EPFL Brain Mind Institute
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social
EPFL Brain Mind Institute researchers develop & deploy technology to gain fundamental insight into brain & spinal cord systems, exploiting this knowledge for new therapies for brain disorders & towards novel intelligent machines https://go.epfl.ch/brain
Can memories be switched on and off, as in 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'? The team of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Johannes Gräff @graeffjohannes.bsky.social use CRISPR-based epigenetic control of Arc to reduce or enhance memories in mice: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Can memories be switched on and off, as in 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'? The team of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Johannes Gräff @graeffjohannes.bsky.social use CRISPR-based epigenetic control of Arc to reduce or enhance memories in mice: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Henry Markram shows that glucose-dependent N-glycosylation drives variability in the Kv3.4 ion channel, regulating activity & cell excitability. N-glycosylation regulation may link neurological disorders & glucose metabolism: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
October 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Henry Markram shows that glucose-dependent N-glycosylation drives variability in the Kv3.4 ion channel, regulating activity & cell excitability. N-glycosylation regulation may link neurological disorders & glucose metabolism: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
How do we weigh curiosity, effort, and reward? The labs of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professors Wulfram Gerstner & Michael Herzog find humans overexplore when seeking monetary reward, drawn to novel options even when more exploration offers no advantage. Explore the paper 👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
October 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
How do we weigh curiosity, effort, and reward? The labs of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professors Wulfram Gerstner & Michael Herzog find humans overexplore when seeking monetary reward, drawn to novel options even when more exploration offers no advantage. Explore the paper 👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
New study by the group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social shows that three mitochondrial associated metabolites in the dmPFC/dACC brain region can predict mental effort choices - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
New study by the group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social shows that three mitochondrial associated metabolites in the dmPFC/dACC brain region can predict mental effort choices - www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Gioele La Manno @gioelelamanno.bsky.social + Giovanni D’Angelo lab, use MS imaging & a novel analytical framework to map the 4D distribution >100 lipids in zebrafish & find unexpected distributions 👉 unknown developmental roles - doi.org/10.1038/s415...
September 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Gioele La Manno @gioelelamanno.bsky.social + Giovanni D’Angelo lab, use MS imaging & a novel analytical framework to map the 4D distribution >100 lipids in zebrafish & find unexpected distributions 👉 unknown developmental roles - doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure worldwide. The lab of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Michael Herzog shows that in addition to visual acuity, cataracts also affect low-level visual processing, which should be considered in ophthalmic clinical care doi.org/10.1167/jov....
September 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Cataract surgery is the most common surgical procedure worldwide. The lab of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Michael Herzog shows that in addition to visual acuity, cataracts also affect low-level visual processing, which should be considered in ophthalmic clinical care doi.org/10.1167/jov....
The group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social shows Corticotropin-releasing Hormone (CRH) modulates the thalamic reticular nucleus brain region to affect sleep, linking CRH with sleep impairment due to stress and anxiety- www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social shows Corticotropin-releasing Hormone (CRH) modulates the thalamic reticular nucleus brain region to affect sleep, linking CRH with sleep impairment due to stress and anxiety- www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social Prof. Carmen Sandi's lab @carmensandi10.bsky.social show Urolithin A (UA), a gut microbiota-derived metabolite, can alleviate anxiety in rodents including behaviour, mitochondria & neuronal features. UA could be a new treatment for chronic anxiety doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
August 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social Prof. Carmen Sandi's lab @carmensandi10.bsky.social show Urolithin A (UA), a gut microbiota-derived metabolite, can alleviate anxiety in rodents including behaviour, mitochondria & neuronal features. UA could be a new treatment for chronic anxiety doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
The group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social Prof. Michael Herzog (also + @carmensandi10.bsky.social) show that human social dominance, a key social interaction factor, is a stable personality trait, has reliable specific brain EEG markers which in females mirror those in males doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
August 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social Prof. Michael Herzog (also + @carmensandi10.bsky.social) show that human social dominance, a key social interaction factor, is a stable personality trait, has reliable specific brain EEG markers which in females mirror those in males doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Action potential 👉 3 faculty opportunities to join EPFL neuroscience 1. Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Neuroscience go.epfl.ch/neurofaculty, 2. Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Life Sciences Engineering, or 3. Associate Professor (tenured) in Life Sciences Engineering go.epfl.ch/LSEfaculty
August 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Action potential 👉 3 faculty opportunities to join EPFL neuroscience 1. Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Neuroscience go.epfl.ch/neurofaculty, 2. Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Life Sciences Engineering, or 3. Associate Professor (tenured) in Life Sciences Engineering go.epfl.ch/LSEfaculty
We are happy to announce an opening for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Neuroscience at EPFL. Join our groups working on cellular & circuit neuroscience & neurocomputation - go.epfl.ch/brain. Application deadline is Oct 1 2025. Apply now 👉 go.epfl.ch/neurofaculty
July 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We are happy to announce an opening for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Neuroscience at EPFL. Join our groups working on cellular & circuit neuroscience & neurocomputation - go.epfl.ch/brain. Application deadline is Oct 1 2025. Apply now 👉 go.epfl.ch/neurofaculty
blu.ski/@epfl-brainmind professor Michael Herzog & team show that while older adults perform initially less efficiently in reinforcement learning tasks, given sufficient trials, they could perform as well as young adults. 👉 ageing does not universally impair performance: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
July 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
blu.ski/@epfl-brainmind professor Michael Herzog & team show that while older adults perform initially less efficiently in reinforcement learning tasks, given sufficient trials, they could perform as well as young adults. 👉 ageing does not universally impair performance: doi.org/10.1007/s002...
