Tal Sharf
talsharf.bsky.social
Tal Sharf
@talsharf.bsky.social
sharflab.ucsc.edu
"We can, should, and will use cerebral organoids to discover new medical treatments, study brain development, reduce the demand for animal testing, and even power computers and more energy-efficient AI."
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The challenge of creating brains in a lab
Lab-grown brains don’t have to inspire horror.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Reposted by Tal Sharf
In an NSF-supported study, @talsharf.bsky.social and collaborators will investigate the capacity of human brain organoids to learn and adapt, with implications for #organoid research, #bioethics, and science education.

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Effort aims to uncover the learning and reasoning potential of brain organoids
The Braingeneers team will to test the ability of brain organoids to solve tasks in real time
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October 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Reposted by Tal Sharf
What if… spontaneous neural activity 🧠 reflects the baseline rumblings of a brainwide dynamical system initialized for learning? We find that the rumblings have macroscopic properties like those emerging from linear symmetric, critical systems 🧵 #neuroscience #neuroAI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Reposted by Tal Sharf
Our manuscript preprint is out!
Repetitive stimulation modifies network characteristics of neural organoid circuits https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.16.633310v1
January 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I’m thrilled to share our revised work on neuronal sequences in brain #organoids. It has been an absolute joy to collaborate with an incredible team of talented experimental and computational neuroscientists brought together by this project. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Protosequences in brain organoids model intrinsic brain states
Neuronal firing sequences are thought to be the basic building blocks of neural coding and information broadcasting within the brain. However, when sequences emerge during neurodevelopment remains unk...
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January 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM