Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Promoting interdisciplinary brain science research and translating discoveries into solutions for health and society.

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[Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute @StanfordBrain]

Dr. Silver highlights how subcellular gene expression in special scaffolding cells called radial glia may to organize the fetal brain during development. Understanding the many functions of these RNAs “will keep us busy for years and years” she says.

[Cajal Club @Cajalclub]

Congratulations to Martin Bohlen of Duke University, recipient of the 2026 Brain Structure and Function Editor's Award!

His two 2025 studies advance our understanding of neural circuits involved in primate eye movements.

#Cajal #CajalClub #Neuroscience @DukeBrain @SfNtweets

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

📢 To everyone on the job market who has a vision for neuroscience applied to biomedical applications & technological innovation:

The Duke Dept. of Biomedical Engineering announces a tenure-track faculty job search in neural engineering, broadly defined!

https://t.co/sSpYL9Lg6k

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Precerebellar paramedian tract cell group connections: II. Abducens internuclear inputs. Brain Struct Funct 230, 189 (2025).
https://t.co/2EbMUny3mC

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Congratulations to Dr. Martin Bohlen @MartinBohlen1 , Research Scientist in Duke BME, for receiving the Cajal Club's Editor's Choice Award!

He shares the honor with co-authors A. Horn, S. Warren, & P. May for two 2025 papers (titles/links below).
@Cajalclub
@SpringerNature

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Precerebellar paramedian tract cell groups connections: I. Oculomotor internuclear projections. Brain Struct Funct 230, 186 (2025).
https://t.co/z5WMK61jYV

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Dream Teams are collectives of faculty, students, postdocs, and staff united by a specific vision for brain science or its relation to the humanities. DIBS will fund each Team for 3 years.

For more about DIBS and its initiatives, and to get involved, see https://t.co/Q1sJI5rXgy

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Final day of DIBS Dream Teams! We're very proud to support all 5 of the new research collectives.

5. Embodied Learning Frameworks for Brain-Inspired AI. This Team will integrate perspectives across science & the humanities to explore how embodied learning can inform AI design.

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

All 5 Dream Teams:
1. Duke Brain Ultrasound Initiative
2. Nurturing NeuroArts
3. Enabling Neuro Discovery & Translation w/Functional Genomics in Brain Organoid Systems (Fun-BOSS)
4. Duke IN utero Fetal NeuroTherapies (INFaNT)
5. Embodied Learning Frameworks for Brain-Inspired AI

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Dream Teams are collectives of faculty, students, postdocs, and staff united by a specific vision for brain science or its relation to the humanities. DIBS will fund each Team for 3 years.

For more about DIBS and its initiatives, and to get involved, see
https://t.co/Q1sJI5rXgy

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

DIBS Dream Teams -- Day 4! (out of 5). Details in first reply.

4. Duke IN utero Fetal NeuroTherapies (INFaNT).

The vision of the INFaNT Dream Team is to build an intellectual community to advance in utero gene therapies for fetal neurological disorders.

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Dream Teams are collectives of faculty, students, postdocs, and staff united by a specific vision for brain science or its relation to the humanities. DIBS will fund each Team for 3 years.

For more about DIBS and its initiatives, and to get involved, see
https://t.co/tzjLyn1TV7

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Day 3 of DIBS Dream Teams! (details in comment)

3. Enabling Neuro Discovery & Translation with Functional Genomics in Human Brain Organoid Systems (Fun-BOSS). High-throughput CRISPR screening in brain organoids! Tech sharing! Teaching disease modeling & functional genomics! 🙌

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Congratulations to Duke's Dr. Drew Schreiner @SchreinerDrew who has been selected by @statnews as one of this year's #STATWunderkinds !!

The award recognizes early-career scientists and doctors shaping the future of science and medicine. Read more here:
https://t.co/ts4oab5SFm

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

For more about DIBS and its initiatives, and to get involved, see
https://t.co/Q1sJI5rXgy

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Day 2 of Dream Teams! The five Teams will be supported by DIBS for 3 years to grow a community around a topic in the brain sciences.

2. Nurturing NeuroArts at Duke -- A collective to explore interrelations between the arts & neuroscience through research, education, & outreach.

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

📢 Another brain sciences job search at Duke!

Seeking a tenured Full Prof. in Clinical Psych for the endowed Marcil-Monahan Family Professorship. Human neuroscience and quantitative mental health research preferred. Apply by Nov 15, start summer 2027:

https://t.co/qKzIA6ab1e

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

Dream Teams are collectives of faculty, students, postdocs, and staff united by a specific vision for brain science or its relation to the humanities. DIBS will fund each Team for 3 years.

For more about DIBS and its initiatives, and to get involved, see
https://t.co/Q1sJI5rpr0

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

DIBS announces the launch of 5 Dream Teams for building new research communities at Duke! One/day all week. Award details in comment.

1. Duke Brain Ultrasound Initiative. It aims to build a cross-school community for ultrasound imaging, neuromodulation, & clinical translation.

[Duke Institute for Brain Sciences @DukeBrain]

📢 Another brain sciences job search at Duke!

Seeking a tenured Full Prof. in Clinical Psych for the endowed Marcil-Monahan Family Professorship. Human neuroscience and quantitative mental health research preferred. Apply by Nov 15, start summer 2027:

https://t.co/qKzIA6ab1e