Clément Brunner
@clembrunner.bsky.social
Neuroscientist - FWO fellow
R&D on whole-brain functional ultrasound imaging
Postdoc in Urban Lab at NERF, KU Leuven, VIB
Open Source / Science
Open Source / Science
Reposted by Clément Brunner
Continuous monitoring of cerebrovascular autoregulation using functional ultrasound imaging in the piglet brain. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675065v1
September 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Continuous monitoring of cerebrovascular autoregulation using functional ultrasound imaging in the piglet brain. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.09.675065v1
We map brain-wide functions of awake mice at the single-voxel scale !
Introducing PyfUS our brand new, ground-setting, open-source software for analysing brain-wide functional ultrasound imaging datasets.
Now in #Neurocomputing
@sciencedirect.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Introducing PyfUS our brand new, ground-setting, open-source software for analysing brain-wide functional ultrasound imaging datasets.
Now in #Neurocomputing
@sciencedirect.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
July 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
We map brain-wide functions of awake mice at the single-voxel scale !
Introducing PyfUS our brand new, ground-setting, open-source software for analysing brain-wide functional ultrasound imaging datasets.
Now in #Neurocomputing
@sciencedirect.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Introducing PyfUS our brand new, ground-setting, open-source software for analysing brain-wide functional ultrasound imaging datasets.
Now in #Neurocomputing
@sciencedirect.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Reposted by Clément Brunner
New research from the @farrowlab.bsky.social and @boninlab.bsky.social at NERF out in @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals how the intricate dendritic architecture of midbrain neurons helps detect and compute critical motion cues.
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0960-9822(25)00820-6
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0960-9822(25)00820-6
July 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New research from the @farrowlab.bsky.social and @boninlab.bsky.social at NERF out in @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals how the intricate dendritic architecture of midbrain neurons helps detect and compute critical motion cues.
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0960-9822(25)00820-6
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0960-9822(25)00820-6
Reposted by Clément Brunner
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Théo Lambert, Alan Urban, et al:
Functional ultrasound imaging and neuronal activity: How accurate is the spatiotemporal match?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Functional ultrasound imaging and neuronal activity: How accurate is the spatiotemporal match?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
June 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Théo Lambert, Alan Urban, et al:
Functional ultrasound imaging and neuronal activity: How accurate is the spatiotemporal match?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Functional ultrasound imaging and neuronal activity: How accurate is the spatiotemporal match?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
🚨New from Urban Lab @openfus.bsky.social
in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social
We combined fUS & Neuropixels in awake mice to test how well fUS reflects neuronal spiking. We targeted 3 visual regions during stimulus-evoked activity.
How reliable is fUS vs spikes?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social
We combined fUS & Neuropixels in awake mice to test how well fUS reflects neuronal spiking. We targeted 3 visual regions during stimulus-evoked activity.
How reliable is fUS vs spikes?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
May 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🚨New from Urban Lab @openfus.bsky.social
in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social
We combined fUS & Neuropixels in awake mice to test how well fUS reflects neuronal spiking. We targeted 3 visual regions during stimulus-evoked activity.
How reliable is fUS vs spikes?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social
We combined fUS & Neuropixels in awake mice to test how well fUS reflects neuronal spiking. We targeted 3 visual regions during stimulus-evoked activity.
How reliable is fUS vs spikes?
