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COSYNE @cosynemeeting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

📢Have work to share with the computational and systems neuroscience community? Abstract submissions for #COSYNE2027 are now open. Deadline: 18 October 2026, 11:59 p.m. AoE Submit your abstract: www.cosyne.org/abstracts-su... #Neuroscience

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Joao Barbosa @jbarbosa.org · 04/09/2026

Looking for a (neuroscience) PI position in France? You still have time to do it this year, but you need to act fast. If you have no idea how to do it, start by reading this! l1nk.dev/hk1mx6e 1/

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Vacation is over. Back to the lab in Marseille. Tough life. Come visit us!

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Jennifer Bussell PhD @jenbussell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

How does the brain represent the value of knowledge? In our paper--out now at Nature Neuroscience--we identify a representation of intrinsic information value within neural population structures in the orbitofrontal cortex in mice. www.nature.com/articles/s41593-026-02377-y #neuroskyence 🧠🧪 (1/8)

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Representations of the intrinsic value of information in mouse orbitofrontal cortex - Nature Neuroscience

Mice are motivated to seek information of no extrinsic value. Recording neural activity in orbitofrontal cortex reveals a representation of the value of information that is distinct from the value of ...

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🚨 Want to start your lab in Marseille on a broad neuronal/brain development theme? There's an exciting tenure track opportunity at @inp-marseille.bsky.social and others Marseille institutes! Check more details here: neuro-marseille.org/en/blog/juni... or contact me if you have any question

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Not a scientific post... Sharing for my dear friend, Constanze

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The BARCCSYN (barccsyn.org) organized a great satellite meeting yesterday on multi-scale dynamics in decision-making. Many thanks to Hernando, Jaime, and Albert for putting together such an engaging event. Now, if you're at #FENS2026, don't miss our poster on Tuesday, presented by Carole Marchese!

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Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 01/06/2026

Neuropixels + Optogenetics = Neuropixels Opto Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics. 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors. Today in @natmethods.nature.com doi.org/10.1038/s415... Thanks to @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.org, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social & team.

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Thanks to the Rhine-Main Neuroscience Network (www.rmn2.de) for inviting me to give a keynote in Oberwesel last week. Excellent science and great discussions across the network. The setting made it even more special: the Rhine valley, the castle, and a beautiful place to discover!

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

And that’s a wrap, my favorite meeting of the year is already over. Grateful to the SCGB community for such a stimulating meeting (karaoke included) and to the @simonsfoundation.org for always welcoming us so warmly. #neuroscience

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The BARCCSYN team is hosting a FENS Satellite Meeting with talks ranging from circuit-level mechanisms of decision-making and motor control to the latest in computational modeling and large-scale neuronal recordings. Check out the details and register! barccsyn.org/meetings/sat...

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BARCCSYN FENS Satellite — BARCCSYN – Barcelona Computational, Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Community

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International Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We’re excited to welcome a new cohort of project partners to the International Brain Laboratory (IBL). Advancing open, collaborative neuroscience at scale. Explore the projects: internationalbrainlab.com/projects-new... #Neuroscience #OpenScience #DataScience

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

What a pleasure to spend two days in Marseille with such an outstanding group of scientists for my HDR and workshop. The discussions around distributed computations were exciting from start to finish. Thank you all for coming and helping make these two days so special.

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

📢 PhD opportunity between France and Italy I’m recruiting an international PhD student for OPTIFLEX, a project co-supervised between Marseille and Genova on the optical control of neural circuits for action selection in mice. Details and application: schadoc.univ-amu.fr/en/projects/...

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Renato Duarte @rcfduarte.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I tracked every keyword in 22 years of Cosyne abstracts to map how computational neuroscience evolved — from Bayesian brains to neural manifolds to LLMs — and where it's heading next.

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22 years of Brain Science: what CoSyNe tells us about the evolution of Neuroscience

Tracking the intellectual DNA of Computational and Systems Neuroscience through its flagship meeting

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Matt Perich @mattperich.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

New paper hot off the (pre-)press! We dig into the evolutionary origins of neural computations for behavioral control across mice, monkeys, and humans: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... As our lab's first foray into comparative analysis of neural dynamics, I’m super excited about this work! 1/18

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Excited to co-organize a #COSYNE2026 workshop with Marieke Scholvinck (@zeronoiselab.bsky.social) on March 17 in Cascais 🧠🌊 *Inferring neural latent states from behavior* Featuring fantastic speakers across experimental & computational #neuroscience (list below 👇) Hope to see many of you there! 👋

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Marseille folks: I’m organizing a one-day workshop on Distributed Computations for Flexible Behavior (Apr 16, Timone Campus) with a great line-up of speakers bridging theory, circuits & whole-brain dynamics! 🧠 Free registration (mandatory, incl. lunch): fannycazettes.limesurvey.net/172448?lang=...

