Christopher "Tyler" Short

How is Paxton beating Cornyn in polls? Nobody likes Cornyn, but I assumed Paxton only survived as AG by being a R incumbent. He abused his office for a mistress, fired whistleblowers, claimed immunity, venue-shopped his trials, and nearly lost his law license. At least he'll give Crockett a boost

Thank you

Truly astounding. So fun and beautiful to look through

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience at University of Birmingham Explore an exciting academic career as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Decision Neuroscience. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

We are recruiting! Postdoctoral research fellow at www.sdn-lab.org, studying the computational & neural basis of social decision-making. Birmingham is a fantastic & affordable place to live, with one of the youngest populations in Europe & over 600 parks. Please share!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO275/p...

Am I the only one that's always been super bothered by the fact that although
ETHOlogical validity, and
ECOlogical validity
technically have different definitions, they actually mean the same thing and are interchangeable?

Last call for this PhD studentship! Deadline Sun 22nd Feb

A spiky shape in green on a black background

A blobby shape in green on a black background

Roses are red
I bet you'll agree
Which one is bouba
And which is kiki

It's a dangerous complication of pregnancy -- but a new drug holds promise Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives.

Researchers celebrate early results of a drug that may become the first treatment for a serious complication of pregnancy called preeclampsia. It's got the potential to save many lives. n.pr/4tw3Kex

US military reports a series of airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria The U.S. military says the strikes were carried out in retaliation of the December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter.

The U.S. military says the strikes were carried out in retaliation of the December ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter. n.pr/4axzhnA

Please share: I am recruiting a PhD student to join my lab in Oslo!

For this project, we will investigate the role of striatal interneurons during action selection, using a combination of behavior, in vivo voltage imaging, and slice ephys.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

#NeuroJobs #NeuroSkyence

🎉 New paper in Nature Communications 🎉

rdcu.be/e24jT

Does our environment influence how likely we are to help others?

Dr. Diana Bautista — Stories of WiN Talk from SfN 2025

Oh my gosh, this episode of @storiesofwin.bsky.social with @dianambautista.bsky.social gave me so many feelings. 'Inspiring' is insufficient, but hope & joy are close. I love all the people who truly support and INVITE people to academic careers and education.
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

And of course, thank you @mechlo.bsky.social. Thankfully my parasocial relationship leads me to be happy for you all to move on, instead of feel like I'm having a friendship breakup. Or maybe I've just grown accustomed to friends (or usually me) moving away.

I've been listening to this podcast for almost 12 years. This news gives me sad + other feelings, but I'm also so thankful and proud of them for delivering such a good podcast for so long. Thank you @edidin.bsky.social & @gjallerbru.bsky.social so much. I look forward to whatever comes next for yall

Every year I'm more worried that I'm making a mistake by not studying glial cells. Don't worry though, I plan to never learn my lesson.

📣 Funded PhD position (competitive, UK students only!)

Reach out to me via a.konovalov@bham.ac.uk by February 20th, attaching your CV and cover letter if you are interested in applying for a PhD position to study cooperation and prosocial behavior using neuroimaging (1/2)

I bet the courts won't do anything about it. Oh wait, I mean, I would *invest* in the *concept* of a certain outcome of the courts.

🚨 Job alert! The University of Tübingen announces a W3 (Full) Professorship in Early Hominin Evolution in the framework of the DFG Cluster of Excellence 'HUMAN ORIGINS':

uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Application deadline: 11.03.2026 🚨

Cholinergic modulation of dopamine release drives effortful behaviour Nature - In the nucleus accumbens, acetylcholine boosts dopamine release to promote effortful behaviour.

You know how when you do earn something after hard work, it's more satisfying than if you get it for free (I don't, but I hear most people do)? Apparently it's due to acetylcholine! Interesting paper here: rdcu.be/e1iEd that I heard about on @naturepodcast.bsky.social

Half-joking but, is there anything in neuroscience that doesn't "remain poorly understood"? I'm guilty as well, but that has to be like the most common phrase in papers, right? I guess equal but opposite to the traditional "It is understood that..."

Retraction Note: Cognitive function assessed by Mini-mental state examination and risk of all-cause mortality: a community-based prospective cohort study - BMC Geriatrics BMC Geriatrics -

I hate this: "The Editors have retracted this article... the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) instrument was used without proper permissions" link.springer.com/article/10.1... The MMSE is a series of 11 simple questions. A perfectly good paper is retracted because you can copyright 11 questions

Job alert! The University of Zurich is hiring a professor for Evolutionary Anthropology and Primatology. Learn more here: www.appointments.mnf.uzh.ch/auth/Apply/0...

Join us at the Primate Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School in picturesque Bad Bevensen for two weeks of intense exchange about Systems Neuroscience!
When: 26 July - 7 August
Where: Bad Bevensen, Germany
Application deadline: 28 February
More details here: www.dpz.eu/pcn2026

Never forget to stop and smell the snowbushes

One more week to apply for the PhD position on curiosity in early development (B4) in my group!

The reaction to this story has been mockery. Well deserved too. But the bigger question is why is Nature publishing this? Editorial decisions determine whether someone gets to publish on their site. After we get through the delightful Schadenfreude, it’s good to notice how this piece concludes +

The Neural Control and Computation Lab is seeking a skilled part-time software engineer in Toronto to lead the development of ATHENA (Automatically Tracking Hands Expertly with No Annotations), our open-source, Python-based toolbox for 3D markerless tracking!

www.yorku.ca/health/resea...

A few days left to apply to join my lab as a PhD student! We study how people explore, how new ideas form, and how thinking develops. Learn more at liquinlab.github.io. Application review begins 1/15.
#PsychSciSky #CogPsyc #CogSci #DevPsyc

And another job! A 6 year postdoc in Philosophy of Enlightenment and Modernity at Uni Wien with (newly arrived) Prof. Katharina Kraus.
philjobs.org/job/show/30622

Graphical ad showing Hobson Lab Postbac position: parakeet sociality and cognition, with a graphic showing a flock of monk parakeets flying towards a social network, two unmarked monk parakeets perched, and examples of our individually color-marked birds showing their dye marks and color codes

I am recruiting postbacs for my parakeet sociality and cognition project, ideally to start in Feb/Mar this year. Help spreading the word would be appreciated! More information and application link available here: ornithologyexchange.org/jobs/board/s...