Congrats to @xiaoxiao-lin.bsky.social for winning a highly competitive and prestigious 2026 University of California Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship for her work on predictive prey capture In mice! Xiaoxiao you are a rockstar! @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social psych.ucsb.edu/news-events/...

Congrats to @xiaoxiao-lin.bsky.social for winning a highly competitive and prestigious 2026 University of California Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship for her work on predictive prey capture In mice! Xiaoxiao you are a rockstar! @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social psych.ucsb.edu/news-events/...

📣 It's Roll Call time! Kick off #BINW26 by introducing yourself! Share a selfie or short video telling us who you are, what you do, and the future you're helping reimagine. 🧠 Tag us and use #BINRollCall so we can celebrate our amazing community! Tag 3 BIN members you'd like to see join Roll Call ✨

We're hiring! Postdoc position to study the neural control of reaching using high-density multi-area electrophysiology. 5 years of funding, great collaborative environment. Please share with anyone who may be interested. For details, see: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Pruszynski Postdoc 2026

Postdoctoral Researcher, Control Policies in the Primate Motor Circuit Pruszynski Lab @ Sensorimotor Superlab​ The Pruszynski Laboratory at Western University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to j...

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A split second separates reacting from colliding! UCSB postdoc @mariusschneider.bsky.social earns $94K from Zaleski Discovery Award to build neuromorphic wearables that warn blind travelers in time⚡ Link: www.cs.ucsb.edu/happenings/a... #UCSB #ComputerScience #AssistiveTech #NeuromorphicComputing

Our review on superposition in AI & brains is published in @nature.com #Machine #Intelligence 🌐 Neural networks encode concepts in superposition. We can recover them in 3 steps: identifiability, compressed sensing, interpretability. W/ @david-klindt.bsky.social O'Neil Reizinger & Maurer 🌟

Our lab is re-opening the search for a postdoc! The candidate we chose this round unfortunately had to withdraw (2-body problem). If you or someone you know is looking for a postdoc in ephys + spatial navigation + neurodegeneration, come check us out: aeryjoneslab.github.io

Emily A. Aery Jones@emilyaeryjones.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Aery Jones lab is recruiting another postdoc! If you're interested in neural mechanisms of spatial memory, high-density recordings, cool tasks (like cricket hunting), and/or aging and Alzheimer's, come check us out: aeryjoneslab.github.io. Please pass along to your friends :D

New review on ecological visual processing. Really enjoyed writing this as part of a longstanding collaboration with @crisniell.bsky.social, @mbeyeler.bsky.social, and @spencerlaveresmith.bsky.social

Spencer LaVere Smith@spencerlaveresmith.bsky.social · 3w ago

Ecological Visual Processing in the Mouse - with @michaelgoard.bsky.social @crisniell.bsky.social @mbeyeler.bsky.social Visual computations that are engaged in ecological contexts: active sensing, motion processing, scene analysis, distance estimation, and spatial perception. doi.org/10.1146/annu...

Another amazing iNav in the books. You know a conference is excellent when you get back and want to go into lab on a Sunday. Amazing views in Banff and a strong contingent of current and former UCSB Navigation folks!

The Moser Group is presenting our work on Wednesday afternoon at #FENS2026! •Mechanism for L-R sweeps •Attention modulation of sweeps •Grid/place remapping rules & dynamics •”Mega torus” as a hi-capacity memory space •Moving the grid bump •Development of tori & rings •RSC/HC pops. in a spatial task

It’s not too late to submit to NeuroXR 2026 @ieeeismar2026.bsky.social! We’re looking for work across XR, neuroscience, HCI, affective computing, neuroengineering, rehabilitation, BCIs, and assistive tech. Deadline: July 5, 2026, 11:59 PM AoE neuroxr-ws.github.io/www/

NeuroXR 2026 at IEEE ISMAR 2026

Workshop at IEEE ISMAR 2026

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Why did RNNs fail to learn long-term dependencies? What if we added one more modification, maybe now? It turns out we can give a pretty broad, analytical answer! See the attached paper for a rigorous treatment using centre manifolds, low-rank RNNs, and dynamical systems theory! go.aps.org/4fXWEeF

Ghost Mechanism: An Analytical Model of Abrupt Learning in Recurrent Networks

This study establishes the ghost mechanism as an underlying mechanism for abrupt learning, whereby the recurrent neural network develops ghost points---transient dynamical bottlenecks---and identifies...

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Physical Review X@physrevx.aps.org · last mo.

Why do neural networks undergo abrupt learning after training on memory tasks? New research traces this phenomenon to a “ghosting” mechanism that locks the system into a no-learning zone and proposes two practical fixes to address these pitfalls. 📝 https://go.aps.org/4fXWEeF

Very nicely done Radiolab episode featuring @emilyjacobs.bsky.social and team’s work. Check it out! radiolab.org/podcast/this...

This is Your Brain on Hormones

We don’t have hormones, hormones have us.

