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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

➿Preparations are in full swing! 🚀 Next week, it’s finally time for the LOOPS Retreat. We’re looking forward to inspiring encounters, exciting conversations, and a great time together. Stay tuned! ✨🧠

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Thank you to Dr. Matthew Self for a great talk and discussion on how the brain organizes complex visual scenes and the visual cortex! Missed it? Catch the recording, and tune in next month for Dr. Ana Gonzales Rueda on Oct. 14! 🔄🧠 🔗 www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · 07/09/2026

#CallForProposals in the 2nd funding period of the Priority Programme “Sensing LOOPS: Cortico-subcortical Interactions for Adaptive Sensing”. The programme in Neurobiology will build on the results of the first period with emphasis on new aspects. Details: sohub.io/hymv

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Priority Programme “Sensing LOOPS: Cortico-subcortical Interactions for Adaptive Sensing” (SPP 2411)

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🌀Call for Proposals out! We r thrilled: @dfg.de just published the Call for our 2nd funding period 👉🏽SPP2411: sensing LOOPs on cortico-subcortical Interaction in adaptive sensing. If you want to learn more about the details and application process, visit the @dfg.de Website. 🧠✨ #brainloops #spp2411

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🚨 LOOPs webinars are back! We’re excited to host Dr. Matthew Self for our September Webinar, where he’ll explore how loops in the visual cortex underlie scene segmentation and help the brain organize complex visual scenes. 🧠🔄 🗓️ September 9th, 2026 ⏰ 16:00 CEST www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Do you have data on how the neocortex interacts with evolutionary older subcortical areas? Then submit to our collection at @natureportfolio.nature.com Participating journals include @natneuro.nature.com @natcomms.nature.com @commsbio.nature.com and scientific reports!

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

📢 More time to submit! Call for submissions to @natureportfolio.nature.com Loops Collection on circuits, feedback & cortical–subcortical loops Guest-edited by @talking-bat.bsky.social, Markus Rothermel & @stefanieliebe.bsky.social 📅 New deadline: March 1, 2027 Look forward to your submissions!

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🔁 at FENS: Eva Sebastian from our Loopie @jangrundemann.bsky.social's lab is presenting a poster on 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 now at Poster Session 02. 📣Session 02, 14:00-17:30 🧠Cognition and Circuit Dynamics 📎 PS02-07PM-547

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🔁 at FENS: Poster Session 01 features our Loopie Cem Uran, presenting new insights on 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝-𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩-𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐢-𝐫𝐱 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐱 📣 Session 01, 09:30-13:00 🧠 Cognition and Behavior in Memory 📎 PS01-07AM-289

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🔁 at FENS today: Don't miss @grohlex.bsky.social's talk on how thalamocortical bursts encode reward, adapt w/ learning, and are essential for associative learning. 🧠 📣 Hall A, 9:47-10:09 #FENSForum #BrainLoops #SPP2411 #Neuroscience

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

🔁 LOOPs is at FENS 🎉 we're exited to be represented with several talks by @grohlex.bsky.social, @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social, and Johannes Letzkus, alongside multiple posters from across the LOOPs consortium. Stay tuned for highlights and updates! #FENS2026 #Neuroscience #SPP2411 #BrainLoops

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🚨🔁 LOOPs Announcement! The LOOPS Webinar Series is taking a short summer break. Thanks to everyone who joined us so far! We’ll be back on September 9 with our next talk by Dr Matthew Self from University of Glasgow See you after the summer! ☀️🧠 #BrainLoops #Neuroscience

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🔁 LOOPs Webinars! We’ve got an exciting series of talks coming up from leading researchers across neuroscience. Take a look at the schedule below and join us for some fascinating science all year long! 🧠 Don’t miss: June 10th with Dr. Sarah Ruediger 🔗 Register: www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🚨 New LOOPs webinar! We’re excited to host @ruedigersarah.bsky.social for our June Loops Webinar as she shares how vision shapes neural maps of space through an ancient midbrain pathway and more! 🧠✨ 🗓️ June 10th, 2026 ⏰ 16:00 CEST 📍 Register: www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Congrats to our ➰ @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social & colleagues on their recent publication! ✨ Using rare intracranial recordings in humans, the team identified a prev. undescribed fast thalamic oscillation that appears specifically during wakefulness and REM sleep - but disappears during NREM sleep.

