I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student, funded by a new ERC grant. The grant focuses on the role of the hippocampus in visual perception, using 7T fMRI (hippocampal subfields, cortical layers) and MEG+iEEG. The intended start dates for both positions are in early 2027. 🧠🟦 1/3

Online planning of sequential actions Review by Jörn Diedrichsen (@diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social), Mehrdad Kashefi (@mkashefi.bsky.social), Amin Nazerzadeh, & J. Andrew Pruszynski (@andpru.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/2p9nbnbx

Many of the scientific questions we're interested in tackling require studying learning over long periods of time across the brain. This is challenging – which is why we're excited to say we've been developing a system for chronic wireless recording using long Neuropixels probes in macaque monkeys.

Natural behavior unfolds as a continuous stream of actions. Because these actions often occur in rapid succession, the brain must prepare multiple future actions while the current action is being executed. Our TICS piece explores how this works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My dad and I talk in both Polish and English, in a pretty interchangeable way. But no matter the topic if the context is Poland somehow we talk in Polish. So if we talk about mowing our lawn it could be in Polish or English unless the lawn happens to be in Poland, in which case we use Polish.

This week's sensorimotor superlab reading list is out https://superlab.ca/posts/2026-06-05-list336.html @andpru.bsky.social @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social @gribblelab.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #Sensorimotor

Deeply grateful to Frank and Janice and to my university for its more than three decades support of @cfmm.bsky.social Watch for the Ad for this new endowed chair faculty position in the months to come.

Somewhat comforted by today's presentation.

Let me tell you why people are burned out on CIHR peer review. I say this as someone who reviewed for a long time recently and who received multiple recognitions for doing so. BEING ON ZOOM FOR THREE DAYS SOUL SUCKING AND MISERABLE.

CIHR: "worst reforms since the last reforms"

I encourage everyone to show up and make your voice heard at upcoming town halls and via any other channels: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45096.html • Bilingual session: Thursday, May 28 at 1:00 p.m. ET • English session: Wednesday, June 24 at 1:30 p.m. ET • French session: Thursday, June 25 at 1:30 p.m. ET

A great opportunity!

I love this work, check out Lucas' talk on the study as part of the superlab journal club... youtu.be/hCuUE7XEg8o?...

This week's sensorimotor superlab reading list is out https://superlab.ca/posts/2026-05-22-list334.html @andpru.bsky.social @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social @gribblelab.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #Sensorimotor

Latest superlab journal club features a study by Nishal Shah, titled "Pseudo-linear summation explains neural geometry of multi-finger movements in human premotor cortex". youtu.be/4jd4eRIls0I

We are hiring a postdoc! We study neural activity and movement using holographic optogenetics, imaging, and recordings in awake mice. My first postdoc, Masashi, is starting his own lab, so now we have an opening. Seeking candidates excited about circuits, optics, coding, or ephys. oldenburglab.com

CIHR has launched a trial ballon that suggests shifting to one competition a year. This is the worst idea I have heard in a long time. The only benefit is making top-line success rates look better than they are. Keep it as is, do in-person reviews, and keep the pain in the open.

a big one this week

Recently, a @schulichmeddent.bsky.social colleague, Rob Gros, passed away too young. I did not know Rob well but it always struck me how hard he worked to improve things for others even when all evidence suggested improvements were not forthcoming: a positive influence & eternal optimist. RIP Rob.

New paper from the lab! "Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus" www.nature.com/articles/s41...

M1 after a few months away ... never gets old. @arminpanjehpour.bsky.social @mkashefi.bsky.social

A great opportunity!

Posting for Vibhu Sahni: Due to unforeseen circumstances the Burke Neurological Institute will have to terminate its research operations 5/22. There are international postdocs on visas who are looking for new homes. Please reach out to Vibhu if you can help

Nice article! It doesn't bother me, nor do I expect, that we will we find compact descriptions of how the brain functions.

A Monday-morning Superlab journal club, featuring Arseny Finkelstein (Tel Aviv, Janelia) discussing his recent Nature paper: "Connectivity underlying motor cortex activity during goal-directed behaviour". youtu.be/BRgyCb6dYDs

In our new study in Neural Computation, we demonstrate how the modulation of movement duration can emerge as a natural property of task-dependent control policies within an infinite horizon framework, rather than requiring a priori specification. Full story ➡️ direct.mit.edu/neco/article...

Weekend watching? Recently, the Sensorimotor Superlab hosted Huidi Li from @earlkmiller.bsky.social's lab. She told us all about her recent preprint: Neural subspace reorganization reflects value-based decision making. youtu.be/soDPs8zdua0

super lab, super list

Home from a wonderful NCM Meeting in Kobe, Japan --highlighted by Steve Scott, my PhD supervisor, receiving the NCM Distinguished Career Award and delivering an inspiring lecture.

This week's sensorimotor superlab reading list is out https://superlab.ca/posts/2026-04-24-list330.html @andpru.bsky.social @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social @gribblelab.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #Sensorimotor

holy moly! Welcome to Canada, @ariellevine.bsky.social!

For those going to @ncmsociety.bsky.social annual meeting next week, come check out our posters! @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social @gribblelab.org. I know that @mnlmrc.bsky.social @sivanjo.bsky.social @alighavampour.bsky.social @arminpanjehpour.bsky.social and Amin are excited show you what they've done.

On the plane making my talk and oh so pleased I will get to show on of my favourite figures in sensorimotor neuroscience at Tokyo Hand Meeting II tomorrow. (Graziano et al., 2002).

For those going to @ncmsociety.bsky.social annual meeting next week, come check out our posters! @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social @gribblelab.org. I know that @mnlmrc.bsky.social @sivanjo.bsky.social @alighavampour.bsky.social @arminpanjehpour.bsky.social and Amin are excited show you what they've done.

Don't construct a talk to show how smart you are or how much work you've done. No one else cares about that.

If you're worried your poster or talk is too simple, remove one or two more figures and you'll be alright.

a great piece, heart breaking to read at times.

A fun Q and A that @mkashefi.bsky.social and I contributed to for @natcomms.nature.com along with Friston, @annechurchland.bsky.social, and others. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Wonderful work by Amin!

Had to much fun working on this project with Kelsey and the Hoekstra lab. A project born after Hopi gave a talk at Janelia may years ago

More then ever there need to accountability in discussion and the way to do that effectively is in person meetings. Whatever money savings they think they get from travel is out the window with suboptimal decision making.

Stoked to be named "Researcher of the Year" at Western's medical school. A real honour that reflects the hard work of my trainees and collaborators. www.schulich.uwo.ca/about/news-e...

Our NIAAA funded Post-DoctT32 has received its NoA (non competing renewal). Are you looking for a post-doc and interested in joining our amazing center? If so, reach out! Here is a convenient form that you can use to upload CV and a cover letter! unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

How similar are two activity patterns? We all know that low correlations don't mean that they are necessarily dissimilar – our measurements could be noisy. So how do you correct for this? Our slightly nerdy, but hopefully useful preprint takes a deep dive: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

📣 Associate ➡️ Full Professor 📣

In a recent Superlab journal club, Tatiana Engel (Princeton) joined to to present her labs 2025 Nature paper, "The dynamics and geometry of choice in the premotor cortex" youtu.be/e2rqL0VA5IE

As eLife editor, it has been exciting and we are in a new steady state: quality of papers remains high, variance has dropped; work during the editorial phase has gone up tremendously; review quality is excellent and has improved. Kudos to @behrenstimb.bsky.social and the leadership team.

"The homogenizing effect of large language models on human expression and thought" -- I have no evidence but think this is the real risk in science. t.co/Zo5wILcWiW

trainee numbers will fall -- the risk-reward calculus on trainees (and faculty too, frankly) is shifting dramatically www.science.org/content/arti...

make data people want aim for tighter niches