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Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine a brain decoding algorithm that could generalize across different subjects and tasks. Today, we’re one step closer to achieving that vision.

Introducing the flagship paper of our brain decoding program: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroAI #compneuro @utoronto.ca @uhn.ca

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · 8d

Looking forward to giving a talk on the latest developments in engram research 🧠 The main lecture will be in English, with a part on my own research in Ukrainian.
Kindly hosted by Ukrainian Catholic University — everyone’s welcome! Register via the QR code 👇

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Dan Levenstein @dlevenstein.bsky.social · Sep 7

“If everything is everywhere, why have distinct areas? Here we show that the function of a brain area is more related to how different types of information are combined (formatted) in neural representations than merely whether that information is present.”

Marlene Cohen @marlenecohen.bsky.social · Jan 4

New results for a new year! “Linking neural population formatting to function” describes our modern take on an old question: how can we understand the contribution of a brain area to behavior?
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠👩🏻‍🔬🧪🧵
#neuroskyence
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Linking neural population formatting to function

Animals capable of complex behaviors tend to have more distinct brain areas than simpler organisms, and artificial networks that perform many tasks tend to self-organize into modules (1-3). This sugge...

www.biorxiv.org

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Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · Sep 7

Despite its efficiency, the brain is oddly inefficient: requires ~8 hours of sleep for every 16 hours of runtime. We spend a third of our lives recharging.

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Brokoslaw Laschowski @drlaschowski.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience.

#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience

jobs.utoronto.ca

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · Jul 30

#IBB shared some highlights from their visit to @sjo09.bsky.social lab. It was rewarding to see how much interest was sparked by #engrams as well as #ML and #NeuroAI 🧠✨

Shoutout to @mhsarikahya.bsky.social & other JF lab members!

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · Jul 30

Thanks! 👾

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · Jul 26

Wrapped up 2 intense weeks at #NeuroAI by @neuromatch.bsky.social! 🚀
Our team explored how RNNs encode spatial memory — and found they implicitly learn a discrete spatial layout.

🔍 Check it out: github.com/neur1s/GridVaders

Thanks to my amazing teammates!

#AI #Neuroscience #RNN #GridWorld

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Kanaka Rajan @kanakarajanphd.bsky.social · Jul 2

(1/7) New preprint from Rajan lab! 🧠🤖
@ryanpaulbadman1.bsky.social & Riley Simmons-Edler show–through cog sci, neuro & ethology–how an AI agent with fewer ‘neurons’ than an insect can forage, find safety & dodge predators in a virtual world. Here's what we built

Preprint: arxiv.org/pdf/2506.06981

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Blake Richards @tyrellturing.bsky.social · Jun 30

This is fun - to make RL models more like mice in the paths they select, you gotta give them the fear of death:

arxiv.org/abs/2505.12204

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Of Mice and Machines: A Comparison of Learning Between Real World Mice and RL Agents

Recent advances in reinforcement learning (RL) have demonstrated impressive capabilities in complex decision-making tasks. This progress raises a natural question: how do these artificial systems comp...

arxiv.org

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Edvard I Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social · Jun 26

Your brain doesn’t just passively track time ⏳ - it structures it.
In @Science.org we show that activity in 🧠 memory circuits (LEC) drifts constantly, but makes sharp jumps at key moments, segmenting life into meaningful events. (1/2)

👉 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Event structure sculpts neural population dynamics in the lateral entorhinal cortex

Our experience of the world is a continuous stream of events that must be segmented and organized at multiple timescales. The neural mechanisms underlying this process remain unknown. In this work, we...

www.science.org

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Rosanna Olsen @rosannaolsen.bsky.social · Jun 24

This is your quarterly reminder that the hippocampus is a cortical (not subcortical) structure! Nicola Palomero-Gallagher underscored this point during our #OHBM2025 educational course!

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Jun 2

It took me a while, but I can now see a purpose in speaking to the discussion of my departure from Yale for the University of Toronto. Here I address four public framings of last year’s move that arose in recent weeks, which tell us something of our present moment
snyder.substack.com/p/last-years...

Last Year's Move to Toronto

And This Year's Politics (video and commentary)

snyder.substack.com

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · May 27

My first time at #FIP and thrilled to have scored a poster prize 🥳

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · May 24

Making social memories at #CAN2025

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · May 23

Conferenciating at #CAN2025 today? Come see my poster on social memory!

Learn how the amygdala helps us tell apart friends vs. foes (as reenacted in the photo) and how this ability is shaped by oxytocin signaling and engrams :)

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · May 22

Thank you for organizing this amazing meeting! 🙌

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · May 22

fantastic day at the 2025 Neural Circuits and Behaviour Satellite meeting! great talks by trainees Xin Zhao, Govind Peringod, Luca Pancotti, and Peiying Wen, and congrats to Govind for his top trainee talk award! so cool to see all the great circuits and behaviour work across the country

The room of attendees at the 2025 CAN Neural Circuits and Behaviour Satellite Meeting.

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Cedric Boeckx @cedricboeckx.bsky.social · Feb 26

Superb @nature.com study from @dulaclab.bsky.social’s lab, led by @dingliu.bsky.social, shedding light on the neural circuitry underlying social homeostasis, centred around two hypothalamic cell populations.
Deep similarities with other physiological needs 🧪🧠
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis - Nature

New data on brain-wide circuits centred around two interconnected hypothalamic neuron populations provide significant mechanistic insights into the emergence of social need during social isolation and...

www.nature.com

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · Feb 24

Sadly, today marks three years since russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. I’m deeply grateful to those who continue to defend and support my homeland. Toronto stands with Ukraine! 💙💛
#StandWithUkraine

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · Feb 24

DeepLabCut has demonstrated high performance on professional skiers, but how does it handle snowboarders who spend more time eating snow than riding? 🤭
Despite a very small training dataset, the output is surprisingly promising! @deeplabcut.bsky.social

#PoseEstimation #Snowboarding

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Bertoglio lab (FMC/UFSC) @bertogliolab.bsky.social · Feb 12

A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in shaping social encounters
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A crucial role for the cortical amygdala in shaping social encounters - Nature

The posterolateral cortical amygdala and other connected brain regions have a key role in mediating the transition from investigative to aggressive behaviour in male mice.

www.nature.com

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Sofiya Zbaranska 🇺🇦 @neur1s.bsky.social · Feb 11

Celebrating Women in Science with @sickkidsvs.bsky.social! 👩‍🔬👯‍♀️

Video reposted from www.instagram.com/reel/DF8Zz2n...

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Surya Ganguli @suryaganguli.bsky.social · Feb 3

Am organizing a workshop this week @SimonsInstitute on Large language models, cognitive science, linguistics, neuroscience and theory. Many excellent speakers. Can register here for livestream! simons.berkeley.edu/workshops/ll...

LLMs, Cognitive Science, Linguistics, and Neuroscience

At a conceptual level, LLMs profoundly change the landscape for theories of human language, of the brain and computation, and of the nature of human intelligence. In linguistics, they provide a new wa...

simons.berkeley.edu

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Paul Frankland @franklandlab.bsky.social · Feb 3

Registration is OPEN!

mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · Feb 3

Ticket sales for the CAN 2025 "Neural Circuits and Behaviour" satellite event have opened! Lots of exciting talks, including the keynote address from @sjo09.bsky.social. Trainees, we'll select 4 trainee attendees for talks, along with a "Best Talk" award. Details: www.eventbrite.ca/e/neural-cir...

Poster describing the 2025 "Neural Circuits and Behaviour" satellite event at the Canadian Association for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

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