@DukeBrain

Promoting interdisciplinary brain science research and translating discoveries into solutions for health and society. 🔗🌳: https://xitter.cf/t.co/kPTdyfbUy0

 Duke University, Durham, NC
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Joined June 2012
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences retweeted
Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute@StanfordBrainOct 15
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.
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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences retweeted
Cajal Club@CajalclubOct 15
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
Martin Bohlen, PhD, seated in a laboratory at Duke University, wearing a white lab coat, blue gloves, jeans, and brown boots. To the right, the Springer logo appears above text announcing his receipt of the 2026 Brain Structure and Function Editor's Award, recognizing his contributions to understanding the neural pathways involved in primate eye movement coordination.

ALT Martin Bohlen, PhD, seated in a laboratory at Duke University, wearing a white lab coat, blue gloves, jeans, and brown boots. To the right, the Springer logo appears above text announcing his receipt of the 2026 Brain Structure and Function Editor's Award, recognizing his contributions to understanding the neural pathways involved in primate eye movement coordination.

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences retweeted
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences@DukeBrainSep 26
📢 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! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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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
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Precerebellar paramedian tract cell groups connections: I. Oculomotor internuclear projections. Brain Struct Funct 230, 186 (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s00429-025-0…

Precerebellar paramedian tract cell groups connections: I. Oculomotor internuclear projections

Brain Structure and Function - The role of internuclear neurons residing in the medial rectus subdivision of the oculomotor nucleus and projecting to the abducens nucleus is poorly understood. As a...

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Precerebellar paramedian tract cell group connections: II. Abducens internuclear inputs. Brain Struct Funct 230, 189 (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s00429-025-0…

Precerebellar paramedian tract cell group connections: II. Abducens internuclear inputs

Brain Structure and Function - Our previous study showed that oculomotor internuclear neurons project to precerebellar populations lying in the paramedian tract cell groups, in addition to...

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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.
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Cartoon illustration of a woman out walking, touching the leaf of a tree as she passes by, with depictions of her brain linking both to her arm & hand, and also to an abstract cluster of nodes representing a computational network.

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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
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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 dibs.duke.edu

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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.
Cartoon image of a human fetus, floating peacefully, with depiction of broken DNA in the brain undergoing repair.

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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 dibs.duke.edu

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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! 🙌
Illustration depicts a brain organoid on the left (looks like a sphere of cells) and a human brain on the right, connected by arrows and images showing wet lab testing (a pipette & tray) and computer analyses (monitor with neat graphs of various kinds).

ALT Illustration depicts a brain organoid on the left (looks like a sphere of cells) and a human brain on the right, connected by arrows and images showing wet lab testing (a pipette & tray) and computer analyses (monitor with neat graphs of various kinds).

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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 dibs.duke.edu/

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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: statnews.com/wunderkinds
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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.
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For more about DIBS and its initiatives, and to get involved, see dibs.duke.edu

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Duke Institute for Brain Sciences retweeted
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences@DukeBrainOct 5
📢 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: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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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.
Logo for the Duke Brain Ultrasound Initiative. Illustration on top depicts sound waves interacting with circuits in the brain. Below that, three lines of text say "DUKE BRAIN ULTRASOUND INITIATIVE / DREAM TEAM / Focusing Ultrasound, Restoring Function."

ALT Logo for the Duke Brain Ultrasound Initiative. Illustration on top depicts sound waves interacting with circuits in the brain. Below that, three lines of text say "DUKE BRAIN ULTRASOUND INITIATIVE / DREAM TEAM / Focusing Ultrasound, Restoring Function."

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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 dibs.duke.edu

Homepage | Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Homepage - Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

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📢 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: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
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