🚨 New preprint 🚨 "Closed-loop sensory feedback enables fast and reliable instrumental acquisition in head-fixed mice" Giving mice the chance to self-correct their choices cuts the training time in half! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #neuroskyence #ReinforcementLearning #CognitiveFlexibility 🧪

🚨 New preprint 🚨 How does the brain learn new things without rebuilding what it already knows? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Fantastic work led by @yuyanghuang.bsky.social and Leonie Mehrke, with Tobias Bernklau and @laurabusse.bsky.social #neuroskyence #neuroscience #learning #PFC 🧪🧠 🧵👇

🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨 The Technical University of Munich @tum.de is recruiting a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Implantable Brain–Computer Interfaces! We’re looking for someone to help build the next generation of robust, clinically scalable #implantable #BCIs. portal.mytum.de/jobs/profess... 🧵👇

A research project at our university investigates how #BrainSignals can be translated into digital commands, aiming to enable people with #paralysis to interact with computers or #RoboticSystems: go.tum.de/611249 #AI #Neuroscience 📷A. Eckert

The power of the mind

Michael Mehringer is paralyzed from the neck down. Researchers at TUM are working to enable him to regain greater autonomy.

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Great work from @alexanderhuth.bsky.social and team! Widespread, bilateral #semantic representations in #aphasia decoded by fMRI. This aligns very well with our recent #single #unit findings: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Language BCIs for aphasia are absolutely within reach! #neuroskyence 🧪

Alexander Huth@alexanderhuth.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Really excited about our new work on aphasia! Even in fairly profound aphasia, we can recover semantic maps through visual stimuli and use them to decode language. This is a big step! Language BCIs in aphasia might be possible!

Researchers at our university observed visual signal flow in a specific thalamocortical pathway, supporting key aspects of the 1981 Nobel Prize model by Hubel and Wiesel and refining the understanding of cortical processing: go.tum.de/450857 #Neuroscience #VisualPerception 📷A.Eckert

Brain researchers provide evidence for a theory of visual perception

Researchers at TUM have mapped and demonstrated the process of visual perception at the cellular level in the brain.

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Submit your abstract until May 15 for the "Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience" conference in Amsterdam (Sept 7-10, 2026) to get the latest update on in-vivo neuro-methods from a brilliant lineup of keynote and panel speakers: monitoringmolecules.org/invited-spea... Please repost!

MMiN 2026 - MMiN

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Today, we’re thrilled to report “A right-hemispheric language network at single-neuron resolution”, the first systematic investigation into the #single #neuron correlates of #language functions in the #right #hemisphere of the #human #brain. #neuroskyence 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

To accommodate applicants and PIs attending Cosyne, we’ve extended the MCN application deadline to Sunday, Mar 22. Please repost.

Roozbeh Kiani@roozbehkiani.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Join us in Woods Hole for Methods in Computational Neuroscience (MCN) at MBL (July 24–Aug 21). Four weeks of computational + systems neuroscience, hands-on training, and close interaction with an exceptional faculty.

🧠 Join us on June 12th at the @mpiforbi.bsky.social for the 3rd Munich Brain Day! 12 speakers, PhD & postdoc poster session and lots of networking. Free event — but only 100 poster slots available, so submit early! ➡️ Register now: munichbrainday.com/registration/ 📸 Pictures by Magdalena Warner

Germany has the opportunity to extend its strength as an engineering powerhouse into medicine and the life sciences. Vasilis Ntziachristos explains how this can be achieved using three key levers. A comment by Vasilis Ntziachristos @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social www.helmholtz.de/en/newsroom/...

Why We Must Act Now in Biomedical Engineering

Germany has the opportunity to extend its strength as an engineering powerhouse into medicine and the life sciences. Vasilis Ntziachristos

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Please spread the word🔊My lab is looking to hire two international postdocs. If you want to do comp neuro, combine machine learning and awesome math to understand neural circuit activity, then come work with us! Bonn is such a cool place for neuroscience now, you don't want to miss out.

As of January 1st, I’m tenured 🎉 I’m incredibly grateful to my lab for their ideas and persistence, to my colleagues at @tum.de for such a supportive and stimulating environment, and to my mentors whose guidance continues to shape how I think, teach and lead. #academia #tenure #neuroskyence 🧪

My highlight of 2025: the first #microelectrode #BCI for spinal cord injury in Europe! 🦾⚡️🧠 🎥 (feature in German) www.ardmediathek.de/video/gesund...

Gesundheit!: KI-Gehirn-Chip bei Querschnittlähmung - hier anschauen

KI-Gehirn-Chip bei Querschnittlähmung: Was bringt ein in das Gehirn implantierter Chip Menschen mit Querschnittlähmung mehr an Lebensqualität und Mobilität?