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Reposted by Clément Brunner
🎨 Painted faces
🐁 Tickling experiments
🙋🏻♀️ Thought-provoking questions
Where else but at the NERF retreat? 🤩
🐁 Tickling experiments
🙋🏻♀️ Thought-provoking questions
Where else but at the NERF retreat? 🤩
May 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🎨 Painted faces
🐁 Tickling experiments
🙋🏻♀️ Thought-provoking questions
Where else but at the NERF retreat? 🤩
🐁 Tickling experiments
🙋🏻♀️ Thought-provoking questions
Where else but at the NERF retreat? 🤩
Reposted by Clément Brunner
The anterior olfactory nucleus mediates curious exploration evoked by novel odors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.19.654779v1
May 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The anterior olfactory nucleus mediates curious exploration evoked by novel odors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.19.654779v1
Reposted by Clément Brunner
Exciting news: @boninlab.bsky.social & @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social with @franckp.bsky.social receive SFARI funding to study how early synaptic development in SYNGAP1 mutants shapes brain circuits & behavior in autism. 👏
https://tinyurl.com/54ywzxm9
https://tinyurl.com/54ywzxm9
May 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Exciting news: @boninlab.bsky.social & @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social with @franckp.bsky.social receive SFARI funding to study how early synaptic development in SYNGAP1 mutants shapes brain circuits & behavior in autism. 👏
https://tinyurl.com/54ywzxm9
https://tinyurl.com/54ywzxm9
Reposted by Clément Brunner
New paper on bioRxiv: "Ambient Light Impacts Innate Behaviors of New-World and Old-World Mice" - together with @farrowlab.bsky.social, with data from NERF master students and two of my lab members! A study across 3 species: Mus musculus, Peromyscus maniculatus & P. polionotus doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Ambient Light Impacts Innate Behaviors of New-World and Old-World Mice
Animals encounter predators and prey under diverse lighting conditions that signal different risks and opportunities, yet how ambient illumination shapes innate approach and avoidance behaviors remain...
doi.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
New paper on bioRxiv: "Ambient Light Impacts Innate Behaviors of New-World and Old-World Mice" - together with @farrowlab.bsky.social, with data from NERF master students and two of my lab members! A study across 3 species: Mus musculus, Peromyscus maniculatus & P. polionotus doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Clément Brunner
👋Hello BlueSky!🧠
👇Below is a thread on Open Neuroscience and how to contribute to our website:
🔬Know a #openscience #neuroscience project?
✍️Please list it on open-neuroscience.com -> forms.office.com/e/5QtUtMc3hw
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👇Below is a thread on Open Neuroscience and how to contribute to our website:
🔬Know a #openscience #neuroscience project?
✍️Please list it on open-neuroscience.com -> forms.office.com/e/5QtUtMc3hw
🔍We will do a brief spam check and upload it to the website!
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https://open-neuroscience.com/en/
open-neuroscience.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:28 PM
👋Hello BlueSky!🧠
👇Below is a thread on Open Neuroscience and how to contribute to our website:
🔬Know a #openscience #neuroscience project?
✍️Please list it on open-neuroscience.com -> forms.office.com/e/5QtUtMc3hw
🔍We will do a brief spam check and upload it to the website!
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👇Below is a thread on Open Neuroscience and how to contribute to our website:
🔬Know a #openscience #neuroscience project?
✍️Please list it on open-neuroscience.com -> forms.office.com/e/5QtUtMc3hw
🔍We will do a brief spam check and upload it to the website!
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Reposted by Clément Brunner
📣 Scientists led by Sandrine Da Cruz have successfully seeded the accumulation of TDP-43—a hallmark of ALS and frontotemporal dementia—using lab-engineered protein fragments 🧠🔬 Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
March 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
📣 Scientists led by Sandrine Da Cruz have successfully seeded the accumulation of TDP-43—a hallmark of ALS and frontotemporal dementia—using lab-engineered protein fragments 🧠🔬 Find out more 👉 cbd.sites.vib.be/en/news#/new...
News from Urban lab @cbdresearch.bsky.social
In a series of recent studies, the Urban lab shows how it's pushing the boundaries of functional ultrasound (fUS), with:
👉 AI-powered navigation tools with micrometer precision
👉 3D vascular mapping
👉 ultra-sensitive activity analysis
https://blog.vib.be/peering-into-the-brain-with-ultrasound
👉 AI-powered navigation tools with micrometer precision
👉 3D vascular mapping
👉 ultra-sensitive activity analysis
https://blog.vib.be/peering-into-the-brain-with-ultrasound
March 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
News from Urban lab @cbdresearch.bsky.social
Reposted by Clément Brunner
Thus new review by Jennifer Hoy (University of Nevada) and Karl Farrow (NERF) takes a deep dive into the role of the superior colliculus.
