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Darya Frank

@darya-frank.bsky.social
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Cognitive neuroscientist; memory, hippocampus, and surprises. Royal Society University Research Fellow @ University of Manchester PI, Dynamic and Adaptive Memory lab frankmemorylab.github.io

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Jörn Alexander Quent @jaquent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Proud to share our latest preprint with my very special @mengya-zhang.bsky.social (🥰). Briefly, we studied how the degree to which CA1 responses are the same (reinstatement) or different (novelty response) supports memory, echoing a central tension in the field. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Jörn Alexander Quent @jaquent.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Really important (failed) replication attempt of subsequent memory effects in RSA. We need more of this. 👇 Out in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
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Replicability of representational similarity and its role in successful memory retrieval
Abstract. Studies of hippocampal pattern similarity during event encoding and its relationship to subsequent memory retrieval have revealed inconsistent results. Our laboratory recently found evidence...
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Marta Silva @martamasilva.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Check out our new paper! 🧠 Me, @xiongbowu.bsky.social and @fuentemilla.bsky.social review how reactivation at the end of events support memory formation and propose it serves multiple functions from preventing interference to helping preserve temporal continuity! ✨ www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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Neural reactivation supports memory formation when events end
Memory routinely transforms continuous experience into discrete episodes that support flexible retrieval. We propose that these structured representations are established via rapid neural reactivation...
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Rik Henson @rhens.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Thanks to Kshipra Guranandan, my notebook on how to design efficient fMRI experiments (for activity, connectivity and pattern analysis) is now available in Python as a Jupyter notebook (as well as previous Matlab): github.com/RikHenson/fM...
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GitHub - RikHenson/fMRIefficiency
Contribute to RikHenson/fMRIefficiency development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🧠 New opportunity for a combined PhD+Graduate Teaching Assistant position, see especially @tomdonoghue.bsky.social's and mine project on spectral parameterization models across cognitive contexts: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Graduate Teaching Assistant:Oxford Road
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Nico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We're finally getting the tools to study replay in humans. But why bother? What can we learn from it that we don't know from rodent recordings? Our thoughts are now out in a new TICS Forum Great fun writing this w @smfleming.bsky.social + @maritpetzka.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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What can we learn from studying replay in humans?
Noninvasive methods are making it possible to study neural replay in humans. Although focused on alignment with rodent findings, human research often …
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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Cortical gamma oscillations riding on top hippocampal ripples help “tune” how the cortex responds later. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience
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Human hippocampal ripples tune cortical responses based on predicted uncertainty - Nature Neuroscience
Using direct recordings from the human brain, Frank et al. show that hippocampal ripples increase ahead of unpredictable events and tune the visual cortex to respond faster and more strongly to surpri...
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
📣 Thrilled to share our recent work in @natneuro.nature.com. Using direct recordings from the human hippocampus and visual cortex, we asked how the brain prepares to encode information when upcoming events are unpredictable, and what ripples do in that process. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Human hippocampal ripples tune cortical responses based on predicted uncertainty - Nature Neuroscience
Using direct recordings from the human brain, Frank et al. show that hippocampal ripples increase ahead of unpredictable events and tune the visual cortex to respond faster and more strongly to surpri...
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
📣 First paper from the lab! 🎉🧠 Led by brilliant MRes students Aysha and Zhiyun, we found exploring a novel, unpredictable VR environment retroactively enhanced memory in humans: rdcu.be/fc496
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Probing Behavioural Tagging in Humans: Spatial Memory Reveals Novelty-driven Retroactive Enhancement
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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
We are very excited to officially announced that ICOM - The International Conference on Memory - is back in 2027 from 26th-30th July! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪
Poster advertising ICOM 26th-30th July 2027 with 8 keynote speakers
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
📣 First paper from the lab! 🎉🧠 Led by brilliant MRes students Aysha and Zhiyun, we found exploring a novel, unpredictable VR environment retroactively enhanced memory in humans: rdcu.be/fc496
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Probing Behavioural Tagging in Humans: Spatial Memory Reveals Novelty-driven Retroactive Enhancement
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Great discussions and wonderful time at @yorkpsychology.bsky.social, thanks for the invitation & hospitality @aidanhorner.bsky.social!
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Last week to apply!
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 15/01/2026
The Royal Society's Newton International Fellowships are now open for applications, aimed at non-UK early career scientists who wish to conduct research in the UK. Find out more and apply by 11 March: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/newton-inte…
Dr. Alice Gauthey, a Newton International Fellow, standing in a forest, smiling at the camera and holding a leaf. A quote about establishing early-career research independence appears next to her, attributed to her and mentioning The Royal Society: "I wanted to establish greater independence as an early-career researcher. The Newton International Fellowship provided both the time and the resources to develop a strong research portfolio."
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
📣 We have a new PhD studentship (UK home students) at @fbmh-uom.bsky.social funded by @royalsociety.org. Interested in human memory, VR, and neuroimaging? This is the project for you 🧠 tinyurl.com/memoryVRPhD Application deadline January 31st!
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
📣 🧠 We have a new PhD studentship at @fbmh-uom.bsky.social with Caroline Lea-Carnall & @tomdonoghue.bsky.social: Dopamine, brain networks & plasticity research. Computational modelling + multimodal neuroimaging: tinyurl.com/yr58xj8v Application deadline Nov 15th!
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(Bicentenary) Modelling the effects of dopaminergic neuromodulation on brain state and function at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - (Bicentenary) Modelling the effects of dopaminergic neuromodulation on brain state and function at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Tom Donoghue @tomdonoghue.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Seems as good a time as any to re-share the "OpenLists" collection - an openly accessible set of lists of available resources in / for Cognitive Neuroscience! Includes open M/EEG & iEEG datasets & open software / analysis tools, and resources for DSP, Python, git, etc: openlists.github.io
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OpenLists
Curated lists of Open Resources.
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🚨 NEW postdoc position 🚨 Join our Royal Society-funded team (3+ years) to work on human memory and salience 🧠 with virtual reality, fMRI, computational modelling and clinical collaborations 👉 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Please spread the word! 📣
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Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience:Manchester
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
British Academy postdoctoral fellowships scheme is now open. The deadline is 1 October. Time to get talking with potential host institutions and mentors about planning an application for this year or instead waiting for a future round. (The scheme is annual).
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Postdoctoral Fellowships
The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.
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Darya Frank @darya-frank.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🚨 NEW postdoc position 🚨 Join our Royal Society-funded team (3+ years) to work on human memory and salience 🧠 with virtual reality, fMRI, computational modelling and clinical collaborations 👉 www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... Please spread the word! 📣
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Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience:Manchester
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Matthias Gruber @mjgruber.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Please repost! Our deadline is fast approaching for a 20-month postdoc position leading an fMRI project on the neurodevelopment of metacognition and curiosity. Join a great lab with fantastic collaborators! 🙂
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