Maximiliano José Nigro
@maxnigro.bsky.social
Associate Professor NTNU #NigroLab; Diversity of neurons; cortical circuits; Biologist looking at neurons with birdwatcher's eyes
https://nigrolab.com
https://nigrolab.com
This afternoon’s journal club took me and my kid to the Gulf of Mexico
We think that the term «interaction» is an understatement
We think that the term «interaction» is an understatement
November 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This afternoon’s journal club took me and my kid to the Gulf of Mexico
We think that the term «interaction» is an understatement
We think that the term «interaction» is an understatement
#Onthisday was published On the origin of the species by Charles Darwin
I get inspired by this book every time I read it
#evolution
#neuroskyence
I get inspired by this book every time I read it
#evolution
#neuroskyence
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#Onthisday was published On the origin of the species by Charles Darwin
I get inspired by this book every time I read it
#evolution
#neuroskyence
I get inspired by this book every time I read it
#evolution
#neuroskyence
This week I am sharing what I think to be the most significant publication in biology since 1859. This paper opened the door to molecular biology and molecular genetics.
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This week I am sharing what I think to be the most significant publication in biology since 1859. This paper opened the door to molecular biology and molecular genetics.
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
The family coat of arms made at school by my son features birdwatching. I did get something right so far
@gquattrocolo.bsky.social
@gquattrocolo.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The family coat of arms made at school by my son features birdwatching. I did get something right so far
@gquattrocolo.bsky.social
@gquattrocolo.bsky.social
Developmental neuroscientists please keep inviting @gquattrocolo.bsky.social to your conferences. She is a great speaker and her lab is doing very interesting research. Plus she has great taste for presents to her husband when she returns from those conferences
October 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Developmental neuroscientists please keep inviting @gquattrocolo.bsky.social to your conferences. She is a great speaker and her lab is doing very interesting research. Plus she has great taste for presents to her husband when she returns from those conferences
In today’s lecture on microcircuit organization we will go through the classics from Penfield to Eccles and get to cell type specific optogenetics to dissect circuits for top down modulation of vision
How neurons connect to compute with a reminder to their biophysical properties
#neuroskyence
How neurons connect to compute with a reminder to their biophysical properties
#neuroskyence
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In today’s lecture on microcircuit organization we will go through the classics from Penfield to Eccles and get to cell type specific optogenetics to dissect circuits for top down modulation of vision
How neurons connect to compute with a reminder to their biophysical properties
#neuroskyence
How neurons connect to compute with a reminder to their biophysical properties
#neuroskyence
From the series “Once upon a time…the discoverers” an episode about Buffon and the concept of deep time
#evolution
#evolution
October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
From the series “Once upon a time…the discoverers” an episode about Buffon and the concept of deep time
#evolution
#evolution
To honor the memory of Dr Jane Goodall I am sharing her 1963 article for National Geographic Magazine
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
To honor the memory of Dr Jane Goodall I am sharing her 1963 article for National Geographic Magazine
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
A pioneer of science, conservation and education who left a long lasting legacy.
Dr Jane Goodall
#neuroskyence
Dr Jane Goodall
#neuroskyence
October 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A pioneer of science, conservation and education who left a long lasting legacy.
Dr Jane Goodall
#neuroskyence
Dr Jane Goodall
#neuroskyence
Short philosophical summary for the lecture on Touch
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
October 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Short philosophical summary for the lecture on Touch
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
Grilling on a gorgeous fall evening while enjoying a wonderful Zinfandel. A present from the last master student graduated from the lab. The joys of teaching…
September 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Grilling on a gorgeous fall evening while enjoying a wonderful Zinfandel. A present from the last master student graduated from the lab. The joys of teaching…
Basket cells, parvalbumin expressing or fast-spiking neurons, names that emphasize different properties of the same type. However they are not all the same, like these in the mouse barrel cortex: one has axon in its layer; the other sends axon to other layers
Both are very beautiful
#neuroskyence
Both are very beautiful
#neuroskyence
September 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Basket cells, parvalbumin expressing or fast-spiking neurons, names that emphasize different properties of the same type. However they are not all the same, like these in the mouse barrel cortex: one has axon in its layer; the other sends axon to other layers
Both are very beautiful
#neuroskyence
Both are very beautiful
#neuroskyence
Interesting passage. Buffon starts with a jab at the idea of classification by means of reducing beings to an ideal form. Are we, cell typers, exaggerating in splitting the transcriptomic dendrograms?
