Here we go again! Grant writing during the summer break….feels like a yearly routine by now…

We wrote a French digest for médecine/sciences about our recent work in Nat. Neuro with @nicolasguyon.bsky.social Original work: www.nature.com/articles/s41... French piece: www.medecinesciences.org/fr/articles/...

Haven’t written science in French in years, but just published a short open-access commentary on my Nat Neuro work with @pierrelemerre.bsky.social. Hopefully useful for teaching in French-speaking contexts! You can find it here: doi.org/10.1051/meds... Original work: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Looking for a postdoc (fast)!! 😅 2-years funded on the ATIP-Avenir Program. I'll be at #FENS2026 in Barcelona if you want to meet in person. www.fens.org/careers/job-...

So I (well Claude mostly) made a @julialang.org port of the ZETA test originally developped by Jorrit Montijn (published here: elifesciences.org/articles/71969). The port is faithful to zetapy (Python version by @guidomeijer.com and @alexanderheimel.bsky.social). Enjoy github.com/PierreLeMerr...

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Dear colleagues, We are looking for a PhD candidate! Project co-directed by Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon and by the Laboratoire de Mécanique et d'Acoustique (Marseille). Fully funded by Fondation Pour l'Audition (see link). Deadline April 30, 2026 www.abg.asso.fr/fr/candidatO...

Using Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science as a stand for monitors is clearly a thing in the field right?

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? "High-resolution activity maps of PFC did NOT align with cytoarchitecturally defined subregions." Key tenet in neuroscience is that cytoarchitectonic boundaries correspond to functional ones. NB: study in the mouse #neuroskyence doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Activity-based maps of the prefrontal cortex in mice, presented in @natneuro.nature.com today, challenge classical descriptions of the brain. The new maps reveal functional territories that differ from traditional, tissue-based maps. #Neuroscience #Brain 🧪 news.ki.se/new-brain-ma...

New brain maps challenge traditional descriptions of the brain

For more than a century, maps of the brain have been based on how brain tissue looks under the microscope. These anatomical maps divide the brain into regions according to structural variations in the...

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It's out! Our new study (led by @pierrelemerre.bsky.social & @weltgeischt.bsky.social @carlenlab.bsky.social) challenges classical cytoarchitectonic borders in the prefrontal cortex, showing that connectivity better explains its functional organization. Read the open-access paper here: rdcu.be/eZUkh

A prefrontal cortex map based on single-neuron activity

Nature Neuroscience - The authors mapped spontaneous and choice activity across mouse prefrontal cortex. The activity maps aligned with intrinsic connectivity rather than anatomical subregions,...

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Pierre Le Merre@pierrelemerre.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Main postdoc study out! We can redefine prefrontal cortex regions with single-unit activity! Grateful to @carlenlab.bsky.social and @weltgeischt.bsky.social who made this crazy project real. Thanks to all co-authors, collaborators, and reviewers. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Delighted to have been part of this amazing team! ✨

Pierre Le Merre@pierrelemerre.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Main postdoc study out! We can redefine prefrontal cortex regions with single-unit activity! Grateful to @carlenlab.bsky.social and @weltgeischt.bsky.social who made this crazy project real. Thanks to all co-authors, collaborators, and reviewers. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Main postdoc study out! We can redefine prefrontal cortex regions with single-unit activity! Grateful to @carlenlab.bsky.social and @weltgeischt.bsky.social who made this crazy project real. Thanks to all co-authors, collaborators, and reviewers. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A prefrontal cortex map based on single-neuron activity - Nature Neuroscience

The authors mapped spontaneous and choice activity across mouse prefrontal cortex. The activity maps aligned with intrinsic connectivity rather than anatomical subregions, suggesting that connectivity...

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Christmas is early this year! A must read for your break.

Ben Hayden@benhayden.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New Perspective from myself, Sarah Heilbronner and @myoo.bsky.social . “Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization” in Nature Neuroscience. 🧵 rdcu.be/eVZ1A

Pretty interesting use of rabies tracing!

