Dan Feldman
@danfeldman.bsky.social
Neuroscientist at UC Berkeley, studying cortical circuits, coding, plasticity, and autism.
www.feldmanlab.org
www.feldmanlab.org
Congrats to Teresa Puthussery, who is a terrific circuit-systems neuroscientist at Berkeley, on receiving the MacArthur award!
So excited that a retina neurobiology colleague was awarded the MacArthur Genius Award! Congratulations Teresa Puthussery!
news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...
news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...
Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award - Berkeley News
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
news.berkeley.edu
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Congrats to Teresa Puthussery, who is a terrific circuit-systems neuroscientist at Berkeley, on receiving the MacArthur award!
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Representing @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #Neuroscience chair @danfeldman.bsky.social and @standupforscience.bsky.social at annual #BT5k fundraiser for brain tumor research. GO BEARS!
September 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Representing @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #Neuroscience chair @danfeldman.bsky.social and @standupforscience.bsky.social at annual #BT5k fundraiser for brain tumor research. GO BEARS!
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Turns out that the “loudest” neurons are not always the most relevant ones. Great article about a fascinating and important result by @hayleybounds.bsky.social , graduate of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social neuroscience.
Thanks to @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @ldattaro.bsky.social for this coverage of our recent paper!
Some neurons respond more strongly to visual stimuli than others. But the rest of the brain doesn’t prioritize signals from those neurons, according to a new study. Read more in this month’s Null and Noteworthy.
By @ldattaro.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/null-and-not...
By @ldattaro.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/null-and-not...
August 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Turns out that the “loudest” neurons are not always the most relevant ones. Great article about a fascinating and important result by @hayleybounds.bsky.social , graduate of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social neuroscience.
New paper from Deepa Ramamurthy in my lab, just out. Mice flexibly shift attention between different whiskers based on the recent history of whisker stimuli and rewards, during a tactile detection task. We saw a strong neural correlate of this attentional capture in S1 cortex.
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rdcu.be/euij3
Reward history guides focal attention in whisker somatosensory cortex
Nature Communications - Mice flexibly shift attention between specific whiskers on a rapid timescale based on recent stimulus reward history in a detection task. Attention is correlated with a...
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July 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New paper from Deepa Ramamurthy in my lab, just out. Mice flexibly shift attention between different whiskers based on the recent history of whisker stimuli and rewards, during a tactile detection task. We saw a strong neural correlate of this attentional capture in S1 cortex.
rdcu.be/euij3
rdcu.be/euij3
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Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs
As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
March 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.
www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...
Proud to be among ~2000 people at SUFS today in San Francisco. Inspiring speakers and great energy! @standupforscience.bsky.social
@mfeller.bsky.social and @adernburg.bsky.social were organizers!
@mfeller.bsky.social and @adernburg.bsky.social were organizers!
March 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Proud to be among ~2000 people at SUFS today in San Francisco. Inspiring speakers and great energy! @standupforscience.bsky.social
@mfeller.bsky.social and @adernburg.bsky.social were organizers!
@mfeller.bsky.social and @adernburg.bsky.social were organizers!
We study how neural circuits and coding are affected in mouse models of severe genetic forms of autism.
New from Han Chin Wang in my lab. The Cntnap2 model of autism has a blurry, unstable whisker map. Adds to growing evidence for degraded neural coding in forms of ASD. #neuroskyence
New from Han Chin Wang in my lab. The Cntnap2 model of autism has a blurry, unstable whisker map. Adds to growing evidence for degraded neural coding in forms of ASD. #neuroskyence
Degraded tactile coding in the Cntnap2 mouse model of autism - PubMed
Atypical sensory processing in autism involves altered neural circuit function and neural coding in sensory cortex, but the nature of coding disruption is poorly understood. We characterized neural co...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 2, 2023 at 4:05 AM
We study how neural circuits and coding are affected in mouse models of severe genetic forms of autism.
New from Han Chin Wang in my lab. The Cntnap2 model of autism has a blurry, unstable whisker map. Adds to growing evidence for degraded neural coding in forms of ASD. #neuroskyence
New from Han Chin Wang in my lab. The Cntnap2 model of autism has a blurry, unstable whisker map. Adds to growing evidence for degraded neural coding in forms of ASD. #neuroskyence
Recent Curr. Biol. paper by Deepa Ramamurthy in my lab. Asks what behavioral signals are encoded by VIP neurons in whisker S1 during goal-directed behavior (beyond locomotion & arousal). Answer: local whisker signals, licking, and expected value of reward. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37499665/
November 2, 2023 at 3:56 AM
Recent Curr. Biol. paper by Deepa Ramamurthy in my lab. Asks what behavioral signals are encoded by VIP neurons in whisker S1 during goal-directed behavior (beyond locomotion & arousal). Answer: local whisker signals, licking, and expected value of reward. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37499665/
Finally moving to Bluesky! Will be posting papers, lab news, neuroscience at Berkeley. Hope people find it useful. #Neuroskyence #neuroscience
November 2, 2023 at 3:49 AM
Finally moving to Bluesky! Will be posting papers, lab news, neuroscience at Berkeley. Hope people find it useful. #Neuroskyence #neuroscience