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Facial expressions may involve an “everything, everywhere, all at once” type of coding in the brain, a new study suggests. By @natmesanash.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/emotion-proc...

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Facial expressions less reflexive than previously thought

A countenance such as a grimace activates many of the same cortical pathways as voluntary facial movements.

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Chunyu Ann Duan @annduan.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

New preprint from the lab! A frontal motor circuit for economic decisions and actions: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We use a novel task in mice, cortex-wide imaging and optogenetics, NPX recording and modelling to reveal a circuit mechanism that transforms abstract decisions to spatial actions.

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A frontal motor circuit for economic decisions and actions

Flexible behaviour requires transforming abstract cognitive representations, such as value preferences, into concrete motor actions. During economic decision-making, individuals evaluate options to gu...

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Rui Costa @ruimcosta.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Last night Adam Kampff, the glue, the light, the catalyst, the builder, the smile, left us. He and his work transformed the lives of many labs, scientists, students. He inspired and was generous to his last transformation, working tirelessly to set up a foundation to continue the work.Thank you!

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Freek van Ede @freekvanede.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Putting the 'Spotlight' on a recent article by @fannycazettes.bsky.social et al. by discussing how “brain leakage” can expose cognitive computations in bodily movements – in turn opening new ways to track cognition. Now out in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mDCZ4sIRv...

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Nature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · 26/11/2025

Mixed selectivity: when neurons stopped looking like specialists — a Journal Club article by Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social #neuroscience #neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

In @thetransmitter.bsky.social’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025, we recognize 25 early-career researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and demonstrated a commitment to mentoring and community-building in neuroscience. #neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience bit.ly/4rnFnyQ

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

@thetransmitter.bsky.social presents a portrait of the state of neuroscience in 2025 through four lenses: its focus, its output, its people and its funding. Each view features analyses of major trends and more. Explore the end of year report: bit.ly/4oNeTVC #neuroskyence #StateofNeuro

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Thank you The Transmitter (@thetransmitter.bsky.social) for naming me a Rising Star of Neuroscience! www.thetransmitter.org/early-career... I wish I were at SfN to celebrate tonight with all the other awardees at the Simons Foundation's social.

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The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025

We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Powerful new AI-driven approach to understanding neural population structure! A preview of where scientific methods may be headed?

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

We got the cover 🎉🎉 🎉 ! Beautiful artwork from the talented Carole Marchese, PhD student in my lab.

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Nicolas Blandin @nicolasblandin.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Pourra-t-on un jour lire dans les pensées ? Une étude de l’Université d’Aix-Marseille sur les expressions faciales des souris ouvre une fenêtre aussi fascinante qu’inquiétante. Explications avec la neuroscientifique @fannycazettes.bsky.social de @univ-amu.fr www.ouest-france.fr/leditionduso...

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Pourra-t-on un jour lire dans les pensées ? Une étude sur les expressions faciales fascine la science - Edition du soir Ouest-France - 04/11/2025

Les conclusions de l’étude de l’Université d’Aix-Marseille peuvent surprendre. En se basant notamment sur la vidéo, associée à des techniques d’apprentissage automatique...

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Champalimaud Research @champalimaudr.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Can you read a mouse’s mind just by looking at its face? A new study shows that subtle facial movements reveal hidden thoughts 👇 📺 Video explainer: youtu.be/eNjkmeJ-lvE 👀 Summary: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/scienti... 📄 Original paper 🔗: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Science Snapshot: Reflections of Thought / Reflexos do Pensamento

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Our new study featured in The Transmitter by @lauren-schneider.com! 🎉 Big thanks to @zeronoiselab.bsky.social and @computingnature.bsky.social for their comments on the work.

