Ale Santuz
@alesantuz.bsky.social
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Locomotion, proprioception @mdc-berlin.bsky.social 🇩🇪. Former @ethz.ch 🇨🇭, @dalhousieu.bsky.social 🇨🇦, @humboldtuni.bsky.social 🇩🇪. Aerospace Eng MSc @unipd.bsky.social 🇮🇹.
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I'm putting together a starter pack of neuro people working on #proprioception. Reply or DM to be added!
go.bsky.app/RXN6MB2
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remironzano.bsky.social
Do comparator modules exist within spinal circuits? Here, we show that spinal dI3 neurons integrate multimodal sensory feedback, receive direct efference copy from Renshaw cells, and mediate corrections of ongoing movements. Thank you so much to everyone involved!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Evidence of spinal cord comparator modules for rapid corrections of movements
Successful movement requires continuous adjustments in response to changes in internal and external environments. To do so, neural circuits continuously compare efference copies of motor commands with sensory input to respond to sensory prediction errors. Some responses need to be very fast and, for limbs, likely occur in as yet undefined spinal cord circuits. Here, we describe spinal circuits involving dI3 neurons, showing that they receive multimodal sensory inputs and direct efferent copies from both Renshaw cells and motor neurons. We further show that they form connections to motor pools, including diverging connections to antagonist motor nuclei. Reducing dI3 neuronal activity diminished stumbling responses, as did disrupting Renshaw cell circuits, providing evidence for a comparator role of dI3 neurons for online corrections. Together, our findings reveal a pivotal role for dI3 neurons functioning as comparators of internal predictions and external sensory feedback to mediate rapid corrections of ongoing movements. ### Competing Interest Statement Robert M. Brownstone is a co-founder and director of Sania Therapeutics Inc. Wellcome Trust, https://ror.org/029chgv08, 221610/Z/20/Z, 227433/Z/23/Z, 225674/Z/22/Z Royal Society, NIF\R1\192316 Canadian Institutes of Health Research, https://ror.org/01gavpb45, PJT 180556, PJT 162357 Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, BB/S005943/1
www.biorxiv.org
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musclesynergies.bsky.social
#musclesyneRgies 1.2.5.9009 (development version)

How to install
𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕.𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜("𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜")
𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜::𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕_𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚋("𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚣/𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚎𝚁𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜")

Improved function CoA with non-duplicated angles and robust quadrant handling. Please update!

#rstats #opensource

github.com/alesantuz/mu...
alesantuz.bsky.social
Should I publish in @joss-openjournals.bsky.social? I found it to be exactly the right place to publish @musclesynergies.bsky.social. Because the review is a) an actual review of the software and b) an efficient, interactive process. I loved it!

www.fz-juelich.de/en/rse/the_l...
Should I publish in the Journal of Open Source Software?
www.fz-juelich.de
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jvandieen.bsky.social
The CEDE website is now up and running. Designing an experiment using EMG? Then check out this website and try the decision support tool:
cede.isek.org
Welcome to CEDE
cede.isek.org
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alesantuz.bsky.social
Stockholm bound for #isb2025! Come and say hi on Tuesday (poster on loss of #proprioception) or Wednesday (talk on #locomotor modularity in simulated #hypogravity)!
#musclesyneRgies #neuroscience #biomechanics #locomotion @mdc-berlin.bsky.social
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alesantuz.bsky.social
I'm putting together a starter pack of neuro people working on #proprioception. Reply or DM to be added!
go.bsky.app/RXN6MB2
alesantuz.bsky.social
Stockholm bound for #isb2025! Come and say hi on Tuesday (poster on loss of #proprioception) or Wednesday (talk on #locomotor modularity in simulated #hypogravity)!
#musclesyneRgies #neuroscience #biomechanics #locomotion @mdc-berlin.bsky.social
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aelesj.bsky.social
Are you interested in muscle #biomechanics and looking for #postdoc opportunities?

