Octavian Modreanu
@octavianm.bsky.social
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We welcome you, fellow scientists!
Please do reach out if you're interested in workung with us.
Our research topics can be found here: www.cbs.mpg.de/1830372/topics
Please do reach out if you're interested in workung with us.
Our research topics can be found here: www.cbs.mpg.de/1830372/topics
February 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We welcome you, fellow scientists!
Please do reach out if you're interested in workung with us.
Our research topics can be found here: www.cbs.mpg.de/1830372/topics
Please do reach out if you're interested in workung with us.
Our research topics can be found here: www.cbs.mpg.de/1830372/topics
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people just don't neuroscience like they used to
January 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
people just don't neuroscience like they used to
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Eleanor Maguire, who died 4 January at age 54, pioneered the famous London taxi-driver study and naturalistic approaches for studying spatial and episodic memory in people.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/remem...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/remem...
Remembering Eleanor Maguire, ‘trailblazer’ of human memory
Maguire, mastermind of the famous London taxi-driver study, broadened the field and championed the importance of spatial representations in memory.
www.thetransmitter.org
January 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Eleanor Maguire, who died 4 January at age 54, pioneered the famous London taxi-driver study and naturalistic approaches for studying spatial and episodic memory in people.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/remem...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/remem...
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I knew it!!!! The socks!!!
December 22, 2024 at 10:04 PM
I knew it!!!! The socks!!!
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December 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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Attention my fellow spiking neural network python nerds, there is a new version of Brian (2.8) just in time for Xmas. Particularly recommended if you use random numbers in standalone mode, big speed improvements.
brian2.readthedocs.io/en/2.8.0/int...
Brian will make his way to Bluesky soon. 🤖🧠🧪
brian2.readthedocs.io/en/2.8.0/int...
Brian will make his way to Bluesky soon. 🤖🧠🧪
Release notes — Brian 2 2.8.0 documentation
brian2.readthedocs.io
December 20, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Attention my fellow spiking neural network python nerds, there is a new version of Brian (2.8) just in time for Xmas. Particularly recommended if you use random numbers in standalone mode, big speed improvements.
brian2.readthedocs.io/en/2.8.0/int...
Brian will make his way to Bluesky soon. 🤖🧠🧪
brian2.readthedocs.io/en/2.8.0/int...
Brian will make his way to Bluesky soon. 🤖🧠🧪
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Did you ever think about how much time you spend *judging* as a scientist? Judging papers, research proposals, other scientists...
This onslaught of judging duties hit me hard as a new professor & I've written about the need to explicitly decide one's judging criteria here 👇
This onslaught of judging duties hit me hard as a new professor & I've written about the need to explicitly decide one's judging criteria here 👇
How to explore your scientific values and develop a vision for your field.
By @neurograce.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
How to explore your scientific values and develop a vision for your field
As a new professor, I was caught off guard by one part of the job: my role as an evaluator.
www.thetransmitter.org
May 3, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Did you ever think about how much time you spend *judging* as a scientist? Judging papers, research proposals, other scientists...
This onslaught of judging duties hit me hard as a new professor & I've written about the need to explicitly decide one's judging criteria here 👇
This onslaught of judging duties hit me hard as a new professor & I've written about the need to explicitly decide one's judging criteria here 👇
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Hello world! We are excited to be part of the budding neurophysiology community here on Bluesky! We will be using this channel to promote NWB-related events posts, and efforts in open neuroscience.
December 18, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Hello world! We are excited to be part of the budding neurophysiology community here on Bluesky! We will be using this channel to promote NWB-related events posts, and efforts in open neuroscience.
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Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research.
December 20, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to shine the spotlight on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research.
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A #FluorescenceFriday fresh from the microscope! Check these neurons 🟠 opening space to allow a blood vessel to pass between them! Astrocytes🔵 and microglia 🟢 give the shape of the blood vessel, and check the red blood cells 🔴 inside. Isn't the brain pretty? 🔬🧠
Antibodies used in the ALT text!
