Aitor Morales-Gregorio
@aitormg.bsky.social
Computational neuroscientist 🧠🇪🇺 @ Charles Uni (previously @fz-juelich.de) | Catching up on graphic design | Electrical engineer vibes⚡ | he/him 🏳️🌈
Personal website: https://www.aitormg.eu
Personal website: https://www.aitormg.eu
Pinned
If you are interested in neural manifolds, dimensionality, brain states, and/or top-down modulation you are gonna like this one! 🧠🙈💫🧪
"Neural manifolds in V1 change with top-down signals from V4 targeting the foveal region" doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Also enjoy this animation :) #SciArt #neuroskyence
"Neural manifolds in V1 change with top-down signals from V4 targeting the foveal region" doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Also enjoy this animation :) #SciArt #neuroskyence
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With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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🎓Fully-funded PhD studentship in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience!!!
Join @seanfw.bsky.social and myself at @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD at the intersection of cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience (OPM-MEG) and neuro-AI.
🗓 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
#neurojobs #neuroscience #compneuro
Join @seanfw.bsky.social and myself at @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD at the intersection of cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience (OPM-MEG) and neuro-AI.
🗓 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
#neurojobs #neuroscience #compneuro
LinkedIn
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lnkd.in
January 20, 2026 at 7:58 PM
🎓Fully-funded PhD studentship in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience!!!
Join @seanfw.bsky.social and myself at @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD at the intersection of cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience (OPM-MEG) and neuro-AI.
🗓 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
#neurojobs #neuroscience #compneuro
Join @seanfw.bsky.social and myself at @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD at the intersection of cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience (OPM-MEG) and neuro-AI.
🗓 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
#neurojobs #neuroscience #compneuro
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Come do your PhD with me and @ktsetsos.bsky.social ! It's such an exciting time for cognitive and computational neuroscience at @tcddublin.bsky.social . And in this PhD you get to do both!
🎓Fully-funded PhD studentship in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience!!!
Join @seanfw.bsky.social and myself at @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD at the intersection of cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience (OPM-MEG) and neuro-AI.
🗓 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
#neurojobs #neuroscience #compneuro
Join @seanfw.bsky.social and myself at @tcddublin.bsky.social for a PhD at the intersection of cutting-edge cognitive neuroscience (OPM-MEG) and neuro-AI.
🗓 Deadline: 5 Feb 2026
#neurojobs #neuroscience #compneuro
LinkedIn
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lnkd.in
January 20, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Come do your PhD with me and @ktsetsos.bsky.social ! It's such an exciting time for cognitive and computational neuroscience at @tcddublin.bsky.social . And in this PhD you get to do both!
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So excited to see this lovely paper with @benjyb.bsky.social, @matanmazor.bsky.social and @giuliacabbai.bsky.social published in @nconsc.bsky.social!
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 AM
So excited to see this lovely paper with @benjyb.bsky.social, @matanmazor.bsky.social and @giuliacabbai.bsky.social published in @nconsc.bsky.social!
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
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This Thursday at 3PM (UTC), we'll host @barabasi.bsky.social at the Making Connections seminar series. I'm sure it'll be a very stimulating and inspiring talk, so if you'd like to join, register via the link below:
sites.google.com/view/makingc...
sites.google.com/view/makingc...
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 AM
This Thursday at 3PM (UTC), we'll host @barabasi.bsky.social at the Making Connections seminar series. I'm sure it'll be a very stimulating and inspiring talk, so if you'd like to join, register via the link below:
sites.google.com/view/makingc...
sites.google.com/view/makingc...
