NEURAL POPULATION DYNAMICS IN MOTOR CORTEX ARE DIFFERENT FOR REACH AND GRASP biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh… #biorxiv_neursci

New paper with Aneesha K. Suresh, @jimmy_m_goode , Matt Kaufman , and Nicho Hatsopoulos showing that population responses during grasp do not exhibit smooth, autonomous dynamics. Thanks Mark Churchland for the epic conversations about this in Japan! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

If you're still at #sfn2019 this afternoon, check out the nanosymposium in N227! I'll be giving a talk about tactile coding in the cuneate nucleus. sliman bensmaia (@[email protected]) Kathleen Cullen Joshua Rosenow amit ayer

Our paper on the neural basis of hand proprioception in somatosensory cortex - with @jimmy_m_goode Aneesha K. Suresh Gregg ➡️🤖 Alexander Rajan Alex Lee and Nicho Hatsopoulos - out in Neuron. cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

Texture and speed information is disentangled in somatosensory cortex (compared to its peripheral counterpart), yielding a more robust representation of texture. Paper out today in Cerebral Cortex. Beautiful work by Justin Lieber. Check it! academic.oup.com/cercor/advance…

Research team - studying neural coding and neuroprosthetics- looking for a software/electronics engineer to design/run scientific rigs and interface brains with machines. C++, Python, and Matlab required. bensmaialab.org. Yep. It's that cool. Hollah.

If you’re at #cosyne2020, come check out our poster tonight! [III-44] Neural dynamics in motor cortex are different for reach and grasp @jimmy_m_goode Liza Okorokova Matt Kaufman sliman bensmaia (@[email protected])

Absolutely shattered by the loss of one of the strongest forces in my life, sliman bensmaia (@[email protected]). He was impatient about all the right things, relentless in his pursuit of, not only knowledge, but people. I will forever miss his laugh, banter, music, and mentorship.

Sliman was passionate, optimistic, and fearless. Better than most, he knew the line between hard and impossible and he was unwilling to let you settle for less. His stubborn belief in people and what they were capable of built a generation of tough, brilliant trainees.

The tremendous outpouring of love for sliman bensmaia (@[email protected]) has been so touching. It will take a long time to process his passing. If you are looking for a way to support Sliman’s family, a GoFundMe has been created: gofund.me/b68f8213 Please r/t and share ❤️

From the outpouring of love and tributes on Twitter, I know that a bit of Sliman lives on in each of us, urging us to make a face here, crack an irreverent remark there, to stay inspired by science and to enjoy every moment to its fullest. RIP my friend, you're gone too soon!💔

“I think we as scientists embody something fundamentally, beautifully human … I still, idealistically and perhaps naively, believe in beauty because we, or some of us at least, experience it and are moved by it.” — Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, 1973-2023 uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/news…