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Joe Raimondo

@joeraimondo.bsky.social

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South African cellular neuroscientist, mostly confused.

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Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Aug 4

We’re so grateful to the patients and their families for the gift tissue, and to the clinical teams, collaborators, and funders who made this possible.

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Aug 4

This slow timeline creates developmentally distinct electrophysiological types that likely shape cognition across life stages.

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Aug 4

While mouse neurons reach functional maturity within weeks, human neurons take decades, proceeding 2–6x slower than brain growth alone would predict.

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Aug 4

I’m incredibly stoked to announce our latest preprint led by Thijs Verhoog, where we show that human cortical neurons mature hundreds of times slower than mouse neurons, only reaching functional maturity well into the third decade of life.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jul 24

Read more about our work describing one way tapeworm larvae might cause seizures:

elifesciences.org/digests/8817...

Excitable brain worms

Tapeworm larvae might cause epilepsy by producing excess glutamate and overexciting brain cells.

elifesciences.org

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jul 24

If a human accidentally eats the eggs of the tapeworm, they form larvae in the brain. This is a major cause of seizures in endemic areas, such as some parts of Zambia where these larvae were harvested. Big thanks to our Evans Mwape (UNZA) and Sarah Gabriel (Ghent Uni).

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jul 24

And start searching around for your intestinal wall to plug into with their little suckers.

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jul 24

If they sense some bile in your intestine their head and neck pop out.

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jul 24

Don't forget to cook your pork.

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jul 24

Look at these beautiful pig tapeworm larvae (Taenia solium)!

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Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @imbizo.bsky.social · Jun 30

🎉🚨 Extended Application Deadline! Now July 16, 2025!

If you want to learn about the brain💻🧠in the amazing Noordhoek, Cape Town🇿🇦, apply.

What to Do Next: Finalise and submit applications before the deadline: imbizo.africa/apply/

Please spread the news. Don’t miss out!

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Ida Momennejad @neuroai.bsky.social · Mar 1

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”
- Antonio Gramsci

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Yirong Xiong @afurrybearyirong.bsky.social · Feb 5

one of the coolest things in my life 😆: listen to the spikes from cockroach leg + do spike sorting on them + plot the neural activity on #imbizo 2025 t-shirt!! 🆒🆒🆒 @imbizo.bsky.social

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Simons Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @imbizo.bsky.social · Jan 30

🎉 Exciting day at #Imbizo2025! Dr. Dan Wetmore & Dr. Garrick Orchard from Meta’s Reality Labs shared their industrial insights on designing top-notch AI/ML experiments, including innovative BCI applications 🤖💡 Students showcased creative solutions for EMG, sleep, wind, epilepsy monitoring & more! 🌟

Dr. Dan Wetmore giving a lecture

Students at Imbizo working hard on their presentation

Student presentation on designing ML solutions to understand cardiac rhythms

Student presentation on designing ML solutions to sleep paralysis

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jan 25

This is just so spot on.

Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · Jan 24

I wrote about the concept of agency (both human and artificial) in the year 2025. gracewlindsay.com/2025/01/24/2...

2025: Agency gained and lost

If you’ve had even a passing glance at tech journalism over the past few months, you know the top buzzword for AI in 2025 is agentic. Agentic AI (according to many think pieces and press releases a…

gracewlindsay.com

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Anastasia Christakou 💙 @christakou.bsky.social · Jan 21

Today's lunchtime reading brings simultanuously the most enjoyable and confusing read in a while, by @tyrellturing.bsky.social and @kordinglab.bsky.social
It's redundant dummies, that's the whole point!
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

The study of plasticity has always been about gradients

Abstract figure legend This figure illustrates our central point in this paper using a well-known meme. That central point is that the physiological study of synaptic plasticity and learning has alwa...

physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Tim Vogels @tpvogels.bsky.social · Jan 17

New "kid" on the block being @arifahamid.bsky.social (left). @joeraimondo.bsky.social (right) was supposed to have retired as well, but by his local proximity, he still gets to hang out! NOT fair.

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jan 17

@therealdrdukes.bsky.social, founding president of @blackinneuro.bsky.social sharing the highs and lows of her inspirational journey, and the importance of building community in neuroscience at @imbizo.bsky.social. @ibroorg.bsky.social @simonsfoundation.org

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Jan 15

Just gave my lecture at @imbizo.bsky.social summer school today. What an amazing school both in terms of science and social impact --and the place is breathtaking! Now, time to enjoy the summer time with @therealdrdukes.bsky.social, @arifahamid.bsky.social, and all the students and tutors 🏖️

Joe Raimondo @joeraimondo.bsky.social · Jan 17

Annual cockroach spike 🪳 fun at the @imbizo.bsky.social! @simonsfoundation.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @backyardbrains.bsky.social

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Shruti Muralidhar @polybiotique.bsky.social · Jan 13

My patch peeps will get this

Patching with an Axoclamp 200B and a Tektronix oscilloscope 💖 The dials were perfect, the switches were all analog and the bridge balance setting was totally by vibes. I had 6 of them on a 6-patch rig and it was glorious when I got all 6 perfect cells 💕

Erin McKean @emckean.bsky.social · Jan 12

what’s your favorite instance of haptic nostalgia—the poignant memory of the physicality of an obsolete thing—like dialing a rotary phone, shifting gears in a manual transmission, opening a soda can with a pull ring?

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Marcus Ghosh @marcusghosh.bsky.social · Jan 9

Join us in Zambia for the third TReND-CaMinA course: computational neuroscience & machine learning in Africa.

📆Applications open until 15.01.

🧠🧪

trendinafrica.org/trend-camina/

A poster advertising the TREND CAMINA summer school.

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · Nov 19

I wish we could get Edward Tufte over here on Bsky.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Nov 15

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction

Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.

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Itai Yanai @itaiyanai.bsky.social · Nov 18

Is basic science undervalued? David Glanzman (UCLA) talks about the decline of 'middle class' labs and that "there is no empirical evidence that the translational approach accomplishes this [cures] any better than the traditional one. Claims to the contrary at this point are mere propaganda."

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Matthijs Dorst @mattneuro.bsky.social · Nov 18

Are you building a patch-clamp setup, and would like a cheap heating system? Have you ever wondered how temperature changes the membrane properties of MSNs? Then you might like our latest paper, out now!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A low-cost perfusion heating system for slice electrophysiology - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - A low-cost perfusion heating system for slice electrophysiology