Yuki Fujishima
M.D. | Neuroscience PhD student in Long lab and Buzsáki lab at NYU
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaWe had a lot of fun doing these experiments! Theta sweeps in MEC and internal direction signals in parasubiculum track moving objects during pursuit and reverse during backward movement. Simultaneously recorded HD cells in other areas remain locked to head direction across behaviors:
- The hippocampal map has its own attentional control signal! Our new study reveals that theta #sweeps can be instantly biased towards behaviourally relevant locations. See 📹 in post 4/6 and preprint here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵(1/6)
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaThe hippocampal map has its own attentional control signal! Our new study reveals that theta #sweeps can be instantly biased towards behaviourally relevant locations. See 📹 in post 4/6 and preprint here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 🧵(1/6)
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaHow do past sensory experiences prepare us for new ones? Our new paper tackles this long-standing question, revealing a role for activity sequences in the olfactory bulb. Excited to share our work led by @jonvgill.bsky.social with Mursel Karadas & Shy Shoham www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Mostly just a note for future me. yukifujishima.com/blog/2026/01...
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaVery clever use of unnatural playback stimuli to reveal the hierarchical logic of acoustic production in nightingales! Congratulations @danielavallentin.bsky.social and team.
- Nightingales are masters of imitation! New research shows: During territorial contests, a male matches a rival’s song in real time by tracking and imitating both, pitch and syllable duration. This shows a remarkable precision in hearing and vocal control. 🔗More: www.bi.mpg.de/news/2026-01-vallentin
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaBy the way, if you’re interested in working together on problems like this, I’m starting my lab at UCSF this summer. Get in touch if you’re interested in doing a postdoc! More info here: wj2.github.io/postdoc_ad (7/7)
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaMade summer travel plans yet? How about a trip to Greece? This conference looks fantastic! conferences.weizmann.ac.il/NBNB2026/spe...
- Merry Christmas! 🎄🎤🐭🎵
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaEver see a mouse stand on its hind legs and belt out a song?@xmikezheng20.bsky.social, @cliffscience.bsky.social, and @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social track this behavior in Alston’s singing mice. See what it might say about the origins of communication. cshl.edu/singing-mice-speak-volumes/
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaAfter the Ngogo chimpanzee group killed 21 members of neighboring groups and expanded their territory by 22%, female birth rates more than doubled and infant survival increased sharply—showing clear fitness benefits from intergroup killing. In PNAS: ow.ly/TKmf50XuPjY
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaA reminder to anyone interested in #brains #birds or behaviour, our new book is available for FREE as an ebook in addition to print copies. #neuroethology #neuroskyence #ornithology 🧪🧠🪶 direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaAs a longtime fan of cool papers in @currentbiology.bsky.social, I am really thrilled to see this out! This study sets the stage for understanding the origins of novel (vocal) behaviors. Big shout out to the main architects of this work @xmikezheng20.bsky.social and @cliffscience.bsky.social
- Great @currentbiology.bsky.social study by @xmikezheng20.bsky.social @cliffscience.bsky.social @arkarupbanerjee.bsky.social 🧪🧠🐭🎶 Vocal repertoire expansion in singing mice by co-opting a conserved midbrain circuit node www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaLLMs get a lot of attention but if you are interested in the original (allegedly) stochastic parrots come to my poster Tuesday where I will present new work on the natural vocal behavior or parrots and its cortical control #Sfn2025 #SfN25
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaAlmost everyone from my lab is at #SfN25. Check out what we have been up to! Unfortunately I have to miss it due to a recent ankle surgery. #FOMO
- Come see our poster to learn how the hippocampus supports turn-taking vocal interaction in Central American singing mice! #Sfn2025 #SfN25
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaHow does life evolve to adapt to modern cities? Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation. 🧵(1/n) @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaOne week until this fantastic seminar with speakers @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social Register here for the link! braincoustics.com #bioacoustics #neuroskyence
- The next Bridging Brains and Bioacoustics seminar is happening in 2 weeks! Join us to learn all about the neuroscience and ecology of acoustic communication in mice from @cliffscience.bsky.social and @leo-perrier.bsky.social 🗓️ October 23rd @ 10:00 EST ✅ Register here: braincoustics.com
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaNeuroscience projects last several years, and you are usually a bit jaded by the time you wrap it up. Not this one– spending several months on an island in the middle of nowhere, away from all the craziness of the world reminds you how beautiful the world really is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sv...
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaThe 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 Yuki FujishimaNew paper on precise tool use learning in carrion crows @currentbiology.bsky.social. We show that—like New Caledonian crows—expert carrion crows pay close attention to the working end of their tool, suggesting tool integration into their peripersonal space. 🧵 & vids! 👇 www.cell.com/current-biol...
- Singing mice made their concert debut! The Secret Lives of Rodent Divas, a 4 movement piece by Kathryn Mishell, was recently performed in Austin, TX. I was happy to contribute some songs. Kathryn kindly shared the concert video. Please take a listen ♬ youtu.be/IHn0b7kgo34?si…
- Reposted by Yuki FujishimaMy latest Aronov lab paper is now published @Nature! When a chickadee looks at a distant location, the same place cells activate as if it were actually there 👁️ The hippocampus encodes where the bird is looking, AND what it expects to see next -- enabling spatial reasoning from afar bit.ly/3HvWSum
- My pre-PhD work is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social! We studied Alston’s singing mice, a Central American rodent that produces loud, human-audible 'songs' and engages in vocal turn-taking. Using thermal imaging in semi-natural arena, we probed song use in different social contexts.
- Reposted by Yuki Fujishima[Not loaded yet]
- Reposted by Yuki Fujishima[Not loaded yet]
