Roberto Toro
@r3rt0.bsky.social
Into brain development and evolution (+open science, generative art, genomics, music, 🇨🇱...). If you have questions about mechanical morphogenesis, I have more!
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6671-858X
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6671-858X
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Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
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𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 sounds straightforward:
compare species, identify differences, explain them.
In reality, it 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝘞𝘩𝘺?
#CorticalEvolution2026
compare species, identify differences, explain them.
In reality, it 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝘞𝘩𝘺?
#CorticalEvolution2026
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM
𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 sounds straightforward:
compare species, identify differences, explain them.
In reality, it 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝘞𝘩𝘺?
#CorticalEvolution2026
compare species, identify differences, explain them.
In reality, it 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
𝘞𝘩𝘺?
#CorticalEvolution2026
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Reposted by Roberto Toro
Insightful work led by @haldipur.bsky.social, revealing new aspects of human cerebellar development by focusing on Bergmann glia 🧪🧠
Thrilled to share our latest work highlighting Bergmann glial development in the human cerebellum. @neurodevkathy.bsky.social @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Spatiotemporal histogenesis of the developing human cerebellum reveals dynamic layering of Bergmann glia | PNAS
Bergmann glia (BG) are a specialized glial population essential for cerebellar development,
yet their developmental timeline and molecular identity...
www.pnas.org
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Insightful work led by @haldipur.bsky.social, revealing new aspects of human cerebellar development by focusing on Bergmann glia 🧪🧠
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Defining brain cell types is no longer a matter of classification alone, but of embedding their genetic identities within the dynamical organization of population activity, writes @lmprida.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/defining-cel...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/defining-cel...
From genes to dynamics: Examining brain cell types in action may reveal the logic of brain function
Defining brain cell types is no longer a matter of classification alone, but of embedding their genetic identities within the dynamical organization of population activity.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Defining brain cell types is no longer a matter of classification alone, but of embedding their genetic identities within the dynamical organization of population activity, writes @lmprida.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/defining-cel...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/defining-cel...
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𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗼.
To bring together evolutionary, developmental and systems perspectives and to rethink where the field is going next.
June 15–17, 2026 Spain
#CorticalEvolution2026
To bring together evolutionary, developmental and systems perspectives and to rethink where the field is going next.
June 15–17, 2026 Spain
#CorticalEvolution2026
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗼.
To bring together evolutionary, developmental and systems perspectives and to rethink where the field is going next.
June 15–17, 2026 Spain
#CorticalEvolution2026
To bring together evolutionary, developmental and systems perspectives and to rethink where the field is going next.
June 15–17, 2026 Spain
#CorticalEvolution2026
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𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄?
Because many of the biggest open questions in neuroscience still revolve around the cerebral cortex — how it emerged, expanded, diversified, and why it differs so much across species.
#CorticalEvolution2026
Because many of the biggest open questions in neuroscience still revolve around the cerebral cortex — how it emerged, expanded, diversified, and why it differs so much across species.
#CorticalEvolution2026
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘄?
Because many of the biggest open questions in neuroscience still revolve around the cerebral cortex — how it emerged, expanded, diversified, and why it differs so much across species.
#CorticalEvolution2026
Because many of the biggest open questions in neuroscience still revolve around the cerebral cortex — how it emerged, expanded, diversified, and why it differs so much across species.
#CorticalEvolution2026
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New to using Jupyter notebooks for the Allen Brain Cell Atlas?
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
New to using Jupyter notebooks for the Allen Brain Cell Atlas?
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
Join us on Feb. 11 for a beginner-friendly webinar focusing on installation, set-up, and common questions.
Register for the meeting link and recording: https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_q0sJzndpRbSZWjrSGblu6A#/
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Working on Graphite/Geogram, improved the GUI, reorganized in a tree (leaves much more space for the 3D view). Will be released soon. For the curious, the repo is up to date here: github.com/BrunoLevy/Gr...
Image: OpenSCAD test suite (displayed in a retro-futurist style for fun...)
Image: OpenSCAD test suite (displayed in a retro-futurist style for fun...)
February 8, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Working on Graphite/Geogram, improved the GUI, reorganized in a tree (leaves much more space for the 3D view). Will be released soon. For the curious, the repo is up to date here: github.com/BrunoLevy/Gr...
Image: OpenSCAD test suite (displayed in a retro-futurist style for fun...)
Image: OpenSCAD test suite (displayed in a retro-futurist style for fun...)
