Sven Dorkenwald @sdorkenw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Applications are now open for the San Juan Winter School 2027 on Connectomics and Brain Simulation! Join us to learn how to analyze and simulate connectomes. sjcabs.com 01921
Reposted by Sven DorkenwaldWei-Chung Allen Lee @darbly.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Now published - the #BANC! A full central nervous system (CNS) connectome of a limbed animal at single-synapse resolution, enabling us to follow sensory-motor arcs and understand how the CNS controls the body. rdcu.be/fncjS. #neuroscience. Video by @quorumetrix.bsky.social 1/18 214984
Reposted by Sven DorkenwaldJohn Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 24/03/2026🧵 New preprint led by @bingbrunton.bsky.social, @elliottabe.bsky.social, @lawrencehu.bsky.social We gave a worm brain control of a fly body and it walked What did we learn? Nothing, other than deep reinforcement learning is effective We call it the digital sphinx www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 10412151
Reposted by Sven DorkenwaldJohn Tuthill @tuthill.bsky.social · 09/12/2025How do neural circuits generate the walking rhythm? Using connectome simulations, @sarahpugly.bsky.social found a minimal central pattern generator (CPG) that produces oscillations in leg motor neurons. Same circuit motif for each 🪰 leg. w @bingbrunton.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 28637
Reposted by Sven DorkenwaldJosh McDermott @joshhmcdermott.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Two weeks left to apply! MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor, working with nonhuman animals in some way. Application deadline is Dec. 1. Full posting: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30586academicjobsonline.orgMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences Job #AJO30586, Assistant Professor level or higher, Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US 22317
Sven Dorkenwald @sdorkenw.bsky.social · 20/10/2025There are still a few days left to apply for the San Juan Winter School on Connectomics and Brain Simulation! Apply by October 24th! sjcabs.com 142
Sven Dorkenwald @sdorkenw.bsky.social · 18/10/2025The Shanahan Fellowship is a unique PostDoc opportunity at the intersection of Neuroscience and Data Science. If you are considering a PostDoc in this area, I encourage you to apply! Applications are open! And due by Dec 1st alleninstitute.org/shanahan-fou...alleninstitute.submittable.comAllen Institute - Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience 2025-2026Thank you for applying for the Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience. Applications for the Fall 2026 cohort will close at 11:59pm PT on December 1st, 2025. Important... 042
Reposted by Sven DorkenwaldThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 07/10/2025To celebrate the first anniversary of the release of FlyWire, we asked nine neuroscientists to share how they are using connectome data in their research and what they hope is in store for the future of fly connectomics. By @franciscorr25.bsky.social #neuroskyence bit.ly/3Wx5nt3bit.lyHow FlyWire is redefining Drosophila research, one year inNine Drosophila researchers share how the connectome transformed the field and what additional new tools they would like to see. 23314
Sven Dorkenwald @sdorkenw.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Excited to share more widely: I am starting the Dorkenwald Lab at MIT (McGovern Institute + BCS) in January 2026. We study the organizational principles of neuronal circuits using connectomics. And we are hiring postdocs & tech associates! dorkenwaldlab.com/joinmcgovern.mit.eduMIT’s McGovern Institute and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences welcome new faculty member Sven Dorkenwald - MIT McGovern InstituteThe McGovern Institute and the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences are pleased to announce the appointment of Sven Dorkenwald as an assistant professor starting in January 2026. A trailblazer i... 2407
Reposted by Sven DorkenwaldGreg Jefferis @jefferis.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....janelia.orgMale CNS ConnectomeA team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system —a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ... 214669
