Rune W. Berg
@runewberg.bsky.social
Neuroscientist in Copenhagen, Dept. of Neuroscience | PI at Berg Lab CPH | Motor control | Networks | Spinal Cord | PhD from UC San Diego
Lab page: https://berg-lab.net/
President of Danish Society for Neuroscience ( https://dsfn.dk/ )
Lab page: https://berg-lab.net/
President of Danish Society for Neuroscience ( https://dsfn.dk/ )
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Rune W. Berg
@runewberg.bsky.social
· Nov 9
New preprint:
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
What does the spinal cord actually do? Most textbooks draw the spinal cord as a relay station- but it is much more than that. The spinal cord is not a cable — it's a computer.
The human spinal cord contains 1 billion neurons that generate almost all bodily movements. Cortex has about 16 billion.
The human spinal cord contains 1 billion neurons that generate almost all bodily movements. Cortex has about 16 billion.
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
What does the spinal cord actually do? Most textbooks draw the spinal cord as a relay station- but it is much more than that. The spinal cord is not a cable — it's a computer.
The human spinal cord contains 1 billion neurons that generate almost all bodily movements. Cortex has about 16 billion.
The human spinal cord contains 1 billion neurons that generate almost all bodily movements. Cortex has about 16 billion.
Sayre's law: "Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."
Via @serge.belongie.com
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Via @serge.belongie.com
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Sayre's law - Wikipedia
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February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Sayre's law: "Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."
Via @serge.belongie.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%2...
Via @serge.belongie.com
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%2...
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The exciting time of the year, when the Brain Prize winners are announced, is coming up soon!
The announcement of The Brain Prize 2026 will take place on 5th March at 4pm CET on our website brainprize.org
The world’s largest neuroscience research prize is awarded yearly by the Lundbeck Foundation.
The announcement of The Brain Prize 2026 will take place on 5th March at 4pm CET on our website brainprize.org
The world’s largest neuroscience research prize is awarded yearly by the Lundbeck Foundation.
February 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
The exciting time of the year, when the Brain Prize winners are announced, is coming up soon!
The announcement of The Brain Prize 2026 will take place on 5th March at 4pm CET on our website brainprize.org
The world’s largest neuroscience research prize is awarded yearly by the Lundbeck Foundation.
The announcement of The Brain Prize 2026 will take place on 5th March at 4pm CET on our website brainprize.org
The world’s largest neuroscience research prize is awarded yearly by the Lundbeck Foundation.
Reposted by Rune W. Berg
Want to come do a postdoc with us?
We’re interested in how sensorimotor function is carried out by the cells and circuits of the spinal cord. We have an awesome team, lots of cool techniques, and we’re open to new ideas/approaches/connections. Get in touch!
We’re interested in how sensorimotor function is carried out by the cells and circuits of the spinal cord. We have an awesome team, lots of cool techniques, and we’re open to new ideas/approaches/connections. Get in touch!
February 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Want to come do a postdoc with us?
We’re interested in how sensorimotor function is carried out by the cells and circuits of the spinal cord. We have an awesome team, lots of cool techniques, and we’re open to new ideas/approaches/connections. Get in touch!
We’re interested in how sensorimotor function is carried out by the cells and circuits of the spinal cord. We have an awesome team, lots of cool techniques, and we’re open to new ideas/approaches/connections. Get in touch!
Reposted by Rune W. Berg
Rune W. Berg (@runewberg.bsky.social) has now been formally accepted into the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (danaak.dk). Congrats!
@runewberg.bsky.social
@runewberg.bsky.social
Danmarks Naturvidenskabelige Akademi
danaak.dk
February 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Rune W. Berg (@runewberg.bsky.social) has now been formally accepted into the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (danaak.dk). Congrats!
@runewberg.bsky.social
@runewberg.bsky.social
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Neurograd 2026 Prize ceremony for the winners of top 3 best talks: 1) Yasemin Ronahi Kucuk 2) Alberte W. Jurgensen Breum 3) Marc Klee Olsen. Congrats!
And the best poster presentations: 1) Jamila Probst S. H. Lilja, 2) Lara Kristin Sach, 3) Samuel Ovrom- Congrats!
Key note by Svend Brinkmann
And the best poster presentations: 1) Jamila Probst S. H. Lilja, 2) Lara Kristin Sach, 3) Samuel Ovrom- Congrats!
Key note by Svend Brinkmann
February 1, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Neurograd 2026 Prize ceremony for the winners of top 3 best talks: 1) Yasemin Ronahi Kucuk 2) Alberte W. Jurgensen Breum 3) Marc Klee Olsen. Congrats!
