Next Thursday (March 19th), at 15 UTC, we host Joana Cabral to tell us more about eigenmodes and resonance decomposition. Read and register here if you'd like to tag along:
cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Interesting ๐ didnโt know about that, let me Google
Pardon a scientist analysis of the war but this outlines why there will be ground (special) forces in Iran to remove โ18 to 20 canisters" containing ~1000 pounds of highly enriched uranium ...unless IRGC surrenders, which if you know the Shia mindset, they never will www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/o...
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป?
This looks like a must read (suppl material bursting with goodies).
#neuroskeyence
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Vibecoded my way through
I was a bit frustrated that Iranian regimeโs role in this war is being minimized and peopleโs historical struggle is ignored so I made a game for you to be the people and see where your decisions take you instead:
kuffmode.github.io/mirage/
Excited to share our latest paper in which we discuss merging theory-and data- driven computational psychiatry in a large transdiagnostic cohort study (N=2400)
www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/article/S245...
Christopher Pittenger, Godfrey Pearlson @annierhcheng.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social
Last call: this is happening **today at 14:00 UTC**.
Once you get past the first 5 minutes of me bumbling around clearly in need of media training, we settle into a nice groove talking about fitting mechanistic models, ML/AI for neuroscience, underconstrainedness vs. degeneracy, and its potential benefits for biology (plus some good chuckles).
Fast degree-preserving rewiring of complex networks arxiv.org/abs/2401.12047
๐ฐ๏ธ Weโre inviting proposals for Satellite Workshops at the #BernsteinConference 2026!
๐๏ธ Deadline: April 29, 15:00 CEST
More information ๐ bit.ly/3OV2BNO
#BernsteinNetwork #CompNeuro
Delighted to share this paper led by @hannahmcdermott.bsky.social . We examined dynamics of prediction effects (sharpening vs dampening) and found theyโre completely different across time scales!
Header and abstract page of an original research article in History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (2026, volume 48, article 12) titled "Modeling versatility as the hallmark of model organisms," authored by Guido I. Prieto and Alejandro Fรกbregas-Tejeda. Abstract In recent years, discussions on the epistemology of model organism-based research have emerged in the philosophy of science. A key topic of discussion is how the epistemic insights gained from model organisms differ from those gained through other experimental organisms used in laboratory and field research. Here, we argue that model organisms are epistemically special due to their nature as ontogenetically changeable, standardized, and evolved material model carriers. These characteristics afford six important kinds of modeling versatility that biologists marshal in their investigations: (i) synchronic target versatility; (ii) synchronic scope versatility; (iii) diachronic target versatility; (iv) diachronic scope versatility; (v) manipulation versatility; and (vi) discovery versatility. In presenting these dimensions of modeling versatility, we also clarify key notions such as โrepresentational target,โ โrepresentational scope,โ and โrepresentational powerโ as these apply to modeling practices that involve model organisms.
It has been argued that what sets model organisms apart from other experimental ๐๐ฑ is their high representational power. In our latest ๐, we argue otherwise: the hallmark of MOs lies in the dimensions of modeling versatility they afford to scientists ๐ link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
This is happening tomorrow, and again, mind the -1 hour time shift.
I couldn't find a tool to plot different #neuroimaging data in one consistent style, so I made one! Meet yabplot (yet another brain plot) - a #Python package for (sub)cortex & tracts.๐ง
- Simple API
- Built-in atlases
- Custom atlas support
๐ github.com/teanijarv/ya... (drop a โญ๏ธ!)
This Thursday (March 5th), we're hosting Changsong Zhou, but mind the time shift (from our usual 15:00 UTC to 14:00). Here's the registration link + more information about the talk:
cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Beautiful new work on cortical stimulation mapping moving beyond traditional binary classifications of causal functional classifications.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We think of white matter as the highways of the brain. But when we followed development along those highways, we were surprised. The journey is more complex than we thought. My final PhD paper, โTwo Axes of White Matter Developmentโ, is now out in @natcomms.nature.com! ๐ฃ๏ธ๐ง โจ
๐ bit.ly/wm2axes
Curious to read the arguments in here (paywalled) because for 4 decades any attempts at even nudging the regime towards normalcy was responded with disproportionate violence. Last time ended with thousands dead within two days so how exactly are we measuring cost that it suddenly got harder *now*?
๐จ New paper from @apodschun.bsky.social (with Sebastian Markett, Urs Braun, and myself)
Exploring the Role of the Rich Club in Network Control of Neurocognitive States
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
I have waited almost my entire life for this moment โฆ
Ali Khamenei, the dictator, is dead.
Hoping for brighter days and a democratic #Iran.
From the top of my head, here some recent ones:
"Two views on the cognitive brain" by @johnwkrakauer.bsky.social, @dlbarack.bsky.social
"Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks" by @durstewitzlab.bsky.social et al
1/3
๐จ New Paper: Controlling the Human Connectome with Spatially Diffuse Input Signals
Now in press at Communications Biology!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Congrats to Salman Rushdie on outliving a second Supreme Leader
www.reuters.com/world/iran-c...
A lot of you know nothing about Iran and Iraniansโ efforts to free themselves from the Islamic Republic of Iran, and it shows. Celebrating the death of the man who terrorized us is the most obvious thing to do. Please stop telling Iranians how we should react.
How dynamics arise from the structure is my biggest interest. In this study, we started with a small step and asked how structure constrains dynamics. Spoiler: would that it were so simpleโฆ (1/6)
So excited about this preprint: Bottom-up and generative computations uniquely explain neural responses across the social brain
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
An amazing colab led by @manasimalik.bsky.social with Minjae Kim, @tianminshu.bsky.social and @shariliu.bsky.social
Manasi's thread ๐
London #neuroscience people you may like this. We're hosting a series of talks at Imperial & Crick on how to get experiment and theory working together better. Each session will have a talk around this and extended networking / group discussion on the questions raised. Plus, free food!
๐ค๐ง ๐งช
DNN models of the brain are getting bigger. Are we replacing one complicated system in vivo with another in silico?
In new work, we seek the *smallest* DNN models of visual cortex, balancing prediction with parsimony.
It turns out these compact models are surprisingly small!
rdcu.be/e5H8G
