Heather Snell

m.youtube.com/watch?v=FR2x... Honored and privileged to conduct our research.

Stressed with a lot of looming deadlines next week, so I decided to get groceries delivered. What I thought I ordered:"6 bananas". What I actually ordered: "6 bunches of bananas" 🫠🫠😐😐🫠🫠

My first grad student passed her prospectus with flying colors!! I'm so proud!!! Through the chaos, it's so nice to be able to celebrate the wins!! 🎊🎊🥂🥂👏🏾👏🏾

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08... WTF?!

Are the commentators with a yellow hazy NYC in the background...sitting outside?

I entered this competition from a hospital bed (recovering now 💪🏾), we made it to the top 20 of our group. You can vote once a day, or donate to the LA food bank or @oceana.bsky.social. Everything is burning literally and figuratively, but there's still love ❤️! tinyurl.com/Americans-Fa...

I've always dreamt of having a salad with lettuce from my garden and today my dream came true!!! And more to come, this garden is rocking it!

Powerful piece from two former NIH staffers www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

Figure 1 of: How's life going? When life seems to be out of my control, I like to build things, and garden. ✅ ✅ Good thing I married an engineer! He planned the structure and I got to help put it together and add the plants. ❤️

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Do brain circuits really sit in a 'soup' of neuromodulators? Are neurons like soggy bits of bread soaked in signaling factors? Is the whole brain just squelching around in one big pool of warm modulators?

After a great day of doorknocking in Pennington, relaxing at Needle Creek Brewery over a glass of stout! The goat ran away, might not be a registered voter ;-) Great, engaged citizens. They’re concerned about health, AI, and democracy. Next weekend in #NJ12 come join our canvass! SamForNJ.org

Princeton-area friends, come to a meet-and-greet this Sunday morning, outside Tiger Noodles! Get your coffee next door at the "small" Small World, then say hi! We'll talk about how to harness democracy to save science! #autism #research samfornj.org

Such a fun visit! Thank you so much for the invite and what a fantastic scientific community!

Idk if you need a sympathetic nervous system reset from *points to everything* Bluey just dropped an orchestra album and it is fantastic! music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

What do Louie Lunchmeat, Jesse Owens, and Jesus Christ have in common? They are "signatures" on Sue Altman's ballot petitions. We found these and hundreds of fakes, using science and AI. Legislation requires attention to detail. NJ-12 needs someone who sweats the details. I'm SamForNJ.org

🎉 lab’s first data paper 🎉 TL;DR: we found profound changes in vocal calls produced by mice with early-onset dystonia caused by cerebellar dysfunction. Thus, vocal impairments in people with dystonia may, in part, be driven by cerebellar dysfunction. www.frontierspartnerships.org/journals/dys...

Job! My lab is hiring a pre-doctoral research assistant to work on the neural computations of foraging, seeking common cross-species algorithms. In collaboration with @brainapps.bsky.social & Nathan Lepora. Closes April 21st Pls share! jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Calling all neuroscientists: please come to a virtual Rally For Neuroscience! Saturday 11am ET/8am Pacific. I'm hosting it not just as a candidate but as a scientist. Learn how it's happening & how we can defend ourselves! Sign up: note this is a *free* event! secure.actblue.com/donate/samzo...

Are you thinking about acquiring multi-task fMRI for your study but don’t know where to start? @bassel_arafat just published a toolbox to optimally select tasks and run them in the MRI scanner - with many commonly used tasks ready to go! Check out the preprint below 👇

The government oversees safety of roads, flights, food, and drugs. It should do the same for AI. I’m a scientist who uses responsible AI to help parents with autism diagnosis. In Congress I’ll make sure this powerful technology serves us, not harms us. www.ft.com/content/7f63...

I am grateful for the endorsement of leading scientists from New Jersey's 12th Congressional District! I'm backed by Nobel laureates & pioneers in medicine, physics, chemistry, & AI. I'll defend against attacks on science & build jobs & health for all Americans. www.samfornj.org/news/scienti...

