kwitschas @kwitschas@qoto.org

Are you interested in #motorcontrol, neural #oscillations, and #MEG decoding? Check out this 4-year MIBTP PhD opportunity at
@thechbh in my lab, in collaboration with
Ole Jensen
and
@ajquinn
https://tinyurl.com/2s3z8uru
(for UK + international students). DL: 20 Jan

#neuroscience #neuroanatomy #prefrontal
Hakwan Lau and I have a new paper on how to understand the brain, and prefrontal cortex in particular. The paper summarises one of the arguments in my new book Understanding The Prefrontal Cortex (2021, OUP).

Apologies for posting this twice, now with hashtags

You can view it online by clicking on the link below.

rdcu.be/cZbZg

Good afternoon and happy #Caturday from Daphne #RAWR

Folly is clearly thrilled at the addition of the #Christmas decorations to her chair! #dogsofmastodon #ChristmasDog #IKnowItsOnlyNovember

I am very excited to finally share my recent Research about #caveolae @naturecomms Here, we investigated how caveolae differ in their curvature and which Proteins are associated to the different shapes. Have a look 👇

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34958-3

Random thought of the day: Mastodon is awesome for in depth discussions in #neuroscience.

By the way, threads have you been working well!

When I get to 50,000 followers I will get a Mastodon tattoo’d on my left butt-cheek.

Sometimes 😅

#academia #PhD #science #xp @OpenAcademics @AcademicChatter

(You can follow us for more fun memes like this)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was released 36 years ago today.
Comedy, time travel, high stakes, beautiful ship designs and an ecological subtext: clearly, one of my favourite Treks.
#startrek #voyagehome #spaceships #scifi

Happy Thanksgiving all!!! I’m thankful for my new (and old) #science and #neuroscience friends her on Mastodon. It’s working well for me, and the few conversations I’ve had on here so far have been deeper and more civil. That’s makes me happy. 🦃

I've seen a few folks join Mastodon and complain that it's too difficult to follow people on other servers, with the cutting and pasting and whatnot. But @bramus has now created a neat Chrome extension (or bookmarklet, if you prefer to go that route) that let's you avoid all that hassle.

I just tested it out... by following @bramus with it!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mastodon-view-profile-on/limifnkopacddgpihodacjeckfkpbfoe

I will start recruitment soon, but for now, I'm looking for
- a lab manager who will build the new lab with me (namely the central pillar of my Dresden lab)
- a postdoctoral fellow interested in comparing tissue mechanics of organoids across species.
Please reach out to me. 3/

Navigating a tense situation: the plasma #membrane and actin #cortex form an integrated system for rapid long-range #tension #propagation.

📜 https://prelights.biologists.com/highlights/actin-driven-protrusions-generate-rapid-long-range-membrane-tension-propagation-in-cells/

#preLighter Nicolaes Hyun-Kee Min covers a beautiful #preprint from HenryDeBelly@mas.to and team (Weiner, Turlier, and Bustamante labs) which provides a simple and widely applicable #model of how tension propagates. One that not only considers membrane rigidity/fluidity, but the underlying actin cortex as well.

⚙️⚙️ My co-first authored paper on the discovery and characterization of a new brain wave (oscillation) called “splines” is open access in Cell Reports!

〰 These oscillations are high-frequency: 130-160 Hz, occurring at the peaks of theta rhythms in the retrosplenial cortex (part of the brain essential for successful navigation). Splines occur during REM sleep and navigation. They become more powerful + more coherent across the hemispheres as a mouse or rat runs faster.

https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2211-1247%2822%2900822-1