{"id":485,"date":"2023-10-31T18:33:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T18:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.thetransmitter.org\/?page_id=485"},"modified":"2023-11-10T17:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T17:27:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thetransmitter.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About <em>The Transmitter<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"acf":{"comps":[{"acf_fc_layout":"section_title_comp","section_title":"Curating neuroscience, connecting community"},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy_comp","copy":"<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Transmitter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an essential resource for the neuroscience community, dedicated to helping scientists at all career stages stay current and build connections.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The publication aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance research. As part of that mission, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Transmitter <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers a steady stream of up-to-date news and analysis of the field, written by journalists and scientists.<\/span>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"section_title_comp","section_title":"Our history"},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy_comp","copy":"<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Transmitter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> launched in November 2023, developed by the same team that produces the award-winning <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spectrum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> magazine. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spectrum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> began in 2008 as the News &amp; Opinion section of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative site, SFARI.org. In 2015, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spectrum<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> relaunched as an editorially independent online identity.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we have evolved, we have experimented with story forms and the areas we cover, incorporating an ever-expanding range of voices. But one thing that has never wavered is our commitment to provide accurate and objective coverage of science and the people who shape it. <\/span>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"section_title_comp","section_title":"Praise for <em>The Transmitter<\/em>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote_comp","quote_author":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetransmitter.org\/contributor\/andre-fenton\/\">Andr\u00e9 Fenton<\/a>","quote":"I'm looking forward to finding out through <i>The Transmitter<\/i> what people think is compelling and potentially transformative in the realm of intellectual development."},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote_comp","quote_author":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetransmitter.org\/contributor\/sheena-josselyn\/\">Sheena Josselyn<\/a>","quote":"What drew me to this publication is that it is freely available to all and will serve as a welcoming and open virtual meeting place to discuss the latest trends in neuroscience and the sociology of science in general."},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote_comp","quote_author":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetransmitter.org\/contributor\/nicole-rust\/\">Nicole Rust<\/a>","quote":"When I first heard about <em>The Transmitter<\/em> \u2026 I was just really excited about the idea that we would finally have a place where we could have high-level discussions that would connect across different subfields and brain research."},{"acf_fc_layout":"quote_comp","quote_author":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetransmitter.org\/contributor\/joshua-sanes\/\">Josh Sanes<\/a>","quote":"Over the past several years, the Simons Foundation\u2019s <em>Spectrum<\/em> newsletter has become the most valuable, up-to-date source of information about autism research \u2014 clearly written, fair and accessible to specialists and non-specialists alike. However, autism research is only one small fraction of all neuroscience research, and there has not been an equivalent source for the rest. [<em>The<\/em>] <em>Transmitter<\/em> can address that broader audience. Simons\u2019 success with <em>Spectrum<\/em> makes me confident that they will succeed with [<em>The<\/em>] <em>Transmitter<\/em>."},{"acf_fc_layout":"section_title_comp","section_title":"Funding"},{"acf_fc_layout":"copy_comp","copy":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funding for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Transmitter <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comes from the Simons Foundation, but our team is editorially independent. 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