'If we really want the best talent in science, then let’s foster environments across the scientific enterprise that invite neurodiversity and recognize the strengths of neurological differences,' writes H. Holden Thorp in this week's #ScienceEditorial . scim.ag/6JD

An interesting read on how basic sciences research is crucial to find treatments for genetic disorders such as CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder (CDD), a rare form of epilepsy.
Article by James Hogg Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre
➡️edin.ac/3VA9DZz

#NoEpilepsy #BetterEpilepsy #PurpleDay

Today is #PurpleDay , the International Day of Epilepsy.

Did you know that 1 in 100 people in the UK have epilepsy? Share this infographic to show your support and help people to know what to do if they were to see someone having a seizure. 💜

#StampOutSeizures #epilepsy

Happy #PurpleDay2024 from the Louros Lab and some of the Osterweil lab at Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre
Very proud to work with this talented group of researchers on the molecular mechanisms of #epilepsy

Edinburgh Neuroscience
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We are looking for a bioinformatician to work on an exciting project! Retweets appreciated.

If you are interested in studying protein turnover in models of neurodevelopment disorders, my lab would love to host you! Get in touch

Fully funded 4 Year #PhD studentships in #BiomedicalSciences

Applications are invited from outstanding students wishing to pursue a 4-year PhD studentship in Biomedical Sciences from September 2024.

Apply by 12 noon on Friday 29th March 2024 tinyurl.com/mrft5yxf

A paper in nature suggests that bumblebees can teach others new behaviours too complex for them to learn alone. In the study, a bee taught to solve a puzzle for a sugary reward can go on to train other bees to complete the task. go.nature.com/49Fbxwp

Last week for early registration! International Society for Neurochemistry (ISN) and IBRO - International Brain Research Organization-funded travel awards to PhD students and postdoctoral fellows coming from outside of Germany will be distributed based on abstract submissions!

Paradigm shift for this new paper by Rick Huganir SynGAP regulates synaptic plasticity and cognition independently of its catalytic activity | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
And my commentary on it:
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
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📸 Registration for the FENS-EJN Image competition 2024 is now open!

🔬 #FENS and European Journal of Neuroscience are launching a new scientific image competition: send your best shots and get the chance to be featured on the cover of #EJN !

✨ More information at: loom.ly/-E9k3jA

These are great resources for science education! We will use many of these when training new students in the lab. Keep them coming Allen Institute Rui Costa

Roughly two-thirds of the 4950 tree species living in the Atlantic Forest, a biodiversity hotspot in South America, are threatened with extinction, according to a new Science study.

Learn more: scim.ag/5xQ

Looking forward to this meeting!
It provides a forum for discussing new directions and ideas in studying synapses in the healthy and diseased brain. Registration open

The best ideas don't come from big teams – it only Takes Two To Think! Get a Science Buddy, today's Nature Biotech explains why and how: nature.com/articles/s4158…
Itai Yanai 💔 Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Good review to anyone interested in exploring: Biotin-based strategies to explore the world of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifiers in health and disease

Apply now for a fully-funded SIDB #PhD studentship!

Deadline: 21st January 2024

Watch our short film about life as PhD student here at SIDB: youtu.be/JWt3mUJChnQ?si…

Sam Booker Paul Donlin-Asp 🏳️‍🌈 Ian Duguid Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser Robert Illingworth Marino Pagan Rochefort_lab Wood/Dudchenko Lab

Join us for the 9th European Synapse Meeting in Berlin! more details at esm-berlin2024.com

🧐 about the cellular and circuit basis of behavior in monogenic forms of #autism and #neurodev disorders?

JOIN US on Nov 29th 11 AM EST on World Wide Neuro 🧠🗺️ to learn from SIDB’s & The University of Edinburgh’s Dr. Peter Kind 🧠 🐀

world-wide.org/seminar/9655/