Tyler Sloan @Quorumetrix Studio

YouTube video by Quorumetrix Studio A Cubic Millimeter of Mouse Brain

This was a funny experience, my first 'hit' on YouTube where I experienced a whole spectrum of human opinions.

The three most common comments were:
- Whoever made this music is an idiot
- Whoever made this music is a genius
- Can it play Doom?

From the MICrONS cubic millimeter
youtu.be/blaS5fBJdsE

YouTube video by Quorumetrix Studio The Neuron, the Synapse, and the Connectome

I'm reposting this video as it is going to be relevant again.
A narrated primer on the field of #connectomics.
With some historical re-enactments, a few easter eggs for the real #neurds, and some of my best #neuro visualizations.

youtu.be/VPaxhoRgqgU

#neuroscience #sciviz

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Our work in connectomics is featured in @asimovpress.bsky.social! We’re building new tools to map the brain with greater precision and scale!

Together with Christian Tischer, 3D rendering of multi-res microscopy data was added to MoBIE FIJI plugin using #BigVolumeViewer.
Check any remote datasets (like @dudinlab.bsky.social maps of protists using ExM) in the highest quality.
For full details read forum.image.sc/t/mobie-plus...

Also, am interested to see if it can translate an entire repository of code, say from R to Python. I've done this function-by-function with chatGPT before, verifying output matched either exactly or directionally. Since it's agentic, I bet it would streamline the whole process.

Fair, but it was more a test of how reliably it extracts reported values from research papers (something elicit is good at) and summarizes + packages it in a machine readable format (3.5 onwards very good at). Most curious to see how it would rationalize its choices for the missing values casebycase

Format results in a csv with columns for cell_type and each of the extracted/estimated parameters. Include column flags to indicate if data exctracted or estimated. If extracted provide reference, if estimated provide rationale/method. Format table in units directly compatible with brian2 model.

Let's take it up a notch:
"For every neuron type I want to know it's physiology / firing parameters, including where possible: membrane constant, resting potential, reset potential, refractory period, resistance, capacitance. Do this for as many neuron types as possible. Infer when data unavailable.

For now...

Now how do I turn this into a podcast again?

Awesome, thanks!

Not just the theaters but the space they occupy in culture: Sagan, Tyson, Cosmos ... who comes to mind? The theaters are a downstream effect of a difference between the scientific cultures. Q: What events/ influences(obvious or not) account for the different cultural trajectories between the fields?

Why does one field build $50m theaters and the other sends grad students to elementary schools with a bucket of cow brains?

1. Both. While technological milestones matter, detailed focus should be on cultural shifts to help explain why outreach is a central pillar of astrosci culture
2. Alongside. Interested in nonobvious or subtle causes. Err on the side of TMI.
3. Global.
4. Both.

Provide summary answer for "why".

Starting @ the Zeiss Mark 1 projector, provide a comparative timeline of development of science outreach and visualization between astrophysics and neuroscience fields over the past century. Highlight key major discoveries, world events, policy choices and outreach efforts to explain the disparity

Our lab is looking for a enthusiastic researcher with the master degree (Computational Biology, Computer Science, Game development) to develop next-gen computer games to model organ development in 4D. If you are interested drop me an email: k.wabnik@upm.es

I'm surprised when I hear that people still don't find mundane utility in LLMs. I'll mention two simple things: Perplexity Pro will read several websites and generate essays with 10+ citations leveraging papers and industry websites. Immensely useful compared to regular search 1/

This is a big deal!

I was most happy with how the #synapse scene turned out, using the #neurons as a holdout for the pre and post synapse volume densities with distance out of focus.
To answer nobody's burning question, yes I was thinking about the Mind Flayer (Stranger Things) the entire time.

I really enjoyed making this #neuro #visualization for @e11bio.bsky.social last November. A pleasure working with them, the entire way through. I'm really excited to see their technology scale up.

Thanks!
Purkinje's drawing reminds me of the Hitchcock silhouette.
Maybe Deiters could better be described as the first accurate rendering.

Fantastic, thanks!

Early renderings of neurons c1865

Early renderings of neurons c1865

Early renderings of neurons in spinal cord c1865

I was doing some research for a lecture I'm putting together and TIL that these may be the first ever drawings of #neurons by Otto Deiters published posthumously c1865.

Anyone know of drawings that pre-date these?
#neuroscience #history

my lab (www.tuthill.casa) at UW is hiring a research assistant/tech. basic scope is to apply machine learning/computer vision tools to measure and model 3D animal behavior and mechanics. we are a diverse, collaborative, curiosity-driven group.

Apply: uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/Candidat...

YouTube video by Quorumetrix Studio 2024 Highlight Reel Quorumetrix Studio

Happy New Year everyone!

Here's a mashup of some of my favorite clips from this year, set to old-timey ragtime piano.

I hope you enjoy having this song stuck in your head as much as I do.

youtu.be/saRTncoe5uk

What are recurrent networks doing in the brain? The cortex is filled with excitatory local synapses, but we know little about their role in brain function. New experimental tools, along with ideas from artificial intelligence, are poised to change…

The cortex is filled with excitatory local synapses, but we know little about their role in brain function. New experimental tools, along with ideas from artificial intelligence, are poised to change that.

By @markhisted.org

www.thetransmitter.org/neural-netwo...

YouTube video by Quorumetrix Studio In the Eye of a Fly: Connectome spiking neural activity simulation

"In the Eye of a Fly": Connectome spiking neural activity simulation.
Explores:
- Topographic mapping in the #drosophila optic lobe
- Connectome informed spiking simulations (with Brian2)
#sciviz #dataviz #neurosience

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjpZ...

Tyler Sloan discusses why neuroscience needs to overcome its legacy of minimalism and embrace the contemporary challenge of representing whole-nervous-system connectivity.

By @quorumetrix.bsky.social

www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/t...

My latest #neuro #visualization is an intuition pump to help us appreciate the intricate interconnectivity of cells in your #brain. We begin by peeling thro... A Cubic Millimeter of Mouse Brain

A #neuro #data #visualization:
An intuition pump on information processing in the #brain.
~75K #neurons in the #MICrONS mm³.
I/O segregated by layers, function is columnar; the cortical column is the unit of cortical computation.
A typical #Pyramidal cell has over >10K input synapses.