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2023-04-24

Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge - University of Cambridge

TL;DR The University of Cambridge is offering an MRC-funded postdoctoral Research Associate position in Organoid Neurobiology for up to 4 years in the laboratory of Dr András Lakatos. The Research Associate will focus on developing and using 3D human organoid models for mechanistic discoveries in neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative diseases at single-cell resolution.

Linked by @marcia_petyt (0⭐)

An MRC-funded postdoctoral Research Associate position in Organoid Neurobiology is available for up to 4 years in the laboratory of Dr András Lakatos at the University of Cambridge. The research group focuses on developing and using 3D human organoid models for mechanistic discoveries in neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative diseases at single-cell resolution. This exciting wet lab-based project aims to elucidate how risks can modify molecular pathology in various neural cell types to inform treatment strategies in Motor Neuron Disease (MND)/Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). The successful applicant will generate MND/ALS human organoid and other stem cell-based models developed in the laboratory and will use genomic and protein perturbations, combined with high-resolution imaging and functional assays in mechanistic studies.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/marcia_petyt/statuses/110249261998104379

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2023-04-24

An Interview With Sci-Hub’s Alexandra Elbakyan on the Delhi HC Case – The Wire Science - The Wire Science

TL;DR The founder of Sci-Hub, Alexandra Elbakyan, spoke to The Wire Science about the ongoing legal case against her website in India and the need for tools like Sci-Hub for scholars who can't afford individual subscriptions to academic journals.

Linked by @LorenAmelang (5⭐)

Alexandra Elbakyan, founder of the website Sci-Hub, spoke to The Wire Science about the ongoing legal case against her website in India, the need for tools like Sci-Hub, and the tension between piracy and sharing.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/LorenAmelang/statuses/110250075163754252

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2023-04-24

SNUFA - Scientific Events and Talks - World Wide Neuro

TL;DR SNUFA on World Wide Neuro organizes scientific events and talks. The website also includes The Brain Prize Series and a job board for research positions.

Linked by @marcusghosh (4⭐)

Explore and attend scientific events organized by SNUFA on World Wide Neuro. The website features upcoming talks, past seminars, information about the seminar series, and The Brain Prize Series. Lundbeck Foundation is a major sponsor of the WWN endeavour, and World Wide Jobs offers a hybrid announcement board for job opportunities.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/marcusghosh/statuses/110252609794008617

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2023-04-24

Update on Publisher’s Copyright Infringement Suit Against Sci-Hub and LibGen in India - infojustice

TL;DR Elsevier Ltd, Wiley India, and American Chemical Society filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Sci-Hub and LibGen in the Delhi High Court. Indian science and academia believe their research rights are in jeopardy.

Linked by @LorenAmelang (5⭐)

This blog post is an update on the copyright infringement suit filed against Sci-Hub and LibGen in the Delhi High Court by Elsevier Ltd, Wiley India, and American Chemical Society. Indian science and academia realise that their right to research is at stake.

#lotd #science #news

Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/LorenAmelang/statuses/110250075163754252

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2023-04-24

🎉 Today's most popular links

Copyright lawsuit against Sci-Hub, accessible research for scholars, neurobiology job opportunities.

2023-04-24 edition

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2023-04-23

Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge - University of Cambridge Jobs

TL;DR The University of Cambridge offers a 4-year Research Associate position in Organoid Neurobiology to develop and use 3D human organoid models for mechanistic discoveries in neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative diseases at single-cell resolution.

Linked by @marcia_petyt (0⭐)

An MRC-funded postdoctoral Research Associate position in Organoid Neurobiology is available for up to 4 years in the laboratory of Dr András Lakatos at the University of Cambridge. The research group focuses on developing and using 3D human organoid models for mechanistic discoveries in neurodevelopment and neurodegenerative diseases at single-cell resolution.

#lotd #science

Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/marcia_petyt/statuses/110249261998104379

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2023-04-23

Geometric determinants of the postrhinal egocentric spatial map - Cell.com

TL;DR Rat postrhinal cortex neurons encode environmental geometry in an egocentric reference frame. The study explores if these neurons encode high-level global parameters or respond to the bearings and distances of nearby walls.

