BrAInWorlds

We regret to inform you that the Journal Club by Iman Nematollahi (Maria Kalweit lab) has to be postponed. 😢

The new date is set to Tuesday, March 10, at 12:30 PM!
We apologize for any inconvenience.

In the next #BrAInWorldsJournalClub, Iman Nematollahi (Maria Kalweit Lab) will present the work of Randall Balestriero & Yann LeCun, LeJEPA: Provable and Scalable Self-Supervised Learning Without the Heuristics 🧠 arxiv.org/pdf/2511.085...
Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social for an inspiring discussion! 💡

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If you enjoy translating complex research into accessible stories and engaging diverse audiences, we’d love to hear from you.
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In the next #BrAInWorldsJournalClub, Jerome Beetz will present the work of @shakedpa.bsky.social et al., in Science390,eadw6202(2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adw6202 🦇Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social for an inspiring discussion! 💡

We warmly thank our community & friends for the amazing collaborations, shared creativity, participation in #BrAInWorldsJournalClub and #BrAInWorldsGuestLecture, and for inspiring conversations throughout the year.🌟
@ilka-diester.bsky.social & @mschoenauer.bsky.social

A moment to learn💡, connect🤝, and spark new conversations✨ – a special BrAInWorlds Guest Lecture by Kenneth Harris!💣 @kenneth-harris.bsky.social Christian Leibold and @ilka-diester.bsky.social warmly invite the Freiburg #neuroscience community to attend the talk and participate in discussions💫🧠

In next #BrAInWorldsJournalClub, denizkumral.bsky.social presents the work of @dabalpedamonti.bsky.social, @mohintasamia.bsky.social & @somnirons.bsky.social in Nat Commun 2025: doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64591-9 ✨Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social & @mschoenauer.bsky.social for an inspiring discussion💡

In the next #BrAInWorldsJournalClub, Georgia Koppe will present the work of @ji-an-li.bsky.social, Marcus Benna & Marcelo Mattar @marcelomattar.bsky.social 🧠in Nature, 2025: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09142-4 ✨Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social & @mschoenauer.bsky.social for an inspiring discussion! 💡

We’re excited to welcome Wulfram Gerstner @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social for a special talk on the importance of low-dimentional dynamics in the brain!
🗓️ Date: 5.11 🕒 Time: 12:15 Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social and Christian Leibold for an engaging session with one of the leading voices in the field!

You are cordially invited to the next talk in the #BrAInWorldsLectureSeries by Athena Akrami from
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.social. Hear all about learning and exploiting sensory statistical structures with and without feedback! #neuroscience
@ilka-diester.bsky.social
@mschoenauer.bsky.social

In the next #BrAInWorldsJournalClub, Artur Schneider will present the work of Charles Findling (and impressive team of co-authors 🤩) on brain-wide representations of prior information 🧠🐀 (Nature, 2025): www.nature.com/articles/s41... ✨Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social for an inspiring discussion! 💡

We are happy to announce a special #BrAInWorldsGuestLecture by Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social‬ on July 9 at 12:15 at IMBIT! ✨ Gain insights into the representation of space in a bee brain 🐝🧠 and join ‪@andrewstraw.bsky.social‬ and @ilka-diester.bsky.social for a discussion! 💡 #neuroscience

In the next #BrAInWorldsJournalClub, Mona Garvert @mgarvert.bsky.social‬ will present the work of Margarida Sousa & Joseph J. Paton ‪@champalimaudr.bsky.social‬ (Nature, 2025): doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09089-6. 🧠 Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social & @mschoenauer.bsky.social for the discussion! 💡✨

Golden moments of 250 participants visiting us for an interactive journey into internal world models 🧠, to experience how surroundings shape real-time perception ✨. Two immersive rooms evoked contrasting mental and emotional states 🌿❄️, reminding us how spaces influence our thoughts and feelings💡

BrAInWorlds is thrilled to welcome Wieland Brendel @wielandbrendel.bsky.social for an exclusive guest lecture in Freiburg on May 21! 🤖 Join @thomasbrox.bsky.social and @ilka-diester.bsky.social at IMBIT//BrainLinks-Braintools for the talk and thought-provoking discussions 💡#AI #KI #MachineLearning

In the next #BrAInWorldsJournalClub, Anika Löwe @anikaloewe.bsky.social will present the work of Jacob Bakermans @bakermansjjw.bsky.social & Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social (2025): doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-01908-3. Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social & @mschoenauer.bsky.social for the discussion!

BrAInWorlds is very excited to announce the Guest Lecture by Christopher Summerfield @summerfieldlab.bsky.social in Freiburg on April 30th! Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social and @mschoenauer.bsky.social at IMBIT//BrainLinks-Braintools for the talk and inspiring discussions 💡

It was great pleasure and honor to welcome Peter Dayan with a guest lecture at IMBIT//BrainLinks-BrainTools!

We are looking forward to welcoming Peter Dayan in Freiburg tomorrow! Join us at IMBIT//BrainLinks-BrainTools for the talk and a small get-together 💡

We are excited about our event today! Unfortunately, the VAG is striking, but the S-Bahn should still be running! These go every half hour until just before 8 pm, and then every hour. See the plan of the building location and the parking/S-Bahn information. We look forward to your participation!

In the next #BrAInWorldsJournalClub, Julia Linke
@juliaolink.bsky.social sky.social will present the work of @arikahn.bsky.social n.bsky.social & @nathanieldaw.bsky.social aw.bsky.social (2025): doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00169-3. Join @ilka-diester.bsky.social & team for an inspiring discussion!

Sie erfahren, wie Menschen und künstliche Intelligenz ihre Repräsentationen bilden und anpassen, um sich in komplexen, sich ständig verändernden Umgebungen zurechtzufinden. Highlights des Abends: Immersive Erfahrungen, Cozmos Welt, 3D-Gehirn-Puzzle mit VR-Brille, Spiele, etc #Neurowissenschaften #KI

BrAInWorlds präsentiert im Rahmen der Brain Awareness Week (@danafoundation.bsky.social) ein spannendes neurowissenschaftliches Event für die Öffentlichkeit!
Im Programm sind die Talks von @ilka-diester.bsky.social, @mschoenauer.bsky.social und @adamkortylewski.bsky.social
#BrainAwarenessWeek

In Freiburg, Peter Dayan will present the joint work with Charline Tessereau, Feng Xuan, Dan Dombeck and Jack Mellor. Spread the word to the Freiburg community and bring your colleagues to #IMBIT Center #BrainLinks-BrainTools!

We regret to inform you that the Guest Lecture by Athena Akrami has to be postponed. We will keep you updated of the new time and place.

You are cordially invited to the next talk in the #BrAInWorldsLectureSeries by Athena Akrami from @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social. Hear all about learning and exploiting sensory statistical structures with and without feedback on Feb. 12th at 12:30! @ilka-diester.bsky.social @mschoenauer.bsky.social

In the next #BrAInWorldsJournalClub, Jonas-Frederic Sauer @jf-sauer.bsky.social will present the work of Khilkevich, A., Lohse, M., Low, R. et al. (2024) doi.org/10.1038/s415... Join the #BrAInWorldsTeam for an inspiring discussion! @ilka-diester.bsky.social @thomasbrox.bsky.social