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Flor Iacaruso

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Neuronal Circuits and Behaviour laboratory, Group Leader @theCrick www.crick.ac.uk/research/labs/flor-…

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Flor Iacaruso @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
📣 If you are at #FENS2026 this morning check out our posters on vision and motor coordination: PS01-07AM-628 by @mjmoglie.bsky.social PS01-07AM-629 by Ayesha Pointer And please say happy birthday to Ayesha! 🥳🎂
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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Just over a week left to apply to our new early career fellowship sponsorship scheme ⤵️
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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
bump for visibility!
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Flor Iacaruso @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
So happy to this amazing work out! Congratulations to the whole team!! 👏
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Comentadora Tortuga @comentadortortuga.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🌹🇦🇷Niñas argentinas en la vigilia por la Memoria, la Verdad y la Justicia. 50 años. #Memoria #Verdad #Justicia 🕯 📸@kaloian.santos
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Videos of talks from COSYNE (computational and systems neuroscience) are available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@cosynetalks
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International Multisensory Research Forum @imrf.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗠𝗥𝗙𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 ✨ We're working hard to make #IMRF2026 a real community experience that connects scientists, both in lecture halls and during our #social events! But first...YOUR research belongs here! 🗓️ Abstract submission STILL OPEN 👉 Submit: imrf2026.sciencesconf.org
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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We're organising a #Cosyne workshop on biologically-inspired AI on Monday 16th with @achterbrain.bsky.social! 🧠 We've got an incredibly exciting array of speakers, and you have the possibility to sign up to present your poster on #NeuroAI! More info below ⬇️ #compneuro #neuroscience #neuroskyence
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Carolina Rezaval @crezaval.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The School of Biosciences @unibirmingham.bsky.social is recruiting five Assistant/Associate Professors working across a range of areas, including neuroscience. Join a vibrant interdisciplinary research environment. Deadline: 14 April 2026 edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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Assistant or Associate Professor (Research and Education) - School of Biosciences - 107106 - Grade 8 or 9
Evidence of a developing track record in publishing work of high academic quality and impact is essential, as is an emerging portfolio (or clear potential) of external research funding. Applicants mus...
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Benjamin Judkewitz @benjulab.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
First whole-brain recording of social sound processing in a vertebrate. Surprises start in the hindbrain; thalamus gates conspecific calls; male and female brains diverge downstream. Work by @joerghenninger.bsky.social, @mh123.bsky.social sky.social and team. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
We’re excited that the @fens.org Forum 2028 is coming to #Glasgow, with the BNA as host society. We look forward to welcoming neuroscientists from across Europe and beyond to Scotland. Neuroscience, collaboration, and a Glasgow welcome - and yes, the ceilidh shoes may be required!
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SWC/GCNU Neuroinformatics Unit @neuroinformatics.dev · 05/03/2026
Are you a neuroscientist with great coding skills, or a software engineer interested in the brain? We are recruiting for a research software engineer to help us build pipelines to process weeks of neural and behavioural recordings from freely moving animals. More details: bit.ly/rse-2026a
Drawing of the "Aeon" project, an open-source platform to study the neural basis of ethological behaviours over naturalistic timescales.
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Maria Geffen @geffenlab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
The deadline to apply for the Brain Prize Cajal summer course in Computational Neuroscience has been extended to March 9! We’re excited for you to join us in sunny Lisbon! Please do not hesitate to send in an application and learn about computational neuroscience! @gjorjulijana.bsky.social
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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Please repost: Applications for the CSHA Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School are open! Join us this summer in Suzhou for a fantastic and unique experience. Deadline April 1st: ccnss.net
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Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Summer School
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Tobias Ackels @tobiasackels.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Postdoc position in systems neuroscience! Excited to recruit a postdoc for my lab at the University of Bonn. 🔬 In vivo physiology (Neuropixels, 2P/miniscope) 🐭 Head-fixed & freely moving behaviour 💡 Optogenetics/chemogenetics ⏳ Start: ASAP | Application deadline: 28.02.2026 More info below ⬇️
The research group “Sensory Dynamics and Behaviour” of Prof. Dr. Tobias Ackels at the Institute of Experimental Epilepsy and Cognition Research at the
University Hospital Bonn invites applications for a position as:
Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d)
The position is initially limited to three years (TV-L E13/100%),
starting from April 2026 or as soon as possible.
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Carolina Rezaval @crezaval.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Our new preprint is out! A state-dependent neural circuit resolves approach–avoidance conflicts www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Fantastic work led by Devika Bodas, with key contributions from Marine Balcou, and a great collaboration with Lisa Scheunemann Lab, fearuting Şevval Demirci.
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Dan Goodman @neural-reckoning.org · 11/02/2026
PhD opportunity in "The role of neural development in multimodal intelligence" with me, @marcusghosh.bsky.social and @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social. Read details below 👇. Note there's a very short window for applying (deadline Feb 27). 🤖🧠🧪 www.imperial.ac.uk/school-of-co...
