Qian CHU 褚乾

🧠PhD candidate @mpc_utoronto @neuron2brain @ncc_lab | BS @nyushanghai | iEEG | prediction aficionado | homo ludens | social democrat

[Doris Tsao @doristsao]

This is the strongest ephys evidence so far for a generative model in the brain that I know of.

Congratulations @WadiaVarun! Wonderful collaboration with @UeliRutishauser on science that could only be done in humans.

And please check out Fig. 5FG. This is new since biorxiv and really surprised me: the mean response to imagery and viewing is actually the same & there are many cells that respond only during imagery--challenging the idea that signal strength is what distinguishes reality from imagination.

[Nature Human Behaviour @NatureHumBehav]

Episodic memory encoding fluctuates at a theta rhythm of 3–10 Hz https://t.co/F7iCkuyn0b

[Qian CHU 褚乾 @QianBrain]

Congratulations Thomas! I had the pleasure of watching the project come to fruition since the beginning of my PhD and it (along with relevant discussions) had a big impact on how I view the cognitive neuroscience of memory. And I'm equally excited about our iEEG collaborations!

[Thomas Biba @ThomasBiba1]

I am excited to share that our paper is now published in Nature Human Behavior! Check it out here: https://t.co/6E5pGjz29Q. Thanks to my PI, Katherine Duncan, and to my collaborators for their support on this journey! Stay tuned for an iEEG follow up 🧠

[SNL Annual Meeting @SNLmtg]

Congratulations to our SNL 2025 Award Recipients: Esti Blanco-Elorrieta, David Poeppel, and Jacob Momsen! 👏

Learn more about their upcoming Award Lectures at #SNL2025, see: https://t.co/FfvYq0k3Zg

[MoonL-LiYipeng @MoonL620922]

(1/6) Thrilled to share our triple-N dataset (Non-human Primate Neural Responses to Natural Scenes)! It captures thousands of high-level visual neuron responses in macaques to natural scenes using #Neuropixels.
Link: https://t.co/Sqk5dSaLKV

[Qian CHU 褚乾 @QianBrain]

@_vicwong 没有的，德铁的app会显示能不能带单车上火车，有时需要预约

[Qian CHU 褚乾 @QianBrain]

@_vicwong 欢喜就好😀祝欧洲之行顺利！我是多伦多大学博士生，在法兰克福交换，从在加拿大开始就看您的推了

[Cult MTL @cultmtl]

“All of Canada’s major cities rank highly on all safety and livability indices, but Montreal has that certain je ne sais quoi that sets it apart.”

Montreal named among safest cities in the world for travel in 2025 https://t.co/1y08EjaxGr

[Qian CHU 褚乾 @QianBrain]

Damn it 🙈I thought I was the first to invent this (plus some basil). Is there still chance to co-write a methods paper?

[Julio Martinez @JulioMTNeuro]

Pizmelette: hybrid of pizza and omelette

[Luca D. Kolibius @LucaKolibius]

New manuscript published! ✍️👀

Concept neurons evolve from index neurons through overlapping memories.

Check it out here: https://t.co/QECrXb6vhj 1/15

[Qian CHU 褚乾 @QianBrain]

Such a cool study!

[Manuel Carro-Domínguez @Manu_C_D]

Ever wondered what pupil size can tell us about our sleep?

In our new work we show that pupil size dynamics correspond to macrostructure and microstructural events in human sleep, and also influences our response to auditory stimulation (video).

https://t.co/XSvAz2yLwS

[Manuel Carro-Domínguez @Manu_C_D]

Ever wondered what pupil size can tell us about our sleep?

In our new work we show that pupil size dynamics correspond to macrostructure and microstructural events in human sleep, and also influences our response to auditory stimulation (video).

https://t.co/XSvAz2yLwS

[Qian CHU 褚乾 @QianBrain]

A fitting fan for Fan et al. 2025!

[Huan Luo @luohuan_huan]

Thrilled that our design becomes the NHB feb cover image! !! Folding fan = 1D-2D memory reorganization. Idea by Huan Luo, Calligraphy by Nai Ding. Poem by QuYuan (300bc) (question about the universe).

[Toronto Pearson @TorontoPearson]

Toronto Pearson is aware of an incident upon landing involving a Delta Airlines plane arriving from Minneapolis. Emergency teams are responding. All passengers and crew are accounted for.

[Danny Huang, MD @YuhaoHuangMD]

Cool @ScienceTM study showed it’s possible to incorporate LED lights into flexible cortical electrodes, thus allowing direct visualization of brain activity during intra-operative functional mapping.

https://t.co/AeHfSoRdvr

[Qian CHU 褚乾 @QianBrain]

@Spottingthespot @SpringerNature Where the “non-physical” meaning of abstract was taken thus becoming 抽象 (“deprived of manifestation”, also “pumping elephant”). And it got translated again to English (unfortunately using a crappy software)

[Qian CHU 褚乾 @QianBrain]

@Spottingthespot @SpringerNature This is really laughable and there seems multiple layers to this error. The correct Chinese word for abstract is 摘要 which has nothing to do with pumping elephant. However, I guess the authors translated their Chinese manuscript to English and BACK to Chinese at some point

[AntonioFR @antferrui]

What a treat to start the new year with a new paper from the lab, with @azayhara ! @hongyu_chang and Wenbo Tang found that pupil dynamics in naturally sleeping mice uncover a microstructure of sleep that organizes different types of memory replay: https://t.co/okaSSFyEfs

[European Commission @EU_Commission]

It’s time for THE charger.

Today, the USB-C becomes officially the common standard for charging electronic devices in the EU.

It means better-charging technology, reduced e-waste, and less fuss to find the chargers you need.

#DigitalEU