Reposted by Luc EstebanezGro-Tsen @gro-tsen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Leaving aside questions about how desirable or opportune it is for mathematicians to use AI in their research, I am troubled by how many colleagues have told me they pay a “pro” subscription to this-or-that AI model ❊with their own personal money❊. 282
Reposted by Luc EstebanezTanuj Gulati @tanujgulati.bsky.social · 18/08/2026🧠 #Job alert! Postdoctoral position in my lab at Cedars-Sinai: electrophysiology & cortico-cerebellar dynamics in stroke recovery. Full ad below. Please share! #Neuroscience #Postdoc #Neuromodulation #Neuroprosthetics #Cerebellum #BCI #Stroke 123
Reposted by Luc EstebanezLaetitia Mony @laetitiamony.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Heading to #FENS2026! First step: 6h50 of train to Bracelona. Please go check the team posters tomorrow morning 👇. I will talk in the photopharmacology session Friday morning. Looking forward to meeting the Neuroscience community ! 041
Luc Estebanez @lucestebanez.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Check out in particular our posters on brain-machine interfacing and mouse upper-limb prostheses on Tuesday morning; my work with James Poulet on sensorimotor integration in forelimb M1 with membrane potential recordings on Wednesday afternoon, and more amazing somatosensory-motor work on Thursday! 022
Reposted by Luc EstebanezSensori-motor Integration and Plasticity Lab @touchmovelab.bsky.social · 06/07/2026FENS 2026: We will present our BMI, mouse neuroprosthesis and somatosensory processing work through this week, including chairing a session on circuit neuroscience in freely moving mice! Check out the schedule below 🔽🔽🔽 032
Reposted by Luc EstebanezMarc Slutzky @marcslutzky.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Our paper is now in print in Nature @nature.com. If you're interested in local field potentials, especially #high-gamma activity, and/or #spikes, check it out! TL;DR: High gamma is not mainly filtered spikes, but mainly summed nearby PSPs. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comActive dissociation of intracortical spiking and high gamma activity - NatureA brain–machine interface is used in monkeys to investigate the biophysical underpinnings of cortical high gamma-band activity, a signal that is often studied in the context of many brain functions. 0207
Reposted by Luc EstebanezSam Schwarzkopf @sampendu.bsky.social · 27/05/2026I know this was a labour of love (and blood, sweat, and tears) by my great colleague Susanne Stoll: the first ever tactile maps of the human finger tip! ☝️ #neuroskyence (not really #psychscisky or #visionscience but tagged it anyway 😉) doi.org/10.1162/IMAG... 26616
Reposted by Luc EstebanezArrêt sur images @arretsurimages.net · 11/06/2026INFO ASI - Étienne Klein perd son doctorat 🚨 Le plagiat de sa thèse, révélé par Arrêt sur images en 2024, vient d'être confirmé à l'issue de 20 mois d’enquête : près de deux tiers des pages seraient concernées. Plus d'infos ⤵️ www.arretsurimages.net/articles/the...arretsurimages.netThèse plagiée : Étienne Klein perd son doctorat - Par Loris Guémart | Arrêt sur imagesPeu après les révélations de plagiat dans la thèse d'Étienne Klein par "Arrêt sur images" en 2024, l'Université Paris Cité avait ouvert une enquête. À la suite de 20 mois de procédure, elle a découver... 43659400
Luc Estebanez @lucestebanez.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Worrying development: a Nobel-grade Harvard nanochemist, convicted of treason, and fleeing to China to head a neurotechnology research effort involving massive volumes of monkey research and ASML-levels of chip microfabrication....japantimes.co.jpConvicted former Harvard scientist rebuilds brain computer lab in ChinaScientists at China's People's Liberation Army have investigated brain interfaces as a way to engineer super soldiers by boosting mental agility and situational awareness. 000
Reposted by Luc EstebanezNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 20/04/2026Moisissures dans les collections, bibliothèque inondée, fissures dans les murs… Alors que le @mnhn.fr célèbre ses 400 ans, fort d’une importante fréquentation et d’une renommée scientifique internationale, son président, Gilles Bloch, alerte sur son état catastrophique.lemonde.frL’appel à l’aide du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, très délabré : « Les ossements minéralisés explosent littéralement »Moisissures dans les collections, bibliothèque inondée, fissures dans les murs… Alors que l’établissement célèbre ses 400 ans, fort d’une importante fréquentation et d’une renommée scientifique intern... 5182113
Reposted by Luc EstebanezPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 20/04/2026How does somatosensory input to the #MotorCortex contribute to limb movement? This study shows that loss of #somatosensory inputs disrupts voluntary forelimb movements & motor cortex neuronal dynamics, highlighting the role of somatosensory input in motor control @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/3QcbXph 064
