JB Manent
@jbmanent.bsky.social
Developmental neurobiologist studying cortical malformations (grey matter heterotopia) and #epilepsy at INMED, INSERM in Marseille, France
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2436-8593
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2436-8593
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Position-independent emergence of neocortical neuron molecular identity, connectivity and function - Nature Neuroscience
Even when neocortical neurons form in abnormal locations, they retain their identity and function, revealing that brain circuit formation can be guided by intrinsic developmental programs rather than ...
www.nature.com
Very happy to have contributed to this wonderful/tentacular work alongside so many amazing colleagues and friends!
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I'm very excited to finally see this one out in @natneuro.nature.com ! It has been an incredible journey alongside extremely talented people! Thanks to everyone involved and enjoy the reading! 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Position-independent emergence of neocortical neuron molecular identity, connectivity and function - Nature Neuroscience
Even when neocortical neurons form in abnormal locations, they retain their identity and function, revealing that brain circuit formation can be guided by intrinsic developmental programs rather than ...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I'm very excited to finally see this one out in @natneuro.nature.com ! It has been an incredible journey alongside extremely talented people! Thanks to everyone involved and enjoy the reading! 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New publication : is left-right symmetry-breaking in mice in the node ?
Wnt and Nodal asymmetries stratify mouse laterality phenotypes in the absence of node flow https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.21.695689v1
January 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
New publication : is left-right symmetry-breaking in mice in the node ?
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Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Extremely excited & proud to share our new preprint - we provide for the first time a single cell map of the mouse brain across sex, the estrous cycle, and peripartum! Data are 🔥 👇
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Single-cell map of the female brain across reproductive transitions"
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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This is a really neat study - congratulations to the team! Has me wondering whether this will be more of a rule or a feature across different classes of neurons/neuron types with various specialized functions.
Very happy to have contributed to this wonderful/tentacular work alongside so many amazing colleagues and friends!
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Position-independent emergence of neocortical neuron molecular identity, connectivity and function - Nature Neuroscience
Even when neocortical neurons form in abnormal locations, they retain their identity and function, revealing that brain circuit formation can be guided by intrinsic developmental programs rather than ...
www.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
This is a really neat study - congratulations to the team! Has me wondering whether this will be more of a rule or a feature across different classes of neurons/neuron types with various specialized functions.
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Great @natneuro.nature.com study by @sroig.bsky.social @djabaudon.bsky.social @jbmanent.bsky.social & colleagues,
showing “equivalent circuits can emerge in different spatial configurations, allowing diverse brain architectures to converge on similar functional outcomes” 🧪🧠🧬
showing “equivalent circuits can emerge in different spatial configurations, allowing diverse brain architectures to converge on similar functional outcomes” 🧪🧠🧬
Position-independent emergence of neocortical neuron molecular identity, connectivity and function - Nature Neuroscience
Even when neocortical neurons form in abnormal locations, they retain their identity and function, revealing that brain circuit formation can be guided by intrinsic developmental programs rather than ...
www.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Great @natneuro.nature.com study by @sroig.bsky.social @djabaudon.bsky.social @jbmanent.bsky.social & colleagues,
showing “equivalent circuits can emerge in different spatial configurations, allowing diverse brain architectures to converge on similar functional outcomes” 🧪🧠🧬
showing “equivalent circuits can emerge in different spatial configurations, allowing diverse brain architectures to converge on similar functional outcomes” 🧪🧠🧬
Very happy to have contributed to this wonderful/tentacular work alongside so many amazing colleagues and friends!
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Position-independent emergence of neocortical neuron molecular identity, connectivity and function - Nature Neuroscience
Even when neocortical neurons form in abnormal locations, they retain their identity and function, revealing that brain circuit formation can be guided by intrinsic developmental programs rather than ...
www.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Very happy to have contributed to this wonderful/tentacular work alongside so many amazing colleagues and friends!
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It opens up new ways of understanding grey matter heterotopia associated with altered cortical function and #epilepsy in humans.
🧠🧪🔥
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by JB Manent
⚠️ New paper alert and what a way to end 2025! 🎉
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals
Nature Neuroscience - Bergel et al. show that an infraslow rhythm connecting the brain and body during sleep is shared by lizards, mammals and birds, revealing an ancestral process and reshaping...
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December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
⚠️ New paper alert and what a way to end 2025! 🎉
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Happy to share our story “Sleep-dependent infraslow rhythms are evolutionarily conserved across reptiles and mammals.” published today in Nature Neuroscience.
Sleeping dragons 🦎 and functional ultrasound!
Read the full paper here: rdcu.be/eWJHb 1/8
Reposted by JB Manent
#PressRelease 🗞️ An infraslow brain and body rhythm, specific to the deep sleep of mammals, has recently been identified in reptile and bird species, showing its ancestral and fundamental character.💤
👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/discov...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/discov...
December 29, 2025 at 10:09 AM
#PressRelease 🗞️ An infraslow brain and body rhythm, specific to the deep sleep of mammals, has recently been identified in reptile and bird species, showing its ancestral and fundamental character.💤
👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/discov...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/en/press/discov...