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🚨🔄 New LOOPs webinar!! We’re excited to host our May webinar feat. @jasperpoort.bsky.social as he shares insights on how superior colliculus and visual cortex contribute to visual detection during natural behaviour 🧠✨ 🗓️ May 13th, 2026 ⏰ 16:00h CEST 📍 Register: www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-seminars-v2

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

⏰ Big update: deadline extended! Submissions invited for Nature Portfolio’s Loops Collection on circuits, feedback & cortical–subcortical loops, guest-edited by @talking-bat.bsky.social, Markus Rothermel & @stefanieliebe.bsky.social 📅 New deadline: August 19, 2026 🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

📣Exciting News! The proposed symposium by ➰-associate Irene Onorato and @liviadehoz.bsky.social for next year's 17th NWG Meeting in Göttingen has been accepted! 🎉 Stay tuned! #NWG #Neuroscience #LOOPs #SPP2411 #17thGöttingenMeeting

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Small ➰-reunion at the GRC conference on thalamocortical interactions in Italy. Several members participated with excellent talks & posters representing LOOPs within the international scientific community. @jangrundemann.bsky.social @laurabusse.bsky.social @neuro-joao.bsky.social Jorge Jaramillo

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

⏰ Deadline extended! Submit to @natureportfolio.nature.com’s Loops Collection on circuits, feedback & cortical-subcortical loops, guest-edited by @talking-bat.bsky.social, Markus Rothermel & @stefanieliebe.bsky.social 📅 New deadline: May 19, 2026 🔗 www.nature.com/collections/... Submit now! 🧠🔁

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Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

👶 An artificial baby learns to speak A simulated child and a domestic environment like in a computer game: these are the research foundations of the group led by Prof. Jochen Triesch at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) @goetheuni.bsky.social Read the whole story 👉 bit.ly/4pgsfKO

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🚨🔄 New LOOPs webinar alert!! We’re excited to host our February webinar featuring Prof. Dr Jochen Triesch as he shares insights on Predictive Coding Light. Join us for an engaging discussion on predictive coding 🧠✨ 🗓️ February 11th, 2026 ⏰ 15:30h CET 📍 Register: crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Have you signed up for our January webinar yet? Join the discussion as Shizuko Hiryu explores Active Sensing in Bats 🦇🧠 Register: www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🎉 New Year New LOOPs webinar Join us for our January webinar with Shizuko Hiryu from @doshishauniversity.bsky.social and see how bats “see” with sound and how their biological sonar inspires both biology and engineering. 🦇🧠 🗓️ January 21st ⏰ 10:30 AM CET 📍 Register: www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

📣New Paper Out! Our Loopie ➰ Josephine Ansorge shows that two distinct S1 layer 6 corticothalamic pathways differentially regulate POm and VPM activity in a context-dependant manner during whisker sensing in awake mice. 🧠🔁🐭 💡 #LOOPs #Neuroscience #SystemsNeuroscience #BrainCircuits #SPP2411

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Have you registered yet? 👀 @agreco.bsky.social will unpack how predictive processing shapes vision in brains & machines this Wednesday at 4pm CET🧠🤖 Don’t miss it!! Sign up 👉 www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📣Join our last 2025 edition of the LOOPs Webinar 🧠➰ This month @agreco.bsky.social will explore how predictive processing shapes vision in both brains and AI - what models like PredNet reveal (and miss), and how new recurrent architectures combine feedback and variability for more robust perception.

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Sending huge congratulations to Julio Hechavarría @talking-bat.bsky.social on delivering his very first inaugural lecture today at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social! What an exciting start of a new a chapter filled with great ideas, strong science, and bat-driven brainloop insights! 👨🏻‍🏫🦇🧠 #SPP #Neuro

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

‼️LOOPs webinar today! Have you registered yet? Join us to hear Johannes Letzkus talk about “Top down control of neocortical threat memory” at 4pm CET on Crowdcast. 🧠🔁 🔗 www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi... #LOOPs #Neuro #SPP

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🧠✨ Big news! Huge congratulations to Livia De Hoz @liviadehoz.bsky.social on becoming Associate Professor at PDN @universitypress.cambridge.org Wishing Livia an exciting new chapter filled with inspiration, great collaborations, and many breakthroughs ahead ✨ #SPP #Loops #Neuro #Cambridge

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Big milestone for the #LOOPs community! Tong Zhang (Hafed Lab) just became the first LOOPs PhD graduate 🎉 Her thesis reveals how the brain links foveal + peripheral vision across saccades including prediction errors in the superior colliculus. Congrats, Tong! 🙌 🔗 hafedlab.org/2025/08/14/t...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

📣Join our next LOOPs Webinar 🧠➰ This month, Johannes Letzkus will discuss how layer 1 of the neocortex integrates experience and sensation during perception. #Neurosceince #brainloops #LOOPswebinars #SensingLoops

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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

📣 BIG NEWS EVERYONE. I am so excited to announce… 🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉 The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!

