Ede Rancz
@ederancz.bsky.social
neuroscientist, free will denier
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Really excited to share this Opinion piece we've been working on with fellow head-direction cell geeks @apeyrache.bsky.social @desdemonafricker.bsky.social and (bsky-less?) Andrea Burgalossi! While head-direction cells pop up in many cortical regions, we think that one of them is quite unique (1/8)
The postsubiculum as a head-direction cortex
The organisation of thalamocortical networks follows a conserved structure. Traditionally, these are divided into primary sensory systems that receive…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Really excited to share this Opinion piece we've been working on with fellow head-direction cell geeks @apeyrache.bsky.social @desdemonafricker.bsky.social and (bsky-less?) Andrea Burgalossi! While head-direction cells pop up in many cortical regions, we think that one of them is quite unique (1/8)
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Link to previous preprint thread with more details on the results:
bsky.app/profile/alex...
Overall, our findings highlight dendrites as a potential substrate for the cognitive rigidity that characterizes autism spectrum disorders.
5/6
bsky.app/profile/alex...
Overall, our findings highlight dendrites as a potential substrate for the cognitive rigidity that characterizes autism spectrum disorders.
5/6
SCN2A is a top risk gene for autism. But how does losing one copy of it affect dendritic function during flexible decision-making? 🧬🐭🧠🧪
Our study in preprint @biorxivpreprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Supported by a @simonsfoundation.org SFARI Pilot Award 🙌
#SCN2A #cureSCN2A
Our study in preprint @biorxivpreprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Supported by a @simonsfoundation.org SFARI Pilot Award 🙌
#SCN2A #cureSCN2A
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Link to previous preprint thread with more details on the results:
bsky.app/profile/alex...
Overall, our findings highlight dendrites as a potential substrate for the cognitive rigidity that characterizes autism spectrum disorders.
5/6
bsky.app/profile/alex...
Overall, our findings highlight dendrites as a potential substrate for the cognitive rigidity that characterizes autism spectrum disorders.
5/6
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Observed at an SfN poster session?
Man Trying To Enter Conversation Spends Few Minutes Smiling And Nodding At Edge Of Circle https://theonion.com/man-trying-to-enter-conversation-spends-few-minutes-smi-1819577205/
November 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Observed at an SfN poster session?
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Interested in doing a PhD on how #psychedelics (or other psychoactive substances) impact psychological or social processes @durhampsych.bsky.social ?
Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.
Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Interested in doing a PhD on how #psychedelics (or other psychoactive substances) impact psychological or social processes @durhampsych.bsky.social ?
Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.
Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.
Are you interested in visuo-motor mismatch and serotonin? Come see @norambr.bsky.social featuring mice spinning in VR at R16!
#SfN2025 #vestibulo-VR #serotonin #predictive_processing
#SfN2025 #vestibulo-VR #serotonin #predictive_processing
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Are you interested in visuo-motor mismatch and serotonin? Come see @norambr.bsky.social featuring mice spinning in VR at R16!
#SfN2025 #vestibulo-VR #serotonin #predictive_processing
#SfN2025 #vestibulo-VR #serotonin #predictive_processing
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My book "The Brain, in Theory" on the publisher's website (out in April 2026):
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
The Brain, In Theory
Why engineering and computational analogies are poorly suited to the study of biological cognition
press.princeton.edu
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
My book "The Brain, in Theory" on the publisher's website (out in April 2026):
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Armed and ready at C5 - @hughtakemoto.bsky.social on serotonin effects on pyramidal cells across V1 and V2. #SfN2025 #serotonin #visualcortex #theta_resonance
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Armed and ready at C5 - @hughtakemoto.bsky.social on serotonin effects on pyramidal cells across V1 and V2. #SfN2025 #serotonin #visualcortex #theta_resonance
Our lab digs into how serotonin tunes prediction errors and eye movements — with custom tools and curious mice.We got 2 posters at #SfN2025, Tue AM (C5) and Wed PM (R16).
Recruiting PhD students & postdocs in sunny Marseille.
Come chat about neuromodulators, tinkering, or free will and intuition.
Recruiting PhD students & postdocs in sunny Marseille.
Come chat about neuromodulators, tinkering, or free will and intuition.
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Our lab digs into how serotonin tunes prediction errors and eye movements — with custom tools and curious mice.We got 2 posters at #SfN2025, Tue AM (C5) and Wed PM (R16).
Recruiting PhD students & postdocs in sunny Marseille.
Come chat about neuromodulators, tinkering, or free will and intuition.
Recruiting PhD students & postdocs in sunny Marseille.
