Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Raphael Brito @raphaeljbrito.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Synchronization in the visual cortex is coordinated with hippocampal sharp-wave-ripples during awake immobility. The effect is stronger in high cortical synchrony and constricted pupil phase. 012
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Francesco Gobbo @franzgbb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026After a long journey it's finally out! My work on navigation strategy-dependent hippocampal representations during plnning with Richard Morris is out on @natcomms.nature.com ! rdcu.be/iS72dYSzBxya 13611
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Adrian Duszkiewicz @adrian-du.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Interesting new study from the Frank lab: Hippocampal representations of alternative possibilities are flexibly generated to meet cognitive demandscell.comHippocampal representations of alternative possibilities are flexibly generated to meet cognitive demandsComrie et al. show that the hippocampus flexibly represents different alternative possibilities—including paths ahead, behind, and far away—to meet distinct cognitive demands related to decision-makin... 04514
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Hippocampal subfields support human novelty detection via distinct signals www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 043
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Investigating the role of the hippocampus in the implicit and explicit expression of statistical learning in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 001
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Associative memory formation reshapes the learning trajectory of a novel cognitive map www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 131
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Ben Hayden @benhayden.bsky.social · 09/09/2026New paper from the Neurosurgery Research Team at BCM! “Neural geometry in the human hippocampus enables generalization across spatial position and gaze” led by @assiachericoni.bsky.social! 🧵 www.cell.com/neuron/abstr...cell.comNeural geometry in the human hippocampus enables generalization across spatial position and gazeChericoni et al. show that neurons in the human hippocampus track the positions of multiple agents in a simple pursuit-based video game. They identified place codes for each agent and for gaze. The co... 19636
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Mariam Aly @mariamaly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026How do we prevent memories from competing to guide attention? More distinct hippocampal representations for competing memories are linked to precise preparatory coding in visual cortex & more accurate eye movements to target locations. Thrilled to share this work by the incomparable Serra Favila!nature.comHippocampal mechanisms underlying the resolution of competition in memory and perception - Nature CommunicationsMemory and perception both require selecting behaviorally relevant information. Here, the authors show that more distinct hippocampal memories are linked to precise anticipatory signals in visual cort... 310944
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026and also are supported by findings from David Duprets lab, where the same ripple types were associated to reactivations of older vs newer information 10.1016/j.neuron.2025.09.012 . 000
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026These findings relate to earlier papers in the lab about ripples subtypes and inputs (doi.org/10.1016/j.is..., doi.org/10.1016/j.is..., doi.org/10.7554/eLif...)doi.orgRedirecting 100
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Finally, learning induced heightened coupling between hippocampal delta and spindle oscillations and their cortical counterparts, consequently leading to an increased synchronization of ripples with cortical oscillations. 100
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In contrast, large-sized ripples exhibited increased hippocampus to prefrontal cortex connectivity, occurred during hippocampal spindles together as a doublet with a small-sized ripple, and were related to complex memory consolidation. 100
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026In particular we can identify large-sized and small-sized in contrast to the default medium-sized ripples. Small-sized ripples were associated with increased prefrontal cortex to hippocampus connectivity, followed hippocampal delta waves, and were related to simple learning 100
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026New paper from the lab! In this project we identified different ripple types and link them to behavior and other sleep oscillations doi.org/10.1093/slee... 2219
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Abraham Zelalem Vollan @azvollan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Now in Science: How does the brain’s navigation system allocate its limited representational resources during behavior? We found that grid cells sweep toward locations of interest, providing a potential mechanism for allocating spatial attention in the cognitive map.🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/... 512150
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Check out the new preprint from the amazing @adamjcurtis.bsky.social! Memory Benefits for Schematically Incongruent Sequences Depend on the Type of Violation #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪 13113
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Adrian Duszkiewicz @adrian-du.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A really interesting new two-photon miniscope study for all the retrosplenial geeks out there! Anterior and posterior retrosplenial cortex employ distinct strategies for egocentric–allocentric transformation in spatial codingpnas.orgPNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans... 073