Alex Kwan@alexkwan.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We used rabies virus 👾 to map how #psilocybin modifies long-range circuits 🧠, revealing network-specific reorganization that we didn’t expect. The full study is now online at Cell. @cp-cell.bsky.social Paper 👉 www.cell.com/cell/fulltex... Thread for a synopsis 👉 bsky.app/profile/alex...

Now that I’m am a PI I can post pictures of the new office space.

If you have a project idea (experiment or theory!) please apply to become an IBL partner: internationalbrainlab.com/ibl-core-apply +

Apply to work with the IBL Core — International Brain Laboratory

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Open Neuroscience need our support!! NWB ecosystem hold promise for future discoveries in Neuroscience and has been pivotal for the community. @openscience

Neurodata Without Borders@nwb.org · 12mo ago

NWB just turned 10 years old! Researchers worldwide have downloaded 1.9 PB of NWB data from @dandiarchive.org. This animation shows the reach of NWB, facilitating collaboration across the globe. What impact has open neurophysiology data had on your science? Share your stories! 🧠 @openscience

NeuroDataReHack participants from all over the world are finishing up 10 exciting projects analyzing open neurophys data on @dandiarchive.org. Thank you @hhmijanelia.bsky.social for being amazing hosts as always! Stay tuned for the workshop report. @chrishalcrow.bsky.social @mcelotto95.bsky.social

🔬🐁 We have a new position open! ➡️ Our "Chaire Professeur Junior" position focuses on multi-omics during brain development. This research-heavy position follows a tenure-track scheme, leading to a full professor position. 🗓️ Application deadline: 22/08/2025

Release, reuse, reduce!! A piece on open data by @bendichter.com

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · last yr.

Data reuse represents an opportunity to accelerate science, reduce costs and increase the value of investments. But to date, the field hasn't placed equal emphasis on the reuse side of the data-sharing equation, writes @bendichter.com #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...

The main project from my PhD, in collaboration with Manuela Allegra and @schlab.bsky.social is now available as a preprint! We wondered how the hippocampus and the visual cortex may differ in the way they refine sensory inputs into internal representations

Task engagement differentially drives hippocampal and neocortical neural codes

Sensory inputs are progressively transformed into internal representations of the environment along the cortical hierarchy. How does the behavioral relevance of these inputs affect this encoding? Usin...

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I am extremely grateful and beyond happy to share that I have been awarded an @inserm.fr #ATIP-Avenir fellowship to start my own lab to study neuronal circuits for auditory categorization! Thanks to everyone who made this possible.

In case this is helpful for anyone, here is a post on how to get a job in french academia : trialsanderrors.substack.com/p/getting-a-... Aimed at non-french scientists who are curious, but french ones may find it useful too.

Feeling pretty good today! I got accepted at CNRS (section 25)!! Congrats to the other candidates too!

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ALT: a man pointing to a sign that says believe

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Beyond Mechanism—Extending Our Concepts of Causation in Neuroscience onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... - really pleased that this paper with Henry Potter is now published in the European Journal of Neuroscience 😊

Beyond Mechanism—Extending Our Concepts of Causation in Neuroscience

The search for neural mechanisms of behaviour often relies on a synchronic, driving view of causation, where neural activity drives more neural activity, which eventually drives behaviour. The real c...

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I'll never stop being in awe of the brain. Raster of a single neuron in medial geniculate body responding to auditory tones.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5nE... Important and painful

How Germany's elite research institution fails young scientists | DW Documentary

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We are hiring a research assistant! Come join our ongoing project investigating the PFC-striatum pathway in cognitive flexibility. Head-fixed behavior, Neuropixels, optogenetics, and viral circuit tracing etc ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/.... Please spread.

Research Assistant in Neuroscience

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The position regards experimental research in the laboratory of Professor Marie Carlén in the Department of Neuroscience. Utilizing a sy

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Scientific data and independence are at risk: We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political interference. By @neuralreckoning.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/policy/scien...

Science must step away from nationally managed infrastructure

Scientific data and independence are at risk. We need to work with community-driven services and university libraries to create new multi-country organizations that are resilient to political…

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