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#Communiqué 🗞️ Un rythme de sommeil ultra-lent, commun aux mammifères, à 7 reptiles et 1 oiseau, révèle un mécanisme ancestral vieux de plus de 300 millions d’années.🦎💤
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/decou...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/decou...
December 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
#Communiqué 🗞️ Un rythme de sommeil ultra-lent, commun aux mammifères, à 7 reptiles et 1 oiseau, révèle un mécanisme ancestral vieux de plus de 300 millions d’années.🦎💤
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/decou...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/decou...
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The long-held belief that only female mosquitoes bite may not be true after all.
Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
December 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The long-held belief that only female mosquitoes bite may not be true after all.
Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very excited to have had the opportunity to contribute to this study showing that male mosquitoes can also bite and feed on blood.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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📚 The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back!
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
The DIM C-BRAINS international PhD program opens its 2026 call for applications. | Paris Brain Institute
The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back. Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by the Institut du Cerveau. Applicati...
parisbraininstitute.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📚 The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back!
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
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Apply for a PhD in Paris!! A project to come and work with me and my team at the GutSense lab included in the list! 🪰🧠⛽
📚 The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back!
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
The DIM C-BRAINS international PhD program opens its 2026 call for applications. | Paris Brain Institute
The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back. Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by the Institut du Cerveau. Applicati...
parisbraininstitute.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Apply for a PhD in Paris!! A project to come and work with me and my team at the GutSense lab included in the list! 🪰🧠⛽
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#LivingArchitectures
We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay.
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev...
Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night.
-> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay.
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev...
Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night.
-> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
#LivingArchitectures
We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay.
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev...
Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night.
-> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
We put cells and cytoskeleton filaments on the architecture of the musée d'Orsay.
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/agenda/ev...
Scientists of the #CytoMorphoLab adapted their protocols to illustrate the questions that keep them awake at night.
-> Two shows on the 24th and 25th of January.
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🚨 Je cherche des chercheur-ses de toutes disciplines pour un doc radio pour parler de leur sujet de recherche mais aussi de leur quotidien (une journée type au labo). Contrainte supplémentaire, le labo doit être hors de Paris.
Plus d'infos : forms.gle/hw9wH2p5UH4A...
Plus d'infos : forms.gle/hw9wH2p5UH4A...
Interview de chercheur-ses pour doc radio
À l'occasion d'un projet de documentaire radio sur France Culture, je cherche des chercheur-ses représentant une diversité de disciplines mais également de statuts à interviewer.
L'idée est de partir...
forms.gle
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🚨 Je cherche des chercheur-ses de toutes disciplines pour un doc radio pour parler de leur sujet de recherche mais aussi de leur quotidien (une journée type au labo). Contrainte supplémentaire, le labo doit être hors de Paris.
Plus d'infos : forms.gle/hw9wH2p5UH4A...
Plus d'infos : forms.gle/hw9wH2p5UH4A...
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C'est l'épilogue de 10 mois de restauration de la statue de Notre-Dame de la Garde. L'icône redorée de #Marseille sera célébrée ce dimanche 7 décembre par une création visuelle et sonore "Monumental Tour" du DJ producteur Michaël Canitrot
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
C'est l'épilogue de 10 mois de restauration de la statue de Notre-Dame de la Garde. L'icône redorée de #Marseille sera célébrée ce dimanche 7 décembre par une création visuelle et sonore "Monumental Tour" du DJ producteur Michaël Canitrot
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From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'
www.cnrs.fr
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.
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amU lance la 8e édition de la Bourse aux projets sciences-société. Elle vise à soutenir des structures d'amU (unités de recherche, fédérations et instituts) dans la diffusion de leur recherche auprès des publics.
Infos et formulaire de candidature : url.univ-amu.fr/bpcst-2026%22
Infos et formulaire de candidature : url.univ-amu.fr/bpcst-2026%22
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
amU lance la 8e édition de la Bourse aux projets sciences-société. Elle vise à soutenir des structures d'amU (unités de recherche, fédérations et instituts) dans la diffusion de leur recherche auprès des publics.
Infos et formulaire de candidature : url.univ-amu.fr/bpcst-2026%22
Infos et formulaire de candidature : url.univ-amu.fr/bpcst-2026%22
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Comment peut-on contrôler une fonction vitale comme la respiration ? 🧠💨
À Marseille, des chercheurs traquent les neurones qui rendent ce contrôle possible grâce à l’étude de l’apnée.
Lire l'article : www.inserm.fr/actualite/pl...
À Marseille, des chercheurs traquent les neurones qui rendent ce contrôle possible grâce à l’étude de l’apnée.
Lire l'article : www.inserm.fr/actualite/pl...
Plongée en apnée dans le cerveau · Inserm, La science pour la santé
La respiration est la seule fonctionnalité vitale qu’il est possible de contrôler volontairement. Mais comment ? Pourquoi ? Des chercheurs marseillais plongent dans les bas-fonds du cerveau pour ident...
www.inserm.fr
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Comment peut-on contrôler une fonction vitale comme la respiration ? 🧠💨
À Marseille, des chercheurs traquent les neurones qui rendent ce contrôle possible grâce à l’étude de l’apnée.