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00052-1
Beautifully illustrated by Pia Rachedi + open access
@farrowlab.bsky.social
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00052-1
Beautifully illustrated by Pia Rachedi + open access
@farrowlab.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Thus new review by Jennifer Hoy (University of Nevada) and Karl Farrow (NERF) takes a deep dive into the role of the superior colliculus.
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00052-1
Beautifully illustrated by Pia Rachedi + open access
@farrowlab.bsky.social
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(25)00052-1
Beautifully illustrated by Pia Rachedi + open access
@farrowlab.bsky.social
Reposted by Clément Brunner
New work co-led by @ppjgoncalves.bsky.social introduces a powerful new approach to model conditional distributions of neural and behavioral data using masked variational autoencoders.
Congratulations to @auschulz.bsky.social et al.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00109-3
Congratulations to @auschulz.bsky.social et al.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00109-3
March 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New work co-led by @ppjgoncalves.bsky.social introduces a powerful new approach to model conditional distributions of neural and behavioral data using masked variational autoencoders.
Congratulations to @auschulz.bsky.social et al.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00109-3
Congratulations to @auschulz.bsky.social et al.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00109-3
Reposted by Clément Brunner
openRxiv has arrived!
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
March 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
openRxiv has arrived!
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of openRxiv as an independent, researcher-led nonprofit to oversee bioRxiv and medRxiv, the world’s leading preprint servers for life and health sciences.
openrxiv.org/introducing-...
#openRxiv #OpenScience #Preprints #bioRxiv #medRxiv
Reposted by Clément Brunner
Aix Marseille university's "Safe Place for Science" program will provide 10 to 15 million euros ($11 to 16 million) that can accommodate around 15 researchers over three years. phys.org/news/2025-03...
March 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Aix Marseille university's "Safe Place for Science" program will provide 10 to 15 million euros ($11 to 16 million) that can accommodate around 15 researchers over three years. phys.org/news/2025-03...
Reposted by Clément Brunner
Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
March 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Criminalizing protest is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
🚀New from Urban Lab in #eNeuro @sfnjournals.bsky.social We used spatiotemporal clustering of single fUS voxels to map visual activity in awake mice. This high-resolution method precisely separates signals, revealing fine-grained activity patterns like never before🧠✨ tinyurl.com/47t27c7k
Spatiotemporal Clustering of Functional Ultrasound Signals at the Single-Voxel Level
Functional ultrasound (fUS) imaging is a well-established neuroimaging technology that offers high spatiotemporal resolution and a large field of view. Typical strategies for analysing fUS data compri...
doi.org
February 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🚀New from Urban Lab in #eNeuro @sfnjournals.bsky.social We used spatiotemporal clustering of single fUS voxels to map visual activity in awake mice. This high-resolution method precisely separates signals, revealing fine-grained activity patterns like never before🧠✨ tinyurl.com/47t27c7k
Detection, extraction and skeletonization of 🐭🧠 vessels from brain-wide angiograms acquired using fUS.
🎥 of the procedure : tinyurl.com/bdh46v6f
🎥 of the procedure : tinyurl.com/bdh46v6f
🥳🤩Last piece of work from Urban lab @nerflabs.bsky.social
@viblifesciences.bsky.social
@cbdresearch.bsky.social
in collab with Babin lab from Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing of Gent Uni 🇧🇪
@viblifesciences.bsky.social
@cbdresearch.bsky.social
in collab with Babin lab from Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing of Gent Uni 🇧🇪
Large Scale in vivo Acquisition, Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction of Cortical Vasculature using $$\mu $$ μ Doppler Ultrasound Imaging - Neuroinformatics
The brain is composed of a dense and ramified vascular network of arteries, veins and capillaries of various sizes. One way to assess the risk of cerebrovascular pathologies is to use computational mo...
link.springer.com
January 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Detection, extraction and skeletonization of 🐭🧠 vessels from brain-wide angiograms acquired using fUS.
