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jonrueckemann.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. Ensemble dynamics and rhythmic states of the hippocampus. Comparative physiologist; primates and rodents. UW
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Getting Started

It’s an incredible feeling to see something you’ve poured your heart into come to life. This work was born from my curiosity about hippocampal “cognitive tuning.” Our interpretation of the environment depends on our actions, constantly evolving as we pursue our goals www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"The inevitability and superfluousness of cell types in spatial cognition" w Ken Luo @robmok.bsky.social Whether place, border, head direction, Jennifer Aniston, or whatever cells, are we fooling ourselves? Are these intuitive findings scientific discoveries? 1/6 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

"exhaust fumes" made it into the official abstract! hence completing the journey from an epiphenomenal shitpost blog to a full-blown review paper. all thanks to this cast of co-authors (esp. Sander), our TICS editor Lindsey Drayton, and two very engaged reviewers (@danielemarinazzo.bsky.social)

What do you get if you ask a recurrent network (like the PFC or Entorhinal cortex) to generalise a transition structure? Turns out different things depending on how intimate they are with an external memory (like Hippocampus). Elegant theory led by @jcrwhittington.bsky.social

This list has doubled. Who haven’t I found?

go.bsky.app/LdtUYZS I created a starter pack for the growing community of hippocampus physiologists that have joined the great migration. Also included the physiology-adjacent. Tell me who I haven’t found yet

Have you wondered whether fast spatiotemporal brain dynamics like traveling waves are local, confined to just one region, or whether they are shared across many regions simultaneously? The latest work from Zhiwen Ye in my lab has the answer! Thread- www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

One more reminder that I am recruiting a PhD student(s) this cycle! You can apply through UCSB Psych or the Dynamical Neuroscience Graduate Program. Both deadlines are 12/1. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. psych.ucsb.edu/prospective-... dyns.ucsb.edu/graduate/apply #neuroskyence