Ede Rancz
@ederancz.bsky.social
neuroscientist, free will denier
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RA job alert. We are looking for a fearless experimentalist to join our experiments on cortical neuromodulators during visually guided learning, lead by @michael-lynn.bsky.social . Opportunity to learn 2p imaging, design and conduct experiments. RT plz. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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my.corehr.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:43 PM
RA job alert. We are looking for a fearless experimentalist to join our experiments on cortical neuromodulators during visually guided learning, lead by @michael-lynn.bsky.social . Opportunity to learn 2p imaging, design and conduct experiments. RT plz. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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PhD position(s)🚨deadline 20th Jan
1-development of brain & behaviour in the precocial spiny mouse tinyurl.com/yaxhy5y2
2-social behaviour & neurophysiology in a menstruating rodent using AI tinyurl.com/ykv93cts
apply ✍️
@ai4bicdt.bsky.social @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
1-development of brain & behaviour in the precocial spiny mouse tinyurl.com/yaxhy5y2
2-social behaviour & neurophysiology in a menstruating rodent using AI tinyurl.com/ykv93cts
apply ✍️
@ai4bicdt.bsky.social @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 5:43 PM
PhD position(s)🚨deadline 20th Jan
1-development of brain & behaviour in the precocial spiny mouse tinyurl.com/yaxhy5y2
2-social behaviour & neurophysiology in a menstruating rodent using AI tinyurl.com/ykv93cts
apply ✍️
@ai4bicdt.bsky.social @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
1-development of brain & behaviour in the precocial spiny mouse tinyurl.com/yaxhy5y2
2-social behaviour & neurophysiology in a menstruating rodent using AI tinyurl.com/ykv93cts
apply ✍️
@ai4bicdt.bsky.social @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social @edinunineuro.bsky.social
A short story from Leó Szilárd, a Hungarian physicist, 1948.
Want to kill science? Fund scientists—then force them out of the lab to write grants, review grants, and sit on panels. Tie funding to flashy papers, and everyone will chase fads. Done.
www.gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr/~pierre.como...
Want to kill science? Fund scientists—then force them out of the lab to write grants, review grants, and sit on panels. Tie funding to flashy papers, and everyone will chase fads. Done.
www.gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr/~pierre.como...
www.gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr
January 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
A short story from Leó Szilárd, a Hungarian physicist, 1948.
Want to kill science? Fund scientists—then force them out of the lab to write grants, review grants, and sit on panels. Tie funding to flashy papers, and everyone will chase fads. Done.
www.gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr/~pierre.como...
Want to kill science? Fund scientists—then force them out of the lab to write grants, review grants, and sit on panels. Tie funding to flashy papers, and everyone will chase fads. Done.
www.gipsa-lab.grenoble-inp.fr/~pierre.como...
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Less than two weeks left to apply for the Cephalopod Neuroscience Gordon Conference! An exciting lineup of speakers and posters, and financial aid is available upon request. 🐙🦑
www.grc.org/cephalopod-n...
www.grc.org/cephalopod-n...
January 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Less than two weeks left to apply for the Cephalopod Neuroscience Gordon Conference! An exciting lineup of speakers and posters, and financial aid is available upon request. 🐙🦑
www.grc.org/cephalopod-n...
www.grc.org/cephalopod-n...
📣 PhD position in computational & systems neuroscience (Marseille, France).
⏰ Deadline 28 Jan.
We are recruiting a PhD student to work on neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in mouse vision, jointly supervised by @ederancz.bsky.social (INMED) and @laurentperrinet.bsky.social (INT).
⏰ Deadline 28 Jan.
We are recruiting a PhD student to work on neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in mouse vision, jointly supervised by @ederancz.bsky.social (INMED) and @laurentperrinet.bsky.social (INT).
January 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
📣 PhD position in computational & systems neuroscience (Marseille, France).
⏰ Deadline 28 Jan.
