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Sanja Mikulovic

@smikulovic.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist interested in the interaction between cognition and emotion in prosocial behavior, Ass. Prof. @meduniwien.ac.at, Center for Brain Research, @jungeakademie.bsky.social

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Luke Sjulson @lukesjulson.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube! Please like and repost to help us get the word out! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization 🧵
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Neuroscience methods - YouTube
Nanocourse: Approaches to Study Neural Circuits This course was taught by Anita Autry, Tiago Gonçalves, and Luke Sjulson at Albert Einstein College of Medici...
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Philipp Kanske @kanske.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
PostDoc job for MRI expert in our Neuroimaging Center in beautiful Dresden. Interested in imaging studies & integration of different neuroscience methods? Get in touch! - Thanks for sharing - @tudresden.bsky.social @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social tu-dresden.de/vacancy/12956
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Herbert Wu @herbertwu.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
First study out! Using a new cooperative paradigm and multi-agent inverse RL, we show that mice spontaneously adopt leader/follower roles, and the prefrontal cortex encodes these role dynamics and an egocentric social value map of the partner’s position. (1/3) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Asymmetric prefrontal representations for leader–follower dynamics - Nature
Mice spontaneously form leader and follower roles during cooperation, and the medial prefrontal cortex encodes these role dynamics and an egocentric social value map of the partner’s position.
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Viola Priesemann @violapriesemann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#Neuro #AI #NeuroAI #AcademicSkyJoin our GoEMMI Winter School in #Göttingen on "Learning in brains and machines" Dates: 3 weeks in Feb/March 2027 We offer outstanding speakers, hands-on projects, and financial support. Please repost, and apply before Oct 1st: goemmi-goettingen.de/speakers
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GoEMMI 2027 — Winter School
The program is organized around three main topic blocks:
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Tobias Rose @trose-neuro.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
@ptrrupprecht.bsky.social providing the new go-to GECI reference. Read when doing calcium imaging. rdcu.be/fwF82
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Spike inference from calcium imaging data acquired with GCaMP8 indicators
Nature Methods - In this Analysis, Rupprecht et al. investigate the behavior of GCaMP8 variants in spike inference using several different algorithms. They highlight the role of the...
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Tommaso Patriarchi @tpatriarchi.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Excited to share our work: Subtype-resolved norepinephrine imaging with an engineered α1D-adrenergic receptor indicator: Cell Reports Methods www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Subtype-resolved norepinephrine imaging with an engineered α1D-adrenergic receptor indicator
Rohner et al. develop Alpha1DLight, an α1D-adrenergic receptor-derived fluorescent indicator that enables subtype-resolved norepinephrine imaging. The sensor shows high affinity, reversible responses,...
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Wow, lovely!🥰 I wish I knew about this meeting!
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Andrea Navas-Olive @acnavasolive.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
If you are interested in systems neuroscience, learning about data analysis, or understanding how the conceptualization of analyses can influence results, join us for the Brainhack satellite event at #FENS2026! More info at: pre-fens-brainhack.github.io/brainhack2026/
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Amazing! Huge congrats, Gabrielle and the team!
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Gabrielle Girardeau @ggirardeau.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Our paper is out today!!! (not an April fool's day joke) Congrats to authors @azulsilva.bsky.social, @belalima-paiva.bsky.social, Ele Pronier, and mostly to the amazing scientist and human being who led this project @facuumm.bsky.social #neuroskyence #hippocampus www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dorsoventral hippocampus neural assemblies reactivate during sleep following an aversive experience - Nature Neuroscience
Synchronization of sharp-wave ripples across the dorsoventral hippocampus during sleep supports coordinated reactivation that represents negative experiences more faithfully than positive ones.
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Johannes Wancata @jwancata.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The window to submit abstracts for WCP 26 is closing soon - just 1 month left! This is your opportunity to present your work to a global psychiatric audience, engage with peers, and contribute to key discussions shaping the field. 👉 Submit your abstract by 23 March 2026: bit.ly/3JVlxd7
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Abstract Guidelines & Submission | WCP 2026
Abstract Guidelines & Submission for the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry , taking place in Stockholm, Sweden, from 23-26 September.
