Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel just got written into the #Nobel history books for developing optogenetics.
But looking back through the years, what (or who) has missed out? 🧪
@ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.socialAilie McWhinnie
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Neuroscientist turned science writer, currently a Maria Leptin EMBO Science Journalism Fellow, writing for Science
@ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social@ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.social🎶 Hey scientists, don't make it bad, take a sad title, and make it better 🎶
You could Come Together with 3200 others making use of Beatles song titles and lyrics to liven up their papers
Check out my story from Yesterday on the phenomenon
@ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.socialI love a map, and this one is particularly pretty: all 166,700 neurons of the Drosophila central nervous system, with their 124 million synapses pinpointed.
Its publication yesterday marks the end of an ambitious twenty-year project.
@ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.socialAmid promises to change platforms for teens, Meta announced an independent research foundation to study teen well-being.
Meta has long been secretive about its data, but this foundation will have access, spurring "cautious optimism" among scientists.
@ailiemcwhinnie.bsky.socialDo mammals share an ancient circuit for hibernation? The discovery of a hibernation hub in the brains of hibernating hamsters suggests yes. Can it be awakened in animals that don't naturally hibernate? Stay tuned - researchers are trying that next.