Constantinople lab
@constantinoplelab.bsky.social
Researching the neural basis of computations that guide economic decision-making at the Center for Neural Science at NYU.
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Happy to share the version of record of our locus coeruleus paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prior thread on some of our discoveries in this study:
bsky.app/profile/jere...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prior thread on some of our discoveries in this study:
bsky.app/profile/jere...
September 16, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Happy to share the version of record of our locus coeruleus paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prior thread on some of our discoveries in this study:
bsky.app/profile/jere...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Prior thread on some of our discoveries in this study:
bsky.app/profile/jere...
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Faculty Job Alert 📣! The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developments to AI-enabled discovery. Please spread the word!
Tenure-Track Professor in Life Science and AI
The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developme...
academicpositions.harvard.edu
September 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Faculty Job Alert 📣! The Life Sciences Departments in Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences seek to recruit a tenure-track professor whose research is at the interface of AI and life sciences, from methodological developments to AI-enabled discovery. Please spread the word!
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Excited to share our new Cell Reports paper on paratenial thalamus (PT), which identifies a molecular marker for PT, and shows how PT interacts with the medial prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, and basolateral amygdala, all done by my grad student Nigel Dao:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
September 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Excited to share our new Cell Reports paper on paratenial thalamus (PT), which identifies a molecular marker for PT, and shows how PT interacts with the medial prefrontal cortex, nucleus accumbens, and basolateral amygdala, all done by my grad student Nigel Dao:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Hey, we’ve been studying mnemonic chunking in🐒!
With @fkchiang89.bsky.social
Here’s the rundown:
🧵
www.cell.com/current-biol...
With @fkchiang89.bsky.social
Here’s the rundown:
🧵
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Compression as a neural mechanism of mnemonic chunking in prefrontal cortex
Chiang and Rich show that macaques spontaneously chunk spatial targets in a self-ordered
working memory task. dlPFC neurons compress chunked targets into lower-dimensional
representations that are shi...
www.cell.com
September 2, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Hey, we’ve been studying mnemonic chunking in🐒!
With @fkchiang89.bsky.social
Here’s the rundown:
🧵
www.cell.com/current-biol...
With @fkchiang89.bsky.social
Here’s the rundown:
🧵
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Our collaborative paper with Palka Puri and Johnatan Aljadeff is now published in @physrevlett.aps.org. We find that Danionella fish move in schools by copying a neighbor's heading direction
@danionella.bsky.social
aljadeff.ucsd.edu
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
@danionella.bsky.social
aljadeff.ucsd.edu
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Collective Motion in Danionella Emerges from Discrete Copying Interactions
Understanding how animals move as collectives requires knowledge of movement and interaction rules implemented by individuals within such groups. We report that micro glassfish Danionella cerebrum exh...
journals.aps.org
August 27, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Our collaborative paper with Palka Puri and Johnatan Aljadeff is now published in @physrevlett.aps.org. We find that Danionella fish move in schools by copying a neighbor's heading direction
@danionella.bsky.social
aljadeff.ucsd.edu
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
@danionella.bsky.social
aljadeff.ucsd.edu
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
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Postdocs! Apply by this Friday (8/15) for NYU Neuroscience's Seminars by Postdocs in Neuroscience: Extramural Series, SPiNES --> med.nyu.edu/departments-...
It's a great opportunity to share your work!
It's a great opportunity to share your work!
August 13, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Postdocs! Apply by this Friday (8/15) for NYU Neuroscience's Seminars by Postdocs in Neuroscience: Extramural Series, SPiNES --> med.nyu.edu/departments-...
It's a great opportunity to share your work!
It's a great opportunity to share your work!
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🎉 this paper is now out - we show how subicular plateaus are linked to reward locations. Congratulations to the whole team! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
August 5, 2026 at 10:51 PM
🎉 this paper is now out - we show how subicular plateaus are linked to reward locations. Congratulations to the whole team! www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Video on our cochlear implant project, thanks to the team that put it together!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZscJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZscJ...
Building a Better Cochlear Implant | Behind the Breakthrough
YouTube video by NYU Langone Health
www.youtube.com
July 31, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Video on our cochlear implant project, thanks to the team that put it together!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZscJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZscJ...
