Rebeca Ianov
@rebecaianov.bsky.social
Computational Neuroscience PhD @ University of Cambridge (MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit)
Reposted by Rebeca Ianov
For those interested in open neuroscience learning tools, check out the preprint for “RetINaBox: A hands-on tool for experimental neuroscience" that a couple students in my lab worked on in collaboration with the Trenholm lab:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠📈 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠📈 🧪
RetINaBox: A hands-on learning tool for experimental neuroscience
An exciting aspect of neuroscience research is developing and testing hypotheses via experimentation. However, due to logistical and financial hurdles, this compelling part of neuroscience research is...
www.biorxiv.org
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For those interested in open neuroscience learning tools, check out the preprint for “RetINaBox: A hands-on tool for experimental neuroscience" that a couple students in my lab worked on in collaboration with the Trenholm lab:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠📈 🧪
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠📈 🧪
Reposted by Rebeca Ianov
Public access to the first fly connectome that spans the whole CNS - BANC!: codex.flywire.ai?dataset=banc
Different from prior connectomes - it is brain + cord (think spinal cord)
We use it to ‘embody’ the system and find it resembles ‘subsumption architecture’ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Different from prior connectomes - it is brain + cord (think spinal cord)
We use it to ‘embody’ the system and find it resembles ‘subsumption architecture’ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
August 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Public access to the first fly connectome that spans the whole CNS - BANC!: codex.flywire.ai?dataset=banc
Different from prior connectomes - it is brain + cord (think spinal cord)
We use it to ‘embody’ the system and find it resembles ‘subsumption architecture’ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Different from prior connectomes - it is brain + cord (think spinal cord)
We use it to ‘embody’ the system and find it resembles ‘subsumption architecture’ doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Really interesting study showing that synaptic sign-switching contributes to fast & accurate value updates with no potential limits on learning flexibility!
'Unlike in artificial neural networks, learning in biological networks is thought to modify synaptic weights but not signs ... here, we demonstrate experience-dependent sign switching at glutamate and GABA co-releasing synapses'
Synaptic sign switching mediates online dopamine updates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.23.666367v1
July 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Really interesting study showing that synaptic sign-switching contributes to fast & accurate value updates with no potential limits on learning flexibility!
Reposted by Rebeca Ianov
3/3) I think it's time for the field to move on from predictive coding, per se, and refocus on uncovering the basics of how predictions are formed and compared to sensory data in the cortical microcircuit, rather than chasing ghost prediction error neurons.
Hopefully this paper will help!
Hopefully this paper will help!
July 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
3/3) I think it's time for the field to move on from predictive coding, per se, and refocus on uncovering the basics of how predictions are formed and compared to sensory data in the cortical microcircuit, rather than chasing ghost prediction error neurons.
Hopefully this paper will help!
Hopefully this paper will help!
Reposted by Rebeca Ianov
We had an incredible gathering at UK Neural Computation 2025 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social last week 🇬🇧 Macron missed out...
Some of the UK’s very best at the frontier of comp neuro.
Thanks to our sponsors ARIA + Crick & UKNC team: @markdhumphries.bsky.social + @neuralreckoning.bsky.social!
Some of the UK’s very best at the frontier of comp neuro.
Thanks to our sponsors ARIA + Crick & UKNC team: @markdhumphries.bsky.social + @neuralreckoning.bsky.social!
July 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We had an incredible gathering at UK Neural Computation 2025 @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social last week 🇬🇧 Macron missed out...
Some of the UK’s very best at the frontier of comp neuro.
Thanks to our sponsors ARIA + Crick & UKNC team: @markdhumphries.bsky.social + @neuralreckoning.bsky.social!
Some of the UK’s very best at the frontier of comp neuro.
Thanks to our sponsors ARIA + Crick & UKNC team: @markdhumphries.bsky.social + @neuralreckoning.bsky.social!
New study out now (doi.org/10.1111/ejn....)! Modelling MEG dynamics with RNNs reveals how reduced inhibition may shape neural signatures in ZDHHC9-linked neurodivergence!🧠🧬
Thanks to all co-authors! @achterbrain.bsky.social @danakarca.bsky.social @kbgenesbrains.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social
Thanks to all co-authors! @achterbrain.bsky.social @danakarca.bsky.social @kbgenesbrains.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social
Synaptic Function and Sensory Processing in ZDHHC9‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder: A Mechanistic Account
In the current study, we employed a bottom-up approach to study the impact of synaptic-level alterations associated with ZDHHC9 variants on cortical function in healthy and ZDHHC9-deficient participa...
doi.org
May 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New study out now (doi.org/10.1111/ejn....)! Modelling MEG dynamics with RNNs reveals how reduced inhibition may shape neural signatures in ZDHHC9-linked neurodivergence!🧠🧬
Thanks to all co-authors! @achterbrain.bsky.social @danakarca.bsky.social @kbgenesbrains.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social
Thanks to all co-authors! @achterbrain.bsky.social @danakarca.bsky.social @kbgenesbrains.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social