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David L Barack Oct 27, 2023

Albert Cardona Oct 27, 2023

4 positions of Research Group Leaders (W2) open at the MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany.

"...in the areas of Cellular metabolism and/or Physics of living systems and in mathematics for living systems ... if the applicants will have an interest in using innovative imaging approaches too, it would be really great"–from Jan Peychl

Two ads:

https://www.mpi-cbg.de/join-us/open-positions/job-offer/max-planck-research-group-leaders-w2-in-cellular-metabolism-or-physics-of-living-systems

deadline November 30th 2023

https://www.mpi-cbg.de/join-us/open-positions/job-offer/max-planck-research-group-leaders-w2-in-mathematics-for-living-systems

deadline November 10th 2023

#ScienceJobs #academia #DevBio #imaging #microscopy

Max Planck Research Group Leaders (W2) in Cellular Metabolism or Physics of Living Systems

The MPI-CBG invites applications to establish two Research Groups as Max Planck Research Group Leaders (W2) in Cellular Metabolism or Physics of Living Systems. The deadline for applications including references is November 30, 2023.

MPI-CBG

David L Barack Oct 18, 2023

New manuscript! Here, we fit 27 different models to behavior in both humans and monkeys to understand what computations drive patch foraging decisions. Comments/questions/criticisms/suggestions definitely welcome!
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.14.562362v1

David L Barack Oct 9, 2023

Iris van Rooij 💭Sep 13, 2023

🚨Vacancy for Assistant Professor: AI and Philosophy of Mind and Language

Come work with us at @Radboud_uni !

https://www.ru.nl/en/working-at/job-opportunities/assistant-professor-ai-and-philosophy-of-mind-and-language

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Assistant Professor: AI and Philosophy of Mind and Language | Radboud University

Working as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies? Check our vacancy here!

David L Barack Oct 9, 2023

Very excited for this to come out! A great group effort led by Edgar Walker and Stephan Pohl. Here, we explore how the brain represents uncertainty. A companion paper on neural representation more generally is in the works--watch this space!
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-023-01444-y

Studying the neural representations of uncertainty - Nature Neuroscience

This Review explains how the neural coding of uncertainty is theoretically conceived and empirically tested. It compares the approaches of two largely separate research communities and proposes goals for the field that combine these approaches.

Nature

David L Barack Oct 8, 2023

DurstewitzLab Oct 8, 2023

Our Perspective on reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data finally out in Nature Rev Neurosci!
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-023-00740-7

We survey generative models that can be trained on time series data to mimic the behavior of the underlying neural substrate.

Reconstructing computational system dynamics from neural data with recurrent neural networks - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

The prospects for applying dynamical systems theory in neuroscience are changing dramatically. In this Perspective, Durstewitz et al. discuss dynamical system reconstruction using recurrent neural networks to directly infer a formal surrogate from an experimentally probed system and consider its potential for revolutionizing neuroscience.

Nature

David L Barack Oct 6, 2023

The Viking Oct 5, 2023

wow, this paper totally destroys the current mechanistic interpretations of circular dynamics in neural population data: https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.11.557230v1

One thing they don't talk about is that any state space representation of discrete movements will also produce rotations...

David L Barack Sep 27, 2023

In Pensacola for Deep South Philosophy of Neuroscience! Neurophilofolk--let me know if you are around!

David L Barack Aug 19, 2023

Alicia Izquierdo, Ph.D.Aug 17, 2023

Novel way to study the transition from #goals to habits: motivating animals by palatability rather than biological need. Authors find spontaneous and abrupt transitions to #habits, blocked by dorsolateral striatal lesions. Beyond the classic #devaluation experiment! Awesome ✨stuff by Kuchibhotla lab #neuroscience https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.05.547783v1

David L Barack Aug 15, 2023

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Dan Levenstein Aug 15, 2023

Explanations in terms of computations performed by networks of nodes with weighted connections and explanations in terms of representational spaces are