@bingbrunton
Scientist interested in all aspects of brain and behavior. Loves to talk math and data. Prof of Biology at University of Washington, Seattle. Mom of 2 epsilons; paints in watercolor here, there, and anywhere.
fly circuit diagram
When a fly lands on your arm, how does your nervous system decide where to swat?
By reconstructing tactile axons in a Drosophila connectome, we found a leg somatotopic map and downstream circuits that sample the map to initiate targeted grooming
Led by Leila Elabbady, PhD
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Who in their right mind would do such a silly thing, it does tax the imagination.
1. Kevin Gross and I have a new paper out today PLOS Biology.
We used economic models based around screening games and the market for unpaid labor to highlight a meltdown cycle threatening peer review.
New preprint from the lab!
A frontal motor circuit for economic decisions and actions:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We use a novel task in mice, cortex-wide imaging and optogenetics, NPX recording and modelling to reveal a circuit mechanism that transforms abstract decisions to spatial actions.
How do neural circuits generate the walking rhythm?
Using connectome simulations, @sarahpugly.bsky.social found a minimal central pattern generator (CPG) that produces oscillations in leg motor neurons. Same circuit motif for each 🪰 leg.
w @bingbrunton.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
thanks for speaking out @markhisted.org
Now out in @nature.com: Our study discovering a neural circuit in Drosophila that predictively inhibits proprioceptor axons during voluntary leg movements, such as walking and grooming. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bing Brunton looking at a dragonfly pinned to white foam board as she places an entomology pin
@bingbrunton.bsky.social and I trying our hand at pinning a blue-eyed darner dragonfly, Rhionaeschna multicolor
Embodiment is the concept that the function of the brain is inexorably shaped by the body, a lens that is often neglected when neuroscientists study specific brain subsystems, write @bingbrunton.bsky.social and @tuthill.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence #neuroai
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/brea...
my lab (www.tuthill.casa) at UW is hiring a research assistant/tech. basic scope is to apply machine learning/computer vision tools to measure and model 3D animal behavior and mechanics. we are a diverse, collaborative, curiosity-driven group.
Apply: uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/Candidat...
#Cosyne is now on Bluesky y'all!
bsky.app/profile/cosy...
#neuroscience #NeuroAI
We are cooking up something about koopman interpretation of neural substrates of learning representations, no preprint yet 😁
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... and www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A little wattlebird, a brown bird with spiky white feather highlights, sits on a spiky neon-orange banksia.
This shot of a little wattlebird might be the best single frame I shot in Australia. Can anyone help me with the banksia ID? 🪶
(You may need to click to view, given the aspect ratio.)
A cup of red liquid next to a note that reads “Do not touch if you value your lives”
Epsilon 1 takes their reproducible experimental protocol very seriously 🤣
Active compound is Hydroxy-alpha-sanshool, which causes the tingly sensation when you eat it 😋
Ken Norman's post on another site:
Princeton Psychology is hiring this year (Assistant Professor level, open area, see job ad for details). Please apply! https://puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/apply/application.xhtml?listingId=31561
Beautiful crow against a black background
It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.
(1/n)
