Randy Bruno
@TheBrunoCortex
Neuroscientist investigating the role of cerebral cortex and thalamus in our behavior
Beautiful first human layer-fmri from 11.7T
🔎𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿-𝗳𝗠𝗥𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗼𝗯𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭.𝟳𝗧 Spiral-imaging in vivo acquisitions at 11.7T led by Maastricht University together with the NeuroSpin crew. Resolution was 0.8 mm isotropic (visual block paradigm).
Abstract submission open for The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025 (U. Birmingham, 3-5 November) uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanisti… Deadline: August 17 A meeting for all fascinated by the brain's role in foraging Pls share!
Important new research by DPAG's @RafSarnataro, Gero Miesenboeck and colleagues uncovers how a metabolic “overload” in specialised brain cells triggers the need to sleep
Nature research paper: Mitochondrial origins of the pressure to sleep go.nature.com/40nFRZM
This view never gets old 😍 📷 Instagram | ObservingOxford
Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀 jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/ass… - deadline is August 19th! @tcdgenmicro @tcddublin
Excited to share our new preprint on #thalamus development! 🧠 We reveal how sensory and non-sensory circuits are specified early in embryogenesis using #mutiomics, #spatialtranscriptomics, #lineagetracing. @GLB_Lab @JPLopezAtalaya @NeuroAlc biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
We're hiring! Nature Neuroscience is hiring an Associate or Senior Editor with experience in cellular and molecular neuroscience, glia, and genomics to work in our New York or Shanghai office. Applications are due August 19. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Springer…
New Cellular Source of fMRI Signals 🧲🧠: Activation of somatostatin interneurons induces astrocytic calcium signaling, which drives delayed vasodilation and enhances layer-specific fMRI signals. @CNIR_IBS @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s4146…
Fun fact. Tigers appear orange to humans, but green to their prey like deer, boars and other ungulates. These animals are dichromats or red-green blind. This provide a powerful natural camouflage for tigers against their prey.
Sometimes low tech solutions are the most beautiful
1.5 years ago @HHMIJanelia's Innovation Manager @MPJanelia & I pitched a new Microscope Breadboard Laser Alignment Tool to @Thorlabs - Guess what is now part of their portfolio! 🤩 - Gosh, I am so proud! Thanks for your help, Mike! #openhardware 😀👉 thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.…
The MPI for Biological Cybernetics (Tuebingen, Germany) is hiring junior group leaders
We are seeking two independent Max Planck Research Groups working in scientific disciplines relevant to our institute. Applications should be sent in PDF format no later than 15th August 2025. Visit our call for applications on our institute website for detailed information!
The thalamocortical structural connectivity shown in this Nat Neuro paper by Valerie Sydnor and @sattertt 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4159… Looks remarkably similar to a tract-to-region connectome of the thalamocortical pathway. Fascinating work!
A theory of self-supervised learning in cortex and the properties of cortical layers
Pleased to say that our story of how a theory of self-supervised learning in cortical layers accounts for several experimental observations is now out 🎉 nature.com/articles/s4146…
Some photos make me wish X had a ♥️♥️ button
Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the U.S. this morning, I caught this sprite. Sprites are TLEs or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so…
When you're feeling sad, remember this vertebrae C6 and how happy he is to literally support you every day.
Closing soon! Register by July 1st for UK Neural Computation 2025 neuralcomputation.uk ECR day: 9 July - careers, grants, starting a lab Main meeting: 10-11 July - 13 speakers, 70+ posters, sandpit Hosted by @imperialcollege Sponsors @ARIA_research @TheCrick
Homeowner - n., a person who, upon hearing mysterious noises, prays they are actual ghosts rather than a problem to spend money on
BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying. Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt. Here's what 4 months of data revealed: (hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)