Mark Brandon, PhD.
@markbrandonlab
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Associate Professor and Neuroscientist at McGill University https://t.co/xjzOfSHwLN https://t.co/DmMYVJkUCP
Montréal, Québec
Joined April 2017
Now published @Nature, we used miniscopes to study the thalamic head direction system during drift and reorientation. Paper: https://t.co/DVWQEgFQ7I Summary: https://t.co/uDOUYP1wsp There’s a lot in the paper, but my favorite piece to share/highlight is in figure 2:
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How Sense of Direction Is Used to Navigate https://t.co/Ed3KouMH8A via @YouTube
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We're presenting Miniscope Zero, the first fully-wireless Miniscope, at #SfN25! Wireless power + data enable long-term neural recordings from multiple freely behaving animals. @MiniscopeTeam Poster: Nov. 17, 1–5 pm, ZZ7, https://t.co/ZvyhCW7Fqg Video: https://t.co/oFOeQJ52iU
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We are searching for a new faculty member who works in the interface between neuroscience, AI, and computer science. This is a joint search between Departments of Neuroscience and Computer Science at UT Austin. Aplication link: https://t.co/PAPjIbuuaC
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Very excited to finally have this published. Maneesh and I had the first discussions about this 10 years ago! Grid cell distortion is correlated with distance estimation.
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Duncan et al. demonstrate that distance estimation is impaired in polarized environments like trapezoids relative to regular rectangular environments. Grid cells recorded in the trapezoid environment...
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Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in @Nature: 🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour → https://t.co/cVmZNqBlzZ 🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making → https://t.co/Pd4bZQcECd +
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Time-compressed theta sequences, representational drift, and flickering between alternate representations are fascinating network phenomena. Now we reveal what they have in common and how and when they emerge and express via generative processes: https://t.co/INfpKbD36J 1/5
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In these difficult times (all grants frozen) it is good to recognize the good that science can do. Very proud of our new paper on open-source 2P miniscopes! They can image dendrites in cortex and dentate granule neurons through an intact CA1.
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Nature Communications - Madruga and colleagues present an open-source, miniature 2-photon microscope that can fit on a mouse’s head. Using this system, the authors perform high-resolution...
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👨💻 Open PI position in our institute 👩💻 !! If you are an expert in Computational Neuroscience and want to start your lab in Bordeaux, contact us ! https://t.co/TBD2Lq5CLi
@NCMagendie
@Neuro_Bordeaux
https://t.co/h58PpbiVqw
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Come join our team! Let me know if you have any questions. The text of the ad is a bit confusing.
🚨 We're hiring! We're looking for someone with a background in cellular/molecular neuroscience to join our team. Job ad below. Contact our Chief Editor @sharilwiseman with any questions. https://t.co/aCI9Z2poEC
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Hour-long voltage imaging in behaving mice! Capitalizing on the high photostability and brightness of mBaoJin, we developed eFRET GEVIs, named ElectraOFF, which extends reliable single spike detection at cellular resolution beyond one hour https://t.co/oNO28SY1i7
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New preprint! Since we discovered that histone variants regulate memory, we wondered if histone H2A.Z contributes to Alzheimer's. Using human brains and 5xFAD mice, we found that it depends on if you're male or female. Summary below. https://t.co/PMJ48IgwWv...
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My lab at Université Laval in Québec City, Canada, is looking for a postdoc to study how neuromodulatory systems impact cortical processing during foraging behavior. This fully-funded position offers a collaborative environment in a great city. https://t.co/JOHqBb3QxW
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We are looking for an outstanding postdoc! We study cortical circuits, plasticity, and NMDARs with 2-photon excitation and quad-patch. We are in vibrant, multicultural Montreal—a city with exceptional quality of life. See ad for details.
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A conversation with @gilleapen on memory formation, storage, and retrieval highlighting our 2024 studies in @NatureComms @NatureNeuro @NatRevNeurosci
https://t.co/ADI1b8bPcI
https://t.co/QnR5Tq3sc8
https://t.co/HkwkvAj4oO Click below 👇
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Nature Communications - How geometric experience shapes our representation of the world remains unclear. Here the authors show that early-life experience with Euclidean geometry enriches the...
@GeorgeDragoi2 of #yalepsych and @YaleMed discusses his research into memory formation and spatial navigation on the Scientific Sense podcast. Give a listen: https://t.co/Y6yVms3jr1
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🚨We're hiring another tenure-track at McGill University: focus on brain-body science! 👇 https://t.co/sUYiBIWQaC
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I am speaking at COSYNE 2025. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! #cosyne2025 #cosyne25 - via #Whova event app
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Hey everyone ! Check out my poster on stability and uncertainty in the HD system on 27 March (Thursday) at CoSyNe 2025 ! Would love to chat about neuroscience :)! #cosyne2025 #cosyne25
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Our latest in Journal of Neuroscience.
New in #JNeurosci: Rat study from Bhasin @JamesMHyman et al. suggests that Type 2 diabetes may weaken a projection in the brain that drives reward and spatial processing. @unlv
https://t.co/YgGtK2MQlX
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Behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity (BTSP), not Hebbian spike-timing-dependent plasticity (STDP), explains heterogenous place field shifting in the mouse hippocampus @AntoineMadar @Sheffield_Lab
https://t.co/90SaqPqWdj
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Nature Neuroscience - Madar et al. report that behavioral timescale synaptic plasticity (BTSP), not spike-timing-dependent plasticity, explains heterogeneous place fields shifting in the...
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