Arkarup Banerjee
@arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Neuroscientist. Loves explaining. Bibliophile. Amateur singer. Eternal optimist. Writes the occasional paper. Lab website - www.arkabanerjeelab.com
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(If you have no idea what we're talking about, you should read the paper anyways. And also you should join us at @braincoustics.bsky.social seminars)
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The next Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics seminar is happening in 2 weeks!
Join us to learn all about the neuroscience and ecology of acoustic communication in mice from @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
🗓️ October 23rd @ 10:00 EST
✅ Register here: braincoustics.com
Join us to learn all about the neuroscience and ecology of acoustic communication in mice from @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
🗓️ October 23rd @ 10:00 EST
✅ Register here: braincoustics.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
(If you have no idea what we're talking about, you should read the paper anyways. And also you should join us at @braincoustics.bsky.social seminars)
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How do you build a brain that lets mice sing? 🎤🐭
If you enjoyed @cliffscience.bsky.social's talk @braincoustics.bsky.social on this work, now you can read it in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
(w / 1st author @xmikezheng20.bsky.social, @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social group)
#prattle 💬
#neurosky
If you enjoyed @cliffscience.bsky.social's talk @braincoustics.bsky.social on this work, now you can read it in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
(w / 1st author @xmikezheng20.bsky.social, @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social group)
#prattle 💬
#neurosky
Great @currentbiology.bsky.social study by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social @cliffscience.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social 🧪🧠🐭🎶
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
Zheng and Harpole et al. show that singing mice produce two major vocal modes: ancestral
USVs and novel songs that follow a linearly decelerating rhythm. Although acoustically
distinct, songs and USVs...
www.cell.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How do you build a brain that lets mice sing? 🎤🐭
If you enjoyed @cliffscience.bsky.social's talk @braincoustics.bsky.social on this work, now you can read it in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
(w / 1st author @xmikezheng20.bsky.social, @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social group)
#prattle 💬
#neurosky
If you enjoyed @cliffscience.bsky.social's talk @braincoustics.bsky.social on this work, now you can read it in @currentbiology.bsky.social!
(w / 1st author @xmikezheng20.bsky.social, @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social group)
#prattle 💬
#neurosky
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I am recruiting graduate students for the experimental side of my lab @mcgill.ca for admission in Fall 2026!
Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.
Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I am recruiting graduate students for the experimental side of my lab @mcgill.ca for admission in Fall 2026!
Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.
Get in touch if you're interested in how brain circuits implement distributed computation, including dopamine-based distributed RL and probabilistic representations.
As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out!
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
Great @currentbiology.bsky.social study by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social @cliffscience.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social 🧪🧠🐭🎶
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node
Zheng and Harpole et al. show that singing mice produce two major vocal modes: ancestral
USVs and novel songs that follow a linearly decelerating rhythm. Although acoustically
distinct, songs and USVs...
www.cell.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out!
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors.
Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
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If you are at #SfN2025, don't miss Huihui's poster tomorrow (Sunday) morning at MM6 (PSTR095.13)! He has developed methods for barcoded connectomics across many vertebrates, from frogs to NHPs, and is comparing the single-cell anatomy of the song systems of zebra finches and parrots!
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If you are at #SfN2025, don't miss Huihui's poster tomorrow (Sunday) morning at MM6 (PSTR095.13)! He has developed methods for barcoded connectomics across many vertebrates, from frogs to NHPs, and is comparing the single-cell anatomy of the song systems of zebra finches and parrots!
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Excited to share that I received #Sfn2025 ‘s Professional Trainee Development Award!
Check out my poster M9 “Dopamine dynamics in the nucleus accumbens during maternal behavior in postpartum and virgin CBA/CaJ mice” tonight at the Early Career Development Session, 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Check out my poster M9 “Dopamine dynamics in the nucleus accumbens during maternal behavior in postpartum and virgin CBA/CaJ mice” tonight at the Early Career Development Session, 6:45–8:45 p.m.
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Excited to share that I received #Sfn2025 ‘s Professional Trainee Development Award!
Check out my poster M9 “Dopamine dynamics in the nucleus accumbens during maternal behavior in postpartum and virgin CBA/CaJ mice” tonight at the Early Career Development Session, 6:45–8:45 p.m.
Check out my poster M9 “Dopamine dynamics in the nucleus accumbens during maternal behavior in postpartum and virgin CBA/CaJ mice” tonight at the Early Career Development Session, 6:45–8:45 p.m.
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Do flies feel pain?
Spooky new preprint from our lab on the cells and circuits that mediate nociceptive behaviors in adult Drosophila, led by graduate student (and newly minted PhD!) @jonesjes.bsky.social.
🪰⚡👻🎃
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Spooky new preprint from our lab on the cells and circuits that mediate nociceptive behaviors in adult Drosophila, led by graduate student (and newly minted PhD!) @jonesjes.bsky.social.
🪰⚡👻🎃
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
October 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Do flies feel pain?
Spooky new preprint from our lab on the cells and circuits that mediate nociceptive behaviors in adult Drosophila, led by graduate student (and newly minted PhD!) @jonesjes.bsky.social.