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
If you’re at #FENS in Barcelona and interested in social neuroscience, we’d love to meet you — join us at our event!
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Edvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
A half-century old question may have its final answer. Using high-resolution #Mini2P microscopes, we find no evidence of local topography in #PlaceCells. Place fields of neighbouring cells are no more similar than those of randomly selected cells. 🧠🗺️ Out now in @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Place cells in CA1 lack topographical organization of firing locations | PNAS
Topography is a well-described and well-known concept for cortical organization in primary sensory and motor cortices of mammalian brains. Similar ...
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Dr. Cate Peña @cate-cholamine.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I am so proud to share @forrestdrogers.bsky.social’s postdoctoral magnum opus, now out in @nature.com! Forrest discovered a novel role for Agouti in the MPOA of the hypothalamus to integrate socio-environmental information to flexibly tune paternal behavior www.nature.com/articles/s41... Thread! 👇🏻
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Agouti integrates environmental cues to regulate paternal behaviour - Nature
Expression of agouti signalling protein in neurons in the medial preoptic area is increased by group housing and negatively associated with care, and overexpression of Agouti reduces care and enhances...
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Hanna Hörnberg @hannahornberg.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Happy to share the first paper from the lab, now out in Molecular Psychiatry! This was really a collaborative effort from a fantastic team, including key contributions from @dariabunina.bsky.social and @landthalerm.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s413...
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Distinct roles for MNK1 and MNK2 in social and cognitive behavior through kinase-specific regulation of the synaptic proteome and phosphoproteome - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Distinct roles for MNK1 and MNK2 in social and cognitive behavior through kinase-specific regulation of the synaptic proteome and phosphoproteome
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Big congrats, Hanna and the team!
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
My lab is moving to Vienna to kick off #ERC StG project uncovering the neural mechanisms of prosocial behaviour in health and disease.🧠We’re excited to join the vibrant community at @meduniwien.ac.at! PhD & postdoc positions will be opening soon, reach out if you’d like to join us on this journey!
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
In line with many good news these days 🌟 I’m happy to share that I’ve accepted the professorship in Neuronal Circuits for Social Behaviour and Learning at @meduniwien.ac.at! 🎉
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This work was supported by the @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de Best Minds Award, the @humboldt-foundation.de, and the German Center for Mental Health. We are grateful for their generous support!
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Fantastic PhD students Anna Agafonova, Ada Braun, along with many other great lab members and collaborators, contributed to this truly team-driven project!
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A huge shoutout to first author @c0rr34m.bsky.social, the culmination of his outstanding three years as a postdoc in my lab. His dedication and creativity were exceptional, and I couldn’t be prouder!
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Thrilled to share that our first study on the hippocampus’ role in helping behavior in mice is now published in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social! This work was driven by an amazing team in my lab, and marks an important milestone for more exciting studies to come! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Neuronal networks in the dorsal hippocampus causally regulate rescue behavior in mice
dos Santos Correa et al. show that exposure to a stressful context promotes the acquisition of rescue behavior in mice and that the dorsal hippocampus is required for this learning. Calcium imaging re...
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Die Junge Akademie @jungeakademie.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
📣Das JAM #32 ist da! Das aktuelle Postermagazin widmet sich der gesellschaftlichen Rolle von #Wissenschaft und dem Spannungsfeld zwischen "wissen – handeln". U.a. mit @sklosterkamp.bsky.social, @nadinemengis.bsky.social und @fmichl.bsky.social Hier bestellen: www.diejungeakademie.de/de/publikati...
Illustration mit zwei Feldern. Die linke Tafel auf hellblauem Hintergrund zeigt eine vertikal geteilte Figur innerhalb eines weißen Kreises: die linke Hälfte trägt einen weißen Laborkittel und hält eine Flasche mit rosa Flüssigkeit, die rechte Hälfte trägt ein grünes Hemd und blaue Jeans und hält ein Megaphon; am Rand des Kreises steht "wissen" und "handeln". Das rechte Feld ist einfarbig rot mit weißem Text "JUNGE AKADEMIE MAGAZIN #32".