Antibodies used in the ALT text!
December 21, 2024 at 4:49 AM
A #FluorescenceFriday fresh from the microscope! Check these neurons 🟠 opening space to allow a blood vessel to pass between them! Astrocytes🔵 and microglia 🟢 give the shape of the blood vessel, and check the red blood cells 🔴 inside. Isn't the brain pretty? 🔬🧠
Antibodies used in the ALT text!
Antibodies used in the ALT text!
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(2/n) We introduced a framework to interpret complex spiking neuronal network dynamics using nonlinear Hawkes process models and diffusion approximations. This approach allows extracting tractable equations, offering dynamical insights into behavior and cognition.
December 20, 2024 at 9:36 AM
(2/n) We introduced a framework to interpret complex spiking neuronal network dynamics using nonlinear Hawkes process models and diffusion approximations. This approach allows extracting tractable equations, offering dynamical insights into behavior and cognition.
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🧵(1/n) I'm thrilled to announce that I published my very first! pre-print on BioRxiv. This work was co-supervised by Wilson Truccolo and Timothée Proix @ndlab.bsky.social.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠🧪 #compneuro
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠🧪 #compneuro
From spiking neuronal networks to interpretable dynamics: a diffusion-approximation framework
Modeling and interpreting the complex recurrent dynamics of neuronal spiking activity is essential to understanding how networks implement behavior and cognition. Nonlinear Hawkes process models can c...
www.biorxiv.org
December 20, 2024 at 9:35 AM
🧵(1/n) I'm thrilled to announce that I published my very first! pre-print on BioRxiv. This work was co-supervised by Wilson Truccolo and Timothée Proix @ndlab.bsky.social.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠🧪 #compneuro
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🧠🧪 #compneuro
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Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube!
Please like and repost to help us get the word out!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
🧵
Please like and repost to help us get the word out!
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Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
🧵
Neuroscience methods - YouTube
Nanocourse: Approaches to Study Neural Circuits This course was taught by Anita Autry, Tiago Gonçalves, and Luke Sjulson at Albert Einstein College of Medici...
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Neuroscience students asked us to teach a PRACTICAL course on experimental methods, and it is now on YouTube!
Please like and repost to help us get the word out!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
🧵
Please like and repost to help us get the word out!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Lecture 1: Signals and data acquisition
Focusing on hardware, digital/analog I/O, synchronization
🧵
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“Scientists don’t know everything and have sometimes been wrong before”
Does not mean
“random nonsense you just thought of is as likely to be correct as something overwhelmingly endorsed by experts and supported by evidence and should be treated with as much respect.”
Does not mean
“random nonsense you just thought of is as likely to be correct as something overwhelmingly endorsed by experts and supported by evidence and should be treated with as much respect.”
December 8, 2024 at 7:12 PM
“Scientists don’t know everything and have sometimes been wrong before”
Does not mean
“random nonsense you just thought of is as likely to be correct as something overwhelmingly endorsed by experts and supported by evidence and should be treated with as much respect.”
Does not mean
“random nonsense you just thought of is as likely to be correct as something overwhelmingly endorsed by experts and supported by evidence and should be treated with as much respect.”
"This work reveals population-level neural dynamics that explain individual differences in responses to traumatic stress, and suggests that modulating vCA1–BLA inputs can enhance resilience by regulating these dynamics"
I am excited that my first Bluesky post is to share our new paper in @natureportfolio.bsky.social - "Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia." With @fxia.bsky.social , @valeriafascianelli.bsky.social and @stefanofusi.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Understanding the neural code of stress to control anhedonia - Nature
Examination of the neural activity in the basolateral amygdala and ventral CA1 of mice during tasks or rest following exposure to social stress reveals signatures of resilience and susceptibility to s...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:32 AM
"This work reveals population-level neural dynamics that explain individual differences in responses to traumatic stress, and suggests that modulating vCA1–BLA inputs can enhance resilience by regulating these dynamics"
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The good idea comes when one person feels comfortable enough to say something that might make them look stupid and their friend is open enough to recognize its potential.
