Eddy Albarran
@albarran.bsky.social
Neuro Postdoc at Columbia | Costa lab
Simons Junior Fellow + Helen Hay Whitney
PhD at Stanford | Shatz and Ding labs
Simons Junior Fellow + Helen Hay Whitney
PhD at Stanford | Shatz and Ding labs
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Thrilled that our paper is out today in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
Sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits
Nature - Experiments with human volunteers and macaques show that expectations produced by probabilistic cueing of future sensory inputs shape motor circuit dynamics in order to increase the...
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thrilled that our paper is out today in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
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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.
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.
Sosa Lab
www.sosaneurolab.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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.
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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Excited to highlight a new paper from my graduate student Sergio Bernal Garcia who, together withLuke Hammond, developed RESPAN, a new deep-learning pipeline automating the segmentation of neuronal morphology and dendritic spines from fluorescent microscopy images:
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
A deep learning pipeline for accurate and automated restoration, segmentation, and quantification of dendritic spines
Garcia et al. present RESPAN, a pipeline that enables automated dendritic spine analysis
through seamless integration of deep learning image restoration and segmentation capabilities
with comprehensiv...
www.cell.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Excited to highlight a new paper from my graduate student Sergio Bernal Garcia who, together withLuke Hammond, developed RESPAN, a new deep-learning pipeline automating the segmentation of neuronal morphology and dendritic spines from fluorescent microscopy images:
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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🚨Our preprint is online!🚨
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How do #dopamine neurons perform the key calculations in reinforcement #learning?
Read on to find out more! 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How do #dopamine neurons perform the key calculations in reinforcement #learning?
Read on to find out more! 🧵
September 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🚨Our preprint is online!🚨
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How do #dopamine neurons perform the key calculations in reinforcement #learning?
Read on to find out more! 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
How do #dopamine neurons perform the key calculations in reinforcement #learning?
Read on to find out more! 🧵
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SCN2A loss is strongly linked to neurodevelopmental delays and, at times, seizure. In an amazing collaboration with @nadavahituv.bsky.social, led by Serena Tamura, Andrew Nelson, and Perry Spratt, we leveraged CRISPR activator approaches to rescue this loss.
rdcu.be/eGU0W
rdcu.be/eGU0W
CRISPR activation for SCN2A-related neurodevelopmental disorders
Nature - Using SCN2A haploinsufficiency as a proof-of-concept, upregulation of the existing functional gene copy through CRISPR activation was able to rescue neurological-associated phenotypes in...
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September 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
SCN2A loss is strongly linked to neurodevelopmental delays and, at times, seizure. In an amazing collaboration with @nadavahituv.bsky.social, led by Serena Tamura, Andrew Nelson, and Perry Spratt, we leveraged CRISPR activator approaches to rescue this loss.
rdcu.be/eGU0W
rdcu.be/eGU0W
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Excited to share our new paper!
✨Natural habitat and wild behaviors of the dwarf cuttlefish, Ascarosepion bandense✨
tinyurl.com/bdew5x3s
Our first cuttlefish expedition - diving in the dark to observe our cuttlefish in the wild...
Check out the paper & new expedition tool on Cuttlebase.org 🧠
✨Natural habitat and wild behaviors of the dwarf cuttlefish, Ascarosepion bandense✨
tinyurl.com/bdew5x3s
Our first cuttlefish expedition - diving in the dark to observe our cuttlefish in the wild...
Check out the paper & new expedition tool on Cuttlebase.org 🧠
September 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Excited to share our new paper!
✨Natural habitat and wild behaviors of the dwarf cuttlefish, Ascarosepion bandense✨
tinyurl.com/bdew5x3s
Our first cuttlefish expedition - diving in the dark to observe our cuttlefish in the wild...
Check out the paper & new expedition tool on Cuttlebase.org 🧠
✨Natural habitat and wild behaviors of the dwarf cuttlefish, Ascarosepion bandense✨
tinyurl.com/bdew5x3s
Our first cuttlefish expedition - diving in the dark to observe our cuttlefish in the wild...
Check out the paper & new expedition tool on Cuttlebase.org 🧠
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Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
Buy How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
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September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
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Our latest profile is here! Dr. Suelyn Koerich studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimers Disease. Learn more at the link below!
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience
September 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Our latest profile is here! Dr. Suelyn Koerich studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimers Disease. Learn more at the link below!
