Mentorship is an invaluable resource in every stage of your career. Join this live ask-me-anything style webinar with neuroscientists who contributed to Neuronline’s mentoring podcast, “Think Alike?” to get your questions answered about topics ranging from seeking out a mentor and navigating your career journey, to fostering professional growth within your lab.

In this episode, Jan Naegele, PhD, and her former graduate student, Meghan Van Zandt, PhD, discuss strategies for building confidence and public speaking skills as a scientist, touching on personal experiences from graduate school to current research endeavors. Dive into their stories about mentoring, public speaking, and the importance of collaboration in the lab. This episode is a must-listen for anyone interested in the intersection of science and effective communication!

Amy Griffin, SuHyeong Kim, Anna Klintsova, and Hailey Rosenblum discuss their paper, “Choice Behaviors and Prefrontal–Hippocampal Coupling Are Disrupted in a Rat Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders,” published in Vol. 45, Issue 10 of JNeurosci, with Editor-in-Chief Sabine Kastner.

Chapters further SfN’s mission at the community level by providing opportunities for neuroscientists to network, educate communities about neuroscience, and engage in local advocacy. Learn about the range of activities that chapters take on throughout the year, how to start your own chapter, and other useful advice in this collection.

In this spotlight on SfN Chapters, learn more about SfN’s Chapters Subcommittee Chair Sergiy Yakovenko. Read on to learn about his passion for community outreach and advice for local chapter leaders looking to bolster membership. Learn more about SfN’s local chapters here.

Join this interactive session as Megan Hagenauer and Daniela Schiller discuss their paper, “Promoting Open Discussions of Scientific Failure within the Annual Society for Neuroscience Conference”, with eNeuro Editor-in-Chief Christophe Bernard. Attendees can submit questions at registration and live during the webinar. 

In this episode, Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar, PhD, and her former students, Dinah Ramos Ortolaza, PhD and Paola Muñoz Rodriguez, discuss the importance of nurturing diverse talent in the field, share their experiences navigating challenges from hurricanes to imposter syndrome, and reflect on how to help mentees thrive in their careers.

For the last ten years, Neuronline has been the Society for Neuroscience’s home for learning and discussion. Neuroscientists of all career stages can share great science, forge collaborations, and grow their career with Neuronline’s variety of webinars, articles, videos, and podcasts. To celebrate its ten-year anniversary, check out these ten resources from Neuronline over the years.

Tim Spellman discusses his paper, “An Open-Source 3D-Printable Platform for Testing Head-Fixed Cognitive Flexibility in Rodents,” with Reviewing Editor Mark Laubach. Spellman and Laubach also discuss the bigger picture benefits of sharing open-source tools and data for reproducibility and for cost-effective solutions that any lab can use.

The 19th-annual Capitol Hill Day, SfN’s hallmark advocacy event of the year, took place March 11–March 13, 2025, during which 49 advocates met with 57 congressional offices across 29 states.