Reposted by Ede RanczChristophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Hallelujah! Papers written by an AI and reviewed by an AI can finally be read by an AI, fulfilling the prophecy of the Great AI Circlejerk 3615
Reposted by Ede RanczSainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 24/07/2026How does sleep consolidate muscle memories? New research from @mstephensonjones.bsky.social lab & @gatsbyucl.bsky.social in @natneuro.nature.com reveals that motor-skill memories are replayed in the striatum during sleep, independently of the hippocampus. www.sainsburywellcome.org/blog/muscle-...sainsburywellcome.orgMuscle memories: how does sleep produce consolidation? | Sainsbury Wellcome CentreSleep not only makes us feel better, but it’s vital for helping us form memories and learn new skills. For many years, neuroscientists have studied how the brain consolidates episodic memories during ... 03511
Reposted by Ede RanczBrainGlobe @brainglobe.info · 16/07/2026Nice Claude skill to create basic neuroanatomical visualisations with BrainGlobe & blender: github.com/SamedVossber... The single prompt "Use the allen mouse brain atlas to create an animation to show primary visual cortex and primary motor cortex" gives: 1188
Reposted by Ede RanczDavid Robbe @davidrobbe.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Excited to share our new paper: "The Tower Foraging Park: A paradigm for studying cognitive and motor processes underlying behavioral flexibility in freely moving mice,". Out now in @cp-iscience.bsky.social 🧵1/9 www.cell.com/iscience/ful...cell.comThe Tower Foraging Park: A paradigm for studying cognitive and motor processes underlying behavioral flexibility in freely moving miceBiological sciences; Behavioral neuroscience; Laboratory animal science 33410
Reposted by Ede Rancz3Dneuro @3dneuro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026📢 #FENS2026 giveaway! We're distributing 8 R2 system starter kits - including one with our new metal holder- for FENS attendees! Apply here: forms.gle/QFnUVZthhcfR... 1136
Reposted by Ede RanczAndrew Plested @andrewplested.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Deadline day! We are almost full... www.biologie.hu-berlin.de/en/groupsite... 022
Reposted by Ede RanczMichael Okun @michael-okun.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇 5435871430
Reposted by Ede RanczSamuel Le Meur-Diebolt @sdiebolt.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Interesting article on something I think is very relevant to open science: several teams analyzed the same ephys dataset and got quite different answers. Not because the analyses were bad, but because this kind of work involves many analysis choices, and those choices can change the result. 11910
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Someone asked me what makes us, humans, special. We were talking about the brain. I keep thinking about it, but so far the only special thing about us I could come up with is that we are the only animals who think they are special. 110
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Great… so no it will be impossible getting an animal licence to put pigeons in an fMRI. Yet another of my groundbreaking ideas killed by regulation… 000
Reposted by Ede RanczKate Jeffery @katejj.bsky.social · 29/05/2026We have extended the deadline on this until June 8 when I'm back from holiday - please pass along to anyone you think would be interested! I've got email with me so drop me a line if you would like more details 01010
Reposted by Ede RanczNature @nature.com · 26/05/2026Book review 📚 How to breathe life back into brain theory go.nature.com/4dwswFtgo.nature.comHow to breathe life back into brain theoryNeuroscience needs to stop treating the brain as if it is a computer. 45614
Reposted by Ede RanczNeuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026The psychology of 'simps': "The fear of being single contributes significantly to the motivation behind male simping behaviors." pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42178873/ 🫠 1106
Reposted by Ede RanczJesper Sjöström @pjsjostrom.bsky.social · 25/05/2026🧪 1/ Our review “The 3-Body Problem: How Astrocytes May Govern Plasticity” is now out in The Neuroscientist. We explore the idea that astrocytes help determine when & where synaptic plasticity is permitted, reframing the credit assignment problem in biological circuits. doi.org/10.1177/1073...doi.orgThe 3-Body Problem: How Astrocytes May Govern Plasticity - Airi Watanabe, Connie Guo, P. Jesper Sjöström, 2026Learning and memory were long thought to be the domains of neurons and neural networks, but recent work across brain systems has established that astrocytes pla... 1146
Reposted by Ede RanczErwan Leprince @erwanleprince.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I'm excited to share the new paper from the Cossart lab @inmed.bsky.social , a work I had the pleasure to share with Caroline Filippi and Manon Mantez, without forgetting all the people involved in this team effort. It's available in @currentbiology.bsky.social www.cell.com/current-biol...cell.comDistinct developmental trajectories of externally and internally generated hippocampal sequences and assembliesLeprince et al. use longitudinal two-photon calcium imaging to track the development of internal vs. external representations in the CA1 region of the mouse hippocampus. They identify the mid-fourth p... 284
