🦾 🧠 Are you interested in building and experimenting with the second version of our mouse forelimb prosthesis? Apply to our Post-Doc position at Université paris-Saclay. Neuroscientists with interest for engineering, and engineers with interest for neurosciences all welcome! Apply now 🔽🔽🔽

Really happy to join NeuroPSI at Paris Saclay to lead a research group funded by an ERC Consolidator grant #ERCCoG . We'll study the origins of the vertebrate brain using shark embryos. 🦈 🧠 Reach out if you are interested in joining the team 🤍

We have opened a call for a post-doctoral researcher ! Our team @touchmovelab.bsky.social researches strategies to provide direct cortical feedback during brain-machine interface control of an upper limb prosthesis in the mouse model.

The hidden danger of Biorender (& the death of scientific illustration) A short thread 🧵

How to restore #motor function after #stroke? This study shows in mice that a combination of #RoboticRehabilitation & non-invasive gamma band #neuromodulation improves motor recovery by restoring movement-related oscillations & parvalbumin #interneuron dynamics @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n7QJng

🤯 👁️ Did you know the primary visual cortex tracks head movements even in complete darkness? Guy Bouvier and colleagues managed to decode multiple head movement variables in V1 without light in the room, and discovered two distinct brain sources delivering these signals! Read more in PNAS 🔽🔽

Evenement à diffuser pour la fête de la science en @iledefrance.bsky.social @poncerlab.bsky.social @bathellierlab.bsky.social @clairewyart.bsky.social

1/4 Today we introduce the first upper limb prosthesis for the mouse model, controlled by a brain-machine interface! We show that mice can control this prosthesis via a brain-machine interface to solve a rewarded task.

🚨 New preprint + thread 🧵 We've gone back to studying motoneuron control principles and their applications & here's paper #1: A proof-of-concept study showing that people with tetraplegic spinal cord injury can control up to 2DoF from a single intramuscular implant www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Never thought I’d see the day when LinkedIn is the biggest driver of engagement in our papers, but we live in some strange times.

1/6 We have a new/updated preprint out, led by Anton Dogadov, demonstrating operant conditioning of large cortical waves over mouse S1 thanks to a mesoscale GCamp6 brain-machine interface! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

I'm excited to share my latest publication! 🚨 Global and local nature of cortical slow waves: www.cell.com/iscience/ful... In brief, we explored in silico how cortical slow waves are shaped by both external inputs and intrinsic properties of neuronal populations.

(1/8) Excited to share our new paper in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social , led by grad student @rohitrangwani.bsky.social ! 🧠🤖 We show that robust #BrainMachineInterface (#BMI) control is possible using #cerebellar activity- even in a #stroke-affected brain. #Neuroscience www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Octopuses fall for the “rubber arm” illusion, just like us. Learn more: scim.ag/40xyT4y

Two voltage imaging studies in two days using ASAP fluorescent indicators. First, visualizing electrical brain waves with ASAP3, in Cell. Free link below. Though recorded by EEG for 100 years, how brain waves arise from different neuron types has been unclear. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Don't miss this upcoming informal gathering on the theme of SEARCHING FOR PRINCIPLES IN MOTOR CONTROL on Sept 23-24, 25 in Sorbonne University. It will enable you to present your work to the French motor community. Registration is free! motorconference.sciencesconf.org

If you have missed it, wonderful workshop in Montpellier on most recent optical imaging techniques for neurosciences. One week left to register lnkd.in/etEmGyMm Visit workshop 284 Free registration, accomodation possible on site.

Scientists have developed OpenExo, an open source exoskeleton framework that could make wearable robotics more accessible and accelerate the development of new devices. Read more in #ScienceRobotics: scim.ag/4koYIKY

Les souris ont-elles aussi une représentation cognitive de leur corps ? 🤝 @cnrs-paris-saclay.bsky.social @univparissaclay.bsky.social @lucestebanez.bsky.social @touchmovelab.bsky.social @neuropsi.bsky.social 👉 Lire l'article dans @plosbiology.org buff.ly/2JK2msI

How does the brain integrate artificial body extensions? Using a custom-built finger-extending exoskeleton, we show that wearable augmentations are quickly integrated into body representation, with proprioceptive space adapting to the device’s structure and function. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

🎉 L'interdisciplinarité est à l'oeuvre dans notre institut. 🤝 Nos liens forts avec la communauté des ingénieurs du L2S @centralesupelec.bsky.social nous valent le label PRIME de @cnrs.fr !

🔬🐁 We have a new position open! ➡️ Our "Chaire Professeur Junior" position focuses on multi-omics during brain development. This research-heavy position follows a tenure-track scheme, leading to a full professor position. 🗓️ Application deadline: 22/08/2025

C'est notre grande tristesse d'annoncer le décès de Heather McLean, Maitresse de Conférence en neuroscience à @univparissaclay.bsky.social, chercheuse à @neuropsi.bsky.social.

I am extremely grateful and beyond happy to share that I have been awarded an @inserm.fr #ATIP-Avenir fellowship to start my own lab to study neuronal circuits for auditory categorization! Thanks to everyone who made this possible.

