Category Archives: What’s New in Nature Neuroscience

Moving to Nature Network

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Another blogging hiatus on the old “Action Potential” blog. Sorry about that. However, the news is now that I have become a neuroscience editor for Nature, I will be taking my show on the road to a new site, and will be blogging on Nature Network. My new blog is called Nothing’s Shocking (10 points to whomever knows the reference) and will pretty much follow the same fast and loose style that got me into trouble here. I hope you’ll come take a look. There are already two posts up (besides the obligatory introductory trash), with more to come:

What does mirror self-recognition really mean?

Janelia East and the quest for round scientists

I’ve greatly enjoyed my year+ on AP and want to thank all of the readers and commenters who provided me with the incentive and motivation to continue doing this. Let the debates continue…

NN Joins Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium

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When the community is overburdened by peer review, it’s everybody’s problem. As of today, Nature Neuroscience has become part of the solution by joining the Neuroscience Peer Review Consortium, a flexible system that allows voluntary participation by authors, referees and editors. Here are more details, from our April editorial:

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Online journal club at Nature Network

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I apologize for the blatant promotion, but I wanted to bring your attention to a new forum designed to spur on discussion involving interesting neuroscience papers. I categorized this under “What’s new in NN?”, except here, the “NN” is different: Nature Network. This platform has been around for some time now, but I am new to it. I recommend that you check out the site, as it aims to connect scientists on both the local and global levels (but unless you are in Boston or London, the local part is still being rolled out).

In the Neuroscience group, we are starting an online journal club featuring interesting papers from any journal for discussion. These journal clubs will be written up by experts in each respective field (except those that I do; I am going to fake my way through whatever topics don’t get covered by the experts…). These experts will be students and post-docs discussing somebody else’s work, in the classic spirit of a journal club.

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Neuropod: neuroscience on the go

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Have a busy schedule ahead of you, but wishing you could stay current with cutting edge neuroscience discussion? Well fret no more. Nature, in partnership with The Dana Foundation, has launched Neuropod, a neuroscience-based podcast.

Each month, Kerri Smith will report on some of the interesting happenings in the world of neuroscience research. This month, Kerri discusses the relationship between cognitive enhancement and warfare, how stress contributes to memory formation, learning from brain imaging, and why chili peppers might have a future in anesthesiology.

Remember to check back each month for a new episode, or better yet, sign up for the free RSS feed to have the podcast delivered straight to your desktop (paste this link in your media player). Let me know what you think of this format, as we want your feedback to make this feature an interesting and entertaining tool.