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Simone Papa
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Neurobiology - Sapienza University | EMBL
Interests in:
- Visual Systems Neuroscience;
- Neurophysiology and functional neuroanatomy of the Visuomotor System;
- Computational Neuroscience (Modelling & Artificial Neural Networks).
Joined “Brain Rot, Digital Infodemia Consumes Attention”: a look at how the brain struggles with fragmented info while AI systems exploit attention.

A dive into how constant connectivity reshapes creativity, knowledge, and free thought. Attention, dopamine overload and memory effects.
#BrainJuice
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#AI is shifting from chatbots to systems that act. Autonomous agents, edge models, multimodal AI, scientific FMs, generative robotics, and new hardware will remake every industry.

The question is no longer what AI can say, but what it will build, fix, and discover next (Aaron Lax)
November 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A 2016 study created #bio-hybrid intelligence by guiding turtles with human EEG via a brain-computer interface, linking thought to instinct without implants.

Now applied to pigeons, rats, and robots, it explores co-adaptive human-machine systems and the future of bio-cognitive control (Aaron Lax)
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
MIT researchers developed miBrains, 3D human brain tissue models integrating all major brain cell types.

Grown from donors’ stem cells, gene-editable, and scalable, they help study brain biology and diseases like Alzheimer’s in ways previous models couldn’t.
#miBrains #Alzheimer’s #Cells
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today we honor Marie Skłodowska Curie, born #OnThisDay 1867: the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person awarded Nobels in two different scientific fields. A true pioneer in science and a lasting inspiration (TheNobelPrize)
#MarieCurie #NobelPrize #WomenInScience
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Just attended the second talk in a series on whether a neuroscientist could truly understand a microprocessor 🧠💻
Diving deeper into brain–chip connectomics and how this comparison reveals the limits and biases of our scientific approach.
Insightful and thought-provoking.
#microprocessor #brain
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🌐 What Can Be Built with the Right Network
When great minds connect, ideas turn into impact.
At #SingularitySystems, building where intellect meets innovation, where the impossible becomes inevitable.
The future belongs to those who build it together (Aaron Lax)
#Innovation #AI #Leadership
November 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🧠 Your Brain Is Plastic, every thought and action rewires it

Change isn’t impossible, it’s biological. 🌱Music, travel, laughter, sleep, and connection all shape new neural pathways,turning growth into a daily habit.
Image Credit - tjpower (ig)

#Neuroplasticity #BrainHealth #Mindset #MentalWellness
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🌍 Data Science - The Silent Engine Behind the Modern World (PikuDataIQ)

From your fitness app to Google Maps and Netflix, it’s not magic, it’s data science quietly shaping daily life. 📊
Blending math, ML & human logic, it turns data into decisions that power industries and cities⚙️

#DataScience #AI
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🧠 Cognition as the real competitive edge.
A McKinsey article calls for shifting from technical to cognitive governance, embedding human mental models, bias awareness & ethics into #AI adoption (Eveline Ruehlin)

www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
#GenAI #Bias #Cognitive #Ethics #FutureOfWork
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Mind and body speak the same language: every emotion becomes chemistry and sensation. Chronic stress keeps the body in alarm, fatigue, tension, pain (Jyoti Gupta).

The body isn’t failing; it’s communicating. Listening with breath, presence, and compassion restores healing🌿💫 #MindBodyConnection
November 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🧠🍹 Took part in "Spremuta di Cervelli" on “Could a neuroscientist understand a microprocessor?” 🤖

We discussed how current neuroscience tools, may reveal patterns without fully explaining how complex systems like the brain, or even a processor, truly work.

#Neuroscience #AI #ScienceCommunication
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Are we ready for closed-loop neuromodulation in psychiatry?🧠
Adaptive brain stimulation that learns from real-time signals could transform treatments for depression, OCD, and PTSD, personalizing therapy while reducing side effects.
Smart, dynamic, and data-driven🚀
#Neuroscience #Psychiatry
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
No tricks, just brains in 3D 🧠🧟‍♂️

This cleared human brain slice (~10×7×0.3 cm) was imaged at 0.17 µm/pixel on the 3Di HOTLS lightsheet microscope. Sharp, transparent, undead-level perfection (Alpenglow Biosciences).
#3Dtissueimaging #LightSheet #Halloween
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🕷️ Apologies in advance…
This fungus, Gibellula attenboroughii, turns spiders into zombies, taking over their nervous system and forcing them into the open before they die and spread spores. Found in 2021 in County Down. (National Trust)
#ZombieFungus #Mycology #Halloween
November 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🧠 The Neuromorphic Eye
Event-based vision redefines how machines see, sensing change, not frames.
With microsecond precision and sub-mW power, DVS enables drones, robots, and AI systems to perceive motion, light, and intent like living retinas.
#Neuromorphic #AI #Vision #Robotics #DVS
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Honored to have contributed to the organization of brAIns 2025 - We want your Brains! 🧠
Talks on how AI learns and adapts (Rodolà & Pappone) and on brain mapping of memory (Bianca Silva), followed by posters and student talks.
Thanks to Sapienza and the BrainJuice team!
#brAIns2025 #AI #Neuroscience
October 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I applied for the #GenioGalateo Award for young graduates from Puglia (Italy), inspired by my roots in Galatone, hometown of the Galateo and of my former school “DeFerraris.” 🌿

A project that values talent, culture, and innovation across our region. ✨

#Puglia #Youth #Innovation
October 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🪰 166,000 neurons! The new blueprint of the fruit fly brain! The latest Drosophila connectome maps every neuron and synapse across brain and nerve cord. (Nicolas Hubacz)

🎥 Philip Hubbard/Alexandra Fragniere
📊 FlyEM Project Team, Cambridge C. G., Google Res.

#FruitFly #Neuroscience #Connectomics
October 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Growth hack no one talks about:
💡 Work with people smarter than you.
Insecure minds compete, growth-minded people collaborat.
Every convo = a masterclass, every project = a level up.
Surround yourself with brilliance. 🚀
(by Salman Hashmi)
#Growth #Leadership #Mindset
October 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🧠 The October issue of #ScienceImmunology!
(by Science Magazine)
This month’s cover features a Review on brain tumor development and the factors shaping the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment.
www.science.org/toc/sciimmun...
October 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🧠✨ #Fluorescence!
See Myelin Basic Protein (MBP) in a whole mouse brain, key to understanding myelin’s role in nerve signaling and diseases like MS.

Learn more about tissue clearing & 3D imaging
www.translucencebio.com/our-science
October 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🧠 Join us on Oct 24, 3:30 PM (Aula Picone, Sapienza) for brAIns 2025, exploring the link between AI & the Brain!
Talks by Emanuele Rodolà, Francesco Pappone & Bianca Silva + Student Talks & Poster Session 🎙️
🔗 Info & signup: linktr.ee/brainsjuicec...
#brAIns2025 #AI #Neuroscience
October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🦐 Parhyale hawaiensis for #3DSunday!

A rising crustacean model for evo-devo, regeneration & limb development. microCT imaging reveals its intricate 3D body plan segment by segment, limb by limb.
A powerful system beyond insects! 🔬🏛️ (by Brandy Freitas)
#3DImaging #EvoDevo #MarineBiology
October 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#FluorescenceFriday meets 3D Spatial Biology! Using computational H&E on our 3Di platform, we map NSCLC biopsies from tissue to subcellular scale, revealing hidden TLS 200 µm deep(by Alpenglow Biosciences)

🚀 3D imaging = unbiased counts + richer immune insights.
#SpatialBiology #3DImaging
October 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM