Michael Orger
@daniobrain.bsky.social
Neuroscience Group Leader at Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Zebrafish behavior and brain-wide imaging. Also some Danionella and Devario. Might post about music and Rubik's cubes.
A track I need to listen to every few weeks and that I think more people could appreciate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkSn...
Thighpaulsandra"The Angelica Declaration"
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January 29, 2026 at 11:36 PM
A track I need to listen to every few weeks and that I think more people could appreciate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkSn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq-k... still getting my head around the fact that this monumental album was allegedly recorded in a single take.
Manuel Göttsching — E2-E4 (1981/Full album)
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January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq-k... still getting my head around the fact that this monumental album was allegedly recorded in a single take.
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"These results show that spontaneous activity in the vertebrate brain is highly stereotyped at the level of functional cell assemblies and can be reliably captured through a common latent code."
New work from Volker Bormuth Lab @sorbonne-universite.fr 🐟🧠
New work from Volker Bormuth Lab @sorbonne-universite.fr 🐟🧠
Cross-individual translation of spontaneous zebrafish brain activity through a shared latent representation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.09.698719v1
January 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
"These results show that spontaneous activity in the vertebrate brain is highly stereotyped at the level of functional cell assemblies and can be reliably captured through a common latent code."
New work from Volker Bormuth Lab @sorbonne-universite.fr 🐟🧠
New work from Volker Bormuth Lab @sorbonne-universite.fr 🐟🧠
Watch 8-year-old Xuanyi Geng clutch the world record for Rubik's cube solving (average) with a 3.37 second solve. Planning: he is planning around 20-25 moves ahead here before he starts to solve. Motor control: he turns the cube faces at 12-13 turns per second. youtu.be/wKm5DfuJJdo?...
Sub3.90 Milestone! 3.84 3x3 WR Avg Xuanyi Geng🇨🇳 | Rubik's Cube World Record | Beijing Winter 2026
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January 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Watch 8-year-old Xuanyi Geng clutch the world record for Rubik's cube solving (average) with a 3.37 second solve. Planning: he is planning around 20-25 moves ahead here before he starts to solve. Motor control: he turns the cube faces at 12-13 turns per second. youtu.be/wKm5DfuJJdo?...
A list that has Stoner, Children of Time and The Age of Innocence makes me really curious to read all the rest.
‘Children of Time’ whips, if you like sci-fi at all you should read it. defector.com/the-best-thi...
The Best Things We Read In 2025 | Defector
This is what the Defector staff read and enjoyed in 2025. The Trials of Gabriel Ward Murder Mystery Series, by Sally Smith Thanks to Wake Up Dead Man, I have reentered my murder mystery phase, which h...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
A list that has Stoner, Children of Time and The Age of Innocence makes me really curious to read all the rest.
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Adam Kampff prioritized spreading knowledge over publishing flashy papers in prestigious journals, but colleagues say his mark on neuroscience was undeniable. The researcher and educator passed away on 9 December.
By Lauren Schneider
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
By Lauren Schneider
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
Remembering Adam Kampff, neuroscience educator and researcher
Kampff’s do-it-yourself approach inspired a generation of neuroscientists.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Adam Kampff prioritized spreading knowledge over publishing flashy papers in prestigious journals, but colleagues say his mark on neuroscience was undeniable. The researcher and educator passed away on 9 December.
By Lauren Schneider
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
By Lauren Schneider
www.thetransmitter.org/systems-neur...
I wanted to pass on a website my son is working on: maths.orger.org. He was personally frustrated with maths in school, when he was asked to apply knowledge of things he was not yet able to prove to himself, and this inspired him to work on a curriculum where everything is justified in strict order.
maths.orger.org – Home
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December 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I wanted to pass on a website my son is working on: maths.orger.org. He was personally frustrated with maths in school, when he was asked to apply knowledge of things he was not yet able to prove to himself, and this inspired him to work on a curriculum where everything is justified in strict order.
This is tough. Adam Kampff was one of the most brilliant people that I have had the privilege to know. He was a wonderful and generous friend and colleague, a remarkable teacher and a visionary who inspired hundreds of others. He was a shining example to us all, and we will miss him very much.
Last night Adam Kampff, the glue, the light, the catalyst, the builder, the smile, left us. He and his work transformed the lives of many labs, scientists, students. He inspired and was generous to his last transformation, working tirelessly to set up a foundation to continue the work.Thank you!
December 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is tough. Adam Kampff was one of the most brilliant people that I have had the privilege to know. He was a wonderful and generous friend and colleague, a remarkable teacher and a visionary who inspired hundreds of others. He was a shining example to us all, and we will miss him very much.