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Helen Barron @helencbarron.bsky.social · 28/07/2026***New preprint from the lab*** showing “Generative replay across hippocampal-neocortical circuits”. In sleep we show spiking sequences in V1 (sensory neocortex!) that represent information that has not been directly experienced www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... @bndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.socialbiorxiv.orgGenerative replay across hippocampal-neocortical circuitsTo make flexible decisions, the brain needs to make inferences between events that were not directly experienced together. In sharp-wave ripple (SWR) events, during periods of rest and sleep, spiking ... 413463
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Brian Wiltgen @wiltgenlab.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Cool work on the HPC and activation of context representations in the prefrontal cortex 🧪 053
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 09/07/2026🧠 BOARD, Be Open About Animal Research Day, is a global, 24-hour social media campaign created by the @eara.eu, which celebrates openness by biomedical institutions across the world in communicating animal research. 122
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)fkne-scholars.bsky.social @fkne-scholars.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Join us tonight, at FENS Forum, Hall H, starting with 18:45! #FENS2026 h1.nu/1yJG2 042
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Nico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We're finally getting the tools to study replay in humans. But why bother? What can we learn from it that we don't know from rodent recordings? Our thoughts are now out in a new TICS Forum Great fun writing this w @smfleming.bsky.social + @maritpetzka.bsky.social authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...authors.elsevier.comWhat can we learn from studying replay in humans?Noninvasive methods are making it possible to study neural replay in humans. Although focused on alignment with rodent findings, human research often … 36636
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026We are proud to introduce the new FKNE Scholars! 040
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)fkne-scholars.bsky.social @fkne-scholars.bsky.social · 05/07/2026FENS-Kavli Scholars @FensKavliNet · 1h Bringing children to Barcelona for the FENS Forum? The FENS Host Committee and the FENS–Kavli Network of Excellence (FKNE) have prepared a family-friendly guide. Explore it here: h1.nu/1yx4U #FENSForum2026 #FKNE #BarcelonaWithKidsh1.nu 001
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Larry can be on my team. Hell, *I* want to be on Larry’s team. 1484
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Young PI Neuroscience Symposium'26 @young-pi-neuro26.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Our @fens.org Satellite meeting is tomorrow! #FENS2026 Check out our updated program👇 youngpisymposium2026.com/program/ We are all super excited to have everyone joining! Safe travels everyone 🚅 ✈️ 🚲 See you in Barcelona 🔆😎 0136
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 04/07/2026On the way to #FENS Forum! Come by, we have a symposium (Beyond episodic memory: engrams for feelings and facts Thursday 9:45 Hall D) and posters (Thursday 14:00-17:30 PS06-09PM-466-8) on learning complex multi-trial tasks spanning species (mouse, rat, human). See you there! 060
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Eleonora Bartoli @elebartoli.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Some neurons like to ride on slow LFP oscillations, regardless of their phase! This might represent a mechanism to coordinate neural activity and propagate information across brain circuits 🧠 amazing collaboration led by the super talented @zahrajourahmad.bsky.social and Andrew Watrous! 1168
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Ben Hayden @benhayden.bsky.social · 24/06/2026New lab paper ! "Shared neural geometries for bilingual semantic representations in human hippocampal neurons" led by @xinyuanyan.bsky.social. 🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comShared neural geometries for bilingual semantic representations in human hippocampal neuronsThe human brain has the remarkable ability to comprehend and express similar concepts in multiple languages. To understand how it does so, we examined… 48328
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Andrea Navas-Olive @acnavasolive.bsky.social · 08/04/2026If you are interested in systems neuroscience, learning about data analysis, or understanding how the conceptualization of analyses can influence results, join us for the Brainhack satellite event at #FENS2026! More info at: pre-fens-brainhack.github.io/brainhack2026/ 02312
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 01/06/2026The applications for the networking event 'Shape Your PI Skills' close TOMORROW! 💭 Exchange insights on leading research groups, mentoring, publishing and well-being 🗓️ 6 July | 19:00 – 20:30 👉️ Apply now: buff.ly/VzaNEMibuff.lyOpen Calls - Federation of European Neuroscience SocietiesThis directory includes calls for awards, grants and stipends, meetings, training activities, etc. offered by FENS and its partners. 001
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Aidan Horner @aidanhorner.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Very excited to have this officially published: A neural state space for episodic memories A brief thread... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪 @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.socialsciencedirect.comA neural state space for episodic memoriesEpisodic memories are highly dynamic and change in nonlinear ways over time. This dynamism is not captured by existing systems consolidation theories … 218472
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Group pictures from 2026! Can you guess our silly pic topics? 010
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I dont think LLMs are the reason....grants still read the same way. Instead its decreased national and institutional funding with rising costs in salaries and consumables....makes people desperate 250