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Liset M. de la Prida @lmprida.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The new Cajal Center is opening 8 CSIC permanent research positions (CT, IC & PF levels) via national competitive exams. We welcome candidates eager to shape an ambitious 🧠 research hub in Spain. 🔗 sede.csic.gob.es/tramites/con... 📣 #Neuroscience #CNC #CSIC #ScienceJobs 👇🏼
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Christine Grienberger @cgrienberger.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
New preprint from the lab! 🚀 We find that hippocampal OLM interneurons provide a circuit-level inhibitory feedback signal that dynamically controls when and where behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity can occur. Feedback welcome!
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German Neuroscience Society e.V. - NWG @neurowissg.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Call for Symposia: Göttingen Meeting 2027 Time to take the opportunity and help to shape the Scientific Program 2027 by submitting your proposal until: 17 February 2026 Further information can be found here: web.nwg-info.de/de/conferenc...
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Jan Gründemann @jangrundemann.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
New study on axon initial segment plasticity by Chloé Benoit and Dan Ganea. Using a deep brain imaging approach, we find that AIS length changes dynamically during associative learning. Thank you to the wonderful team and collaborators who made this work possible. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Axon initial segment dynamics during associative fear learning - Nature Neuroscience
Benoit, Ganea et al. show that changes in axon initial segment (AIS) length in the prefrontal cortex of mice accompany fear learning and extinction, revealing AIS plasticity as a key feature of neuron...
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Very much agree!👇
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Philipp! Absolut verdient!
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Liset M. de la Prida @lmprida.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Happy to announce the 2nd Hippocampus Green Meeting 📍 Barcelona, Spain 🗓️ May 11–12, 2026 Organized together with Manu Valero, Lisa Roux and Dan Bendor 🎤 Keynotes: Nachum Ulanovsky & György Buzsáki ‼️ Call for abstracts now open 🔗 hippocampusgreen.net/wp/ #HippocampusGreen
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Liset M. de la Prida @lmprida.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
🧠✨ Join me at #SfN2025 for a journey across memory space from my early days with Hodgkin-Huxley to today’s neural manifolds, from cell types to complexity. @sfn.org Thanks to Rebecca Piskorowski for joining me! 📍MTE07.01 | Nov 17 | 1:00 PM | SDCC Rm 5B
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Andrew MacAskill @macaskillaf.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Congrats to Ella for her new paper! She asked a really interesting question about how the brain represents uncertainty during hidden state inference, and in a lovely crossover with theoretical work, she shows that in mice, acetylcholine dynamics play a crucial role. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Acetylcholine reflects uncertainty during hidden state inference
To act adaptively, animals must infer features of the environment that cannot be observed directly, such as which option is currently rewarding, or which context they are in. These internal estimates,...
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Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
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Time, space, memory and brain–body rhythms - Nature Reviews Neuroscience
Understanding how the brain represents experienced time and how representations of space and time are integrated to form episodic memories has been a goal of much neuroscientific research. In this Per...
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IMP @impvienna.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
🌍Open call: Junior Group Leader positions! Join a world-class biomedical research institute at the heart of the Vienna BioCenter, where curiosity drives discovery. Lead your own lab, pursue bold ideas, and shape the future of science at the IMP: www.imp.ac.at/career/open-...
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Great work! Congrats, Sabine and the team!
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Sabine Krabbe @sabinekrabbe.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Out now: Favila, Capece Marsico et al. 2025, Nature Communications: Using longitudinal deep-brain imaging, we report that amygdala interneurons exhibit complex and heterogeneous plasticity during associative learning, at both the single-cell and population level. 👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Heterogeneous plasticity of amygdala interneurons in associative learning and extinction - Nature Communications
In this study, the authors uncover how diverse inhibitory interneurons in the amygdala flexibly contribute to fear and safety learning, revealing a key role for inhibition in emotional memory and adap...