Linked by @elduvelle (1⭐)

Animals use the geometry of their local environments to orient themselves during navigation. Single neurons in the rat postrhinal cortex (POR) appear to encode environmental geometry in an egocentric (self-centered) reference frame, such that they fire in response to the egocentric bearing and/or distance from the environment center or boundaries. The study investigates whether these neurons truly encode high-level global parameters or are simply responsive to nearby walls by recording from POR neurons in rats foraging in environments with different geometric layouts and modeling their responses based on either global geometry or local boundary encoding.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/110244750283091733

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2023-04-23

The International Festival of Neuroscience BNA2023 - Full programme by day | The British Neuroscience Association - BNA

TL;DR The BNA presents the Festival of Neuroscience BNA2023 from April 23-26, 2023.

Linked by @elduvelle (3⭐)

The BNA (British Neuroscience Association) presents the Festival of Neuroscience BNA2023. This event will take place from the 23rd to the 26th of April 2023.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/elduvelle/statuses/110244775295191779

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2023-04-23

🎉 Today's most popular links

Neuroscience festival, organoid neurobiology research.

2023-04-23 edition

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2023-04-22

A somato-cognitive action network alternates with effector regions in motor cortex - Nature - Nature

TL;DR Functional MRI studies reveal that the classic homunculus in the human motor cortex is in fact discontinuous, alternating with action control-linked regions termed the somato-cognitive action network.

Linked by @eegdude (0⭐)

Using precision functional magnetic resonance imaging methods, researchers found that the classic homunculus in the motor cortex is interrupted by regions with distinct connectivity, structure, and function, alternating with effector-specific areas. These regions exhibit decreased cortical thickness and strong functional connectivity to each other as well as to the cingulo-opercular network, critical for action and task set implementation.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/eegdude/statuses/110242741556742524

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2023-04-22

Architectures of Topological Deep Learning: A Survey on Topological Neural Networks - arXiv

TL;DR The natural world is full of complex systems characterized by intricate relations between their components. Topological Deep Learning (TDL) provides a framework to extract knowledge from data associated with these systems. In this survey, the authors introduce TDL and compare recently published Topological Neural Networks (TNNs) using a unified notation, presenting valuable insights into current challenges and opportunities for future development.

Linked by @PhiloNeuroScie and @vineettiruvadi (14⭐)

The natural world is full of complex systems characterized by intricate relations between their components: from social interactions between individuals in a social network to electrostatic interactions between atoms in a protein. Topological Deep Learning (TDL) provides a comprehensive framework to process and extract knowledge from data associated with these systems, such as predicting the social community to which an individual belongs or predicting whether a protein can be a reasonable target for drug development. TDL has demonstrated theoretical and practical advantages that hold the promise of breaking ground in the applied sciences and beyond. However, the rapid growth of the TDL literature has also led to a lack of unification in notation and language across Topological Neural Network (TNN) architectures. This presents a real obstacle for building upon existing works and for deploying TNNs to new real-world problems. To address this issue, we provide an accessible introduction to TDL, and compare the recently published TNNs using a unified mathematical and graphical notation. Through an intuitive and critical review of the emerging field of TDL, we extract valuable insights into current challenges and exciting opportunities for future development.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/PhiloNeuroScie/statuses/110242917397167241

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2023-04-22

About - Neuromatch Academy

TL;DR What is Neuromatch Academy? NMA teaches computational techniques crucial for success in academia and industry. Students learn by solving problems in small groups and by running group projects.

Linked by @neuromatch (16⭐)

Neuromatch Academy (NMA) teaches computational techniques crucial for success in academia and industry. It serves thousands of students each year with hundreds of teaching assistants (TA). Students learn by solving problems in small groups and by running group projects; they learn in many languages in an incredibly supportive environment.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/neuromatch/statuses/110237870289075629

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2023-04-22

🎉 Today's most popular links

Neuromatch Academy learning, Topological Deep Learning framework, motor cortex somato-cognitive action network.

2023-04-22 edition

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2023-04-21

Mind-Body Connection Is Built Into Brain - Neuroscience News - Neuroscience News

TL;DR A new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that parts of the brain area that control movement are plugged into networks involved in thinking and planning, and in the control of involuntary bodily functions such as blood pressure and heartbeat.

Linked by @marcia_petyt (0⭐)

Brain areas that control movement are plugged into networks that orchestrate thinking and planning, and control involuntary bodily functions. The findings provide a link between the body and the “mind” in the brain’s structure.

#lotd #science #news

Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/marcia_petyt/statuses/110233328501078939

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2023-04-21

Sensorimotor Superlab's Reading List 203 - superlab.ca

TL;DR Sensorimotor Superlab's Reading List 203 features articles on the motor cortex and motor neuron activity, and a software for real-time decoding of spinal motor neurons. Additionally, there is a study on the neural processes behind 'choking under pressure', and a paper arguing for the usefulness of the reflex arc concept in psychology.

