Congratulations to Julian on a Successful PhD Defense! We are thrilled to congratulate Julian Rossbroich on the successful defense of his PhD thesis, “Functional Implications of Excitation–Inhibition Balance for Learning in Neural Circuits.” In hisContinue reading
Paper: Geometry and dynamics of representations in a precisely balanced memory network
Claire’s article “Geometry and dynamics of representations in a precisely balanced memory network related to olfactory cortex” was published. We built a spiking network model of the telencephalic area Dp in adult zebrafish, which isContinue reading
SNUFA 2024
We are excited about another year of SNUFA our friendly focus meeting on spiking neural networks that solve real-world problems. Check out our work on SNNs in biologically plausible olfactory memory networks, decoding BMI data,Continue reading
Tengjun, Julia, and Julian score first prize at the BiOCAS neural decoding challenge
We are proud of our team’s achievement of winning the first prize at the BiOCAS grand neural decoding challenge for their work of decoding cortical spike trains with artificial spiking neural networks. Congratulations! Liu, T.,Continue reading
Tengjun, Julia, and Julian win the Ruth Chiquet prize
Congratulations to Tengjun, Julia, and Julian for being awarded the Ruth Chiquet Prize! The award recognizes their work on using spiking neural networks to decode brain signals. “The committee was impressed by the elegance ofContinue reading
Hiring: Exploring the circuit mechanisms for learning and simulating a world model
Understanding how the brain constructs and simulates world models is a fundamental challenge in neuroscience. We are looking for someone to join our crew to explore the neuronal circuit mechanisms for learning and simulating worldContinue reading
Discussing science at les Rasses
Julia gave a nice talk on spiking nets at a focus meeting at Les Rasses with the obligatory walk up the Chasseron. Thanks to Christian Lüscher and Andreas Lüthi for organizing the meeting. Photo byContinue reading
Kavli Neuroscience Workshop
Julian and Friedemann very much enjoyed the Kavli Neuroscience extended workshop “Theories of neural computations in the era of large-scale recordings” in Trondheim. Thanks again to all the organizers and participants for a truly stimulatingContinue reading
Hiring: Deep learning-based design of synthetic regulatory elements for cell-type-specific targeting
Understanding the molecular mechanisms that drive cell-type-specific gene expression in the brain is crucial for advancing circuit neuroscience. The wealth of genome-wide information on gene regulation available today puts us in the position to decipherContinue reading