Luc Estebanez @lucestebanez.bsky.social · 20/04/2026▶️ In our new @plosbiology.org study with James Poulet, we show somatosensory contributions to M1 Vm in a forelimb reaching task. ▶️ Surgical removal of somatosensation impacted movement encoding, Vm regulation and its transition to active state, and more! ▶️ Learn more: doi.org/10.1371/jour... 096
Reposted by Luc EstebanezParis-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience @neuropsi.bsky.social · 26/02/2026▶️ Heike Stein from Sorbonne Université will be the 4th keynote speaker at NeuroControl2026! ▶️ NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control! Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org 042
Reposted by Luc EstebanezParis-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience @neuropsi.bsky.social · 19/02/2026▶️ Henri Lorach from Université de Lausanne will be the 3rd keynote speaker at NeuroControl2026! ▶️ NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control! Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org 021
Reposted by Luc EstebanezPatrick Pla @patrickpla.bsky.social · 17/02/2026First time seeing "for real" the new metro at #Saclay. The line will open (with a higher speed I hope) on October this year. 041
Reposted by Luc EstebanezParis-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience @neuropsi.bsky.social · 16/02/2026▶️ Daniel Häufle from Tübingen Universität will join us as a keynote speaker at NeuroControl2026! ▶️ NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control! Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org 021
Luc Estebanez @lucestebanez.bsky.social · 12/02/2026🎉 We will have a talk by Daniel Huber at the NeuroControl2026 conference! ➡️ Register: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org 000
Reposted by Luc EstebanezJulie Carcaud @carcaudjulie.bsky.social · 10/02/2026🧠 We are pleased to announce that applications for the M2 Systems Neuroscience at the University Paris-Saclay are officially open 🎉 www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/ma... @univparissaclay.bsky.social @neuropsi.bsky.socialuniversite-paris-saclay.frM2 Systems Neuroscience: from cells to brain functions 033
Reposted by Luc EstebanezNikolas Karalis @nikolaskaralis.bsky.social · 17/12/2025We invite applications for postdoctoral researchers with strong expertise in in vivo electrophysiology and circuit neuroscience to join our team at the Paris Brain Institute (ICM). 02215
Reposted by Luc EstebanezLaetitia Mony @laetitiamony.bsky.social · 28/01/2026If you are a PhD student or post-doc who wants to learn everything about #electrophysiology or #imaging, consider registering to the Paris Spring school in optical imaging and electrophysiology, that will take place in the center of Paris 11-23 May 2026. Application deadline Feb 2nd parisneuro.ovhparisneuro.ovhParis NeuroCourse | Optical Imaging and Electrophysiological Recording in Neuroscience 31514
Luc Estebanez @lucestebanez.bsky.social · 20/01/2026We are organizing a conference on closed-loop limb control, looking at both robotic and physiological control. ▶️ Register, submit your abstract! 010
Reposted by Luc EstebanezParis-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience @neuropsi.bsky.social · 20/01/2026🦾/💪 Interested in the physiology of motor control? In robotics? In neuroprosthetics? ▶️ Join us in NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control! ▶️ Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org 044
Reposted by Luc EstebanezPierre Le Merre @pierrelemerre.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Main postdoc study out! We can redefine prefrontal cortex regions with single-unit activity! Grateful to @carlenlab.bsky.social and @weltgeischt.bsky.social who made this crazy project real. Thanks to all co-authors, collaborators, and reviewers. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA prefrontal cortex map based on single-neuron activity - Nature NeuroscienceThe authors mapped spontaneous and choice activity across mouse prefrontal cortex. The activity maps aligned with intrinsic connectivity rather than anatomical subregions, suggesting that connectivity... 59721
Luc Estebanez @lucestebanez.bsky.social · 05/01/2026🦾 🧠 Are you interested in building and experimenting with the second version of our mouse forelimb prosthesis? Apply to our Post-Doc position at Université paris-Saclay. Neuroscientists with interest for engineering, and engineers with interest for neurosciences all welcome! Apply now 🔽🔽🔽emploi.cnrs.frPortail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Chercheuse/chercheur post-doctorant en Neurotechnologie (H/F)Assurez-vous que votre profil candidat soit correctement renseigné avant de postuler 011
