The Transmitter

The Transmitter

Editor-in-chief	Ivan Oransky
Categories	Science journalism
Publisher	Simons Foundation
Founded	November 13, 2023; 13 months ago (2023-11-13)
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	thetransmitter.org

The Transmitter is an online publication dedicated to neuroscience research news and commentary. Aimed at professionals from across the neuroscience discipline, the website is an editorially-independent publication of the Simons Foundation.[1]

History

Spectrum

In 2008, the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative website debuted a News & Opinion section, which relaunched as Spectrum magazine in 2015.[2] The online publication was dedicated to new findings in autism spectrum disorder research.[3] It was funded by the Simons Foundation.[4][5]

The Transmitter

The Spectrum editorial team founded The Transmitter to expand the publication's neuroscience coverage beyond the autism field; autism stories are covered on The Transmitter within a dedicated Spectrum vertical.[6] Like its predecessor, The Transmitter is funded by the Simons Foundation but maintains editorial independence.[1][7] The new website was launched on November 13, 2023, with an announcement at a satellite event hosted by the Simons Foundation during the 2023 Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington, D.C..[7][8]

Editors-in-chief

Editor-in-chief	Editor from	Editor to
Apoorva Mandavilli[9]	2015	2020
Ivan Oransky[10]	2020	–

Leadership

Editorial staff

• Ivan Oransky, editor-in-chief[11]
• Kristin Ozelli, executive editor[7]
• Nicholette Zeliadt, managing editor
• Nektaria Pastellas, director of marketing and engagement
• Emily Singer, opinion and community editor
• Brady Huggett, enterprise editor

Contributing editors

• Adrienne Fairhall, professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Washington
• André Fenton, professor of neural science at New York University
• Daniel Geschwind, professor of neurology at University of California, Los Angeles
• Sheena Josselyn, senior scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children
• Russell Poldrack, professor of psychology at Stanford University
• Nicole Rust, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania
• Joshua Sanes, neurobiologist and founding director of the Center for Brain Science at Harvard University
• Anthony Zador, professor of biology at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Advisory board

• Deborah Blum, director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Marion Greenup, special advisor for the Simons Foundation Autism Research Institute
• David Gresham, professor of biology at New York University
• Laura Helmuth, editor-in-chief of Scientific American
• Rebecca Jones, senior clinical research scientist at Imagen Technologies
• Robin Marantz Henig, contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine
• Temitayo Oyegbile-Chidi, associate professor of neurology at University of California, Davis
• Jason Penchoff, senior director of marketing and communications at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

See also

• Quanta Magazine, a publication dedicated to science and mathematics also supported by the Simons Foundation

References

1. n.a. "New Neuroscience Publication, The Transmitter, Will Inform and Connect the Field". Simons Foundation. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. n.a. "About Spectrum". Spectrum News. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
3. n.a. "About Spectrum". Spectrum. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
4. Oransky, Ivan. "Welcome to The Transmitter". The Transmitter. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
5. n.a. "Resources: Spectrum News". Brain Initiative Alliance. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
6. Oransky, Ivan. "Welcome to The Transmitter". The Transmitter. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
7. n.a. "A Day in the Life of Kristin Ozelli". The Open Notebook. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
8. n.a. "Satellite Events". Society for Neuroscience. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
9. n.a. "Team". Spectrum. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
10. n.a. "Ivan Oransky Named Editor-in-Chief of Spectrum". Simons Foundation. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
11. n.a. "Staff". The Transmitter. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

External links

• Official website