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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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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

Fascinating talk by Harini Sudha at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat about Adaptive Retinal Models with Deep Reinforcement Learning and how deep reinforcement learning can model adaptive processes in the retina. #WomenInSTEM #SPP #SFB1233

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

Great talk by Hongyu Li at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat on Cortico-thalamic interactions in visual processing through thalamic reticular nuclei (TRN).” She explored cortical feedback via the TRN shapes visual processing in the thalamus. 🐭🧠 #WomenInSTEM #SPP #SFB1233

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

Engaging presentation by @nkraynyukova.bsky.social at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat on Tracking changes in mouse V1 visual responses over time.👁️🧠 A fascinating look into how visual cortical activity evolves and adapts across time in the mouse brain. #WomenInSTEM #SPP #SFB1233

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

Insightful talk by @muthujeyanthi.bsky.social at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat on Gamma-Theta-Spike Coupling Coordinates Sequential Memory in Human MTL. 🧠✨ A fascinating exploration of how rhythmic neural interactions support the organization of human memory. #WomenInSTEM #SPP #SFB1233

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

Great talk by @florentyna-d.bsky.social at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat exploring how suppressed-by-contrast cells shape visual responses in the mouse brain. 🐭💬 #WomenInSTEM #SPP #SFB1233

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

Fantastic insights from @meghaldani.bsky.social at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat on SemioLLM: Evaluating LLMs for Diagnostic Reasoning in Epilepsy. AI meets neuroscience in this innovative approach to clinical data. Special thanks to Hongyu Li for being a great chair to the session!✨ #SPP #SFB

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

Insightful talk by Chen-Chen Cai at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat on Robust Neural and Behavioral Object-Background Segregation in Mice. She showed how neural circuits enable perceptual stability by distinguishing objects from complex backgrounds. 🐭🧠 #WomenInSTEM #SPP #SFB1233

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

Wonderful talk by Josephine Ansorge at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat on Somatosensory control of thalamic relay neurons is regulated by two distinct layer 6 feedback systems. So exciting to learn how layered cortical feedback modulates thalamic processing! 💬✨ #WomenInSTEM #SPP #SFB1233

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

Fantastic opening talk by @stefanieliebe.bsky.social at the SPP x SFB1233 Women’s Retreat where she shared inspiring insights on Women in Science, from navigating academia to fostering supportive research environments! 💬💪 #WomenInSTEM #SPP #SFB1233

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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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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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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🌟 Exciting News! 🌟 The SPP Women’s Retreat is officially on and this year, we’re teaming up with the amazing women of SFB1233 for a joint retreat! 💬✨ We’re grateful to @stefanieliebe.bsky.social and @laurabusse.bsky.social for helping bring this collaboration to life! #WomenInScience #Neuro #spp

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

☀️ Summer Break! Loops webinars are on pause for August & September We’ll be back in October with more Loops, insights, and sharp sessions. Enjoy your summer! 💙 #LoopsWebinars #SummerBreak #SeeYouInOctober #spp #neuro

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🚨‼️ TODAY: LOOPs Webinar Reminder ‼️🚨 Don’t miss TODAY’s webinar by @roselynechauvin.bsky.social on how high-res neuroimaging reveals reversible changes in motor circuits during arm immobilization 🧠💪 🗓️ July 9th, 2025 (Today!!) 🕓 4 PM CEST 📍 Watch here 👉 www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🔄‼️ LOOPs Webinar Alert Upcoming: Mapping Motor Plasticity Join @roselynechauvin.bsky.social as she shows how high-res neuroimaging reveals reversible changes in the cortico-subcortical motor circuit during arm immobilization 🧠💪 📅 July 9th, 2025 🕓 4pm CEST 🔗 crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi...