🪰⚡👻🎃
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Spooky new preprint from our lab on the cells and circuits that mediate nociceptive behaviors in adult Drosophila, led by graduate student (and newly minted PhD!) @jonesjes.bsky.social.
🪰⚡👻🎃
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The Tschida Lab is recruiting a new PhD student this cycle! We have ongoing projects related to (1) neural circuits that regulate vocal communication across behavioral contexts and/or development and (2) motor control of different vocalization types. Please RT! Strong neuro background a plus.
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Tschida Lab is recruiting a new PhD student this cycle! We have ongoing projects related to (1) neural circuits that regulate vocal communication across behavioral contexts and/or development and (2) motor control of different vocalization types. Please RT! Strong neuro background a plus.
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One week until this fantastic seminar with speakers @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
Register here for the link!
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#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
Register here for the link!
braincoustics.com
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
The next Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics seminar is happening in 2 weeks!
Join us to learn all about the neuroscience and ecology of acoustic communication in mice from @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
🗓️ October 23rd @ 10:00 EST
✅ Register here: braincoustics.com
Join us to learn all about the neuroscience and ecology of acoustic communication in mice from @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
🗓️ October 23rd @ 10:00 EST
✅ Register here: braincoustics.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One week until this fantastic seminar with speakers @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social
Register here for the link!
braincoustics.com
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
Register here for the link!
braincoustics.com
#bioacoustics
#neuroskyence
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Our latest study on the neurobiology of collective behavior is now posted as a preprint, led by UCSD PhD student Jo-Hsien Yu @anitajhyu.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social @danionella.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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September 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Our latest study on the neurobiology of collective behavior is now posted as a preprint, led by UCSD PhD student Jo-Hsien Yu @anitajhyu.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social @danionella.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Thanks Anne for sharing! This seems like a fantastic resource 👇🏽
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September 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thanks Anne for sharing! This seems like a fantastic resource 👇🏽
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Do you plot transcriptomic data, coloring each cell by its cell type? ~ Don't use a default colormap! ~
Instead, use colormaps that capture biological meaning. If two cell types are very similar, their colors should be similar too. Read on 🧵
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Instead, use colormaps that capture biological meaning. If two cell types are very similar, their colors should be similar too. Read on 🧵
🧬💻
September 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Do you plot transcriptomic data, coloring each cell by its cell type? ~ Don't use a default colormap! ~
Instead, use colormaps that capture biological meaning. If two cell types are very similar, their colors should be similar too. Read on 🧵
🧬💻
Instead, use colormaps that capture biological meaning. If two cell types are very similar, their colors should be similar too. Read on 🧵
🧬💻
Congrats Felix @mollfw.bsky.social and team. Really interesting behavioral study setting the stage for subsequent neurobiological investigations! 👇🏽
New paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇
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September 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Congrats Felix @mollfw.bsky.social and team. Really interesting behavioral study setting the stage for subsequent neurobiological investigations! 👇🏽
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🚨 We’re hiring a postdoc! 🚨
Excited for our new NiCE grant with @lauerlab.bsky.social @batwoman123.bsky.social 🎉We use a comparative approach, two-photon imaging & optogenetics to identify why bats🦇 and deer mice resist noise but lab mice don't.
If you're interested, please DM or e-mail me!
Excited for our new NiCE grant with @lauerlab.bsky.social @batwoman123.bsky.social 🎉We use a comparative approach, two-photon imaging & optogenetics to identify why bats🦇 and deer mice resist noise but lab mice don't.
If you're interested, please DM or e-mail me!
The Kavli Foundation & #NSF announce four new NiCE grants to study how brains adapt to a changing world - linking genes, cells, behavior, and ecosystems.
From bees to bats to jellyfish, check out the 2025 awardees. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/4fYz8vK
#KavliNeuro #Neuroscience
From bees to bats to jellyfish, check out the 2025 awardees. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/4fYz8vK
#KavliNeuro #Neuroscience
Kavli and NSF Announce New Grant Awards to Advance Neurobiology in…
An initiative to explore how nervous systems function and evolve in dynamic natural environments
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September 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🚨 We’re hiring a postdoc! 🚨
Excited for our new NiCE grant with @lauerlab.bsky.social @batwoman123.bsky.social 🎉We use a comparative approach, two-photon imaging & optogenetics to identify why bats🦇 and deer mice resist noise but lab mice don't.
If you're interested, please DM or e-mail me!
Excited for our new NiCE grant with @lauerlab.bsky.social @batwoman123.bsky.social 🎉We use a comparative approach, two-photon imaging & optogenetics to identify why bats🦇 and deer mice resist noise but lab mice don't.
If you're interested, please DM or e-mail me!
Nice thread! I also use AI for coding on a regular basis. It increases efficiency only if you are already an expert. On the other hand, unlike grad students, it never gets tired and is always polite!
Not sure how many scientists here have tried Claude Code or similar command line coding assistants. I had a complicated family property tax problem that was best solved by a brute force Monte Carlo simulation approach, so I spent a few days coding up and analyzing a model with Claude Code.