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Very excited to share this thread on our recent paper! We show how Zebrafish integrate visual navigation signals in aligned topographic maps. Full thread below🧵
(1/n) We are excited to share our new paper in Nature Communications, by Hagar Lavian (@hlavian.bsky.social) and team, revealing how the zebrafish brain integrates visual navigation signals! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Visual motion and landmark position align with heading direction in the zebrafish interpeduncular nucleus - Nature Communications
How are various visual signals integrated in the vertebrate brain for navigation? Here authors show that different spatial signals are topographically organized and align to one another in the zebrafi...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Very excited to share this thread on our recent paper! We show how Zebrafish integrate visual navigation signals in aligned topographic maps. Full thread below🧵
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🧠 Applications for the International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme (INDP) @champalimaudf.bsky.social open until 31 January 2026.
☀️ Join our vibrant and international research community in sunny Lisbon!
🔗 fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...
☀️ Join our vibrant and international research community in sunny Lisbon!
🔗 fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
🧠 Applications for the International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme (INDP) @champalimaudf.bsky.social open until 31 January 2026.
☀️ Join our vibrant and international research community in sunny Lisbon!
🔗 fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...
☀️ Join our vibrant and international research community in sunny Lisbon!
🔗 fchampalimaud.org/champalimaud...
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Scientists around former IMP group leader David Keays (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social show that #pigeons detect magnetic fields through their inner ear. Their discovery was now published in the journal @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
More: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
More: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
A global screen for magnetically induced neuronal activity in the pigeon brain
How animals detect the Earth’s magnetic field remains a mystery in sensory biology. Despite extensive behavioral evidence, the neural circuitry and molecular mechanisms responsible for magnetic sensin...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Scientists around former IMP group leader David Keays (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social show that #pigeons detect magnetic fields through their inner ear. Their discovery was now published in the journal @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
More: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
More: www.imp.ac.at/news/article...
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🎉 Excited to share our new preprint presenting a complete de novo assembly of the zebrafish genome; a major advance for zebrafish genomics and research! 🧬
Full paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social @izfs.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social @modelzebrafish.bsky.social
Full paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social @izfs.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social @modelzebrafish.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
🎉 Excited to share our new preprint presenting a complete de novo assembly of the zebrafish genome; a major advance for zebrafish genomics and research! 🧬
Full paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social @izfs.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social @modelzebrafish.bsky.social
Full paper: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social @izfs.bsky.social @zfinmod.bsky.social @modelzebrafish.bsky.social
I’m honored to be named a 2025 @simonsfoundation.org Pivot Fellow! This support will allow me to build expertise in dynamical systems and control theory with mentorship from Guillaume Hennequin (@GJEHennequin on X).
www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/s...
www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/s...
Simons Foundation Announces Fourth Class of Pivot Fellows
The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce the fourth class of its Pivot Fellowship.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I’m honored to be named a 2025 @simonsfoundation.org Pivot Fellow! This support will allow me to build expertise in dynamical systems and control theory with mentorship from Guillaume Hennequin (@GJEHennequin on X).
www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/s...
www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/11/13/s...
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🧠In this essay Carlos Ribeiro and Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, @champalimaudf.bsky.social, explore the brain-body interactions.
🤝Their collaboration bridges fundamental and clinical science, reminding us that progress comes from a joint effort between the two.
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/how-sci...
🤝Their collaboration bridges fundamental and clinical science, reminding us that progress comes from a joint effort between the two.
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/how-sci...
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🧠In this essay Carlos Ribeiro and Albino J. Oliveira-Maia, @champalimaudf.bsky.social, explore the brain-body interactions.
🤝Their collaboration bridges fundamental and clinical science, reminding us that progress comes from a joint effort between the two.
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/how-sci...
🤝Their collaboration bridges fundamental and clinical science, reminding us that progress comes from a joint effort between the two.
👉 www.fchampalimaud.org/news/how-sci...
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🚨Big news!🚨
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.
I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.
I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!
🧠🎼 What does it take to restore movement? Neuroscientist and engineer, @juangallego.bsky.social, joins the new Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at the Champalimaud Foundation.
🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...
🔗 Find out more in this interview: www.fchampalimaud.org/news/juan-al...
October 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨Big news!🚨
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.
I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!
The lab is relocating to Lisbon, joining a great team of experimental and theoretical neuroscientists, and the Neurotechnology Warehouse, a new initiative to bridge basic and translational research.
I'll be sharing postdoc openings soon. Come join us in this new incarnation of the lab!
