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@neurocircuits

What is the brain? Personal account, all views my own. Reposts meant as informative and not implying endorsement.

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Neuroscientist who is great with new media and cares about scientific rigor? DM me. We want to hire someone like you (part time).

10.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When I read your post, all I could see was this

10.03.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, next week I'm guessing the cherry trees will be at their peak!

10.03.2026 00:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our cherry tree does too, first couple blossoms came out today

10.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

heads to discogs...

08.03.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How on earth did that ever happen? And I like the attention on J but both Mikes barely shown 😢 did they know what they had there that night?!?! Amazing.

08.03.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Super cool

07.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

End of week mental reset

06.03.2026 21:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

YES

06.03.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!!

06.03.2026 05:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Science Closes $230 Million Series C to Fund Commercialization of PRIMA BCI Retinal Implant and Expansion of Clinical Trials | Science Corporation Science Corporation is a clinical-stage medical technology company.

breaking: science corp gets to do more science

science.xyz/news/series-c/

05.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Can electrical microstimulation be used to steer cortical population activity on- and off-manifold? Our new preprint says yes β€” using data-driven control in macaque PFC. Joint work with @gbarzon.bsky.social, Anandita De, Isaac Moran, Conner Carnahan, and Luca Mazzucato.

05.03.2026 00:05 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

skinny legs

04.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He would be so into an Albuquerque math-metal band that put out only 1 EP back in the 80s and you'd never hear the end of it

02.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Was wondering if it's warm enough for them yet! Went for a long walk yesterday and was hoping to see snakes but no luck. This one is a beaut.

01.03.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸͺ„Using my CA girl powers to summon up some sunny weather for the inaugural Neuroscience of Social Behavior GRC! Welcome attendees!

01.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

Monitoring gene expression in the brain with a simple blood test?

In collaboration with @jerzyszablowski.bsky.social & his lab we figured out how to do it nonhuman primates using noninvasive neuroengineering of synthetic serum markers.

nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

27.02.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

NYU's Center for Neural Science is seeking a faculty candidate that would be jointly appointed with our Tandon School of Engineering. We are looking for post-doc applicants with neuroengineering or computational backgrounds.

apply.interfolio.com/182074

24.02.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

New preprint from the lab.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Discovering macroscale functional organization on the structure of brain-like recurrent neural networks

21.02.2026 01:44 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mice Against Ticks | Join the Fight Against Lyme Disease Mice Against Ticks is a community-guided project working to stop Lyme disease with Lyme-immune white-footed mice. Explore our research, local partnerships, and vision for reducing tick-borne illness.

So proud this multi-year effort is finally out. Led by my exceptional collaborator Joanna Buchthal, who put her blood, sweat, and literal tears into making a real impact for communities impacted by Lyme disease. bit.ly/MAT-tracking

More papers soon.

Learn more & support: miceagainstticks.com

20.02.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Really like! What are you playing? The tone is quite handsome.

20.02.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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19.02.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

So happy to announce my first published paper: Neuropixels reveal laminar microcircuit organization in monkey V1 in vivo
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

18.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Department Chair, Duke Neurobiology - Duke University, Durham job with Duke University - School of Medicine | 12852576 The Duke University School of Medicine (SOM) seeks a distinguished neuroscientist to serve as the next Chair of the Department of Neurobiology.

Link in quoted post and here:
www.nature.com/naturecareer...

18.02.2026 06:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another reminder as we've crossed into the second half of February. There's still time to apply for the Neurobiology Chair position at Duke University! Just send in a letter of interest and CV by Feb 28. Love of Duke basketball is not required.

18.02.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Neuroscience has a species problem If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.

The biggest problem holding neuroscience back right now isn’t data or tools, thanks in large part to the BRAIN Initiative.

It’s fragmentation across species. I wrote this to hopefully spark discussion around an issue that can only be solved as a communityπŸ‘‡

www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...

16.02.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 105 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 16

πŸ§ͺ🧠 New preprint: helping resolve a decades-long debate in synaptic plasticity

NMDA receptors are central to Hebbian learning. Yet for >30 years, the existence and function of presynaptic NMDA receptors have remained controversial.

πŸ“„ doi.org/10.64898/202...

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16.02.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

Good luck. Also, I think my end-to-end encryption technology, Whisper, could add value to your product.

14.02.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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From Monitoring to Prediction: How Cardiovascular Digital Twins Could Transform Arrhythmia Care Amanda Randles, PhD,Β explores how cardiovascular β€œdigital twins” could move arrhythmia care beyond reactive monitoring toward proactive, personalized management.

What if arrhythmia care moved from detecting events to anticipating risk? I spoke with Jodie Elrod and the EP Lab Digest team about how cardiovascular digital twins could inform prediction and personalized decisions.

13.02.2026 04:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wonderful list

12.02.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0