Bastijn van den Boom
@bastijnvdboom.bsky.social
Postdoc at Harvard with Bernardo Sabatini (EMBO fellow). Former PhD at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience with Ingo Willuhn.
Basal ganglia, neural computations, DBS, calcium imaging
Basal ganglia, neural computations, DBS, calcium imaging
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The talk series is back after a summer break! 🌞 Join us Aug 28 at noon ET / 6 PM CET for a fascinating session with the academic power duo @dorahermes.bsky.social & Kai Miller! 🧠✨ They’ll explore how single-pulse signals reveal biomarkers and map brain connectivity. Don’t miss it!
August 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The talk series is back after a summer break! 🌞 Join us Aug 28 at noon ET / 6 PM CET for a fascinating session with the academic power duo @dorahermes.bsky.social & Kai Miller! 🧠✨ They’ll explore how single-pulse signals reveal biomarkers and map brain connectivity. Don’t miss it!
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🚨Funded PhD studentship co-supervised by me and @matthewwself.bsky.social. Using neuropixels, behaviour, viral tracing and optogenetics you’ll study how visual areas enhance target representations vs background to support goal-oriented actions.
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Converting percepts into actions in the visual cortex and superior colliculus. at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Converting percepts into actions in the visual cortex and superior colliculus. at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com
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July 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🚨Funded PhD studentship co-supervised by me and @matthewwself.bsky.social. Using neuropixels, behaviour, viral tracing and optogenetics you’ll study how visual areas enhance target representations vs background to support goal-oriented actions.
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Our paper is out in Nature.
By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned.
Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned.
Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Motor learning refines thalamic influence on motor cortex - Nature
Imaging and optogenetics in mice provide insight into the interplay between the primary motor cortex and the motor thalamus during learning, showing that thalamic inputs have a key role in the executi...
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May 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Our paper is out in Nature.
By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned.
Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
By examining various inputs to the motor cortex during learning, we found that thalamic inputs learn to activate the cortical neurons encoding the movement being learned.
Tour de force by Assaf in collab with Felix and Marcus. Congrats!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated!
Friends don't let friends use histogram for small sample sizes. Bin numbers affect the appearance of histograms, thus not robust to small (and modest sample sizes). They stabilize w/ large sample sizes.
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
Friends don't let friends use histogram for small sample sizes. Bin numbers affect the appearance of histograms, thus not robust to small (and modest sample sizes). They stabilize w/ large sample sizes.
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
December 10, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Friends don't let friends make bad graphs repo has been updated!
Friends don't let friends use histogram for small sample sizes. Bin numbers affect the appearance of histograms, thus not robust to small (and modest sample sizes). They stabilize w/ large sample sizes.
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
Friends don't let friends use histogram for small sample sizes. Bin numbers affect the appearance of histograms, thus not robust to small (and modest sample sizes). They stabilize w/ large sample sizes.
github.com/cxli233/Frie...
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Why does stress make it harder to experience joy? A
@natureportfolio.bsky.social paper on mice provides some answers 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natureportfolio.bsky.social paper on mice provides some answers 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia - Nature
Examination of the neural activity in the basolateral amygdala and ventral CA1 of mice during tasks or rest following exposure to social stress reveals signatures of resilience and susceptibility to s...
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December 10, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Why does stress make it harder to experience joy? A
@natureportfolio.bsky.social paper on mice provides some answers 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@natureportfolio.bsky.social paper on mice provides some answers 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Hella cool work! Underlying mixed selectivity population coding is a mix of static and dynamic coding that differs by cell type.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
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#neuroscience
December 19, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Hella cool work! Underlying mixed selectivity population coding is a mix of static and dynamic coding that differs by cell type.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroscience
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Direct stimulation of anterior insula and ventromedial prefrontal cortex disrupts economic choices. 🧠🟦 🧠🤖
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
sciencecast.org/casts/13spgf...
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December 13, 2023 at 3:48 PM
Direct stimulation of anterior insula and ventromedial prefrontal cortex disrupts economic choices. 🧠🟦 🧠🤖
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
sciencecast.org/casts/13spgf...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
sciencecast.org/casts/13spgf...
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New accessibility pilot on bioRxiv pilot: AI-generated paper summaries at 3 levels (general -> expert).
Click Automated Services in the dashboard to view these. We welcome feedback. connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/11...
Click Automated Services in the dashboard to view these. We welcome feedback. connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/11...
November 8, 2023 at 5:23 PM
New accessibility pilot on bioRxiv pilot: AI-generated paper summaries at 3 levels (general -> expert).
Click Automated Services in the dashboard to view these. We welcome feedback. connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/11...
Click Automated Services in the dashboard to view these. We welcome feedback. connect.biorxiv.org/news/2023/11...
First post on Bluesky! We recently published our latest work on the neural mechanisms of deep-brain stimulation (DBS). We investigated this by combining calcium imaging and internal-capsule DBS in freely-behaving compulsive and "normal" mice. Freely available! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 22, 2023 at 11:07 PM
First post on Bluesky! We recently published our latest work on the neural mechanisms of deep-brain stimulation (DBS). We investigated this by combining calcium imaging and internal-capsule DBS in freely-behaving compulsive and "normal" mice. Freely available! www.nature.com/articles/s41...