Michael S Bienkowski

Asst Prof. of Phys. and Neuroscience @USC @USCLONI

[Michael S Bienkowski @neuralmapping]

The CA1 has more than 'superficial' and 'deep' cell type layers! 🐭🧠🧬

Check out the thread from my PhD student and first-author @mc_pachicano describing the results in our new paper published today in @NatureComms!

@KECKSchool_USC @USCLONI @USC_ZilkhaNeuro

[Maricarmen Pachicano @mc_pachicano]

🎉 Super excited to share our new paper in Nature Communications — my first first-author publication!
We reveal a hidden laminar architecture within the hippocampal CA1 that spans the entire dorsal—ventral axis.
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📄https://t.co/E26DtcHWF5

[Lab of Neuro Imaging @USCLONI]

🧠The Stevens INI 2025 Annual Report is now live 🧠

Inside: AI-driven discovery, imaging breakthroughs, global collaborations, and student training that are shaping the future of brain science.

Read more: https://t.co/NiIqM8Peia

[USC Master's in NeuroImaging and Informatics: NIIN @USCNIIN]

🎉We're thrilled to share that NIIN instructor, Dr. Mike Bienkowski, was named a recipient of the 2026 USC Mentoring Award for Faculty Mentoring Graduate Students. This distinguished honor recognizes faculty members who go above and beyond to support students🧑‍🎓

[Michael S Bienkowski @neuralmapping]

Exciting news! Our lab recently received our first R01 award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA)!

Apply here to join us!

https://t.co/ElxX1FGSuU

[Lab of Neuro Imaging @USCLONI]

🚨We received a NEW @NIH grant to build a powerful model of how Alzheimer’s damages the hippocampus, a brain region essential for memory. Led by @neuralmapping, the project may help pinpoint early changes in the disease & guide more effective treatments 🧠
https://t.co/5L5XzkY8Mk

[Lab of Neuro Imaging @USCLONI]

Check out @neuralmapping's lab spotlight from @Compresstome1 🧠

https://t.co/dfW7wQXE4I

[Lab of Neuro Imaging @USCLONI]

Check out our new Center for Integrative Connectomics website!
@neuralmapping & his team investigate why specific brain cell types are vulnerable to neurodegenerative disease. This work aims to identify therapeutic targets & improve patient outcomes 🧠
👉 https://t.co/fIkgaRiUSG

[Michael S Bienkowski @neuralmapping]

The CA1 has more than 'superficial' and 'deep' cell type layers! 🐭🧠🧬

Check out the thread from my PhD student and first-author @mc_pachicano describing the results in our new paper published today in @NatureComms!

@KECKSchool_USC @USCLONI @USC_ZilkhaNeuro

[Lab of Neuro Imaging @USCLONI]

🚨NEW study from @neuralmapping & @mc_pachicano is out in @NatureComms & reveals a hidden set of cellular layers inside the hippocampus, the brain’s key center for learning & memory 🧠
Learn more about this work & its implications for memory & disease: https://t.co/trVxWOPl6R

[USC @USC]

Research saves lives — and it’s happening here. President Kim and @BillGates toured @ATRI_USC, where our researchers are leading the way to make #Alzheimers a memory.

[Keck School of Medicine of USC @KECKSchool_USC]

Paul M. Thompson of @USCLONI recently delivered the esteemed Talairach Lecture at OHBM, highlighting innovative advancements in neuroscience. https://t.co/nlJ4VNxnHC

[USC Master's in NeuroImaging and Informatics: NIIN @USCNIIN]

✨NIIN research in the Bienkowski lab! Jared Simmons (’22), Yiwen Zhou (’24) & Zhelin Cao (’25) work on a retina stimulation project & Rebecca Hernandez (’25) studies the degenerative morphology of neurons in Alzheimer's disease using high-resolution 3D digital reconstruction👁️🧠

[USC Master's in NeuroImaging and Informatics: NIIN @USCNIIN]

NIIN student, Zhelin, talks about his work in Dr. Mike Bienkowski’s lab @neuralmapping, where he explores brain connectivity in mice. He discusses how the NIIN program blends his technical background with neuroscience & his goal to study detailed neuron function. 👁��⬇️ @USCLONI

[Michael S Bienkowski @neuralmapping]

Excited to be working with @BWJones on a new collaborative R01 project! @USCLONI

[USC Master's in NeuroImaging and Informatics: NIIN @USCNIIN]

🎉 Congrats to all of the Art at AAIC award winners, with a special shout out to NIIN alum, Paige Logan and Dr. Tyler Ard, who is faculty at our institute! 👏
@_paigely @TylerArdPhD @USCLONI

[USC Master's in NeuroImaging and Informatics: NIIN @USCNIIN]

🎉NIIN alumni Jared Simmons ('22) and Yiwen Zhou ('24) both spontaneously showed their NIIN pride at work today in USC's Center for Integrative Connectomics 🐭 🧠

[Michael S Bienkowski @neuralmapping]

Bayla 🤝 Baayla #AAIC2024

[Baayla DC Boon @BaaylaB]

Just when you think #AAIC24 can’t get any better you meet someone with the same (according to my mom unique 🧐) name!! Guess what! Bayla Breningstall works on neuropath AD, distinguishing different types of abeta deposit 😍! Thank you @neuralmapping !

[Michael S Bienkowski @neuralmapping]

@mc_pachicano @shreyymehtaa and @angelajhurtado at their poster this afternoon! 🤓👀🧠

[Z. Smith @zmsmith13]

Excited to attend my first research symposium and share my work on neurodegenerative changes in the 5xFAD mouse model! 🧠✨ Feeling inspired by all the incredible research happening in this field! #AAIC2024 #BienkowskiLab

[Michael S Bienkowski @neuralmapping]

@zmsmith13 Last poster of the week from @zmsmith13 ! So proud of all my students #AAIC2024 @USCLONI

[Michael S Bienkowski @neuralmapping]

@zmsmith13 Last poster of the week from @zmsmith13 ! So proud of all my students #AAIC2024 @USCLONI