This paper seems really interesting. I also love their author ordering policy

Introducing our new favorite stimulus. A few minutes are enough to map the visual preferences of thousands of neurons.

Mapping the visual cortex with Zebra noise and wavelets
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

By Sophie Skriabine and Max Shinn, with Samuel Picard and
@kenneth-harris.bsky.social

US students are increasingly applying to UK unis. They are at 6%, and rapidly growing. Makes sense: it costs less, lasts 3 years (typically), does not infantilize (re drinks). And no kidnapping by masked thugs (yet). However, courses focus on a single discipline.

Link (paywall): on.ft.com/4nYb1Ry

A new study led by @timothysit.bsky.social reveals that different layers of mouse V1 integrate visual and non-visual signals differently.

Activity is dominated by vision (or spontaneous fluctuations) in L2/3 and by movement in L5. This leads to different geometries.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New by Agnès Landemard (@agnesland.bsky.social‬) & co

Brainwide blood volume reflects opposing neural populations

Brainwide fluctuations in blood volume arise from two populations with opposite relation to brain state and distinct relationships to blood supply

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

After years of absence, the UK is back and going strong

Very happy to give a talk at Harvard tomorrow!

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...

I just gave a lecture on "Higher visual cortex" to undergrads and I covered the 5 topics below.

Now I need to suggest readings. Arghh. All I have is for grad students or beyond!

Any suggestions for an undergrad textbook? I loved "From Neuron to Brain" and "Neurons and Networks" but they're old.

And that first GIF was supposed to be animated! Here we go.

A team effort made possible by @wellcometrust.bsky.social, @alleninstitute.bsky.social, @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, and other funders and partners including IMEC, the NIH BRAIN initiative, NTNU, Johns Hopkins University, University of Washington and @uclbrainscience.bsky.social

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Hmm those GIFs are not animating. Let's try again:

Neuropixels and Optogenetics are delighted to announce the birth of

Neuropixels Opto

Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics

Today in bioRxiv

960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors

By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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It's finally out!

Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical responses

Training in a visual task changes V1 tuning curves in odd ways. This effect is explained by a simple convex transformation. It orthogonalizes the population, making it easier to decode.

10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115235

I wish my analyses of brain activity were as neat as those made by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social for socioeconomic processes. Check out this spectacular correlation in today's @financialtimes.com

on.ft.com/4fWosfH

Thanks for the suggestion! I tried it and it's kind of ok but it only gets me the data for even years, and ignores the odd years. And I am pretty sure it reads out the numbers that are written out rather than interpreting the graphics...

@richardsever.bsky.social while you're at it, consider losing the rectangles around those symbols? They carry no information and act as a strong visual mask. (If Tufte was on this social media he'd agree.)