And the best poster presentations: 1) Jamila Probst S. H. Lilja, 2) Lara Kristin Sach, 3) Samuel Ovrom- Congrats!
Key note by Svend Brinkmann
And the best poster presentations: 1) Jamila Probst S. H. Lilja, 2) Lara Kristin Sach, 3) Samuel Ovrom- Congrats!
Key note by Svend Brinkmann
Reposted by Rune W. Berg
NeuroGrads' yearly winter school 2026 kicks off on the second day
January 30, 2026 at 10:28 AM
NeuroGrads' yearly winter school 2026 kicks off on the second day
Alzheimers? Here's a solution if you're a mouse. 😅 ...and potentially if you're a human. 🤞
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Pharmacologic reversal of advanced Alzheimer’s disease in mice and identification of potential therapeutic nodes in human brain
Chaubey et al. demonstrate that restoration of brain resilience reverses advanced
disease in two different mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), challenging the
century-long dogma of AD irreversib...
www.cell.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Alzheimers? Here's a solution if you're a mouse. 😅 ...and potentially if you're a human. 🤞
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
New PhD-course!
Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience - Understanding Cognition
Venue: University of Copenhagen
Length: 8 Wks, March 2-May 1st
Registration before 1 February 2026
lnkd.in/ea63A59B
Organizers: Rasmus Herlo (@rasherlo.bsky.social) and Rune W. Berg
@naddenmark.bsky.social
Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience - Understanding Cognition
Venue: University of Copenhagen
Length: 8 Wks, March 2-May 1st
Registration before 1 February 2026
lnkd.in/ea63A59B
Organizers: Rasmus Herlo (@rasherlo.bsky.social) and Rune W. Berg
@naddenmark.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New PhD-course!
Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience - Understanding Cognition
Venue: University of Copenhagen
Length: 8 Wks, March 2-May 1st
Registration before 1 February 2026
lnkd.in/ea63A59B
Organizers: Rasmus Herlo (@rasherlo.bsky.social) and Rune W. Berg
@naddenmark.bsky.social
Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience - Understanding Cognition
Venue: University of Copenhagen
Length: 8 Wks, March 2-May 1st
Registration before 1 February 2026
lnkd.in/ea63A59B
Organizers: Rasmus Herlo (@rasherlo.bsky.social) and Rune W. Berg
@naddenmark.bsky.social
Fascinating documentary about artificial general intelligence and the development of AlphaFold, the software for determining protein structure from amino acid sequences.
youtu.be/d95J8yzvjbQ?...
youtu.be/d95J8yzvjbQ?...
The Thinking Game | Full documentary | Tribeca Film Festival official selection
YouTube video by Google DeepMind
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December 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Fascinating documentary about artificial general intelligence and the development of AlphaFold, the software for determining protein structure from amino acid sequences.
youtu.be/d95J8yzvjbQ?...
youtu.be/d95J8yzvjbQ?...
Presenting this work on MONDAY afternoon, board V9
See you there?
"Neural topologies that orchestrates locomotion"
See you there?
"Neural topologies that orchestrates locomotion"
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Presenting this work on MONDAY afternoon, board V9
See you there?
"Neural topologies that orchestrates locomotion"
See you there?
"Neural topologies that orchestrates locomotion"
New preprint:
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New preprint:
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Neural manifolds that orchestrate walking and stopping
Here we develop a new theory for neural generation of walking and how it can stop- Next we test the theory using Neuropixels probes in the lumber spinal cord of freely moving rats. See more:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Wonderful to see this important paper come out yesterday- Congrats Lahiru, Nick, and Chethan @chethanp.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spinal interneuron population dynamics underlying flexible pattern generation - Nature Communications
The spinal interneuron population dynamics underlying flexible pattern generation remain not fully understood. Here, the authors present that spinal interneuron state space trajectories capture fine-g...
www.nature.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Wonderful to see this important paper come out yesterday- Congrats Lahiru, Nick, and Chethan @chethanp.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New review on neural manifold and population activity in the brain-
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A neural manifold view of the brain - Nature Neuroscience
Recent advances in neuroscience have revealed how neural population activity underlying behavior can be well described by topological objects called neural manifolds. Understanding how nature, nurture...
www.nature.com
July 29, 2025 at 8:11 AM
New review on neural manifold and population activity in the brain-
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Computational Neuroscience Workshop announcement:
August 11-14, 2025
Venue: Ebberup, DENMARK
Registration is open!
neuroscienceacademydenmark.dk/event/comput...
August 11-14, 2025
Venue: Ebberup, DENMARK
Registration is open!
neuroscienceacademydenmark.dk/event/comput...
