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Michèle Insanally, PhD

@minsanally.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof at Pitt Med. Perception, learning, plasticity. Formerly @UC Berkeley, NYU, Columbia

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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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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 07/10/2025
we are almost booked! Only a handful of openings left. So, please do attend if you register. Also, here is the poster!
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Jeff Markowitz @vulcnethologist.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Our first preprint has been accepted for publication www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... !! tldr: @ezeyulu00.bsky.social , @amartyapradhan.bsky.social , @dkoveal.bsky.social and I developed a method using injectable nanoparticles to turn mice into…constellations in motion. 🧵⤵️
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High-resolution in vivo kinematic tracking with customized injectable fluorescent nanoparticles
Injectable fluorescent nanoparticles were used to track positions on and inside of freely moving animals at high resolution.
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COSYNE @cosynemeeting.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
#Cosyne2026 is now open for business! Show us what you got both for the main meeting & workshop proposals 🧠🥳🧠🥳🧠
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Pynapple @pynapple.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
New workshop! Just before SFN, join the Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Neuroscience of the Simons Foundation for a workshop on pynapple and NeMoS. Learn how to use these open-source packages to analyze and model neural data! Accommodation & meals provided. Link ⬇️
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Gaute Einevoll @gauteeinevoll.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Episode #30 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On co-dependent excitatory and inhibitory plasticity – with Tim Vogels @tpvogels.bsky.social theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn30 How can excitatory and inhibitory synaptic plasticity, co-exist in spiking neural network models? With co-dependence!
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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Know a brilliant postdoc? Encourage them to apply for the SWC Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series — a chance to present to the London neuroscience community. Open to postdocs worldwide, travel & accommodation covered, no CV’s or references needed. www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...
Quote from Noel Federman, 2024 ENSS Speaker: "It's a great multi-disciplinary place here, and meeting people working in diverse fields is enriching."
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Michael Goard @michaelgoard.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Very happy to see a Transmitter (@thetransmitter.bsky.social) piece on our recent work on estrous cycle modulation of hippocampal structure and function. Thanks to Sydney Wyatt (@sydneywyatt.bsky.social) for covering the work and its context: www.thetransmitter.org/neuroendocri...
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Spatial learning circuitry fluctuates in step with estrous cycle in mice
Cyclic shifts in estradiol levels coincide with changes in dendritic spine density and the activity of place cells in the CA1 region of the hippocampus, a new study shows.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Here Are the Nearly 2,500 Medical Research Grants Canceled or Delayed by Trump (Gift Article)
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
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Lisa Schmors @lisaschmors.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again!   💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty   📈Apply until July 1st! 🔗https://imbizo.africa/
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Michèle Insanally, PhD @minsanally.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
✨Excited to share that my trainee Tiange Hou will be pursuing her PhD at Scripps Research this Fall! Looking forward to learning about the discoveries this talented researcher will make in the future! #skyence #PhD #neuroscience
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Lauren Kreeger @laurenkreeger.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Thrilled that our paper has been published in @elife.bsky.social doi.org/10.7554/eLif... We ask: how can a neuron integrate information across multiple time scales? Twist: This neuron has extreme properties that helps it work ~300x times faster than neurons in the hippocampus Summary 🧵to follow
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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Was just pointed to this important preprint from @minsanally.bsky.social : www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-4... tl;dr: classically "non-responsive" cells are preferentially recruited by top-down inputs and are critical for learning. So, my neuro-friends: Don't ignore untuned cells!!!! 🧠📈 🧪
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Dynamic gating of perceptual flexibility by non-classically responsive cortical neurons
The ability to flexibly respond to sensory cues in dynamic environments is essential to adaptive auditory-guided behaviors. Cortical spiking responses during behavior are highly diverse, ranging from ...
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Pierre Apostolides @pfapostolides.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
(Plz repost) I’ve been receiving some good news lately and will be hiring at all levels to expand the lab. Please get in contact if you are interested in reinforcement learning, neural plasticity, neural circuit dynamics, and/or hearing rehabilitation. pierre.apostolides @ umich .edu Tyvm
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Kepecs Lab @ WashU @kepecslab.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
1/ Why do patients with late-stage cancer lose motivation & sink into apathy? 🔥 Our new Science paper shows chronic inflammation activates a cytokine-sensing brain circuit that lowers motivation. Huge team effort: Aelita Zhu, Sarah Starosta, Pignatelli & Janowitz labs! 🧵 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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A neuroimmune circuit mediates cancer cachexia-associated apathy
Cachexia, a severe wasting syndrome associated with inflammatory conditions, often leads to multiorgan failure and death. Patients with cachexia experience extreme fatigue, apathy, and clinical depres...
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Mélissa Berthet @berthetmelissa.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🚨New in @science.org🚨 With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
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Extensive compositionality in the vocal system of bonobos
Compositionality, the capacity to combine meaningful elements into larger meaningful structures, is a hallmark of human language. Compositionality can be trivial (the combination’s meaning is the sum ...
