Using EEG #URochesterResearch discovered male mice with Batten disease showed early auditory problems that improved with age, while female mice had persistent difficulties #IDDRC #RareDisease #neuroscience Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s116... @johnfoxe.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social

#cvstoday Nov 10 at 12pm, 1400 Wegmans Hall/Zoom (See Slack for link) CS Seminar Series: Praneeth Chakravarthula, Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Rethinking visual computing systems in the age of AI: From computational optics to intelligent displays www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

OUT NOW from Ben Suarez-Jimenez in NeuroImage: Image-Based Meta- and Mega-Analysis (IBMMA): A Unified Framework for Large-Scale, Multi-Site, Neuroimaging Data Analysis. doi.org/10.1016/j.ne... #URochesterResearch @zvrlab.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

Position open at RIT for a tenure-track assistant professor in Neuroscience with expertise in visual neuroscience, computational neuroscience, or neurobiology. More: tinyurl.com/RITNeuroFacu...

NEW from Alex Levin: This study of children under 8 years old found COVID-19 did not cause retinal bleeding within 28 days after infection. Retinal hemorrhage appears to be very unlikely secondary to COVID-19. doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

#cvstoday October 31, 2025 9:00 am, CVS Large Conference Room, MC G-4104 CVS Research Talk: Pablo Artal, Laboratorio de Óptica de la Universidad de Murcia Two-Photon Infrared Vision www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

NEW from Alex Levin: The study showed 2 siblings with Cousin syndrome who have the new finding of a congenital cranial dysinnervation disorder (CCDD) presenting with eyes in the turned out sand down fixed position with ptosis (droopy eyelids). doi.org/10.1016/j.ja... #URochesterResearch

Congratulations to Susana Marcos, the David R. Williams Director of the @cvsuor.bsky.social and Nicholas George Professor in Optics, on this tremendous accomplishment! #URochesterResearch @urochester.bsky.social

#cvstoday Oct 29 at Noon 269 Meliora Hall/Zoom (check Slack for link) BCS Lunch Talk: Yelin Dong, Graduate Student (Advisor: Greg DeAngelis) A biologically constrained model of area MT neurons performs joint inference of object motion in the world and depth www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

Talk this evening: ROC Optica Speaker Series - Rushnan Islam, The Institute of Optics When: Oct 28 at 7:00 PM Where: Goergen 101 Ultrafast Laser Micromachining in Dry Contact Lenses and Silk Fibroin Hydrogels: Exploring Mass Production of Vision Correctors and Biocompatible Custom Corneal Implants

1of2) New from the ARIA lab in eLife: This article shows that it is possible to optogenetically activate single retinal ganglion cells in vivo in monkeys. This is an important step toward causal tests of the role of specific ganglion cell types in visual perception...

Congrats to @cvsuor.bsky.social PhD students Rushnan Islam #KnoxLab #RochesterOptics & Krishnaveni Nagarayan @aplabur.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social, Winners of Best Pitch & Best Poster cash Award at #CVSRetreat2025 🏆🏅💵. Well done!!

Afternoon poster session at the #cvsretreat2025

The #cvsretreat2025 is underway! The morning session begins with an introductory presentation by our director, Susana Marcos @marcoslabur.bsky.social

#cvstoday October 24, 8:30 am-4:45 pm, Feldman Ballroom, Frederick Douglass Commons CVS Retreat: See full agenda on our website www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/cvs_r... @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

📢❗🚨 CVS Members: don't miss the CVS Retreat TOMORROW at 8:30AM held in the Feldman Ballroom. See agenda and more details: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/cvs_r... @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

Please join us in welcoming 3 new faculty members to CVS: Benjamin Chin from RIT, Alex Kotelsky from Bausch + Lomb, and Raja Narayanan from @flaumeye.bsky.social www.cvs.rochester.edu/about/news.h...

🎉 CVS grad student Claire Sun was awarded a Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award (TPDA). Recipients receive a travel stipend to offset the costs of attending the SfN Neuroscience 2025 meeting. @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @coralineiordan.bsky.social

OUT NOW from CVS faculty Sara Patterson, David DiLoreto, & Juliette McGregor: Inner Limiting Membrane Peel Extends In Vivo Calcium Imaging of Retinal Ganglion Cell Activity Beyond the Fovea in Non-Human Primate in IOVS. doi.org/10.1167/iovs... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

NEW editorial from Steven Feldon in Ophthalmology: A Call to Action and Roadmap for Improving Emergency Treatment of Ophthalmic Trauma in the United States. #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

New article from @johnfoxe.bsky.social in Autism Research: A Comparative Trial of Occupational Therapy Using Ayres Sensory Integration and Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autistic Children doi.org/10.1002/aur.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr. Steven Silverstein, who was awarded the Joseph Zubin Award for lifetime contributions to psychopathology research from the Society for Research in Psychopathology. He received the award at the annual meeting on September 27 in Los Angeles. psychopathology.org/annual-meeti...

#cvstoday October 13 at 3:30 pm, Auditorium of Class '62, URMC G-9425 Taubman Dean's Lecture Series: Itzhak Fried, University of California, Los Angeles Mending the Mind: A Journey from Single Neurons to Prosthetics for Memory www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/about/de...

