Rochefort Lab
@rochefortlab.bsky.social
Neuroscientist, Professor of Visual Neuroscience, Nathalie Rochefort
http://rochefortlab.co.uk, she/her
http://rochefortlab.co.uk, she/her
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Working with rats, & not happy w MRI based brain atlases from adult males? We've got you! High resolution (2photon), 3D atlases (female rats) are now available in @brainglobe.info. Plz start using these atlases & let us know your feedback for the official release!
brainglobe.info/blog/swc-fem...
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brainglobe.info/blog/swc-fem...
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February 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Working with rats, & not happy w MRI based brain atlases from adult males? We've got you! High resolution (2photon), 3D atlases (female rats) are now available in @brainglobe.info. Plz start using these atlases & let us know your feedback for the official release!
brainglobe.info/blog/swc-fem...
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brainglobe.info/blog/swc-fem...
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Join our next keynote lecture! Nathalie Rochefort @rochefortlab.bsky.social, Professor at the University of Edinburgh, will give an exciting talk at our Institute in Martinsried.
📅 February 3 at 11:00 a.m.
📍 Room NQ105, Martinsried
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
📅 February 3 at 11:00 a.m.
📍 Room NQ105, Martinsried
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Join our next keynote lecture! Nathalie Rochefort @rochefortlab.bsky.social, Professor at the University of Edinburgh, will give an exciting talk at our Institute in Martinsried.
📅 February 3 at 11:00 a.m.
📍 Room NQ105, Martinsried
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
📅 February 3 at 11:00 a.m.
📍 Room NQ105, Martinsried
Art by @somedonkey.bsky.social
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New preprint from the lab! 🚀
We find that hippocampal OLM interneurons provide a circuit-level inhibitory feedback signal that dynamically controls when and where behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity can occur.
Feedback welcome!
We find that hippocampal OLM interneurons provide a circuit-level inhibitory feedback signal that dynamically controls when and where behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity can occur.
Feedback welcome!
Dendrite-targeting OLM interneurons regulate the formation of learning-related CA1 place cell representations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.21.695825v1
January 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
New preprint from the lab! 🚀
We find that hippocampal OLM interneurons provide a circuit-level inhibitory feedback signal that dynamically controls when and where behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity can occur.
Feedback welcome!
We find that hippocampal OLM interneurons provide a circuit-level inhibitory feedback signal that dynamically controls when and where behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity can occur.
Feedback welcome!
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Great opportunity here! For amazing science as well as proximity to the calanques 😅
📣 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 5:26 PM
Great opportunity here! For amazing science as well as proximity to the calanques 😅
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New @who.int Global Status Report on Neurology calls for urgent action to address the growing burden of neurological disorders & to promote brain health for ALL. @arinatam.bsky.social co-authored Ch4: Effective, timely & responsive diagnosis, treatment & care. Full report:
edin.ac/43r3P7U
edin.ac/43r3P7U
October 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
New @who.int Global Status Report on Neurology calls for urgent action to address the growing burden of neurological disorders & to promote brain health for ALL. @arinatam.bsky.social co-authored Ch4: Effective, timely & responsive diagnosis, treatment & care. Full report:
edin.ac/43r3P7U
edin.ac/43r3P7U
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SIDB recently featured in STV News. Using a GRIN2B rat model, Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser and Katerina Hristova showed an epilepsy drug can reduce seizures.
Check it out ⬇️
edin.ac/3Kz2Mw1
@edinburghmedschool.bsky.social @patrickwildcentre.bsky.social
@edinburghuni.bsky.social
Check it out ⬇️
edin.ac/3Kz2Mw1
@edinburghmedschool.bsky.social @patrickwildcentre.bsky.social
@edinburghuni.bsky.social
Epilepsy medication could control seizures in children with rare brain disorder
Scientists have been studying GRIN2B-Related Disorder, a rare condition that affects the nervous system of young kids.
edin.ac
October 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
SIDB recently featured in STV News. Using a GRIN2B rat model, Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser and Katerina Hristova showed an epilepsy drug can reduce seizures.
Check it out ⬇️
edin.ac/3Kz2Mw1
@edinburghmedschool.bsky.social @patrickwildcentre.bsky.social
@edinburghuni.bsky.social
Check it out ⬇️
edin.ac/3Kz2Mw1
@edinburghmedschool.bsky.social @patrickwildcentre.bsky.social
@edinburghuni.bsky.social
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In August, U.K. software entrepreneur Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley died at age 91. The nation’s autism researchers and advocates remember the tech trailblazer for her philanthropic legacy.
By @lauren-schneider.com
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/in-...
By @lauren-schneider.com
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/in-...
Steve Shirley’s legacy of autism philanthropy
The late pioneer for remote work and women in tech is remembered by U.K. autism researchers and advocates for her support.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In August, U.K. software entrepreneur Dame Stephanie “Steve” Shirley died at age 91. The nation’s autism researchers and advocates remember the tech trailblazer for her philanthropic legacy.
