Last chance to apply. Unfortunately, this opportunity is limited to junior postdoctoral fellows and senior PhD students.
08.12.2025 19:17 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
New work out today by a collaborative team including @ppjgoncalves.bsky.social! π
Introducing #JAXLEY, a differentiable simulator that brings biophysically detailed neural models into the realm of largeβscale, machineβlearningβpowered optimization.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-025-02895-w
13.11.2025 17:45 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Super excited about this work led by the one and only @deismic.bsky.social!
13.11.2025 16:07 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
One week left to apply for the NERF/VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research international PhD Call 2026!
Learn more about the projects & teams and apply now: https://cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026
13.11.2025 08:42 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Applications are now open for the NERF/VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research joint PhD Call 2026!
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Application deadline: 20 November 2025
π Start date: Autumn 2026
π Learn more about the projects & teams and apply now: https://cbd.sites.vib.be/en/phdcall2026
03.11.2025 09:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Which small midbrain structure plays a surprisingly central role in how animals see, decide, and act, and has been the star of multiple recent papers from @farrowlab.bsky.social and @boninlab.bsky.social?
That's right, the superior colliculus!
https://blog.vib.be/meet-the-superior-colliculus
24.09.2025 11:57 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π’ New paper out in Nature!
The Hoekstra lab at Harvard and @farrowlab.bsky.social lab at NERF reveal how a brain switch is tuned by evolution to control freezing vs fleeing in two sister species of deer mice.
π Huge congratulations to the entire team
https://tinyurl.com/3at3zvby
23.07.2025 17:07 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
New from the Urban Lab: PyfUS!
An open-source Python toolkit for analyzing whole-brain fUS dataβnow with single-voxel clustering for fine-scale insights. Just published in Neurocomputing.
π Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2025.130899
π οΈ Code: github.com/OpenfUS/PyfUS
21.07.2025 08:37 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Systems and circuit neuroscience need an evolutionary perspective
To identify fundamental neuroscientific principles that generalize across species, neuroscientists must frame their research through an evolutionary lens.
In a new essay in The Transmitter,
@farrowlab.bsky.social and katjareinhard.bsky.social⬠make the case for evolutionary thinking in systems neuroscience. Comparative approaches = deeper insight into brain function.
tinyurl.com/33sebnf7
β¨ Artwork by Eoin Ryan
16.07.2025 11:25 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
We map brain-wide functions of awake mice at the single-voxel scale !
Introducing PyfUS our brand new, ground-setting, open-source software for analysing brain-wide functional ultrasound imaging datasets.
Now in #Neurocomputing
@sciencedirect.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
16.07.2025 10:44 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Excited to see this out! π Congratulations to the fantastic
@nkkuhn.bsky.social for leading the way, with key contributions from Chen Li and
@boninlab.bsky.social. Thanks also to: @nerflabs.bsky.social, @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social, @viblifesciences.bsky.social, and KU Leuven.
tinyurl.com/3rfe6f2k
16.07.2025 06:20 β π 22 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
New research from the @farrowlab.bsky.social and @boninlab.bsky.social at NERF out in @currentbiology.bsky.social reveals how the intricate dendritic architecture of midbrain neurons helps detect and compute critical motion cues.
https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0960-9822(25)00820-6
15.07.2025 21:41 β π 12 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
Last piece of work by Urban lab @viblifesciences.bsky.social @cbdresearch.bsky.social @nerflabs.bsky.social
23.06.2025 06:33 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Latest paper from the @alanurban.bsky.socialβ¬ lab shows functional ultrasound (fUS) imaging reliably tracks neuronal activity with good spatial precision! π―
Congrats to the team! π
https://direct.mit.edu/imag/article/doi/10.1162/IMAG.a.34/131016/Functional-ultrasound-imaging-and-neuronal
27.05.2025 09:17 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
Exciting news: @boninlab.bsky.socialβ¬ & @vanderhaeghenp2.bsky.social with βͺ@franckp.bsky.socialβ¬ receive SFARI funding to study how early synaptic development in SYNGAP1 mutants shapes brain circuits & behavior in autism. π
https://tinyurl.com/54ywzxm9
19.05.2025 12:22 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Hayden, Karthik & Nastya from the @ppjgoncalves.bsky.social lab joined the #SBI Hackathon in TΓΌbingen in March, contributing to the open-source SBI package. Nastya gave a lightning talk on multifidelity inference for computationally expensive simulators. A great week of science & collaboration!
22.04.2025 16:32 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Congratulations to Dr. Simone Marcigaglia on defending his PhD today! π π
Simone developed a novel microfluidic catheter aimed at bypassing the blood-brain barrier, an ambitious and much-needed approach that would fill an existing gap in the market for intracerebral infusions.
10.04.2025 22:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
With beautiful illustration of calcium imaging of human cortical neurons in visual cortex of awake transplanted mice by @benvermaercke.bsky.social @boninlab.bsky.social
07.04.2025 14:46 β π 19 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
πΆ Throwback to Quiz Night two weeks ago! Our NERF delegation may not have made it to the podium, but team spirit (and Disney knowledge!) was strong πͺ
Big thanks to the PhD Association for organizing such a fun night. We're already looking forward to the next edition!
02.04.2025 10:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
In a series of recent studies, the Urban lab shows how it's pushing the boundaries of functional ultrasound (fUS), with:
π AI-powered navigation tools with micrometer precision
π 3D vascular mapping
π ultra-sensitive activity analysis
https://blog.vib.be/peering-into-the-brain-with-ultrasound
21.03.2025 11:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
New work co-led by @ppjgoncalves.bsky.social introduces a powerful new approach to model conditional distributions of neural and behavioral data using masked variational autoencoders.
Congratulations to @auschulz.bsky.social⬠et al.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(25)00109-3
14.03.2025 13:07 β π 24 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
As part of #NEUROGATE, the Haesler lab is helping develop a holographic endoscope for high-resolution, deep-brain imaging. Supported by a β¬2.5M EIC grant, this ultra-thin fiber technology could transform neuroscience & neurotech.
nerf.be/en/news#/new...
11.02.2025 10:22 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Belated congratulations to our newest Dr. Lies Deceuninck! π π
10.02.2025 21:27 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Spatiotemporal Clustering of Functional Ultrasound Signals at the Single-Voxel Level
Functional ultrasound (fUS) imaging is a well-established neuroimaging technology that offers high spatiotemporal resolution and a large field of view. Typical strategies for analysing fUS data compri...
πNew from Urban Lab in #eNeuro @sfnjournals.bsky.social We used spatiotemporal clustering of single fUS voxels to map visual activity in awake mice. This high-resolution method precisely separates signals, revealing fine-grained activity patterns like never beforeπ§ β¨ tinyurl.com/47t27c7k
10.02.2025 13:38 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
What a week for the @boninlab.bsky.social!
Celebrating the publication of two papers and now the news of an FWO project grant, enabling more exciting science over the next four years. Congratulations Vincent Bonin and Asli Ayaz. π
17.12.2024 09:07 β π 12 π 4 π¬ 2 π 0
Two new studies from the @boninlab.bsky.social reveal the complexity of the brainβs visual processing network and how it adapts to different states of arousal and behavior. ποΈ π§
Congratulations to @xuhan87.bsky.social, Karolina Socha, and the rest of the team. π
nerf.be/en/news#/new...
17.12.2024 08:32 β π 8 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning. Group Leader at VIB.AI (vib.ai/en) and Associate Professor at KU Leuven (www.kuleuven.be/english/kuleuven). Affiliated with VIB-KUL CN (vibneuroscienceleuven.be).
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Lab @ ESI Frankfurt. We believe the brain is noise-free. Or mostly-noise-free-ish. And that if we stare at behaving brains long enough, it will ALL MAKE SENSE.
Neuroscientist. Interested in neural coding, computational methods, retinal physiology, and vision. Working at the University Medical Center GΓΆttingen.
Neuroscience Group Leader at Champalimaud Center for the Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal. Formerly known as @meganinlisbon
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Neuroscience Project at Nencki Institute
www.nenckiopenlab.org
Motor control lab at RIKEN Center for Brain Science.
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A grassroots movement turned non-profit organization with a mission to diversify the neurosciences by building a community that celebrates and empowers Black scholars and professionals in neuroscience-related fields.
Neuroscientist and cell biologist. Investigator of the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute (ZMBBI) in New York
Professor in Brain & Cognition, KU Leuven, Belgium - The brain rules the mind; would-be runner and musician.
Developmental neurobiology and brain evolution beyond vertebrates
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Full Professor of Biology at KU Leuven, Belgium
Not-for-profit publisher of Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open. Host of community sites the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. Supporting biologists and inspiring biology.
Neurobiologist studies sleep, biological rhythms, and insect cognition.
Group Leader @VIB_CBD @cbdresearch.bsky.social | Assistant Professor @KU_Leuven ||
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π¬π©βπ¬ VIB researchers explore the basic molecular mechanisms of life, from microorganisms to plants and human beings. Our entrepreneurial technology transfer approach ensures that scientific discoveries are turned into tangible innovations.
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Neuroscientist - FWO fellowβ¨β©R&D on whole-brain functional ultrasound imagingβ¨Postdoc in Urban Lab at NERF, KU Leuven, VIB
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