Veronika is having the time of her life with that stick 😁
Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 19, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Veronika is having the time of her life with that stick 😁
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Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
January 19, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Vivid imagery is reported faster than weak imagery academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... by @benjyb.bsky.social @matanmazor.bsky.social @giuliacabbai.bsky.social @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social; mental imagery
Vivid imagery is reported faster than weak imagery
Abstract. Visual imagery and external perception rely on similar representations. However, whether the same processes underpin the subjective appraisal of
academic.oup.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Vivid imagery is reported faster than weak imagery academic.oup.com/nc/article/2... by @benjyb.bsky.social @matanmazor.bsky.social @giuliacabbai.bsky.social @nadinedijkstra.bsky.social; mental imagery
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🚨new work with the dream team @danakarca.bsky.social @loopyluppi.bsky.social @fatemehhadaeghi.bsky.social @stuartoldham.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social
We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🚨new work with the dream team @danakarca.bsky.social @loopyluppi.bsky.social @fatemehhadaeghi.bsky.social @stuartoldham.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social
We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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As #neurotechnology scales toward high-resolution implantable devices, new challenges emerge: how will users calibrate visual implants with thousands of channels?
Learn how by reading our paper, co-first-authored with Dr. Xing Chen, now published at Brain Stimulation!
tinyurl.com/Large-scale-...
Learn how by reading our paper, co-first-authored with Dr. Xing Chen, now published at Brain Stimulation!
tinyurl.com/Large-scale-...
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
As #neurotechnology scales toward high-resolution implantable devices, new challenges emerge: how will users calibrate visual implants with thousands of channels?
Learn how by reading our paper, co-first-authored with Dr. Xing Chen, now published at Brain Stimulation!
tinyurl.com/Large-scale-...
Learn how by reading our paper, co-first-authored with Dr. Xing Chen, now published at Brain Stimulation!
tinyurl.com/Large-scale-...
Proud of being part of this great paper 🧪
#NEUmap: Large-scale mapping of artificial perceptions for neuroprostheses using spontaneous neuronal activity in macaque and human visual cortex www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193... by @lozaneuro.bsky.social et al.; #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
January 10, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Proud of being part of this great paper 🧪
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#NEUmap: Large-scale mapping of artificial perceptions for neuroprostheses using spontaneous neuronal activity in macaque and human visual cortex www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193... by @lozaneuro.bsky.social et al.; #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
December 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#NEUmap: Large-scale mapping of artificial perceptions for neuroprostheses using spontaneous neuronal activity in macaque and human visual cortex www.brainstimjrnl.com/article/S193... by @lozaneuro.bsky.social et al.; #BCI #NeuroTech #blindness
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My new gig is PI of the CANN group at Trinity College Dublin and University of Oxford (50/50). Funded by the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, we'll be recruiting postdocs, PhDs and an RA in Dublin and Oxford soon. So exciting! @oxcin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @tcdscss.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
My new gig is PI of the CANN group at Trinity College Dublin and University of Oxford (50/50). Funded by the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship, we'll be recruiting postdocs, PhDs and an RA in Dublin and Oxford soon. So exciting! @oxcin.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @tcdscss.bsky.social
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JOB ALERT! 📢 For the scientists who love science communication: we’re hiring at @kurzgesagt.org !🌍 Come join our team, the vibes are impeccable.
✍️ Scriptwriter (Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/scri...
🔍 Fact-Checker & Researcher (Munich/Berlin/Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/seni...
✍️ Scriptwriter (Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/scri...
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Want to work with kurzgesagt? We have an open role as (Senior) Fact-Checker & Researcher (all genders). Apply now to become part of a great team and start an exciting career!
kurzgesagt.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
JOB ALERT! 📢 For the scientists who love science communication: we’re hiring at @kurzgesagt.org !🌍 Come join our team, the vibes are impeccable.
✍️ Scriptwriter (Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/scri...
🔍 Fact-Checker & Researcher (Munich/Berlin/Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/seni...
✍️ Scriptwriter (Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/scri...
🔍 Fact-Checker & Researcher (Munich/Berlin/Remote) kurzgesagt.org/careers/seni...
