Fabricio Nicola
@fabricionicola.bsky.social
Postdoc in Levine lab at NINDS studying the neural control of natural motor behavior. Close loop perturbations. Behavior x Circuits x Kinematics
The Sauerbrei Lab at Case Western Reserve University is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar to work on neural dynamics and motor control: apply.interfolio.com/189987
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Whole brain mapping of spinal-projecting neurons in larval zebrafish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.20.726602v1
Spinal rotational dynamics orchestrate locomotor recovery https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.21.739844v1
📣 Our paper introducing openretina, a collaborative framework for retina modelling across datasets and species, is now published as an eLife Reviewed Preprint. Paper: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre... Code: github.com/open-retina/... Docs: open-retina.org
Two-photon calcium imaging. What makes for good data? How can we optimize experiments to get good data? New post labrigger.com/blog/2026/07... and new free web apps from @filip-tomaska.bsky.social (1/8)
What if muscles that work together aren’t controlled together? This study suggests the RF receives a partially distinct drive from the other quads. That may help coordinate two joints w/o sacrificing flexibility. Also a reminder that mechanical synergy doesn’t necessarily imply neural synergy.
bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Human Rectus Femoris Muscle Receives an Independent Common Synaptic Input During Isometric Leg Extensions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.14.738405v1
Self-timed movement initiation requires rapid sequential coordination of circuits in prefrontal cortex and cerebellum https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.23.739940v1
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Hypogravity reveals a proprioception-dependent mechanism for locomotor state expression
Animals must adapt locomotion to changing environmental conditions, but how the nervous system flexibly controls movement remains unclear. Gravity provides a powerful perturbation because it alters bo...
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My department, Neurobiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (nbio.uw.edu), is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor, application deadline 09/30/26. It's a broad search — molecular to organismal, all of neuroscience/physiology/biophysics welcome. apply.interfolio.com/187735
To celebrate our new pre-print from @fabricionicola.bsky.social, a few of my favorite animal jumps… www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... youtu.be/OX9GTi-wQ6I
Jumping Bobcat Slow Motion | Planet Earth II
YouTube video by BAMBI
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Mammals have hundreds of joints and muscles. Controlling them individually would be nearly impossible. How does the nervous system organize such complexity into coherent actions? Our new study explores this question through a natural behavior: jumping.
Exercise pumps up your muscles — but it might also be pumping up your neurons go.nature.com/4r94ftv
Exercise rewires the brain — boosting the body’s endurance
The more mice exercise, the more connections form between some neurons in their brains, study finds.
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Anyone got a video of a hare having the shit scared out of it by a curlew — ah, don’t worry, got one anyway!
