dianebissen.bsky.social @dianebissen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026... registration tamer Kurt Sailor, code whisperer Steve Van Hooser, and our fearless leader @turrigiano.bsky.social! 000
dianebissen.bsky.social @dianebissen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026And of course this would not have happened without the support of my incredible team of co-authors, DLC master @bcary.bsky.social, patch empress @wwenneuro.bsky.social, mistress-of-all-trades and undergraduate extraordinaire Amanda Zhang ... 010
dianebissen.bsky.social @dianebissen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Back to Bluesky to share the most exciting news: my postdoctoral research is now published in Neuron! We used cricket hunting to show how ethological learning persistently rewires juvenile (but not adult!) visual circuits by co-opting homeostatic plasticity. Full story www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...cell.comEthological learning during the critical period resets synaptic setpoints in mouse binocular visual cortexBissen et al. show that prey capture learning profoundly reshapes visual cortical circuitry and function during developmental critical periods, but not in adulthood. These learning-induced structural ... 44914
dianebissen.bsky.social @dianebissen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Fencing finally started again after a prolonged hiatus for administrative reasons! My muscles hurt, but there's nothing quite like (strategically) waving your saber around to get your mind off lab work. 110
dianebissen.bsky.social @dianebissen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024When a friend of mine realized I'd made a Bluesky account, her immediate reaction was "Whoa! You've joined social media? 🤯 Is the world ending?" So despite potentially triggering an apocalypse (oops)... hello world! 290
Reposted by @dianebissen.bsky.socialMarla Feller @mfeller.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Thrilled to be part of mentorship panel at GRS/GRC meeting with great colleagues at 2025 Dendrites - hope to see lots of retina friends there! 163