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Rimi 🌻

@rimjhimtomar.bsky.social
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Computational neuroscience postdoc at the Schaffer Lab (@sinaibrain.bsky.social). I study error-driven learning in the brain; very hands-on with the error part! 📍 New York, NY

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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
COMING UP! Friday, July 31, 3pm, please join hosts Drs @benjaminweekley.bsky.social, Rimjhim Tomar & Dina Vázquez Carrillo when #NashNeuroscience welcomes @harvardmed.bsky.social's Dr. Ava Carter to #MSNSeminars 👉 “Evolving Responses to the Environment: Human-specific Gene Regulation in the Brain".
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Please join us in offering a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to @mountsinainyc.bsky.social's Drs. Zhangying (Jennie) Chen, Hamilton Oh & Rimjhim Tomar for being selected as 2026 #LeonLevyScholars! Thank you to the Leon Levy Foundation & @nyasciences.bsky.social. An incredible honor! Again, Congratulations!!💯🎉
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Evan Schaffer @esschaffer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I’m incredibly excited to celebrate Dr. Rimjhim Tomar’s recognition as a Leon Levy Scholar. Rimi is such a pleasure to work with and a truly deserving recipient of this award. #NYAS @rimjhimtomar.bsky.social www.nyas.org/person/rimjh...
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Rimjhim Tomar, PhD - NYAS
Rimjhim Tomar is a 2026 Leon Levy Scholar in Neuroscience, recognized for pursuing innovative postdoctoral research to advance the field in New York City.
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Rimi 🌻 @rimjhimtomar.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
@neuromatch.bsky.social is running a Python for Computational Science Week from 7-15 Feb for any of you who want to refresh their Python foundation, or get started! Free material is provided on compneuro.neuromatch.io and support's available on the Neuromatch subreddit.
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Rimi 🌻 @rimjhimtomar.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
So excited for this, even at -12°C! If the cold doesnt sharpen my attention, the speakers will! @thetransmitter.bsky.social, @simonsfoundation.org.
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Simon Schultz @simonschultz.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
There is a new Postdoctoral Research Associate position available in my group, to work on computational analysis of human neuroimaging workflows to develop robust, interpretable and scalable biomarkers of cognitive brain health. Closing date 10th Feb 2026. www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...
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Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...
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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Postdoctoral fellows are the life force of biomedical research. The neuroscience community at #MountSinai is SUPER PROUD of our outstanding postdoctoral researchers. Meet @esschaffer.bsky.social lab's @rimjhimtomar.bsky.social👉 rimitomar.github.io & the FBI postdocs👉 icahn.mssm.edu/research/fri...
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The fruit fly visual system gets a glow-up during pupal development. A new study reveals how non-neuronal calcium activity fine-tunes the boundaries between each portion of the compound eye. By @lauren-schneider.com #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/developmenta...
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Nadine Dijkstra @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
We want to hear from you! @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social are teaming up to better understand how to support early-career researchers. Make sure your voice is heard. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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What kinds of support do early-career researchers need?
Help The Transmitter and Neuromatch bolster the next generation of neuroscientists.
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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🎉 Huge congrats to our 2025 #ComputationalNeuroscience alumni! Your curiosity and dedication inspire us! 🤓 This year we revamped our #CompNeuro course & integrated new AI tools to enhance learning. 🙋 Wanna join us next year? Sign up for our mailing list: neuromatch.io/mailing-list/
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 20/09/2010
In tomorrow's New York Times: my profile of Giulio Tononi, a neuroscientist on a quest for a consciousness meter. nyti.ms/aDKtqJ
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Dan Levenstein @dlevenstein.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I continue to think interneuron circuits are an untapped inspiration in neural network design for context-dependent computation.
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Feature-specific inhibitory connectivity augments the accuracy of cortical representations
To interpret complex sensory scenes, animals exploit statistical regularities to infer missing features and suppress redundant or ambiguous information. Cortical microcircuits might contribute to this...
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Rimi 🌻 @rimjhimtomar.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hippocampal representations drift in stable multisensory environments - Nature
Tracking of individual place cells in mouse CA1 shows that representational drift is not influenced by changes in environment or behaviour, and is lower for more excitable place cells.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 12/03/2025
Adult human brains have between 86-100 billion neurons and every single one is unique - like snowflakes! ❄️ 🧠📈 In this 3D rendering by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, we see 3 different shapes. Can you name all of them? #BrainAwarenessWeek @danafoundation.bsky.social
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CAJAL Training @cajal-training.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🚀 Applications are OPEN for the CAJAL NeuroAI course! Learn how AI & deep learning help us model brain activity & behavior. Work with experts, get hands-on training & join a global network! 📅 Apply by March 7 🔗 loom.ly/xg_uRKE #NeuroAI #DeepLearning #Neuroscience
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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 03/02/2025
The oldest known tree is located in the White Mountains of California and is estimated to be 5,060 years old. It predates: -Mammoth extinction -Building of the Great Pyramid of Giza -The domestication of the horse
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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Deadline coming up!! apply.interfolio.com/158015 We are hiring at the intersection of climate physics and machine learning #MLSky #CCAI
Faculty Position in Data Science and Applied Mathematics
New York University: NYU - NY: Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences: NYU Courant Math and NYU Center for Data Science

The Center for Data Science (CDS) and the Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science (CAOS), a unit of the Department of Mathematics within the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, seeks candidates for one (1) open-rank joint faculty position, anticipated to begin in September 2025. Faculty members are expected to be outstanding scholars and to participate in teaching at all levels from undergraduate to doctoral.  Applications will be considered until the position is filled, but please submit your application by 15 December 2024 to guarantee its full consideration

The aim of this position is to expand in the area of data science for climate physics and computational science with machine learning. The ideal candidate will be firmly engaged in both the fields of data science and climate physics.
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Anton Hur @antonhur.com · 11/12/2024
5th person to be cured of HIV “Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”
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5th person confirmed to be cured of HIV
Researchers are announcing that a 53-year-old man in Germany has been cured of HIV.
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Rimi 🌻 @rimjhimtomar.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Stress can dull our capacity for joy: mouse brain patterns hint at why
Scientists pinpoint brain circuits linked to either resilience or vulnerability to adversity, which affect a stressed animal’s pursuit of pleasure.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 04/12/2024
Summer camp for neuroscientists! 🌲🐋🧠 Applications are now open for our Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain in the gorgeous San Juan Islands. #SWDB2025 🧠✨ Learn more and apply by February 1, 2025: alleninstitute.org/events/summe... #neuroskyence
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Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain 2025
The Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain is an intensive, project-based residential course with a focus on the neurobiology of sensory processing, coding, and neural population dynamics.
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