Reposted by Luc EstebanezIdoia Quintana-Urzainqui @idoiaeu.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Really happy to join NeuroPSI at Paris Saclay to lead a research group funded by an ERC Consolidator grant #ERCCoG . We'll study the origins of the vertebrate brain using shark embryos. 🦈 🧠 Reach out if you are interested in joining the team 🤍 127212
Luc Estebanez @lucestebanez.bsky.social · 10/12/2025We have opened a call for a post-doctoral researcher ! Our team @touchmovelab.bsky.social researches strategies to provide direct cortical feedback during brain-machine interface control of an upper limb prosthesis in the mouse model. 001
Reposted by Luc EstebanezNick Desnoyer @nickdesnoyer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The hidden danger of Biorender (& the death of scientific illustration) A short thread 🧵 613645
Reposted by Luc EstebanezPLOS Biology @plosbiology.org · 16/10/2025How to restore #motor function after #stroke? This study shows in mice that a combination of #RoboticRehabilitation & non-invasive gamma band #neuromodulation improves motor recovery by restoring movement-related oscillations & parvalbumin #interneuron dynamics @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n7QJng 014
Reposted by Luc EstebanezParis-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience @neuropsi.bsky.social · 11/10/2025🤯 👁️ Did you know the primary visual cortex tracks head movements even in complete darkness? Guy Bouvier and colleagues managed to decode multiple head movement variables in V1 without light in the room, and discovered two distinct brain sources delivering these signals! Read more in PNAS 🔽🔽pnas.org 171
Reposted by Luc EstebanezVirginie van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Evenement à diffuser pour la fête de la science en @iledefrance.bsky.social @poncerlab.bsky.social @bathellierlab.bsky.social @clairewyart.bsky.social 035
Luc Estebanez @lucestebanez.bsky.social · 04/09/20251/4 Today we introduce the first upper limb prosthesis for the mouse model, controlled by a brain-machine interface! We show that mice can control this prosthesis via a brain-machine interface to solve a rewarded task. 194
Reposted by Luc EstebanezJuan Gallego @juangallego.bsky.social · 07/08/2025🚨 New preprint + thread 🧵 We've gone back to studying motoneuron control principles and their applications & here's paper #1: A proof-of-concept study showing that people with tetraplegic spinal cord injury can control up to 2DoF from a single intramuscular implant www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 36113
Reposted by Luc EstebanezMicah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 01/08/2025Never thought I’d see the day when LinkedIn is the biggest driver of engagement in our papers, but we live in some strange times. 7281
Luc Estebanez @lucestebanez.bsky.social · 01/08/20251/6 We have a new/updated preprint out, led by Anton Dogadov, demonstrating operant conditioning of large cortical waves over mouse S1 thanks to a mesoscale GCamp6 brain-machine interface! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 160
Reposted by Luc EstebanezTanuj Gulati @tanujgulati.bsky.social · 21/07/2025(1/8) Excited to share our new paper in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social , led by grad student @rohitrangwani.bsky.social ! 🧠🤖 We show that robust #BrainMachineInterface (#BMI) control is possible using #cerebellar activity- even in a #stroke-affected brain. #Neuroscience www.cell.com/cell-reports...doi.orgRedirecting 131
Reposted by Luc EstebanezScience Magazine @science.org · 22/07/2025Octopuses fall for the “rubber arm” illusion, just like us. Learn more: scim.ag/40xyT4y 05619
Reposted by Luc EstebanezMichael Lin, MD PhD @michaelzlin.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Two voltage imaging studies in two days using ASAP fluorescent indicators. First, visualizing electrical brain waves with ASAP3, in Cell. Free link below. Though recorded by EEG for 100 years, how brain waves arise from different neuron types has been unclear. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...authors.elsevier.comScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books. 1246
Reposted by Luc EstebanezJulien Bouvier @jul-bouvier.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Don't miss this upcoming informal gathering on the theme of SEARCHING FOR PRINCIPLES IN MOTOR CONTROL on Sept 23-24, 25 in Sorbonne University. It will enable you to present your work to the French motor community. Registration is free! motorconference.sciencesconf.orgmotorconference.sciencesconf.orgSearching for Principles in Motor Control - Sciencesconf.org 075
Reposted by Luc EstebanezBrice Bathellier @bathellierlab.bsky.social · 13/07/2025If you have missed it, wonderful workshop in Montpellier on most recent optical imaging techniques for neurosciences. One week left to register lnkd.in/etEmGyMm Visit workshop 284 Free registration, accomodation possible on site.lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 012
