cedric boeckx

@cedricboeckx

Working on the neurobiological bases of language from an evolutionary perspective @cbl_bcn; ICREA Research Professor, ICREA/Universitat de Barcelona.

Barcelona, Catalonia

Joined September 2015

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cedric boeckx@cedricboeckx · Dec 4, 2019

Delighted to share our new paper on #selfdomestication, just out in @ScienceAdvances, the fruit of a wonderful collaboration with @gtesta72 and his team. 1/ advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/12/e…

cedricboeckx's tweet image. Delighted to share our new paper on #selfdomestication, just out in @ScienceAdvances, the fruit of a wonderful collaboration with @gtesta72 and his team. 1/
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cedric boeckx@cedricboeckx · Nov 22

Great paper by @XihanZhang1, @AvramHolmes and colleagues in @NatureNeuro, on the cell-type underpinnings of the human functional cortical connectome nature.com/articles/s4159…

cedricboeckx's tweet card. Nature Neuroscience - Here Zhang et al. establish multiscale relationships that link postmortem cell-type distributions with the in vivo functional organization of the human cerebral cortex, as...

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cedric boeckx@cedricboeckx · Nov 15

Great work by @SaraNolbrant @JenelleLWallace Jingwen Ding @brainevodev, developing a “phylogeny-in-a-dish” approach to uncover species-specific properties of midbrain dopaminergic neurons. Amazing #organoid work to address evolutionary questions 🧠🧬🧫: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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cedric boeckx@cedricboeckx · Dec 2

This initiative has been one of the most enjoyable things I've done in my 13 (eek - is it really that long?!) years at Development. If you're a developmental/stem cell biologist planning to apply for group leader positions in 2025 and could use some support, this is for you!

DDevelopment@Dev_journal · Dec 2

Delighted to announce a new call for applications for our Pathway to Independence programme. This scheme supports postdocs going on the job market in 2025 with training, mentorship, profile-raising and networking opportunities. Apply by 31 Jan 2025 journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi-p… 1/3

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Thomas Püschel@ThomasPuschel · Nov 26

🚨Our newest paper on human brain evolution 🧠 ✅ This study reveals that brain expansion in hominins was primarily driven by within-species dynamics, with an accelerating trend in recent lineages! ⁦@oxford_anthro⁩ ⁦@ReadingBioSci⁩ pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

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Bin Wan@wanb_psych · Nov 25

Thrilled to share my latest work "Microstructural asymmetry in the human cortex" now out in @NatureComms. This work used cytoarchitecture (BigBrain), T1w/T2w, qT1, and MT measures to bring the cortical asymmetry from macrostructure to microstructure. nature.com/articles/s4146…

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cedric boeckx@cedricboeckx · Nov 22

Fascinating work from @andrea_migliano’s group [@heeg_uzh] out in Science, on cultural evolution, showing how population connectivity shapes the distribution and complexity of chimpanzee cumulative culture [study led by @cassandraguna] science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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cedric boeckx@cedricboeckx · Nov 22

New work by @lirancarmel, @meshorer1 and collaborators, extending their earlier work on DNA methylation to non-skeletal tissues of ancient specimens, with results bearing on human brain evolution nature.com/articles/s4155…

cedricboeckx's tweet card. Nature Ecology & Evolution - The authors show that DNA methylation patterns in one tissue can inform on those in another, under certain conditions, and devise an algorithm that allows...

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Liran Carmel@lirancarmel · Nov 20

Our latest paper is out in @NatureEcoEvo: Inferring DNA methylation in non-skeletal tissues of ancient specimens. A major challenge in studying DNA methylation in ancient samples is that it is tissue-specific. 1/11

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cedric boeckx@cedricboeckx · Nov 21

Really nice work on the nature of gene regulation (@WJGreenleaf’s group)👇

WWilliam J. Greenleaf@WJGreenleaf · Nov 20

Incredibly excited that our paper linking single molecule states of TF binding to gene expression using quantitative thermodynamic models is out in Nature today. An amazing collaboration with the Bintu Lab. Congrats to Ben, Michaela, and Julia! nature.com/articles/s4158…

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UCSF Neurosurgery@NeurosurgUCSF · Nov 15

Today in @NatureNeuro, researchers led by @LabNowakowski, @ChangLabUCSF & Mircea Teodorescu (@ucscgenomics) demonstrate the first use of optogenetics to modulate seizure activity at the network level in human brain tissue: nature.com/articles/s4159… @JohnPAndrews_MD @UCSFstemcell

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cedric boeckx@cedricboeckx · Nov 15

Amazing work by @sjo09 @SLLesuis and colleagues in @CellCellPress on the molecular mechanisms underlying stress-induced memory alterations: cell.com/cell/abstract/…

cedricboeckx's tweet card. Stress induces threat memory generalization in mice by expanding the engram ensemble in the lateral amygdala via retrograde endocannabinoid signaling on parvalbumin-positive interneurons.

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Marta @MartaMLahr@MartMLahr · Nov 15

Wellcome Human Evolution Conference 2025 🥳! 'From Fossils to Ancient and Modern Genomes' 28–30 April 2025 Wellcome Genome Campus, UK & Virtual …erences.wellcomeconnectingscience.org/event/human-ev… Come and join us 😍!! #HumanEvo25

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Reza Shadmehr@reziliusReza · Nov 15

We believe that we have discovered a vector calculus for neural computation in the cerebellum: work of @ma_fakharian @just_alden @pauliehage @HElseweifi biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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cedric boeckx@cedricboeckx · Nov 15

Cool new work by @cegAmorim @lohmueller and collaborators on the genetics of domestication, looking at the evolutionary consequences of #domestication on the selective effects of new amino acid changing mutations in canids biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

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