🎥 of the procedure : tinyurl.com/bdh46v6f
🎥 of the procedure : tinyurl.com/bdh46v6f
🥳🤩Last piece of work from Urban lab @nerflabs.bsky.social
@viblifesciences.bsky.social
@cbdresearch.bsky.social
in collab with Babin lab from Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing of Gent Uni 🇧🇪
@viblifesciences.bsky.social
@cbdresearch.bsky.social
in collab with Babin lab from Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing of Gent Uni 🇧🇪
Large Scale in vivo Acquisition, Segmentation and 3D Reconstruction of Cortical Vasculature using $$\mu $$ μ Doppler Ultrasound Imaging - Neuroinformatics
The brain is composed of a dense and ramified vascular network of arteries, veins and capillaries of various sizes. One way to assess the risk of cerebrovascular pathologies is to use computational mo...
link.springer.com
January 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🥳🤩Last piece of work from Urban lab @nerflabs.bsky.social
@viblifesciences.bsky.social
@cbdresearch.bsky.social
in collab with Babin lab from Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing of Gent Uni 🇧🇪
@viblifesciences.bsky.social
@cbdresearch.bsky.social
in collab with Babin lab from Department of Telecommunications and Information Processing of Gent Uni 🇧🇪
Reposted by Clément Brunner
Functional Ultrasound Imaging of Auditory Responses in Comatose Patients https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.22.24319283v1
December 26, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Functional Ultrasound Imaging of Auditory Responses in Comatose Patients https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.22.24319283v1
Reposted by Clément Brunner
Technical assistant position in my lab is open now: www.sissa.it/bandi/selezi... Making viruses, helping with rodents, possibility to do some experiments (behavior, surgery, immunohistochemistry...). Please contact me for a chat before applying! Deadline February 6th
our lab: www.reinhardlab.org
our lab: www.reinhardlab.org
December 28, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Technical assistant position in my lab is open now: www.sissa.it/bandi/selezi... Making viruses, helping with rodents, possibility to do some experiments (behavior, surgery, immunohistochemistry...). Please contact me for a chat before applying! Deadline February 6th
our lab: www.reinhardlab.org
our lab: www.reinhardlab.org
Reposted by Clément Brunner
What a week for the @boninlab.bsky.social!
Celebrating the publication of two papers and now the news of an FWO project grant, enabling more exciting science over the next four years. Congratulations Vincent Bonin and Asli Ayaz. 👏
Celebrating the publication of two papers and now the news of an FWO project grant, enabling more exciting science over the next four years. Congratulations Vincent Bonin and Asli Ayaz. 👏
December 17, 2024 at 9:07 AM
What a week for the @boninlab.bsky.social!
Celebrating the publication of two papers and now the news of an FWO project grant, enabling more exciting science over the next four years. Congratulations Vincent Bonin and Asli Ayaz. 👏
Celebrating the publication of two papers and now the news of an FWO project grant, enabling more exciting science over the next four years. Congratulations Vincent Bonin and Asli Ayaz. 👏
Reposted by Clément Brunner
Mobile Human Brain Imaging using Functional Ultrasound https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.08.627337v1
December 10, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Mobile Human Brain Imaging using Functional Ultrasound https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.08.627337v1
Very nice talk given today @nerflabs.bsky.social by Robert Olhendorf from @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social about brand new tools for whole-brain molecular hemodynamic imaging 🤩 Very exciting work !
December 4, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Very nice talk given today @nerflabs.bsky.social by Robert Olhendorf from @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social about brand new tools for whole-brain molecular hemodynamic imaging 🤩 Very exciting work !