@rachelbedfordphd
Research Associate for Scientific Communication at the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. Previously obsessed with gap junctions, zebrafish and neural development. Let's use science for good. she/her.
First whole-brain recording of social sound processing in a vertebrate. Surprises start in the hindbrain; thalamus gates conspecific calls; male and female brains diverge downstream. Work by @joerghenninger.bsky.social, @mh123.bsky.social sky.social and team. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
New lab preprint: if ML struggles with extrapolation, let's expand the diversity of training data with gene synth, DNA shuffling, and ML gen.... also lots of #FluorescentProteins #ProteinEngineering #MachineLearning #SyntheticBiology 1/n
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! #2026MMM
(With a hat-tip to the Dropkick Murphys)
The season's upon us, it's that time of year!
Science & carnage, there's battles to cheer,
there's twists to these plots
and there's stings to be stung,
there's research to do
and plenty of fun!
Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU!🎄✨
How do neural circuits generate the walking rhythm?
Using connectome simulations, @sarahpugly.bsky.social found a minimal central pattern generator (CPG) that produces oscillations in leg motor neurons. Same circuit motif for each 🪰 leg.
w @bingbrunton.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
🦖 Something HUGE just hatched.
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Explore Plasmidsaurus RNA-Seq today.
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
I am glad to see we are on the same email chain lol
The Biology department is hiring a developmental neurobiologist focused on neural circuit wiring, maturation, and behavior in animal model systems (maybe even zebrafish? 🦓🐟). Learn more: careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/53...
#UOResearch #Neuroskyence #AcademicSky
The Bioengineering department at the @uoknightcampus.bsky.social is hiring 2 neuroengineers: one in experimental & translational neuroengineering and one in computational & data-science neuroengineering. Learn more: careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/53....
Come do neuroscience in Oregon! 🌲🧠 @uoregon.bsky.social University of Oregon has 3 TTF neuro positions open across departments, with applications due around mid-October.
#UOResearch #Neuroskyence #academicsky
For the computational & data-science position, expertise could include neural signal processing and analytics, closed-loop behavior tracking, neuromorphic computing and brain-inspired AI, spatial multi-omics analysis.
careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/53...
For the experimental & translational position, expertise could include neural interfaces, neurophotonics, recording & imaging, pre-clinical models in bioelectric medicine or brain injury repair, brain organoid technology development, & disease models.
careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/53...
The BioE department at the @uoknightcampus.bsky.social is hiring 2 complementary TTF neuroengineering positions!
We're looking for someone with expertise in experimental & translational neuroengineering and someone else with expertise in computational & data-science neuroengineering.
#neurosky
The University of Oregon is searching for an Assistant Professor with a focus on Developmental Neuroscience. We are excited to have you come join us - apply!
Application information can be found at: careers.uoregon.edu/cw/en-us/job...
The Braasch Lab @fishevodevogeno.bsky.social will soon post a position to replace manager of our *Ancient Fish Facility* at Michigan State. Looking for aquaculturist excited for unusual 🐟 species (gar, bowfin, paddlefish, polypterus) + zebrafish. Pls send candidates our way (DM or braasch@msu.edu)!
If you are at #2025ASEE and are interested in learning more about career opportunities at the Knight Campus Department of Bioengineering, including an open position for a Curriculum Development Director/Lecturer position mentoring students and building strong academic programs, connect with us!
We're hiring a Curriculum Development Director who's passionate about mentoring students and building strong academic programs!
You can learn more about this position, and other openings here: knightcampus.uoregon.edu/faculty-recr...
headshots of Dr. Sara Keller and Dr. David Peeler
We are very excited to welcome Dr. Sara Keller (@sarabkeller.bsky.social) and Dr. David Peeler (@djpeeler.bsky.social) to the Department of Bioengineering. Both will launch their labs in early 2026.
Happy to share a new preprint from my lab! We characterize the on/off kinetics, light dosage-dependence, and more for a suite of optogenetic signaling activators in zebrafish embryos 💡 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
As a recipient of federal grants from #NIH (for now! 😭) that funds research in my lab, I'd like to sincerely thank American taxpayers on #TaxDay for investing in scientific research that lays the foundation for medical and technological innovation in this country and keeps us all safe and healthy
I'm thrilled to announce that I'm launching the Biomaterial Research for Immunomodulation, Drug delivery, and Genetic Engineering (BRIDGE) lab in January 2026 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Oregon! @uoknightcampus.bsky.social
Congrats, David and Sara! We are very excited to have you here. 🦆
Even physical activity on weekends only (Weekend warrior, WW) linked with a significant favorable impact of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, cancer mortality
MVPA-moderate to vigorous physical activity
from UK Biobank, >90,000 participants
www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
We unlock breakthrough insights by delivering the best training sets in biology—at unprecedented scale. youtu.be/KuCaJTPHM2o
Computational and systems neuroscience needs new ideas from other areas, in particular developmental biology, writes @bbscott.bsky.social @cosynemeeting.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
After multiple failed attempts, the conch was blown at 10:37. The 2025 Barkley Marathons begins in one hour. #BM100.
The #scicomm group COMPASS is offering a free communication workshop on April 2 for current or former government workers - federal, state, and local levels www.compassscicomm.org/event/sharin...
