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The final larval stage of a neuroscientist. I create hallucinations in mice to (hopefully) restore vision in humans. Systems neuroscience of learning and visual neuroprosthetics at Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, DE. Soup-centric🤫
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Why academia is sleepwalking into self-destruction. My editorial @brain1878.bsky.social If you agree with the sentiments please repost. It's important for all our sakes to stop the madness academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

submitted 113 days ago • 51 comments

Hugely outmanned by non-invasive methods people, I still managed to have a couple of inquisitive conversations here at #BrainStimConf and find the most interesting computation person in my life. Not too ashamed of my poster anymore:

submitted 122 days ago • 1 comment

A lightly edited illustration from Peter McCarthy's Bunny Dreams

submitted 122 days ago • 3 comments

Seems useful!! secure.ucsusa.org/a/2025-02-26...

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

If you're worried about vaccine availability moving forward talk to your pediatricians. While there is a routine schedule, there is flexibility. For example Gardasil is usually given at 11 but can be dosed as early as 9. MMR is given at 12 and 48 months but dose 2 can be given earlier.

submitted 134 days ago • 24 comments

My inaugural lecture of last week "Visual Cognitive Neuroscience: Exploring the fuzzy boundary between seeing and thinking" is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T6Q...

submitted 211 days ago • 6 comments

I'm looking for PhD and MSc students for Fall 2025, at Mila and the Université de Montréal. Topics: machine learning for science, details in 🧵 I especially encourage applicants from under-represented groups and regions in conflict (Palestine, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar...) See 🧵 for how to apply.

submitted 218 days ago • 2 comments

You won’t want to miss this amazing workshop for first-time reviewers on How to Write Inclusive and Equitable Reviews, with @reviewerzero.bsky.social on December 4th! Register here: blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5883989 #AcademicSky #PhDSky #Blackademics 🧪

submitted 218 days ago • 5 comments

🧪 Dear scisky, please help. It's my first paper review invitation and I don't know if it's okay to give it a try. I am in final stages of my doctorate, writing up, but I am still just an MSc. The journal is quite a good one, IMO, but I imagine that some editors might be overflooded with papers, so

submitted 227 days ago • 3 comments

“Exactly! And it’s so dumb!” - me, after preferring to read a review called “To err (meiotically) is human: the genesis of human aneuploidy.”over “The origins, patterns and implications of human spontaneous mutation.” 😅

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The appeal of familiar taglines never ceases to attract me to neuroscience device companies. I am not promoting this company, just sharing my amusement

submitted 497 days ago • 0 comments

www.wired.com/story/neural... Just a lil' reminder that private companies tend to lack transparency compared to academia when doing research, and now this specific company might be doing the same with its first human subject.

submitted 498 days ago • 1 comment

Чекаю на весну і товсту ракету від пана Шольца ☺️

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