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Detailed characterisation of the link between brain and enbocast (study led by A. Balzeau); presenting a good challenge for the interpretation of fossil endocasts, and offering useful recommendations for future studies
🧪💀🧠
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The ‘Rosetta Stone’ of palaeoneurology: A detailed study of the link between the brain and the endocast on 75 volunteers
Imaging data from 75 volunteers were used to determine the sulci on the brain and then read on the internal surface of the cranium, the endocast, the impressions actually linked to the sulci visible ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Detailed characterisation of the link between brain and enbocast (study led by A. Balzeau); presenting a good challenge for the interpretation of fossil endocasts, and offering useful recommendations for future studies
🧪💀🧠
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🧪💀🧠
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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#Communiqué 🗞️ Une équipe a cartographié les correspondances entre les sillons cérébraux et les empreintes laissées sur les endocrânes à partir de sujets vivants afin de mieux reconstituer les cerveaux de nos ancêtres. 🧠
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
February 4, 2026 at 4:38 PM
#Communiqué 🗞️ Une équipe a cartographié les correspondances entre les sillons cérébraux et les empreintes laissées sur les endocrânes à partir de sujets vivants afin de mieux reconstituer les cerveaux de nos ancêtres. 🧠
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
👉 www.cnrs.fr/fr/presse/le...
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We invite applications for postdoctoral researchers with strong expertise in in vivo electrophysiology and circuit neuroscience to join our team at the Paris Brain Institute (ICM).
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
We invite applications for postdoctoral researchers with strong expertise in in vivo electrophysiology and circuit neuroscience to join our team at the Paris Brain Institute (ICM).
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Sifting through Animal Behavior Society newsletters and came across a castigation of the field made by Dutch ethologist Adriaan Kortlandt in 1990. He states, "Ethology is supposed to be the study of behaviour, but the behaviour has become invisible." He also used to fight goats during lectures.
February 4, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Sifting through Animal Behavior Society newsletters and came across a castigation of the field made by Dutch ethologist Adriaan Kortlandt in 1990. He states, "Ethology is supposed to be the study of behaviour, but the behaviour has become invisible." He also used to fight goats during lectures.
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Why is it that small animals like insects have a landspace body plan when viewed head-on, but larger animals like elephants are taller than wide?
With @m-v.bsky.social, we find out in our new preprint titled 'Size and shape of terrestrial animals' - arxiv.org/html/2602.00...
With @m-v.bsky.social, we find out in our new preprint titled 'Size and shape of terrestrial animals' - arxiv.org/html/2602.00...
February 3, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Why is it that small animals like insects have a landspace body plan when viewed head-on, but larger animals like elephants are taller than wide?
With @m-v.bsky.social, we find out in our new preprint titled 'Size and shape of terrestrial animals' - arxiv.org/html/2602.00...
With @m-v.bsky.social, we find out in our new preprint titled 'Size and shape of terrestrial animals' - arxiv.org/html/2602.00...
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Fascinating - Apparently, for one day only (Jan 31), the town of Quilicura, Chile, launched quili.ai, "a human-powered alternative to AI that invites people to submit the everyday questions they would normally ask a machine to Quilicura residents" environmentenergyleader.com/stories/one-...
January 31, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Fascinating - Apparently, for one day only (Jan 31), the town of Quilicura, Chile, launched quili.ai, "a human-powered alternative to AI that invites people to submit the everyday questions they would normally ask a machine to Quilicura residents" environmentenergyleader.com/stories/one-...
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Why do I believe noncoding DNA carry more genetic information than coding DNA in the human genome? One argument beyond our MYC data: >70% of the conserved DNA are noncoding. While a lack of conservation does not mean lack of function, the presence of conservation often indicates function.
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Why do I believe noncoding DNA carry more genetic information than coding DNA in the human genome? One argument beyond our MYC data: >70% of the conserved DNA are noncoding. While a lack of conservation does not mean lack of function, the presence of conservation often indicates function.
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🧠 Cortical Evolution 2026
📍 Bilbao, Spain | 🗓 June 15–17, 2026
Join us for an international meeting on the evolution, development & organization of the cerebral cortex.
More information coming soon 👀
🔗 www.ventricular.org/corticalevolution26
#CorEvo26
📍 Bilbao, Spain | 🗓 June 15–17, 2026
Join us for an international meeting on the evolution, development & organization of the cerebral cortex.
More information coming soon 👀
🔗 www.ventricular.org/corticalevolution26
#CorEvo26
January 19, 2026 at 8:57 AM
🧠 Cortical Evolution 2026
📍 Bilbao, Spain | 🗓 June 15–17, 2026
Join us for an international meeting on the evolution, development & organization of the cerebral cortex.
More information coming soon 👀
🔗 www.ventricular.org/corticalevolution26
#CorEvo26
📍 Bilbao, Spain | 🗓 June 15–17, 2026
Join us for an international meeting on the evolution, development & organization of the cerebral cortex.
More information coming soon 👀
🔗 www.ventricular.org/corticalevolution26
#CorEvo26
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What if the immune system held a key to brain health ? 🧠
Research by Aleksandra Deczkowska @adeczkowska.bsky.social at the Institut Pasteur shows constant immune–brain dialogue, and how modulating immunity could help prevent or treat neurological diseases.
Research by Aleksandra Deczkowska @adeczkowska.bsky.social at the Institut Pasteur shows constant immune–brain dialogue, and how modulating immunity could help prevent or treat neurological diseases.
January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
What if the immune system held a key to brain health ? 🧠
Research by Aleksandra Deczkowska @adeczkowska.bsky.social at the Institut Pasteur shows constant immune–brain dialogue, and how modulating immunity could help prevent or treat neurological diseases.
Research by Aleksandra Deczkowska @adeczkowska.bsky.social at the Institut Pasteur shows constant immune–brain dialogue, and how modulating immunity could help prevent or treat neurological diseases.
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🧠✨ Older neurons get richer connections in the human brain!
Our new paper is out in Nature Communications.
We reveal a fundamental link between ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ ⛓️ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ & ꜰᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ in the human connectome 🧵👇
Our new paper is out in Nature Communications.
We reveal a fundamental link between ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ ⛓️ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ & ꜰᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ in the human connectome 🧵👇
January 30, 2026 at 9:37 AM
🧠✨ Older neurons get richer connections in the human brain!
Our new paper is out in Nature Communications.
We reveal a fundamental link between ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ ⛓️ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ & ꜰᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ in the human connectome 🧵👇
Our new paper is out in Nature Communications.
We reveal a fundamental link between ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛ ⛓️ ʙʀᴀɪɴ ꜱᴛʀᴜᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ & ꜰᴜɴᴄᴛɪᴏɴ in the human connectome 🧵👇
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We are thrilled that our study on the evolution of gene regulation in mammalian cerebellum development – led by @ioansarr.bsky.social, @marisepp.bsky.social and @tyamadat.bsky.social, in collaboration with @steinaerts.bsky.social – is now out in @ScienceMagazine! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 29, 2026 at 7:23 PM
We are thrilled that our study on the evolution of gene regulation in mammalian cerebellum development – led by @ioansarr.bsky.social, @marisepp.bsky.social and @tyamadat.bsky.social, in collaboration with @steinaerts.bsky.social – is now out in @ScienceMagazine! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Interesting new book on the evolution of agency by Álvaro Moreno and Juli Peretó. I've only read the first few chapters, but I am already hooked! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
An Evolutionary Story of Agency
This open access book exposes the role of agency in the history of life. Agency is understood as the capacity of an organism to act, make decisions, ...
link.springer.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Interesting new book on the evolution of agency by Álvaro Moreno and Juli Peretó. I've only read the first few chapters, but I am already hooked! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Stanley Heinz on comparing insect connectomes
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Stanley Heinz on comparing insect connectomes
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🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
January 23, 2026 at 1:04 PM
🤩 Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3–4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Reposted by Roberto Toro
Institut Pasteur (@pasteur.fr) is recruiting new young PIs to open new groups in the Institute. Deadline is February 9th! Don't miss the opportunity!
January 27, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Institut Pasteur (@pasteur.fr) is recruiting new young PIs to open new groups in the Institute. Deadline is February 9th! Don't miss the opportunity!
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Excited for the upcoming TIBBE online talks &discussions with the amazing @stanley-heinze.bsky.social around
How can we increase our comparative dataset and make it more transferable between disciplines?
Next Wednesday, January 28, 3pm UTC, 4pm Paris 🧠🐜🪰🪳🦟🪲🐝 Join us www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
How can we increase our comparative dataset and make it more transferable between disciplines?
Next Wednesday, January 28, 3pm UTC, 4pm Paris 🧠🐜🪰🪳🦟🪲🐝 Join us www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
January 23, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Excited for the upcoming TIBBE online talks &discussions with the amazing @stanley-heinze.bsky.social around
How can we increase our comparative dataset and make it more transferable between disciplines?
Next Wednesday, January 28, 3pm UTC, 4pm Paris 🧠🐜🪰🪳🦟🪲🐝 Join us www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
How can we increase our comparative dataset and make it more transferable between disciplines?
Next Wednesday, January 28, 3pm UTC, 4pm Paris 🧠🐜🪰🪳🦟🪲🐝 Join us www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...