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

🔄‼️ LOOPs Webinar Alert This week: How did the thalamus evolve to shape behavior? Join @brunoaverbeck.bsky.social as he explores how the thalamus fits into forebrain networks across evolution and development 🧠 📅 June 11, 2025 🕓 4pm CEST 🔗 crowdcast.io/c/loops-seminars-v2

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

🔄‼️ LOOPs Webinar Alert Can a single neuron hold the concept of a person? Florian Mormann @unibonn.bsky.social discusses “Single-neuron correlates of perception & memory in the human medial temporal lobe” 📅 May 14, 2025 🕓 4pm CEST 🔗 crowdcast.io/c/loops-seminars-v2 #Neuroscience #LoopsSeminars

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

🚨 LOOPS Webinar! 🚨 Join Prof. Jens Kremkow in this week’s exciting webinar as he explores how excitatory and inhibitory Superior Collicular neurons process retinal input in mice, with a comparison to thalamocortical circuits! 🧠🔄 🗓️April 9 | 4 PM CEST 🔗 www.crowdcast.io/c/loops-semi... #spp #Neuro

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

LOOPs spotted! 👀 @muthujeyanthi.bsky.social is presenting a poster on The Role of Gamma Oscillations in Stimulus Encoding and Memory Maintenance During a Sequential Memory Task in Human Medial Temporal Lobe at T25-3D. If you’re at #NWG2025, go check it out! @neurowissg.bsky.social #LoopsatNWG

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Spotted! 👀 Our Loopie Siran Sireci presenting a poster on functional characterization of target-defined MTCs in olfactory information processing at T19. If you’re at #NWG2025, swing by and check it out! @neurowissg.bsky.social #LoopsatNWG

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

LOOPS in action at #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social! 🧠 @muthujeyanthi.bsky.social shared fascinating insights on gamma oscillations in memory encoding. 🦇 @shivanihari.bsky.social gave an exciting talk on cerebellar activity predicting vocalization in bats. #LoopsatNWG #Neuroscience

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

🚨Breaking News at #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social🚨 Our Loopie Siran Sireci (Magdeburg) presented in “Symposium 12 – Breaking News I” discussing the functional characterization of target-defined MTCs in olfactory information processing, shedding new light on how these circuits operate! #LoopsatNWG

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

A perfect way to wrap up Symposium 6 - Sensing LOOPS with @liviadehoz.bsky.social ‘s fantastic talk on how noise influences cortico-subcortical loops, offering captivating insights into auditory processing in the brain at #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social!

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Incredible talk by Jorge Jaramillo at #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social in Symposium 6 - Sensing LOOPS where he shared an exciting computational framework revealing how subcortical-cortical interactions drive cognition! #LoopsatNWG

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Our young investigator @alicedespatin.bsky.social explored multisensory integration and modality-specific decision-making in the frontal cortex and superior colliculus, providing valuable insights into these decision-making processes at Symposium 6 - Sensing Loops #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Amazing talk by Kristin Krug at #NWG2025 @neurowissg.bsky.social in Symposium 6 - Sensing LOOPS discussing the hierarchical and reciprocal connections involved in visual cognition in the primate brain, offering a clear look into how these neural pathways support our perception

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Great kickstart to Symp 6 on “Sensing LOOPS: cortico-subcortical interactions for adaptive sensing, perception and learning?” with Denise Manahan Vaughan’s talk! Insightful exploration of context-dependent corticofugal control by the somatosensory cortex in thalamic processing. #LoopsatNWG #NWG2025

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

🚨 We’re live at #NWG2025! 🚨 Don’t miss Symposium 6: Sensing LOOPS 🧠 📍 Hall 9 ⏰ In 30 min – 14:30-16:30 Join us as we explore how cortico-subcortical loops shape adaptive sensing, perception, learning, and plasticity across species and sensory systems. Come loop in! 🔄 #Neuroscience #LoopsatNWG

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The Loops Retreat is at full swing! So nice to meet everyone again and engage in lively discussions… #spp2411 #brainloops

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LOOPs_spp2411 @brainloops.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

📣Don't miss today's LOOPs Webinar held by Prof. Ziad M. Hafed 👇

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

📣Delighted to announce the first LOOPs Webinar talk of the year! 🧠 Join us on Crowdcast this Wednesday, 4pm CET to enjoy Prof. Ziad Hafed's talk! #SPP2411 #Brainloops #LOOPsWebinars #DFG #crowdcast

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