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🧠🌟🐭 Excited to share some of my postdoc work on the evolution of dexterity!
We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have:
(1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs)
(2) better hand dexterity
(3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵
We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have:
(1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs)
(2) better hand dexterity
(3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵
October 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🧠🌟🐭 Excited to share some of my postdoc work on the evolution of dexterity!
We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have:
(1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs)
(2) better hand dexterity
(3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵
We compared deer mice evolved in forest vs prairie habitats. We found that forest mice have:
(1) more corticospinal neurons (CSNs)
(2) better hand dexterity
(3) more dexterous climbing, which is linked to CSN number🧵
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Paw switching with lateralized cholinergic modulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.683000v1
October 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Paw switching with lateralized cholinergic modulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.17.683000v1
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🚨new paper: the head-direction circuit as a model of primary thalamocortical system. Check this out 👇
kudos to @adrian-du.bsky.social for the huge amount of work put into this opinion piece, starting with the beautiful figures comparing the different thalamocortical systems 🤩
kudos to @adrian-du.bsky.social for the huge amount of work put into this opinion piece, starting with the beautiful figures comparing the different thalamocortical systems 🤩
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…
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October 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨new paper: the head-direction circuit as a model of primary thalamocortical system. Check this out 👇
kudos to @adrian-du.bsky.social for the huge amount of work put into this opinion piece, starting with the beautiful figures comparing the different thalamocortical systems 🤩
kudos to @adrian-du.bsky.social for the huge amount of work put into this opinion piece, starting with the beautiful figures comparing the different thalamocortical systems 🤩
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thank you to @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social for featuring me in #HumansofHBI and for doing a fun photo shoot with me at the Museum of Natural History!
go check out other members of the HBI community in the #HumansofHBI!
go check out other members of the HBI community in the #HumansofHBI!
Meet @kelseytea.bsky.social on #HumansofHBI
How does genetic and molecular variation, either through evolution or within a species, result in neural and behavioral variation? How many different ways can you evolve a similar behavior?
brain.harvard.edu/hbi_humans/k...
How does genetic and molecular variation, either through evolution or within a species, result in neural and behavioral variation? How many different ways can you evolve a similar behavior?
brain.harvard.edu/hbi_humans/k...
October 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
thank you to @harvardbrainsci.bsky.social for featuring me in #HumansofHBI and for doing a fun photo shoot with me at the Museum of Natural History!
go check out other members of the HBI community in the #HumansofHBI!
go check out other members of the HBI community in the #HumansofHBI!
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The brain is incredibly densely connected. Human cerebral cortex may have as many as *one trillion* connections.
Most of those cortical connections are recurrent, inside each area. What do they do?
New paper from me in Annual Reviews: 🧪 🧠📈 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Most of those cortical connections are recurrent, inside each area. What do they do?
New paper from me in Annual Reviews: 🧪 🧠📈 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Active Filtering: A Predictive Function of Recurrent Circuits of Sensory Cortex | Annual Reviews
Our brains encode many features of the sensory world into memories: We can sing along with songs we have heard before, interpret spoken and written language composed of words we have learned, and reco...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The brain is incredibly densely connected. Human cerebral cortex may have as many as *one trillion* connections.
Most of those cortical connections are recurrent, inside each area. What do they do?
New paper from me in Annual Reviews: 🧪 🧠📈 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Most of those cortical connections are recurrent, inside each area. What do they do?
New paper from me in Annual Reviews: 🧪 🧠📈 1/
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Hemodynamic and electrophysiological progression of the Rose Bengal photothrombotic stroke model in mice: vasoactive properties of Rose Bengal, tissue heating, wavelength optimization, and sex differences in lesion volume https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.22.677889v1
September 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Hemodynamic and electrophysiological progression of the Rose Bengal photothrombotic stroke model in mice: vasoactive properties of Rose Bengal, tissue heating, wavelength optimization, and sex differences in lesion volume https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.22.677889v1
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Of potential interest to those keen on motor control and/or multi-task networks. Congrats to Elom and Eric.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Motor cortex flexibly deploys a high-dimensional repertoire of subskills
Skilled movement often requires flexibly combining multiple subskills, each requiring dedicated control strategies and underlying computations. How the motor system achieves such versatility remains u...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Of potential interest to those keen on motor control and/or multi-task networks. Congrats to Elom and Eric.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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New preprint! What happens if you add neuromodulation to spiking neural networks and let them go wild with it? TLDR: it can improve performance especially in challenging sensory processing tasks. Explainer thread below. 🤖🧠🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neuromodulation enhances dynamic sensory processing in spiking neural network models
Neuromodulators allow circuits to dynamically change their biophysical properties in a context-sensitive way. In addition to their role in learning, neuromodulators have been suggested to play a role ...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New preprint! What happens if you add neuromodulation to spiking neural networks and let them go wild with it? TLDR: it can improve performance especially in challenging sensory processing tasks. Explainer thread below. 🤖🧠🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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How does the brain decide? 🧠
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Transitions in dynamical regime and neural mode during perceptual decisions - Nature
Simultaneous recordings were made of hundreds of neurons in the rat frontal cortex and striatum, showing that decision commitment involves a rapid, coordinated transition in dynamical regime and neura...
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September 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
How does the brain decide? 🧠
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc.
