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Eleonora Russo
@russoel.bsky.social
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Theoretical neuroscientist. Interested in neural dynamics, neural coding, and data mining.

Asst. Prof. at the BioRobotics Institute, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies.
PI of the Brain Dynamics Laboratory. http://bit.ly/BrainDynamicsLab
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Eleonora Russo @russoel.bsky.social · Nov 17
And with a bit of delay now also here:
📢 New work on hippocampal assemblies & theta!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was a pleasure to work with Nadine Becker, Aleks Domanski, Timothy Howe, Kipp Freud, @durstewitzlab.bsky.social, Matt Jones.
@SantAnna Pisa @Bristol Neuro @ZI Mannheim
🧵[1/11]
Integration of rate and phase codes by hippocampal cell-assemblies supports flexible encoding of spatiotemporal context - Nature Communications
Russo et al. show that context-specific place cell assemblies support hippocampal integration of past experiences into future plans during goal-directed behavior and propose a biophysical mechanism be...
www.nature.com
russoel.bsky.social
Thanks @hunglo.bsky.social and Friedrich for involving us in such an interesting project!!
hunglo.bsky.social Hung Lo 羅鴻 @hunglo.bsky.social · Aug 15
I'm more than psyched to share that my PhD paper is now out in Neuron! It's also my first paper as both first author and corresponding author, which means even more to me!

Thank my partner Chi-Chieh for her contribution to the most adorable ever graphic abstract 🥰
August 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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russoel.bsky.social
Into population dynamics? Coming to #CNS2025 but not quite ready to head home?

Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
June 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
russoel.bsky.social
Into population dynamics? Coming to #CNS2025 but not quite ready to head home?

Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
June 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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incn.bsky.social
⏳ One week left to submit your abstract!
Join us in Padova for the 2025 Italian Network of Computational Neuroscience Conference 🧠🇮🇹
📅 Deadline: 14 June
Share your research and engage with the computational neuroscience community!
#INNC2025 #Neuroscience #CallForAbstracts
June 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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hayleybounds.bsky.social
Excited to share my PhD paper! In it, we use targeted 2-photon optogenetic stimulation to determine how V1 activity is read-out in a detection task. We found that network influence, not visual coding properties, predicted the impact of ensembles on behavior - contradicting our expectations (1/5).
May 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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neurograce.bsky.social
Because we must build good things while we scream about the bad, I have started a "Data for Good" team @data-for-good-team.bsky.social that partners with organizations needing short-term data science help. We have three projects ongoing & will add more as our capacity grows.
data-for-good-team.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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jbarbosa.org
Please RT🙏

Reach out if you want to help understand cognition by modelling, analyzing and/or collect large scale intracortical data from 👩🐒🐁

We're a friendly, diverse group (n>25) w/ this terrace 😎 in the center of Paris! See👇 for + info about the lab

We have funding to support your application!
May 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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torcini.bsky.social
Dynamics days europe 2025, Thessaloniki
23-27, June 2025

MS4: Neural Dynamics Across Spatiotemporal Scales: ...
Organisers: T. Manos, A. Torcini, A. Provata, Astero

The program of our MS (25-26/6/2025) is online

#compneurosky #neuroskyence

websites.auth.gr/ddeu2025/
Dynamics Days Europe 2025
XLV Dynamics Days Europe 2025 Thessaloniki, Greece Conference Dates: 23 - 27 June 2025 Conference Venue: Porto Palace Conference Hotel ABOUT Dynamics Days Europe (DDE) is a series of major internation...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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neuroprinciplist.bsky.social
Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.
forms.gle
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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jakhmack.bsky.social
Out now 'in print'--- a true labor of love, in more ways than one. See the paper and press-release below!

Also, go and see @matthijspals.bsky.social's talk at #Cosyne, where he will talk about related/follow up work!

uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
March 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A crowded stadium. Thrilled fans watch from the terraces, fixated by the figures on the brightly-lit court. Over the noise, the commentator shouts excitedly: "Hughes conceives a lovely hypothesis. Wilson tests it through repeated observation. Evans adds experimental data then passes back to Hughes, who states the theory in unambiguous terms and the crowd goes wild!!!"
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
russoel.bsky.social
Join us in beautiful Tokyo for a great summer school!
IRCN and Chen Institute Joint Course on Neuro-inspired Computation
ircn.jp/en/events/07...
July 2-5, 2025: [Call for Participants] IRCN and Chen Institute Joint Course on Neuro-inspired Computation
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March 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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carandinilab.net
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
February 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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kenmiller.bsky.social
New preprint: "The geometry of the neural state space of decisions", work by Mauro Monsalve-Mercado, buff.ly/42wVHD5. Surprising results & predictions! (Thread) We analyze neuropixel population recordings in macaque area LIP during a reaction time, random-dot motion 1/
Picture of neural manifolds for the two choices in a decision-making task, depicted in 3D and in 2D
January 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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neural-reckoning.org
What's the right way to think about modularity in the brain? This devilish 😈 question is a big part of my research now, and it started with this paper with @solarpunkgabs.bsky.social, finally published after the first preprint in 2021! 🤖🧠🧪

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamics of specialization in neural modules under resource constraints - Nature Communications
The extent to which structural modularity in neural networks ensures functional specialization remains unclear. Here the authors show that specialization can emerge in neural modules placed under reso...
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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gunnarblohm.bsky.social
Very cool paper by Emily Oby and colleagues:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Interesting insights into the flexibility (or lack thereof) of neural dynamics for motor control
Dynamical constraints on neural population activity - Nature Neuroscience
Oby, Degenhart, Grigsby and colleagues used a brain–computer interface to challenge monkeys to override their natural time courses of neural activity. They found the time courses to be highly robust, ...
www.nature.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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russoel.bsky.social
📢PhD position @ Bristol Uni (Ross Purple, Sean Froudist-Walsh) and joint supervision @ Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Eleonora Russo) on the reinforcement of traumatic memories during sleep using advanced machine learning techniques.

Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
November 30, 2024 at 1:53 PM
russoel.bsky.social
📢PhD position @ Bristol Uni (Ross Purple, Sean Froudist-Walsh) and joint supervision @ Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Eleonora Russo) on the reinforcement of traumatic memories during sleep using advanced machine learning techniques.

Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
November 30, 2024 at 1:53 PM
russoel.bsky.social
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November 25, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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jhennig.bsky.social
Comp neuro PIs -- what was the first grant you got as a PI (collaborative, solo, big, small), and how soon after you started? My ears are open 😅
#neuroai #compneurosky #compneuro
November 20, 2024 at 7:44 PM
russoel.bsky.social
And with a bit of delay now also here:
📢 New work on hippocampal assemblies & theta!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was a pleasure to work with Nadine Becker, Aleks Domanski, Timothy Howe, Kipp Freud, @durstewitzlab.bsky.social, Matt Jones.
@SantAnna Pisa @Bristol Neuro @ZI Mannheim
🧵[1/11]
Integration of rate and phase codes by hippocampal cell-assemblies supports flexible encoding of spatiotemporal context - Nature Communications
Russo et al. show that context-specific place cell assemblies support hippocampal integration of past experiences into future plans during goal-directed behavior and propose a biophysical mechanism be...
www.nature.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
russoel.bsky.social
New work on the neural encoding of social recognition and the role played by oxytocin in it. It was a great pleasure to collaborate with David Wolf, Jonathan Reinwald, Renée Hartig, Wolfgang Kelsch, and colleagues!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#oxytocin #socialneuro #memory
Oxytocin induces the formation of distinctive cortical representations and cognitions biased toward familiar mice - Nature Communications
Recognition memory for other individuals forms quickly. Here the authors show that such memories are enabled by oxytocin and can be retrieved from reinforced and more distinct neural representations e...
www.nature.com
September 5, 2024 at 9:24 AM
russoel.bsky.social
Interested in how neuronal dynamics supports reinforcement learning? #compneuro
Join us! 📢 PhD position in the Brain Dynamics Laboratory at @SantAnnaPisa, Italy.

Deadline: 13:00 of 29 July 2024
www.unicam.it/bandi/2024/b...

Project description under ‘Code 4.2’:
www.unicam.it/sites/defaul...
July 4, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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mattperich.bsky.social
New paper out this week in Nature!

nature.com/articles/s41...

Many thanks to the co-authors for making this happen, especially co-senior / best friend @juangallego.bsky.social, and co-leads Mostafa + Joanna! I also want to say a word about the translational implications 👇
Preserved neural dynamics across animals performing similar behaviour - Nature
Recordings of neural populations from motor cortex and striatum spanning monkeys and mice demonstrate that neural dynamics in individuals from the same species are preserved when they perform sim...
nature.com
November 9, 2023 at 5:44 PM