Jean-Paul Noel
Assistant Prof. Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota. PI noel-lab.org. Causal inference, hidden state inference, multisensory integration, navigation, peri-personal space, computational psychiatry, ecological neuroscience
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelPlease stop saying the bill allows "no more multi-year funding" - or at least be clear the 'more' is in reference to disastrous FY25 levels. The bill allows 39% MYF, same as in FY25, which contributed substantially to a 24% drop in new research. The bill has some wins. MYF is not one of them.
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelWhittier in south Minneapolis was filled with visitors and residents attending vigils on Sunday. “People are showing up and this is one of the most incredible and resilient places,” one resident said. “It’s special, and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.”
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelICE sleeps somewhere. ICE buys food and beverages. ICE rents vehicles. ICE uses bathrooms. ICE buys fuel. Deny ICE access to food, beverages, fuel, bathrooms, and beds.
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelState and local officials have urged a federal judge to issue an immediate order that would temporarily halt the massive deportation operation in Minnesota. The matter is scheduled for a hearing at 9 a.m. Monday.
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelYOUR PHONE CALLS TO THE SENATE ARE WORKING. KEEP CALLING. 202–224-3121 Three Democrats who previously broke with the party and voted with the GOP are now saying they will not vote for the bill. That’s enough for the bill to be unpassable right now.
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelAs tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today. ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.
- Reposted by Jean-Paul Noelin case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
- Email your Representative and Senators before Jan 30. Ask them to "Adopt Sections 239 and 531 of the Senate LHHS Bill" to restore incremental funding and ensure timely grant awards at the NIH. Prevent a "grant drought" for our field this year. actnow.aamc.org/a/take-actio...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelThe appropriations bill that includes NIH is being finalized. The Senate bill includes a bipartisan amendment from Senators Capito (WV) and Baldwin (WI) limiting multi-year funding of grants. The House version does not and OMB has issued a veto threat if the House includes such language. 1/3
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelWas a honor to give this SfN Special Lecture & share 10 yrs of work from the lab on its 10th anniversary! Thankful to the incredible lab members, collaborators & participant volunteers who made this work possible. Link to video recording here👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVhD...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelFor decades, imaging has forced the same trade-off: Set a frame rate → sacrifice resolution or field of view to go fast. We break that rule Using an EVENT-BASED CAMERA, we record neural activity without frames. Signals are captured only where and when they occur: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelI am a DEI supporter!
- Reposted by Jean-Paul Noel10.5 Tesla High-Resolution Macaque Brain MRI for Connectivity Studies biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelA new community-driven lab handbook for reducing conflict and creating more positive and equitable work environments gets strong support from a survey of 200 researchers. buff.ly/K7CGFLV
- Reposted by Jean-Paul Noelinternational.au.dk/about/profil... Aarhus University is looking for a director to establish and lead a centre working at the circuit level to tackle brain disorders. Please circulate if you know people who may be interested
- Reposted by Jean-Paul Noel📣We have 2 open faculty positions for senior researchers in Neuroscience at Queen's University! healthsci.queensu.ca/administrati... 1. a new Director for our Centre for Neuroscience Studies 2. a non-human primate NeuroAI researcher Please share widely and reach out for questions!
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelLongtime Sports Illustrated columnist Reilly also wrote the book Commander in Cheat which documented the many ways that Trump cheats at golf.
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelNature research paper: Vicarious body maps bridge vision and touch in the human brain go.nature.com/4839zaL
- Looking for a new Research Assistant to join the "rodent side" of the lab! Please apply and/or share widely! hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelWant to help shape the SCENE collaboration?! Join us as an executive director: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/scene-m...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelWant a party that actually fights back? Run for office. We’ll help you. runforwhat.net
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelHow do VTA DA neurons sculpt downstream representations to reinforce actions? VERY excited about our new preprint (by Alex Pan Vazquez & @czimmerman.bsky.social )
- VTA dopamine neuron activity produces spatially organized value representations biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Nice write-up of some of our recent work! Thank you for the support @simonsfoundation.org !
- Mice with autism-associated genetic variants don’t update their expectations as flexibly as their peers, finds a new study in Nature Neuroscience: simonsfoundation.org/mapping-mouse-brain… #science #neuroscience #autismresearch
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelThe work with bats on barren, 7-acre Latham Island was Nachum Ulanovsky’s most complex undertaking yet. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neuroetholog...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelThey’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelOur next profile is here! Dr. Christine Constantinople studies the neural mechanisms of decision-making. Follow the link below to learn more! 🧠 www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202... #StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuro
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelHow does the brain decide? 🧠 Our new @nature.com paper shows that neural activity switches from an 'evidence gathering' to a 'commitment' state at a precise moment we call nTc. After nTc, new evidence is ignored, revealing a neural marker for the instant when the mind is made up. rdcu.be/eGUrv
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelMultisensory coding of self-motion and its contribution to navigation — a Review by Dun Mao & Yong Gu www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroscience #neuroskyence
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelFull professor complaining to an assistant professor on how hard it is to get funding nowadays
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- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelTwo flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in @Nature.com: 🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0 🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 +
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelThe first complete activity map of a mammalian brain has revealed unprecedented insights into how decisions are made – and may even hint at the roots of intuition.
