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Maximiliano José Nigro

@maxnigro.bsky.social
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Associate Professor NTNU #NigroLab; Diversity of neurons; cortical circuits; Biologist looking at neurons with birdwatcher's eyes nigrolab.com

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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The chiffchaff and the willow warbler are very hard to tell apart by shape or color. But listen to them! Many neurons look alike but they sing different songs for different purposes. At Forskningstorget we will explore the shapes, colors and songs of neurons #birdingthebrain #birding #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am organizing an exhibition for Forskningstorget i Trondheim Birding the brain: how a birdwatcher studies neurons The plan is to give a birding tour of the brain to explore the shapes, colors and songs defining the extraordinary diversity of neurons. #Birding #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Time to dive into a discipline that has inspired my #birding and my research on cell types #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m preparing some Golgi-like pictures from my patching collection for the outreach event “Birding the brain” #forskningstorget #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
These are such important efforts by the IBL. I think its impact should be taken very seriously by neuroscientists (when they are in the lab or acting as reviewers) and by the publishers. “You either record an action potential or you do not” I don’t believe this is true for Neuropixels #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Rue Linné leads to a bifurcation: a branch populated by immutable entities along Rue Cuvier A taxonomy of cell types defined by their properties #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Some birding at Jardin des Plantes with a visit to Buffon and the carrion crow before joining @openlab.bsky.social @cam-openlab.bsky.social for the What is a neuron workshop #neuroskyence ebird.org/checklist/S3...
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
What a place to think about what is a neuron and neuronal diversity! La Gloriette de Buffon at the Jardins des Plantes #neuroskyence #birding
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Getting ready for this interesting workshop in Paris: What is a neuron? @openlab.bsky.social school of ideas Back to the basics #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I wonder whether there is any theoretical framework for analyzing these patterns and knowing what goes through his mind #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Fantastic initiative at my Alma Mater University of Pavia by @ebrains.bsky.social School in Computational Neuroscience at the birthplace of Camillo Golgi! It is held in Piazza Botta, one of my favorite places in Pavia, close to the Golgi Institute and the Kosmos Museum! #neuroskyence
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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
The latest story from the #QuattrocoloLab fulfills a long time dream. Are #CajalRetzius cells important for the maturation of spatial navigation? It turns out that superficial pyramidal cells in CA1 care much more about CR cells postnatal presence that deep pyramidal cells.
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
While @gquattrocolo.bsky.social is out with our favorite developmental neuroscientist @gordfishell.bsky.social I take the chance to introduce my son to Norse mythology and Led Zeppelin
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koenvervaeke.bsky.social @koenvervaeke.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We are #hiring 2 PhD students at the University of Oslo! 🇳🇴 1️⃣ Systems Neuro: Spatial memory & addiction 2️⃣ Neuro/Cancer: Glioblastoma invasion. Details: vervaeke-lab.org/Hiring Please RT! 🔄 @UiO_LifeSci #Neuroscience #PhD #SystemsNeuro #Glioblastoma
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This #DarwinDay I discovered that the Museum of Natural History in NTNU has a little piece of Darwin’s collection from his voyage on the Beagle #evolution #biology norwegianscitechnews.com/2025/12/the-...
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The museum treasures that never see the light of day
Some of the greatest natural treasures at NTNU University Museum are never put on display. One treasure is Charles Darwin’s coralline algae.
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
This is the most interesting paper I have read in a while. The organization of a neural system (nucleus, layer or whatever) does not matter for function as long as it contains the right cell types connected the right way. Thanks to @gquattrocolo.bsky.social for inviting me to her Journal Club
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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Alfred Russel Wallace born OTD in 1823. He said he shared with Darwin “an intense interest in … the variety [of living things] that catches the eye of the observer even among those which are very much alike, but which are soon found to differ in several distinct characters.” 🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM #EvoBio
Caricature of Wallace, including the words “After you, Mr. Darwin, kind sir.” By David Hughes for the New Yorker.
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I just started this nice book by Ivan Soltesz. I found out about it by chance after a brief chat with Ariel Agmon and I am so happy to find Ernst Mayr all over a book on the diversity of interneurons! #neuroskyence www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
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[(Diversity in the Neuronal Machine: Order and Variabil…
Discover and share books you love on Goodreads.
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Veldig interessant bok om Alfred Russel Wallace. Boken forteller om de forskjellige sider av en veldig interessant mann som oppdaget naturlig utvalg, ble opptatt med spiritisme og med sosiale problemer www.goodreads.com/book/show/71...
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Barbeint i Amazonas: historien om Alfred Russel Wallace
Darwinisme har alle hørt om. Men få er klar over at Dar…
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This afternoon’s journal club took me and my kid to the Gulf of Mexico We think that the term «interaction» is an understatement
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
#Onthisday was published On the origin of the species by Charles Darwin I get inspired by this book every time I read it #evolution #neuroskyence
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Giulia Quattrocolo @gquattrocolo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
#QuattrocoloLab preprint out 👇! We explored changes in the proteome of hippocampal and dentate gyrus growth cones at early postnatal stages. We see that at P1 growth cones from the two subregions are very similar, but start to diverge from P3, with HP growth cones maturing earlier then DG ones.
