Mark Laubach
@marklaubach.bsky.social
Neurobiologist studying the prefrontal cortex
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Mark Laubach
@marklaubach.bsky.social
· Oct 3
I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how enkephalins affect cognitive processing in the rodent frontal cortex. The project uses pharmacology, multi-electrode recordings, and fiber photometry, and is funded by NIDA. Please share with trainees applying this cycle. Thanks!
I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how enkephalins affect cognitive processing in the rodent frontal cortex. The project uses pharmacology, multi-electrode recordings, and fiber photometry, and is funded by NIDA. Please share with trainees applying this cycle. Thanks!
October 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I'm recruiting a PhD student to study how enkephalins affect cognitive processing in the rodent frontal cortex. The project uses pharmacology, multi-electrode recordings, and fiber photometry, and is funded by NIDA. Please share with trainees applying this cycle. Thanks!
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DeepOF (Deep Open Field) processes DeepLabCut/SLEAP data using supervised and unsupervised annotation pipelines and using SHAP for interpretability.
Read about it in this month's post on OpenBehavior:
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#OpenSource #Neuroscience #DeepLearning
Read about it in this month's post on OpenBehavior:
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
#OpenSource #Neuroscience #DeepLearning
DeepOF
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October 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
DeepOF (Deep Open Field) processes DeepLabCut/SLEAP data using supervised and unsupervised annotation pipelines and using SHAP for interpretability.
Read about it in this month's post on OpenBehavior:
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
#OpenSource #Neuroscience #DeepLearning
Read about it in this month's post on OpenBehavior:
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
#OpenSource #Neuroscience #DeepLearning
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2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!
Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!
We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Any thoughts on journals that publish reviews in neuroscience that don't cost 4K?
August 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Any thoughts on journals that publish reviews in neuroscience that don't cost 4K?
Thrilled to finally share good news on a new grant for my lab! It has been a long wait after the grant received an outstanding score back in March from the NMB study section and was approved by council in early May. Anyway... time to get on it! :-)
August 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thrilled to finally share good news on a new grant for my lab! It has been a long wait after the grant received an outstanding score back in March from the NMB study section and was approved by council in early May. Anyway... time to get on it! :-)
The Neuroscience Dept at American University is hiring for a tenure-track position at the Assistant level with expertise in Computational Neuroscience. Apply by Sep 15:
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#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry
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#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
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August 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The Neuroscience Dept at American University is hiring for a tenure-track position at the Assistant level with expertise in Computational Neuroscience. Apply by Sep 15:
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...
#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry
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#FacultyJobs #AcademicJob #Neuroscience #CompNeuro #AI #ComputationalPsychiatry
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So we’re doing something about it.
I’m hosting a special edition of the New PI Success Workshop w/ @glia-leadership.bsky.social—specifically for folks who are starting their labs in the middle of all this uncertainty. And others who also need support.
You deserve support. Not just pressure.
I’m hosting a special edition of the New PI Success Workshop w/ @glia-leadership.bsky.social—specifically for folks who are starting their labs in the middle of all this uncertainty. And others who also need support.
You deserve support. Not just pressure.
July 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
So we’re doing something about it.
I’m hosting a special edition of the New PI Success Workshop w/ @glia-leadership.bsky.social—specifically for folks who are starting their labs in the middle of all this uncertainty. And others who also need support.
You deserve support. Not just pressure.
I’m hosting a special edition of the New PI Success Workshop w/ @glia-leadership.bsky.social—specifically for folks who are starting their labs in the middle of all this uncertainty. And others who also need support.
You deserve support. Not just pressure.
Congratulations to Dr. Jensen Palmer, who successfully defended her dissertation today! She will be first-author on four papers on the computational and neural basis of decision making. We'll miss her and wish her all the best in her future endeavors.
July 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Jensen Palmer, who successfully defended her dissertation today! She will be first-author on four papers on the computational and neural basis of decision making. We'll miss her and wish her all the best in her future endeavors.
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Our latest post highlights a simple, open-source #Arduino device developed by Jason Blackmer from the Laubach Lab that displays trial numbers in your video recordings. It makes finding trials a breeze!
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#OpenScience #Neuroscience #LabHacks
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#OpenScience #Neuroscience #LabHacks
June 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our latest post highlights a simple, open-source #Arduino device developed by Jason Blackmer from the Laubach Lab that displays trial numbers in your video recordings. It makes finding trials a breeze!
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
#OpenScience #Neuroscience #LabHacks
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#OpenScience #Neuroscience #LabHacks
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My brilliant collaborator @marieeikemo.bsky.social is hiring!
Do your PhD in an excellent interdisciplinary group & be my colleague in lovely Oslo
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Do your PhD in an excellent interdisciplinary group & be my colleague in lovely Oslo
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Position: Interdisciplinary Study of Endocannabinoid Stress Buffering in Humans (282518) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Position: Interdisciplinary Study of Endocannabinoid Stress Buffering in Humans (282518), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, July 9, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
June 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
My brilliant collaborator @marieeikemo.bsky.social is hiring!