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World Women in Neuroscience @worldwomenneuro.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#WWNwebinar Alert! This Oct, in collab with WiNRepo @winrepo.bsky.social, #WorldWomenNeuro will discuss the ongoing underrepresentation of women as invited conference speakers and panelists — and how we can change that. 👉 Oct 23, 6:00 PM CECT (Zoom) Register: shorturl.at/1wExg

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Thank you so much, @ycabral.bsky.social, for such an insightful session on auditory neural entrainment! 🧠🎶 It was a fantastic way to kick off LOOPs after the summer break. 🙌 Stay tuned for our next speaker coming up next month; more exciting neuroscience ahead! 🔄✨ #LOOPsWebinar #SPP #Neuro

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Yuranny Cabral-Calderin @ycabral.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Looking forward to discussing our results on neural and behavioral entrainment to auditory rhythms and tACS. See you today at 4 PM CEST.

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

🧠🎶 Reminder! It’s TODAY!! The LOOPs webinar is today at 4 PM CEST! Join @ycabral.bsky.social for Competing Rhythms: Understanding and Modulating Auditory Neural Entrainment. Join us: www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi... #LOOPsWebinar #Neuroscience #AuditoryPerception #SPP

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

What an amazing few days at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat!! Inspiring talks, discussions, and advice on science, careers, and life all shared in a supportive atmosphere. Huge thanks to @laurabusse.bsky.social, @stefanieliebe.bsky.social, and the organizing committee for this wonderful event!

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Inspiring Career Session and Discussion at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat! Kristine Krug and @katrinfranke.bsky.social shared motivating reflections on decision-making, research, and life in science followed by a great discussion on career paths and growth. 🧠💬✨ #SPP #FB1233 #WomenInSTEM

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

‼️It’s happening! We’re officially kickstarting the joint SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat! So wonderful to see all the inspiring PhDs, PIs, and beyond coming together to connect, share, and support each other. 💬✨ Here’s to a retreat full of inspiration, collaboration, and connection! #SPPXSFB #Neuro

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

LOOPs webinar is back after the summer break! 🔄🎉 Don’t miss @ycabral.bsky.social on Competing Rhythms: Understanding and Modulating Auditory Neural Entrainment uncovering how neural oscillations shape auditory perception.🧠🎶 🗓️ Oct 8th, 2025 🕓 4 PM CEST 📍 Register: www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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C3N @c3neuro.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hello Frankfurt 🇩🇪 - We are excited to share the latest result from our group and collaborators at @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social 🚀🧠 #BernsteinConference Thanks to @brainloops.bsky.social, @ekfstiftung.bsky.social and @cherish-msca.bsky.social for supporting these projects and our scholars.

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Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

If you are interested in 🧠 LOOPS this is for YOU. We are curating an article collection on cortico-subcortical interactions in the vertebrate brain. Participating journals include @commsbio.nature.com @natneuro.nature.com @natcomms.nature.com & SciRep. We look fwd to your contributions!!

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

🌀 Join the Loop! 🌀 Submit to @natureportfolio.nature.com’s Loops Collection on circuits, feedback & cycles, guest-edited by our own Loops crew @talking-bat.bsky.social , Markus Rothermal & @stefanieliebe.bsky.social 📅 Deadline: 28 Feb 2026 ‼️ 🔗 www.nature.com/collections/... Submit now! 🧠🔁

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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 05/09/2025

Looking to improve the quality of your scientific figures? Attend this upcoming webinar to learn the basics of Adobe Illustrator and how you can leverage it to build high-quality scientific figures from raw data. Register today! 🔗 vist.ly/45tdm

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Tobias Rose @trose-neuro.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

BonnBrain 2026 is a go! March 23–25, Bonn (DZNE, Bonn, Germany). Apply now: www.bonnbrain.de Limited slots. Presentations (posters/talks) selected from submitted abstracts. Keynotes & invited speakers 👇

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

🧠🔄 #NeuroThursday Loops paper! 💡 @hunglo.bsky.social, Friedrich Johenning & team show that during binge feeding, OT GABA neurons silence piriform cortex → flavors fade, fullness lags and eating continues! Who knew smell circuits could fuel overeating? 🐭🧋 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Feeding-induced olfactory cortex suppression reduces satiation

Binge feeding commonly leads to overeating. Experiencing flavor during food consumption contributes to satiation. Still, the interactions between flav…

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

👨‍🏫🧠🦇 Bat-tastic news! Huge congratulations to our LOOPie 🔄 Julio Hechavarria @talking-bat.bsky.social on starting his Professorship at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social 🚀 Wishing you much success, inspiration and fullfilment ahead✨ #SPP2411 #Loops #DFG #brainloops #Neuroscience

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Hung Lo 羅鴻 @hunglo.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I'm more than psyched to share that my PhD paper is now out in Neuron! It's also my first paper as both first author and corresponding author, which means even more to me! Thank my partner Chi-Chieh for her contribution to the most adorable ever graphic abstract 🥰

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LMU München @lmu.de · 15/07/2025

Two #LMU projects receive ERC #ProofOfConcept Grants! 🌿 Silke Robatzek is pursuing a novel approach in plant protection strategies. 🧠 @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social optimizes deep brain stimulation with functional markers. #LMU #ERC #ResearchInThePractice Read more here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

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