Now out in @natcomms.nature.com‬: Mice and monkeys spontaneously shift through comparable cognitive states - and it's written all over their faces! (1/7) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Two postdoc positions in the lab within the ERC Synergy project "Chronology" in collaboration with S. Ostojic, M. Jazayeri and V. van Wassenhove @virginievanw.bsky.social . Two focuses: sound sequences representations across the brain & novel all-optical technology. Contact: [email protected]

Du poids indéniable de l'école dans la production des inégalités genrées face aux mathématiques "Rapid emergence of a maths gender gap in first grade" par P. Martinot et al. Une étude sur 3 million d'enfants en France (!!!) qui va faire du bruit #LaRAC @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🐀💪More coverage of our latest mouse limb embodiment work @plosbiology.org in @newsweek.com !

The "rubber hand illusion" in mice... @lucestebanez.bsky.social &co use automated videography to show that mice display quantifiable behavioral markers of the embodiment of an #ArtificialLimb, opening the door to future research into human #BodyOwnership disorders @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4jHsESn

About our latest study, with comments by @plasticity-lab.bsky.social Tamar Makin inside! 🔽🔽🔽🔽 www.livescience.com/health/neuro...

Our work on rubber hand embodiment in mice is out @plosbiology.org! We show that just like in humans, visuo-tactile pairing can lead mice to an embodiment-like behavior with respect to an artificial limb.

A very clear, detailed, and fair account on the (obscure?) French way to distribute positions in academia, and then manage to actually do some research! Thanks Olivier

A tenure track "AI and pathological behavioral trajectories" Professor position is open at NeuroPSI. Learn more and apply 🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽🔽 emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CPJ/C...

We will be at #NeuroFrance2025 ! 📰 In poster PS3.092, Alexandre Tolboom will present work demonstrating an optimal latency on closed-loop Brain-Machine Interfaces.

During symposium S05 (Wednesday morning), Valérie Ego-Stengel will discuss the integration of artificial cortical stimulations, covering a lot of the new data from our team! #NeuroFrance2025

📰 In poster PS1.093, Edouard Ferrand develops a mouse upper-limb prosthesis and shows that mice can learn to use it to solve a motor task. #NeuroFrance2025

Une nouvelle étude, intégrant des scientifiques de l'Inserm, révèle les résultats prometteurs d'une nouvelle piste thérapeutique pour traiter la dépression résistante par ultrasons. Lire le communiqué : presse.inserm.fr/une-nouvelle...

Such a populist stance from ERC. Very disappointing and dangerous for basic research in Europe.

After a long journey, our paper is officially out in PNAS! 🚀 Huge thanks to the team — excited to finally share it with the world. Check it out: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

New preprint with systematic measurements of feature tuning in the mouse auditory system made with robust representation similarity analysis. Validates a range of earlier observations and generalizes beyond that. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Heureux d'avoir pu brièvement présenter dans "Avec Sciences" de alexandremorales.bsky.social sur @franceculture.fr , les publications dans @nature.com du consortium MICrON concernant la reconstitution anatomo-fonctionnelle d'un mm² de cortex visuel !

Contrary to popular belief, what is important in science is as much its spirit as its product: it is as much the openmindedness, the primacy of criticism, the submission to the unforeseen, however upsetting, as the result, however new that may be. – Francois Jacob www.nature.com/articles/s41...

5th Summer School Advanced Tools for Data Analysis in Neuroscience, Sept 11th to Septh 20th, 2025 Analyse data and meet colleagues from european countries. No fees , and accomodation/lunches offered to all students Spread the word and/or register at shorturl.at/3xbiZ

L'UPSaclay se mobilise ses dispositifs d’accueil de scientifiques internationaux au profit des chercheuses et chercheurs étasuniens qui souhaiteraient la rejoindre. tinyurl.com/yc77jbjf

Deep-learning models of the ascending proprioceptive pathway are subject to illusions www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Job alert! Postdoc position in auditory neuroscience. Funded by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. Work in Paris (France) at @pasteur.fr / @cnrs.fr / Institut de l'Audition. #neuroscience #hearing #optogenetics

🚨 Preprint Alert 📝 🚨 Artificial Intelligence for automatic movement recognition: a network-based approach! 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A great collaboration with notably Emahnuel Troisi-Lopez & @pierpasorre.bsky.social! 🧵

@agencerecherche.bsky.social qui envoie des blagues à 21 h, 3 semaines avant la deadline, I'm not amused...

➡️ Apply now to the Master (M2) in Computation Neuroscience and Neuroengineering, co-led by NeuroPSI and CentraleSupélec. ➡️ Application link: inception.universite-paris-saclay.fr/en/ ➡️ Deadline: June 2025. ➡️ Learn more: www.universite-paris-saclay.fr/formation/ma...

⚠️2025 NeuroPSI call for new group leaders ▶️ We are open to a wide range of research topics, from molecules to cognition and from embryo to adult. ▶️ We offer generous lab and office space. ▶️ Junior and mid-career scientists: apply before May the 30th! Learn more: neuropsi.cnrs.fr/ao2025/