Thanks for the great preview of our Neuron paper, Thomas Euler & the Euler Lab, @teulerlab: Retinal Circuits for Seeing in the Dark: Neuron disq.us/t/3jgwh11 @AaltoResearch University of Helsinki Life Sciences University of Helsinki Lina Smeds

When every photon counts, mice's behavior does not rely on the most sensitive retinal spike code, but on the most reliable. Read about Petri Ala-Laurila's latest work here cell.com/neuron/fulltex… & check Qiu & @teulerlab's preview of it cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

Our paper is out in the current issue of Neuron! Enjoy!

Einstein's violin and I share the same name 🤩 maybe I should name my violin Albert? 🤔

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The ERM2019 was a great success! Scientific Communication Award was given today by Dean Jouko Lampinen (School of Science, Aalto University) to Petri Ala-Laurila (Petri Ala-Laurila) and Aarni Seppänen for organizing the conference. #ERM2019 #Aalto @AaltoResearch Aalto University

Check out this beautiful story by Sanna Koskela, Tuomas Turunen, Petri Ala-Laurila. Freshly out today!

Interested in neural circuit function and its connection to behavior? Apply now for a PhD position in Petri Ala-Laurila

The show must go on! Petri Ala-Laurila has online afternoon coffee breaks daily at 2pm via #Slack. Does anyone want to join? #COVID2019 @AaltoResearch Life Sciences University of Helsinki Jaakko Lehtinen

Happy and honored to win the Best Journal Article Prize (PhD student category) at our faculty University of Helsinki Life Sciences University of Helsinki. The award was given for our paper published in Neuron doi.org/10.1016/j.neur… Thanks to coauthors of Petri Ala-Laurila, @AaltoResearch Suomen Akatemia | Research Council of Finland #bytdk

What is UV-light good for? Check out our preview in Neuron highlighting the brilliant work by Takeshi Yoshimatsu Cornelius Schröder Noora Nevala @CellTypist Tom Baden. Neuron SussexNeuro @AaltoResearch Life Sciences University of Helsinki Suomen Akatemia | Research Council of Finland

So proud of my dear colleague and friend Sanna Koskela who successfully defended her thesis last Friday! You rock!!!

Tune in today at 6pm (Finnish time) to learn more about my Neuron paper, beer brewing, sustainability and other important things!

I feel very honored to be receiving this award! Thanks to the faculty and all coauthors of Petri Ala-Laurila The article can be found here doi.org/10.1016/j.neur… and on linasmeds.com

Our national newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (’Helsinki Times’) wrote a nice piece about the findings of my PhD research! ⁦Petri Ala-Laurila⁩ ⁦Kristian Donner⁩ ⁦Life Sciences University of Helsinki⁩ ⁦@AaltoResearch⁩ hs.fi/tiede/art-2000…

Thanks for the recognition of our work Aivotutkimusseura! The credit goes to the people in my lab who have done the work and the funders and universities who have believed in us over the years: Suomen Akatemia | Research Council of Finland Aalto University University of Helsinki Sigrid Jusélius Stiftelse Emil Aaltosen Säätiö Life Sciences University of Helsinki

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Check out this new preprint from our lab Petri Ala-Laurila

I did it! I finally defended my thesis. What an honor to have A.P. Sampath as my opponent! Thanks for a great discussion. Thanks to Felice Dunn and Will Grimes for reviewing my thesis. Petri, Petri Ala-Laurila thanks for your guidance and encouragement all these years!

New preprint about tadpoles' responses to visual risk led by the unstoppable, admirable, adorable Chloe Fouilloux (she/her) in the wonderful company of @jstynoski & Bibiana Rojas! To read the whole thing go here: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Or for a trailer, check the handy summary by Chloe: