Three new papers in Science report that astrocytes are indispensable for neuromodulatory signaling across diverse neural circuits, behavioral contexts, and species. Learn more in a new #SciencePerspective: scim.ag/3F4XJRP

1/ I'm excited to share recent results from my first collaboration with the amazing Aran Nayebi and Leo Kozachkov! We show how autonomous behavior and whole-brain dynamics emerge in embodied agents with intrinsic motivation driven by world models.

„In the age of AI, critical thinking must become the heart of the curriculum, and the heart of all society. It’s the filter that allows us to navigate a world where information is abundant…but meaning is contested. And it’s not a skill we’re born with“ psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-th…

I will be looking to hire 2-3 post-docs over the next few months to work on cognitive control in humans, using EEG, TMS, DBS, sEEG, fMRI, or related methods. If you know anybody, please tell them to email me. Formal ad to follow. Lab website: wessellab.org

its time to code VAE from scratch.

New postdoc position - come work with us in France! 🧠🥖🍷🇫🇷 Two-Year Postdoc Position on the Role of Temporal Integration in Visual Attention Using Human Intracerebral Recordings | EURAXESS euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/351721

Feels like we're reaching a tipping point for technologies that will unlock whole brain emulation, e.g. a team from China just announced an optical method for cellular resolution monitoring of activity across mesoscale networks than span the whole mouse brain. 👇

Cerramos la temporada por todo lo alto! 🥳 El lunes día 30 de junio tendremos a Alicia Franco-Mtnez 🐦‍🔥 para que nos hable de su estudio multi-lab, con colaboración adversarial y en formato Registered Report! Únete para que te mandemos el recordatorio! forms.gle/FuK2FeNGKgbfxw…

Anthropic just opened the vault The best free masterclass on prompt engineering is here — and it’s a game-changer

Terence Tao says today's AIs pass the eye test -- but fail miserably on the smell test. They generate proofs that look flawless. But the mistakes are subtle, and strangely inhuman. “There's a metaphorical mathematical smell.. it's not clear how to get AI to duplicate that.”

A man with a severe speech disability is able to speak expressively and sing using a brain implant that translates his neural activity into words almost instantly. go.nature.com/405JUcW

Many PhDs (my past self included) fall into the trap of thinking that publishing in top-tier conferences is the ultimate goal. But publishing ≠ impact. Muon was just a blog post. It got Keller into OpenAI, he might be training GPT-5 with it now. I'm grateful he listed me as

Leonard Rome’s lab discovered an odd, abundant component of cells in the 1980s—and he’s still trying to figure out what it does. Learn more in this News from Science feature: scim.ag/40arg4a #ScienceMagArchives

Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine. If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.

Exciting PhD position open at FAIR in Paris. We are looking for a candidate to join our team and contribute to advancing the field of AI, especially reinforcement learning. Find more details and apply below. Feel free to reach out to me by email. metacareers.com/jobs/192266079…

The 2024 ERC Advanced Grants will help 281 researchers set up their own teams and conduct research on the topics of their choice. We selected 5 examples of projects; based in Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK. Find out more 👉 europa.eu/!bvgxtprk

🧠 Up to 40% of dementia cases may be preventable with lifestyle changes, but how? Juan P. Bolaños from Universidad de Salamanca will investigate astrocytes, brain cells that could explain how diet & exercise protect memory 👉 europa.eu/!X6VdM3 #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch EU Science & Innovation 🇪🇺

Early registration is OPEN for the upcoming #BrainConference! 🧠 🇬🇷 For the first time ever, the Brain Conference is heading to the beautiful Fodele Beach in Crete, Greece, and you’re invited! 🌟 Register by 10 July 2025 👉 loom.ly/ei_yabg Lundbeckfonden The Brain Prize

I don't wanna say 'I told you so', but I told you so.

Obviously using chatbots makes you more dumb, everyone is skipping over the funniest part: the study authors are such dedicated LLM haters they set up traps to expose AI users lol