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Steven Cook

@dumpyunc.bsky.social
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Member of Technical Staff @ Flourish Former worm neuron counter

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Davi Bock @dddavi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Now I can say: last week we received Notice of Award from NSF on a Midscale Research Infrastructure Design proposal for a National Connectomics and Ultrastructure Volume Observatory (NCUVO) www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news...
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UVM Launches $19 Million National Observatory to Unlock…
| The University of Vermont
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A few words about what I’ve been up to at Flourish. Reach out if this resonates with you and you’d like to talk! fewerbetterfaster.substack.com/p/the-parts-...
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The Parts List AI Doesn’t Have
Mapping the human brain with light
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Dumpy
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Nature Methods @natmethods.nature.com · 08/12/2025
Our Method of the Year 2025 is...drumroll please...EM-based connectomics!! Our Editorial introduces our choice and highlights six Comments and other related content in this special issue. Please join us in celebrating EM-based connectomics! 🎉🧠🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Method of the Year 2025: electron microscopy-based connectomics - Nature Methods
A large network of interconnected neurons serves as the basis of brain function and of behavior. Methodological advances have enabled the reconstruction of large-scale and even whole-brain connectomes...
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Stop by MM15 and adjacent posters to see our posters on connectomics approaches using electron and light microscopy! #sfn25
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
If it’s your dream job to map the brain using light microscopy we should talk at #sfn25. Multiple opportunities. DMs open.
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Stephan Preibisch @preibischs.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
The connectome of the entire male Drosophila central nervous system is out!! Acquired using FIB-SEM @ 8x8x8nm, we aligned 7.5 mio 2D images aligned into one seamless 3D volume, which was used to segment & proofread neurons and synapses. @hhmijanelia.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Our group at the Allen Institute is recruiting a technician and postdoc to work on light microscopy-based connectomics. Please DM me or share with anyone you think may be interested in this NIH BRAIN CONNECTS funded project.
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Andrew Payne @andrewcpayne.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves. Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
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Nature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · 14/08/2025
Synaptic connectomics: status and prospects — a Comment article by Davi D. Bock @dddavi.bsky.social #neuroscience #neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Synaptic connectomics: status and prospects - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
High-throughput volume electron microscopy and deep learning-driven automated segmentation have revolutionized the mapping of neural circuits at the level of individual neurons and synapses, revealing...
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Wei-Chung Allen Lee @darbly.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
With @megyounger.bsky.social's lab, et al., we present the first connectomics work in the disease-vector mosquito Aedes aegypti, revealing how its brain is wired to detect host cues. Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... #Neuroscience #Connectomics #vEM #VectorBiology 🧪
Diagrams (top-left) of an adult female Ae. aegypti head and (bottom) a basiconic sensillum on maxillary palp (gray) which contain dendritic processes of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs), including CO2-sensitive Gr3-expressing OSNs. OSN axons project centrally to the antennal lobes in the brain. On the right is a volumetric rendering of the mosquito brain neuropils including the antennal lobes (light blue) (Heinze et al., 2021; Matthews et al., 2019). Scale bar 100 μm.
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Wei-Chung Allen Lee @darbly.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
How is the nervous system organized to coordinate behavior? To approach this massive question, a team led by @asbates.bsky.social, @jasper-tms.bsky.social, @mindyisminsu.bsky.social, & Helen Yang present the BANC: a Brain and Nerve Cord connectome. Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025... 🧪#Neuroskyence
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Happy to share our publication - Comparative connectomics of two distantly related nematode species reveals patterns of nervous system evolution www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Comparative connectomics of two distantly related nematode species reveals patterns of nervous system evolution
Understanding the evolution of the bilaterian brain requires a detailed exploration of the precise nature of cellular and subcellular differences between related species. We undertook an electron micr...
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
I may not be at #worm25 but the real discussion endures
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
First bird of 2025: yellow-rumped warbler on the suet feeder
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Winter break’s challenge: organize and rebuild my LEGO sets from the early 90s
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
We're looking for an Allen Institute summer intern interested in mapping single neuron projectomes/proteomes in the human brain! Happy to chat with anyone about the opportunity and please share with anyone you think may be interested. alleninstitute.org/careers/inte...
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Internship & Postbaccalaureate Programs
Students and early-career professionals in lab research, biology, neuroscience, immunology, and others should apply for our internships and fellowships.
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Yeah
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Steven Cook @dumpyunc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
New social media platform, same truth: CAN isn’t a neuron
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