Michèle Insanally, PhD
Assistant Prof at Pitt Med. Perception, learning, plasticity.
Formerly @UC Berkeley, NYU, Columbia
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- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhDOur first preprint has been accepted for publication www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... !! tldr: @ezeyulu00.bsky.social , @amartyapradhan.bsky.social , @dkoveal.bsky.social and I developed a method using injectable nanoparticles to turn mice into…constellations in motion. 🧵⤵️
- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhD#Cosyne2026 is now open for business! Show us what you got both for the main meeting & workshop proposals 🧠🥳🧠🥳🧠
- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhDNew workshop! Just before SFN, join the Flatiron Institute Center for Computational Neuroscience of the Simons Foundation for a workshop on pynapple and NeMoS. Learn how to use these open-source packages to analyze and model neural data! Accommodation & meals provided. Link ⬇️
- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhDEpisode #30 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On co-dependent excitatory and inhibitory plasticity – with Tim Vogels @tpvogels.bsky.social theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn30 How can excitatory and inhibitory synaptic plasticity, co-exist in spiking neural network models? With co-dependence!
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- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhDVery happy to see a Transmitter (@thetransmitter.bsky.social) piece on our recent work on estrous cycle modulation of hippocampal structure and function. Thanks to Sydney Wyatt (@sydneywyatt.bsky.social) for covering the work and its context: www.thetransmitter.org/neuroendocri...
- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhDNew powerful article up in the New York Times on cancelled and delayed grants www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhD🧠🤖 Computational Neuroscience summer school IMBIZO in Cape Town is open for applications again! 💻🧬 3 weeks of intense coursework & projects with support from expert tutors and faculty 📈Apply until July 1st! 🔗https://imbizo.africa/
- ✨Excited to share that my trainee Tiange Hou will be pursuing her PhD at Scripps Research this Fall! Looking forward to learning about the discoveries this talented researcher will make in the future! #skyence #PhD #neuroscience
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- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhD(Plz repost) I’ve been receiving some good news lately and will be hiring at all levels to expand the lab. Please get in contact if you are interested in reinforcement learning, neural plasticity, neural circuit dynamics, and/or hearing rehabilitation. pierre.apostolides @ umich .edu Tyvm
- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhD1/ Why do patients with late-stage cancer lose motivation & sink into apathy? 🔥 Our new Science paper shows chronic inflammation activates a cytokine-sensing brain circuit that lowers motivation. Huge team effort: Aelita Zhu, Sarah Starosta, Pignatelli & Janowitz labs! 🧵 🔗 doi.org/10.1126/scie...
- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhD🚨New in @science.org🚨 With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
- Come check out our posters at Cosyne this year! #cosyne2025 @cosynemeeting.bsky.social
- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhD🌟 Exciting news! The Call for Symposia and Technical Workshops for #FENS2026 in Barcelona is now open! 🧠 🗓️ Deadline: 5 May 2025 🔗 Find out more and submit your proposal today: loom.ly/riIGtu0 #NeuroscienceConference #CallForProposals
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- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhDThe NeuroRSE group at #FlatironCCN recently hosted two software workshops on analyzing #neuroscience data using new software tools @pynapple.bsky.social and NeMoS. The next workshop will take place at SfN this November. Read more: www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/02/25/c... #science
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- Reposted by Michèle Insanally, PhDHere it is finally: Our mathematical methods book for life scientists! Aimed at advanced undergrads and beginning grad students, plus all those who want a deeper look at the math behind quantitative biology. @portugueslab.bsky.social. 1/3
- "Mathematics in Biology" is a concise but rigorous textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students across the biological sciences that provides a foundation for understanding the methods used in quantitative biology: @mameister4.bsky.social
- Hi Bluesky 🦋! Great to see so many friends and colleagues here! I'm an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine using experimental and computational approaches to study perception, learning, and plasticity 🧠 insanallylab.com