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At the Bernstein Conference 2024, Jeremie Lefebvre and I organized a workshop on the computational consequences of neural heterogeneity. Now, slightly more than a year later, we funneled the emerging discussions into a perspective piece: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
How heterogeneity shapes dynamics and computation in the brain
No two neurons are the same, yet models often treat neural populations as pools of
identical and interchangeable elements. Here, Dahmen et al. highlight recent theoretical
advances that reveal the imp...
www.cell.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
At the Bernstein Conference 2024, Jeremie Lefebvre and I organized a workshop on the computational consequences of neural heterogeneity. Now, slightly more than a year later, we funneled the emerging discussions into a perspective piece: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
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Happy birthday to #mathematician & #polymath, Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780-1872). 🧮👩🏼🔬🔭🎢🐡🧪 #histsci As a young widow she made a name for herself when she won a silver medal in 1811 from the Military College at Marlow math journal. Wallace suggested she read Laplace & finding she understood it as 🧵
December 26, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Happy birthday to #mathematician & #polymath, Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780-1872). 🧮👩🏼🔬🔭🎢🐡🧪 #histsci As a young widow she made a name for herself when she won a silver medal in 1811 from the Military College at Marlow math journal. Wallace suggested she read Laplace & finding she understood it as 🧵
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Another scientist of unknown birthday: my #linocut of Chinese Han Dynasty #polymath & statesman Zhang Heng (78-139) who invented a seismoscope (simplified seismometer which does not make a record of earth motions) to detect distant earthquakes & indicate their direction 2000 years ago! 🐡🧪⚒️#histsci
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Throwback to this Reddit post I saw in 2024 and that I still think about sometimes
January 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Throwback to this Reddit post I saw in 2024 and that I still think about sometimes
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My prediction / hope for 2026: this will be the year we start seeing the theoretical neuroscience and #NeuroAI fields start embracing spiking as something beyond a poor man's ReLU. Spikes aren't just the brain's activation function but they are fundamentally different.
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January 1, 2026 at 10:24 PM
My prediction / hope for 2026: this will be the year we start seeing the theoretical neuroscience and #NeuroAI fields start embracing spiking as something beyond a poor man's ReLU. Spikes aren't just the brain's activation function but they are fundamentally different.
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1/n: A new collaborative preprint from the lab to start the year: "A multi-ring shifter network computes head direction in zebrafish" together with Siyuan Mei, Martin Stemmler and Andreas Herz from the LMU, Munich.
January 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
1/n: A new collaborative preprint from the lab to start the year: "A multi-ring shifter network computes head direction in zebrafish" together with Siyuan Mei, Martin Stemmler and Andreas Herz from the LMU, Munich.
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Eigenvalues repulsion in action!
Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib two random matrices and a little bit of linear algebra.
Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib two random matrices and a little bit of linear algebra.
December 31, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Eigenvalues repulsion in action!
Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib two random matrices and a little bit of linear algebra.
Made with #python #numpy #matplotlib two random matrices and a little bit of linear algebra.
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Retinotopy constrains the topology of neural manifolds in macaque visual cortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.22.695909v1
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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"My New Year's Resolution is to find a principled way to think about all those cell types in the brain"
Why friend, you are in luck, because @rgast.bsky.social has just the perspective for you: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Why friend, you are in luck, because @rgast.bsky.social has just the perspective for you: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
How heterogeneity shapes dynamics and computation in the brain
Much effort has been spent clustering neurons into transcriptomic or functional cell types and characterizing the differences between them. Beyond sub…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"My New Year's Resolution is to find a principled way to think about all those cell types in the brain"
Why friend, you are in luck, because @rgast.bsky.social has just the perspective for you: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Why friend, you are in luck, because @rgast.bsky.social has just the perspective for you: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Just published my review of neuroscience in 2025, on The Spike.
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
2025: A Review of the Year in Neuroscience
Enlightening the brain
medium.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Just published my review of neuroscience in 2025, on The Spike.
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...
The 10th of these, would you believe?
This year we have foundation models, breakthroughs in using light to understand the brain, a gene therapy, and more
Enjoy!
medium.com/the-spike/20...