Alana Darcher
@alanadarcher.bsky.social
phd student studying how human brains process naturalistic stimuli \\ @humansingleneuron.bsky.social & @mackelab.bsky.social
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How is the semantic content of a movie processed by our brains? 🧠🎬
We decode characters, events, & other features and investigate how populations and single neurons represent movie features. Check my poster @sfn.org #sfn25!
Sat. Nov 15, 6:45-8:45pm, Hall E, poster S5
Wed. Nov 19, 9-10am, poster NN5
We decode characters, events, & other features and investigate how populations and single neurons represent movie features. Check my poster @sfn.org #sfn25!
Sat. Nov 15, 6:45-8:45pm, Hall E, poster S5
Wed. Nov 19, 9-10am, poster NN5
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Reposted by Alana Darcher
Semantic Tuning of Single Neurons in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.21.682935v1
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Semantic Tuning of Single Neurons in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.21.682935v1
excited to have gotten to work on this super cool project!
🚨Preprint: Semantic Tuning of Single Neurons in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe
1/8: How do human neurons encode meaning?
In this work, led by Katharina Karkowski, we recorded hundreds of human MTL neurons to study semantic coding in the human brain:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
1/8: How do human neurons encode meaning?
In this work, led by Katharina Karkowski, we recorded hundreds of human MTL neurons to study semantic coding in the human brain:
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Semantic Tuning of Single Neurons in the Human Medial Temporal Lobe
The Medial Temporal Lobe (MTL) is key to human cognition, supporting memory, emotional processing, navigation, and semantic coding. Rare direct human MTL recordings revealed concept cells, which were ...
doi.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
excited to have gotten to work on this super cool project!
Reposted by Alana Darcher
The Macke lab is well-represented at the @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social conference in Frankfurt this year! We have lots of exciting new work to present with 7 posters (details👇) 1/9
September 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The Macke lab is well-represented at the @bernsteinneuro.bsky.social conference in Frankfurt this year! We have lots of exciting new work to present with 7 posters (details👇) 1/9
Reposted by Alana Darcher
Manuel Brenner and I managed to organize this workshop not knowing we were gonna end up being new neighbors this month. The lineup speaks for itself.
There were some last minute cancellations so we jumped in to fill their big shoes and will talk about the future directions of the new labs too!
There were some last minute cancellations so we jumped in to fill their big shoes and will talk about the future directions of the new labs too!
September 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Manuel Brenner and I managed to organize this workshop not knowing we were gonna end up being new neighbors this month. The lineup speaks for itself.
There were some last minute cancellations so we jumped in to fill their big shoes and will talk about the future directions of the new labs too!
There were some last minute cancellations so we jumped in to fill their big shoes and will talk about the future directions of the new labs too!
Reposted by Alana Darcher
New paper out today, accepted at #FAccT2025, led by Jake Stein and me: "Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing" arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing
Ride-sharing platforms like Uber market themselves as enabling `flexibility' for their workforce, meaning that drivers are expected to anticipate when and where the algorithm will allocate them jobs, ...
arxiv.org
June 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
New paper out today, accepted at #FAccT2025, led by Jake Stein and me: "Not Even Nice Work If You Can Get It; A Longitudinal Study of Uber's Algorithmic Pay and Pricing" arxiv.org/abs/2506.15278
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Over the last 3 years, we've been working with @workerinfox.bsky.social to audit Uber's algorithms. 1/
Reposted by Alana Darcher
Reposted by Alana Darcher
Coming to OCNS this year? Let’s hang out!
We are organizing a workshop at CNS*2025 in Florence, Italy. It will be about structure, dynamics and function in neural networks. Please see the homepage for more details.
sites.google.com/view/cns2025...
sites.google.com/view/cns2025...
CNS*2025 workshop
Workshop description
The advent of large-scale recordings and detailed connectivity maps, including the recent complete connectome of the fruit fly Drosophila, has provided an unprecedented wealth of ...
sites.google.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Coming to OCNS this year? Let’s hang out!
May 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Alana Darcher
The Foundation Model crew at #COSYNE2025. With @josueortc.bsky.social , @colehurwitz.bsky.social , @averyryoo.bsky.social , @nandahkrishna.bsky.social , @auschulz.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The Foundation Model crew at #COSYNE2025. With @josueortc.bsky.social , @colehurwitz.bsky.social , @averyryoo.bsky.social , @nandahkrishna.bsky.social , @auschulz.bsky.social
Coming to #NWG Göttingen and interested in single neurons, LFP, & human memory? Check out our upcoming symposium!
🧠 Investigating memory using human single-neuron recordings
📅 Fri. 28/3, 11:30-13:30 | 📍 Hall 8
@neurowissg.bsky.social
Co-org w/ @ilonavieten.bsky.social
🧠 Investigating memory using human single-neuron recordings
📅 Fri. 28/3, 11:30-13:30 | 📍 Hall 8
@neurowissg.bsky.social
Co-org w/ @ilonavieten.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Coming to #NWG Göttingen and interested in single neurons, LFP, & human memory? Check out our upcoming symposium!