Lire l'article : www.inserm.fr/actualite/pl...
À Marseille, des chercheurs traquent les neurones qui rendent ce contrôle possible grâce à l’étude de l’apnée.
Lire l'article : www.inserm.fr/actualite/pl...
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Neuroscientifiques en France, on a besoin de vous !
La Société Française de Neurosciences lance un questionnaire pour dresser un panorama de notre communauté et orienter ses actions futures.
👉 10 min max : psychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#neurosciences #recherche
La Société Française de Neurosciences lance un questionnaire pour dresser un panorama de notre communauté et orienter ses actions futures.
👉 10 min max : psychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#neurosciences #recherche
La Société des Neurosciences a besoin de vous !
Ce questionnaire a été conçu pour évaluer votre expérience et votre relation avec la société des neurosciences. Il n'y a donc ni bonnes ni mauvaises réponses, seulement votre perspective.
psychology.eu.qualtrics.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Neuroscientifiques en France, on a besoin de vous !
La Société Française de Neurosciences lance un questionnaire pour dresser un panorama de notre communauté et orienter ses actions futures.
👉 10 min max : psychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#neurosciences #recherche
La Société Française de Neurosciences lance un questionnaire pour dresser un panorama de notre communauté et orienter ses actions futures.
👉 10 min max : psychology.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#neurosciences #recherche
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📢 Publication Alter!
🎉 Excited to share that our work, “Personalized biomarkers of multiscale functional alterations in temporal lobe epilepsy”, is now out in Nature Communications #TLE #MRI #biomarker
🔗 Full paper: rdcu.be/eQKLX
📣 Full post (credit to @borismontreal.bsky.social): bit.ly/48uJL7r
🎉 Excited to share that our work, “Personalized biomarkers of multiscale functional alterations in temporal lobe epilepsy”, is now out in Nature Communications #TLE #MRI #biomarker
🔗 Full paper: rdcu.be/eQKLX
📣 Full post (credit to @borismontreal.bsky.social): bit.ly/48uJL7r
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
📢 Publication Alter!
🎉 Excited to share that our work, “Personalized biomarkers of multiscale functional alterations in temporal lobe epilepsy”, is now out in Nature Communications #TLE #MRI #biomarker
🔗 Full paper: rdcu.be/eQKLX
📣 Full post (credit to @borismontreal.bsky.social): bit.ly/48uJL7r
🎉 Excited to share that our work, “Personalized biomarkers of multiscale functional alterations in temporal lobe epilepsy”, is now out in Nature Communications #TLE #MRI #biomarker
🔗 Full paper: rdcu.be/eQKLX
📣 Full post (credit to @borismontreal.bsky.social): bit.ly/48uJL7r
Reposted by JB Manent
Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program - Waltham, Massachusetts (US) job with Brandeis University | 12848464
The Department of Biology and the Program in Neuroscience at Brandeis University invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor positio...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Re-upping this - Neuropeeps! We have a TT Job in my wonderful department at Brandeis! First consideration to applications received by Dec 15 (but why wait?)
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Excited to share that our study has been accepted in Progress in Neurobiology!🎉
We show that cocaine activates the JAK-STAT3 pathway in astrocytes, and that reducing this reactivity mitigates cocaine-induced hyperlocomotion.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#astrocyte #cocaine #glia #brain
We show that cocaine activates the JAK-STAT3 pathway in astrocytes, and that reducing this reactivity mitigates cocaine-induced hyperlocomotion.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#astrocyte #cocaine #glia #brain
Inhibiting the JAK-STAT3 pathway in nucleus accumbens astrocytes alleviates cocaine-induced motor hyperactivity
Cocaine use disorder is a significant global health issue, and despite its widespread impact, effective treatments are lacking. While research has lar…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Excited to share that our study has been accepted in Progress in Neurobiology!🎉
We show that cocaine activates the JAK-STAT3 pathway in astrocytes, and that reducing this reactivity mitigates cocaine-induced hyperlocomotion.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#astrocyte #cocaine #glia #brain
We show that cocaine activates the JAK-STAT3 pathway in astrocytes, and that reducing this reactivity mitigates cocaine-induced hyperlocomotion.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#astrocyte #cocaine #glia #brain
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Come work with us! I am available if you need more information. @ibensens.bsky.social
@psl-univ.bsky.social
#iGlur
@psl-univ.bsky.social
#iGlur
The Paoletti team is hiring a Postdoc position - IBENS Paris !
#neuroscience
#electrophysiology
#imaging
#neuroscience
#electrophysiology
#imaging
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Come work with us! I am available if you need more information. @ibensens.bsky.social
@psl-univ.bsky.social
#iGlur
@psl-univ.bsky.social
#iGlur
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The Paoletti team is hiring a Postdoc position - IBENS Paris !
#neuroscience
#electrophysiology
#imaging
#neuroscience
#electrophysiology
#imaging
October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The Paoletti team is hiring a Postdoc position - IBENS Paris !
#neuroscience
#electrophysiology
#imaging
#neuroscience
#electrophysiology
#imaging