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
This week I am sharing what I think to be the most significant publication in biology since 1859. This paper opened the door to molecular biology and molecular genetics. #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The family coat of arms made at school by my son features birdwatching. I did get something right so far @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Developmental neuroscientists please keep inviting @gquattrocolo.bsky.social to your conferences. She is a great speaker and her lab is doing very interesting research. Plus she has great taste for presents to her husband when she returns from those conferences
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
In today’s lecture on microcircuit organization we will go through the classics from Penfield to Eccles and get to cell type specific optogenetics to dissect circuits for top down modulation of vision How neurons connect to compute with a reminder to their biophysical properties #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
From the series “Once upon a time…the discoverers” an episode about Buffon and the concept of deep time #evolution
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Immunology is such a beautiful field! It was just recognized with another Nobel prize. Richard Lewontin included it (“mechanisms of self-recognition”) in the five properties defining living organisms. #biology #neuroskyence www.nobelprize.org/all-nobel-pr...
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All Nobel Prizes 2025
The Nobel Prizes are awarded to those that have conferred the greated benefit to humankind.
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
To honor the memory of Dr Jane Goodall I am sharing her 1963 article for National Geographic Magazine #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
A pioneer of science, conservation and education who left a long lasting legacy. Dr Jane Goodall #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Short philosophical summary for the lecture on Touch #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This looks like a promising step forward that improves quality rather than quantity Looking forward to dig in more!
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Grilling on a gorgeous fall evening while enjoying a wonderful Zinfandel. A present from the last master student graduated from the lab. The joys of teaching…
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
This is very interesting. I am always terrified by extracellular recordings and Neuropixels have aggravated my anxiety. So I really appreciate studies like this. #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Basket cells, parvalbumin expressing or fast-spiking neurons, names that emphasize different properties of the same type. However they are not all the same, like these in the mouse barrel cortex: one has axon in its layer; the other sends axon to other layers Both are very beautiful #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Congratulations to @seanfw.bsky.social and team! Very interesting project leveraging large scale models to make sense of the even larger scale anatomical diversity across regions and species
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Interesting passage. Buffon starts with a jab at the idea of classification by means of reducing beings to an ideal form. Are we, cell typers, exaggerating in splitting the transcriptomic dendrograms? This reminds me of Agmon’s review pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39091993/ #neuroskyence #evolution
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Our first steps into sensory processing is now online! Work spearheaded by Rejwan Salih from experiments by @prime5222.bsky.social and François Pauzin We were lucky to receive guidance from Davide Zoccolan on the analytical methods. #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
This week I am sharing the closing remarks from Wallace’s The Malay Archipelago. Here Wallace gives a critique of of Victorian society and what he learned living with the people he met in his travels #historyofscience #biogeography #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
A few highlights of a morning birdwatching in Bali Barat National Park @gquattrocolo.bsky.social The two mynas are critically endangered and the park has a repopulation program
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This week I am sharing this very interesting study where I learned about the weird meiosis of 🌹 #evolution
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Yale Neuroscience @yaleneuro.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
📢 Calling all senior neuro postdocs: SYNAPSES brings postdocs from around the world to Yale to share their work during an in-person symposium on October 23, 2025. Apply today to present your research, talk with faculty members in 1:1s, & interact with Yale postdocs! 🧠🧪 Deadline Sept 7. #neuroskyence
Flyer of the SYNAPSES symposium call for applications.
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Bali surprised me as it did with Wallace @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
And we are off for some tropical birdwatching in Bali @gquattrocolo.bsky.social #birdwatching
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The sun is finally shining on the last day of recordings before going on vacation, so I make my own sunshine with an LED and some channelrhodopsin #neuroskyence
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
If birds of paradise are glorified crows, then I have my own bird of paradise #birdwatching
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Since I like birds and beer, my son chose this for me #birdwatching
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Maximiliano José Nigro @maxnigro.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Beautiful episode of @englishhistpod podcast. The I-mutation phenomenon is super interesting and it happened also in Italian languages! historyofenglishpodcast.com/2013/11/27/epi…
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Dan Levenstein @dlevenstein.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Thrilled to announce I'll be starting my own neuro-theory lab, as an Assistant Professor at @yaleneuro.bsky.social @wutsaiyale.bsky.social this Fall! My group will study offline learning in the sleeping brain: how neural activity self-organizes during sleep and the computations it performs. 🧵
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Theanne Griffith, PhD 🇧🇧👩🏽‍🔬🇭🇷 @doctheagrif.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I’m so honored to be selected as both a 2025 McKnight Scholar and 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. And I couldn’t be prouder to share these honors with awesome @ucdavis.bsky.social colleagues 💙💛💙💛 health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...
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UC Davis researchers honored by McKnight and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
UC Davis faculty Sergey Stavisky, Theanne Griffith and Elisa Zhang receive prestigious early-career recognition from McKnight Endowment Fund and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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