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2025 Invited Symposium | Critical Developmental Transitions for Executive Functions: A Cross Species Perspective From Infancy to Adulthood
The Communications Committee is excited to spotlight Drs. Yana Fandakova Ashley Parr, chairs of the 2025 Symposium Critical Developmental Transitions for Executive Functions: A Cross Species Perspective From Infancy to Adulthood. On Friday, September 5th, at 6:00 pm...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Aaron Barron
With the 2025 Flux Congress just around the corner, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Léa Michel
With the 2025 Flux Congress just around the corner, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we...
An Interview with 2025 Symposium Chair Dr. Julie Schneider | From Lab to Life: Translating Neuroscientific Insights into Equitable Education and Policy
The Communications Committee is excited to spotlight Dr. Julie Schneider, chair of the 2025 symposium From Lab to Life: Translating Neuroscientific Insights into Equitable Education and Policy. On Thursday, September 4th, at 3:15 pm local time, make sure to find your...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Maria Jelen
With the 2025 Flux Congress just around the corner, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Sara De Felice
With the 2025 Flux Congress just around the corner, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we...
An interview with Margaret Sheridan, PhD | Flux 2025 Linda Spear Mid-Career Award Winner
The Communications Committee is excited to spotlight Dr. Margaret Sheridan, the Flux 2025 Linda Spear Mid-Career Award Winner. The Mid-Career Award in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience is named in honor of Dr. Linda Spear, a pioneer in developmental neuroscience....
2025 Flux Symposium | Learning in the International Classroom: The Role of Dyadic Interactions and Culturally-Informed Educational Strategies
We’re counting down the days to the 2025 Flux Congress in Dublin! To share in the excitement, we had the pleasure of interviewing the chair of the upcoming Jacob's Foundation Science of Learning Symposium. In the spotlight below, Dr. Julia Moser offers an early look...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Jordy van Langen
With the 2025 Flux Congress just around the corner, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Dr. Linda Arrighi
With the 2025 Flux Congress just around the corner, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we...
Chipping Away at the Unknown: A Conversation with Dr. Yaakov Stern on Resilience, Research, and the Reality of Alzheimer’s
June is Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month. Flux Communications Committee Member Kahini Mehta, a PhD student at Columbia University, provided this interview with Dr. Yaakov Stern, chief of the Cognitive Neuroscience Division in the Department of Neurology, also...
Opportunity for Flux Researchers to Share Your Experience!!
The Career Perspectives Panel Session is happening again this year at Flux in Dublin, Ireland! If you are attending Flux 2025 and interested in sharing your career perspective with Flux trainees please fill out this form by June 4th, 5pm EST....
BrainHack at Flux 2025 Congress
BrainHack is pleased to announce a 2-day hackathon for the Flux community on September 1-2, 2025. BrainHack aims to provide researchers with the tools to improve their data science and computational method repertoire. The BrainHack event allows attendees to have open...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Sujin Park
With the 2025 Flux Congress mere months away, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we invite...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Joana Sa de Almeida
With the 2025 Flux Congress mere months away, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we invite...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Ellyn Butler (PhD Student, Northwestern University)
With the 2025 Flux Congress mere months away, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we invite...
Exploring Functional Brain Connectivity in Pediatric Focal Epilepsy
Epilepsy Awareness Day was March 26th. Flux Communications Committee Member Christina Lutz, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Universityof Geneva, provided this following podcast, which delves into the critical research on functional brain connectivity in children with...
Top o’ the mornin’ to ye! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) is an annual holiday commemorating St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Yes, that one - he’s the guy who, as legend has it, drove all the snakes off the island and out of the country. While it has religious origins, St. Patrick’s Day...
Statement on the NIH Imposed Standard Indirect Cost Rate
Dear Flux Community, Flux has joined forces with several leading brain and behavior organizations to address the recent NIH statement announcing a cap on the indirect rate for research. This policy change threatens critical funding for scientific discovery and...
Adolescents in love: What makes a first love special?
“Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” ― William Shakespeare. Although probably not as intense as Romeo and Juliet’s, most people will remember their own first love. What makes a first love so special? Known as the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet...