Bence Ölveczky

Go Sam!!

Complementary cortical and thalamic contributions to cell type–specific striatal activity dynamics during movement Cell type–specific striatal activity during movement is shaped by cortical and thalamic inputs with complementary roles.

Our new work is out in Science Advances. We show that neural activity in the striatum reflects not just cortical inputs, but also often-underappreciated thalamic inputs.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Ta-Nehisi Coates is brilliant as always. archive.fo/202601261911...

Feels like a pivotal moment. The president is screening a movie about his third wife and crying about a lawsuit challenging his guilded ballroom, while good-hearted Americans looking out for their neighbor are getting murdered by state police. Will Americans finally wake up?

I look forward to @nytimes.com headlines tomorrow that read, "Video appears to show snow falling from sky."

"Video appears to show that sky is blue."

Board of Peace - Season 1

Goodbye, my friend. Miss you!

Remembering Adam Kampff, a dear friend, inspirational teacher, and a remarkable human being. He dedicated his life to broadening scientific education and demystifying modern technology to young people around the world.

www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/research...

Well said, Rui. Adam was one of a kind. Gentle, warm, funny, genuine, and smart. His ability to cut through bullshit and see the big picture catalyzed great science wherever he went. He loved life and shared his joy generously. A huge inspiration. Thanks for all the beautiful memories, my friend!

Great opportunity!

RIP to one of the all-time greats... Jack DeJohnette has passed away at age 83. The legendary drummer is pictured here at the September 24, 1965 recording session for Jackie McLean's "Jacknife," which marked his first appearance on a Blue Note record.

Very cool. Congrats!

A true Hero.

The @nytimes has been climbing this mountain for a while...congrats on getting there, everyone.

Breaking Silence, Former University President Claudine Gay Blasts Harvard’s ‘Compliance’ With White House Demands

"'The number of $500 million is completely arbitrary and it will solve nothing,' [Claudine] Gay said. 'There is no justification.'"

SAY IT AGAIN DEAN GAY. #Harvard

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Human intelligence is overrated and not a useful yardstick for AI - a polemic. markusmeister.com/2025/09/15/w...

Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

Kill the poor? Wow. This is getting really dark really fast.

In April, the AAUP & our Harvard chapter sued the Trump admin for demanding that Harvard censor speech & restructure core operations or else face $8.7 billion in funding cuts.

We hope this decision clarifies to Harvard’s administration that bargaining w/ tyrannical authoritarians is unacceptable.

Thanks Niko for spearheading this!!

We won!!

“Defendants used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this country’s premier universities … Their actions have jeopardized decades of research and the welfare of all those who could stand to benefit from that research.”

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

This is great, Daniel!

..democracy often erodes slowly at first... But with each concession, autocrats become bolder, defenses grow weaker, and reversal becomes harder. Responses that, early on, can feel pragmatic—waiting it out, remaining silent, cutting a deal—only embolden autocrats, leading to the demise of democracy.

A randomized trial of for eye care by ophthalmologists with A.I. vs ophthalmologists without A.I. demonstrated much higher accuracy in diagnosis (92 vs 74%) and many other improved outcomes @NatureMedicine
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Differential kinematic coding in sensorimotor striatum across behavioral domains reflects different contributions to movement - Nature Neuroscience Hardcastle and Marshall et al. show that striatal function is domain specific, required for task-related but not spontaneously expressed movements. This functional distinction is reflected in starkly ...

Differential kinematic coding in sensorimotor striatum across behavioral domains reflects different contributions to movement

@kiahhardcastle.bsky.social @olveczky.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Thanks Nancy!

Wrote a eulogy for the yellow letters in my office window. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...