Come chat about neuromodulators, tinkering, or free will and intuition.
Great projects, great environment.
🔬 The CENTURI PhD Call 2026 is now open! Join an interdisciplinary community in Marseille at the interface of bio, physics, maths and computer science.
Apply here: centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/
#PhD #CENTURI
Apply here: centuri-livingsystems.org/recruitment/
#PhD #CENTURI
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Great projects, great environment.
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Independent NeuroScience Services INSS was registered as a company on 14th November 2016, which means it's our 9th birthday today! As a birthday present we've treated ourselves to an SfN exhibitor booth for the first time ever. Come and say hello at Booth #3327
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Independent NeuroScience Services INSS was registered as a company on 14th November 2016, which means it's our 9th birthday today! As a birthday present we've treated ourselves to an SfN exhibitor booth for the first time ever. Come and say hello at Booth #3327
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Hear BrainGlobe core developer speak about the project in this keynote lecture.
16:00 EST
16:00 EST
Ready to see how open-source tools are revolutionizing neuroscience?
Join us for Igor Tatarnikov’s talk on The BrainGlobe Initiative, the open-source platform reshaping computational neuroanatomy.
Be part of the future of #OpenScience: buff.ly/p6l83E4
@ucl.ac.uk @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social
Join us for Igor Tatarnikov’s talk on The BrainGlobe Initiative, the open-source platform reshaping computational neuroanatomy.
Be part of the future of #OpenScience: buff.ly/p6l83E4
@ucl.ac.uk @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hear BrainGlobe core developer speak about the project in this keynote lecture.
16:00 EST
16:00 EST
Can you guess grant deadlines and SfN dates from this graph?
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Can you guess grant deadlines and SfN dates from this graph?
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For the first time ever, INSS will have a booth at SfN this year. Please come and say hello at Booth #3327
Would be lovely to see some familiar faces!
Would be lovely to see some familiar faces!
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
For the first time ever, INSS will have a booth at SfN this year. Please come and say hello at Booth #3327
Would be lovely to see some familiar faces!
Would be lovely to see some familiar faces!
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How did I not know about this super-useful site for customized 3D-printable thread adapters? HT to @leon-kremers.bsky.social : brainright.com/adapt-o-matic/
Jay’s Adapt~O~Matic – BrainRight
brainright.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
How did I not know about this super-useful site for customized 3D-printable thread adapters? HT to @leon-kremers.bsky.social : brainright.com/adapt-o-matic/
Choose France for Science!
Moved my lab to France 4 years ago — one of my best decisions.
Good life ✅
Strong talent pool ✅
Decent funding ✅
Byzantine bureaucracy ✅ (not much worse than UK/US, often better than Southern/Eastern EU)
Check out the call & reach out if interested
tinyurl.com/5n6u49uv
Moved my lab to France 4 years ago — one of my best decisions.
Good life ✅
Strong talent pool ✅
Decent funding ✅
Byzantine bureaucracy ✅ (not much worse than UK/US, often better than Southern/Eastern EU)
Check out the call & reach out if interested
tinyurl.com/5n6u49uv
Call for proposals details
anr.fr
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Choose France for Science!
Moved my lab to France 4 years ago — one of my best decisions.
Good life ✅
Strong talent pool ✅
Decent funding ✅
Byzantine bureaucracy ✅ (not much worse than UK/US, often better than Southern/Eastern EU)
Check out the call & reach out if interested
tinyurl.com/5n6u49uv
Moved my lab to France 4 years ago — one of my best decisions.
Good life ✅
Strong talent pool ✅
Decent funding ✅
Byzantine bureaucracy ✅ (not much worse than UK/US, often better than Southern/Eastern EU)
Check out the call & reach out if interested
tinyurl.com/5n6u49uv
To my friends I struggle to convince about the lack of our free will.
I saw a seagull in the night sky, lit by city lights. For a moment, I thought it was a shooting star. That thought felt spontaneous—but it wasn’t.
I saw a seagull in the night sky, lit by city lights. For a moment, I thought it was a shooting star. That thought felt spontaneous—but it wasn’t.
November 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
To my friends I struggle to convince about the lack of our free will.
I saw a seagull in the night sky, lit by city lights. For a moment, I thought it was a shooting star. That thought felt spontaneous—but it wasn’t.
I saw a seagull in the night sky, lit by city lights. For a moment, I thought it was a shooting star. That thought felt spontaneous—but it wasn’t.
This is the most brilliant idea - pun intended.
A colour perceived for the first time ever.
