How do neural circuits in the brain implement normalization? 🧠 In our new paper, we show that just normalizing sensory input isn't enough. Crucially, we must also normalize the error signals! 🧵👇 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2603.17676

My memory sucks. Note-taking is my superpower. I decided to upgrade this superpower by making a living knowledge base for research, powered by Claude Code (or any context agent). Here's a github template so you can do the same too. 🧵 github.com/ilennaj/obsidian-scientist-knowledge-template

In two hours we (with gunnar blohm and jordan matelsky) will run a webinar talking about our philosophy for doing good science and becoming good at science. And the tool planyourscience.com I wrote to help. If you want to join us you can sign up here:t.co/OJOQe1Ly18

🧠What do neurons “want”?✨ Kempner researchers @binxuwang.bsky.social and Carlos Ponce have developed a way for neurons to train AI image models to match their “preferences.” Read more about the research, out now in @natneuro.nature.com, here: bit.ly/4bz47hw #neuroscience #NeuroAI

The deadline to apply for the Brain Prize Cajal summer course in Computational Neuroscience has been extended to March 9! We’re excited for you to join us in sunny Lisbon! Please do not hesitate to send in an application and learn about computational neuroscience! @gjorjulijana.bsky.social

Thanks for highlighting this interview Ben! At the Deep Learning Indaba 2025 (Urunana!) I chatted with the EIC of iafrikan.com about the importance of summer schools like Neuromatch Academy for accessing Comp Neuro and NeuroAI training! @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social @neuromatch.bsky.social

Dendritic arbors provide neuroscience with an ideal opportunity to study how individual neurons interact with their broader circuitry and are the field’s best bet to bridge cellular and systems neuroscience, writes @justinkohare.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/dendrites/de...

This paper on how the brain may do gradient descent is very cool: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Cosyne Viewing Parties Visas, costs, care responsibilities, and environmental concerns all limit Cosyne attendance. Luckily, the talks are livestreamed; but watching alone is the high road to an aneurism. Hence: viewing parties! Gather regionally to watch Cosyne talks! More info: shorturl.at/3DHZX.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

A massive shoutout to our incredible mentors and TAs! 🙌 They delivered 6 wonderful tutorials. Their energy and dedication make this school special. 💻🧠 🇿🇦 @spiroschav.bsky.social | Will Dorrell | @kiradust.bsky.social | @isabelmaria-c.bsky.social | @colleenjg.bsky.social | @rherzoga.bsky.social

The venue is quiet tonight, but the anticipation is electric. ⚡️ Tomorrow, this space fills with students ready to gather and share knowledge. This is why we are here. We are Imbizo, and we love what we do. #imbizo2026

Come work with us!!!

Today is #GivingTuesday! Join us in helping to make computational science education accessible to everyone, everywhere! Since, 2021, Neuromatch Academy and Climatematch Academy have supported nearly 14,000 learners from 135 countries. Your support makes this possible. neuromatch.io/donate/

Applications are now open for our #KempnerInstitute Research Fellowships! Postdocs studying the foundations of #intelligence or applications of #AI are encouraged to apply. Learn more and apply by Oct. 1: bit.ly/3UvpSpe #LLMs #NeuroAI #ML @shamkakade.bsky.social

Finishing my 2 weeks of travel to #CCN2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands and @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social #DLI2025 in Kigali, Rwanda. I saw tons o stellar research and ideas grounded in urgent real world applications of AI to improve people's lives. Now it's time to recuperate back home in Boston 😌🫠😊

Together with #AIMS, the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, we have an exciting position to fill: The AIMS - Tübingen Junior Research Chair in Machine Learning for Science! 1/2

The Harvard @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social spotlights me and my efforts there and at @imbizo.bsky.social in this article! Check it out!

Today, @hhmi.org stopped all competitions supporting ECRs when we needed it most. As an FGLI undergraduate 2014/2015 HHMI EXROP participant, a 2020 Gilliam Fellow, and applicant for the now paused 2025 HGF program - I was a consistently supported by HHMI throughout my career. Please reconsider!

I am a proud HHMI Gilliam Fellow alumn. The HHMI funded me at a critical time in my career - a real inflection point that made me realize that I had a place and future in science. I always looked to the HHMI as a safety net to those historically excluded by academia, 1/4

Testing this briefly felt like this gamifies the writing and planning process especially since there's a rating system that comes with the feedback- honestly fun to use to expand on fledgling projects!