🧠 Investigating memory using human single-neuron recordings
📅 Fri. 28/3, 11:30-13:30 | 📍 Hall 8
@neurowissg.bsky.social
Co-org w/ @ilonavieten.bsky.social
🧠 Investigating memory using human single-neuron recordings
📅 Fri. 28/3, 11:30-13:30 | 📍 Hall 8
@neurowissg.bsky.social
Co-org w/ @ilonavieten.bsky.social
Reposted by Alana Darcher
Workshop on Foundation Models at Cosyne, also featuring @auschulz.bsky.social!
We have a great lineup of speakers and panelists, you can check out our schedule here: neurofm-workshop.github.io. Co-organized with: @mehdiazabou.bsky.social, @nandahkrishna.bsky.social, @colehurwitz.bsky.social, Eva Dyer, and @tyrellturing.bsky.social. We hope to see you there!
COSYNE 2025 Workshop - Building a foundation model for the brain
Join us to explore neuro-foundation models. March 31-April 1, 2025 in Mont Tremblant, Canada.
neurofm-workshop.github.io
March 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Workshop on Foundation Models at Cosyne, also featuring @auschulz.bsky.social!
Reposted by Alana Darcher
⚡️ Excited to introduce ZAPBench, our #ICLR2025 spotlight: The Zebrafish Activity Prediction Benchmark measures progress in predicting neural activity within an entire vertebrate brain (70k+ neurons!)
Explore interactive visualizations, datasets, code + paper: google-research.github.io/zapbench
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Explore interactive visualizations, datasets, code + paper: google-research.github.io/zapbench
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ZAPBench
ZAPBench evaluates how well different models can predict the activity of over 70,000 neurons in a novel larval zebrafish dataset.
google-research.github.io
March 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
⚡️ Excited to introduce ZAPBench, our #ICLR2025 spotlight: The Zebrafish Activity Prediction Benchmark measures progress in predicting neural activity within an entire vertebrate brain (70k+ neurons!)
Explore interactive visualizations, datasets, code + paper: google-research.github.io/zapbench
🧠🧪
Explore interactive visualizations, datasets, code + paper: google-research.github.io/zapbench
🧠🧪
Reposted by Alana Darcher
Happy to share our new preprint on cognitive maps and human spatial memory! Led by @lauranett.bsky.social, together with @timaguth.bsky.social and @philippbuchel.bsky.social
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Task for easy re-use: github.com/BonnSpatialM...
Code: github.com/BonnSpatialM...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Task for easy re-use: github.com/BonnSpatialM...
Code: github.com/BonnSpatialM...
Behavioral investigation of allocentric and egocentric cognitive maps in human spatial memory
Spatial memory is a fundamental cognitive function that enables humans and other species to encode and recall the locations of items in their environments. Humans employ diverse strategies to support ...
www.biorxiv.org
January 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Happy to share our new preprint on cognitive maps and human spatial memory! Led by @lauranett.bsky.social, together with @timaguth.bsky.social and @philippbuchel.bsky.social
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Task for easy re-use: github.com/BonnSpatialM...
Code: github.com/BonnSpatialM...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Task for easy re-use: github.com/BonnSpatialM...
Code: github.com/BonnSpatialM...
Reposted by Alana Darcher
📢 Apply now for the 7-week #Mathematics #SummerSchool in London!
You will develop mathematics skills and intuition necessary to enter the #TheoreticalNeuroscience or #MachineLearning field.
ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/study-and-work/gatsby-bridging-programme
Please help spread the word!
You will develop mathematics skills and intuition necessary to enter the #TheoreticalNeuroscience or #MachineLearning field.
ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/study-and-work/gatsby-bridging-programme
Please help spread the word!
January 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📢 Apply now for the 7-week #Mathematics #SummerSchool in London!
You will develop mathematics skills and intuition necessary to enter the #TheoreticalNeuroscience or #MachineLearning field.
ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/study-and-work/gatsby-bridging-programme
Please help spread the word!
You will develop mathematics skills and intuition necessary to enter the #TheoreticalNeuroscience or #MachineLearning field.
ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/study-and-work/gatsby-bridging-programme
Please help spread the word!
Reposted by Alana Darcher
Thrilled to announce we have three #NeurIPS2024 papers! Interested in simulating realistic neural data with diffusion models or recurrent neural networks, or in source distribution sorcery? Have a look 👇 1/4
December 9, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Thrilled to announce we have three #NeurIPS2024 papers! Interested in simulating realistic neural data with diffusion models or recurrent neural networks, or in source distribution sorcery? Have a look 👇 1/4
Reposted by Alana Darcher
Hi world! This is the brand-new BlueSky account of the Machine Learning in Science (@jakhmack.bsky.social) lab. We create probabilistic #MachineLearning and #AI Tools for scientific discovery — but more on that soon!
For now let’s introduce ourselves with some pictures of our recent group retreat.
For now let’s introduce ourselves with some pictures of our recent group retreat.
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Hi world! This is the brand-new BlueSky account of the Machine Learning in Science (@jakhmack.bsky.social) lab. We create probabilistic #MachineLearning and #AI Tools for scientific discovery — but more on that soon!
For now let’s introduce ourselves with some pictures of our recent group retreat.
For now let’s introduce ourselves with some pictures of our recent group retreat.