Reposted by Ede RanczBrainGlobe @brainglobe.info · 21/05/2026As part of this effort, we've just released three new atlases from v2 of the Allen mouse CCF - the brain atlas, fiber tract atlas and developmental brain atlas. Most pipelines have moved to CCFv3, but adding v2 allows atlas comparison and reproducing old analyses. brainglobe.info/blog/ccfv2-a... 0106
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The biblical diet. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Hilarious. But not as much as Louis CK. www.facebook.com/watch/?v=220...theguardian.comAnd, lo! The latest fad diet is upon us – and it’s called ‘eating biblically’ | Arwa MahdawiSome Christian conservatives are only eating foods mentioned in the Bible. At least Jesus wasn’t devouring ultra-processed sausage rolls, writes Arwa Mahdawi 000
Reposted by Ede RanczSarah Ruediger @ruedigersarah.bsky.social · 19/05/2026How does #vision shape spatial maps in the hippocampus? Check out our brand new preprint 👇 As someone who did a PhD on the #hippocampus & postdoc on visual cortex and superior colliculus, it's such a joy to start closing the loop - especially with such a great team! 😊 1189
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Post-hoc rationalisation: the brain’s most reliable feature. 100
Reposted by Ede RanczRafiq Huda @brainsonmymind.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Incredibly excited to share the latest published work from the lab: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/.... Using a range of techniques, including closed-loop optogenetics, we show that the ACC modulates pupil linked arousal in real time. Great summary of our findings here: scienceblog.com/your-brain-h...science.orgThe anterior cingulate cortex modulates pupil-linked arousalThe anterior cingulate cortex modulates pupil-linked arousal in real time. 13813
Reposted by Ede RanczLorenzo Fontolan @lorifonto.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Pleased to share that I’ll be part of a fantastic lineup at the BARCCSYN FENS Satellite Meeting on “Multi-scale Dynamics in Decision Making,” taking place on July 5th at IDIBAPS in Barcelona. Details and registration here: lnkd.in/dZ68-Czd 084
Reposted by Ede RanczNeuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · 08/05/2026"Major AI models converge as they model reality better... because there's only one reality to model!" towardsdatascience.com/how-major-re... Well, we are only training our AIs on one "reality", which is the human reality (more specifically the 21st century internet user reality 99% of the time...)towardsdatascience.comHow Major Reasoning Models Converge to the Same “Brain” as They Model Reality Increasingly Better | Towards Data ScienceBecause there's only one reality to model! 1112
Reposted by Ede RanczGuido Meijer @guidomeijer.com · 05/05/2026I'm very happy that fairness and reason has prevailed and the ERC has backtracked on this. Thanks to everyone who signed the open letter to the ERC for making this happen 🙏🏻 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/europ...thetransmitter.orgERC backtracks on stricter grant resubmission rulesThe swift reversal came after more than 1,000 scientists signed an open letter protesting the stricter rules last week. 052
Reposted by Ede RanczChunyu Ann Duan @annduan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We are looking for two Research Assistants to conduct experiments and data analyses investigating the neural mechanisms of strategic and social decision-making using head-fixed (1) and freely-moving (1) behavioural paradigms in mice. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...ucl.ac.ukUCL – University College LondonUCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021). 12226
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Bloody hell! It’s the first time I feel envy for imaging vs ephys. Well done Simon and team! 120
Reposted by Ede RanczAlex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 13/04/2026For those interested in the history of psychedelic research… I wrote a narrative piece describing studies of psychedelic effects on serotonergic neurons in the dorsal raphe, from late 1960s to 1980s: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comDorsal Raphe Revisited: A Systems Neuroscience Lens on Psychedelic Drug Action - Alex C. Kwan, 2026Psychedelics rose to prominence in the 1960s, around the same time when neurobiologists identified the midbrain raphe as the brain’s primary source of serotonin... 1219
Reposted by Ede RanczJoao Barbosa @jbarbosa.org · 03/04/2026Wanna do neuroscience in Paris but can't find interesting lab? Want to come do a sabbatical but don't know who to collaborate? Check this webpage aggregating ~all the neuroscience labs (+200) in Paris. ⚠️only the information of 'verified' profiles is reliable⚠️ Please retweet 🙏 parisneuro.fr 212771
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Canvas: 5-HT receptor antibodies in mouse Does anyone know specific antibodies for 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b receptors shown to work for immunohistochemistry? What we tries were all crap. Any alternatives, e.g. genetically encoded fluorescent fusion proteins? 000
Reposted by Ede RanczEmilie Macé @mace-lab.bsky.social · 08/04/20261/8. New preprint! ✨ How spontaneous is spontaneous behavior? 🧠🐭 We found that whole-brain fUSi signals predicted spontaneous behavioral transitions seconds in advance. Inhibiting one node of this transition-prone state, the medial septum, facilitated switching! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 26021