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@fatihdinc.bsky.social won the Richard C. DiPrima Prize from SIAM! He is an incredible scientist and I feel genuinely lucky to work with him alongside @wtredman.bsky.social and @ninamiolane.bsky.social . Congrats Fatih! Read more here: news.ucsb.edu/2026/022632/...

New mathematical frameworks reveal how stable thoughts emerge from chaotic brain activity

Postdoc Fatih Dinc has been recognized by the the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for his work developing a bridge between mathematics and neuroscience.

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Ok I get it Trondheim you're amazing.

Our new paper is out in Current Biology! We learn many things in parallel, and brain circuits are constantly rewiring across brain areas. It is notoriously difficult to understand which rewiring events are responsible for which type of learning. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Local plasticity underlies the reorganization of cortical circuit dynamics during motor learning

During learning, neural circuits reorganize to encode new information and adapt behavioral responses. Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM…

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So... I got more information about this plan. The most important points follow on the next posts. 1/3

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I heard from several sources yesterday that NIH is planning to release a Request for Information (RFI) that apparently will include this: Scores and percentiles for NIH grant applications will not be shared with applicants although they will be provided to NIH program officers and staff. 1/3

"Support academic institutions under attack" A short correspondence with @sepikeshavarzi.bsky.social and @roozbehkiani.bsky.social -- Defending academic life is not peripheral to the mission of science. It is part of it. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

FN > 45 Whatever objective you use, Ventana imaging systems will get more field-of-view out of it, with full NA, and diffraction limited. The best ever for multiphoton / two-photon. And fast! 16,000 - 24,000 lines/s across the full field of view. pacificoptica.com/ventana/

My lab is hiring two full-time research assistants! One position is for a project on spatial navigation across the lifespan, with a focus on midlife aging and menopause. The other is for functional imaging and spatial reference frames. recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10136 recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10137

Junior/Assistant Specialist (Reference Frames) - Chrastil Lab

University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

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🚨🧪🧵URGENT INPUT NEEDED: NIH asks input for next strategic plan-including emphasis on non-animal models (NAMs) to replace animals. Per NIH insider, anti-animal responses now outnumber scientists 200-700x. Please please provide input. Deadline: May 26, 11:59 PM ET. grants.nih.gov/news-events/...

Excited to share the upcoming 6th Annual Rising Stars in Neuroscience Symposium @utah.edu! great lineup of graduate students presenting exciting neuroscience research. Looking forward to a fun couple days of science and discussion with a fantastic group of early career scientists.

the most anti free speech administration in this country’s history

Science Magazine@science.org · 3mo ago

Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr

Cool paper from Garret Stuber's lab and colleagues, led by Madelyn Hjort. mPFC-VTA circuit for contingency degredation. doi.org/10.1038/s415... Fig. 3 & 4 used the Cousa objective: **2p imaging + 2p holographic optogenetic stim., deep in brain using microprisms** ! pacificoptica.com/cousa/

It was a blast to put this review together with @adriennekinman.bsky.social and Larissa! The subiculum is a gem of a brain region. Also - the manuscript process at @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social was a pleasure - thoughtful&involved feedback from reviewers&editor that really elevated our manuscript

Trends in Neurosciences@cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social · 3mo ago

'The subiculum: cell-type-specific composition, computation, and function' by Adrienne Kinman @adriennekinman.bsky.social, Larissa Kraus & Mark Cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social www.cell.com/trends/neuro...

Two #BionicVision studies 👁️🧠 from our lab at #ARVO2026: 1. Argus II timing breaks sighted flicker-fusion assumptions: May 5, 8:30–10:15 AM 2. What shapes blind adults’ attitudes toward vision-restoration technology: May 6, 10:15 AM–12:00 PM Come find us in Denver!

Predictive pursuit emerges in high-dimensional recurrent neural networks https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.23.720457v1

We are looking for two Research Assistants to conduct experiments and data analyses investigating the neural mechanisms of strategic and social decision-making using head-fixed (1) and freely-moving (1) behavioural paradigms in mice. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Very excited to announce the first preprint from the lab @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social -- "Predictive pursuit emerges in high-dimensional RNNs." @wtredman.bsky.social (starting his own group at JHU this fall) summarizes the work nicely in this thread.

Will Redman@wtredman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New preprint out 🚨 “Predictive pursuit emerges in high-dimensional recurrent neural networks”! This was an awesome collaboration with co-first author @fatihdinc.bsky.social , @andyalexander.bsky.social, @xiaoxiao-lin.bsky.social, and May Chen biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/

Very excited to announce the first preprint from the lab @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social -- "Predictive pursuit emerges in high-dimensional RNNs." @wtredman.bsky.social (starting his own group at JHU this fall) summarizes the work nicely in this thread.

Will Redman@wtredman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New preprint out 🚨 “Predictive pursuit emerges in high-dimensional recurrent neural networks”! This was an awesome collaboration with co-first author @fatihdinc.bsky.social , @andyalexander.bsky.social, @xiaoxiao-lin.bsky.social, and May Chen biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 1/