Linked by @paulgribble (0⭐)

More than 20 trainees and PIs from the Sensorimotor Superlab at Western University contribute to this reading list. Here are the articles that have interested us this week. 1) Researchers found that the classic somatotopic homunculus in the motor cortex is interrupted by regions with distinct connectivity, structure, and function. 2) The study uses a data-driven method grounded in graph theory to analyze correlated motor neuron activity during an isometric multi-joint task. 3) Researchers have developed an open-source software that performs real-time decoding of spinal motor neurons using a blind-source separation approach. 4) The study investigates the neural processes behind “choking under pressure” using Rhesus monkeys performing a reaching task. 5) This scientific paper argues that the concept of the reflex arc has provided a useful organizing principle in psychology.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/paulgribble/statuses/110237762043940189

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2023-04-21

Pyramidal neurons form active, transient, multilayered circuits perturbed by autism-associated mutations at the inception of neocortex - Elsevier

TL;DR During mouse embryonic development, cortical layer 5 pyramidal neurons switch between two distinct active circuit motifs, the first of which constitutes a multi-layered circuit motif at the inception of the neocortex. The switch is perturbed by mutations in autism-associated genes.

Linked by @PhiloNeuroScie (2⭐)

Cortical circuits are composed predominantly of pyramidal-to-pyramidal neuron connections, yet their assembly during embryonic development is not well understood.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/PhiloNeuroScie/statuses/110233340842007742

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2023-04-21

Evolution of cortical geometry and its link to function, behaviour and ecology - Nature Communications

TL;DR A new study investigates how the shape of the cerebral cortex is linked to its function, behavior, and ecology in ninety species, including that of humans. The study offers new insights into the evolutionary history of cortical surfaces.

Linked by @PhiloNeuroScie (3⭐)

This article presents a study on the relationship between the shape of the cerebral cortex and the topography of its function, establishing a joint geometric representation of cortical surfaces for ninety species. The study offers insights into the evolutionary history of localized cortical expansions, modal segregation of brain function, and their association to behavior and cognition, among other findings.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/PhiloNeuroScie/statuses/110233016711311903

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2023-04-21

Inhibitory control of sharp-wave ripple duration during learning in hippocampal recurrent networks - Nature Neuroscience - Nature

TL;DR The authors uncover the role of specific populations of interneurons in regulating memory reactivation events during learning in the hippocampus in a scientific article published in Nature Neuroscience.

Linked by @PhiloNeuroScie (3⭐)

Recurrent excitatory connections in hippocampal regions CA3 and CA2 are thought to play a key role in the generation of sharp-wave ripples (SWRs), electrophysiological oscillations tightly linked with learning and memory consolidation. The study describes subtype- and region-specific responses during behaviorally distinct brain states and finds that SWRs are preceded by decreased cholecystokinin-expressing interneuron activity and followed by increased parvalbumin-expressing basket cell activity.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/PhiloNeuroScie/statuses/110233106330475870

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2023-04-21

Climatematch Academy - 2023 - Computational Tools for Climate Science - Climatematch Academy

TL;DR Registrations for an inclusive 2-week virtual program, Computational Tools for Climate Science, are now open, created in collaboration with Neuromatch Academy. Gain skills from climate science experts in a community aiming to empower climate scientists globally.

Linked by @climatematch (6⭐)

Registrations for Students, Teaching Assistants and Mentors are now open and will close on April 24th. Climatematch Academy is an inclusive and accessible 2-week virtual program, created in collaboration with Neuromatch Academy. We follow the motto “From Data to Action”, aiming to grow and empower the global community of climate scientists. Join our innovative online program to learn cutting-edge techniques from climate science experts, implement them in guided Python tutorials, and collaborate on team projects using real-world and modeled data to explore the social and environmental effects of climate change.

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/climatematch/statuses/110236521983815010

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2023-04-21

How can a neural network be like the brain? - xcorr.net

TL;DR NeuroAI is a research field at the intersection of neuroscience and AI that uses artificial neural networks as models of the brain. This article explains how brains are compared to ANNs and the difficulties inherent in these classic methods.

Linked by @patrickmineault (21⭐)

NeuroAI is the budding research field at the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. One of the core concepts used in the field is that artificial neural networks can act as good models of the brain. Here I want to get into the specifics of how, mechanically, you compare a brain to an Artificial Neural Network (ANN).

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Original link: https://neuromatch.social/users/patrickmineault/statuses/110234034307398933

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