M. Vicky Moya
@mvickymoya.bsky.social
BRAIN Initiative K99 and Leading Edge Fellow in the Economo Lab, Boston University. Identifying the cell types that make up neural circuits. Lover of cortical layers, you, and the Oxford comma.
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M. Vicky Moya
@mvickymoya.bsky.social
· Jun 26
A scalable, all-optical method for mapping synaptic connectivity with cell-type specificity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.25.661552v1
So excited to announce our preprint describing a high-throughput method for mapping connectivity across neuron types! Using a combination of optogenetics, voltage imaging, and mFISH in over 1000 neurons, we describe new connectivity motifs in long-range inputs to the motor cortex.
So excited to announce our preprint describing a high-throughput method for mapping connectivity across neuron types! Using a combination of optogenetics, voltage imaging, and mFISH in over 1000 neurons, we describe new connectivity motifs in long-range inputs to the motor cortex.
A scalable, all-optical method for mapping synaptic connectivity with cell-type specificity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.06.25.661552v1
June 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So excited to announce our preprint describing a high-throughput method for mapping connectivity across neuron types! Using a combination of optogenetics, voltage imaging, and mFISH in over 1000 neurons, we describe new connectivity motifs in long-range inputs to the motor cortex.
Reposted by M. Vicky Moya
Really proud and excited to share the final version of our paper, co-led by the Bluesky-less Munib Hasnain!!
We asked whether cognitive and motor neural dynamics can be isolated from one another, or whether they’re driven by common neural mechanisms 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We asked whether cognitive and motor neural dynamics can be isolated from one another, or whether they’re driven by common neural mechanisms 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Separating cognitive and motor processes in the behaving mouse
Nature Neuroscience - Using a novel method for isolating cognitive and motor neural dynamics, the authors show that dynamics often attributed to cognitive processes were corrupted by movements and...
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February 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Really proud and excited to share the final version of our paper, co-led by the Bluesky-less Munib Hasnain!!
We asked whether cognitive and motor neural dynamics can be isolated from one another, or whether they’re driven by common neural mechanisms 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We asked whether cognitive and motor neural dynamics can be isolated from one another, or whether they’re driven by common neural mechanisms 1/n
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by M. Vicky Moya
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November 25, 2024 at 9:04 PM
The Leading Edge Fellows starter pack is now up to 101 Leading Edge Fellows! If you haven't checked it out recently, there are lots of fabulous new postdocs and new PIs to follow!
Hi #neuroskyence- I'm a postdoc fellow @ BU and the 2024 Henry Grass Rising Star awardee. I apply new voltage imaging strategies and thick-tissue spatial transcriptomics to understand how diverse cell types are functionally connected.
See some of our imaging work here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
See some of our imaging work here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
High-speed multiplane confocal microscopy for voltage imaging in densely labeled neuronal populations - Nature Neuroscience
A multiplane confocal microscope provides high-contrast volumetric imaging at kilohertz rates. This system enables imaging of densely expressed genetically encoded voltage indicators with cellular res...
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November 17, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Hi #neuroskyence- I'm a postdoc fellow @ BU and the 2024 Henry Grass Rising Star awardee. I apply new voltage imaging strategies and thick-tissue spatial transcriptomics to understand how diverse cell types are functionally connected.
See some of our imaging work here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
See some of our imaging work here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Looking forward to trying out this new platform, and learning about everyone's cutting edge science! For my part, here's my 16-gene mFISH composite image of the mouse motor cortex. I love the diversity of neuron types! #neuroscience #microscopy
November 16, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Looking forward to trying out this new platform, and learning about everyone's cutting edge science! For my part, here's my 16-gene mFISH composite image of the mouse motor cortex. I love the diversity of neuron types! #neuroscience #microscopy