The effect of time of day on exam pass rate in this study is quite dramatic. Consider that Edexcel runs some UK international exams as early as 7:30 a.m., which is even outside the range plotted in this study!
Timing matters! Kristin Tessmar-Raible @univie.ac.at @awi.de @ercgrantees.bsky.social on Austrian TV #ORF2 today to contextualise new research from Carmelo Vicario and team (Univ. of Messina) on the timing of exams.
on.orf.at/video/142925...
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
on.orf.at/video/142925...
Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.3389/fpsy...
Innere Uhr zählt: Chronobiologin über Prüfungsleistung - Aktuell nach eins vom 24.09.2025
Eine italienische Studie mit über 100.000 mündlichen Prüfungen zeigt: Zwischen 11 und 13 Uhr sind Studierende am leistungsfähigsten. Chronobiologin Kristin Teßmar-Raible erläuterte im Studio, wie die ...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The effect of time of day on exam pass rate in this study is quite dramatic. Consider that Edexcel runs some UK international exams as early as 7:30 a.m., which is even outside the range plotted in this study!
Does anyone have recommendations for neuroscience books or other non-fiction available on Audible? I enjoyed listening to Elusive Cures (read by the author @nicolecrust.bsky.social) and Innate (from @wiringthebrain.bsky.social), and I was wondering what other good audiobooks are out there?
August 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Does anyone have recommendations for neuroscience books or other non-fiction available on Audible? I enjoyed listening to Elusive Cures (read by the author @nicolecrust.bsky.social) and Innate (from @wiringthebrain.bsky.social), and I was wondering what other good audiobooks are out there?
I'm enjoying revisiting Marina Herlop's 2022 Pripyat LP. Here is the gorgeous opening track Abans Abans with a video featuring snails, stalactites and alpacas and her unique approach to vocals and piano. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_t...
Marina Herlop - abans abans
YouTube video by Marina Herlop
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August 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'm enjoying revisiting Marina Herlop's 2022 Pripyat LP. Here is the gorgeous opening track Abans Abans with a video featuring snails, stalactites and alpacas and her unique approach to vocals and piano. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3_t...
RIP Brian Wilson (1942-2025), one of the greatest innovators who helped build popular music into an enduring art form, and a kind and humble person. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S22a...
Surf's Up
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
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June 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
RIP Brian Wilson (1942-2025), one of the greatest innovators who helped build popular music into an enduring art form, and a kind and humble person. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S22a...
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It took us many years to improve idtracker.ai in both accuracy and tracking time. Here it is.
June 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It took us many years to improve idtracker.ai in both accuracy and tracking time. Here it is.
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If you're planning a course with mathematical methods content, or use such methods in your own work, please take a look at "Mathematics in Biology", by Meister, Lee, and Portugues, published at MIT Press. 1/2 @portugueslab.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026204940...
Mathematics in Biology
Biology has turned into a quantitative science. The core problems in the life sciences today involve complex systems that require mathematical expression, ye...
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May 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
If you're planning a course with mathematical methods content, or use such methods in your own work, please take a look at "Mathematics in Biology", by Meister, Lee, and Portugues, published at MIT Press. 1/2 @portugueslab.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026204940...
Greatly deserved! Congratulations!
🏆We are delighted to congratulate Dr Greg Jefferis who has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society!
Read our news item: bit.ly/3H4rCCk
@mrclmb.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
Read our news item: bit.ly/3H4rCCk
@mrclmb.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
May 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Greatly deserved! Congratulations!
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Unforgettable trip to Lisbon! Packed with amazing food, wine, science, art, sightseeing, and a healthy dose of exercise! Huge thanks to my hosts @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social at Champalimaud and Razmik Panossian at the Gulbenkian Foundation for the warm welcome.
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Unforgettable trip to Lisbon! Packed with amazing food, wine, science, art, sightseeing, and a healthy dose of exercise! Huge thanks to my hosts @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social at Champalimaud and Razmik Panossian at the Gulbenkian Foundation for the warm welcome.
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A review emphasizes the advantages of using zebrafish in research, outlines key differences in experimental approaches, and offers guidelines for designing studies in a way that enhances experimental rigor and reproducibility. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Zebrafishology, study design guidelines for rigorous and reproducible data using zebrafish - Communications Biology
A review emphasizes the advantages of using zebrafish in research, outlines key differences in experimental approaches, and offers guidelines for designing studies in a way that enhances experimental ...
www.nature.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A review emphasizes the advantages of using zebrafish in research, outlines key differences in experimental approaches, and offers guidelines for designing studies in a way that enhances experimental rigor and reproducibility. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
