June is Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) pride month. It happens in the United States to commemorate the Stonewall riots which occurred at the end of June 1969. Every year, many pride events are held during this month to recognize the impact LGBT people have had in the world. One of the areas where LGBT individuals have made an impact is in science. While the increased visibility of LGBT scientists in recent years has been encouraging, there have been setbacks as well.

Neuroscience research has been revolutionized by technologies such as optogenetics and calcium imaging to manipulate and image neuronal activity. However, we still lack a detailed blueprint of how neural circuits connect in vivo. The only technology that allows for the imaging of neurons and their connections at resolutions high enough to view the components of synapses and cellular organelles is electron microscopy (EM).

Throughout our lives, we often encounter events that violate our predictions about the world, or surprises. We encounter these surprises in many facets of life, from movies to breaking news to sports. 

In the spring of 2021, the Buschman lab published two studies. The first, “Shared mechanisms underlie the control of working memory and attention” was published in Nature in March 2021. Led by Matthew Panichello, former PNI graduate student and current post-doctoral fellow at Stanford, this study investigates how the brain manipulates objects held in memory.

2021 has been a great one for the neuroscience program at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Seven current PNI and Psychology graduate students have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate fellowships and two current students got an honorary mention. Moreover, a previous intern who is currently at Stanford University was awarded an NSF fellowship. They represent the diverse research backgrounds, gender and racial diversity at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, something key to the success of PNI as an institution.

2021 has been a great one for the neuroscience program at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Seven current PNI and Psychology graduate students have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate fellowships and two current students got an honorary mention. Moreover, a previous intern who is currently at Stanford University was awarded an NSF fellowship. They represent the diverse research backgrounds, gender and racial diversity at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, something key to the success of PNI as an institution.

2021 has been a great one for the neuroscience program at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. Seven current PNI and Psychology graduate students have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate fellowships and two current students got an honorary mention. Moreover, a previous intern who is currently at Stanford University was awarded an NSF fellowship. They represent the diverse research backgrounds, gender and racial diversity at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, something key to the success of PNI as an institution.

How does the brain represent the external world? The prevailing view is that specific brain regions perform specialized functions, such as encoding what we see or hear, and these regions interact to produce our holistic sense of experience.

How does the brain represent the external world? The prevailing view is that specific brain regions perform specialized functions, such as encoding what we see or hear, and these regions interact to produce our holistic sense of experience.

In February 2021, the Pillow lab published a new study “Extracting the dynamics of behavior in sensory decision-making experiments” in Neuron in collaboration with Ji Hyun Bak (UCSF), Athena Akrami (PNI, now UCL) and C