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Leonie Wenz @leoniewenz.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Heute Abend diskutieren wir im #Futurium Berlin über die Zukunft der Wissenschafskommunikation - mit Utopiemobil!
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Christian Broberger @broberger.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Undergrad interested in 🧠 ? Join a webinar about our @stockholm-uni.bsky.social MSc program in Neurochemistry w/ Molecular Neurobiology (where I teach about circuits!) Wed Nov 19, 3 pm (start autumn 2026). stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/65851250648 Also: utbildning.su.se/english/educ... Pls repost!
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Jiri Hofbrucker @deepjdog.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🧠What do neuroscientists think of DeepEn's holographic microendoscope? How can they use it to study learning and memory processes? Can it enable voltage imaging in deep brain structures to study processes behind neuronal firing? ⭐ Check the Nature’s article: www.nature.com/articles/d42...
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High-resolution insights from the deep brain
Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Amazing news! Huge congrats, Julia!
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Loved hosting this symposium with @rungurselrun.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @eknapska.bsky.social, @drnancypadilla.bsky.social and Takashi Kitamura for coming all the way to Germany to share their amazing data — and to our own @c0rr34m.bsky.social and Jeimmy Gonzalez for their great contributions!
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Gürsel Çalışkan @rungurselrun.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Here is the official link for application: ovgu.b-ite.careers/jobposting/0...
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254/2025 Research Associate (m/f/d) in the field of in vivo electrophysiology (m/f/d)
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Die Junge Akademie @jungeakademie.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🔍 Wir suchen als Verstärkung eine Leitung für unsere Geschäftsstelle in #Berlin! 📍💼 ✍️ Hier bewerben: karriere.leopoldina.org/jobposting/e... #Job #Stellenausschreibung #Stellenangebot #Organisationsentwicklung #Personalführung #Wissenschaftskommunikation #Wissenschaftsmanagement
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Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The Sosa Lab website is now live! www.sosaneurolab.com We will be seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the growing team! If you are a rodent neuroscientist and interested in doing systems neuro work in the mountains 🏔️, please check out the "Join" page.
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Abhilasha Joshi, PhD @rhythmicspikes.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
1/ 🚨 New preprint! 🚨 Excited and proud (& a little nervous 😅) to share our latest work on the importance of #theta-timescale spiking during #locomotion in #learning. If you care about how organisms learn, buckle up. 🧵👇 📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 💻 code + data 🔗 below 🤩 #neuroskyence
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Vielen Dank an die @jungeakademie.bsky.social für die großartige Unterstützung auf diesem Weg! Den größten Teil meines Grants habe ich tatsächlich bei einer JA-Schreibwerkstatt verfasst :)
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Sanja Mikulovic @smikulovic.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Excited to share we’ve been awarded the ERC StG 🎉 for our project ProSocial, studying neural mechanisms of prosocial behavior in health & disease. Huge thanks to my group for their amazing work & to great colleagues for their support! Positions opening soon—reach out if interested!
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Leibniz-Institut für Neurobiologie @linmd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Nur 12 % schaffen es – und @smikulovic.bsky.social gehört dazu 🎉 Der @erc.europa.eu fördert ihre Forschung zu den Schaltkreisen der Empathie mit einem #ERCStG in Höhe von 1,5 Mio. €. Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Sanja! 👉 Mehr Infos: www.lin-magdeburg.de/die-neurobio...
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Jiri Hofbrucker @deepjdog.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Are you the kind of neuroscientist who scripts analysis or can’t resist tinkering with hardware? At DeepEn we’re building a fluorescence microscope to image deep in the brain through a single optical fiber. Join us to hack the future of neuroimaging: #ScienceJob www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...
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DeepEn hiring Neuroscience Imaging Scientist (Microscopy + Applications) in Jena, Thuringia, Germany | LinkedIn
Posted 8:01:32 PM. DeepEn develops minimally invasive microendoscopes for neuroscience applications. We transform a…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Mazen Kheirbek @mazenkheirbek.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
New paper from the lab, from Jeremy Biane and team, out today, characterizing the principles of stimulus feature coding in populations of ventral CA1 neurons.
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