If you have skills in (statistical) shape modelling, advanced data analyses or 3D imaging/model reconstructions, get in touch with me!

I will be at #SEB2025 (Antwerp), #CNB2025 (Helsinki), and #ISB2025 (Stockholm).
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jlphistory.bsky.social
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Unless you seek it out, most professors don't learn how to teach. It's not part of the job requirements. The idea is that you're an expert in your field and that's Enough.
baladria.bsky.social
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Egyptologists don’t know every tiny detail of the ca. 5000 yrs of ancient Egypt. That’s why we have specializations! Language, art, archaeology, bioarchaeology, etc.

I mostly study New Kingdom period art, specifically the Amarna period
ghostalservice.bsky.social
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

PLEASE STOP WRITING YOUR RETURN ADDRESS ON THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE OH MY GOD

also. dark colored envelopes. simply Do Not
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lakens.bsky.social
Max wanted a bit of a provocative talk tomorrow. So I will talk about which open science should become mandatory. For example, science funders now often require open access publication and data sharing. Which open science practices do you think should become mandatory, and under which circumstances?
ditroilo.bsky.social
At University College Dublin we are delighted to host @lakens.bsky.social from Eindhoven University of Technology. On Wed 4th of June, 12-13, C006 Health Sciences, Prof. Lakens will give a talk on open science and will discuss why it is worth improving our research practices. All welcome!
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elife.bsky.social
Turns out, two of pain’s most famous messengers — Substance P and CGRPα — might not be so essential after all. Mice missing both still felt pain just fine, challenging decades of assumptions about how pain signals travel.
buff.ly/ypISrtx
different coloured mice on a white background
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alesantuz.bsky.social
If you're in Berlin and working in #neuroscience, join us on 4 April @mdc-berlin.bsky.social for the 2025 MDC Neuroscience Meeting! There will be talks by our PhD students and postdocs (including yours truly with a talk on #locomotion and #proprioception), followed by a social poster session.
alesantuz.bsky.social
If you're in Berlin and working in #neuroscience, join us on 4 April @mdc-berlin.bsky.social for the 2025 MDC Neuroscience Meeting! There will be talks by our PhD students and postdocs (including yours truly with a talk on #locomotion and #proprioception), followed by a social poster session.
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eu-life.bsky.social
🎓🔬🚀 Do you want to boost your academic career? Would you like to present your work to leading researchers and build a professional network across Europe?

If you are an EU-LIFE #postdoc, this is your chance! The EU-LIFE Postdoctoral Exchange Programme is open for applications ➡️ bit.ly/3WgNek3
EU-LIFE Postdoctoral Exchange Programme. Applications open!
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smbruijn.bsky.social
Come to Amsterdam this fall (Oct 8-10) for the International Motor Impairment Conference!
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alesantuz.bsky.social
The #EULIFE Postdoctoral Exchange Programme is up! eu-life.eu/postdoc-exch...
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biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Identification of V0g propriospinal neurons and their role in locomotor control https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.11.636221v1
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biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social
Identification of V0g propriospinal neurons and their role in locomotor control https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.11.636221v1
alesantuz.bsky.social
The #EULIFE Postdoctoral Exchange Programme is up! eu-life.eu/postdoc-exch...
alesantuz.bsky.social
Hey Anthony, thanks for this! Could you add me please?
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musclesynergies.bsky.social
#musclesyneRgies v1.2.5.9008 (dev.): improved robustness of classification and filtering.
Install with:
𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕.𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜("𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜")
r𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚎𝚜::𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕_g𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚋("𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚣/𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚎𝚁𝚐𝚒𝚎𝚜")
github.com/alesantuz/mu...
#rstats #opensource
Release v1.2.5.9008 · alesantuz/musclesyneRgies
How to install install.packages("remotes") remotes::install_github("alesantuz/musclesyneRgies") How to use README and vignettes are available both on CRAN and on GitHub. What's changed Improved r...
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