Julia Sliwa
@juliasliwa.bsky.social
Neuroscience of social interaction (sliwalab.org) @ParisBrainInst @cnrs she/her
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Julia Sliwa
@juliasliwa.bsky.social
· Apr 24
Comparative Brain Meeting
Let's meet and exchange about our projects and progress on comparative brain analyses – comparative data, tools, and ways to work together.
The meeting will be hosted at Institut Pasteur, 28 Rue Du ...
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🧠🐒🐼🐷🐭🐬🦁Last chance to register to the Comparative Brain Meeting, April 27–30 2026, @pasteur.fr and online.
MRI, fossils, connectivity, behaviour
Register: forms.gle/DekynBhj8YC4...
Program: braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
@k4tj4.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social
MRI, fossils, connectivity, behaviour
Register: forms.gle/DekynBhj8YC4...
Program: braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
@k4tj4.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social
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Cortical area remixes macaques’ knowledge blocks to solve new problems
www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...
#neuroscience
www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...
#neuroscience
Macaque brains remix learned actions to solve new problems
When monkeys draw novel complex shapes, neural activity representing a previously learned repertoire appears in a single brain area.
www.thetransmitter.org
June 26, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Cortical area remixes macaques’ knowledge blocks to solve new problems
www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...
#neuroscience
www.thetransmitter.org/cognitive-ne...
#neuroscience
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“motor cortex that may have some specialization, ‘but it’s still integrating parts of the body in a way that probably promotes meaningful, ethologically relevant behavior patterns,’- Graziano said
This is reminiscent of our and @katrinfranke.bsky.social findings in visual cortex.
This is reminiscent of our and @katrinfranke.bsky.social findings in visual cortex.
The motor cortex is organized functionally to promote “meaningful, ethologically relevant behavior patterns,” new study shows. #neuroskyence
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/motor-cortex...
By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social
www.thetransmitter.org/motor-cortex...
New recordings show ‘blurry map’ of human motor cortex
The motor cortex is organized into an “intermixed jumble of tiles” to generate meaningful movement.
www.thetransmitter.org
June 17, 2026 at 6:44 PM
“motor cortex that may have some specialization, ‘but it’s still integrating parts of the body in a way that probably promotes meaningful, ethologically relevant behavior patterns,’- Graziano said
This is reminiscent of our and @katrinfranke.bsky.social findings in visual cortex.
This is reminiscent of our and @katrinfranke.bsky.social findings in visual cortex.
Reposted by Julia Sliwa
Very much looking forward to taking part in the Comparative Brain meeting @pasteur.fr in Paris next week. Thanks @k4tj4.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @juliasliwa.bsky.social for putting together such a great program to think about brain evolution 🧪🧠
braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
Comparative Brain Meeting 2026
braintrees.github.io
April 24, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Very much looking forward to taking part in the Comparative Brain meeting @pasteur.fr in Paris next week. Thanks @k4tj4.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social @juliasliwa.bsky.social for putting together such a great program to think about brain evolution 🧪🧠
braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
🧠🐒🐼🐷🐭🐬🦁Last chance to register to the Comparative Brain Meeting, April 27–30 2026, @pasteur.fr and online.
MRI, fossils, connectivity, behaviour
Register: forms.gle/DekynBhj8YC4...
Program: braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
@k4tj4.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social
MRI, fossils, connectivity, behaviour
Register: forms.gle/DekynBhj8YC4...
Program: braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
@k4tj4.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social
Comparative Brain Meeting
Let's meet and exchange about our projects and progress on comparative brain analyses – comparative data, tools, and ways to work together.
The meeting will be hosted at Institut Pasteur, 28 Rue Du ...
forms.gle
April 24, 2026 at 7:37 AM
🧠🐒🐼🐷🐭🐬🦁Last chance to register to the Comparative Brain Meeting, April 27–30 2026, @pasteur.fr and online.
MRI, fossils, connectivity, behaviour
Register: forms.gle/DekynBhj8YC4...
Program: braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
@k4tj4.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social
MRI, fossils, connectivity, behaviour
Register: forms.gle/DekynBhj8YC4...
Program: braintrees.github.io/ComparativeB...
@k4tj4.bsky.social @institutducerveau.bsky.social @r3rt0.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist Patricia Goldman-Rakic would have been 89 years old today. Her work in the 1970s showed us on a molecular level how working memory functions through loop firing and local suppression. Sadly, she passed away in 2003 at just 66 years old.
tinyurl.com/5n7evkh6
#WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky 🧠
tinyurl.com/5n7evkh6
#WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky 🧠
Making Working Memory Work: The Multidisciplinary Neuroscience of Patricia Goldman-Rakic
You’re a monkey, and somebody in a white lab coat has shown you a location where a delicious, ever-so-nummy, bit of banana has been placed, and then obscured your visual field. It is up to you, my goo...
