Haris Alvanos

Immigrant Neuroscientist @cuanschutz_dpb @CUAnschutz

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

This is by far one of the most profound and important questions facing the West in the next few decades.

Speaking is Hubert Védrine, France's former Foreign Minister and Secretary-General of the French presidency under president Mitterrand.

He says the West, "descendants of Christendom", is "consumed by the spirit of proselytism". That Saint Paul's "go and evangelize all nations" has become "go and spread human rights to all the world"... And that this proselytism is extremely deep in our DNA: "Even the very least religious, totally atheists, they still have this in mind, [even though] they don't know where it comes from."

He believes this is "one of the biggest questions that towers over the daily question of diplomatic life", whether we can imagine a West that manages to preserve the societies it has birthed but "is not proselytizing, not interventionist?". In other words, a West that can accept alterity, that can live with others and accept them for who they are.

He says this "is not a problem of the diplomatic machines, it's a philosophical issue, it's a problem for thinkers, analysts, historians, philosophers". In short, it's a question of profound soul-searching, a deep cultural change that needs to happen.

He doesn't seem to be particularly optimistic this change will occur: "In the elites, [or at least] people who have access to the public debate, only 5 or 10% of them don't think our main mission is to spread our values around the entire world. By means of lectures, sanctions, and bombings."

He says however that there's no choice as "we are not going to become the bosses of the world that's coming. So we are forced to think beyond, we are forced to envision a new relationship for the future between the Western world and the famous global South."

Can we accept to live with others, without seeking to transform them into us? Extremely profound question.

And what happens if we can't get to accept this? Then we'll continue being marginalized, increasingly cut from the rest of the world, and increasingly despised for our misplaced sense of superiority.

[Haris Alvanos @haris_alvanos]

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[Neuroscience and Beyond @neuro_beyond]

Is doing science 95% failure?

What is the best quality to become a scientist? Listen to Dr. Christophe Leterrier @christlet sharing his thoughts on the traits that make scientists successful. Don't miss the full episode coming out on Monday!

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[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

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[AuditoryNeuroscience@Goettingen @AuditoryNeuros]

🚨 Preprint Alert! Our latest research is now available on bioRxiv! 📚 Explore ChReef, a new highly efficient channelrhodopsin for sustained optogenetic control in the cardiac, visual, and auditory systems. Check it out: https://t.co/rySxrvGv5M
@AuditoryNeuros @MBExC_de @yourUMG

[Lili @iLi_van_iLi]

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[Paula Gómez Sotres @Neurocuriously]

Have you ever felt stressed because one of your colleagues was, and noticed you were at the same time more forgetful than usual? I may have an answer about how that happens (in 🐁) and how are cannabinoid receptors involved! Come visit me this morning at poster S3-086! #FENS2022

[Lukasz Adam Jablonski @lajablonski]

Now at #FENS2022: @AntoineHuet_AC (@AuditoryNeuros) presenting work of his lab on optimising optical stimulus parameters which is a milestone for the development of future sound coding strategy for optogenetic cochlear implants (S03-467 #MyFENS2022).

[Haris Alvanos @haris_alvanos]

This work is also available on @ResearchGate: https://t.co/aNMDBIczKW

[Haris Alvanos @haris_alvanos]

I am excited to share our work at the @AuditoryNeuros Lab : RIM-Binding Protein 2 Organizes Ca2+ Channel Topography and Regulates Release Probability and Vesicle Replenishment at a Fast Central Synapse
@SfNJournals #JNeurosci
https://t.co/1CnIqQjFeq

[Neurizons @Neurizons]

Hey Tweeps! Neurizons 2020 has a date! Book it in your calendars, it is going to be exciting! From the 26th to the 29th of May, as always in the inspiring city of Goettingen @goettingen @uniGoettingen @thegoecampus.
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[Haris Alvanos @haris_alvanos]

The science of scent http://t.co/SxIKjG0RN7