‼️ Today is the deadline to register for the CVS Retreat. See the agenda with links to register on our website: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/cvs_r... @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

#cvstoday October 8, 2:30-4:00 pm, K207 Auditorium, URMC 2-6408 CVS Research Talks: Benjamin Chin, RIT Alexander Kotelsky, Bausch & Lomb Raja Narayanan, Ophthalmology, URMC www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

TOMORROW at 2:30PM: Don't miss the upcoming CVS Research talks by Benjamin Chin, Alex Kotelsky, and Raja Narayanan. More info: www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

New paper from @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social Identifying individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis using a battery of tasks sensitive to symptom mechanisms. doi.org/10.1038/s413... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

Congratulations to Susana Marcos @marcoslabur.bsky.social receiving the Tillyer Award @optica.org Fall Vision Meeting in #minneapolis Introduced by Steve Burns, her mentor from postdoctoral days. @cvsuor.bsky.social @flaumeye.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social

New research from Ania Majewska shows that PFHxA, a chemical found in pregnant women and breast milk, may affect brain development. In mice, it elicited subtle changes in brain cells in ways that suggest possible risks to both males and females. doi.org/10.3390/ijms... #URochesterResearch

NEW from Marc Schieber: Disentangling indirect versus direct effects of somatosensory cortex microstimulation on neurons in primary motor and ventral premotor cortex in J. of Neural Engineering. #URochesterResearch doi.org/10.1088/1741...

We’re hiring a tenure-track Assistant Prof in Computational Neuroscience/Cognition at @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social! Join a Simons-supported cluster across Math/Physics/Biology/BCS. Apply by Nov 1, 2025: www.sas.rochester.edu/bcs/jobs/fac... #ComputationalNeuroscience #Cognition #FacultyJobs

New from Liz Romanski: Inactivation of Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex During Auditory Working Memory in JIN. doi.org/10.31083/JIN... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social

NEW from @johnfoxe.bsky in EJN: Is Competition the Default Configuration of Cross-Sensory Interactions? doi.org/10.1111/ejn.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social .social

NEW from Manuel Gomez-Ramirez & @johnfoxe.bsky.social Distinct audio and visual accumulators co-activate motor preparation for multisensory detection. doi.org/10.1038/s415... #URochesterResearch @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

@drsmsilverstein.bsky.social contributed to an article in Schizophrenia Bulletin: Sample Ascertainment and Recruitment Sources in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia Program. doi.org/10.1093/schi... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social

#cvstoday 3:00 pm, Helen Wood Hall SON Auditorium, 1W-304 Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires There will be a reception immediately following the lecture in Helen Wood Hall 1W-300.

TOMORROW at 3PM: Helen Wood Hall SON Auditorium, 1W-304 Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires There will be a reception following the lecture in Helen Wood Hall 1W-300. www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

OUT NOW from Michele Rucci: Spatial and Temporal Factors Influencing Fixational Saccades in J. Neuroscience. doi.org/10.1523/JNEU... #URochesterResearch @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @aplabur.bsky.social

CVS members: register today for the CVS Retreat on October 24 in the Feldman Ballroom. More details will be available soon. Register online at forms.gle/WLa1BV2qk6P1...

Announcing CVS Research Talks: October 8, 2:30-4:00 pm, K207 Auditorium, & Zoom (check Slack Events for link) Benjamin Chin, Alexander Kotelsky, Raja Narayanan www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

#cvstoday September 19 at 11:00 am, RIT Wallace Hall 3440 RIT Cognitive Science Speaker Series: Coraline Rinn Iordan Investigating and Improving the Neural Mechanisms of Episodic Memory and Communication for Naturalistic Narratives www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

NEW paper co-authored by @drsmsilverstein.bsky.social in Schizophrenia Bulletin: Baseline Clinical Characterization of Participants in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership Schizophrenia Program doi.org/10.1093/schi... #URochesterResearch @flaumeye.bsky.social

Next Wednesday September 24 at 3:00 pm Helen Wood Hall SON Auditorium, 1W-304 Knill Lecture: Daniel Wolpert, Columbia University Computational principles underlying the learning of sensorimotor repertoires www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

#cvstoday September 17, 2025 12:00 pm, Kresge Room, 269 Meliora Hall BCS Lunch Talk: Yue Guzhang, Graduate Student (Advisor: Martina Poletti) Fine-scale attention control within the foveola: insights from behavior and EEG www.cvs.rochester.edu/events/index...

OUT NOW from @zvrlab.bsky.social in Nat. Communications: Fear conditioning activates brain areas linked to emotion and stress. Brain responses vary by task and mental health, showing different patterns in people with anxiety or depression. doi.org/10.1038/s414... #URochesterResearch

NEW from Marc Schieber in @elife.bsky.social Progressively shifting patterns of co-modulation among premotor cortex neurons carry dynamically similar signals during action execution and observation doi.org/10.7554/eLif... #URochesterResearch

NEW from Ania Majewska in EJN: Ethanol Increases Diffuse Amyloid Plaque Load and Impairs Memory in the 5xFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. doi.org/10.1111/ejn.... #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social

#cvstoday 1of2 Events: 9:30 am, 269 Meliora Hall & Zoom (check Slack Events channel for link) BCS Thesis Defense: Bikash Sahoo, Graduate Student (Advisor: Adam Snyder) Multiscale Neural Computations in Attention and Decision-making

NEW from Martina Poletti in eNeuro: The Speed of Visual Discrimination Differs between Foveola and Perifovea: A Combined EEG and Behavioral Investigation. doi.org/10.1523/ENEU... #URochesterResearch @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social @aplabur.bsky.social

NEW from @johnfoxe.bsky.social in NeuroImage: Impaired neural encoding of naturalistic audiovisual speech in autism. #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social  doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...