The rise of interdisciplinary neuroscience fields—e.g., neuroethics, neurolaw, educational neuroscience, and neuroeconomics—has created exciting opportunities for applying neuroscience to societal challenges. This webinar offers practical strategies, real-world examples, and mentorship, equipping neuroscience trainees to navigate emerging career paths. By exploring intersections with ethics, law, policy, and beyond, participants will gain actionable tools to create meaningful societal impact.

Join SfN and The Grass Foundation for an exciting panel discussion on the importance of cultural competence in STEM. Each scientist brings their unique identities and cultural backgrounds into their professional space. These valuable assets can influence perceptions and leadership styles. In this webinar, panelists Brian Dias, Chanel Matney, and Tracey Hermanstyne will share their personal experiences and leadership strategies for navigating these dynamics in both academic and nonacademic environments. Moderated by Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar, the conversation will highlight the importance of authenticity and fostering a more inclusive and culturally aware scientific community.

Srikanth Ramaswamy, PhD, is an associate professor in computational neuroscience and AI at Newcastle University, where he directs the Neural Circuits Laboratory. He is a SfN Community Leader. Previously a founding scientist of the Blue Brain Project at EPFL and a Marie Curie Fellow, he is a Fulbright Scholar at MIT and a Theoretical Sciences Visiting Scholar at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. His research focuses on neuromodulation in biological and artificial neural networks. He is a founding member of the ALBA network, which advances diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience globally and leads the global diversity task force.

In this Chapters Spotlight, learn more about SfN’s Sun City Chapter Leader, Briana Pinales, PhD. Pinales is the founder of the Sun City Chapter in El Paso, Texas, re-established to share science within the border town. Pinales’ mission was to help cultivate the next generation of scientists and to help students succeed, for instance, by presenting their research at Neuroscience 2023. Read her story and learn more about SfN’s local chapters here.

In this Chapters Spotlight, learn more about SfN’s Global Membership Committee (GMC) Chapters Leader Shannon Farris, PhD. Farris is the chair of the Chapters Subcommittee, the group that leads initiatives for chapter engagement within SfN. She has led the group for the past three years. She is also a member of the GMC, where she shares chapter-related news and recommends chapter activation or reactivation petitions for approval. Read her story and learn more about SfN’s local chapters here.

At Neuroscience 2024, Srikanth Ramaswamy, PhD, took part in a professional development workshop (PDW) that addressed the uses (and fears) of artificial intelligence (AI) as well as entryways into AI employment. AI is taking the academic and public imagination by storm and is changing ways of thinking about utilizing its analytic and generative power. Watch this video to learn more about Ramaswamy’s journey as a scientist and how he got involved in neuro-AI, as well as what skills you will need to pursue a career in neuro-AI.

Shangzhou Xia and Zhen Zhao discuss their paper, “Atp13a5 Marker Reveals Pericyte Specification in the Mouse Central Nervous System,” published in Vol. 44, Issue 43 of JNeurosci, with Megan Sansevere from SfN’s Journals’ staff.

Mentorship is essential within the neuroscience community, and helps shape the future of science through collaboration, support, and shared knowledge. The first season of the "Think Alike?" podcast explores the mentorship journey in the neuroscience field and poses the question, do mentors and mentees think alike? Whether you're looking to improve lab dynamics, navigate career transitions, or strengthen mentorship relationships, this podcast offers valuable guidance for everyone in academia across all career stages.

In this webinar, we will walk through how to build high quality scientific figures step-by-step from raw data. The webinar is perfect for anyone who has never used Adobe Illustrator or for novice users who want to increase the quality of their scientific figures and learn tips and tricks to increase efficiency.

All researchers will be asked to participate in the peer review process as reviewers, but an invitation can be daunting without adequate guidance. This webinar will cover the basics of reviewing a paper—from getting started to structuring feedback for authors—as well as how to get involved, tips on mentoring new reviewers, and some lesser-known benefits of agreeing to review. Attendees can submit questions at registration and during the webinar.