Next on to never perceived odours!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A colour perceived for the first time ever.
Next on to never perceived odours!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Novel color via stimulation of individual photoreceptors at population scale
Image display by cell-by-cell retina stimulation, enabling colors impossible to see under natural viewing.
www.science.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is the most brilliant idea - pun intended.
A colour perceived for the first time ever.
Next on to never perceived odours!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A colour perceived for the first time ever.
Next on to never perceived odours!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Proud to share that Anna Cappellini has opened her psychology practice in Marseille!
Compassionate, professional care in English, French, or Italian, online or in person: psy-annacappellini.com
(Marseille friends, spread the word!)
Compassionate, professional care in English, French, or Italian, online or in person: psy-annacappellini.com
(Marseille friends, spread the word!)
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Proud to share that Anna Cappellini has opened her psychology practice in Marseille!
Compassionate, professional care in English, French, or Italian, online or in person: psy-annacappellini.com
(Marseille friends, spread the word!)
Compassionate, professional care in English, French, or Italian, online or in person: psy-annacappellini.com
(Marseille friends, spread the word!)
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Independent researcher fellowships (non-tenure track) at OIST, with a focus on broadly defined theory www.oist.jp/research/bur...
Buribushi Fellowship
www.oist.jp
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Independent researcher fellowships (non-tenure track) at OIST, with a focus on broadly defined theory www.oist.jp/research/bur...
👇This is important
1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
www.frontiersin.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
👇This is important
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My department, Cornell BME, is hiring!
This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816
This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My department, Cornell BME, is hiring!
This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816
This tenure-track faculty position is a great opportunity to join a vibrant community that values research, teaching, and entrepreneurship.
📝 academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30816
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First Neuralink patient at University College London Hospital. Great news for these patients.
The initial technology was largely developed in universities, with public funds.
I hope there will be competition in this space (but I worry that the market is small).
www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/first-u...
The initial technology was largely developed in universities, with public funds.
I hope there will be competition in this space (but I worry that the market is small).
www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/first-u...
First UK patient uses thought to control computer hours after Neuralink implant : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A patient with motor neurone disease was able to control a computer just by using his thoughts following the UK’s first Neuralink implant surgery at UCLH’s National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosur...
www.uclh.nhs.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
First Neuralink patient at University College London Hospital. Great news for these patients.
The initial technology was largely developed in universities, with public funds.
I hope there will be competition in this space (but I worry that the market is small).
www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/first-u...
The initial technology was largely developed in universities, with public funds.
I hope there will be competition in this space (but I worry that the market is small).
www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/first-u...
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PhD position at the University of Bristol (with me!) entitled 'The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physiology, and fitness'.
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physio...
PhD Project - Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal beh...
www.findaphd.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
PhD position at the University of Bristol (with me!) entitled 'The legacy impacts of extreme climate events on animal behaviour, physiology, and fitness'.
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
Fully funded and is available for UK-domiciled students of black heritage. Please reach out with any questions.
tinyurl.com/5n7s8yp9
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We are hiring 🎉 Brandeis Neuroscience is looking for an Assistant Professor. The search is in the broad area of cellular/circuit neuroscience. It’s a fantastic place to do research and train students.If you’re interested, apply and reach out with any questions!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
Brandeis University, Biology Department
Job #AJO30961, Assistant Professor in Biology and Neuroscience Program, Biology Department, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US
academicjobsonline.org
October 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
We are hiring 🎉 Brandeis Neuroscience is looking for an Assistant Professor. The search is in the broad area of cellular/circuit neuroscience. It’s a fantastic place to do research and train students.If you’re interested, apply and reach out with any questions!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30961
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My lab @kinshiplab.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc 🚨 with Sept start date
Preference for in-vivo ephys / circuits experience / interest in applying quantitative methods to natural social behaviour.
Funding & visa fees for 1-yr with possible extension. Send me your CV & visit kinshiplab.org
Preference for in-vivo ephys / circuits experience / interest in applying quantitative methods to natural social behaviour.
Funding & visa fees for 1-yr with possible extension. Send me your CV & visit kinshiplab.org
April 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My lab @kinshiplab.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc 🚨 with Sept start date
Preference for in-vivo ephys / circuits experience / interest in applying quantitative methods to natural social behaviour.
Funding & visa fees for 1-yr with possible extension. Send me your CV & visit kinshiplab.org
Preference for in-vivo ephys / circuits experience / interest in applying quantitative methods to natural social behaviour.
Funding & visa fees for 1-yr with possible extension. Send me your CV & visit kinshiplab.org