Cell biology, Bioinformatics, Optogenetics, Electrophysiology

You can open a neuroscience textbook and read about the basic input-output function of neurons, right? We—astrocyte biologists—were jealous. PhD student Michelle Cahill wanted to map input-response dynamics in astrocytes. Surprising results in here: x.com/biorxiv_neursc… 1/x

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Out today in Nature Biotechnology! PhD students & postdocs: there's a trick – overlooked and underused – for having new ideas in the creative process. Talk science 1 on 1 with a science buddy that you trust and think of it as an improvisation. nature.com/articles/s4158…… Martin Lercher

Today I'm launching Omnipilot! 🚀🚀🚀 It's an AI copilot that autocompletes text EVERYWHERE on MacOS. In every app!!! Another "copilot"???? This one is different, I swear! Omnipilot gathers context ambiently, and uses it to generate text in Notes, Gmail or Xcode Link: 🧵

Profiling single-cell transcriptomes of Drosophila brains across the #sleep–wake cycle and #circadian times shows that glial gene expression correlates with both sleep homeostat and circadian clock Joana Dopp Sha Liu 刘沙 nature.com/articles/s4159…

Fish-eye science #1 - 3D printed skull Mus musculus

Fish eye science #2 - helm of the stereotax

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🚨🚨 We're BACK! 🚨🚨 - Join us next Tuesday! same time same place! - two great talks lined up!

Kicking off soon!! Hope to see you all there!

We’re back! 🥳

🗣️ The #SwayneLab is recruiting a postdoc for a CIHR funded project on astrocyte-synapse interactions! I will be at the CAN ACN meeting - if you're interested in the position and plan to attend, please reach out! (see job ad for contact info) #Neuroscience #Neurojobs

This is happening tomorrow ! Another summer full of fascinating talks from great researchers and students. Can't wait!

Montréal at its finest! 🌳☀️

What makes the brain maintain voluntary #exercise despite attractive alternative options such as eating? #Orexin/hypocretin neurons are crucial for implementing the underlying valuation of eating vs running in mice nature.com/articles/s4159…

Astrocyte Gi-GPCR signaling corrects compulsive-like grooming and anxiety-related behaviors in Sapap3 knockout mice: Neuron cell.com/neuron/fulltex… Congrats to Joselyn, Chiran and the whole team on this one!

As promised, no longer a picture of a screen Ciarán Murphy-Royal 🤩 Very cool picture from earlier this week during a nice star-gazing session at the 2-photon

Really cool story! It was great to play a small part in this!