Princeton Neuroscience Institute

@PrincetonNeuro

Discoveries and developments from the @Princeton Neuroscience Institute.

Princeton, NJ linktr.ee/princetonneuro Joined May 2013

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Princeton Neuroscience Institute @PrincetonNeuro 4d

FlyWire mapped the fruit fly brain. With Claude credits from @AnthropicAI’s AI for Science program, the team - led by PNI's @MurthyLab and @SebastianSeung — is now building whole-brain simulations and automating proofreading methods to help accelerate the field of connectomics pni.princeton.edu/news/2026/flyw…

pni.princeton.edu FlyWire receives AI support from Anthropic FlyWire, the Princeton-led project that produced the first complete wiring map of an adult fruit fly brain, is one of six new research projects Anthropic will support through its AI for Science...

Princeton Neuroscience Institute @PrincetonNeuro 5d

An AI model fed only what one child heard, day-by-day for the first 3 years of its life, learned no words. But with nightly replay (a bit like sleep), it learned thousands.

New findings in @ScienceMagazine from @Princeton researchers provide a clue to how kids learn language and how to train AI on less data.

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Princeton Neuroscience Institute @PrincetonNeuro Nov 4

Can you learn kung fu from watching kung fu movies?

If you’re a mouse: kung fu-ish.

@jorgeiravedra + @Neurrriot find that mice who watched fights were quicker to engage + harder to catch off guard. Their brains shifted more fighter-light, too 🥋

pni.princeton.edu/news/2026/mice…

pni.princeton.edu Mice that watch fights come away battle-ready People love to watch violent things. From slasher films to boxing, there’s some intrinsic appeal to watching people get pummeled. The dystopian thriller Squid Game, for instance, debuted in 2021 and...

Princeton Neuroscience Institute @PrincetonNeuro Oct 13

Last week to apply!!

Princeton Neuroscience Institute @PrincetonNeuro Sep 4

PNI is hiring an assistant professor of neuroscience in any research area that uses non-human primates as a model system.

All approaches welcome: behavior, imaging, ephys, causal manipulations, molecular, neurotech.

Review begins Oct 19, 2026
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Princeton Neuroscience Institute @PrincetonNeuro Oct 13

🌟 Applications are open! The Princeton Neuroscience Institute invites exceptional postdoctoral researchers to apply for our CV Starr Fellowship, which provides an attractive salary and research funds.

Starr fellows have access to state of the art facilities for experimental research in all of major research areas at PNI, as well as advanced computational resources that support theoretical and quantitative approaches to neuroscience.

🗓️ Deadline: Nov. 06, 2026
🔗 pni.princeton.edu/apply/postdocs…