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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · 1d

Office space an hour before, and an hour after, the deadline for the grant application

Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · 26d

Happy Phineas Gage Day.

On this day, in 1848, Phineas Gage involuntarily participated in one of the first human lesion experiments demonstrating the function of frontal lobes in impulse inhibition.

Today,we honor him and others (including animal subjects) and celebrate neuroscientific progress

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Timothy O'Leary @timothyoleary.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yes, the media should ask these questions. They don't. They can't. They lack the training and work inside rigid rules about how to capture attention and storytell. They have mantras for "what the public understands" that don't include science or data.

Politics runs on media, hence our world today.

Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Sep 7

When reporting on these kinds of claims, the media should ask:

1. Is this a one-off study or a replicated finding?
2. Is it cherry-picked or consistent?
3. Was the study big enough to be reliable?
4. Did it employ robust statistical methods?
5. How big is the effect size? (If there’s a statistical association, does it amount to a big risk or a small one?)
6. Is there any evidence for a causal link or is it just a correlation?
7. Could the correlation reflect some confounding factor?
8. How does this supposed factor sit in the context of other factors (especially genetic risk for autism, which is very highly heritable)?

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Jul 17

- The vasodilatory effect is independent of IP3R2-mediated calcium signaling.

As mostly in science, this study poses further questions forwardly, which, hopefully, we will be able to contribute more on in the future :)

Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Jul 17

We used a combination of new optical tools and analytical approaches, and report that:

- Optogenetically elevating astrocytic cAMP induces arteriole dilation in anesthetized and awake mice.
- Mild opto-stimulation causing sensory-level cAMP elevations is sufficient to induce hyperemia.

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Jul 17

paper alert: Our study on the role of astrocytic cAMP-levels on neurovascular coupling has been published and can be found here:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Vittani spearheaded the project, and I had the pleasure of joining, initially for computational purposes, but also with single-cell 2P exps

Cerebral blood flow is modulated by astrocytic cAMP elevation independently of IP3R2-mediated Ca2+ signaling in mice | PNAS

Local neural activation drives regional increase of cerebral blood flow (CBF), in a phenomenon known as functional hyperemia. Astrocytes, which enw...

www.pnas.org

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Jun 20

Our computational neuroscience meeting in August, 11-14th, is still open for registration, and we are happy to announce that with support of Neuroscience Academy Denmark, both registration and accomodation is now free of charge for sign-ups from NAD-affiliated institutions.

registration below

Neuroscience Academy Denmark @naddenmark.bsky.social · Jun 20

Register for Computational Neuroscience - NAD Workshop 🖥️

📅 WHEN: August 11-14
🧑‍🦰 WHO: Neuroscientists affiliated with a Danish research institution
🌍 WHERE: Gl. Avernæs Sinatur Hotel & Konference
⏰ DEADLINE: June 26

Read more and register 👉 bit.ly/3G7hIQ8

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Jun 14

...well, sometimes, poetry also seems one of the last remaining sources of meaning amidst the madness

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Rune W. Berg @runewberg.bsky.social · May 28

Computational Neuroscience Workshop announcement:
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

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · May 26

Harvard offering free courses on 'Constitution', 'U.S. public policies', 'Citizen politics', etc... to the general population is such a badass, clever response, and simultaneous commentary, to the current political farce

pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

Government | Harvard University

Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.

pll.harvard.edu

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · May 16

Ok, guess I'm already late to the party here... The statement seems self-evident in its core essence, though if we accept generation to include recombination and projection from smaller parts, the real interesting question becomes how much inference and prediction is possible from which small parts?

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · May 8

Come join us in Denmark for a fantastic week of theoretical and computational neuroscience!

Federation of European Neuroscience Societies - FENS @fens.org · May 7

🔔 Late registration for the #BrainConference is OPEN!

🗓️ Register by 21 May to take part in this small-scale, action-packed conference, where you'll join leading researchers as they explore exciting new frontiers in #TheoreticalNeuroscience. 🧠

Act fast! 👉 loom.ly/GEOcXkU

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · May 5

A very danish morning:

On my way to buy my usual breadroll w/cheese, I met the owner of the cafe, who recognized and greeted me, apologized he had to run a short errand, but asked if I could just take the goods and check myself out at the register...

Which I did. Paid, and left before his return

Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Apr 19

If you read one mainstream article this weekend, let it be this one...

Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis @trackingactions.bsky.social · Apr 19

Opinion | What’s Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. (Gift Article)

It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.

www.nytimes.com

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Apr 7

Altså, AI skal jo helst ikke være vores standardsvar på alt, men har du prøvet at køre den igennem Perplexity?

Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Apr 4

Tak, Nikolas Jensen

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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · Mar 25

Science is under threat in the US. @elife.bsky.social have commissioned a series of articles discussing the implications and what we can do. The first three articles are now live. More to follow:
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...
elifesciences.org/articles/106...

Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond

Individual researchers and university leaders need to make the case for science to their elected representatives and to the public at large.

elifesciences.org

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Mar 22

Think this quote extrapolates well to global scale

annamaet.bsky.social @annamaet.bsky.social · Jan 20

“It’s not hard to imagine future generations one day asking: ‘When there was so much at stake for our country, what did you do?’ The only acceptable answer is: ‘Everything we could.’”
-Cecile Richards

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Mar 20

Late night thought. We way too often measure the intelligence of an animal by their ability to learn our languages, gesticulations, and other means of communication... and maybe I missed it, but when did any human ever succeed in learning any of theirs?

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Ken Miller @kenmiller.bsky.social · Mar 20

Saw an excellent argument to convince any reachable climate change doubters: every insurance company employees climate experts and prices in climate risks. If it weren't real, other companies could ignore it and undercut them in price. They don't.

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Mar 5

PS: and what joy it is to be able to stream favorite artists like Kashmir, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, etc..., without limitations again

Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Mar 5

From Twitter -> BlueSky
From WhatsApp -> Signal
From Spotify -> TIDAL
...next?

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Syed AbuMusab @smusab.bsky.social · Mar 2

People are out here trying to audit algorithms for fairness etc., and these homies are auditing entire social institutions using algorithms.
Now I see what Elon meant by AI is an existential risk, he’s just two steps ahead of us.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Mar 2

Mike Johnson on Elon Musk: "We meet late into the night in his office and we've looked at that. What he's finding with his algorithms crawling through the data of Social Security system is enormous amounts of fraud, waste, and abuse."

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Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Mar 2

Not gonna wash away our problems, but with a little luck, it can help facilitate some useful shower-thoughts

Rasmus Herlo @rasherlo.bsky.social · Mar 2

In a time, where the fundamental values and social fabric we have taken for granted is being dismantled before our eyes, it can feel somewhat anchoring to just build something concrete.

So today, with help of my friends, we started expanding the bathroom to add a new shower cabin.

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