Dr. Nathan A. Smith

Associate Dean for Research Mentorship/Neuroscientist👨🏾‍🔬, @UofR @URNeuroscience My tweets are my own! #AAASFellow 🇺🇸

[Dr. Nathan A. Smith @NathanASmith1]

🧬 New program alert! The NIH-funded TEAMS Program is now accepting applications.

We’re training early-career biomedical researchers to be exceptional leaders, mentors, and collaborators. Brought to you by @UofR, @ChildrensNatl, and @gwbusiness

⏳ Deadline: June 14th
🔗 Apply: https://t.co/x7zbBsfmQb

#TEAMS #Mentorship #ScienceLeadership

[Dr. Nathan A. Smith @NathanASmith1]

@UofR Congratulations 🎉

[Dr. Nathan A. Smith @NathanASmith1]

🧬 New program alert! The NIH-funded TEAMS Program is now accepting applications.

We’re training early-career biomedical researchers to be exceptional leaders, mentors, and collaborators. Brought to you by @UofR, @ChildrensNatl, and @gwbusiness

⏳ Deadline: June 14th
🔗 Apply: https://t.co/x7zbBsfmQb

#TEAMS #Mentorship #ScienceLeadership

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Spelman College made history as seven seniors from the Class of 2026 were named valedictorians after graduating with perfect 4.0 GPAs

[Dr. Nathan A. Smith @NathanASmith1]

We pause today to honor the heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice. They were sons, daughters, parents, and friends who believed in something greater than themselves. Because of their courage, we wake up free. Let us never take that gift for granted. Remembering every fallen hero with a grateful heart this Memorial Day.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @URNeuroscience]

Why are poor sleep, chronic stress, depression, and cardiovascular disease all linked to dementia risk?

In a new review in @ScienceMagazine, co-director of the Center for Translational Neuromedicine, Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc, proposes that these conditions may converge on a common biological pathway: disruption of sleep-dependent brain rhythms that support the brain’s nighttime waste-clearance system.

The work offers a new framework for understanding sleep, neurodegeneration, and brain health.

Full study: https://t.co/MHAey58jbY

#URochesterResearch

[University of Rochester @UofR]

“Class of 2026, we’ve had our challenges. But here’s one more: Go out there and be somebody’s miracle”

Onesmo Mushi, who received his PhD from our Warner School, spoke for the graduate students, sharing his story and encouraging his classmates to empower others

#URochester2026

[University of Rochester @UofR]

“As Oscar Wilde said, ‘Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.’”

Back on campus as Commencement speaker, Jeannine Shao Collins ’86 shared her memories, celebrated lifelong friendships and reminded the Class of 2026 to find their own path.

#URochester2026

[Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @IshmailSaboor]

Long-term editing of brain circuits with engineered electrical synapses! I still remember years ago when @KafuiDzirasa from @DukeU @hhmi_science called me beaming with excitement about this new technology. Here it is today @Nature.

https://t.co/5fnW6zW0z6

[University of Rochester @UofR]

The University of Rochester Class of 2026 is shaping what’s next—these leaders, creators, and changemakers are ready to make their mark.

🎓 https://t.co/HB5JsmFP4F

#URochester2026

[Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @URNeuroscience]

Learning makes brain cells work together, not apart
A new study challenges a long-standing theory in neuroscience and could reshape how scientists think about perception, learning disorders, and artificial intelligence. #URochesterResearch
Read more: https://t.co/FbNpKaNRyK

[University of Rochester @UofR]

We're getting ready to celebrate the Class of 2026 — 7 days and counting, graduates! 🎓

Find a complete Commencement guide for grads and their families: https://t.co/M4Eswu2FRI
#URochester2026

[Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @IshmailSaboor]

An honor to deliver this keynote lecture today at the historic Riverside Church. What a wonderful neuroscience community at Sinai!

[Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @URNeuroscience]

Meet Assistant Prof. Tanzil Arefin: "Learning that addiction is a chronic disease that hijacks the brain’s so-called “reward system”—rather than a failure of willpower—sparked a fascination with how drugs and behavioral addictions rewire brain circuitry."
https://t.co/JR8BKdSXIw

[Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @URNeuroscience]

Calcines-Rodríguez’s path to Neuroscience started with biology classes. “I remember reading about the organelles in the cell in the biology textbook and thinking that the authors had a good imagination... From that moment, my fascination with biology and human behavior began, for which many years later I decided to pursue a degree in Neuroscience.” https://t.co/VhNibIwj4e

[Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @URNeuroscience]

A new NIH grant is supporting promising research at URochester Medicine to tackle age-related macular degeneration—one of the leading causes of vision loss.

Led by Ruchira Singh, the work aims to target the disease earlier and preserve sight.

Full story in our Newsroom: https://t.co/dM7QZZodCY

#URochesterResearch

[Dr. Nathan A. Smith @NathanASmith1]

@OfficialMLK3 Happy Heavenly Birthday 💜💜💜💜💜

[Dr. Nathan A. Smith @NathanASmith1]

What an honor it was to accept the @UR_Med Trainee Academic Mentoring Award in Basic Science. Special thanks to my trainees past and present (Sid, Estephanie, and Adam), my lab manager (Tracy), @URNeuroscience, colleagues, friends, family, and University Leadership. Mentorship is not about shaping someone in your own image, but about giving them the courage to outgrow you, because the next generation's success is the most enduring legacy we leave. #LiftingAsWeClimb #TheEnduringLight #thefutureisbright #MentoringwithINTENT

[Ishmail Abdus-Saboor @IshmailSaboor]

This program transformed my career. Give it a shot!

@hhmi_science's #FreemanHrabowski Scholars Program offers early career faculty up to $10M over 10 yrs, + salary & benefits. Postdoc? This year's comp has a program for you too. Opens 11/3! https://t.co/OJQ5A7lHOT

[Leslie Vosshall PhD @leslievosshall]

📢🎉@hhmi_science competition for the next cohorts of #HannaGray Fellows and #FreemanHrabowski Scholars opening 11/3/2026. Senior postdocs and faculty within 7 years of appointment. Up to $10M over 10 yrs, + salary & benefits. Spread the word and consider applying! https://t.co/quJ6VJuO8L