Super excited to be back @cogcompneuro.bsky.social in NYU - this year presenting new exciting work from Project Simsom with @camerontellis.bsky.social, Dan Yamins and the team. Are we ready to build an AI model of infant development? We think so ... come check it out Thursday 10:30 E39 👶🤖

Announcing #engramsensembles '27, to be held at @tcddublin next May. Registration and abstract submission will open in autumn 2026.

Tomás Ryan@tjryan.bsky.social · last yr.

Slán go fóill - we look forward to welcoming you all back to Dublin for the 3rd installment in May 2027 #engramsandensembles

Postdoc position coadvised by me, @jennytung.bsky.social, and Dr. Mercy Akinyi at the @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social to study microbiome transmission between humans, livestock, and wildlife in the Tana River Region of Kenya. More information and application link here: www.eva.mpg.de/career/posit...

Positions available - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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If you are interested in memory development come join the team! @mpib-berlin.bsky.social

Center for Lifespan Psychology, MPI for Human Development@lipmpib.bsky.social · last wk.

📢 LIP colleague @sarahdpower.bsky.social is looking for a PhD student for her project "Mapping Early Memory Trajectories Across Species (ATLAS)". careers.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/jobs/8116017...

A big thank you to all participants for making this meeting so memorable! We are super happy that a new has assembled and this project will continue.

📍 @fens.org Tuesday, 14:00 *Poster: PS02-07PM-070 📍 @infantstudies.bsky.social Thursday, 16:45 *Symposium 8.6: Development of memory encoding, consolidation and retrieval in infants 📍 @fitngin.bsky.social I am hiring at the PhD/postdoc level, if you might be interested please come say hey

Save the date: the 3rd biennial #engramsandensembles conference will be held from May 12 - 14, 2027 at @tcddublin.bsky.social 🪉🧠🌐📈

Tomás Ryan@tjryan.bsky.social · last yr.

Slán go fóill - we look forward to welcoming you all back to Dublin for the 3rd installment in May 2027 #engramsandensembles

I am hiring a PhD student, come join the team! @mpib-berlin.bsky.social

Center for Lifespan Psychology, MPI for Human Development@lipmpib.bsky.social · 2mo ago

👉 An exciting PhD position is available at the MPI for Human Development to work with LIP colleague @sarahdpower.bsky.social on the WildBrain project. See www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2366555/2026.... #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence

Come join us on the WildBrain team on an exciting cross-species project!

MPI for Biological Intelligence@mpiforbi.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Exciting opportunity 📣 The @tum.de, the TUM Klinikum Rechts der Isar and the @mpiforbi.bsky.social are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher in Small-Animal MRI and Cross-species Neuroimaging (f/m/div). 🧲 🧠 📅 Apply by: May 10, 2026 Please see below for more information:

🧠 ICOM is back! The International Conference on Memory (ICOM7) returns 26–30 July 2027 in Glasgow, bringing together researchers from neuroscience, psychology, and beyond. 🔗 Learn more and sign-up for the newsletter here: icom-memory.org #ICOM7 #MemoryResearch #Neuroscience #Psychology

The Obleser lab will be hiring soon! New postdoc (fully funded) and new PhD or part-time postdoc position (soft-money funded). Spread the word. Start in Sept/Oct. Watch out for official announcements! Please be in touch. auditorycognition.com obleserlab.com hoerhanse.de lemmi.uni-luebeck.de

Looking for kids (4-10) and adults (18-35) for an online memory study. Don't pass up this chance to tour some adorable magical cities!

The Max Planck #PostdocProgram offers top emerging talents a range of attractive measures and opportunities. The current call for applications is open from March 1st until April 13th, 2026. Please share or consider applying! 🙏 www.mpg.de/en/max-planc... #careerinscience #sciencecareer

Why can’t we remember being toddlers? 🧠 In @time.com, Sarah Power @sarahdpower.bsky.social @lipmpib.bsky.social explains how a specially designed lab helps uncover how memories form in early childhood.

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft@maxplanck.de · 5mo ago

To get a better sense of precisely when #memories are formed and forgotten, Sarah Power @mpib-berlin.bsky.social built a media room where she observed 400 toddlers: "We've been very surprised at their ability to encode and retain these episodic-like memories." time.com/7380496/why-... @time.com

Why can't you remember being a toddler? Or can you? Nice feature in Time of our lab's work on infantile amnesia at @tcddublin.bsky.social Also of the labs of @sarahdpower.bsky.social at MPI Berlin, @franklandlab.bsky.social at Sick Kids, and Nick Turk-Browne at Yale. time.com/7380496/why-...

Why You Can’t Remember Being a Toddler

This form of amnesia is almost universal, but has long been overlooked.

