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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 16h

Save the date: October 31, Amsterdam. A fantastic event for those interested in neurotech and neuro-AI, with a twist on how international collaborations can boost these fields. Please spread the word and join us there if you can! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Cajal Encounters

Neuroscience meets NeuroAI. Join us in this event to highlight success stories and foster collaboration in Neuroscience between Spain and the Netherlands! Event Information Date: 31st October (afterno...

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Dan Levenstein @dlevenstein.bsky.social · 23h

The Wu Tsai Institute at Yale is hiring another faculty member in neurocomputation. Come work with us in a growing community at the interface of neuroscience and AI!

More info below 👇

Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 5d

📣 WTI is hiring faculty positions! Are you interested in advancing our understanding of the brain + how it gives rise to cognition?

Two calls are open:

Open-rank search, Neurocomputation, deadline: 12.1.25
Senior search, Neurodevelopment, rolling review

🔗 wti.yale.edu/opportunities

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Dan Levenstein @dlevenstein.bsky.social · 22h

Come do a postdoc at the Wu Tsai Institute!

WTI fellows have freedom to work with anyone at the institute, and preference is given to applicants who want to work on interdisciplinary projects with multiple faculty mentors.

If you’re interested to work with me, please reach out!

Wu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Calling experimental, computational, or theoretical researchers!

WTI's Postdoc Fellowships application is now open, offering a competitive salary, structured mentorship, world-class facilities + more: wti.yale.edu/initiatives/...

Apply by November 10: apply.interfolio.com/174525

#KnowTogether

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats!!

Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 6d

Quite a good guideline about how to write a paper, I think: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...

How to write a scientific paper in fifteen steps

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The Viking (Gunnar Blohm) @gunnarblohm.bsky.social · 7d

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How to find the papers you need to read — and avoid the ones you don’t

With thousands of papers being published everyday, it can be a task working out which matter. Here are some tips to help you decide.

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks!

Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 15d

Congrats, Blake!! Amazing and very brave move!

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Alessandro Ingrosso @aingrosso.bsky.social · 16d

Please RT - Open PhD position in my group at the Donders Center for Neuroscience, Radboud University.

We're looking for a PhD candidate interested in developing theories of learning in neural networks.

Applications are open until October 20th.

For more info: www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

PhD Position: Theory of Learning in Artificial and Biologically Inspired Neural Networks | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a PhD candidate Theory of Learning in Artificial and Biologically Inspired Neural Network? Check our vacancy!

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 17d

I'd say I strongly align with this. A hardcore bottom-up approach is far from optimal, but Marr's disdain for biological detail (as it's only 'implementation') created a rift in the field that can clearly be sensed even today. But overall, there more (and better views) than those two.

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · 21d

Congrats, Luke!!

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Aug 18

An explosion in open-neuroscience datasets has created a new generation of researchers with expertise in data science. But new restrictions put our research programs in jeopardy, writes Elvisha Dhamala @elvisha.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence

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Deleting data or stopping its collection will erase years of valuable brain research

An explosion in open-neuroscience datasets has created a new generation of researchers with expertise in data science. But new federal restrictions in the United States put their research programs in…

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · Aug 16

𝗖𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
by Earl K Miller, Scott L Brincat, Jefferson E Roy
This promises to be a must read
One day we should create an online journal club to just read these kinds of papers!
#neuroskyence
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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 13

Are you an advisor for the Dutch government? www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

Amsterdam is building tiny staircases to help cats exit its canals

Hundreds of wooden steps will be constructed to stop small animals from drowning

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Joao Barbosa @jbarbosa.org · Aug 10

Sad to miss #CCN2025. It will be the 1st conference where a PhD working w/ me will speak 😭

go see Lubna's talk (Friday) about distributed neural correlates of flexible decision making in 🐒,

work done in collaboration w/ @scottbrincat.bsky.social @siegellab.bsky.social & @earlkmiller.bsky.social

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Iris Groen @irisgroen.bsky.social · Aug 10

After preparing for a full year together with @neurosteven.bsky.social and all other amazing organizers
of @cogcompneuro.bsky.social, #CCN2025 is finally here!

While I'm proud of the entire program we put together, I'd now like to highlight my own lab's contributions, 6 posters total:

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 10

If you are interested in any of the above, feel free to reach out, we'll be around all week and happy to chat more! #CCN2025

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 10

We end with a bang on Thursday: a Keynote & Tutorial session where I'll talk about distributed cognition in full-brain models, and Francisco, Rares and Parva will provide a hands-on tutorial on our models. Don't miss it! 2025.ccneuro.org/k-and-t-digi...

Keynote & Tutorial – Digital Brain Models for Working Memory

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 10

And the last poster on Wednesday comes from our postdoc Francisco Páscoa dos Santos, on how a proper balance of AMPA and NMDA allows gamma oscillations to support slow brain dynamics. More info: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=7...

Poster Presentation

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 10

Also on Wednesday, Rares Dorcioman will present a poster on our latest work on distributed working memory in human full-brain models, check it out: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=s...

Poster Presentation

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 10

On Wednesday, triple session: first, a poster on predictive coding with multisensory representations from our student Parva Alavian, see details here: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=l...

Poster Presentation

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 10

On Tuesday, Kwangjun Lee has a poster presentation on our latest work on biologically plausible models of predictive coding, this time with E-PV-SST-VIP circuits and featuring emergent oscillations: 2025.ccneuro.org/poster/?id=y...

Poster Presentation

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 10

We start strong on Monday at 15h, when we organize the Satellite Workshop 'RNNs making decisions' together with @molanomazon.bsky.social. Speakers @summerfieldlab.bsky.social, @veronicachelu.bsky.social, @seanfw.bsky.social and others: sites.google.com/view/rnnsmak...

RNNs making decisions

The goal of this CCN workshop is to host a scientific discussion on the study of decision-making using recurrent neural networks. The selected speakers will cover all aspects of decision-making, from ...

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 10

#CCN2025 is starting tomorrow in Amsterdam, and our lab is presenting and contributing in several ways. A summary thread:

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Jorge Mejias @jorgefmejias.bsky.social · Aug 8

If you are planning to attend #CCN2025 in Amsterdam next week and are interested in recurrent network models of decision making, please join our Satellite Workshop on Monday at 3pm. We'll have @summerfieldlab.bsky.social , @veronicachelu.bsky.social and many more! sites.google.com/view/rnnsmak...

RNNs making decisions

The goal of this CCN workshop is to host a scientific discussion on the study of decision-making using recurrent neural networks. The selected speakers will cover all aspects of decision-making, from ...

sites.google.com

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