December 8, 2024 at 4:23 AM
The good idea comes when one person feels comfortable enough to say something that might make them look stupid and their friend is open enough to recognize its potential.
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“Few people realize that cognitive science is crucial for evaluating claims about AI capabilities. We often overestimate what computers are capable of, while vastly underestimating what human cognition is capable of.” www.ru.nl/en/research/...
Don’t believe the hype: AGI is far from inevitable | Radboud University
Will AI soon surpass the human brain? If you ask employees at OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other large tech companies, it is inevitable. However, researchers at Radboud University and other institutes ...
www.ru.nl
December 6, 2024 at 9:17 PM
“Few people realize that cognitive science is crucial for evaluating claims about AI capabilities. We often overestimate what computers are capable of, while vastly underestimating what human cognition is capable of.” www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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📣 Computational Scientists: What's broken in your research stack?
- Wrestling with unwieldy HPC job scripts?
- Spending hours converting between file formats?
- Missing critical visualisation tools?
Help us design better tools: flywhl-ideas.notion.site
#science #openscience #academicsky #RSE
- Wrestling with unwieldy HPC job scripts?
- Spending hours converting between file formats?
- Missing critical visualisation tools?
Help us design better tools: flywhl-ideas.notion.site
#science #openscience #academicsky #RSE
December 6, 2024 at 4:18 PM
📣 Computational Scientists: What's broken in your research stack?
- Wrestling with unwieldy HPC job scripts?
- Spending hours converting between file formats?
- Missing critical visualisation tools?
Help us design better tools: flywhl-ideas.notion.site
#science #openscience #academicsky #RSE
- Wrestling with unwieldy HPC job scripts?
- Spending hours converting between file formats?
- Missing critical visualisation tools?
Help us design better tools: flywhl-ideas.notion.site
#science #openscience #academicsky #RSE
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Naturalistic encoding of concepts in the brain
@viktorkewenig.bsky.social shows that, while concepts generally encode habitual experiences, the underlying neurobiological organisation is not fixed but depends dynamically on available contextual information. 👏🍾🐐
elifesciences.org/articles/91522
@viktorkewenig.bsky.social shows that, while concepts generally encode habitual experiences, the underlying neurobiological organisation is not fixed but depends dynamically on available contextual information. 👏🍾🐐
elifesciences.org/articles/91522
December 5, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Naturalistic encoding of concepts in the brain
@viktorkewenig.bsky.social shows that, while concepts generally encode habitual experiences, the underlying neurobiological organisation is not fixed but depends dynamically on available contextual information. 👏🍾🐐
elifesciences.org/articles/91522
@viktorkewenig.bsky.social shows that, while concepts generally encode habitual experiences, the underlying neurobiological organisation is not fixed but depends dynamically on available contextual information. 👏🍾🐐
elifesciences.org/articles/91522
New paper w/ the brilliant @OdedWertheimer suggests a new computational framework for ASD variation, framing it as a computational trade-off between precise signal encoding and fast adaptation to changes. This trade-off is driven by neuronal dynamic range. Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Autism spectrum disorder variation as a computational trade-off via dynamic range of neuronal population responses - Nature Neuroscience
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder show neural patterns different from those of neurotypical individuals. Here the authors show that this variation reflects a computational trade-off between ac...
www.nature.com
December 7, 2024 at 8:15 AM
#Neuroimaging crowd, hear me out! 👀
Did you ever want to add #EyeTracking to your #fMRI study but found it too much hassle? Got existing data you’d love to add eye tracking to?
Consider trying out *MR-based eye tracking* (i.e. inferring gaze from eye voxels)!
Here is a 🧵 with a few options!👇 1/9
Did you ever want to add #EyeTracking to your #fMRI study but found it too much hassle? Got existing data you’d love to add eye tracking to?
Consider trying out *MR-based eye tracking* (i.e. inferring gaze from eye voxels)!
Here is a 🧵 with a few options!👇 1/9
December 4, 2024 at 5:34 PM