I have seen folks waste so much time by not properly planning research. Missed literature, missing controls, ignored hypotheses, etc. Lack of planning also produces bad science (e.g. analysis until significant). So I am writing an app. Looking for feedback. scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app

🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again!   💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty   📈Apply until July 1st! 🔗https://imbizo.africa/

It feels so good to see Imbizo students doing great things! @imbizo.bsky.social #imbizo

While the world burns, we cook up a new preprint! doi.org/10.1101/2025... Biophysical modeling is a key tool to derive mechanistic insights into the brain. These models are governed by biologically meaningful parameters (unlike artificial neural networks), but the dirty secret ... 1/N

We are thrilled to host a tutorial on biophysical modeling with Jaxley & DendroTweaks at #CNS2025! 📍 Florence, July 5 — looking forward to seeing you there! www.cnsorg.org/cns-2025 @cnsorg.bsky.social

Traveling waves of neural activity are observed all over the brain. Can they be used to augment neural networks? I am thrilled to share our new work, "Traveling Waves Integrate Spatial Information Through Time" with @andykeller.bsky.social! 1/13

Are you interested in comparing modern AI/RL agents to Humans? To make it easier for researchers spanning cognitive science, multi-agent RL, and HCI to do this, I've made nicewebrl github.com/wcarvalho/ni...

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com

A bit late, but just to say how lucky I feel that I could spend a week at #Imbizo2025 summer school @imbizo.bsky.social, hanging out w/ this group of absolutely brilliant students, their dedicated TAs & other faculty. Watch out for this pool of talent! & consider applying/contributing next rounds

🎉 Exciting day at #Imbizo2025! Dr. Dan Wetmore & Dr. Garrick Orchard from Meta’s Reality Labs shared their industrial insights on designing top-notch AI/ML experiments, including innovative BCI applications 🤖💡 Students showcased creative solutions for EMG, sleep, wind, epilepsy monitoring & more! 🌟

Dendrites doing AI problems, so great to see the increased activity! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Honoring Dr. King today by reflecting on his powerful speech "What’s Your Blueprint?" delivered to students in 1967. He challenged us to consider our purpose and legacy. Let's ask ourselves: what is our blueprint for a better world? Together, we can create a future that embodies his values. #MLKDay

It was great to meet @therealdrdukes.bsky.social at the Computational Neuroscience Imbizo this week! From reflecting on who we are, to the state of equity in academics, she gave an incredibly inspiring and immediately applicable lecture for all. We're thankful for all you do Dr. Dukes! #BlackInNeuro

Just gave my lecture at @imbizo.bsky.social summer school today. What an amazing school both in terms of science and social impact --and the place is breathtaking! Now, time to enjoy the summer time with @therealdrdukes.bsky.social, @arifahamid.bsky.social, and all the students and tutors 🏖️

Annual cockroach spike 🪳 fun at the @imbizo.bsky.social! @simonsfoundation.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @backyardbrains.bsky.social

this profile, by @usha.bsky.social is well worth your while Kafui Dzirasa is trying to understand the electrical basis for mental health disorders while creating a more equitable research environment than the one he came up in 🧪🔬 #medsky @blackinneuro.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/01/13/k...

Join us in Zambia for the third TReND-CaMinA course: computational neuroscience & machine learning in Africa. 📆Applications open until 15.01. 🧠🧪 trendinafrica.org/trend-camina/

A long read from 2017 but well worth the time for any scientist who both loves their job and and often finds themselves questioning their life decisions. www.danielnettle.org.uk/wp-content/u...

I will talk about our efforts to train biophysically detailed neuron models at the CMC Learning Club today (2pm CET). Zoom link sent upon empty email to [email protected]. Thanks a lot @neuroprinciplist.bsky.social for organizing this!

It's a good time to build local communities. Starter pack for neuroscientists at Harvard. I am sure I'm missing many folks; let me know. go.bsky.app/VcFhesD

Here's a starter pack of Black Scientists and Organizations (currently STEMM disciplines)! go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a

Fun to see this place coming a bit more alive! I tried my hand at a starter pack for neural engineering & computationally-leaning (systems) neuroscience. Super not exhaustive, so if you want to be added (or removed), just ping me. I'm still working on finding folks here. go.bsky.app/Ty3ftme

Slides from my talk today on preparing for the faculty job market are live on our resources page! Advice & tips I've tailored after helping to hire 10+ fantastic colleagues in the last 3 years! www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/resourcesfor...

1/ Here's a critical problem that the #neuroai field is going to have to contend with: Increasingly, it looks like neural networks converge on the same representational structures - regardless of their specific losses and architectures - as long as they're big and trained on real world data. 🧠📈 🧪

A starter pack! Some of my favorite women in neuroscience (sorry if I forgot you, I will add!) go.bsky.app/SCFmKoC

After finishing my PhD, I was recently awarded the APICAL Award for Persistent Involvement in Community And Leadership my graduate program, the UPenn NGG. They asked me to give a speech - I wrote one sharing much of my personal journey to #PhD. Here is that speech: www.ilenna.com/apical-speec...

This list likely reflects mainly my interests and circle, and I’m sure I’ve missed many people, but I gave it a try: (I’ll be slowly editing it until it reaches 150/150) go.bsky.app/7VFUkdn (also, I tried but couldn't remove my profile...)

Proper intro! I'm Dr. Ilenna Jones, postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence. I ask how #NeuralComputation is enabled by #Dendrite properties using supervised learning tools and methods from #ML and #DeepLearning! 🧠🌻🌳