We've studied a lot how synaptic plasticity refines mammalian circuits. But in the development of the Drosophila nociceptive system other factors might play a bigger role to maintain synaptic density during development. Check out this work led by Ingo and André www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Very happy to share this preprint from the lab led by @cmiehl.bsky.social, Sebastian and Maurycy on how to flexibly learn with nonlinear dendrites and inhibitory context-dependent gating, putting biological detail in ANNs. Check out Christoph's post below for a preview or the paper for more details!

The new Center for Structural and Functional #Connectomics (CSFC) will be established on our #Garching #campus with funding of around €69 million. 👏 Focus lies on the comprehensive mapping & analysis of all #neuronal connections in the brain: go.tum.de/373567 #neuroscience 📷A.Eckert

Happy to share our new preprint! We show how cell-type-specific synaptic scaling mechanisms shape memory representations during associative learning and highlight a critical role of top-down inputs in modulating this process. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Recruiting postdocs! Please get in touch if you wanna discuss projects on biologically plausible learning in RNNs through TUM's global postdoctoral fellowship. I'll be at Cosyne this year if you wanna talk more. www.tum.de/ueber-die-tu...

Excited to uncover the mechanistic basis of feedback-driven computations in the cortex, inspired by connectomic and functional data supported by an ERC Consolidator Grant #ERCCoG. Thank you for the support European Research Council! Open positions coming soon...

Come to beautiful Crete this May for the EMBO DENDRITES conference. Abstract submission closes *this* Friday. A chance to discuss your science in a scenic setting and network with your peers and colleagues. Submit your work here: meetings.embo.org/event/24-den...