After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up.
rdcu.be/eGUrv
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new pape from our lab, led by the indefatigable @chrisjdallmann.bsky.social. i am very proud of this one.
Now out in @nature.com: Our study discovering a neural circuit in Drosophila that predictively inhibits proprioceptor axons during voluntary leg movements, such as walking and grooming. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
new pape from our lab, led by the indefatigable @chrisjdallmann.bsky.social. i am very proud of this one.
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Now out in @nature.com: Our study discovering a neural circuit in Drosophila that predictively inhibits proprioceptor axons during voluntary leg movements, such as walking and grooming. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Now out in @nature.com: Our study discovering a neural circuit in Drosophila that predictively inhibits proprioceptor axons during voluntary leg movements, such as walking and grooming. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The CAN Postdoc Seminar Series is back this Thursday, Sept 11!
Fresh lineup of speakers through the fall.
Join us monthly & connect with postdocs across Canada.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Fresh lineup of speakers through the fall.
Join us monthly & connect with postdocs across Canada.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The CAN Postdoc Seminar Series is back this Thursday, Sept 11!
Fresh lineup of speakers through the fall.
Join us monthly & connect with postdocs across Canada.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Fresh lineup of speakers through the fall.
Join us monthly & connect with postdocs across Canada.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
A fantastic paper linking control theory with neural networks! Congrats Hari and Frec
I am very happy to share our work with
@fredcrevecoeur.bsky.social
Here, we move away from the complexity of training a neural network and ask - what minimal ingredients produce motor‑cortex-style dynamics?
t.co/MkLJcrzZdm
@fredcrevecoeur.bsky.social
Here, we move away from the complexity of training a neural network and ask - what minimal ingredients produce motor‑cortex-style dynamics?
t.co/MkLJcrzZdm
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.15.654192v1
t.co
May 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A fantastic paper linking control theory with neural networks! Congrats Hari and Frec
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Does your research involve comparing experimental conditions? Then our latest publication is for you: We developed generalized contrastive PCA (gcPCA), a tool for comparing high-dimensional datasets. 🧠📊 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012747
This tool was born out of necessity, here is the story. 🧵
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This tool was born out of necessity, here is the story. 🧵
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April 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Does your research involve comparing experimental conditions? Then our latest publication is for you: We developed generalized contrastive PCA (gcPCA), a tool for comparing high-dimensional datasets. 🧠📊 doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1012747
This tool was born out of necessity, here is the story. 🧵
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This tool was born out of necessity, here is the story. 🧵
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Confused by all the talk abot NIH indirect grant rates? Today's blog is an explainer.
tl;dr: the actual amount of $ at stake right now is not that large, but bigger picture is the symbolism of a sector largely at the mercy of a malevolent central government.
higheredstrategy.com/that-nih-thi...
tl;dr: the actual amount of $ at stake right now is not that large, but bigger picture is the symbolism of a sector largely at the mercy of a malevolent central government.
higheredstrategy.com/that-nih-thi...
That NIH Thing You're Hearing About | HESA
If you’re in the higher education field, you have probably heard a lot in the last four days about the … Continued
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February 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Confused by all the talk abot NIH indirect grant rates? Today's blog is an explainer.
tl;dr: the actual amount of $ at stake right now is not that large, but bigger picture is the symbolism of a sector largely at the mercy of a malevolent central government.
higheredstrategy.com/that-nih-thi...
tl;dr: the actual amount of $ at stake right now is not that large, but bigger picture is the symbolism of a sector largely at the mercy of a malevolent central government.
higheredstrategy.com/that-nih-thi...
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Bayesball! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... The Bayesian nature of baseball. From Brantley & @kordinglab.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Bayesball! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... The Bayesian nature of baseball. From Brantley & @kordinglab.bsky.social
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Are you on the academic job market?
Our psychology department held a job market panel where 4 faculty (Ashwini Ashokkumar Mark Ho Eric Knowles and I) answered questions about navigating the job market from PhD students & postdocs
Listen to the entire discussion here www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CXG...
Our psychology department held a job market panel where 4 faculty (Ashwini Ashokkumar Mark Ho Eric Knowles and I) answered questions about navigating the job market from PhD students & postdocs
Listen to the entire discussion here www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CXG...
Academic Job Market Panel 2024
YouTube video by Social Identity and Morality Lab
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October 5, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Are you on the academic job market?
Our psychology department held a job market panel where 4 faculty (Ashwini Ashokkumar Mark Ho Eric Knowles and I) answered questions about navigating the job market from PhD students & postdocs
Listen to the entire discussion here www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CXG...
Our psychology department held a job market panel where 4 faculty (Ashwini Ashokkumar Mark Ho Eric Knowles and I) answered questions about navigating the job market from PhD students & postdocs
Listen to the entire discussion here www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CXG...
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A Kinematic Deviation Index (KDI) for Evaluation of Forelimb Function in Rodents https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.26.615237v1
A Kinematic Deviation Index (KDI) for Evaluation of Forelimb Function in Rodents https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.26.615237v1
Rodent models are widely used to study neurological conditions and assess forelimb movement to measu
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September 29, 2024 at 6:15 PM
A Kinematic Deviation Index (KDI) for Evaluation of Forelimb Function in Rodents https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.26.615237v1