trent retweeted
Donald Hebb’s theory—memorably summarized as “cells that fire together, wire together”— does not explain the shifting hippocampal connections that occur in mice as they learn to navigate an unfamiliar virtual environment.
By @sydney_elise44
thetransmitter.org/memory/le…
trent retweeted
Sharing a new paper from the lab. This paper, led by Sangyoon Ko, represents a merging of two longstanding research themes in the lab-- adult neurogenesis and systems consolidation.
rdcu.be/el18q
A short thread follows for those interested
trent retweeted
Stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s disease has entered a new era. Two @Nature studies demonstrate that pluripotent stem cell–derived dopamine neurons can survive, restore function, and potentially change the treatment paradigm for this neurodegenerative disease.
trent retweeted
Walk with us through Gothic archways and experience the magic of the UChicago campus. Happy International #HarryPotter Day!
#NeuroNews Our undergraduate students Stacia Konow and John Ponce assist Dr. @Sheffield_Lab in his lab and they talked about the work they have been doing as well as how their experience inside the lab has influenced their undergrad journey at UChicago.
college.uchicago.edu/news/st…
trent retweeted
🚨This is a new image from JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
trent retweeted
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
Are we too bamboozled to see the truth? Share if this hits hard!
trent retweeted
"I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong."
- Richard Feynman
trent retweeted

Matt Walsh@MattWalshBlog18 Apr 2025
United States
United StatesConnected via United States App StoreAccount-level information, not a live location or per-post device.
I don’t understand people who keep the window shade down on a plane. We’re 35 thousand feet in the sky. You don’t want to check out the view? We’re above the freaking clouds, for God’s sake. Humans could only dream of a view like this for millennia. And you have the shade down.
trent retweeted
Come join our Center
The University of Chicago's Grossman Center for Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior seeks outstanding applicants for multiple postdoctoral positions in computational and theoretical neuroscience. Apply now!
neuroscience.uchicago.edu/gr…
trent retweeted
7 doctors are anti vaccine
100,000 doctors are pro vaccine
Anti vaxxers : "But doctors say..."



