Do your PhD in an excellent interdisciplinary group & be my colleague in lovely Oslo
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Do your PhD in an excellent interdisciplinary group & be my colleague in lovely Oslo
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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This week's post on OpenBehavior reviews our posts over the years on #opensource tools for neural recordings & analysis, including a motorized swivel, Pynapple, & Open Ephys. #Neuroscience #Electrophysiology #OpenScience
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June 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This week's post on OpenBehavior reviews our posts over the years on #opensource tools for neural recordings & analysis, including a motorized swivel, Pynapple, & Open Ephys. #Neuroscience #Electrophysiology #OpenScience
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edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
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May 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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This summer, we're working on documenting setups and protocols for using popular tools such as SLEAP, Bonsai, & ArUco marker tracking. You can read about our plans in this week's post and stay tuned for updates over the summer! #OpenScience #Neuroscience
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May 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This summer, we're working on documenting setups and protocols for using popular tools such as SLEAP, Bonsai, & ArUco marker tracking. You can read about our plans in this week's post and stay tuned for updates over the summer! #OpenScience #Neuroscience
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
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Bell Jar is a desktop application for semi-automated histology analysis that includes routines for serial alignment, marker detection, and integration with the Allen reference atlas. Read about it in this week's post on OpenBehavior. #opensource #neuroscience
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May 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Bell Jar is a desktop application for semi-automated histology analysis that includes routines for serial alignment, marker detection, and integration with the Allen reference atlas. Read about it in this week's post on OpenBehavior. #opensource #neuroscience
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edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
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Still looking to fill this position. Do any of my moots have any suggestions for someone nice & smart who can combine opto, ephys, & signal processing?
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May 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Still looking to fill this position. Do any of my moots have any suggestions for someone nice & smart who can combine opto, ephys, & signal processing?
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Come join us at @westernuresearch.bsky.social as a Canada Excellence Research Chair! DM me with questions/interest about theme 2! Be a part of a strong and well-equipped (e.g., imaging, behaviour) neuroscience community! uwo.ca/research/cer... @westernuwin.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social
Canada Excellence Research Chair Positions
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
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May 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Come join us at @westernuresearch.bsky.social as a Canada Excellence Research Chair! DM me with questions/interest about theme 2! Be a part of a strong and well-equipped (e.g., imaging, behaviour) neuroscience community! uwo.ca/research/cer... @westernuwin.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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STPoseNet combines YOLOv8 with innovative timing & Kalman filtering for real-time, accurate mouse pose estimation with minimal labeling. Check it out:
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April 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
STPoseNet combines YOLOv8 with innovative timing & Kalman filtering for real-time, accurate mouse pose estimation with minimal labeling. Check it out:
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
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This week on OpenBehavior! 📢 A review of impactful open-source devices for measuring behavior in the homecage. Learn about FED, PiDose, LIQ HD, & more!
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#OpenScience #Neuroscience
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#OpenScience #Neuroscience
April 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This week on OpenBehavior! 📢 A review of impactful open-source devices for measuring behavior in the homecage. Learn about FED, PiDose, LIQ HD, & more!
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
#OpenScience #Neuroscience
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#OpenScience #Neuroscience
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Cool new study from Pierre Pouget's lab : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Distributed Activity in the Medial Frontal Cortex Predicts Self-Initiated Action
Research indicates that significant damage to primates’ medial frontal cortex (MFC) can impede action initiation when anticipating rewards. However, the specific roles within the MFC related to self-g...
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April 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Cool new study from Pierre Pouget's lab : www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Want to measure behavior in freely moving animals? We've rounded up some of the most interesting and impactful open-source devices available. Check out this week's post on OpenBehavior for details and links! #OpenSource #Neuroscience
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April 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Want to measure behavior in freely moving animals? We've rounded up some of the most interesting and impactful open-source devices available. Check out this week's post on OpenBehavior for details and links! #OpenSource #Neuroscience
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Exciting new results from the lab -- *visual* receptive fields in motor and cingulate cortex! Great work from Tony Lien 🧠🧪
Highly selective visual receptive fields in mouse frontal cortex https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.25.645272v1
March 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Exciting new results from the lab -- *visual* receptive fields in motor and cingulate cortex! Great work from Tony Lien 🧠🧪
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Open-source tools are changing the way we measure behavior in neuroscience. We explore some of the most impactful projects, from fluid consumption to vaporized drug delivery, in this week's post on OpenBehavior. #OpenHardware #DIYResearch
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March 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Open-source tools are changing the way we measure behavior in neuroscience. We explore some of the most impactful projects, from fluid consumption to vaporized drug delivery, in this week's post on OpenBehavior. #OpenHardware #DIYResearch
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
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ArUco markers help automate animal behavior scoring. They are open-source and 3D printable. Read about them in this week's post on OpenBehavior:
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#neuroscience #openscience #behavior
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#neuroscience #openscience #behavior
ArUco Markers
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March 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ArUco markers help automate animal behavior scoring. They are open-source and 3D printable. Read about them in this week's post on OpenBehavior:
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
#neuroscience #openscience #behavior
edspace.american.edu/openbehavior...
#neuroscience #openscience #behavior
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In leu of NIH cuts at Columbia, many folks are asking why aren't universities using endowment funds to support the research mission of their faculty scientists?
Inspired by @jeremymberg.bsky.social bluetorials here are a few of the reasons that is not a sustainable option
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Inspired by @jeremymberg.bsky.social bluetorials here are a few of the reasons that is not a sustainable option
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March 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In leu of NIH cuts at Columbia, many folks are asking why aren't universities using endowment funds to support the research mission of their faculty scientists?
Inspired by @jeremymberg.bsky.social bluetorials here are a few of the reasons that is not a sustainable option
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Inspired by @jeremymberg.bsky.social bluetorials here are a few of the reasons that is not a sustainable option
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