Marino Pagan
Group Leader at SIDB at the University of Edinburgh studying the neural mechanisms underlying flexible decision-making. SCGB postdoctoral fellow and SFARI BTI fellow. (he/him) marinopagan.com/pagan_lab/
- My small tribute to one of my favourite papers ever
- In our latest edition of “This paper changed my life,” @marinopagan.bsky.social reflects on a seminal paper that revealed the complexity of neural population dynamics and the power of recurrent neural networks. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
- Reposted by Marino Paganwe're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team. publicusaresearchbenefits.com please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
- 🚨 Deadline extended! 🚨 A few more days to apply for this PhD project in my lab - come to Edinburgh and study flexible decision-making with us! Please share if you know someone who might be interested 🙂
- We are hiring a PhD student to study the neural mechanisms underlying flexible decision-making and individual variability. Please apply and spread the word!
- The Pagan lab is advertising for a 3.5 year fully funded PhD studentship to start in 2025 within SIDB at Edinburgh University, investigating the neural mechanism underlying flexible decision-making. 🗓️Deadline: 4 April 2024 👇Find out more and apply now: sidb.org.uk/phds/study-o...
- I am hiring a PhD student in my lab in beautiful Edinburgh to keep investigating the neural mechanisms underlying flexible decision-making and individual variability. Email or DM me with any questions, or let's chat at the CoSyNe Main Meeting next week! Apply here: tinyurl.com/2cxr6nbg
- 1/7 Our paper on individual variability in decision-making is finally out in @nature.com! Inspired by the classic work by Mante and Sussillo, we trained many rats to solve context-dependent decision-making, and we found that different brains use different neural mechanisms to solve the same task!
- 1/7 Our paper on individual variability in decision-making is finally out in @nature.com! Inspired by the classic work by Mante and Sussillo, we trained many rats to solve context-dependent decision-making, and we found that different brains use different neural mechanisms to solve the same task!
- 2/7 Most neuroscience research focuses on what is common across subjects, but individual differences can be large for tasks that allow many different internal solutions! Our work highlights the importance of characterizing individual variability when studying complex cognitive behaviours.
- 3/7 Also, we found that recurrent neural networks (RNNs) can fail to capture the heterogeneity observed in biological brains. We introduce new methods to design RNNs that cover the full space of solutions, bridging the gap between artificial systems and the diversity seen in biological computation.
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View full thread7/7 Finally, we will be presenting a poster at @cosynemeeting.bsky.social in Montreal next week (Poster 1-061). I look forward to chatting about all this, and to present some new results about how rats and RNNs learn to solve flexible decision-making. Please come say hi! 😀
- Reposted by Marino PaganA surprising variability in how rats process sounds, evaluate evidence, and make choices underscores the complexity of the brain’s decision-making process, finds a new study in @nature.com from the labs of PNI's Carlos Brody and @jpillowtime.bsky.social. pni.princeton.edu/news/2025/ne...
- Reposted by Marino PaganWe are pleased to be partnering with The UKRI AI CDT in Biomedical Innovation at the School of Informatics (University of Edinburgh). These PhD projects have a strong translational focus and seek to develop & apply AI approaches to biomedical domains ✨. Apply by 20 Jan www.ai4biomed.io/how-to-apply/
- Reposted by Marino PaganThanks to our recent Wellcome funding- we're hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to explore the mechanisms underlying synaptic RNA capture and selective local protein synthesis. This position has 5 years of funding. Please reach out if you have any questions! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
- Reposted by Marino PaganThere’s just under 2 weeks to apply for our PhD studentships! Join our dynamic community where we provide an annual stipend of £25K, plus tuition fees (inc. international) 🧠. Apply by 26 January and start your journey with us: sidb.org.uk/phds/ @edinburghmedschool.bsky.social
- I think Marr levels are a great framework to study mental disorders:1) what computations are altered? 2) What neural mechanisms (at Systems level) cause these altered computations? 3) What are the underlying cellular/molecular changes? We know a lot about 3), little about 1), almost nothing about 2)
- Reposted by Marino PaganSIDB has partnered with The UKRI AI CDT in Biomedical Innovation. Our PhD studentships have a strong translational focus and seek to develop & apply AI approaches to biomedical domains. Find out more & apply by 20th Jan >> www.ai4biomed.io/research/pro... @tisimpson.bsky.social