Computational Neuroscience – NAD Workshop – Neuroscience Academy Denmark
Join an immersive four-day workshop bringing together early-career researchers and leading experts in computational neuroscience.
neuroscienceacademydenmark.dk
May 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Computational Neuroscience Workshop announcement:
August 11-14, 2025
Venue: Ebberup, DENMARK
Registration is open!
neuroscienceacademydenmark.dk/event/comput...
August 11-14, 2025
Venue: Ebberup, DENMARK
Registration is open!
neuroscienceacademydenmark.dk/event/comput...
Congrats Jaspreet! This is an excellent and interesting paper.
Our paper on “Pedunculopontine-stimulation obstructs hippocampal theta rhythm and halts movement” is finally out!! Please check out!! Congrats to all the coauthors @SalifKomi, @GraceHouser, @Oksana, @Madelaine and our supervisor @runewberg.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pedunculopontine-stimulation obstructs hippocampal theta rhythm and halts movement - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Pedunculopontine-stimulation obstructs hippocampal theta rhythm and halts movement
www.nature.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Congrats Jaspreet! This is an excellent and interesting paper.
Animal roles in medical discoveries 🙌
May 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Animal roles in medical discoveries 🙌
Registration deadline approaching for:
Computing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across Species www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Computing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across Species www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Computing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across Species
Organizers Salil Bidaye, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Ansgar Büschges, University of Cologne Graziana Gatto, University of Cologne Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institutet Julie
www.janelia.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Registration deadline approaching for:
Computing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across Species www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Computing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across Species www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Melanie Mitchell is coming to town! Professor at the Santa Fe institute and author of numerous books on AI and complexity science. Can't miss this opportunity:
www.scienceandcocktails.org/en/events/co...
www.scienceandcocktails.org/en/events/co...
The Past, Present, and Uncertain Future of Artificial Intelligence | Science and Cocktails
Science and Cocktails platform of science events around the globe, lecture recordings, interviews and podcast series.
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April 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Melanie Mitchell is coming to town! Professor at the Santa Fe institute and author of numerous books on AI and complexity science. Can't miss this opportunity:
www.scienceandcocktails.org/en/events/co...
www.scienceandcocktails.org/en/events/co...
In case you missed it, here is an AI-generated Podcast of our paper in Nature from 2022, "Movement is governed by rotational neural dynamics in spinal motor networks" - I must say the AI algorithm is doing an excellent job.
soundcloud.com/berglabcph/l...
soundcloud.com/berglabcph/l...
Linden et al 2022 -
This is an AI-generated podcast of the article by Linden et al. in Nature 2022 -
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April 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In case you missed it, here is an AI-generated Podcast of our paper in Nature from 2022, "Movement is governed by rotational neural dynamics in spinal motor networks" - I must say the AI algorithm is doing an excellent job.
soundcloud.com/berglabcph/l...
soundcloud.com/berglabcph/l...
Too busy to read our preprint? Here's an AI-generated podcast of our recent new theory of the neural mechanism of locomotion in mammals:
on.soundcloud.com/FQ56dadQAaTZ...
on.soundcloud.com/FQ56dadQAaTZ...
Podcast of Komi et al 2025:
This is an AI generated Podcast of the preprint on
on.soundcloud.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Too busy to read our preprint? Here's an AI-generated podcast of our recent new theory of the neural mechanism of locomotion in mammals:
on.soundcloud.com/FQ56dadQAaTZ...
on.soundcloud.com/FQ56dadQAaTZ...
Artificial Intelligence: From Mind to Machine- movie associated with the Brain prize 2024 with interesting discussion and perspectives:
youtu.be/K25T-I3B5Nc?...
youtu.be/K25T-I3B5Nc?...
Artificial Intelligence: From Mind to Machine
YouTube video by BrainPrize
youtu.be
March 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Artificial Intelligence: From Mind to Machine- movie associated with the Brain prize 2024 with interesting discussion and perspectives:
youtu.be/K25T-I3B5Nc?...
youtu.be/K25T-I3B5Nc?...
Reposted by Rune W. Berg
Registration started for the Janelia meeting on spinal cord and brainstem circuits for sensorimotor adaptation across species. Spinal cord is more than a hub, it does supercomputing!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
Computing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across Species
Organizers Salil Bidaye, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Ansgar Büschges, University of Cologne Graziana Gatto, University of Cologne Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institutet Julie
www.janelia.org
February 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Registration started for the Janelia meeting on spinal cord and brainstem circuits for sensorimotor adaptation across species. Spinal cord is more than a hub, it does supercomputing!
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...
www.janelia.org/you-janelia/...