News
- Miguel Angel Nuñez-Ochoa et al., preprint out on Linking neural representations to behavior using generalization.
- Paul K LaFosse et al., preprint out on Raster photostimulation of large-scale neural populations.
- A critical initialization for biological neural networks now published in Nature, with all data and code shared.
- Atika Syeda et al., preprint out on Orofacial behaviors, not eye movements, govern neural activity in mouse visual cortex. She also presented this work at Cosyne.
- Suite2p now out as a preprint.
- Qingqing Zhang et al., preprint out on Spatial predictive coding in visual cortical neurons.
- Fengtong Du’s paper on minimodels of visual cortical neurons in mice and monkeys published in Nature Communications. News coverage
- Lin Zhong’s paper on unsupervised learning published in Nature. News coverage
Talks and tutorials
Research talks
- High precision coding in visual cortex: short talk, long talk
- High-dimensional geometry of population responses in visual cortex: talk
- High-dimensional problems in neuroscience: talk
- Spontaneous behaviors drive multidimensional, brainwide activity: talk
- Making sense of large-scale neural and behavioral data with Facemap and Rastermap: talk
Software tutorials
- Cellpose3: talk + tutorial
- Cellpose 2.0: how to train your own model. talk, talk + tutorial
- Cellpose: talk, talk + tutorial
- Kilosort 4: talk
- Kilosort 1, 2, 2.5 & 3: talk
- Suite2p: talk
- Rastermap: tutorial
- Facemap: tutorial
Media coverage
How Brains Learn & Compute: Neuroscience Meets AI with Dr. Marius Pachitariu, Mind & Matter Podcast
New computational model could help shed light on how we see, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
“Zoning Out” Actually Helps You Learn? Data From Up To 90,000 Brain Cells Says So, IFL Science
Zoning out could be beneficial—and may actually help us learn faster, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Newest version of Cellpose can spot cell boundaries even in cloudy conditions, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Novel visualization method helps make sense of large neuronal activity datasets, Medical Xpress
New tool helps scientists spot patterns in mountains of data, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
State-of-the-art spike-sorting software Kilosort4 released, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Predicting neural activity from facial expressions, Nature Methods
Tiny faces, big expressions: Reading rodent faces, Penn NeuroKnow
Reading the mouse mind from its face: New tool decodes neural activity using facial movements, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Noisy solo neurons show consistency in groups, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
High precision coding: How the visual cortex processes information about the world, Scientifica
New tool maps boundaries of diverse cells in microscope images, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Python power-up: new image tool visualizes complex data, Nature
A Power Law Keeps the Brain’s Perceptions Balanced, Quanta Magazine
Power Law Discovery May Explain Why You Can See the Forest and the Trees, Simons Foundation
‘Noise’ in the Brain Encodes Surprisingly Important Signals, Quanta Magazine
Thinking on the Go: Why Does the Whole Brain Light Up for Just the Smallest Movements?, Simons Foundation
Profile + podcast, Stories of Women in Neuroscience, by Daniela Cassataro
Understanding 40,000 neurons, Brain Inspired podcast, by Paul Middlebrooks