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It's an unspoken fact that freely moving lab mice are not really freely moving. We came up with a method to change this. See the preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… (1/3)
Congrats to @mingfaifong, on receiving the @RPB_org Walt and Lilly Disney Award for Amblyopia Research!
Fong will use the award to further research to improve the lives of individuals with amblyopia, or lazy eye. bit.ly/3K5Lofy
How do neurons homeostatically maintain firing rate? Synaptic scaling? Yes, but not at the synapses you might think... check out our preprint showing that GABAergic scaling acts as a firing rate homeostat. Study led by Carlos Gonzalez-Islas and Pete Wenner.
GABAergic synaptic scaling is triggered by changes in spiking activity rather than transmitter receptor activation. biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
Postdoc position in closed-loop neuromodulation in freely-moving animals with a great scientist and awesome human. Come work for Jeff and we can hang out in ATL :)
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Open Ephys has some big news: we have been awarded a Phase II SBIR to develop exciting new tech using our open-hardware standards. We are looking for an engineer to help us with this! Here are some reasons you might want to apply...
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Do you want to learn how to build 2p scope and ephys rig from a pile of thorlabs & digikey parts in a pastural wonderland while entertained with slide-guitar and improv comedy and engaged in buoyant scientific discussion until dawn? Then, you should apply: tenss.ro/index.php
ALT Mitra building an instrumentation amp.
ALT Nacho starting the chaos in the free behavior module
ALT Fred showing working with students to build wide field microscope from thorlabs parts at the start of the optics module.
ALT A quick bike ride around the lake to take a break from science an enjoy the Romanian countryside.
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If you've used any Open Ephys tools over the past year, please remember to complete this survey...your responses will help us serve the community more effectively!
Help us improve our support and training efforts by filling out the 2022 Open Ephys User Survey! It's 11 questions long and should take 5 minutes or less:
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The first edition of #everythingopensource is happening on Wednesday, 19th January, 2022 at 7:00pm GMT on Twitter Spaces.
We are going to discuss about "Getting started with Open Source".
Kindly set a reminder here: xitter.cf/i/spaces/1vOxwyBEQLbGB
#everythingopensource
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Hey science twitter 👋🏽 I'm starting a company @dmostools to help researchers make their data reproducible, reusable, and sharable!
With @dmosdallas @kayteeflick @elibpollock and @dcosine, we're providing a service that makes open science easy. Watch our intro video for more:
DMOS is going to MIT Fuse @EshipMIT this January! Check out this one minute video to see what our company is all about: youtu.be/a_1_jpp2I_I
(Spoiler: it's catchy)
🧠@neurd_ 🔬@kayteeflick 🎵@elibpollock 🦠@dcosine 📷@dmosdallas
Ming-fai Fong retweeted
New paper from the lab! This project was led by Nick Audette (postdoc) with help from WenXi Zhou (grad student).
Temporally precise movement-based predictions in the mouse auditory cortex.
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biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
learning-associated synaptic plasticity agnostic to correlations between pre- and post-synaptic activity!
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Join us on Wed. at 12-1 pm Central, Jon Newman @__jonnew will talk about the upcoming next gen. Open Ephys system for unencumbered mouse behavior, and we can have an informal chat on all topics related to electrophysiology. mit.zoom.us/j/3218471095
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Join us! We’re looking to hire tenure-track faculty at all levels in neuroimaging and/or neural engineering. Appointment thru @EmoryMedicine. Details & application: faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs…
#Hiring #JobSearch #BlackInEngineering #neurotwitter
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Please RT! Georgia Tech/Emory invite you to apply to become a Fellow in our NIH/NIBIB Computational Neural Engineering Training Program (@GT_Emory_CNTP)! Fellows receive *full stipend and tuition for two years* to support rotations and foster collaborative training. Come join us!
Ming-fai Fong retweeted
Applications are open for our next @Cajal_Training Course!
From the 6-10th of December, we'll be diving into the fundamentals of how extracellular electrophysiology acquisition works.
Check out the programme & apply by October 18th to join us:
cajal-training.org/neurokit/…
Have you ever thought to yourself, "I would love to work with someone like Ming, but wish she knew more about time-domain astrophysics" ? Now is your chance!
Please share with any astro PhD students interested in transients and great mentorship in their next stage.
Post-doc applications at @NUCIERA are now open and the Fong Group is looking to add a new post-doc to our team! Topics of interest include short GRBs, EM searches for GW counterparts, and FRBs, within the SAGUARO and F4 collaborations. Job posting here: jobregister.aas.org/ad/9725f…
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Textbooks say #amblyopia isn't treatable after "critical period" (age 7-9)
Fascinating #NEIfunded @MIT_Picower study: this may not be true.
Even *after* critical period in model systems: temporary inactivation of retinal activity in better eye led to improved amblyopia...
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Dream department
The Dept. of Neurobiology at Northwestern is hiring! Neuroscience at large scale using any approaches (Deadline Nov 1): neurobiology.northwestern.ed…. Fabulous colleagues, science, and quality of life. I love it here and am happy to chat more with anyone who is interested! Please RT.
Excited to have our recent @eLife amblyopia study featured on @NPR!
Thank you @NPRjonhamilton, @StevenGrieco, and Jennifer Raymond.
Pufferfish Toxin Holds Clues To Treating 'Lazy Eye' In Adults npr.org/sections/health-shot…