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience
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New results! Similar destabilization of neural dynamics under different general anesthetics
Different anesthetics induce unconsciousness through distinct mechanisms, but cortical destabilization may be their common effect.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroscience
Different anesthetics induce unconsciousness through distinct mechanisms, but cortical destabilization may be their common effect.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroscience
Similar destabilization of neural dynamics under different general anesthetics
Different classes of anesthetics can induce unconsciousness despite acting through distinct biological mechanisms. This raises the possibility that they produce a convergent effect on the dynamics or ...
doi.org
August 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
New results! Similar destabilization of neural dynamics under different general anesthetics
Different anesthetics induce unconsciousness through distinct mechanisms, but cortical destabilization may be their common effect.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroscience
Different anesthetics induce unconsciousness through distinct mechanisms, but cortical destabilization may be their common effect.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
#neuroscience
Honored to receive this recognition from the @grassfoundation.bsky.social . Shoutout to all the giant stars that have pulled / pull me up, including @ruimcosta.bsky.social + Darcy Peterka. And here's to working hard to pull up the neuroscientists of tomorrow!
August 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Honored to receive this recognition from the @grassfoundation.bsky.social . Shoutout to all the giant stars that have pulled / pull me up, including @ruimcosta.bsky.social + Darcy Peterka. And here's to working hard to pull up the neuroscientists of tomorrow!
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A very special 150th episode - I got to interview the one-and-only Eve Marder! Check it out to learn more about her life and science, and highly recommend listening to the interview to hear her many fabulous stories and her words of wisdom, my personal favorite being about how she found her ‘voice’
Check out our latest profile! Dr. Eve Marder studies the stability and flexibility of neural circuit function. Follow the link below to learn more!
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesofWiN #WomenInNeuroscience #WomenInNeuro
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesofWiN #WomenInNeuroscience #WomenInNeuro
May 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A very special 150th episode - I got to interview the one-and-only Eve Marder! Check it out to learn more about her life and science, and highly recommend listening to the interview to hear her many fabulous stories and her words of wisdom, my personal favorite being about how she found her ‘voice’
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Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
April 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵
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Our new paper is out in Science.
What is the synaptic plasticity rule in the brain, we asked. It turns out there are multiple, even within individual neurons.
Congrats Jake!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What is the synaptic plasticity rule in the brain, we asked. It turns out there are multiple, even within individual neurons.
Congrats Jake!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Distinct synaptic plasticity rules operate across dendritic compartments in vivo during learning
Synaptic plasticity underlies learning by modifying specific synaptic inputs to reshape neural activity and behavior. However, the rules governing which synapses will undergo different forms of plasti...
www.science.org
April 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Our new paper is out in Science.
What is the synaptic plasticity rule in the brain, we asked. It turns out there are multiple, even within individual neurons.
Congrats Jake!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
What is the synaptic plasticity rule in the brain, we asked. It turns out there are multiple, even within individual neurons.
Congrats Jake!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Save the date! Join us in Seville, Spain May 17 - 21 2026 for the next Dopamine meeting. More details to come.
dopaminesociety.org
dopaminesociety.org
December 12, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Save the date! Join us in Seville, Spain May 17 - 21 2026 for the next Dopamine meeting. More details to come.
dopaminesociety.org
dopaminesociety.org
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The preliminary program for the 2026 Basal Ganglia Gordon Research Conference is up! www.grc.org/basal-gangli...
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
2026 Basal Ganglia Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Basal Ganglia will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The preliminary program for the 2026 Basal Ganglia Gordon Research Conference is up! www.grc.org/basal-gangli...
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
Super excited about this program and to move the meeting to Europe for the first time - come join us in Tuscany!
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Finally an article focused on these grant losses that scientists from underrepresented backgrounds EARNED, including my own grant (MOSAIC K99/R00). Generations of scientists from these groups will disappear. Will those with less to lose and from more privileged backgrounds advocate for us?
Long-standing training grants for underrepresented minorities have been canceled under Trump’s NIH.
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/excl...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/funding/excl...
NIH nixes funds for pre- and postdoctoral training programs
Many of the axed grants support scientists from underrepresented communities.
www.thetransmitter.org
April 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Finally an article focused on these grant losses that scientists from underrepresented backgrounds EARNED, including my own grant (MOSAIC K99/R00). Generations of scientists from these groups will disappear. Will those with less to lose and from more privileged backgrounds advocate for us?
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New preprint out! We developed a behavioural platform for the kinematic analysis of skilled whole body behaviour. Very fun collaboration with Christopher Black, @liamebrowne.bsky.social and Rob Brownstone.
Ethologically relevant behavioural assay for investigating reach and grasp kinematics during whole-body motor control in mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.04.647225v1
April 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
New preprint out! We developed a behavioural platform for the kinematic analysis of skilled whole body behaviour. Very fun collaboration with Christopher Black, @liamebrowne.bsky.social and Rob Brownstone.