Reposted by Ede RanczArmin Lak @laklab.bsky.social · 30/01/2026RA job alert. We are looking for a fearless experimentalist to join our experiments on cortical neuromodulators during visually guided learning, lead by @michael-lynn.bsky.social . Opportunity to learn 2p imaging, design and conduct experiments. RT plz. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...my.corehr.comJob Details 31611
Reposted by Ede RanczAnn Clemens @annmclemens.bsky.social · 08/01/2026PhD position(s)🚨deadline 20th Jan 1-development of brain & behaviour in the precocial spiny mouse tinyurl.com/yaxhy5y2 2-social behaviour & neurophysiology in a menstruating rodent using AI tinyurl.com/ykv93cts apply ✍️ @ai4bicdt.bsky.social @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social 01815
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026A short story from Leó Szilárd, a Hungarian physicist, 1948. Want to kill science? Fund scientists—then force them out of the lab to write grants, review grants, and sit on panels. Tie funding to flashy papers, and everyone will chase fads. Done. www.gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr/~pierre.como...gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr 011
Reposted by Ede RanczCris Niell @crisniell.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Less than two weeks left to apply for the Cephalopod Neuroscience Gordon Conference! An exciting lineup of speakers and posters, and financial aid is available upon request. 🐙🦑 www.grc.org/cephalopod-n... 16324
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 05/01/2026📣 PhD position in computational & systems neuroscience (Marseille, France). ⏰ Deadline 28 Jan. We are recruiting a PhD student to work on neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in mouse vision, jointly supervised by @ederancz.bsky.social (INMED) and @laurentperrinet.bsky.social (INT). 187
Reposted by Ede RanczDesdemona Fricker @desdemonafricker.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Coincidence of thalamic HD signal and retrosplenial visual input is detected in the Presubiculum! 🎯 This may be the neuronal basis for landmark anchoring of the HD signal. Pleased to announce the VOR is now available elifesciences.org/articles/92443 Congrats first author Louis Richevaux 🙌elifesciences.orgProjection-specific integration of convergent thalamic and retrosplenial signals in the presubicular head direction cortexNonlinear dendritic integration in single presubicular neurons provides a mechanism for combining vestibular-based head-direction signals and visual landmark signals to anchor the brain’s internal com... 13912
Reposted by Ede RanczAdrian Duszkiewicz @adrian-du.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Really excited to share this Opinion piece we've been working on with fellow head-direction cell geeks @apeyrache.bsky.social @desdemonafricker.bsky.social and (bsky-less?) Andrea Burgalossi! While head-direction cells pop up in many cortical regions, we think that one of them is quite unique (1/8)sciencedirect.comThe postsubiculum as a head-direction cortexThe organisation of thalamocortical networks follows a conserved structure. Traditionally, these are divided into primary sensory systems that receive… 24618
Reposted by Ede RanczAlex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Link to previous preprint thread with more details on the results: bsky.app/profile/alex... Overall, our findings highlight dendrites as a potential substrate for the cognitive rigidity that characterizes autism spectrum disorders. 5/6 131
Reposted by Ede RanczMarkus Meister @mameister4.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Observed at an SfN poster session? 0223
Reposted by Ede RanczMarco Bocchio @marcobocchio.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Interested in doing a PhD on how #psychedelics (or other psychoactive substances) impact psychological or social processes @durhampsych.bsky.social ? Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.ninedtp.ac.ukHome - NINE DTPWelcome to NINE DTP Delivering Doctoral Training in the Social SciencesThe Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership (NINE DTP) is a collaborative enterprise between seven universi... 1610
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Are you interested in visuo-motor mismatch and serotonin? Come see @norambr.bsky.social featuring mice spinning in VR at R16! #SfN2025 #vestibulo-VR #serotonin #predictive_processing 0132
Reposted by Ede RanczRomain Brette @romainbrette.bsky.social · 18/11/2025My book "The Brain, in Theory" on the publisher's website (out in April 2026): press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...press.princeton.eduThe Brain, In TheoryWhy engineering and computational analogies are poorly suited to the study of biological cognition 47620
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Armed and ready at C5 - @hughtakemoto.bsky.social on serotonin effects on pyramidal cells across V1 and V2. #SfN2025 #serotonin #visualcortex #theta_resonance 080
Ede Rancz @ederancz.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Our lab digs into how serotonin tunes prediction errors and eye movements — with custom tools and curious mice.We got 2 posters at #SfN2025, Tue AM (C5) and Wed PM (R16). Recruiting PhD students & postdocs in sunny Marseille. Come chat about neuromodulators, tinkering, or free will and intuition. 1135