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Michèle Insanally, PhD @minsanally.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Come check out our posters at Cosyne this year! #cosyne2025 @cosynemeeting.bsky.social
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Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · 26/02/2025
🌟 Exciting news! The Call for Symposia and Technical Workshops for #FENS2026 in Barcelona is now open! 🧠 🗓️ Deadline: 5 May 2025 🔗 Find out more and submit your proposal today: loom.ly/riIGtu0 #NeuroscienceConference #CallForProposals
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The Kavli Foundation @kavlifoundation.org · 19/03/2025
Applications are open for the summer school 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. compneuronrsn.org Application deadline: March 31, 2025 Located in beautiful Eresfjord, Norway 🇳🇴 #Neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience #KavliNeuro @kavlintnu.bsky.social
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Mathematical Methods in Computational Neuroscience
Summer school in Eresfjord, Norway (July 8th - 26th, 2024)
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Society for Social Neuroscience (S4SN) @s4sn.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We can't wait for the next annual meeting in Lisbon, Portugal from September 23–26, 2025 at the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. Our current president, Steve Chang sends everybody a few words: "This upcoming meeting is extra special for a couple of reasons..."
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We are excited to announce that nominations are open for our “Rising stars in neuroscience” 2025 report. We seek to feature early-career researchers who have made outstanding scientific contributions and demonstrated a commitment to community-building. Submit a nominee here: bit.ly/4bsoBXD
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The Transmitter’s ‘Rising stars in neuroscience’ 2025
Recognize early-career researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the field. Selected nominees will be featured on our website and in our annual book.
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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
How does the brain integrate sensory inputs to shape memory and behaviour? In a recent SWC seminar @jangrundemann.bsky.social, from @dzne.science, shared his research on the auditory thalamus and its role in learning. Read the Q&A: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/qa/bridg...
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Adam Tyson @adamltyson.com · 27/02/2025
If you know anyone who would like to spend the summer contributing to open-source neuroscience software (and getting paid), please get in touch. Projects can include neuroanatomy, behaviour, ephys and data management tools.
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Joao Barbosa @jbarbosa.org · 25/02/2025
Looking forward to this!
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Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social · 15/01/2025
Hey Neuroscientists 🧠! Heading to San Diego for #SfN25 in November? Join us for an exciting all-day symposium at @scripps.edu in beautiful La Jolla, just a couple of days before the conference. It's free to attend, so register early and plan your travels accordingly! 🧪
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Flatiron Institute @flatironinstitute.org · 25/02/2025
The NeuroRSE group at #FlatironCCN recently hosted two software workshops on analyzing #neuroscience data using new software tools @pynapple.bsky.social and NeMoS. The next workshop will take place at SfN this November. Read more: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/02/25/c... #science
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CCN’s NeuroRSE Group Hosts Two Software Workshops
The Center for Computational Neuroscience recently hosted workshops to teach scientists how to analyze neuroscience data with new software tools.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 25/02/2025
#Neuroskyence students! We're brainstorming ways to support your development over this summer break, esp. given the changes in summer intern programs across our fields. What other opportunities would you like to see? Some ideas: undergrad-focused webinars, self-paced courses, challenges, etc.
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Tom Hindmarsh Sten @tshindmarsh.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Excited see the final portion of my PhD work with Vanessa Ruta out today in @cellpress.bsky.social, in the midst of everything. In time for valentines day, @rufeili.bsky.social and I describe how competition between males sculpt mating decisions in 🪰🫶. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Male-male interactions shape mate selection in Drosophila
Male-male competition strongly influences mate selection in Drosophila, with males performing wing flicks to repel their rivals and jam a female’s perception of other potential mates. Recruitment of p...
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 21/02/2025
See how we collect in-vivo physiology data at scale at our #Neuropixels and #OpenScope Workshop! Enjoy summer in Seattle, tour our labs, and attend a masterclass on our imaging and ephys methods. 🧠📈 Applications due March 1. 🔗 alleninstitute.org/events/2025-...
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2025 Neuropixels and OpenScope Workshop
In this workshop, participants will gain in-depth exposure to the tools and techniques used by the Allen Institute to collect in vivo physiology data at scale.
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Markus Meister @mameister4.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Here it is finally: Our mathematical methods book for life scientists! Aimed at advanced undergrads and beginning grad students, plus all those who want a deeper look at the math behind quantitative biology. @portugueslab.bsky.social. 1/3
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Michèle Insanally, PhD @minsanally.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Hi Bluesky 🦋! Great to see so many friends and colleagues here! I'm an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine using experimental and computational approaches to study perception, learning, and plasticity 🧠 insanallylab.com
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INSANALLY LAB
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Chris Rozell @crozell.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I’m inviting you to attend a conference May 7-8 at Georgia Tech called InterfaceNeuro (interfaceneuro.org), targeting the intersection of neuroscience, neuroengineering, clinical/translational research, neurotech industry, and individuals with lived experiences. Please share! #neuroskyence 🧠🧪
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InterfaceNeuro | Conference on Neuroengineering
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Ralph Emilio Peterson @ralphpeterson.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Thanks @elife.bsky.social for featuring our work with an eLife digest! elifesciences.org/digests/8989...
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Eavesdropping on gerbil dialects
Families of Mongolian gerbils communicate using different vocal patterns, which may help individuals identify their relatives.
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COSYNE @cosynemeeting.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Recruiting phd/postdocs to mentor Undergrad Awardees!! This program brings UGs from across the 🌎 considering a career in neuro research Duties: meet students on 1st day, take them to a poster session, help them feel welcome. Apply: (very short!) form forms.gle/9hCniCA29ky5...
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Cosyne 2025 undergraduate mentor applications
The Cosyne Undergraduate Travel Grant, is a program that brings ~12 undergraduates from across the world to Cosyne. As part of the program, we aim to pair the students with a “conference mentor”, a P...
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