We are recruiting a PhD student to work on neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in mouse vision, jointly supervised by @ederancz.bsky.social (INMED) and @laurentperrinet.bsky.social (INT).
⏰ Deadline 28 Jan.
We are recruiting a PhD student to work on neuromodulatory control of predictive processing in mouse vision, jointly supervised by @ederancz.bsky.social (INMED) and @laurentperrinet.bsky.social (INT).
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Coincidence of thalamic HD signal and retrosplenial visual input is detected in the Presubiculum! 🎯 This may be the neuronal basis for landmark anchoring of the HD signal. Pleased to announce the VOR is now available elifesciences.org/articles/92443 Congrats first author Louis Richevaux 🙌
Projection-specific integration of convergent thalamic and retrosplenial signals in the presubicular head direction cortex
Nonlinear dendritic integration in single presubicular neurons provides a mechanism for combining vestibular-based head-direction signals and visual landmark signals to anchor the brain’s internal com...
elifesciences.org
January 5, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Coincidence of thalamic HD signal and retrosplenial visual input is detected in the Presubiculum! 🎯 This may be the neuronal basis for landmark anchoring of the HD signal. Pleased to announce the VOR is now available elifesciences.org/articles/92443 Congrats first author Louis Richevaux 🙌
I’m speechless
Today we honour the memory of Adam Kampff, whose passing leaves an immense void in our community.
We are profoundly grateful to Adam. The best way to honour him is to continue innovating, collaborating, and sharing generously, as he taught us. Thank you, Adam Kampff.
We are profoundly grateful to Adam. The best way to honour him is to continue innovating, collaborating, and sharing generously, as he taught us. Thank you, Adam Kampff.
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
I’m speechless
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Really excited to share this Opinion piece we've been working on with fellow head-direction cell geeks @apeyrache.bsky.social @desdemonafricker.bsky.social and (bsky-less?) Andrea Burgalossi! While head-direction cells pop up in many cortical regions, we think that one of them is quite unique (1/8)
The postsubiculum as a head-direction cortex
The organisation of thalamocortical networks follows a conserved structure. Traditionally, these are divided into primary sensory systems that receive…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Really excited to share this Opinion piece we've been working on with fellow head-direction cell geeks @apeyrache.bsky.social @desdemonafricker.bsky.social and (bsky-less?) Andrea Burgalossi! While head-direction cells pop up in many cortical regions, we think that one of them is quite unique (1/8)
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Link to previous preprint thread with more details on the results:
bsky.app/profile/alex...
Overall, our findings highlight dendrites as a potential substrate for the cognitive rigidity that characterizes autism spectrum disorders.
5/6
bsky.app/profile/alex...
Overall, our findings highlight dendrites as a potential substrate for the cognitive rigidity that characterizes autism spectrum disorders.
5/6
SCN2A is a top risk gene for autism. But how does losing one copy of it affect dendritic function during flexible decision-making? 🧬🐭🧠🧪
Our study in preprint @biorxivpreprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Supported by a @simonsfoundation.org SFARI Pilot Award 🙌
#SCN2A #cureSCN2A
Our study in preprint @biorxivpreprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Supported by a @simonsfoundation.org SFARI Pilot Award 🙌
#SCN2A #cureSCN2A
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Link to previous preprint thread with more details on the results:
bsky.app/profile/alex...
Overall, our findings highlight dendrites as a potential substrate for the cognitive rigidity that characterizes autism spectrum disorders.
5/6
bsky.app/profile/alex...
Overall, our findings highlight dendrites as a potential substrate for the cognitive rigidity that characterizes autism spectrum disorders.
5/6
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Observed at an SfN poster session?
Man Trying To Enter Conversation Spends Few Minutes Smiling And Nodding At Edge Of Circle https://theonion.com/man-trying-to-enter-conversation-spends-few-minutes-smi-1819577205/
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Observed at an SfN poster session?
