Kevin Mitchell
I am a neurogeneticist interested in the genetics of brain wiring and its contribution to variation in human faculties. Author of INNATE (2018).
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Michael Blastland 24 October 2019
YouTube 9d 3 tweets
Caught between the clamour to be heard and the modesty of what we often truly know, pity the poor public. What should they believe? Politics (of course), but...
Structural variation in the sequencing era
Nature Reviews Genetics 3d 2 tweets
To map the full extent of structural variation in the human genome, detection methods are needed that improve on short-read approaches. This Review discusses how ensemble algorithms and emerging sequencing technologies are helping to resolve the...
Tracking Fastballs - Science Updates - Science NetLinks
Sciencenetlinks.com 18h 1 tweets
To hit a fastball, a batter’s brain has to predict when it’ll come across the plate.
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Kevin Mitchell Tracking Fastballs - involves literally seeing into the future (or at least forward into the present)... 18h
The Problem With Quantum Theory | Full Interview | Tim Maudlin
YouTube 146d 4 tweets
From Schrödinger's cat to General Relativity, Professor of Philosopher at NYU, Tim Maudlin, explains the problem with quantum theory today and how the founda...
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Kevin Mitchell Really enjoyed this interview with Tim Maudlin: The Problem With Quantum Theory HT 18h
Samoa declares state of emergency as measles spreads across Pacific
The Irish Times 20h 2 tweets
Measles cases are rising globally as some parents shun immunisation for mostly unscientific reasons
How to Explain Behavior?
Wiley Online Library 37h 1 tweets
Unlike behaviorism, cognitive psychology relies on mental concepts to explain behavior. Yet mental processes are not directly observable and multiple explanations are possible, which poses a challeng...
Variability in the analysis of a single neuroimaging dataset by many teams
bioRxiv 54h 7 tweets
Data analysis workflows in many scientific domains have become increasingly complex and flexible. To assess the impact of this flexibility on functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) results, the same dataset was independently analyzed by 70...
#narps - Neuroimaging Analysis Replication and Prediction Study
Narps.info 51h 2 tweets
Health Minister warns against ‘scam’ autism treatment
Irishexaminer.com 35h 1 tweets
A “scam” autism treatment at clinics in Cork and Dublin is charging thousands of euro for what it says is a stem-cell-based procedure.
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Kevin Mitchell I'm very pleased to see that a "clinic" offering stem cell "therapy" (WTAF?) for autism in Ireland has been rightly criticised: Health Minister warns against ‘scam’ autism treatment 35h
How Unproven Stem Cell Therapies Are Costing Desperate Patients
Texas Monthly - Texas Monthly 11d 3 tweets
Many researchers believe in the potential of stem cells to treat a host of diseases. But for some patients, lack of oversight of the multibillion-dollar industry has had disastrous consequences.
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Kevin Mitchell How Unproven Stem Cell Therapies Are Costing Desperate Patients - hard to see how any legitimate scientists and clinicians can be involved with this and live with themselves 36h
Love, smell and memory: exploring the brain circuits for learned and innate behaviour | Royal Society
Royalsociety.org 36h 1 tweets
Francis Crick Lecture 2019 given by Dr Gregory Jefferis
Climate Research in Ireland with Dr Brian Kelleher
YouTube 41d 2 tweets
"The ocean is changing because of our combustion of fossil fuels and the emission of vast quantities of carbon into the atmosphere" Dr Brian Kelleher, SFI fu...
Direct provision: 20 years of an ‘inhumane’ system
Sorcha Pollak - The Irish Times 43h 1 tweets
The origins and current realities of Ireland’s method of housing asylum seekers
Organoids Don’t Accurately Model Human Brain Development
The Scientist Magazine® 25d 4 tweets
A new study suggests that growing in a stressful environment prevents “brains-in-a-dish” from growing in the same way as their in vivo counterparts.
A New Study Suggests That Apes Really Might Have a Theory of Mind
Ed Yong - The Atlantic 3d 11 tweets
The latest volley in a decades-long debate involved one scientist dressing up as King Kong and stealing from his colleague.
Population phenomena inflate genetic associations of complex social traits.
bioRxiv 3d 3 tweets
Heritability, genetic correlation and genetic associations estimated from samples of unrelated individuals are often perceived as confirmation that genotype causes the phenotype(s). However, these estimates can arise from indirect mechanisms due to...
How One Neuron Regulates Two Separate Behaviors
The Scientist Magazine® 58h 2 tweets
A major sensory neuron in roundworms distinguishes proprioception from harmful touch by sending out local or whole-cell signals, respectively.
Resurgent and Gating Pore Currents Induced by De Novo SCN2A Epilepsy Mutations
eNeuro 57h 1 tweets
Over 150 mutations in the SCN2A gene, which encodes the neuronal Nav1.2 protein, have been implicated in human epilepsy cases. Of these, R1882Q and R853Q are two of the most commonly reported mutations. This study utilized voltage-clamp...
Stan Lee Unleashed the Heroic Power of the Outcast
Wired 3d 1 tweets
Stan Lee, who died in November at the age of 95, turned comic books into art through his ability to empower others.
Kevin Mitchell Stan Lee Unleashed the Heroic Power of the Outcast via 3d
Single-cell transcriptomes and whole-brain projections of serotonin neurons in the mouse dorsal and median raphe nuclei
eLife 3d 2 tweets
The combination of single-cell transcriptomics and whole-brain mapping of bulk and single-cell projections reveals the relationship between the molecular architecture, cell body distribution, and axonal arborization of serotonin neurons.
Kevin Mitchell Single-cell transcriptomes and whole-brain projections of serotonin neurons in the mouse dorsal and median raphe nuclei - beautiful work! 👏 3d