The apical dendrite looks great, and does wonders in a slice. What does it do in the living cortex? It depends on the cell. A causal spatial role for apical dendrites in the cortex www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... by @anyiliu.bsky.social with @kenneth-harris.bsky.social and @fedrossi.bsky.social
Enny van Beest
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Senior Research Fellow @UCL https://ennyvanbeest.github.io/ Studying sensory guided behavior and developing analytical tools. Music enthusiast in my free time (soprano/keys)
At #FENS2026 and interested in brainwide single-neuron responses during navigation of a virtual corridor? Come by poster 539 this afternoon!
Had a lovely time presenting at the EU vision and Cognition meeting, in the beautiful palazzo Cortona. Thanks to the organisers for inviting me, and for all attendees to make this such an inspiring and fun meeting! And no rest for the wicked, so see you in Barcelona for #FENS?
Fantastic turnout at the @dns-uom.bsky.social's inaugural Neural Data Analysis Workshop, over 20 ECRs attending the talks and hands-on sessions 🧠💻⚡ Huge thanks to @wulfdewolf.bsky.social, @ennyvb.bsky.social and Chris Halcrow for walking us through their cutting-edge tools! Links in the comments👇
Losing one side of Superior Colliculus is bad, but losing both sides seems fine. Wait, what? Flora & team discovered why: both sides press for contra actions and against inaction, obeying an incredibly simple additive rule. Out today in bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Calling all fans of neuronal spikes at @manchester.ac.uk 🚨 Don't miss out on our first workshop on open-source tools for neural data analysis ⚡🧠 Speakers: @ennyvb.bsky.social (UCL), @wulfdewolf.bsky.social & Chris Halcrow (University of Edinburgh) Many thanks to @dns-uom.bsky.social for support!
#PintofScienceUK 2026 is now live! We bring science to the pub! Find all the awesome events organized by various teams at #UCL here (pintofscience.co.uk/organisation...), and make sure to secure a ticket while they last!
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Just over a week left to apply to apply to the Neuroinformatics Unit Open Software Summer School, August 17-28 2026 in London, UK! Bringing together researchers and open source developers of ephys, behaviour and image analysis tools. Deadline Feb 15th. neuroinformatics.dev/open-softwar...
Applications to our summer school have been extended for two weeks! If you want to learn about open-source tools for neuroscience, please join us in London this August. Deadline Feb 15th. Full details: neuroinformatics.dev/open-softwar...
Turns out deep neural networks are better at extracting relevant features than I am... Meet "DeepUnitMatch", a DNN version of our neuron tracking tool: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... It has been a privilage to continue the collaboration with Célian, and cosupervise the talented Suyash & Wentao!
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Good morning #SfN. Want to chat about chronic Neuropixels or tracking? Find me today at the #Neuropixels booth (3731) from 11 to 12! And if you're still around tomorrow afternoon, come talk about distributed coding in navigation at my poster tomorrow afternoon (RR16).
All talks of the 2025 UCL #Neuropixels course are now available: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... For more information on the course see the website: www.ucl.ac.uk/neuropixels/... And for those at #SfN, come say hi at the #Neuropixels booth (Number 3731) or at my Poster 👋. Happy Neuropixeling!
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Lectures at the 2025 UCL Neuropixels course (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/neuropixels/training/2025-neuropixels-course)
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Join the 2025 UCL Neuropixels course (free and online!), 22-24th of October: Day 1 and 2: Get started with the basics and the latest updates on hardware & software. Day 3: Focus on how to analyse the many neurons you recorded. More info and to register: www.ucl.ac.uk/neuropixels/...
2025 Neuropixels course
A free online course on Neuropixels, 22-24 October 2025
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Introducing our new favorite stimulus. A few minutes are enough to map the visual preferences of thousands of neurons. Mapping the visual cortex with Zebra noise and wavelets www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... By Sophie Skriabine and Max Shinn, with Samuel Picard and @kenneth-harris.bsky.social
Glad to see my PhD work out! Thanks to all my collaborators and to Kenneth and Matteo for making this possible!
A new study led by @timothysit.bsky.social reveals that different layers of mouse V1 integrate visual and non-visual signals differently. Activity is dominated by vision (or spontaneous fluctuations) in L2/3 and by movement in L5. This leads to different geometries. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New by Agnès Landemard (@agnesland.bsky.social) & co Brainwide blood volume reflects opposing neural populations Brainwide fluctuations in blood volume arise from two populations with opposite relation to brain state and distinct relationships to blood supply www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Can large language models be more human? Professor Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh tells all about it at #pint25
Many of us use 2p scopes to image 3D volumes of brain. But then we analyze the data plane by plane, resulting in duplicated neurons, missed neurons, and low s/n. Let's go 3D! Suite3D: Volumetric cell detection for two-photon microscopy by @haydari.bsky.social & team. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Brain/behaviour people - come to beautiful Scotland - we are recruiting in psychology and neuroscience across all grades! Closes May 12. Details below, and please re-post 🙏 www.nature.com/naturecareer... More about us here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/psyc... #neuroskyence #neurojobs
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Our paper describing UnitMatch software "tracking neurons across days with high-density probes", appeared in this month's issue of #NatureMethods. Missed it? Read it here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Tickets for @pintofscience.uk are now available! Come join us for one of the #beautiful-minds events at the George IV in Chiswick - London, for example this one on human-like AI! More information: pintofscience.co.uk/event/human-.... Tickets for this event are popular, so don't wait too long! 🍻🧠🤖
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Can machines ever really think like us? From brains to bots, we’re diving into the science behind human-like AI. Whether you're team ‘wow, scary smart!’ or…
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If you're at #cosyne2025 drop by our poster [2-011] on 'Tracking neurons in chronic ephys recordings with Deep Neural Networks', March 28th, 1.15pm at Square Dorchester! A collaborative effort of presenter Wentao Qiu, Suyash Agarwal, Kenneth Harris, supervised by Célian Bimbard and myself.
Het lijkt er toch steeds meer op dat Eppo Bruins de meest incompetente en opportunistische minister van OCW is die Nederland in mensenheugenis heeft gehad. Eerst een sector helemaal in crisis storten, en dan, terwijl er een miljard bezuinigd wordt, >
🚨 Neuromatch Academy Course Applications are OPEN for 2025!! 🚨 Get your application in early to be a student or teaching assistant for this year’s courses! Applications are due Sunday, March 23. Apply & learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/ #mlsky #compneurosky #ai #climatesolutions #ScienceEdu 🧪
I think the best part of working in an international environment are the yearly discussions on Pancake day. "Who invented the pancake?" And "should it be waffle day instead, like in part of the Netherlands" cause some serious debates!
Can the mouse visual cortex harbor a functional organization for stimulus features? TLDR: Yes, we found ocular dominance columns in this tiny cortical region! Check our paper, open access in @naturecomms.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... and/or read the 🧵 below. @mpiforbi.bsky.social (1/7)
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Find out how to observe a Wellcome funding advisory committee. Researchers who are considering applying for Wellcome funding in the next two years can apply to observe a shortlisting committee.
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Neuropixels and Optogenetics are delighted to announce the birth of Neuropixels Opto Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics Today in bioRxiv 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/2)