Last reminder: This is happening this Thursday.

G'day connection makers. On **April 16th**, we're hosting Georg Northoff telling us about intrinsic timescales. If it sounds interesting, here's the link to register: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🚨 New paper from @apodschun.bsky.social (with Sebastian Markett, Urs Braun, and myself) Exploring the Role of the Rich Club in Network Control of Neurocognitive States onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🤔 What happened to some of the building blocks of science: methods, models and theories? Almost every paper these days is a "new framework." I find this a little lame and sad. Remove the word "framework" from the papers and, honestly, nothing changes. The message and the content is still the same.

The "publish or perish" culture must perish. Scientists need time to think. We just published our Slow Science Manifesto, where we argue that huge changes are needed in the way we fund, publish, and evaluate science. Read more and sign here: www.slow-science.com

This week's guest of the Making Connections seminar series is Casey Paquola, talking about multiscale neurodevelopment. As usual, it'll be on Thursday at 15:00 UTC, and here's the link to register: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

You are in science and write Python every day? But you feel you want to understand the Python part a little bit better? Then join us in Prague, Czechia for this year’s summer school ‘Advanced Scientific Programming in Python’. 🧑‍🔬🧑‍💻🧑‍🏫 30st August–06th September 2026. #aspp2026 Apply now: aspp.school

Inter-individual variability of neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain | doi.org/10.1007/s004... How do neuroreceptor distributions vary across people?

𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 sounds straightforward: compare species, identify differences, explain them. In reality, it 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝘞𝘩𝘺? #CorticalEvolution2026

What if we had a Rosetta Stone for brain oscillations—one framework to translate between models and scales? In this paper lead by F Castaldo and @ruffini.bsky.social they build a simple, systematic ladder of neural mass models showing how diverse formalisms connect arxiv.org/pdf/2512.10982

🎉 🎉 Excited to share that our paper has just been published in Chaos. Here, we introduce Network Reciprocity Control (NRC) #algorithms that make it possible to systematically tune #reciprocity and directional #asymmetry in #networks while preserving density or total weight.

📣 Our introduction to structural causal models in science studies is now published: doi.org/10.1162/QSS.... @tklebel.bsky.social and I tried to make our introduction as accessible as possible. We illustrate the theory by three case studies based on a simulated model of Open Science. 🧵(1/6)

For Spanish researchers interested in postdoc positions: my lab at Amsterdam is looking for candidates to apply for a Ramon Areces postdoctoral fellowship, to work for 2 years on compneuro and digital brains. Deadline Feb 23. Please spread the word! More info: www.fundacionareces.es/fundacionare...

Episode #37 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On reproducibility of modeling and 10 years with the Potjans-Diesmann network model - with Hans Ekkehard Plesser theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn37 How can replication crises be avoided in computational neuroscience?

At #STATPHYS29 in Florence Yoshiki Kuramoto wiil be soon awarded the Boltzmann medal, next year Simona Olmi et al will organise this worshop on 50 years of the Kuramoto Model in Germany -- join

I dissagree because such statements hiddenly imply that modularity = phrenology. And this is not true. The concept of brain modularity (at least the modern one) arises from finally acknowledging the brain as a complex system, where modular and distributed processing just co-exist. Best.

Postdoc position in Paris: come help develop new generation human brain computer interfaces ⚡🧠💻 Interested? Contact me if you have experience with machine learning (e.g. simulation-based inference, RL, generative/diffusion models) or dynamical systems. See below for + details and retweet 🙏

Aalto University is looking for an Assistant Professor in Computer Science, application deadline February 2, 2026! www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

Our latest preprint on how regional cellular, molecular, and other forms of heterogeneity shape macroscopic wave dynamics is now out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... For a full thread, see: x.com/_victorbarne...

Could not be more excited about Colton's @coltoncasto.bsky.social work! A deep dive into the linguistic cerebellum, and a discovery of an area remarkably functionally similar to the core left-hemisphere language areas, including in its selectivity for language. Go Colton and team!

Brain/MINDS Marmoset Brain Atlas 2.0: Population Cortical Parcellation With Multi-Modal Templates | Scientific Data www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This Thursday at 3PM (UTC), we'll host @barabasi.bsky.social at the Making Connections seminar series. I'm sure it'll be a very stimulating and inspiring talk, so if you'd like to join, register via the link below: sites.google.com/view/makingc...

🧠 Cortical Evolution 2026 📍 Bilbao, Spain | 🗓 June 15–17, 2026 Join us for an international meeting on the evolution, development & organization of the cerebral cortex. More information coming soon 👀 🔗 www.ventricular.org/corticalevolution26 #CorEvo26

New preprint. A review on Intrinsic Motivation Theories arxiv.org/abs/2601.10276 In collaboration with an amazing team

New study out: We studied unstable dimension variability in kicked double rotor; recurrence properties shown robust for statistical analysis despite trajectory unpredictability #recurrence_plot Joint work with our friends from UFPR in Curitiba doi.org/10.1209/0295...