By @lauren-schneider.com
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/in-...
By @lauren-schneider.com
www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/in-...
Well done Danai! Congratulations!
Well done to Danai for winning Contributions to Citizenship! Such an important part of working in academia - great work! @edinunineuro.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Well done Danai! Congratulations!
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We present our preprint on ViV1T, a transformer for dynamic mouse V1 response prediction. We reveal novel response properties and confirm them in vivo.
With @wulfdewolf.bsky.social, Danai Katsanevaki, @arnoonken.bsky.social, @rochefortlab.bsky.social.
Paper and code at the end of the thread!
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With @wulfdewolf.bsky.social, Danai Katsanevaki, @arnoonken.bsky.social, @rochefortlab.bsky.social.
Paper and code at the end of the thread!
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September 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We present our preprint on ViV1T, a transformer for dynamic mouse V1 response prediction. We reveal novel response properties and confirm them in vivo.
With @wulfdewolf.bsky.social, Danai Katsanevaki, @arnoonken.bsky.social, @rochefortlab.bsky.social.
Paper and code at the end of the thread!
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With @wulfdewolf.bsky.social, Danai Katsanevaki, @arnoonken.bsky.social, @rochefortlab.bsky.social.
Paper and code at the end of the thread!
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Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes
in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes - Nature
Repetitive head impacts from contact sports are associated with brain inflammation, vascular damage and neuron loss that are independent of hyperphosphorylated tau pathology.
www.nature.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes
in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
in @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“We don’t see an epidemic of autism, but we see an ‘epidemic’ of diagnoses”
A fresh journalistic look at the rise in autism that brings together perspectives from the researchers & the autism community
🧪 #MedSky
@nature.com by @helenpearson.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A fresh journalistic look at the rise in autism that brings together perspectives from the researchers & the autism community
🧪 #MedSky
@nature.com by @helenpearson.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Autism is on the rise: what’s really behind the increase?
RFK Jr has vowed to find out what’s responsible, but scientists say he is ignoring answers from decades of research.
www.nature.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
“We don’t see an epidemic of autism, but we see an ‘epidemic’ of diagnoses”
A fresh journalistic look at the rise in autism that brings together perspectives from the researchers & the autism community
🧪 #MedSky
@nature.com by @helenpearson.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A fresh journalistic look at the rise in autism that brings together perspectives from the researchers & the autism community
🧪 #MedSky
@nature.com by @helenpearson.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Deadline for these jobs is 5th September, so you've got until next week on Friday to apply! Come join us in beautiful York, complete with Minsters, snickelways, fMRI and OPMs - what more could you ask for?!
#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs
#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs
2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department!
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs
jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Jobs - The University of York
jobs.york.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Deadline for these jobs is 5th September, so you've got until next week on Friday to apply! Come join us in beautiful York, complete with Minsters, snickelways, fMRI and OPMs - what more could you ask for?!
#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs
#neuroskyence #neurojobs #psychscisky #cognition #psychjobs
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Sensory thalamus function, plasticity and neuromodulation in health and disease.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Sensory thalamus function, plasticity and neuromodulation in health and disease
For each of the many sensory channels through which animals perceive the world, sensory thalamus is an important processing station whose role lies be…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Sensory thalamus function, plasticity and neuromodulation in health and disease.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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RatDISCO, a tissue clearing and immunolabelling protocol for large rat brains. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.17.670723v1
August 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
RatDISCO, a tissue clearing and immunolabelling protocol for large rat brains. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.17.670723v1
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We are incredibly honored to receive continued support from the Simons Foundation in our mission to uncover the biological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders
Meet the Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain: a center devoted to deconstructing the secrets of neurodevelopmental disorders and the developing brain. Read more: annualreports.simonsfoundation.org/2024/scottis... #science #neuroscience
Scottish Neuroscience Initiative Takes Basic Science From Lab to Clinic
The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain aims to discover biological mechanisms underlying autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders and to use that information to deliver therapeutic…
annualreports.simonsfoundation.org
August 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We are incredibly honored to receive continued support from the Simons Foundation in our mission to uncover the biological mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental disorders
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1/N What are the organizational principles underlying crossmodal cortical connections?
We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & @bturner-bridger.bsky.social in collab w/ @petrznam.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & @bturner-bridger.bsky.social in collab w/ @petrznam.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1/N What are the organizational principles underlying crossmodal cortical connections?
