
Calli McMurray
Reporter at The Transmitter
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2 days ago |
thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray
The scientists behind a major Drosophila genetics database are scrambling to secure new funding to maintain the resource after their nearly $2 million grant was canceled in May by the Trump administration. The repository, FlyBase, contains information about every Drosophila gene, phenotypic data and links to relevant research papers and other public databases, including available tools and genetic stocks.
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1 week ago |
thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray
ReporterThe Transmitter Share this article: Tags: Vision, Calcium imaging, Cephalopods, Evolution, History of neuroscience The Niell Lab’s research interests are apparent the moment you enter the team’s space. An eyeball balloon hangs from the ceiling, and a relief sculpture of a bloodshot, veiny eye peers into the lab from above the door.
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3 weeks ago |
thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray
The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has canceled a diversity-based graduate fellowship program that supports dozens of aspiring neuroscientists, according to an email obtained by The Transmitter. The cancellation extends to active awards. The NIH Ruth L.
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4 weeks ago |
thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray
At least six new brain donors who can do a functional MRI scan—that’s what it will take to complete the most comprehensive human brain atlas yet, project investigators say. The Human and Mammalian Brain Atlas (HMBA) aims to capture information about the identity and location of cells across the entire brain and tie it, for the first time, to the functional organization of the cortex.
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1 month ago |
thetransmitter.org | Calli McMurray |Jill Adams |Holly Barker |Charles Choi
Twenty mouse models of autism can be sorted into two subtypes based on functional connectivity across the entire brain, a new preprint reports. The subtypes reflect changes in different molecular pathways and map on to nearly one-quarter of autistic people represented in a large dataset.
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