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iampritishpatil.bsky.social
Neuroscientist (in training). Grad student with Ofer Yizhar and Misha Tsodyks at Weizmann Insititute of Science. Optogenetics, dendritic computation and neural circuits
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How does the brain work in natural scenarios, in multi-animal societies of wild animals? 🧠 🧪 🦇 doi.org/10.1126/scie... (1/n)

submitted 26 days ago • 7 comments

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submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Can a neuroscientist understand a microcontroller? OR Do we have a brain decompiler? OR Seeing the following instructions (arm64) being executed, can you figure out the algorithm being implemented? Input a float, output a float. How can you try to understand it? #Marr3Levels

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

If you see someone using the variable name "ii" as the iterator in a for loop, chances are, their first programing language was MATLAB. I find this amusing.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

High-speed 3D random access two-photon imaging at ≥ 300 kHz – with SPARCLS: opg.optica.org/optica/fullt... By the outstanding @carolineberlage.bsky.social and team, including @urslucasboehm.bsky.social, @andrewplested.bsky.social et al.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Many people have asked me what's the deal with "SIO" in our Addgene vectors (www.addgene.org/Ofer_Yizhar/) - we use these in most of our Cre-dependent AAVs - so here's a brief explanation of how it works.

submitted 89 days ago • 5 comments

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

submitted 99 days ago • 176 comments