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To get a better sense of precisely when #memories are formed and forgotten, Sarah Power @mpib-berlin.bsky.social built a media room where she observed 400 toddlers: "We've been very surprised at their ability to encode and retain these episodic-like memories." time.com/7380496/why-... @time.com

Why You Can’t Remember Being a Toddler

This form of amnesia is almost universal, but has long been overlooked.

time.com

If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...

Neuroscience has a species problem

If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.

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Infantile #amnesia limits our recall of early-life memories, but what is its cellular basis? @tjryan.bsky.social &co reveal that transient #microglial activity during postnatal development regulates infant #memory persistence & retrieval in mice @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4a0SoGH

Do you work or study in the fields of psychology, neuroscience, computer science, artificial intelligence, or philosophy? What does the term 'representation' mean to you? We invite you to participate in a brief survey on key conceptual questions across fields. eu.surveymonkey.com/r/VX9GNXM

"Babies can categorise objects better at two months than previously known." - Professor Rhodri Cusack from Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and co-author of the research speaks to NewsTalk. Listen to the interview: ow.ly/MqA650Y8ZbB @rhodricusack.bsky.social @trinityneuro.bsky.social

Babies can categorise objects better at two months than previously known | Newstalk

Babies as young as two-months-old can categorise objects in their brains, which is far younger th...

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1/7 Can infants recognise the world around them? 👶🧠 As part of the FOUNDCOG project, we scanned 134 awake infants using fMRI. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, our research reveals 2-month-old infants already possess complex visual representations in VVC that align with DNNs.

Infantile #amnesia limits our recall of early-life memories, but what is its cellular basis? @tjryan.bsky.social &co reveal that transient #microglial activity during postnatal development regulates infant #memory persistence & retrieval in mice @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4a0SoGH

New paper involving LIP colleague @sarahdpower.bsky.social out now!

Science X / Phys.org@sciencex.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Blocking microglia activity in young mice prevents infantile amnesia and enhances memory, indicating these brain immune cells play a key role in early memory formation and forgetting. doi.org/hbkphs

Blocking microglia activity in young mice prevents infantile amnesia and enhances memory, indicating these brain immune cells play a key role in early memory formation and forgetting. doi.org/hbkphs

Blocking immune cells in the brain can prevent infantile amnesia

Scientists have found that blocking microglia (specialist immune cells in the brain) prevents infant forgetting ("infantile amnesia") and improves memory in mice, suggesting that microglia may actively manage memory formation and dictate what, and when, we forget.

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💡 #ListerFellow @tjryan.bsky.social et al. reveal how microglia immune cells help organise memory engrams during early development. A clue to the mechanisms regulating "infantile amnesia" and why we forget our baby days? @ryanlab.bsky.social 👉 PLOS Biology journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Microglial activity during postnatal development is required for infantile amnesia in mice

Infantile amnesia limits recall of early-life memories, but its cellular basis is unclear. This study reveals that transient microglial activity during postnatal development regulates infant memory pe...

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Our new mobile MRI scanner brings state-of-the-art imaging directly to the field—without compromising data quality! Read more about the 1,5 Tesla and our plans with it: www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/newsroom/new... #Neuroscience #FieldResearch #InnovationInScience #BrainScience #NewYearNewGoals

On the move: MRI goes mobile

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End of data collection and the end of my postdoc! Delighted to say I will be starting my own research group at @mpib-berlin.bsky.social in January.

Thanks for the invite and the engaging discussion with a great lab!

Cameron Ellis@camerontellis.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Last week, Sarah Power (@sarahdpower.bsky.social) dazzled us with her unique research. Her research program is one of a kind: she combines precise mouse neuroscience with bold toddler behavioral methods to study infantile amnesia. Hire her!

International Congress on Infant Studies (ICIS) abstract deadline has now been extended to Friday December 12th! Don’t miss this opportunity to share your research, connect with leading scholars, and experience the unique setting of Panama City. ☀️ 🇵🇦 @infantstudies.bsky.social

Final version published here in @cellpress.bsky.social: Structure www.cell.com/structure/fu...

Memory engram synapse 3D macromolecular architecture visualized by cryoCLEM-guided cryoET

Memories are stored within subpopulations of cells termed “engrams” that are wired into a neuronal circuit via synapses, mediating plasticity. The in-tissue 3D macromolecular architecture of engram sy...

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Tomás Ryan@tjryan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our new preprint with @drrenefrank.bsky.social and Charlie Lovatt at Leeds University, and Ryan lab alumni @clrar.bsky.social at University of Jaen. Providing first insights into the 3D molecular architecture of engram synapses. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...