoc position available in physical oceanography. Please pass it along! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31407

Congrats to recent Brandeis alum Mason Price and co-authors for their publication in PNAS! They developed a strategy for folding, cutting, and coloring crystalline sheets to create complex nanoscale structures. You can read their paper here:
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Brandeis University is hiring:
Research Associate I - Opioid Policy Research Collaborative

Findings point to path forward for treatment of rare genetic disease Researchers from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute have discovered a potential drug target for the mitochondrial disorder Friedreich’s ataxia, suggesting a path for the development of new m...

Broad and @mgbresearch.bsky.social scientists discovered a potential new drug target for Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare but devastating genetic disorder.

Professor Colleen Hitchcock co-leading new educational exchange partnership through Fulbright Teaching Award

@brandeisuniversity.bsky.social professor Colleen Hitchcock is teaching Biology of Climate Change in a collaboration with @unistrathclyde.bsky.social teaching fellow William Quirke thanks to a U.S.–U.K. Fulbright Commission’s Global Challenges Teaching Award. www.brandeis.edu/stories/2025...

Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program - Waltham, Massachusetts (US) job with Brandeis University | 12848464 The Department of Biology and the Program in Neuroscience at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor positio...

Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)

www.nature.com/naturecareer...

Microbiologists make their mark in many fields. Those interested in pivoting from bench research must strategically network, gain necessary skills and translate lab skills to any sector. Learn more about how to navigate a job change or career transition. asm.org/articles/202...

Shanahan Foundation Fellowship The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience was created to provide freedom and flexibility to promising young scientists from diverse fields, as they work alongside neuroscientists

Looking to break into neuroscience but don't have a neuroscience degree? Recent PhDs in non-neuroscience fields are encouraged to apply for the Shanahan Foundation Fellowship!

Apply by Dec. 1: https://alleninstitute.org/shanahan-foundation-fellowship/

#SfN25

TT faculty job opening in #Neuroscience!
We are looking for a colleague to join us in our fantastic Biology Department and Neuroscience Program at Brandeis. We are a group of *very* collaborative, supportive, and productive scientists (& humans!) so please apply
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961

Chasing Particles A Brandeis student in the world's largest physics lab.

From our student newspaper, a story about undergraduate research in high-energy physics: Chasing Particles
www.thejustice.org/article/2025...

Despite the mess, we are grateful to be funded, have exciting science happening, and have an opening for a postdoc!

If you are interested in sensory biology and esp in cilia, thermosensation, or interoception, and would like to join an interactive & supportive group - please email.

Please RT 🙏

Dr.Tyukodi Botond gets featured in phys.org for their work on exploiting symmetry principles to reduce the cost for high fidelity assembly ! Check it out :
lnkd.in/g6VQm4PD #SelfAssembly #BrandeisMRSEC

Senior Grant Administrator - DISC, Pre-Award Brandeis University is delighted to announce a career opportunity for a Senior Grant Administrator, DISC Office – Pre-Award Team in the Office of Research Administration. If you are looking for an opp...

my group is recruiting a senior pre-award grant administrator. @brandeisuniversity.bsky.social is a mix of research university and liberal arts college which makes the work new and different every day. Come work with us! brandeis.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Jobs/job/Bra...