Reposted by Luc EstebanezScience Magazine @science.org · 07/07/2025Scientists have developed OpenExo, an open source exoskeleton framework that could make wearable robotics more accessible and accelerate the development of new devices. Read more in #ScienceRobotics: scim.ag/4koYIKYscim.agOpenExo: An open-source modular exoskeleton to augment human functionWe present an open-source, open-hardware exoskeleton to aid in accelerating the growth of robotic exoskeleton research. 36620
Reposted by Luc EstebanezCNRS Biologie @cnrsbiologie.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Les souris ont-elles aussi une représentation cognitive de leur corps ? 🤝 @cnrs-paris-saclay.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social @lucestebanez.bsky.social @touchmovelab.bsky.social @neuropsi.bsky.social 👉 Lire l'article dans @plosbiology.org buff.ly/2JK2msIbuff.lyLes souris ont aussi une représentation cognitive riche de leur corpsL’illusion de la « main en caoutchouc » montre que la manipulation astucieuse de perceptions visuelles et tactiles peut nous convaincre en quel 075
Reposted by Luc EstebanezDominika Radziun @nikaradziun.bsky.social · 04/07/2025How does the brain integrate artificial body extensions? Using a custom-built finger-extending exoskeleton, we show that wearable augmentations are quickly integrated into body representation, with proprioceptive space adapting to the device’s structure and function. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgDynamics of sensorimotor plasticity during exoskeletal finger augmentationHow does the brain integrate artificial body extensions into its somatosensory representation? While prior work has shown that tool use alters body representation, little is known about how artificial... 23715
Reposted by Luc EstebanezParis-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience @neuropsi.bsky.social · 02/07/2025🎉 L'interdisciplinarité est à l'oeuvre dans notre institut. 🤝 Nos liens forts avec la communauté des ingénieurs du L2S @centralesupelec.bsky.social nous valent le label PRIME de @cnrs.fr !miti.cnrs.frLe projet Neurocontrol : où les neurosciences rencontrent l’automatique – MITIRetrouver l'interview des porteurs du projet Neurocontrol, fruit d’une collaboration entre neuroscientifiques et automaticiens 033
Reposted by Luc EstebanezParis-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience @neuropsi.bsky.social · 28/06/2025🔬🐁 We have a new position open! ➡️ Our "Chaire Professeur Junior" position focuses on multi-omics during brain development. This research-heavy position follows a tenure-track scheme, leading to a full professor position. 🗓️ Application deadline: 22/08/2025universite-paris-saclay.fr 057
Reposted by Luc EstebanezParis-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience @neuropsi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025C'est notre grande tristesse d'annoncer le décès de Heather McLean, Maitresse de Conférence en neuroscience à @univparissaclay.bsky.social, chercheuse à @neuropsi.bsky.social. 143
Reposted by Luc EstebanezPierre Le Merre @pierrelemerre.bsky.social · 26/06/2025I am extremely grateful and beyond happy to share that I have been awarded an @inserm.fr #ATIP-Avenir fellowship to start my own lab to study neuronal circuits for auditory categorization! Thanks to everyone who made this possible. 6262
Reposted by Luc EstebanezZero-Noise Lab @zeronoiselab.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Now out in @natcomms.nature.com: Mice and monkeys spontaneously shift through comparable cognitive states - and it's written all over their faces! (1/7) www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comInferring internal states across mice and monkeys using facial features - Nature CommunicationsHere, the authors created a virtual reality task for monkeys and mice to explore if internal states like attention are similar across species. Their facial expressions during the task were similar, su... 17423
Reposted by Luc EstebanezBrice Bathellier @bathellierlab.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Two postdoc positions in the lab within the ERC Synergy project "Chronology" in collaboration with S. Ostojic, M. Jazayeri and V. van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social . Two focuses: sound sequences representations across the brain & novel all-optical technology. Contact: brice.bathellier@cnrs.fr 01513
Reposted by Luc EstebanezPierre Bataille @pierrebat.cpesr.fr · 12/06/2025Du poids indéniable de l'école dans la production des inégalités genrées face aux mathématiques "Rapid emergence of a maths gender gap in first grade" par P. Martinot et al. Une étude sur 3 million d'enfants en France (!!!) qui va faire du bruit #LaRAC @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41... 48751