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Interested in doing a PhD on how #psychedelics (or other psychoactive substances) impact psychological or social processes @durhampsych.bsky.social ?
Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.
Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Interested in doing a PhD on how #psychedelics (or other psychoactive substances) impact psychological or social processes @durhampsych.bsky.social ?
Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.
Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.
Are you interested in visuo-motor mismatch and serotonin? Come see @norambr.bsky.social featuring mice spinning in VR at R16!
#SfN2025 #vestibulo-VR #serotonin #predictive_processing
#SfN2025 #vestibulo-VR #serotonin #predictive_processing
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Are you interested in visuo-motor mismatch and serotonin? Come see @norambr.bsky.social featuring mice spinning in VR at R16!
#SfN2025 #vestibulo-VR #serotonin #predictive_processing
#SfN2025 #vestibulo-VR #serotonin #predictive_processing
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My book "The Brain, in Theory" on the publisher's website (out in April 2026):
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Brain, In Theory
Why engineering and computational analogies are poorly suited to the study of biological cognition
press.princeton.edu
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
My book "The Brain, in Theory" on the publisher's website (out in April 2026):
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Armed and ready at C5 - @hughtakemoto.bsky.social on serotonin effects on pyramidal cells across V1 and V2. #SfN2025 #serotonin #visualcortex #theta_resonance
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Armed and ready at C5 - @hughtakemoto.bsky.social on serotonin effects on pyramidal cells across V1 and V2. #SfN2025 #serotonin #visualcortex #theta_resonance
Our lab digs into how serotonin tunes prediction errors and eye movements — with custom tools and curious mice.We got 2 posters at #SfN2025, Tue AM (C5) and Wed PM (R16).
Recruiting PhD students & postdocs in sunny Marseille.
Come chat about neuromodulators, tinkering, or free will and intuition.
Recruiting PhD students & postdocs in sunny Marseille.
Come chat about neuromodulators, tinkering, or free will and intuition.
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Our lab digs into how serotonin tunes prediction errors and eye movements — with custom tools and curious mice.We got 2 posters at #SfN2025, Tue AM (C5) and Wed PM (R16).
Recruiting PhD students & postdocs in sunny Marseille.
Come chat about neuromodulators, tinkering, or free will and intuition.
Recruiting PhD students & postdocs in sunny Marseille.
Come chat about neuromodulators, tinkering, or free will and intuition.
Great projects, great environment.
🔬 The CENTURI PhD Call 2026 is now open! Join an interdisciplinary community in Marseille at the interface of bio, physics, maths and computer science.
Apply here: centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/
#PhD #CENTURI
Apply here: centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/
#PhD #CENTURI
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Great projects, great environment.
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Independent NeuroScience Services INSS was registered as a company on 14th November 2016, which means it's our 9th birthday today! As a birthday present we've treated ourselves to an SfN exhibitor booth for the first time ever. Come and say hello at Booth #3327
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Independent NeuroScience Services INSS was registered as a company on 14th November 2016, which means it's our 9th birthday today! As a birthday present we've treated ourselves to an SfN exhibitor booth for the first time ever. Come and say hello at Booth #3327
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Hear BrainGlobe core developer speak about the project in this keynote lecture.
16:00 EST
16:00 EST
Ready to see how open-source tools are revolutionizing neuroscience?
Join us for Igor Tatarnikov’s talk on The BrainGlobe Initiative, the open-source platform reshaping computational neuroanatomy.
Be part of the future of #OpenScience: buff.ly/p6l83E4
@ucl.ac.uk @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social
Join us for Igor Tatarnikov’s talk on The BrainGlobe Initiative, the open-source platform reshaping computational neuroanatomy.
Be part of the future of #OpenScience: buff.ly/p6l83E4
@ucl.ac.uk @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hear BrainGlobe core developer speak about the project in this keynote lecture.
16:00 EST
16:00 EST
Can you guess grant deadlines and SfN dates from this graph?
