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Kiah Hardcastle @kiahhardcastle.bsky.social · Aug 12

Excited to announce that my first postdoc paper is now online!

Links:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
rdcu.be/eAcN7

In it, we examine the perennial question: what changes in the brain when learning a new motor skill?

Read more below to find out 👇

Differential kinematic coding in sensorimotor striatum across behavioral domains reflects different contributions to movement - Nature Neuroscience

Hardcastle and Marshall et al. show that striatal function is domain specific, required for task-related but not spontaneously expressed movements. This functional distinction is reflected in starkly ...

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lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Congratulations!!

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Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · Jun 12

It's officially published!! In my main postdoc work with @markplitt.bsky.social and @lgiocomo.bsky.social, we found that the hippocampus simultaneously encodes an animal's spatial position and its experience relative to reward in parallel population codes. 🧵

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A flexible hippocampal population code for experience relative to reward - Nature Neuroscience

Sosa et al. find that hippocampal neural activity in mice encodes both environmental location and experience relative to rewards, spanning distances far from reward, through parallel and flexible popu...

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lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · Jun 11

New paper from the lab officially out! Congratulations @marisosa.bsky.social - amazing work - and just before she sets off to UC Boulder to start her own lab!

stanfordbrain.bsky.social @stanfordbrain.bsky.social · Jun 11

How does the brain map where rewards are found?

Stanford researchers Lisa Giocomo and Mari Sosa found that mice form adaptable hippocampal maps that track reward locations, offering insight into how memory, dementia & addiction relate to place and reward.

neuroscience.stanford.edu/news/locatio...

A section of the mouse hippocampus illustrates where cells were genetically engineered to fluoresce when active using GCaMP, a genetically encoded calcium indicator commonly used to image brain activity. Image credit: Giocomo Lab

Lisa Giocomo is a professor of neurobiology, HHMI Investigator, and Wu Tsai Neuro deputy director whose laboratory studies how single brain cells and dynamic networks interact to enable spatial memory and navigation.

Marielena Sosa is a postdoctoral scientist in the Giocomo lab who led the work with former graduate student Mark Plitt.

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lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · May 7

Please re-post and share! This is a great effort to improve communication of science benefits and discoveries

Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · May 6

Calling all science advocates!! Carlos Brody+ are creating a searchable database of tangible science benefits, and they need you.

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They are asking for suggestions - from brief to lengthy. The database is state-searchable, so all 50 states.

Please spread the word!

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · May 6

Calling all science advocates!! Carlos Brody+ are creating a searchable database of tangible science benefits, and they need you.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

They are asking for suggestions - from brief to lengthy. The database is state-searchable, so all 50 states.

Please spread the word!

Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.

A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.

publicusaresearchbenefits.com

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lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · May 6

Early morning run on the High Line ❤️

lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · May 2

New lab alert!! Mari is an incredibly creative and awesome scientist - plus an amazing mentor! If you have the opportunity to join her lab - I can’t recommend it enough - can’t wait to see her get started ❤️

Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · Apr 25

Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!

The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵

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lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · Mar 10

Looking forward to a day of science at @CSHL! Started my day with a sunrise run - such a beautiful campus

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lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · Mar 5

Congratulations to Charlotte Herber on her beautiful thesis defense today! The MD world is very lucky to have you headed back to clinic soon but we will miss you! Excited to see where your future path takes you in research and medicine!

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Liset M. de la Prida @lmprida.bsky.social · Feb 26

New from the lab!! 👉🏼 authors.elsevier.com/a/1kgT43BtfH... 📝 @cellpress.bsky.social We discovered that genetically-defined neuron types in the hippocampus form unique manifolds! Dual color imaging, chemogenetics and topological analysis all at once! With Juan Gallego @juangallego.bsky.social

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lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · Feb 27

Congratulations to John Wen on his thesis defense! Amazing to see what you've accomplished over your PhD and can't wait to see where your journey takes you!

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lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · Feb 15

We are currently looking for a research scientist/technician!

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lgiocomo.bsky.social @lgiocomo.bsky.social · Feb 11

We are looking for a research tech! Come join the team - apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Research Technician- Giocomo Lab

Primary Work Address: Beckman Center, Stanford, CA, 94305-5323 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. We are currently looking for a scientifically curious Research Tech...

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