Should neuroscience focus on big team science or the traditional model? Explore what survey respondents had to say about it: https://www.thetransmitter.org/funding/should-neuroscience-focus-on-big-team-science-or-the-traditional-model/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260202-state-of-neuro-survey-big-team-or-traditional
Many respondents expect that drops in public funding will drive interactions with industry; researchers will have to seek out industry partnerships, spin out startups or collaborate with companies to sustain their work.
To identify the most transformative tools and technologies in the past five years, @thetransmitter surveyed readers and contributors and worked with a market-research firm to interview neuroscientists around the world. See what they had to say: https://www.thetransmitter.org/methods/what-are-the-most-transformative-neuroscience-tools-and-technologies-developed-in-the-past-five-years/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20260119-survey-state-of-neuro-industry-tools-survey-past-five-years
33 neuroscience researchers from across the world shared how their labs our funded, providing insight into the current state of funding and how that might shift.
By Claudia López Lloreda
Most basic neuroscience research in the U.S. is funded by the federal government, but there is an entire funding landscape that lies beyond those federal agencies. To bring those diverse sources together, @thetransmitter presents a funding source directory: https://www.thetransmitter.org/funding/neuroscience-funding-a-source-directory/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20251201-state-of-neuro-neuroscience-funding
NIH funding for neuroscience-related projects has more than doubled during the past 16 years. But not everyone has benefited equally.
By Natalia Mesa
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Should neuroscience focus on big team science or the traditional model? Explore what survey respondents had to say about it: https://www.thetransmitter.org/funding/should-neuroscience-focus-on-big-team-science-or-the-traditional-model/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20251126-state-of-neuro-survey-big-team-or-traditional
Should neuroscience focus on big team science or the traditional model? Explore what survey respondents had to say about it: https://www.thetransmitter.org/funding/should-neuroscience-focus-on-big-team-science-or-the-traditional-model/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20251126-state-of-neuro-survey-big-team-or-traditional
As neuroscience expands, The Transmitter asks, how can neuroscience training programs best meet the needs of students and the field? See what survey respondents had to say: https://www.thetransmitter.org/training/how-will-neuroscience-training-need-to-change-in-the-future/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20251126-state-of-neuro-survey-neuroscience-training-change
@thetransmitter’s “New Lab Directory” features a list of new neuroscience labs that opened in 2024-2025, and some set to launch in 2026. Check out the list to learn about the work of more than 50 new neuroscience labs. https://www.thetransmitter.org/community/the-transmitters-new-lab-directory/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20251126-state-of-neuro-new-lab-directory
Who won the Kavli, and other neuroscience prizes this year? See our list here https://www.thetransmitter.org/awards/top-neuroscience-prize-winners-in-2025/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20251126-state-of-neuro-neuroscience-prize-winners-2025
By mapping connections among researchers, Neurotree makes it possible to trace how the field has evolved and to visualize how shifts in lab size, training and other factors can shape its direction, writes founder Stephen David.
In @thetransmitter’s Rising Stars of Basic Neuroscience 2025, we recognize 25 early-career researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and community-building in neuroscience.
To identify the most transformative tools and technologies in the past five years, @thetransmitter surveyed readers and contributors and worked with a market-research firm to interview neuroscientists around the world. See what they had to say: https://www.thetransmitter.org/methods/what-are-the-most-transformative-neuroscience-tools-and-technologies-developed-in-the-past-five-years/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=org-social&utm_campaign=20251121-state-of-neuro-industry-tools-survey-past-five-years
@thetransmitter gathered citation metrics for the top neuroscience papers published over the past 30 years and assembled a list of the top 20 to try to capture a different view of the field’s changing landscape.
The field is buzzing about work on brain-computer interfaces for speech, the mechanism of psychedelics, a broader definition of hippocampal representations and more.
How will the field’s relationship to industry change over the next decade? Most neuroscientists we surveyed predicted that interactions between academic neuroscience and industry will grow, and the neurotech sector will expand.
What are the fastest-growing areas in neuroscience? Survey respondents pointed to computational neuroscience, systems neuroscience, neuroimmunology and neuroimaging, among other subfields.
Is neuroscience a coherent field? Or is it becoming more fragmented? About half of the neuroscientists we surveyed say it’s the latter, thanks to the sheer volume of research and increasing specialization in neuroscience education.
A special edition of our Launch Newsletter, highlighting @thetransmitter’s State of Neuroscience 2025 report, features rising stars of neuroscience, 80 new neuroscience labs, how funding cuts have affected the careers of young scientists, and more.