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelThe @intlbrainlab.bsky.social published 2 papers today on their work to create a map of neural activity across the entire mouse brain. Learn more about the lab: simonsfoundation.org/2025/02/20/how-do-o…
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelThe two key studies of the International Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social are out today! A brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour www.nature.com/articles/s41... Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelA show of bipartisan support for NIH. Basically flat except for ARPA-H. The President’s budget proposal basically ignored (as it should have been).
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelA must-read, must-share piece - clearly deconstructing the shoddy science of the Geiers (who are inexplicably in charge of studies at HHS). Consider this an early warning for what lies ahead. 🛟🩺🧪 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelCongrats to this neuro-leaning @simonsfoundation.org physics & math collaboration on the science of learning. NeuroAI - exciting! www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/08/18/s...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelPlease sign! Science funding got strong support from the Senate but is now in the House! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it. - Reposted by Jean-Paul Noel
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelBREAKING NEWS: a government watchdog confirmed the Trump administration is breaking the law by blocking NIH funds. How many kids with cancer or grandmas with Alzheimer’s have to get closer to death while crucial research is stalled? Trump must end this illegal funding freeze.
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelI’m very excited to share that I will join the University of Utah Department of Neurobiology as an Assistant Professor in Jan 2026!! 🎉🏔️🏜️ My lab will focus on body–brain interactions in learning & memory — how do signals from our internal organs remodel the brain & behavior?
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelCome work in my dept! We are hiring a lecturer in psychology (ideally speaking Dutch) @leidenpsychology.bsky.social www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3529...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelMaybe he would only be able to rent part of Venice if he had to pay taxes. Just kidding. With a net worth of $224.6 billion, he could pay $1 million per hour for the next 25 years and still be a multibillionaire (assuming no increase in wealth). www.greenpeace.org/italy/storia...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelMice harboring mutations in Fmr1, Cntnap2 or Shank3B show a blunted update of priors during decision-making, suggesting that distinct genetic instantiations of ASD may yield common neurophysiological and behavioral phenotypes www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- Humbled by the honor and looking forward to seeing y'all in Utrecht soon!
- 🎉 Big news! 🎉 The inaugural #BRNet Early Career Researcher Award goes to Dr. Jean-Paul Noel @jpnoel.bsky.social 🧠Learn more about his work here: noel-lab.org 🎤 Catch his award lecture this July in #Utrecht!
- Proud of this work, many years in the making: rdcu.be/ephb0. Still looking for post-docs for the noel-lab.org so if this looks interesting to you, please reach out! Thanks for the support @simonsfoundation.org (SFARI), @sloanfoundation.bsky.social @natneuro.nature.com
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelCutting $20 billion to NIH over 25 years may save $500 billion on paper, but it’d end up costing $8.2 trillion in lost human health. But NIH isn't the only thing being cut. The budget also slashes all NSF-funded science by 73 percent. NASA faces “the biggest single-year cut to NASA in history."
- Reposted by Jean-Paul Noelhey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice) ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelAn important signal to send that illegally appeasing Trump now could lead to future prosecution for bribery www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul Noel🚨Hiding under 6 sections of science sounding rhetoric is an edict to appoint officers at each agency that will be responsible for detecting research that isn't "Gold Standard Science" as defined by the White House🚨 Stay tuned for rapid response action! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelOn today’s episode of ‘things i love about HARVARD’: Harvard University is set 2 launch FREE college courses online for every US citizen… highlighting basic U.S. government, understanding the Constitution, & how to recognize a dictatorship takeover 101. Badass move Harvard extraordinaire. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
- Reposted by Jean-Paul Noel🚨Postdoc opportunity🚨 We're looking for a postdoc to work on EEG and fNIRS projects with 3-18-month-old infants, looking at whether/how/when infants represent affordances: careers.ceu.edu/job-invite/8... Part of the @simonsfoundation.org SCENE project: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s...
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelNIH and NSF Cuts Estimated to Cost the U.S. Economy $10 Billion Annually www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... #NIH #NSF
- Reposted by Jean-Paul NoelThis month’s newsletter features the launch of our new Mentorship Directory and Q&As with @jpnoel.bsky.social and @beetzjerome.bsky.social about their new labs. Plus, funding opportunities from the @alleninstitute.org, @ibroorg.bsky.social and more. Sign up: bit.ly/4jYyjV8 #neuroskyence