I can't foresee what will be the outcome of this but, that the EU is at least gathering feedback from society and the community before taking decisions, seems a promising approach. I can only hope there will be another participative process like this, on (open access) scientific publication models.

A hitchhiker’s guide to information theoretical measures in psychology by @nielsvs.bsky.social with me and Yves Rosseel authors.elsevier.com/c/1mOwr53na-... osf.io/preprints/ps...

Postdoc & PhD positions How intrinsic motivation underlies intelligent, open-ended and embodied behavior in natural and artificial agents Apply if interested sites.google.com/view/morenob...

📜 "Advancing the science of consciousness …" Very happy to see this one out. Philosophers, clinicians, caregivers, experimental scientists, data analysts and modellers cross-talking to build some practical consensus. One of the most enriching projects I have participated: doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

🚨Job Alert plz RT! Johns Hopkins Psych & Brain Sciences is looking for a new colleague using behavioral or computational approaches to study cognition! We are excited about many areas of (esp higher) cognition in human adults, children, or nonhuman animals Open-rank apply.interfolio.com/178146

🔥🔥The Program for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now Available!!! 🔥🔥 We have an incredible line up of confirmed speakers! Commuter registrations are still available, but places are limited. Check the website for details: www.monash.edu/turner-insti...

🚨 Hiring! The second Postdoc position @RuđerBošković Institute, Zagreb is open euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/387807 our project on complex networks, tensor & neural networks, & ML. Python, C++, MATLAB skills are a plus. DM or email [email protected] to express interest! 📷📷🔬🌐

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

📣 pyGAlib 2.0 and PathLims 2.0 are out. So far, a much needed cleanup and updates. - Dropped support for Python 2 😪 - New Python Packaging rules compliant ✅ - Compatibility with recent changes to NumPy ✅ Paving the way for upgrades, more functionalities and new packages joining the family soon.

Work with us at UVA School of Data Science! @uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :) datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...

Work!! 🚨 We are looking for a #postdoc in our AI, media and Democracy Lab @aimediademlab.bsky.social Dynamic position, great team, nice colleagues 💥 Profile: communication/ poli sci/ computational social sci 🗓️ DL November 1 Spread the word 📣 werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

👉Also Sorbonne bsky.app/profile/sorb... pulled out of 'THE' University Ranking 👇 Important step in times of massive, systematic gaming by Universities, being a main incentive for Hyperprolific Publishing, Citation Cartels, Paper Mills & Junk Science! #researchintegrity, #Chemsky, #CompChemSky

🚨 How do collective behaviours (high-order interdependencies) *emerge*❓ Can systems with low-order interactions do it? What do these minimal synergistic systems look like? In arxiv.org/abs/2505.246... we show when and how synergies emerge when no high-order mechanisms are involved. Short 🧵: 1/N

📢 Excited to announce CompleNet 2026! Join us to share your network science research in a highly interdisciplinary conference! 🗓️ 4–8 May 2026 | 📍 Zaragoza, Spain 🇪🇸 🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025! 🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com

Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience. #neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

📢 I am delighted to announce that from Oct. 1st I will join the Institute of Computer Science (@ics-cas.bsky.social), of The Czech Academy of Sciences (@czechacademy.bsky.social). I am very much looking forward to this new chapter in my career and life, and to work with my new colleagues.

Our paper just out in Nature Communications! www.nature.com/articles/s41... We introduce curved neural networks naturally introducing high-order interactions showing: • explosive phase transitions • enhanced memory retrieval via self-annealing • increased memory capacity through geometric curvature

👨‍💻 Open PI position in our institute 👨‍💻 !! If you are an expert in Computational Neuroscience and want to start your lab in Bordeaux, contact us ! www.fens.org/careers/job-... @neuromagendie.bsky.social @neurobordeaux.bsky.social

Reminder: our workshop at CNS*2025 next week about structure, dynamics and function in neuronal networks- please come along when you are in Florence. sites.google.com/view/cns2025...

New group leader position in computational neuroscience @ Neurocentre Magendie, INSERM, Bordeaux! More info here: www.bordeaux-neurocampus.fr/group-leader... ⚠️ Application deadline: end of September 2025 @neurobordeaux.bsky.social @neuromagendie.bsky.social

Good morning folks. If you’re around #OCNS2025, maybe come by today for a chat about optimal communication in brain networks? ✨

‪ @gzamora-lopez.bsky.social @raphaelbergoin.bsky.social #neuroskyence #compneurosky @mgiugliano.bsky.social #cns2025 CNS*2025 in Florence Join us to the workshop "Population activity : the influence of cell-class identity, ...." organized with S, Olmi and M. GIUGLIANO on 8/9 July doocn.org

Tomorrow at 11:30, I will present my current project: "Coherent and rich neuronal dynamics supported by different inhibition mechanisms" during the minisymposia MS4C Part III of the Dynamics Days Europe #DDays2025 in Thessaloniki

A new paper in Nature Ecol & Evol by @rosafernandez.bsky.social et al. shows a #punctuated burst of genome evolution in #annelids as they transitioned from marine to land and freshwater habitats.