This reminds me of Agmon’s review
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39091993/
#neuroskyence
#evolution
This reminds me of Agmon’s review
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39091993/
#neuroskyence
#evolution
September 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Interesting passage. Buffon starts with a jab at the idea of classification by means of reducing beings to an ideal form. Are we, cell typers, exaggerating in splitting the transcriptomic dendrograms?
This reminds me of Agmon’s review
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39091993/
#neuroskyence
#evolution
This reminds me of Agmon’s review
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39091993/
#neuroskyence
#evolution
This week I am sharing the closing remarks from Wallace’s The Malay Archipelago. Here Wallace gives a critique of of Victorian society and what he learned living with the people he met in his travels
#historyofscience
#biogeography
#neuroskyence
#historyofscience
#biogeography
#neuroskyence
August 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This week I am sharing the closing remarks from Wallace’s The Malay Archipelago. Here Wallace gives a critique of of Victorian society and what he learned living with the people he met in his travels
#historyofscience
#biogeography
#neuroskyence
#historyofscience
#biogeography
#neuroskyence
A few highlights of a morning birdwatching in Bali Barat National Park @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
The two mynas are critically endangered and the park has a repopulation program
The two mynas are critically endangered and the park has a repopulation program
August 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A few highlights of a morning birdwatching in Bali Barat National Park @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
The two mynas are critically endangered and the park has a repopulation program
The two mynas are critically endangered and the park has a repopulation program
This week I am sharing this very interesting study where I learned about the weird meiosis of 🌹
#evolution
#evolution
July 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This week I am sharing this very interesting study where I learned about the weird meiosis of 🌹
#evolution
#evolution
Bali surprised me as it did with Wallace
@gquattrocolo.bsky.social
@gquattrocolo.bsky.social
July 24, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Bali surprised me as it did with Wallace
@gquattrocolo.bsky.social
@gquattrocolo.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The sun is finally shining on the last day of recordings before going on vacation, so I make my own sunshine with an LED and some channelrhodopsin
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
July 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The sun is finally shining on the last day of recordings before going on vacation, so I make my own sunshine with an LED and some channelrhodopsin
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
If birds of paradise are glorified crows, then I have my own bird of paradise
#birdwatching
#birdwatching
July 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If birds of paradise are glorified crows, then I have my own bird of paradise
#birdwatching
#birdwatching
Since I like birds and beer, my son chose this for me
#birdwatching
#birdwatching
July 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Since I like birds and beer, my son chose this for me
#birdwatching
#birdwatching
It was great catching up with friends and meeting new people at the FENS regional meeting in Oslo. Nice ceremony at the Rådhuset, the chance to present our work and visit the new dinosaurs
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
June 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
It was great catching up with friends and meeting new people at the FENS regional meeting in Oslo. Nice ceremony at the Rådhuset, the chance to present our work and visit the new dinosaurs
#neuroskyence
#neuroskyence
In 2013 @gquattrocolo.bsky.social and I visited Badlands National Park. I uploaded this picture on the community website of the National Geographic and an editor liked it. This was the first thing I published that was liked by an editor and I am very proud of it.
June 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
In 2013 @gquattrocolo.bsky.social and I visited Badlands National Park. I uploaded this picture on the community website of the National Geographic and an editor liked it. This was the first thing I published that was liked by an editor and I am very proud of it.
Chaffinches are some of the best singers in Norwegian spring
#birdwatching
#birdwatching
June 2, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Chaffinches are some of the best singers in Norwegian spring
#birdwatching
#birdwatching
I fell in love with neurophysiology because of the beautiful biophysical properties of stellate cells
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8395571/
Finally I go back to these cells and put biocytin in them and what a wonderful surprise
Stained and imaged by Kristian Moan @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8395571/
Finally I go back to these cells and put biocytin in them and what a wonderful surprise
Stained and imaged by Kristian Moan @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
May 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I fell in love with neurophysiology because of the beautiful biophysical properties of stellate cells
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8395571/
Finally I go back to these cells and put biocytin in them and what a wonderful surprise
Stained and imaged by Kristian Moan @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8395571/
Finally I go back to these cells and put biocytin in them and what a wonderful surprise
Stained and imaged by Kristian Moan @gquattrocolo.bsky.social
#neuroskyence