Beatriz Herrera

Scientist I, Center for Data-Driven Discovery for Biology @AllenInstitute 🇺🇸 | Computational Neuroscientist 🧠 | Physicist 👩‍🔬 | she/her

[Shinya Ito @shixnya]

ANNs can match neural activity.

But without biological constraints, they achieve it via the wrong mechanisms.

In our new V1 model, biologically constrained training achieves both.

Full story from our team leader, @AntonSArkhipov.

bioRxiv link: https://t.co/iQXA7TmKdY

[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

New paper!

Deep-learning-assisted simulation of a cortical circuit:
integrating anatomy, physiology and function

https://t.co/HEyQVsVn4S

It comes with a new major model release from @AllenInstitute.

Find models and code here: https://t.co/jXXrXV1xzl

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[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

A reminder that we will have a nice and fun Modeling Software Workshop @AllenInstitute on July 20–22.

It's free. We offer some travel support. And you get to learn about BMTK, SONATA, and VND.

Apply by March 15!

https://t.co/TE77ljJuoI

[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

Presenting today at SC’25: a full microscopic-level simulation of the entire mouse cortex on the Fugaku supercomputer.
Big day for the collaboration between our @AllenInstitute group and the lab of Prof. Tadashi Yamazaki.
See here: https://t.co/4qN2RrU6xx

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[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

Check out our #Sfn2025 posters this afternoon: @shixnya and @beaherrera present simulations of cortical neurons and circuits and Paul Olsen talks about linking in vivo ophys with spatial transcriptions.

[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

Great work by Laura Green, @beaherrera, Kael Dai in collaboration with Tadashi Yamazaki's group.

[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

Many thanks to all the attendees, team members, and @AllenInstitute staff for an exciting and productive Modeling Software Workshop!

Check out training materials at https://t.co/obhVfOuidE and sign up for our newsletter if you'd like to receive updates:
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[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

Cool updates in our newsletter:
📺 3D neuronal visualization in VND linked to Python notebooks via zmq
🧠 Stabilized Supralinear Networks implemented in BMTK
📢 Upcoming presentations at CNS*2025 and JNS by @beaherrera and @shixnya
See more and subscribe:
https://t.co/HawiHxTNYj

[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

Join us at the @AllenInstitute Modeling Software Workshop on July 28-30, 2025 in Seattle!
Apply here: https://t.co/pFQlozMrUZ

And whether applying or not, please help us understand what the field needs by filling out this brief survey:

https://t.co/vkY1Lsmvqg

[Sophy Yihan Xiong @SophyXiong]

New publication out today on PNAS! Please check it out if you're interested in predictive processing and/or consciousness. A huge thank you again to @BastosLabNeuro and @MillerLabMIT for mentorship on this project!

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

The scientists are in! If you're at #SfN24, make sure you pencil in our office hours into your itinerary.

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

TOMORROW - @BeaHerrera will be sharing how we approach multi-scale modeling of the mouse primary visual cortex at #SfN24.

📆 Mon., Oct. 7, 9:35-9:58am
📍MCP Room S406B
🎤 Session co-chaired by @AntonSArkhipov

[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

New symposium paper in @JNeurosci:
Large-Scale Mechanistic Models of Brain Circuits with Biophysically and Morphologically Detailed Neurons
https://t.co/pSCetqe6PS
Join our minisymposium at #SfN24 to learn from all the contributors.
📆 Mon., Oct. 7, 9:30am-12pm
📷MCP Room S406B

[allen institute @AllenInstitute]

Understanding the brain requires studying its multiscale interactions. At #SfN24, @beaherrera will be sharing how we approach multi-scale modeling of the mouse primary visual cortex.

📆 Mon., Oct. 7, 9:35-9:58am
📍MCP Room S406B
🎤 Session co-chaired by @AntonSArkhipov

[Beatriz Herrera @beaherrera]

@JulioMTNeuro Thank you!!!

[Beatriz Herrera @beaherrera]

I’m deeply honored and grateful for being selected as a Summer 2024 FIU Outstanding Graduate 🎓. Thank you so much to everyone who has supported me along this journey, especially my family, friends, and mentors, Dr. Jorge Riera and Dr. Jeffrey D. Schall.

[FIU Engineering & Computing @FIU_CEC]

🎓🎉 Congrats to Dr. Beatriz Herrera, Outstanding Grad Student! From early inspirations to groundbreaking research, she now shines at the Allen Institute! 👩‍🔬🔬🌟 🏷️@fiubiomed
Read more:
https://t.co/OeHXcunh8A

[Anton Arkhipov @AntonSArkhipov]

Second day of the Allen Institute Modeling Software Workshop.
We are discussing how to build, stimulate, and share models of brain circuits at multiple levels of resolution.
Enjoying the nice view, too. 😊
@AllenInstitute
@tcbguiuc

[LatinXinBME @LatinXinBME]

We're extending our symposium abstract submission deadline to July 29th (11PM ET)‼️ Submit your abstract and join us in Baltimore on October 23rd. Also, remember you can always submit your BMES abstract for our application‼️

[Gaute Einevoll @GauteEinevoll]

Grand release of our new book #ElectricBrainSignals (https://t.co/z2M1cgrq9X) in Oslo with all authors present. From left to right: Torbjørn Ness (@TorbjrnBkNess), @GeirHalnes, Solveig Næss, me, @EspenHagen79 , Klas Pettersen (@kl4sp)

[Beatriz Herrera @beaherrera]

🚨 #PaperAlert!🚨
Check out our Mini Review: Agranular frontal cortical microcircuit underlying cognitive control in macaques
@LabSchall @LabNmd
https://t.co/sfreC0dTlD