kwitschas @kwitschas@qoto.org

ecologie #meme

An interesting explanation about the federated infrastructure behind Mastodon, with challenges and promises ahead https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/mastodon-highlights-pros-and-cons-of-moving-beyond-big-tech-gatekeepers/

It has been passed on to me, that I shall pass on this wish:

>> Happy Fibonacci Day! 1 1 23

and I find this an excellent way to begin.

My best wishes all for a happy and healthy New Year! Photo morning, Jan 1, 2023, from the SF Bay Area,

#Introduction
Hi all, I'm finally introducing myself in this new year of 2023! I am a postdoctoral researcher doing #neuroscience, often with a theoretical angle. My own work tends to focus on neural network dynamics, network architecture and (pre)motor control, but my interests are broad and I am trying to use Mastodon to broaden them even more! I also have a special interest in sociology, especially the sociology of #academia. I'm looking forward to learning from the other users, and to communicating about my own research!

2022 saw a whirlwind of #neuroAI research. Brain Dall-E. Neurons in a dish playing pong. GPT predicts how brains process language. I read through a bunch of papers so you don't have to. Read my review of 2022. Featuring the work of @kordinglab , @tyrell_turing , @TimKietzmann and many others.

https://xcorr.net/2023/01/01/2022-in-review-neuroai-comes-of-age/

Mastodon friends! I will probably post this over on twitter next week, but you're special people and get a sneak peek :) We're hiring a bioimage analyst in my team! This is a "junior" position best suited for someone who knows an image analysis tool or two, can code to a novice/intermediate level, and wants to learn a lot. Remote work (in the US) possible depending on circumstances. Please share widely! https://thejacksonlaboratory.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External_JAX/job/Farmington-Connecticut/Systems-Analyst-I_JR002913

@ewanbirney we had an interesting conversation on the biological role of the fusion/fission cycle in #mitochondria with Orian Shirihai this summer on the #EMBOPodcast
It's about the Twig et al @embojournal paper that Nguyen & Voeltz cite in the opening of this @eLife piece:

"Cells maintain a characteristic mitochondrial architecture important for cellular metabolism and function. Mitochondria maintain their overall architecture and morphology by undergoing cycles of fission and fusion (Friedman et al., 2010; Twig et al., 2008; Youle and van der Bliek, 2012)."

https://www.embo.org/podcasts/fuse-or-die-a-conversation-with-orian-shirihai/

After a pause due to the holiday and moving disruption, I’ve updated the list of Earth Science folks on Mastodon - anyone who has submitted their details in the past couple of weeks should now show up.

https://all-geo.org/mastodon-earthsci/

We’re up to 320+ names - I’m wondering if I need to add some organisation/filtering to make it manageable.

If you’d like to add yourself (and haven’t already) go to:

https://forms.gle/iYvKHFWajKjEewsY7

#geology #geoscience #earthscience

The German word "rutschen" means to slip or slide.

But, if in December Germans wish you a "Guten Rutsch!" ("Good slide!") they don't want you to go on a slide or slip on black ice.

They wish you a nice New Year's Eve and turn of the year.

The complete saying is "Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr!" ("Good slide into the new year!") but almost everyone just says "Guten Rutsch!"

(It's not the same as "Happy new year!" which would be "Frohes neues Jahr!")

So, enjoy our language - and your "Rutsch"!

I want to finish 2022 sharing my favourite paper of this year "Metabolically driven action potentials serve neuronal energy homeostasis and protect from reactive oxygen species" by Chaitanya Chintaluri and Tim P. Vogels. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.16.512428v1.abstract

I had been waiting to read it since I could attend an online seminar by Tim almost a couple of years ago and heard about this story. This work proposes a very interesting framework to understand spontaneous activity as a way of protecting against ROS and discusses it through the implementation of different models as well as generates multiple predictions (excessknowledge ftw).
On top of its scientific interest, I really enjoyed how the papers is organised and written!

#PaperAppreciation

#Postdoc in #CognitiveNeuroscience at Dartmouth College, in @cerw ‘s lab!

(Trying to add some hashtags to this postdoc offer, but not sure what is the best practice for this)

https://fediscience.org/@cerw/109336467101513078

Hiring 1 Research Specialist and 1 Postdoctoral Fellow.
Competitive salaries.
Project Title, Epigenetic regulation of Cdk5 in cognition and emotion.
Let's do this.

Draft of my next infographic Medical art: circle of Willis as subway line.

(And yes It’s not a crazy night in the ICU tonight)

Hey 👋...I just joined neuromatch.social, so I'm re-introducing myself on mastodon-- thanks for stopping by!

I'm an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Dartmouth, and I run a research lab studying the brain network dynamics that support learning and memory.

I really like computational models, deep learning, natural language processing, ed tech, open science, data science, visualization, and neuroimaging. I love coding and puzzles too 🤓​!

Wanna learn more about my lab, read our papers, download our software, take our MOOCs, watch our talks, etc.? Check out https://www.context-lab.com/

If you're a grad student, postdoc, or assistant professor, you may also want to take a look at the MIND computational summer school: http://mindsummerschool.org/

#introduction

I'm asking a ton of questions this week...

How do you #license your #bioinformatics code? What about tools? Software packages? New analysis methods? Code you wrote specifically for one project?

Do you keep your repositories private or public before #publication?

Can we discuss #intellectualproperty of #code during and after the publication process? Do you fear someone might "steal" your idea if you work for a long time in public repos before publication?