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow @icom-memory.bsky.social · 28/04/2026🧠 ICOM is back! The International Conference on Memory (ICOM7) returns 26–30 July 2027 in Glasgow, bringing together researchers from neuroscience, psychology, and beyond. 🔗 Learn more and sign-up for the newsletter here: icom-memory.org #ICOM7 #MemoryResearch #Neuroscience #Psychology 07539
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Neuron @cp-neuron.bsky.social · 09/04/2026dlvr.itHuman hippocampal ripples prioritize model-based learningZhou et al. show how the human brain learns efficiently from sparse experience. Hippocampal ripples coordinate with the frontopolar cortex, a region at the apex of the frontal brain, to transform direct experience into learning that generalizes to related situations. 062
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 09/04/2026NREM Oscillations Mediate Synaptic Proteome Remodelling to Support Synapse Stabilisation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 011
Lisa Genzel (she/her) @lgenzel.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Dorsoventral hippocampus neural assemblies reactivate during sleep following an aversive experience by @ggirardeau.bsky.social and team www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDorsoventral hippocampus neural assemblies reactivate during sleep following an aversive experience - Nature NeuroscienceSynchronization of sharp-wave ripples across the dorsoventral hippocampus during sleep supports coordinated reactivation that represents negative experiences more faithfully than positive ones. 040
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Marcel S. Kehl @mskehl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026🔔PREPRINT: Sleep ripples drive single-neuron reactivation for human memory consolidation 1/9: How does sleep support human memory consolidation? To test this, we recorded hundreds of neurons in the human medial temporal lobe (MTL) across learning, wakefulness, and sleep. doi.org/10.64898/202...doi.org 14226
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Katharina Schmack @kathaschmack.bsky.social · 31/03/2026🥁🎉The Psychosis Collective proudly presents our first preprint 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝘈 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 starring Le He & Harriet Feldman www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... We wanted to understand how antipsychotics work. Thread🧵 37833
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)SPACE Lab @spacelabimt.bsky.social · 25/03/2026🧠💤 New paper out in @plosbiology.org! Together with Adriana Michalak (@dr-adri.bsky.social), Davide Marzoli, Francesco Pietrogiacomi et al., we show that dreaming, especially immersive dreaming, plays a key role in how deep sleep feels. 🔗 doi.org/10.1371/jour... @erc.europa.eu #ERC-StG #sleep 1148
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Gisella Vetere @gisellavetere.bsky.social · 11/03/2026How does the brain build a memory? A common assumption is that the neurons activated during an experience collectively form the memory engram. In our new Nature Neuroscience paper (finally out!), we show that this is not the case. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comDeconstruction of a memory engram reveals distinct ensembles recruited at learning - Nature NeurosciencePouget et al. identified distinct CA1 neuron ensembles active during specific moments of fear learning and uncovered the core engram essential for memory formation. 1016661
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Alison Preston @aliprestonphd.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Every time you experience something new, your brain faces a decision: Should it update an existing memory or create a new one? In our new paper in @sfnjournals.bsky.social #JNeurosci, we isolate that exact decision, moment-by-moment during learning 🧵 313847
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Young PI Neuroscience Symposium'26 @young-pi-neuro26.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Today we present another of our amazing speakers: @anne-schreiter.bsky.social the executive director from @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social. She will give us an interactive workshop about Leadership and Team-building. Register to our @fens.org Satellite 👉 youngpisymposium2026.comyoungpisymposium2026.comYoung PI Symposium 2026Visit the post for more. 022
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Silvia Viana da Silva @silviaviansilva.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The deadline for our young PI symposium was extended! Don't miss out on this opportunity to build your community and share strategies to navigate these uncertain times. 184
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Hugo Spiers @hugospiers.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Human hippocampal theta–gamma coupling coordinates sequential planning during navigation Impressive study from Dan Bush's Lab at UCL: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 28026
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Gordon Feld @gordonfeld.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Registration open 🎉 MEEP – Heidelberg Summer School on Memory and Sleep www.zi-mannheim.de/forschung/ab...zi-mannheim.deMEEP – Heidelberg Summer School on Memory and SleepJoin our 4-day summer school on memory consolidation, neural replay, and sleep. May 31–June 3, 2026 in Heidelberg. For Master, PhD students & postdocs. 02019
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Awesome new opportunity to join SWC if you are into human ephys. 141
Reposted by Lisa Genzel (she/her)Tomás Ryan @tjryan.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Do you work or study in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, computer science, artificial intelligence, or philosophy? What does the term 'representation' mean to you? We invite you to participate in a brief survey on key conceptual questions across fields. eu.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9GNXM 46660