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Our first look at midbrain PAG’s role in singing mouse vocal control. When near each other, these mice produce two divergent vocal modes. Same circuits for USVs and Songs—or different ones? Bets were made..some of us bought beers for others! Led by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social & Clifford Harpole. 👇🏽
Important new work from @xmikezheng20.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social et al
bit.ly/42dWcQN
ethology+modeling+targeted neural manipulation —> new textbook example of how evolutionary tinkering can generate multiple behavioral modes with a single neural circuit
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
bit.ly/42dWcQN
ethology+modeling+targeted neural manipulation —> new textbook example of how evolutionary tinkering can generate multiple behavioral modes with a single neural circuit
#bioacoustics
#prattle 💬
Parametric Modulation of a Shared Midbrain Circuit Drives Distinct Vocal Modes in a Singing Mouse
Neural circuits capable of generating multiple outputs are essential for behavioral flexibility, yet their organizational principles remain poorly understood. Using vocal communication in singing mice...
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April 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Our first look at midbrain PAG’s role in singing mouse vocal control. When near each other, these mice produce two divergent vocal modes. Same circuits for USVs and Songs—or different ones? Bets were made..some of us bought beers for others! Led by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social & Clifford Harpole. 👇🏽
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Our latest profile is here! Dr. Aqilah McCane (@drbediya.bsky.social) studies models of alcohol use disorder and the consequences of adolescent alcohol exposure on development and aging. Follow the link below to learn more! 🧠
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience
Dr. Aqilah McCane — Stories of WiN
studies models of alcohol use disorder and the consequences of adolescent alcohol exposure on development and aging
www.storiesofwin.org
March 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Our latest profile is here! Dr. Aqilah McCane (@drbediya.bsky.social) studies models of alcohol use disorder and the consequences of adolescent alcohol exposure on development and aging. Follow the link below to learn more! 🧠
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience
www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...
#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience
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Of mice and macaques...
Differences in local regulation of dopamine release in the striatum of macaques and mice. Macaque dopamine is regulated more by GABA than by acetylcholine, compared to that of mice.
And what about humans?
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
Differences in local regulation of dopamine release in the striatum of macaques and mice. Macaque dopamine is regulated more by GABA than by acetylcholine, compared to that of mice.
And what about humans?
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
March 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Of mice and macaques...
Differences in local regulation of dopamine release in the striatum of macaques and mice. Macaque dopamine is regulated more by GABA than by acetylcholine, compared to that of mice.
And what about humans?
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
Differences in local regulation of dopamine release in the striatum of macaques and mice. Macaque dopamine is regulated more by GABA than by acetylcholine, compared to that of mice.
And what about humans?
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/1...
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Congratulations to our own Vikram Gadagkar, one of five @columbiauniversity.bsky.social faculty named @sloanfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellows! 👏
news.columbia.edu/news/five-co...
#brain #learning #socialbehavior
news.columbia.edu/news/five-co...
#brain #learning #socialbehavior
Five Columbia Faculty Members Named Sloan Research Fellows
They were recognized for contributions to chemistry, computer science, economics, neuroscience, and physics.
news.columbia.edu
February 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Congratulations to our own Vikram Gadagkar, one of five @columbiauniversity.bsky.social faculty named @sloanfoundation.bsky.social Research Fellows! 👏
news.columbia.edu/news/five-co...
#brain #learning #socialbehavior
news.columbia.edu/news/five-co...
#brain #learning #socialbehavior
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When the environment tells me when to stop responding to earn reward
Feedback cues that signal termination of an action sequence promote habitual responding via a dopamine-mediated credit assignment mechanism
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Feedback cues that signal termination of an action sequence promote habitual responding via a dopamine-mediated credit assignment mechanism
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
February 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When the environment tells me when to stop responding to earn reward
Feedback cues that signal termination of an action sequence promote habitual responding via a dopamine-mediated credit assignment mechanism
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Feedback cues that signal termination of an action sequence promote habitual responding via a dopamine-mediated credit assignment mechanism
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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So so so honored to be featured in @sfn.org Newsletter as part of the Future of Neuroscience! If you want to know a little more about my background, PhD work, and future goals, this one’s for you! :)
www.sfn.org/publications...
www.sfn.org/publications...
Future of Neuroscience: Ya’el Courtney
www.sfn.org
February 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
So so so honored to be featured in @sfn.org Newsletter as part of the Future of Neuroscience! If you want to know a little more about my background, PhD work, and future goals, this one’s for you! :)
www.sfn.org/publications...
www.sfn.org/publications...
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Young researchers are essential for us to improve human health and society.
The fear and confusion caused by current administration has real consequences that real people have to face.
Help tell their story and support science across the US.
#research #science #neurosky #neuroskyence #STEAM #STEM
The fear and confusion caused by current administration has real consequences that real people have to face.
Help tell their story and support science across the US.
#research #science #neurosky #neuroskyence #STEAM #STEM
‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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