We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & @bturner-bridger.bsky.social in collab w/ @petrznam.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We address this in this new preprint, led by @alexegeaweiss.bsky.social & @bturner-bridger.bsky.social in collab w/ @petrznam.bsky.social @crick.ac.uk
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Here is your last reminder that the application deadline for Imbizo.Africa is nearing quickly, the 1st of July, in fact tomorrow. Still the place where diversity is at its best in the world! Tell all who need to hear. #africa #neuro
#Imbizo - Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo - #Imbizo
Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo summer school in Cape Town, South Africa
Imbizo.Africa
June 30, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Here is your last reminder that the application deadline for Imbizo.Africa is nearing quickly, the 1st of July, in fact tomorrow. Still the place where diversity is at its best in the world! Tell all who need to hear. #africa #neuro
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"Exploring brain circuits, one cell type—or more— at a time" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Bosiljka Tasic & @gordfishell.bsky.social
@cp-neuron.bsky.social
Bosiljka Tasic & @gordfishell.bsky.social
@cp-neuron.bsky.social
Exploring brain circuits, one cell type—or more— at a time
This issue of Neuron, with accompanying papers in Cell, Cell Genomics, Cell Reports,
and Cell Reports Methods, contains studies describing methods for access to neuronal
and non-neuronal cell types wi...
www.cell.com
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Exploring brain circuits, one cell type—or more— at a time" www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Bosiljka Tasic & @gordfishell.bsky.social
@cp-neuron.bsky.social
Bosiljka Tasic & @gordfishell.bsky.social
@cp-neuron.bsky.social
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France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe
France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe
Macron and von der Leyen expected to announce protections for researchers seeking to relocate amid Trump’s crackdown
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
France and EU to incentivise US-based scientists to come to Europe
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1/10 Our latest research, led by @martijnselten.bsky.social, identifies a mechanism through which Parvalbumin (PV) interneurons regulate their activity in the #cortex. This is the story @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇︎ 🧵 @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇︎ 🧵 @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
April 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
1/10 Our latest research, led by @martijnselten.bsky.social, identifies a mechanism through which Parvalbumin (PV) interneurons regulate their activity in the #cortex. This is the story @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇︎ 🧵 @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
www.nature.com/articles/s41... ⬇︎ 🧵 @devneuro.bsky.social @kingsioppn.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
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Just 2 days to go before #BNA2025! **AMAZING** programme!
meetings.bna.org.uk/bna2025/prog...
Delighted to be speaking at a session on diversity and inclusion in British neuroscience (Mon, 9.30am, Room 4) with
@srikipedia.bsky.social (chair), @landreae.bsky.social & @diegobaptista.bsky.social
meetings.bna.org.uk/bna2025/prog...
Delighted to be speaking at a session on diversity and inclusion in British neuroscience (Mon, 9.30am, Room 4) with
@srikipedia.bsky.social (chair), @landreae.bsky.social & @diegobaptista.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Just 2 days to go before #BNA2025! **AMAZING** programme!
meetings.bna.org.uk/bna2025/prog...
Delighted to be speaking at a session on diversity and inclusion in British neuroscience (Mon, 9.30am, Room 4) with
@srikipedia.bsky.social (chair), @landreae.bsky.social & @diegobaptista.bsky.social
meetings.bna.org.uk/bna2025/prog...
Delighted to be speaking at a session on diversity and inclusion in British neuroscience (Mon, 9.30am, Room 4) with
@srikipedia.bsky.social (chair), @landreae.bsky.social & @diegobaptista.bsky.social
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And that’s a wrap! What an amazing #neuroday2025 we’ve had. Thank you to all participants inc speakers, posters & exhibitors for showcasing the fantastically broad range of research taking place across our vast @edinunineuro.bsky.social community. 🧠🧠🧠
April 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
And that’s a wrap! What an amazing #neuroday2025 we’ve had. Thank you to all participants inc speakers, posters & exhibitors for showcasing the fantastically broad range of research taking place across our vast @edinunineuro.bsky.social community. 🧠🧠🧠
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How do we associate the flavors we experience during a meal 🍽️😋 with postingestive effects like food poisoning 🤢🤮 that arise much later?
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback - Nature
Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavour representations in the amygdala to support learning from delayed postingestive feedback.
www.nature.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
How do we associate the flavors we experience during a meal 🍽️😋 with postingestive effects like food poisoning 🤢🤮 that arise much later?
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
Our answer in @nature.com this week: Illness signals from the gut reactivate and strengthen flavor representations in the amygdala.
📄: nature.com/articles/s41...
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Many of us use 2p scopes to image 3D volumes of brain. But then we analyze the data plane by plane, resulting in duplicated neurons, missed neurons, and low s/n. Let's go 3D!
Suite3D: Volumetric cell detection for two-photon microscopy
by @haydari.bsky.social & team.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Suite3D: Volumetric cell detection for two-photon microscopy
by @haydari.bsky.social & team.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Many of us use 2p scopes to image 3D volumes of brain. But then we analyze the data plane by plane, resulting in duplicated neurons, missed neurons, and low s/n. Let's go 3D!
Suite3D: Volumetric cell detection for two-photon microscopy
by @haydari.bsky.social & team.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Suite3D: Volumetric cell detection for two-photon microscopy
by @haydari.bsky.social & team.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...