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Spread the word! We are recruiting for 6 new research professors at UC Davis' California National Primate Research Center. Open rank, open area, but must leverage 🐒 resources.
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07561
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07561
6 Positions - Assistant, Associate, Full Professional Researcher
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
April 22, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Spread the word! We are recruiting for 6 new research professors at UC Davis' California National Primate Research Center. Open rank, open area, but must leverage 🐒 resources.
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07561
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07561
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Pleased to share our new study showing how different cell types in the paratenial thalamus interact with the medial prefrontal cortex and other brain regions, all done by my graduate student Nigel Dao:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
April 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Pleased to share our new study showing how different cell types in the paratenial thalamus interact with the medial prefrontal cortex and other brain regions, all done by my graduate student Nigel Dao:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Delighted to share our discoveries about one of the brain's neurotransmitter systems:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1
www.biorxiv.org
April 13, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Delighted to share our discoveries about one of the brain's neurotransmitter systems:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1
Excited to share our recent review, which highlights algorithmic and implementational degeneracy in studies of cognition: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Addressing degeneracy in rodent studies of cognition
In order to relate neural dynamics to cognitive computations, it is critical to determine whether subjects are employing behavioral strategies that ac…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 3, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Excited to share our recent review, which highlights algorithmic and implementational degeneracy in studies of cognition: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Excited to share our new J Neurosci paper showing how subcortical inputs are routed through ventromedial (VM) thalamus to layer 1 interneurons in the medial PFC, all done by my graduate student Sanne Casello:
sannemcasello.bsky.social
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
sannemcasello.bsky.social
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
March 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Excited to share our new J Neurosci paper showing how subcortical inputs are routed through ventromedial (VM) thalamus to layer 1 interneurons in the medial PFC, all done by my graduate student Sanne Casello:
sannemcasello.bsky.social
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
sannemcasello.bsky.social
www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
Thrilled to share our new paper, which shows that the relative timing of cholinergic and dopamine release dynamically gates whether dopamine acts as an RPE for in vivo plasticity and reinforcement learning. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Acetylcholine demixes heterogeneous dopamine signals for learning and moving
Nature Neuroscience - Jang et al. measured dopamine and acetylcholine release in the striatum of rats performing a decision-making task and found that the relative timing of cholinergic and...
www.nature.com
March 25, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Thrilled to share our new paper, which shows that the relative timing of cholinergic and dopamine release dynamically gates whether dopamine acts as an RPE for in vivo plasticity and reinforcement learning. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Grateful to receive a ✨K99/R00✨ after much uncertainty! Still worried about scientific funding and the future of our work. Excited to reveal how estrogen modulates neuromodulator and neural dynamics, de novo protein synthesis, and temporal discounting with a novel task the rats are already crushing.
March 20, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Grateful to receive a ✨K99/R00✨ after much uncertainty! Still worried about scientific funding and the future of our work. Excited to reveal how estrogen modulates neuromodulator and neural dynamics, de novo protein synthesis, and temporal discounting with a novel task the rats are already crushing.
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📢📢 My lab at @utah.edu is officially open and I'm RECRUITING — especially techs/specialists and postdocs! Our research focuses on the neurobiology of interoception and learning & memory using tools from systems/comp neuro. Please share! 🧠🏔️🏜️
Apply/more info: zimmerman-lab.org#positions
Apply/more info: zimmerman-lab.org#positions
March 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
📢📢 My lab at @utah.edu is officially open and I'm RECRUITING — especially techs/specialists and postdocs! Our research focuses on the neurobiology of interoception and learning & memory using tools from systems/comp neuro. Please share! 🧠🏔️🏜️
Apply/more info: zimmerman-lab.org#positions
Apply/more info: zimmerman-lab.org#positions
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📢📢 Announcing this year's conference on the Mathematics of Neuroscience & AI (Rome, 9-12th June). We’ve got a stellar line-up and venue, and invite everyone to join:
www.neuromonster.org
www.neuromonster.org
March 5, 2026 at 8:31 AM
📢📢 Announcing this year's conference on the Mathematics of Neuroscience & AI (Rome, 9-12th June). We’ve got a stellar line-up and venue, and invite everyone to join:
www.neuromonster.org
www.neuromonster.org
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Can electrical microstimulation be used to steer cortical population activity on- and off-manifold? Our new preprint says yes — using data-driven control in macaque PFC. Joint work with @gbarzon.bsky.social, Anandita De, Isaac Moran, Conner Carnahan, and Luca Mazzucato.
