Tomás Ryan

Using research funding to kill babies in one of the poorest countries “The study would deny hepatitis B vaccines to 7,000 newborns in the first 6 weeks of life, in a country where 1 in 5 adults have the virus. Hepatitis B kills 15%-25% of people with chronic infections, & newborns are vulnerable”

💡 How has optogenetics transformed neuroscience? 🔬 The 2026 Nobel Prize in Medicine recognises Peter Hegemann, Georg Nagel and Karl Deisseroth for their pioneering contributions to optogenetics. 🧠 Learn how this technique has changed brain research!

Are you attending the @sfn.org meeting this year? You should also come to #MCCS26, taking place before #SfN26! 📣 Early bird registration closes on October 12. Register now! event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

Ireland is well below European average investment in higher education and research, despite an immense government budget surplus. Time to make decisions. Budget 2027 must tackle Ireland’s universities €250m funding gap. www.businesspost.ie/analysis-opi...

The EU-Canada alliance aims to be a "beacon for other democracies," says Canadian PM Mark Carney, addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

📅 The EBBS 2027 Meeting programme is now online! Check out the sessions, symposia, poster sessions and events, and start planning your participation in Dublin 🇮🇪 👇 ebbs2027.azuleon.org/programme

"MIT wants to rebuild education around the things AI can't replace. That means oral exams, semester portfolios, in-person project work, and a required social component in every subject. The report even floats the idea of rethinking grades entirely..." This is the way forward @tcddublin.bsky.social

🧠 The FENS Network for Advocacy came together in Brussels this week, bringing 24 neuroscientists from across Europe together for three days of training in advocacy and EU policymaking! 👉 Meet the FENS Network for Advocacy cohort: buff.ly/xmYRY1m

🧠 This week, the FENS Network for Advocacy comes together in Brussels! 🇪🇺 From 1-3 September, participants will take part in dedicated advocacy and EU policymaking training. 👥 Discover who is taking part: buff.ly/kSZcga5 📍 Stay tuned for an update later this week!

📢 Symposia submissions for the EBBS 2027 Meeting are now open! Thinking of organizing a symposium? You can now submit your proposal! 📅 Submission deadline: 16 Nov. 2026 📍 Dublin, Ireland | 29 Jun–2 Jul. 2027 👉 Find all the information here: ebbs2027.azuleon.org/welcome

Very sad. We will miss him greatly. Full length obituary to follow but, for now: www.linkedin.com/posts/eupha_...

It was an honor to write this remembrance of Susumu Tonegawa (1939–2026) -- a scientist whose discoveries transformed biology and whose lab shaped generations of neuroscientists. I hope this piece captures even a small part of his remarkable legacy. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Memories can survive even after the brain temporarily loses more than half of its synaptic connections, according to a new mouse study in Science, which challenges the long-held view that long-term memories depend on stable individual synapses. Learn more: https://scim.ag/4zhsCK2

My friend is a co-lead on this project (my wife is a collaborator). Let me tell you what it was about and why Battacharya’s decision simply amplifies the consequences of structural racism that the project was attempting to understand. A 🧵 1/12

Announcing #engramsensembles '27, to be held at @tcddublin next May. Registration and abstract submission will open in autumn 2026.

“A maggot knows things about the outside world in a way that no computer does.” — Matthew Cobb, Manchester University Right on, Dr Cobb, right on. (This article is terrific btw)

Announcing #engramsensembles '27, to be held at @tcddublin next May. Registration and abstract submission will open in autumn 2026.

People ask me why the COVID contrarians were needed. Why did the first Trump White House align with rightwing billionaires and orgs to find credentialed ppl who looked good on TV that would deny COVID severity and yell about lockdowns? This is why

Obituary: Susumu Tonegawa (1939-2026) Japan’s first Nobel prizewinner in physiology or medicine go.nature.com/4wty0Yy

Finally out in @natneuro.nature.com! A forgotten memory isn't always gone. We show that forgotten memories persist as silent memory traces, can be recovered by reminders, and can even be reconstructed into false memories. Excited to finally share this work! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

More on the Trump / Kratsios "Golden Age of Science" report, from @theverge.com

1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.

the reason we dont have medicare for all is bc corporations need employer based healthcare to keep you chained to your desk in a job you hate that doesnt pay you what youre worth

We are heartbroken to have lost our founder, who provided so much inspiration, but we are all honored to carry on the science he loved so much. picower.mit.edu/news/picower... #neuroscience #biology

