Interested in information processing dynamics in the brain? How about that weird grey area between structure and function - the algorithmic? Check out our preprint where we examine primitive information processing in control and pathological states. bit.ly/3jNYCz9 (1/6)

Hi ! I don't post on here often, but our newest preprint is out. The idea was closed loop ephys with in vitro cultures, but rather than using them as compute we wanted to see if we could train them to behave differently. It worked !

Paper, code, and thoughts below.

Wouldn't be possible without the excellent work of @mxwbio (10/10 company by the way).

Thanks to AFOSR and DARPA, who were funders during various parts of the project.

The paper:
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

The Code (should be public):
github.com/Project-HAL/HAL

Some ok docs:
project-hal.github.io

Ever wonder if eventually cells could be trained out of disease states? We're on the path; first steps:

New #preprint - @WesleyPClawson

"Goal directed closed-loop training of network bursts in cortical cultures produces improved performance and error correction over days"

biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

New paper with @DoctorJosh @drmichaellevin and co-first author @pai_vaibhav! If you're interested in emergence, multicellularity, and information processing in living systems, this one is for you. (Link below). 1/N

Our live tissue clearing paper is out in @naturemethods! We achieved optical clearing of mammalian brain tissues without compromising normal neuronal function. Big congrats to @Shigenori774 and our wonderful collaborators! 🎉
nature.com/articles/s4159… (1/10)

Bioelectric Code of Life Workshop — March 7, Online

In collaboration with Joel Dietz and Michael Levin: one-day professional workshop focused on recent advances in bioelectricity research and their emerging biomedical and biotechnological applications. lnkd.in/efiM7EW2

New paper now out in Physics Report:

If you're interested in information theory, complex systems, and emergent properties, this is the paper for you: a comprehensive review paper designed to bring anyone up to speed on information theory for complex systems scientists.

⚠️JOB ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️
Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Marseille) in collaboration with @alainbarrat. Join us to study higher-order brain interactions in causal learning using information theory and network science. More info fens.org/careers/job-ma…

📣 Looking for a creative postdoc with strong computational skills!

Be our go-to person for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rhythms: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization! More info👇

Currently hiring a CS/Comp Neuro person to work with me on some cool projects in the Levin Lab!

MS+/PhD with some research experience preferred, with C++ and python skills are a must.

Feel free to email me or DM for details! Please RT!

jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21869?lan…

An opportunity to *join our group* as a postdoc researcher analyzing complex physical systems, and the time-varying data they produce (with applications to sleep)!

Join us on a great campus in a beautiful city! Please share 🙂

usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_…

RT appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in @CompNeuro_lab (at TU Dresden). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kvQ1… to send your application and find more information. The deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have Qs.

A new @ScienceAdvances study finds that when living in groups, mice form social networks that facilitate social learning and allow the whole group to respond to changes in their environment. scim.ag/4j92Nno

Call for Papers/Abstracts!

NERCCS 2025: The Eighth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems

In Person and Online (Zoom)
Binghamton, NY, United States, April 9 - 11, 2025

Conference: nerccs2025.github.io
Submission link: cmt3.research.microsoft.com/NERCCS2025

Calling all neuroscientists in Boston and nearby!! Please join us for the 13th Annual Tufts Neuroscience Symposiim & Shucart Lecture. We have a stellar line up of amazing speakers! This is an all day event on Nov 7th.

Sign up link:
tinyurl.com/mhmyfdy

SfN Symposium Review in The Journal of Neuroscience

The Brain's Best Kept Secret Is Its Degenerate Structure

Larissa Albantakis, Christophe Bernard, Naama Brenner, Eve Marder and Rishikesh Narayanan

@SfNtweets #sfn2024
jneurosci.org/content/44/40/…

1/ New preprint!

Neuroscience uses advanced methods to study brain regions/neurons/genes (order 1), couples of them (order 2), triplets (order 3), etc. But haven't we lacked a clear conceptual map to organize these diverse methods and integrate findings?

techrxiv.org/doi/full/10.22…