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PhD opportunities
The School of Convergence Science at Imperial College London is inviting applications for fully funded PhD studentships on research projects that sup...
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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 28/01/2026
🌟 Applications are open for the 'Transatlantic Behavioural #Neuroscience School 2026' organised by Nencki Open Lab! 📍 Mikołajki, Poland 🗓️ 11–22 August 2026 Good news: #FENS #TravelGrants and fee waivers are available! 💶 👉 Apply by 15 March 2026: buff.ly/yF1T7r5
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Caetano Reis e Sousa @reisesousalab.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Spot on!
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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 14/11/2025
🚨 Big news for the neuroscience community! The Call for Abstracts, Travel Grants and Registrations for #FENS2026 is officially open! 🧠 👉 Register and submit your work today: loom.ly/usQR0ao
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Flor Iacaruso @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
📣 postdoc and senior scientist opportunities with a wonderful mentor at the Crick. Amazing place to do connectomics.
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Jan Gründemann @jangrundemann.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Latest from the lab: Laura Haetzel finds that excitatory transmission from auditory thalamus to tail of striatum is accompanied by a sparse inhibitory projection. This allows for state-dependent control of striatal output. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Inhibitory inputs from thalamus promote resilient spiking in tail of striatum
Neuroscience; Sensory neuroscience
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Andreas Schaefer @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Bit more than 2 weeks to go... DM me if you will be in San Diego at SfN and want to talk about it. Please share.
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Andrew MacAskill @macaskillaf.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
come join our dept as a fellow - and join a fantastic crew of people using interdisciplinary approaches to investigate the brain across scales - from molecules to behaviour. reach out if you have any Qs!
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Marcelo Moglie @mjmoglie.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Proud to have contributed to @gaiabianchini.bsky.social and @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social new paper on how the superior colliculus temporally integrates multisensory information
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Functional specialisation of multisensory temporal integration in the mouse superior colliculus - Nature Communications
Whether and how anatomically distinct regions of the superior colliculus (SC) exhibit specialisation in multisensory temporal integration to facilitate different behavioural responses are not fully un...
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SWC/GCNU Neuroinformatics Unit @neuroinformatics.dev · 31/10/2025
Save the date! The Open Software Summer School returns August 17-28 2026 in London, U.K. There will be four separate tracks on animal behaviour, extracellular electrophysiology, anatomy and handling large data. Applications open Dec 1st. More details: neuroinformatics.dev/open-softwar...
The schedule of the open source summer school, showing the four tracks of Animals in Motion, Large array data, BrainGlobe & Extracellular Electrophysiology
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 27/10/2025
Crick group leaders work across disciplines, supported by core funding and mentoring to build ambitious, curiosity-driven research. Apply now to join us ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Katharina Schmack @kathaschmack.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Psychosis is fascinating - and its impact can be devastating. Excited to share what we are doing in our lab @crick.ac.uk to change that 🧠🧪🥼 Drop by if you are curious! Free talk, everybody is welcome 👇
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 09/10/2025
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions. Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research. Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Save the date: October 31, Amsterdam. A fantastic event for those interested in neurotech and neuro-AI, with a twist on how international collaborations can boost these fields. Please spread the word and join us there if you can! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Cajal Encounters
Neuroscience meets NeuroAI. Join us in this event to highlight success stories and foster collaboration in Neuroscience between Spain and the Netherlands! Event Information Date: 31st October (afterno...
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Lucia Prieto Godino @neuroluci.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
We are recruiting PhD students! If you are interested in evolutionary neuroscience, consider applying: www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
crick.ac.uk
Prieto Godino Lab | Cellular and molecular bases of neural circuit and behavioural evolution
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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
NeuroAI Course 📆 13–24 July 2026 🌍 Online & accessible worldwide across 5 time zones Already taken our #ComputationalNeuroscience and #DeepLearning courses (or have equivalent experience)? Then you’re ready for the next step: Neuromatch Academy’s #NeuroAI Course! ➡️ neuromatch.io/neuroai-cour...
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 01/10/2025
We're looking for clinicians who are passionate about research to join our 3-year fully funded clinical PhD programme. 🔬🩺 Apply by 14 November 2025. 👇 www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Doctoral clinical fellows
The Crick's clinical PhD programme.
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 02/10/2025
Are you a researcher at @ucl.ac.uk, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, or @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social looking to keep up with the Crick? Sign up to our monthly newsletter for researchers at our partner universities to hear about events, opportunities and news ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/research/res...
Four scientists in lab coats in a laboratory space, talking and listening.
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 02/10/2025
Motivated graduates with backgrounds in biological or biomedical sciences, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and/or computer science are invited to apply to our 4-year fully funded PhD programme. Apply by 05 November 2025 www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-...