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Can you guess grant deadlines and SfN dates from this graph?
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For the first time ever, INSS will have a booth at SfN this year. Please come and say hello at Booth #3327
Would be lovely to see some familiar faces!
Would be lovely to see some familiar faces!
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
For the first time ever, INSS will have a booth at SfN this year. Please come and say hello at Booth #3327
Would be lovely to see some familiar faces!
Would be lovely to see some familiar faces!
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How did I not know about this super-useful site for customized 3D-printable thread adapters? HT to @leon-kremers.bsky.social : brainright.com/adapt-o-matic/
Jay’s Adapt~O~Matic – BrainRight
brainright.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
How did I not know about this super-useful site for customized 3D-printable thread adapters? HT to @leon-kremers.bsky.social : brainright.com/adapt-o-matic/
Choose France for Science!
Moved my lab to France 4 years ago — one of my best decisions.
Good life ✅
Strong talent pool ✅
Decent funding ✅
Byzantine bureaucracy ✅ (not much worse than UK/US, often better than Southern/Eastern EU)
Check out the call & reach out if interested
tinyurl.com/5n6u49uv
Moved my lab to France 4 years ago — one of my best decisions.
Good life ✅
Strong talent pool ✅
Decent funding ✅
Byzantine bureaucracy ✅ (not much worse than UK/US, often better than Southern/Eastern EU)
Check out the call & reach out if interested
tinyurl.com/5n6u49uv
Call for proposals details
anr.fr
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Choose France for Science!
Moved my lab to France 4 years ago — one of my best decisions.
Good life ✅
Strong talent pool ✅
Decent funding ✅
Byzantine bureaucracy ✅ (not much worse than UK/US, often better than Southern/Eastern EU)
Check out the call & reach out if interested
tinyurl.com/5n6u49uv
Moved my lab to France 4 years ago — one of my best decisions.
Good life ✅
Strong talent pool ✅
Decent funding ✅
Byzantine bureaucracy ✅ (not much worse than UK/US, often better than Southern/Eastern EU)
Check out the call & reach out if interested
tinyurl.com/5n6u49uv
To my friends I struggle to convince about the lack of our free will.
I saw a seagull in the night sky, lit by city lights. For a moment, I thought it was a shooting star. That thought felt spontaneous—but it wasn’t.
I saw a seagull in the night sky, lit by city lights. For a moment, I thought it was a shooting star. That thought felt spontaneous—but it wasn’t.
November 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
To my friends I struggle to convince about the lack of our free will.
I saw a seagull in the night sky, lit by city lights. For a moment, I thought it was a shooting star. That thought felt spontaneous—but it wasn’t.
I saw a seagull in the night sky, lit by city lights. For a moment, I thought it was a shooting star. That thought felt spontaneous—but it wasn’t.
This is the most brilliant idea - pun intended.
A colour perceived for the first time ever.
Next on to never perceived odours!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A colour perceived for the first time ever.
Next on to never perceived odours!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale
Image display by cell-by-cell retina stimulation, enabling colors impossible to see under natural viewing.
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is the most brilliant idea - pun intended.
A colour perceived for the first time ever.
Next on to never perceived odours!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A colour perceived for the first time ever.
Next on to never perceived odours!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Proud to share that Anna Cappellini has opened her psychology practice in Marseille!
Compassionate, professional care in English, French, or Italian, online or in person: psy-annacappellini.com
(Marseille friends, spread the word!)
Compassionate, professional care in English, French, or Italian, online or in person: psy-annacappellini.com
(Marseille friends, spread the word!)
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Proud to share that Anna Cappellini has opened her psychology practice in Marseille!
Compassionate, professional care in English, French, or Italian, online or in person: psy-annacappellini.com
(Marseille friends, spread the word!)
Compassionate, professional care in English, French, or Italian, online or in person: psy-annacappellini.com
(Marseille friends, spread the word!)