Today, leading scientists & educators from New Jersey's 12th District are endorsing my candidacy! Nobel laureates, as well as pioneers in medicine, physics, AI, and chemistry. I'm deeply grateful. And I'm ready to defend science and the prosperity it brings! www.samfornj.org/news/scienti...

I am thrilled to announce that our group has received a new grant from the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation to study the neural dynamics of vocal learning in children! I am looking for a postdoc to join us in this effort, currently funded for 2 years. Please reach out with CV and letter of interest.

Excited to share that our work is now published in Cell: Human-specific features of the cerebellum and ZP2-regulated synapse development. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Many thanks to the Sestan lab members @yaleneuro.bsky.social and all collaborators who made this work possible.

Calling central Jersey scientists! Come out to say hi today at 5pm, Destination Dogs, New Brunswick. Apps, games, and...researchers!!! You can just show up! Or to help w/headcount, RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Mainly just show up to say hi and talk about how we can save science!

🧠 Resting-state fMRI is often treated as the gold standard for studying the brain’s intrinsic organization. But is it actually the best way to estimate functional architecture? We tested this directly. 🧵1/8

Rutgers scientists and academics! Come out to meet-and-greet with me at Destination Dogs, New Brunswick. Who can say no to Destination Dogs? There will be food and drink! Wednesday March 11, 5-7pm RSVP: forms.gle/6AykuoTq23XW... (truthfully just show up...but RSVP helps us choose how many dogs!)

Dalylight savings time is stressful for the brain - every year, a transient risk of accidents and illness. We should consider doing away with it. Put this neuroscientist in Congress and we’ll take it up. Sam Wang for Congress: secure.actblue.com/donate/sam4nj

Friends in central NJ, come out this lovely weekend to help me qualify for the ballot! Send an educator and scientist to Congress! Canvassing for signatures in Princeton and Montogomery: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Direct link: www.samfornj.org/canvass

Had a lot of fun teaching the first year students about the cerebellum today! Opened with the Powerpuff girls, how the mayor was absolutely useless and horrible at his job, but his assistant was essential, ran everything, and kept the town afloat. Her name was Ms. Sara Bellum. Got audible gasps!

"I've thoroughly enjoyed my time as a NGL! It's been such an honor to interact with the brilliant scientists at the Allen institute and the other NGL members. I've gained so much and will continue to benefit for the rest of my career!" - @heatherdsnell.bsky.social 🔗 https://bit.ly/3OjzdRa

Baked celebration cupcakes! My grad student received the National Ataxia Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship and I received the National Ataxia Foundation Early Career Investigator Award!! I had lots of rejections last year so nice to start 2026 with some wins. All gluten free!

Join us for a PhD in affective neuroscience at the Donders Institute (Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging) www.radboudumc.nl/en/vacancies...

What's a holiday song you could listen to on repeat for the next 16 days? Mine is The Carpenters Christmas Waltz!

If you're at @sfn.org and are in need of some pre-clinical mouse trials. Go by booth 2804 and learn more about MuriPhys! It'll be worth it!

heading to @sfn.org? Check out our group's posters -->

The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum. If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...

The Leading Edge community has been a life-line as I navigate *points to everything*. Zara was such a shining light of wisdom and warmth. She will be sorely missed, but her legacy will continue in everyone who had the utmost privilege to interact with her. Apply, apply, apply!!!!

Happy Halloween from the happy garden Snell Lab.

Why fundamental research is fundamental to progress, seeding major breakthroughs Editorial @nature.com this week And 7 basic science discoveries that changed the world nature.com/articles/d41... nature.com/articles/d41...

BIG MOOD. Still got my R21 submitted though. 🙆🏾‍♀️🙆🏾‍♀️

Ugh the fact that second year grad student can no longer apply to the nsf-gfrp is so devastating to my students. They purposely didn't apply last year. They could have announced that they would enforce the change next year to allow for some heads up and buffer. Just ridiculous.

So Tylenol is going to sue for defamation right?

I'm convinced.

The Snell lab is seeking a Postbaccalaureate researcher and Postdoctoral associate to join our team. More details here: www.snelllab.org/contact-2