Amazing hierarchical & multimodal wild animal behavior recognition + segmentation from the group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Alexander Mathis @trackingskills.bsky.social. See the demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZjk... story: actu.epfl.ch/news/ai-moni... & paper: arxiv.org/html/2503.18...
June 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Amazing hierarchical & multimodal wild animal behavior recognition + segmentation from the group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Alexander Mathis @trackingskills.bsky.social. See the demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZjk... story: actu.epfl.ch/news/ai-moni... & paper: arxiv.org/html/2503.18...
The @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social lab of Gioele La Manno @gioelelamanno.bsky.social together with @maweigert.bsky.social develop Spotiflow, a deep learning method for subpixel-accurate spot detection in 2D & 3D images, a crucial tool for many life-science applications www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social lab of Gioele La Manno @gioelelamanno.bsky.social together with @maweigert.bsky.social develop Spotiflow, a deep learning method for subpixel-accurate spot detection in 2D & 3D images, a crucial tool for many life-science applications www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The lab of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Alexander Mathis @trackingskills.bsky.social show that task-driven models of proprioception, similar to proprioception in vivo, have illusions & that the vibration frequency of primary afferents alone can explain them - doi.org/10.1113/EP09....
June 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The lab of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Alexander Mathis @trackingskills.bsky.social show that task-driven models of proprioception, similar to proprioception in vivo, have illusions & that the vibration frequency of primary afferents alone can explain them - doi.org/10.1113/EP09....
Congratulations to @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor @carmensandi10.bsky.social on winning the 2025 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award - www.ecnp.eu/news/press-o...
May 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Congratulations to @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor @carmensandi10.bsky.social on winning the 2025 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award - www.ecnp.eu/news/press-o...
EEG measures are often used to explain differences in performance between groups, however the lab of
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Michael Herzog, using EEG & visual tests, shows these measures mainly reflect stable traits of participants rather than test performance doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Michael Herzog, using EEG & visual tests, shows these measures mainly reflect stable traits of participants rather than test performance doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...
April 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
EEG measures are often used to explain differences in performance between groups, however the lab of
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Michael Herzog, using EEG & visual tests, shows these measures mainly reflect stable traits of participants rather than test performance doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Michael Herzog, using EEG & visual tests, shows these measures mainly reflect stable traits of participants rather than test performance doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...
Applications for PhD positions in neuroscience at EPFL are now being accepted www.epfl.ch/education/ph.... Join the exciting research programs of the @trackingskills.bsky.social, @trackingactions.bsky.social, @mccabelab.org, Carl Petersen or Pavan Ramdya groups. Deadline April 15 2025 - Apply today!
March 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Applications for PhD positions in neuroscience at EPFL are now being accepted www.epfl.ch/education/ph.... Join the exciting research programs of the @trackingskills.bsky.social, @trackingactions.bsky.social, @mccabelab.org, Carl Petersen or Pavan Ramdya groups. Deadline April 15 2025 - Apply today!
New study by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carl Petersen's group shows that cortical motor maps, which organize voluntary motor control, can be decomposed into cell-class defined modules with specific plasticity. These modules may interact to control movement - doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
March 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New study by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carl Petersen's group shows that cortical motor maps, which organize voluntary motor control, can be decomposed into cell-class defined modules with specific plasticity. These modules may interact to control movement - doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
We are delighted to welcome Ashley Mayard to the @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social as a new ELISIR fellow. Ashley's lab will explore the mechanisms underlying brain regeneration across species with the aim to unlock the capacity to recover from brain injuries. More here soon - www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-mayn...
March 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
We are delighted to welcome Ashley Mayard to the @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social as a new ELISIR fellow. Ashley's lab will explore the mechanisms underlying brain regeneration across species with the aim to unlock the capacity to recover from brain injuries. More here soon - www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-mayn...
New study by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carmen Sandi's group @carmensandi10.bsky.social shows mitochondria can regulate neuronal ciliary structures, potentially linking mitochondrial dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders to disrupted neuronal ciliary signaling doi.org/10.1113/JP28...
February 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
New study by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carmen Sandi's group @carmensandi10.bsky.social shows mitochondria can regulate neuronal ciliary structures, potentially linking mitochondrial dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders to disrupted neuronal ciliary signaling doi.org/10.1113/JP28...
Second, the group of Ralf Schneggenburger shows that a brain pathway from the posterior insula to the lateral amygdala transmits information that contributes to specific aspects of learning in response to fear - doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
February 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Second, the group of Ralf Schneggenburger shows that a brain pathway from the posterior insula to the lateral amygdala transmits information that contributes to specific aspects of learning in response to fear - doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
Two new papers by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social labs this week. First, the group of Michael Herzog challenges the effect of superiority in visual crowding - www.nature.com/articles/s41....
February 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Two new papers by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social labs this week. First, the group of Michael Herzog challenges the effect of superiority in visual crowding - www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Join us at 14:15 on Monday January 27 to hear Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social - May the Force Be with You! Piezo channels in mechanosensory biology. Hosted by @trackingactions.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join us at 14:15 on Monday January 27 to hear Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social - May the Force Be with You! Piezo channels in mechanosensory biology. Hosted by @trackingactions.bsky.social