UW Computational Neuroscience Center

Decoding intelligence. We are a hub at University of Washington in computational neuroscience research, spanning scales, function and mechanisms of the brain.

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

Follow UW CNC on 🦋 @ https://t.co/gPX2Lvvmgh

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

An action-packed week ahead: Oct 23 - CNC kicks off its Forum by the Bay with a talk by Shanahan Fellow @anamikaagr @ noon in the SOCC AND @UWbiology hosts Dr. Ashley Juavinett in HCK 132. Plus @UW_NBIO hosts Marcos Sotomayor of @UChicago on Oct 24th. #neuroscience

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

🚨Two tenure-track assistant professor positions in the Dept. of Applied Mathematics at the University of Washington.  Please apply by 10/31.  Details here: https://t.co/Ecdb26HGRE Please distribute widely! #Neuroscience

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

🤩CNC grad and @aolab_neuro lab member Katherine P. studies complex movement learning in monkeys (~39 sec). #SfN24 #Neuroscience

[Lindsay🧠 @neuro_melody]

What problems are neuroscientists🧠 at the biggest neuro conference in the world spending their careers working to solve? Do you see a person or topic you recognize at #SfN24?👀 #neuroscience

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

@sam_virgili_ Thank you @sam_virgili_ !

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

We are thrilled for our colleague David Baker who has won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry! David's work shows the awesome power of data and computation in solving problems in biology.

[University of Washington @UW]

University of Washington biochemist David Baker has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his pioneering work designing new proteins that can neutralize viruses, target cancer cells, and more.

Read more from @uwmedicine: https://t.co/PU7AM1ETvA

#NobelPrize #GoHuskies

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

CNC congratulates John Hopfield and Geoff Hinton on the first Nobel Prize for computational neuroscience!

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

Looking forward to hosting Samuele Virgili (@sam_virgili) for his talk "Perturbative approach to the retina: Probing feature selectivity of retinal ganglion cells during complex stimulation"! 📢Join us on 10/9, 1:30 pm, Health Sci Blg G328, UW Seattle.

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

Now accepting applications for the 2025 Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data & Neuroscience. Apply by December 16 to join the Fall 2025 cohort. https://t.co/t4JFIlDGb6

#SfN24 @uwcnc

[Adrienne Fairhall @alfairhall]

Great thread from @NicoleCRust following her inspiring visit. Leadership from @ruimcosta, @HongkuiZeng, @svoboda314 , @JeremiahYCohen, @andyhickl is strengthening partnerships between @allenInstitute and neuroscience at @UW and @uwcnc; a genuinely joyous and exciting time!

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

"Big buzz! @Nature published ~a dozen papers on the most comprehensive map of neuronal connectivity to date, a connectome of a fruit fly brain! The FlyWire consortium includes @UW_NBIO affiliate Forrest Collman and Shanahan Fellow Sven Dorkenwald (@sdorkenw). @FlyWireNews

[nature @Nature]

Largest brain map ever reveals fruit fly’s neurons in exquisite detail https://t.co/3oavJhKV2Z

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

Great seminar yesterday from the always fascinating Kim Stachenfeld (@neuro_kim)!

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

We are very excited to welcome Nicole Rust to discuss the future of neuroscience research and its path toward cures. Next Tuesday, 10/1 👇👇

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

Looking forward to the first of many fabulous seminars in 24-25. See you there @UW_NBIO!

[UW_NBIO @UW_NBIO]

Join us this Thursday, 9/26 for the first seminar of the 24-25 NBIO Seminar Series!

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

Now accepting applications for the 2025 Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data & Neuroscience. Apply by December 16 to join the Fall 2025 cohort. https://t.co/t4JFIlDGb6

#OpenScienceWeek @uwcnc

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

Thrilled to be hosting Peter Dayan TODAY! Dayan's talk is titled "Tail Risk in Sequential Choice". Hope you can join!

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

"An exciting opportunity to make fundamental discoveries." 🌟Apply by Dec. 16: https://t.co/t4JFIlEe0E to The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship at the Interface of Data and Neuroscience. Experience in #neuroscience is not needed.

[UW Computational Neuroscience Center @uwcnc]

Excited to be a part of the newly formed @UW_NBIO department. 😎

[UW_NBIO @UW_NBIO]

BIG News to share📢 We are celebrating the official start of the Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics! PBIO + @biostructureuw are now NBIO. 💪
Check our our new site: https://t.co/YeAUYdOKrF
#nbioday #GlowUp

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

This summer, we partnered with @TReNDinAfrica to host a computational neuroscience course, built on Allen Institute tools and data, for 20 students from across the African continent.

Simangele Shablala, a Ph.D. student at @ukzn, shares highlights from the course.

[Adrienne Fairhall @alfairhall]

Thanks to visitors @anqiwu_angela @tyrell_turing @chklovskii @e_mackevicius Cristina Savin Mike deWeese @HSompolinsky @wwdabney