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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Apr 21

@heilandhenrik.bsky.social Pierre.Magistretti Baljit.Khakh

Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Apr 21

Naomi.Habib Ilse.Smolders Jeronimo.JuradoArjona @tinyglue.bsky.social @erzimmer.bsky.social Stephan.Kaeser Te-In.Kam Aida.Platero-Luengo Francesca.Puletti Veit.Rothhammer Avishek.Roy Nunzio.Iraci Ksenia.Kastanenka Carole.Escartin @doetschlab.bsky.social Angela.Giangrande Amaia.Arranz

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Apr 21

Francisco.Quintana Amit.Agarwal Nicholas.Chalmers Aurélie.deRus.Jacquet Barbar.Lind @inbalgoshen.bsky.social Paula.GomezSotres Thiago.Bezerra Marialuisa.Tognolina Francesco.Petrelli Jean-François.Perrier Tina.Notter Tommaso.Fellin @navarrete-llinas.bsky.social @lakatoslab.bsky.social

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Apr 21

Nicola.Allen Natalie.Rouach Uğur.Coşkun Florencia.Cabrera-Cabrera Carolina.Pinto Angela.Giangrande @bdiazcastro.bsky.social Ruth.Beckervordersandforth Abel.ErasoPichot Sarah.VanVeen Valentin.Grelot Sijia.Wang Tom.Lakomy @bartdestrooper.bsky.social Cristina.García.Cáceres Aiman.Saab

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Apr 21

The first @embo.org #Astrocyte #Meeting was a success! Thanks to our excellent speakers, brilliant trainees, & DiBio @unipd.bsky.social volunteers. Looking forward to the next iteration! Laura.Civiero Matthew.Holt Olga.Sin WonSuk.Chun Keith.Murai Valentin.Nagerl @carmenfalcone.bsky.social

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Apr 19

@embo.org Astrocyte has been a success. Our lab at @kcnhub.bsky.social contributed by three posters and one talk in a continuous endeavor to build a #biophysical #theory of the #brain that puts #tripartite neuron #astrocytes circuits at its core @kbi-uhn.bsky.social Thanks team & brilliant peers.

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Apr 17

Great feedback from a galvanizing community at @embo.org #Astrocye Meeting where @zhenyangsun.bsky.social presented our data unravelling how #anatomy shapes astrocyte function @kcnhub.bsky.social @kbi-uhn.bsky.social

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Mar 24

Terrific line-up of speakers @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social! I am pretty much looking forward our #workshop on *Neural Computation without Neurons* at this year’s @cosynemeeting.bsky.social

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Feb 15

Happy to share this work putting forth the first #computational model of #developing #embrionic cortical circuits. Phenomenal team coordination by Fernando Garcia Moreno @achucarro.bsky.social. @kbi-uhn.bsky.social @kcnhub.bsky.social

Evolutionary convergence of sensory circuits in the pallium of amniotes

The amniote pallium contains sensory circuits that are structurally and functionally equivalent, yet their evolutionary relationship remains unresolved. We used birthdating analysis, single-cell RNA a...

www.science.org

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Eduardo Zimmer @erzimmer.bsky.social · Feb 14

Despite carrying a genetic mutation associated with early-onset #Alzheimer’s, a man remained free of dementia symptoms for at least 2 decades longer than expected 👉 genetic variants may explain this remarkable resilience. See more here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A man was destined for early Alzheimer’s — these genes might explain his escape

Scientists identify nine genetic variants that could have helped a man to avoid dementia for at least two decades longer than expected.

idp.nature.com

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Ulises Pereira Obilinovic @ulisespereirao.bsky.social · Dec 7

I am excited to share the last work of my postdoc as a Swartz Fellow at NYU on the dynamic routing of large-scale cognitive networks in the neocortex! 🌐🧠 Here's a quick breakdown: 🧵

preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Cognitive networks interactions through communication subspaces in large-scale models of the neocortex

The neocortex-wide neural activity is organized into distinct networks of areas engaged in different cognitive processes. To elucidate the underlying mechanism of flexible network reconfiguration, we ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Nov 28

Claiming #LLM will outperform #humans in #neuroscience or #science discovery is #hallucination. LLMs may aid discovery, but producing #foundational #scientific discovery is #serendipitous, which #LLM will confuse with #noise. I see LLMs as more useful for #fact-checking a study tinyurl.com/bdsx2mxa

Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results - Nature Human Behaviour

Large language models (LLMs) can synthesize vast amounts of information. Luo et al. show that LLMs—especially BrainGPT, an LLM the authors tuned on the neuroscience literature—outperform experts in pr...

www.nature.com

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Nov 27

Yes please!

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Daniel Cardozo Pinto @dcardozopinto.bsky.social · Nov 25

My paper is out!! 🎉

"Opponent control of reinforcement by striatal dopamine and serotonin", @Nature

Here, we show that dopamine and serotonin signals form a gas-brake system for reward in the mammalian brain

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Nov 25

Thanks @liddelowsa.bsky.social Awesome Idea. I am working myself on one for the theoretical glia community.

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Nov 25

Should we just raise the issue with the #Candian equivalent...?

The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · Nov 24

One of the biggest problems in science... 👇

Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · Nov 24

Grant agency: "In the end, despite some initial enthusiasm, the panel was not convinced [...], and expected that the impact in the field is likely to be low."
Despite evidence to the contrary, funding bodies remain confident they can predict the success of a project.
elifesciences.org/articles/13323

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Nov 24

Actually it wouldn’t be a bad idea! We discussed earlier in the year to organize something modeling-oriented about astrocyes with Keith in Montreal…

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Maurizio De Pittà @mdepitta.bsky.social · Nov 24

I am giving a 2-day #advanced #course on #astrocyte multiscale #models at the University of #Padua IT on April 10--11, 2025 #EMBO. An excellent opportunity to learn how to include #neuron-#glia #interactions in your models, from molecules to networks. Info & Registration: tinyurl.com/yx3m6acy

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Eduardo Zimmer @erzimmer.bsky.social · Nov 23

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to 🦋

Just out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social 👇

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky

Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.

www.nature.com

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Carmen Falcone @carmenfalcone.bsky.social · Nov 19

Sooo, there are still a few spots available if you want to give a talk at the third edition of #AstrocyteCafe 😏

#AstrocyteCafe is a FREE monthly seminars starting from January 2025!

Speakers can be of any career stage: just send us an email with your topic to [email protected]!😍

Flyer saying: Call for speakers- Astrocyte Cafe 3rd edition/ Starting in January 2025 - online. Email: astrocytecafe@gmail.com

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Eduardo Zimmer @erzimmer.bsky.social · Nov 20

Paper of the year 2 👉 astrocytes, glucose, lactate, IDO1 and impressive results!

👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Restoring hippocampal glucose metabolism rescues cognition across Alzheimer’s disease pathologies

Impaired cerebral glucose metabolism is a pathologic feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), with recent proteomic studies highlighting disrupted glial metabolism in AD. We report that inhibition of indo...

www.science.org

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Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz.com · Nov 20

I'm just learning about Starter Packs. Here's a great place to find them! blueskydirectory.com

The Ultimate Directory of tools and applications for Bluesky

A curated collection of all things relating to the Blue Sky social media platform.

blueskydirectory.com

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