Thrilled to welcome the newest #FENSKavliScholars! Looking forward to the discoveries, collaborations, and leadership this incredible community will inspire. 🧠✨

🤩Congratulations to @tomtom-auer.bsky.social from @unifrbiology.bsky.social , who has been selected to be one of the 15 newly selected #FENSKavliScholars

congrats to the new FKNE scholars! rock on Dafni @drosostalis.bsky.social 🤘 and Vanessa @avstempel.bsky.social 🤘

Congratulations to Neuromatch's President and Board Chair, @meganakpeters.bsky.social for being selected into the @fkne-scholars.bsky.social 2026 cohort! 🎉 What an incredible and well-deserved recognition! 🧠

Congratulations to @weijianzong.bsky.social, our Neurophotonics group leader and a new 2026 #FENSKavliScholar. He builds the #Mini2P microscopes that let us watch the living brain at work. @fens.org @kavlifoundation.org @alleninstitute.org @ntnudiscovery.bsky.social @fkne-scholars.bsky.social

Thrilled to share that Zita @carvalhosantosz.bsky.social has been selected as a FENS-Kavli Scholar, representing 🇵🇹 in the FENS-Kavli Network of Excellence! During the next 4 years she will join a group of 30 scientists to shape the future of neuroscience through collaboration and discovery!

I am super happy to have been selected as one of the new #FENSKavliScholars! Happy to be a voice of France, Greece and Cyprus, as well as one for Drosophila research! The first encounter with the rest of the extended scholar group has been an energy rump up!!! @institutducerveau.bsky.social

Posters going live now at @fens.org area PS02-07PM

Welcome to the 15 newly selected #FENSKavliScholars! Representing 12 European countries, they join a network of 30 Scholars across 21 countries and 25 nationalities. 🧠✨With thanks to @fens.org, @kavlifoundation.org, @alleninstitute.org and our partners for supporting FKNE. h1.nu/1t8Lw

We face great challenges, but our resolve is greater & vision clearer for the future of neuroscience. The @young-pi-neuro26.bsky.social network is stronger than ever. Thanks co-organizers, speakers @tjryan.bsky.social, @drosostalis.bsky.social, @anne-schreiter.bsky.social, & our core ➡️ participants!

Yesterday we finished the day with @tjryan.bsky.social calling for more Advocacy for 🧠Science in Europe🇪🇺!

Justine McCarthy: What will Trump have to do before Ireland’s golfers have had enough?

🧠 Watch highlights from Brain Health Day 2026! 🎥 You can now watch the session A European Vision for the Brain: Coordinating Research, Care & Innovation from Brain Health Day 2026! 👉 buff.ly/PcRtZa3

There’s more in Stem than an academic career: www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

Fintan O'Toole: Red alerts issued by Europe’s met offices must also be issued by citizens to their governments

Save the date: the 3rd biennial #engramsandensembles conference will be held from May 12 - 14, 2027 at @tcddublin.bsky.social 🪉🧠🌐📈

KARL: Rs are gonna make you the poster child for the D Party MAMDANI: Let them. We don't have to ask ourselves what life looks like if a socialist wins. I won last year & over the course of the last 6 months what we've delivered for working people are the very things we were told were impossible.

We are more than delighted to welcome our new #ListerPrize2026 Fellows! These eight inspiring researchers are set to pursue ambitious biomedical science, thanks to our flexible funding. Bravo! 👏 Meet the new #ListerFellows (read thread) and repost ⤵️ lister-institute.org.uk/news/our-lis...

Europe in danger of losing its place in global science and tech without major investment www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...

Proposed dismantling of centralised PhD scholarship programmes in Ireland needs to be reconsidered www.irishtimes.com/opinion/lett...

‘Sad day for Ireland’s future’: Academics and Research Ireland row over how to spend €4.55bn of taxpayers’ money. www.independent.ie/irish-news/e...

The Irish Times view on university rankings: only part of the story

Palantir founder Peter Thiel will host a gathering this August at the Powerscourt Hotel in Wicklow – with 87 of the 222 guests listed as first-time attendees. Leaked records for the meeting name Alexus Grynkewich, Scott Bessent and Ted Cruz as attendees. www.ontheditch.com/hacked-peter...

dead funny but also painfully accurate

Save the date: the 3rd biennial #engramsandensembles conference will be held from May 12 - 14, 2027 at @tcddublin.bsky.social 🪉🧠🌐📈