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PhD students
Our PhD programme attracts the brightest scientific minds and is an opportunity for talented people to embark on their career in biomedical research.
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Sadra Sadeh @sdrsd.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
We have a PhD project here, along with many other cool projects: "Characterising and predicting seizure onsets from longitudinal sEEG data", www.crick.ac.uk/careers-and-... with @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social (Crick), Torsten Baldeweg (UCL) and Martin Tisdall (UCL). Apply by: 14 November 2025.
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Zena Hadjivasiliou @zenahadjivasiliou.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Fresh from the press💥 We asked what happens when you evolve gene regulatory networks computationally at scale. Do general principles of GRN evolution jump out? Is the process predictable? Read on to find out @prxlife.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk @ucl-ipls.bsky.social 👉 journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
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Gene Network Organization, Mutation, and Selection Collectively Drive Developmental Pattern Evolvability and Predictability
The historical order in which mutations appear during evolution determine the evolutionary trajectory of gene regulatory networks and influence how developmental patterns change and diversify over tim...
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Enny van Beest @ennyvb.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Join the 2025 UCL Neuropixels course (free and online!), 22-24th of October: Day 1 and 2: Get started with the basics and the latest updates on hardware & software. Day 3: Focus on how to analyse the many neurons you recorded. More info and to register: www.ucl.ac.uk/neuropixels/...
ucl.ac.uk
2025 Neuropixels course
A free online course on Neuropixels, 22-24 October 2025
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Arnd Roth @arndroth.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
X Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience – LASCON 2026 University of São Paulo, Brazil January 5-30, 2026 Application Deadline: October 4, 2025 sisne.org/en/lascon-x/
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LASCON X – SisNe
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Tobias Rose @trose-neuro.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
BonnBrain 2026 is a go! March 23–25, Bonn (DZNE, Bonn, Germany). Apply now: www.bonnbrain.de Limited slots. Presentations (posters/talks) selected from submitted abstracts. Keynotes & invited speakers 👇
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Bonn Brain Conference
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Systems Neuroscience Mailing List @systems-neuro.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Tomas Hromadka: COSYNE 2026: Meeting announcement; Call for Abstracts
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COSYNE 2026: Meeting announcement; Call for Abstracts
Tomas Hromadka
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Systems Neuroscience Mailing List @systems-neuro.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Antonio Roque: LASCON 2026 - X Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience (Call for applications)
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LASCON 2026 - X Latin American School on Computational Neuroscience (Call for applications)
Antonio Roque
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Sadra Sadeh @sdrsd.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Open postdoc positions in the lab: Come work with us if you're interested in computational modelling of neural dynamics in the brain. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/121068-...
kcl.ac.uk
Research Associate in Computational Modelling of Neuronal Dynamics
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Claudia Clopath Lab @clopathlab.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
We were asked to write a commentary on NeuroAI for Nat. Rev. Neuro. with Sadra Sadeh, so here it is: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Flor Iacaruso @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
1/N What are the organizational principles underlying crossmodal cortical connections? We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & ‪@bturner-bridger.bsky.social‬ in collab w/ ‪@petrznam.bsky.social‬ @crick.ac.uk www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Flor Iacaruso @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Very proud of @nskat.bsky.social and colleagues from @crick.ac.uk using Hebbian attention and inspired on predictive coding #SPARKS generates interpretable low dimensional embeddings of large scale neuronal data and obtains high decoding accuracy of behavioural variables. Try it: sparks.crick.ac.uk
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Nicolas Skatchkovsky @nskat.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Preprint update: The new version of #SPARKS🎇 is out! Everything's in here: sparks.crick.ac.uk A thread on what changed 🧵👇 @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social @sdrsd.bsky.social @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social #neuroskyence #NeuroAI #ML #BioInspiredAI
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Marcelo Moglie @mjmoglie.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
We developed a compact and open-source, low-cost photodetector system for neuroscience experiments doi.org/10.1016/j.oh... @flor-iacaruso.bsky.social
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Petr Znamenskiy @petrznam.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
1/ Mapping synaptic connectivity between individual neurons is extremely laborious. We developed BRISC, a new method that makes it possible to map inputs onto 100s of neurons in the same animal in a matter of weeks! Led by Alex Becalick and @antblot.bsky.social. 🧵 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Barcoded Rabies In Situ Connectomics for high-throughput reconstruction of neural circuits
Sequencing of oligonucleotide barcodes holds promise as a high-throughput approach for reconstructing synaptic connectivity at scale. Rabies viruses can act as a vehicle for barcode transmission, than...
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Rui Ponte Costa @somnirons.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Pleased to say that our story of how a theory of self-supervised learning in cortical layers accounts for several experimental observations is now out 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Self-supervised predictive learning accounts for cortical layer-specificity - Nature Communications
How the cortex learns an internal representation of the world and why the cortex relies on a layered structure remain poorly understood. Here, the authors propose a computational theory in which the n...
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