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Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

It's been a long road getting to this point, but today marks an important moment in our efforts to ensure that everyone in South Africa is supported through life's final journey with compassionate care, dignity and the freedom to choose their own path. iol.co.za/news/south-a...

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DignitySA's landmark court challenge: A step towards legalising medically assisted dying in South Africa

DignitySA's landmark court filing at the North Gauteng High Court marks a pivotal moment in the fight for medically assisted dying in South Africa.

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Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @imbizo.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

We concluded Cycle 2 with a bang on Saturday! 💥 Dr. @athenaakrami.bsky.social delivered an incredible lecture on Hopfield networks and attractor dynamics. From memory storage and neural attractors to prior experience, it was the perfect end to the week.🧠📉 @simonsfoundation.org @ibroorg.bsky.social

Dr. Athena Akrami is talking about Hopfield Networks.

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Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @imbizo.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Recharged and ready!🔋 After a massive first week and a well-deserved day off surfing🏄‍♂️ and visiting the penguins🐧, we are back in the classroom. We are thrilled to kick off Cycle 2 today with Prof. Adrienne Fairhall as our Academic Director. @ibroorg.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org #imbizo2026

A walk towards the wreck of the kakapo, Noordhoek, South Africa

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Mick Craig @mickcraig.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

All across the US right now, people should be asking themselves just once question: "are we the baddies?". Yes. I'm afraid that you are now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKc...

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Mitchell and Webb: "Are we the baddies?"

YouTube video by CrystalRoseCreations

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Gavin Buckingham @drgbuckingham.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

For your enjoyment (by @jagarikin)

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Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

I’m incredibly stoked to announce our latest preprint led by Thijs Verhoog, where we show that human cortical neurons mature hundreds of times slower than mouse neurons, only reaching functional maturity well into the third decade of life. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Look at these beautiful pig tapeworm larvae (Taenia solium)!

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Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @imbizo.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

🎉🚨 Extended Application Deadline! Now July 16, 2025! If you want to learn about the brain💻🧠in the amazing Noordhoek, Cape Town🇿🇦, apply. What to Do Next: Finalise and submit applications before the deadline: imbizo.africa/apply/ Please spread the news. Don’t miss out!

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Ida Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” - Antonio Gramsci

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Yirong Xiong @afurrybearyirong.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

one of the coolest things in my life 😆: listen to the spikes from cockroach leg + do spike sorting on them + plot the neural activity on #imbizo 2025 t-shirt!! 🆒🆒🆒 @imbizo.bsky.social

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Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @imbizo.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

🎉 Exciting day at #Imbizo2025! Dr. Dan Wetmore & Dr. Garrick Orchard from Meta’s Reality Labs shared their industrial insights on designing top-notch AI/ML experiments, including innovative BCI applications 🤖💡 Students showcased creative solutions for EMG, sleep, wind, epilepsy monitoring & more! 🌟

Students at Imbizo working hard on their presentation

Student presentation on designing ML solutions to understand cardiac rhythms

Student presentation on designing ML solutions to sleep paralysis

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Tim Vogels @tpvogels.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

New "kid" on the block being @arifahamid.bsky.social (left). @joeraimondo.bsky.social (right) was supposed to have retired as well, but by his local proximity, he still gets to hang out! NOT fair.

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Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

@therealdrdukes.bsky.social, founding president of @blackinneuro.bsky.social sharing the highs and lows of her inspirational journey, and the importance of building community in neuroscience at @imbizo.bsky.social. @ibroorg.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Just gave my lecture at @imbizo.bsky.social summer school today. What an amazing school both in terms of science and social impact --and the place is breathtaking! Now, time to enjoy the summer time with @therealdrdukes.bsky.social, @arifahamid.bsky.social, and all the students and tutors 🏖️

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

My patch peeps will get this Patching with an Axoclamp 200B and a Tektronix oscilloscope 💖 The dials were perfect, the switches were all analog and the bridge balance setting was totally by vibes. I had 6 of them on a 6-patch rig and it was glorious when I got all 6 perfect cells 💕

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Marcus Ghosh @marcusghosh.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Join us in Zambia for the third TReND-CaMinA course: computational neuroscience & machine learning in Africa. 📆Applications open until 15.01. 🧠🧪 trendinafrica.org/trend-camina/

A poster advertising the TREND CAMINA summer school.

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I wish we could get Edward Tufte over here on Bsky.

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Is basic science undervalued? David Glanzman (UCLA) talks about the decline of 'middle class' labs and that "there is no empirical evidence that the translational approach accomplishes this [cures] any better than the traditional one. Claims to the contrary at this point are mere propaganda."

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Matthijs Dorst @mattneuro.dorst-lab.org · 18/11/2024

Are you building a patch-clamp setup, and would like a cheap heating system? Have you ever wondered how temperature changes the membrane properties of MSNs? Then you might like our latest paper, out now! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A low-cost perfusion heating system for slice electrophysiology - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - A low-cost perfusion heating system for slice electrophysiology

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Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Three crazy, wonderful days in Accra, Ghana, setting up a patch rig and fluorescent scope for Tom Tagoe...including our first spikes in West Africa!

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