1/ New preprint out! “Control of cortical population activity with patterned microstimulation.” We show that brief training with multi-electrode stimulation pulses is enough to steer prefrontal population activity along desired trajectories in awake macaques. tinyurl.com/3d6kv26w
www.biorxiv.org
March 5, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Can electrical microstimulation be used to steer cortical population activity on- and off-manifold? Our new preprint says yes — using data-driven control in macaque PFC. Joint work with @gbarzon.bsky.social, Anandita De, Isaac Moran, Conner Carnahan, and Luca Mazzucato.
NYU's Center for Neural Science is seeking a faculty candidate that would be jointly appointed with our Tandon School of Engineering. We are looking for post-doc applicants with neuroengineering or computational backgrounds.
apply.interfolio.com/182074
apply.interfolio.com/182074
February 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
NYU's Center for Neural Science is seeking a faculty candidate that would be jointly appointed with our Tandon School of Engineering. We are looking for post-doc applicants with neuroengineering or computational backgrounds.
apply.interfolio.com/182074
apply.interfolio.com/182074
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In the first systematic, multi-node recordings of spiking activity across the human basal ganglia–thalamic circuit, @dennislondon.bsky.social explains how this pathway integrates cognitive variables with ongoing action. We’d love to hear your thoughts.
The basal ganglia output is often framed as a motor gate: corticostriatal circuits select an action, then GPi/SNr-thalamus helps release it. In humans, we find this same pathway carries cognitive variables embedded in movement signals—and even produces learning-relevant signals after feedback. 1/10
biorxiv.org
February 12, 2026 at 6:43 PM
In the first systematic, multi-node recordings of spiking activity across the human basal ganglia–thalamic circuit, @dennislondon.bsky.social explains how this pathway integrates cognitive variables with ongoing action. We’d love to hear your thoughts.
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News from central Jersey: I'm running to represent New Jersey's 12th Congressional District.
By entering the fray, I hope to bring ideas of repairing our frayed republic. Not only to defend it in 2026, but to build something stronger, for generations to come!
samwang.substack.com/p/entering-t...
By entering the fray, I hope to bring ideas of repairing our frayed republic. Not only to defend it in 2026, but to build something stronger, for generations to come!
samwang.substack.com/p/entering-t...
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
News from central Jersey: I'm running to represent New Jersey's 12th Congressional District.
By entering the fray, I hope to bring ideas of repairing our frayed republic. Not only to defend it in 2026, but to build something stronger, for generations to come!
samwang.substack.com/p/entering-t...
By entering the fray, I hope to bring ideas of repairing our frayed republic. Not only to defend it in 2026, but to build something stronger, for generations to come!
samwang.substack.com/p/entering-t...
Our lab will be boycotting biotech vendors that have contracts with ICE (e.g., Fisher, Agilent), and telling them why. If you google “vendorname usa spending”, you can see purchases for specific depts including ICE on usaspending.gov. Please talk to your labs and email your vendors!
January 30, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Our lab will be boycotting biotech vendors that have contracts with ICE (e.g., Fisher, Agilent), and telling them why. If you google “vendorname usa spending”, you can see purchases for specific depts including ICE on usaspending.gov. Please talk to your labs and email your vendors!
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Excited to share our new study showing how subcortical inputs are routed through ventromedial (VM) thalamus to layer 1 interneurons in the medial PFC, all done by my graduate student Sanne Casello:
sannemcasello.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
sannemcasello.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Excited to share our new study showing how subcortical inputs are routed through ventromedial (VM) thalamus to layer 1 interneurons in the medial PFC, all done by my graduate student Sanne Casello:
sannemcasello.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
sannemcasello.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...