August 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Nice thread! I also use AI for coding on a regular basis. It increases efficiency only if you are already an expert. On the other hand, unlike grad students, it never gets tired and is always polite!
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Do you know an outstanding early career researcher in the NCM Community? Nominate them for the Early Career Award!
Deadline for nominations is Sept 8 and more details can be found on the website - ncm-society.org/awards/
Deadline for nominations is Sept 8 and more details can be found on the website - ncm-society.org/awards/
August 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Do you know an outstanding early career researcher in the NCM Community? Nominate them for the Early Career Award!
Deadline for nominations is Sept 8 and more details can be found on the website - ncm-society.org/awards/
Deadline for nominations is Sept 8 and more details can be found on the website - ncm-society.org/awards/
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1/ Mapping synaptic connectivity between individual neurons is extremely laborious. We developed BRISC, a new method that makes it possible to map inputs onto 100s of neurons in the same animal in a matter of weeks! Led by Alex Becalick and @antblot.bsky.social. 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Barcoded Rabies In Situ Connectomics for high-throughput reconstruction of neural circuits
Sequencing of oligonucleotide barcodes holds promise as a high-throughput approach for reconstructing synaptic connectivity at scale. Rabies viruses can act as a vehicle for barcode transmission, than...
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July 21, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1/ Mapping synaptic connectivity between individual neurons is extremely laborious. We developed BRISC, a new method that makes it possible to map inputs onto 100s of neurons in the same animal in a matter of weeks! Led by Alex Becalick and @antblot.bsky.social. 🧵
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very interesting thread! I really like “Principles of Neural Design” by Sterling and Laughlin. It doesn’t shy away from biological details but presents it in a form that is appearing to engineers and physicists.
For trainees entering computational neuroscience or NeuroAI from an engineering background, where do you direct them to learn some neuroscience these days? Books, courses, ...?
And no... I'm not interested in scaring them off with Kandel!
🧠🤖, 🧠📈
And no... I'm not interested in scaring them off with Kandel!
🧠🤖, 🧠📈
July 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Very interesting thread! I really like “Principles of Neural Design” by Sterling and Laughlin. It doesn’t shy away from biological details but presents it in a form that is appearing to engineers and physicists.
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If you're into math and music, you'll probably love this in-depth video by my friend Henry! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl... And it features an interactive about dissonance that I put together years ago: aatishb.com/dissonance/
The Physics Of Dissonance
YouTube video by minutephysics
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July 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
If you're into math and music, you'll probably love this in-depth video by my friend Henry! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl... And it features an interactive about dissonance that I put together years ago: aatishb.com/dissonance/
Really enjoyed this summer’s lab trip to fire island, NY!
July 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Really enjoyed this summer’s lab trip to fire island, NY!
Couldn’t agree more! Evolutionary perspective is a guiding principle for most projects in our lab.👇🏽
To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, systems and circuits, neuroscientists must embrace an evolutionary perspective, argue Karl Farrow and @katjareinhard.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
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#neuroskyence
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Systems and circuit neuroscience need an evolutionary perspective
To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, neuroscientists must frame their research through an evolutionary lens.
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July 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Couldn’t agree more! Evolutionary perspective is a guiding principle for most projects in our lab.👇🏽
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Mechanisms and control of a novel vocalization: The Alston singing mouse song is a whistle that depends on the inflation of the ventral pouch –an enlarged intralaryngeal air sac– laryngeal airflow, and cricothyroid muscle action
By @evolbrain.bsky.social et al.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
By @evolbrain.bsky.social et al.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
July 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Mechanisms and control of a novel vocalization: The Alston singing mouse song is a whistle that depends on the inflation of the ventral pouch –an enlarged intralaryngeal air sac– laryngeal airflow, and cricothyroid muscle action
By @evolbrain.bsky.social et al.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
By @evolbrain.bsky.social et al.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Come visit Calcutta in the last week of August and see some amazing neuroscientists talk about the neural basis of behaviour at @behaviour2025.bsky.social
With @neuroetho.bsky.social @danielavallentin.bsky.social @selmaan.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social and Michael Brecht!
With @neuroetho.bsky.social @danielavallentin.bsky.social @selmaan.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social and Michael Brecht!
June 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Come visit Calcutta in the last week of August and see some amazing neuroscientists talk about the neural basis of behaviour at @behaviour2025.bsky.social
With @neuroetho.bsky.social @danielavallentin.bsky.social @selmaan.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social and Michael Brecht!
With @neuroetho.bsky.social @danielavallentin.bsky.social @selmaan.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social and Michael Brecht!
Next-generation of barcoded projection mapping techniques: MAPseq2 and POINTseq! Congratulations @justuskebschull.bsky.social and team.
Excited to share the first 2(!) preprints from the Kebschull Lab. The amazing @hyopilkim.bsky.social developed MAPseq2 & POINTseq and used them to map the dopaminergic cells of VTA and SNc. tl;dr MAPseq2=10x cheaper, 4x better; POINTseq=easy cell type specific barcoding; DA neurons=very cool.
June 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Next-generation of barcoded projection mapping techniques: MAPseq2 and POINTseq! Congratulations @justuskebschull.bsky.social and team.