So, the deadline for the IBRO SIMONS #imbizo is approaching quickly. It's quite possibly the best computational neuroscience summer school south of the equator, so do apply at imbizo.africa @SCglobalbrain Computational Neuroscience Imbizo @ibroSecretariat Adrienne Fairhall Joseph Raimondo AdA🐀

Apply now for our "Computational Neuroscience & Machine Learning" course bit.ly/3Hfjn3V Shout-out to the organizers Saray Soldado-Magraner Joana Soldado-Magraner Gabriela Michel Tom Tagoe Patrick Amoateng Abib Duut Eszter Vértes Artemis Koumoundourou and @Deepmind & HHMI | Janelia for their contributions🤩

An entry level computational neuroscience & machine learning summer school for African nationals is happening in Ghana this June, with input from Janelia and DeepMind (and me)! It's gonna be great. Applications close in ~2 weeks, please share!! trendinafrica.org/computational-…

I am starting my own research group at The Francis Crick Institute Institute in London! We will be investigating how neuronal circuits in the brain drive social interactions between animals. I have an immediate opening for a PhD student, apply by 22 March! crick.ac.uk/research/labs/…

Picking CosyneMeeting workshops? On Monday André Ferreira Castro and I will host "Neurodevelopment and Evolution: The Formation of Innate Circuit Priors and Behaviors" Florian Engert Emily Mackevicius Josie Clowney Dr. Allyson Sgro @SKerstjens Naomi Shvedov Tony Zador cosyne2023neurodev.com

📢 Peter Latham will present 'Understanding Connectivity in Cerebellar-like Networks using the Inductive Bias' at this #COSYNE2023 workshop. Don't miss it!

Dear Colleagues, Please let your students and post-docs know about this great training opportunity. We will be covering both cellular resolution #brain #mapping and synaptic resolution EM #connectomics and how to bridge the two. Please RT! 1/2

Interested in a research career, but don't want to worry about funding or job stability? We are hiring a staff scientist! Help us uncover how social behaviours work and how social isolation disrupts brain wiring and function. Apply by 30 June! crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/L… (1/2)

Looking to get some research experience? We are hiring! 2-year fixed term technical position to investigate the neural circuits underlying cooperative digging behaviours in larvae. Using cutting-edge genetic tools, behavioural rigs, and connectomics! crick.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/L…

I wouldn’t read too much into it, but interesting for comparison that studies of mammalian synaptic weights (from rat hippocampus) come up with an estimate of 4.7 bits per synapse (26 distinct levels). elifesciences.org/articles/10778

Now out in SfN Journals ! jneurosci.org/content/43/34/…

Lucas Rudelt André Ferreira Castro and I are hosting a workshop on "Hardwired or adaptive? Bridging neural circuit evolution, development and learning" at Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience conference! Sept 26-27 Berlin 🇩🇪 Come join for fantastic takes on Nature v Nurture! bernstein-network.de/bernstein-conf…

The short-term nature of postdoc contracts prevents him and others from settling down and starting a family, he says. “We feel that we are falling behind in life.” nature.com/articles/d4158…

📢 Multiple postdoctoral positions in Theoretical Neuroscience available at the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit (PI: A Palmigiano) to develop both normative and data-driven theoretical approaches to link dynamics and computation. Apply by Jan 16! ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/se…

How much do we *really* learn? In Nature Rev Neurosci with Florian Engert and André Ferreira Castro, we address why most of you humans firmly believe that patterned activity plays a necessary and instructive role in shaping neural circuits. nature.com/articles/s4158…