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#SfN25 is drawing to a close. The pace of progress is mind-boggling! I am deeply grateful for the many encounters with friends and colleagues, old and new, and the excitement we shared. A conference is only as good as the people attending. We had a blast! 💥 See you next year! #neuroskyence

📢#Postdoc opportunity in human T cell immunology in the Zielinski lab at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk. @erc.europa.eu Official announcement coming up soon. DM me if you want to explore the regulation of human tissue resident T cells. #postdoc #immunology

The team will be at #SfN25 in San Diego. Come for a chat at our posters. We have #human #single #units, #microstimulation, #miniscopes and much more! 🧠🧪 #neuroskyence

Nice feature in #TIME #magazine about how brain-computer interfaces are about to change our lives #neuroskyence 🧪 time.com/7330887/brai...

Computer Chips in Our Bodies Could Be the Future of Medicine

The brain-computer interface is real. It's changing lives—and could soon change the world.

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We are hiring! 🎓🧫 🧬 #PhD studentship available in #Immunology at #CambridgeUniversity to investigate a new killer function of human T cells. 📅 Application deadline: 3rd December 2025 more information: lnkd.in/dxq6yMay #findaPhD @ERC_Research

Our #BCI work was featured in #Tagesthemen, Germany’s most important newscast. Check it out 👇🏻 www.tagesschau.de/tagesthemen/...

Thanks for the feature. We’re very happy to play a part in advancing implanted #BCIs in Europe! 🧠🦾

IEEE Brain@ieeebrain.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A groundbreaking first: Europe’s inaugural #brain–computer interface implant for a #quadriplegic patient marks a leap toward restoring movement and independence, where thoughts alone could one day control digital devices. Get more details at #NeuroNews: https://bit.ly/47hF2o9 #BCI #neurotech

A big push for #BCI and #neurotechnology in Europe! We implanted our second microelectrode array #BCI @tum.de. Huge thanks to our pioneer and to fantastic colleagues in #Neurosurgery and #Robotics #Machine #Intelligence 🧠🦾🧪 #neuroskyence @neuroengineering.bsky.social www.tum.de/en/news-and-...

Brain-computer interface for a patient with quadriplegia

A team at the Technical University of Munich’s TUM University Hospital has implanted a brain-computer interface in a patient paralyzed from the neck down.

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Thank you very much for hosting me in Maastricht @cherff.bsky.social and team! It was fun to present our newest on language processing. And big congrats to Maxime Verwoert on passing her PhD defense! She can now add her name to the wall of fame! #neuroskyence 🧠🧪

New position, new social media account. After 5 fantastic years in Tuebingen, I moved to @yale.edu and the @wutsaiyale.bsky.social this summer - which means that I’ll be recruiting PhD students and postdocs. Please help me to spread the word and see current opportunities below 👇

Looking forward to this! (coming Tuesday)

Franziska Knolle@franziskaknolle.bsky.social · 10mo ago

If you’re in #Munich 🥨 and curious about decision-making, perception, and cognition through a translational lens, join us for a seminar I’m hosting on Oct 30 with three fantastic speakers: @jkesby.bsky.social (visiting from 🇦🇺), @miguelbengala.bsky.social, and @jacob-lab.bsky.social 🧠💡

Exciting new work on cortical visual prosthesis!

Michael Beyeler@mbeyeler.bsky.social · 10mo ago

👁️🧠 New preprint: We demonstrate the first data-driven neural control framework for a visual cortical implant in a blind human! TL;DR Deep learning lets us synthesize efficient stimulation patterns that reliably evoke percepts, outperforming conventional calibration. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Beautiful and clear results showing that temporal difference error calculation is hardwired in the dopamine/striatum mircocircuits: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... from @malcolmgcampbell.bsky.social and @naoshigeuchida.bsky.social

A hardwired neural circuit for temporal difference learning

The neurotransmitter dopamine plays a major role in learning by acting as a teaching signal to update the brain's predictions about rewards. A leading theory proposes that this process is analogous to...

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Enjoy your weekend! 🍺🍸🍹🍷You can always blame evolution

Science Magazine@science.org · 11mo ago

By munching on fermented fruit, chimpanzees consume the equivalent of roughly 1 alcoholic drink per day, new #ScienceAdvances research finds. https://scim.ag/4nIu55z

„We don’t hire smart people to tell them what to do, we hire them to tell us what to do“ Spot on! That’s how science labs should be run!

European Research Council (ERC)@erc.europa.eu · 11mo ago

"We don't hire smart people to tell them what to do, we hire them to tell us what to do." ERC grantee Jan Lagerwall (quoting Steve Jobs), during this morning's #RIDaysEU discussion of how bottom-up funding, supporting investigator-driven frontier research, helps meet future innovation challenges.

Congratulations to all ERC @erc.europa.eu #STG winners @tum.de and around Europe! 🎉👏🏻🧪 Can’t wait to hear about the exciting science you will all be doing!

Technische Universität München@tum.de · 11mo ago

Congratulations to six of our #researchers, including Lukas Heinrich, who receive prestigious ERC #StartingGrants worth up to 1.5 million euros each for projects in #informatics, #medicine, #LifeSciences & #NaturalSciences: go.tum.de/682017 👏 #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu 📷A.Eckert