EPFL Brain Mind Institute

We are happy to announce an opening for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Neuroscience at EPFL. Join our groups working on cellular & circuit neuroscience & neurocomputation - go.epfl.ch/brain. Application deadline is Oct 1 2025. Apply now 👉 go.epfl.ch/neurofaculty

blu.ski/@epfl-brainmind professor Michael Herzog & team show that while older adults perform initially less efficiently in reinforcement learning tasks, given sufficient trials, they could perform as well as young adults. 👉 ageing does not universally impair performance: doi.org/10.1007/s002...

Self-supervised, label-free 3D cell imaging is here EPFL researchers introduce CellSeg3D, a self-supervised tool for 3D cell segmentation in fluorescence microscopy, eliminating the need for manual labeling and enhancing accessibility for various biolo...

New tool CellSeg3D, from the group of blu.ski/@epfl-brainmind professor Mackenzie Mathis @trackingactions.bsky.social enables self-supervised 3D cell segmentation in fluorescent microscopy,👇 labeling time & 👆quantitative analysis -
paper: elifesciences.org/articles/99848
news: tinyurl.com/y2hpmbb9

Amazing hierarchical & multimodal wild animal behavior recognition + segmentation from the group of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Alexander Mathis @trackingskills.bsky.social. See the demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZjk... story: actu.epfl.ch/news/ai-moni... & paper: arxiv.org/html/2503.18...

The @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social lab of Gioele La Manno @gioelelamanno.bsky.social together with @maweigert.bsky.social develop Spotiflow, a deep learning method for subpixel-accurate spot detection in 2D & 3D images, a crucial tool for many life-science applications www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The lab of @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Alexander Mathis @trackingskills.bsky.social show that task-driven models of proprioception, similar to proprioception in vivo, have illusions & that the vibration frequency of primary afferents alone can explain them - doi.org/10.1113/EP09....

Congratulations to @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor @carmensandi10.bsky.social on winning the 2025 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award - www.ecnp.eu/news/press-o...

EEG measures are often used to explain differences in performance between groups, however the lab of
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Michael Herzog, using EEG & visual tests, shows these measures mainly reflect stable traits of participants rather than test performance doi.org/10.1016/j.bb...

Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience The mission of the Simons Collaboration on Ecological NEuroscience (SCENE) is to understand how affordances offered by the world shape representations in the mind and the brain.

Delighted to see our new collaboration on ecological neuroscience 🧩🌿🧠 announced today! A huge ❤️🙏🏼 to @simonsfoundation.org

I’m so excited by this theory-driven question. It’s core to our research on adaptive intelligence & sensorimotor systems 🙌 #SCENE

www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s...

Really thrilled to be part of the Simons collaboration for ecological neuroscience - www.simonsfoundation.org/neuroscience...

“Fruit flies are a major source of inspiration in robotics” Researchers at EPFL’s Neuroengineering Laboratory, led by Pavan Ramdya, aim to replicate the workings of the brain of the common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. We spoke with Ramdya about the exci...

@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Pavan Ramdya discusses how studies of #drosophila can inspire novel robots. - actu.epfl.ch/news/fruit-f...

Hiring! Postdoc position in Human Metabolism!
Join us to explore the metabolic underpinnings of human brain & behavior; focusing on anxiety & motivation
Outstanding interdisciplinary environment @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social at EPFL in Lausanne Switzerland
Info here: www.fens.org/careers/job-...

Climbing out of the lab: Studying motor planning and coarticulation in the climbing gym | Journal of Neurophysiology | American Physiological Society Your browser does not support iframes.

New editorial focus article by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Alexander Mathis @trackingskills.bsky.social together with Andy Bonnetto - Climbing out of the lab: Studying motor planning and coarticulation in the climbing gym doi.org/10.1152/jn.0...

Many congratulations to lab member Medha Raman for winning the EPFL final of MT180 - My Thesis in 180 seconds

FENS–Chen Institute–NeuroLéman Summer School The application form and further details can be found in the tabs above the title. The FENS – Chen Institute – NeuroLéman Summer School Series on Brain Dynamics in Health and Disease explores cutting…

One week left to register for the 2025 NeuroLeman-Chen-FENS summer school. Spend September learning by the lake! A joint initiative of the Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute, NeuroLéman and @fens.org - www.fens.org/news-activit...

Applications for PhD positions in neuroscience at EPFL are now being accepted www.epfl.ch/education/ph.... Join the exciting research programs of the @trackingskills.bsky.social, @trackingactions.bsky.social, @mccabelab.org, Carl Petersen or Pavan Ramdya groups. Deadline April 15 2025 - Apply today!

Unveiling the Path to ALS Therapies: A Journey from Flies to Humans - Target ALS Exploration of ALS biology has found new momentum through innovative research led by Brian McCabe, Bernard Schneider, and Sabine Liebscher. Their work, funded by Target ALS, sheds light on novel thera...

Thank you to Target ALS for highlighting the work on #ALS in our laboratory together with Bernard Schneider and Sabine Liebscher. We are very grateful for your funding and unflagging support - www.targetals.org/2025/03/04/i...

New study by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carl Petersen's group shows that cortical motor maps, which organize voluntary motor control, can be decomposed into cell-class defined modules with specific plasticity. These modules may interact to control movement - doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...

We are delighted to welcome Ashley Mayard to the @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social as a new ELISIR fellow. Ashley's lab will explore the mechanisms underlying brain regeneration across species with the aim to unlock the capacity to recover from brain injuries. More here soon - www.epfl.ch/labs/gr-mayn...

YouTube video by TEDx Talks How flies can help us build better robots and AI | Pavan Ramdya | TEDxArendal

Watch @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Pavan Ramdya describe how investigation of #Drosophila can aid in the development of next-generation biologically inspired intelligent machines and robots: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFV6...

New study by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social professor Carmen Sandi's group @carmensandi10.bsky.social shows mitochondria can regulate neuronal ciliary structures, potentially linking mitochondrial dysfunction in neuropsychiatric disorders to disrupted neuronal ciliary signaling doi.org/10.1113/JP28...

Mitochondrial control of ciliary gene expression and structure in striatal neurons Abstract figure legend Neurons drive animal behaviour by receiving and transmitting information and require energy, primarily supplied by mitochondria, to function. Additionally, neurons need to sens...

New lab paper! We reveal a novel mitochondria–cilia interaction in neurons & #mitochondrial control of #ciliary molecular pathways & structure

Kudos to Dogukan Ulgen & Ale Chioino
🙏 O Zanoletti, A Quintana, E Sanz
@epfl-brainmind.bsky.social @jphysiol.bsky.social
Read doi.org/10.1113/JP28...

Failure to replicate a superiority effect in crowding - Nature Communications Nature Communications - Failure to replicate a superiority effect in crowding

Excited to share that our latest research with @davidpascucci.bsky.social and Michael H. Herzog has just been published in @naturecomms.bsky.social!

Huge thanks to @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social, @thesensech.bsky.social and @snsf-ch.bsky.social for making our research possible!

Second, the group of Ralf Schneggenburger shows that a brain pathway from the posterior insula to the lateral amygdala transmits information that contributes to specific aspects of learning in response to fear - doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

Two new papers by @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social labs this week. First, the group of Michael Herzog challenges the effect of superiority in visual crowding - www.nature.com/articles/s41....

can you add us? We are the neuroscience institute at EPFL. Thanks.

Brain Mind Institute Symposium – June 2025 BMI

🚨 Save the Date! 🚨
Join us for the next BMI Symposium: Neuromics in Development & Disease at EPFL, June 24-25, 2025! 🌟
🧠 Explore cutting-edge neuroscience with world-class speakers!

📍 Details: tinyurl.com/5n7v54x2
#Neuroscience #BMI2025 #SaveTheDate

Can you add us to your starter pack? We are the EPFL Brain Mind Institute. Merci!

EPFL Life Sciences Early Independent Research Scholar (ELISIR) From exceptional PhD directly to independent group leader

Are you a young neuroscientist who will soon (or recently did) graduate your PhD & want to immediately start your own independent research group? Apply by April 1 2025 to become an EPFL ELISIR fellow go.epfl.ch/elisir & join the 3 current amazing fellows in @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social

Join us at 14:15 on Monday January 27 to hear Ardem Patapoutian @ardemp.bskyverified.social - May the Force Be with You! Piezo channels in mechanosensory biology. Hosted by @trackingactions.bsky.social