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Did you know that facial expressions reveal more than meets the eye? 🤯 Our new study shows that even a mouse's face 🐭 can reflect hidden neural computations🧠. Turns out, facial expressions are more than just emotions! We're so excited to see this paper out @natneuro.nature.com 🎉 🔗: rdcu.be/eIQzO

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Facial expressions in mice reveal latent cognitive variables and their neural correlates

Nature Neuroscience - The face reveals more than just emotion. Cazettes, Reato and colleagues show that subtle facial movements reveal hidden cognitive states, reflecting the brain’s ongoing...

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Building reproducible systems across labs is possible, even in large-scale neuroscience. You just need rigor, collaboration and the willingness to look your own practices in the eye, writes Anne Churchland. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/reproducibil...

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Reproducibility is a team sport

Building reproducible systems across labs is possible, even in large-scale neuroscience—with rigor and collaboration.

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Laureline Logiaco @laurelinelogiaco.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Interested in doing a Ph.D. to work on building models of the brain/behavior? Consider applying to graduate schools at CU Anschutz: 1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro... 2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri... You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.

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Simons Foundation @simonsfoundation.org · 16/09/2025

Announcing our 9 new Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows! These awards help senior postdoctoral researchers with fresh perspectives on autism & neuroscience transition to tenure-track faculty positions: www.simonsfoundation.org/simons-fou…

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Simons Foundation Announces Recipients of 2025 Fellows-to-Faculty Awards

The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 class of Fellows-to-Faculty Fellows.

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Great to host SCGB fellow Caroline (@carolinehaimerl.bsky.social) in Marseille! She shared fascinating results from her work on abstraction from action prediction. Keep an eye on all her cool work coming out soon! 🧠👩‍🔬 #neuroscience

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International Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in ‪@Nature.com‬: 🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0 🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

That's a wrap on Seattle! It was wonderful to join the #NeuroAI community at the @alleninstitute.org. The discussions are always incredibly inspiring! A huge thank you to Karel Svoboda, Adrienne Fairhall, and the whole organizing team for bringing us together!

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Jeremiah Cohen @jeremiahycohen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

We have an open position for a Scientist I at the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics. Come join our exciting research environment @alleninstitute.org. Please share! alleninstitute.org/careers/jobs...

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Jobs

We are working to solve the biggest mysteries in bioscience.

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Marcelo Mattar @marcelomattar.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Thrilled to see our TinyRNN paper in @nature! We show how tiny RNNs predict choices of individual subjects accurately while staying fully interpretable. This approach can transform how we model cognitive processes in both healthy and disordered decisions. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Discovering cognitive strategies with tiny recurrent neural networks - Nature

Modelling biological decision-making with tiny recurrent neural networks enables more accurate predictions of animal choices than classical cognitive models and offers insights into the underlying cog...

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Fanny Cazettes @fannycazettes.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

So great to welcome long-term collaborator Luca Mazzucato (@neuroai-uoregon.bsky.social) to Marseille (France)! He just gave a fantastic talk about the neural mechanisms of optimal performance. 🧠 🚀 Big News: For those interested, his department at the University of Oregon will be hiring this fall!

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Armin Lak @laklab.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Our work, out at Cell, shows that the brain’s dopamine signals teach each individual a unique learning trajectory. Collaborative experiment-theory effort, led by Sam Liebana in the lab. The first experiment my lab started just shy of 6y ago & v excited to see it out: www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

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Olivier Marre @oliviermarre.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

In case this is helpful for anyone, here is a post on how to get a job in french academia : trialsanderrors.substack.com/p/getting-a-... Aimed at non-french scientists who are curious, but french ones may find it useful too.

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Paul Masset @paulmasset.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Our work with Pablo Tano, @hyunggoo-kim.bsky.social Athar Malik, Alexandre Pouget and @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social exploring how dopamine neurons could enable multi-timescale reinforcement learning in the brain is out in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Multi-timescale reinforcement learning in the brain - Nature

Individual dopaminergic neurons encode future rewards over distinct temporal horizons.

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Christophe 🔬 Leterrier @christlet.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Took just three days for our local artists to teach Banksy about the Marseille street art spirit

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Ann Kennedy @antihebbiann.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Shared by Carlos Brody at SCGB: publicusaresearchbenefits.com - a crowdsourced effort to tell folks about the products of US research funding. Please share, and submit!

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Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.

A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.

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