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April 22, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Neuroscientist Patricia Goldman-Rakic would have been 89 years old today. Her work in the 1970s showed us on a molecular level how working memory functions through loop firing and local suppression. Sadly, she passed away in 2003 at just 66 years old.
tinyurl.com/5n7evkh6
#WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky 🧠
tinyurl.com/5n7evkh6
#WomenInSTEM #NeuroSky 🧠
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This is the way
Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
www.404media.co
March 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
This is the way
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Our new paper on how pinniped (seal and sea lion) brains evolved to unlock vocal plasticity is this week's @science.org cover.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new paper on how pinniped (seal and sea lion) brains evolved to unlock vocal plasticity is this week's @science.org cover.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
March 12, 2026 at 6:07 PM
🧠🧪🧵1/37
Our new paper on how pinniped (seal and sea lion) brains evolved to unlock vocal plasticity is this week's @science.org cover.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Our new paper on how pinniped (seal and sea lion) brains evolved to unlock vocal plasticity is this week's @science.org cover.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Join us for a day of great science! "From boys to men: A journey through gender expectations" on April 2nd at the Paris Brain Institute #genderequity #gender #womeninleadership #alba #science #neuroskyence @institutducerveau.bsky.social
March 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Join us for a day of great science! "From boys to men: A journey through gender expectations" on April 2nd at the Paris Brain Institute #genderequity #gender #womeninleadership #alba #science #neuroskyence @institutducerveau.bsky.social
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A sad reflection of the state of visiting the USA -
Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns
Marc Abraham:
“We cannot in good conscience ask the new winners, or the international journalists who cover the event, to travel to the US this year.”
Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns
Marc Abraham:
“We cannot in good conscience ask the new winners, or the international journalists who cover the event, to travel to the US this year.”
Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns
Marc Abraham: “During the past year, it has become unsafe for our guests to visit the country."
arstechnica.com
March 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM
A sad reflection of the state of visiting the USA -
Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns
Marc Abraham:
“We cannot in good conscience ask the new winners, or the international journalists who cover the event, to travel to the US this year.”
Ig Nobels ceremony moves to Europe over security concerns
Marc Abraham:
“We cannot in good conscience ask the new winners, or the international journalists who cover the event, to travel to the US this year.”
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New paper hot off the (pre-)press! We dig into the evolutionary origins of neural computations for behavioral control across mice, monkeys, and humans: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6....
As our lab's first foray into comparative analysis of neural dynamics, I’m super excited about this work! 1/18
As our lab's first foray into comparative analysis of neural dynamics, I’m super excited about this work! 1/18
March 10, 2026 at 5:43 PM
New paper hot off the (pre-)press! We dig into the evolutionary origins of neural computations for behavioral control across mice, monkeys, and humans: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6....
As our lab's first foray into comparative analysis of neural dynamics, I’m super excited about this work! 1/18
As our lab's first foray into comparative analysis of neural dynamics, I’m super excited about this work! 1/18
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4/ Ida Henrietta Hyde developed one of the first intracellular microelectrodes for stimulating and recording single cells. She opened new ways of studying nervous and circulatory systems, and became the first woman to receive a PhD in physiology from the University of Heidelberg.
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
4/ Ida Henrietta Hyde developed one of the first intracellular microelectrodes for stimulating and recording single cells. She opened new ways of studying nervous and circulatory systems, and became the first woman to receive a PhD in physiology from the University of Heidelberg.
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1/ Today is UNESCO’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science #IDWGIS
To mark the occasion, Lisa Thomann and Julie Batut highlight four pioneering biologists whose work shaped developmental biology, electrophysiology, and genetics.
🔗 buff.ly/eVipb6d
To mark the occasion, Lisa Thomann and Julie Batut highlight four pioneering biologists whose work shaped developmental biology, electrophysiology, and genetics.
🔗 buff.ly/eVipb6d
February 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM
1/ Today is UNESCO’s International Day of Women and Girls in Science #IDWGIS
To mark the occasion, Lisa Thomann and Julie Batut highlight four pioneering biologists whose work shaped developmental biology, electrophysiology, and genetics.
🔗 buff.ly/eVipb6d
To mark the occasion, Lisa Thomann and Julie Batut highlight four pioneering biologists whose work shaped developmental biology, electrophysiology, and genetics.
🔗 buff.ly/eVipb6d
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🧠 The Paris Brain Institute is launching a Call for Junior Group Leaders, inviting early-career scientists to establish their own independent research groups within one of Europe’s most dynamic neuroscience research centers.
👉 More information: parisbraininstitute.org/news/paris-b...
#Hiring #AI
👉 More information: parisbraininstitute.org/news/paris-b...
#Hiring #AI
Paris Brain Institute Call for Junior Group Leaders in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science | Paris Brain Institute
The Paris Brain Institute is launching a Call for Junior Group Leaders, inviting outstanding early-career scientists in artificial intelligence, data science, computational neuroscience, and related f...
parisbraininstitute.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
🧠 The Paris Brain Institute is launching a Call for Junior Group Leaders, inviting early-career scientists to establish their own independent research groups within one of Europe’s most dynamic neuroscience research centers.
👉 More information: parisbraininstitute.org/news/paris-b...
#Hiring #AI
👉 More information: parisbraininstitute.org/news/paris-b...
#Hiring #AI
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📚 The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back!
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
The DIM C-BRAINS international PhD program opens its 2026 call for applications. | Paris Brain Institute
The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back. Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by the Institut du Cerveau. Applicati...
parisbraininstitute.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📚 The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back!
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
📚 The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back!
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by Paris Brain Institute.
📆 Application deadline: February 1, 2026.
👉 Find out more: parisbraininstitute.org/dim-c-brains...
The DIM C-BRAINS international PhD program opens its 2026 call for applications. | Paris Brain Institute
The international DIM C-BRAINS PhD program is back. Up for grabs: 7 fully funded, 3-year doctoral contracts in the Île-de-France region, 3 of which will be hosted by the Institut du Cerveau. Applicati...
parisbraininstitute.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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🔬 As part of the World Brain Health Forum 2026, the Paris Brain Institute had the honor of welcoming His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, for a visit highlighting the Institute’s scientific mission and the uniqueness of its model.
#WBHF2026
#WBHF2026
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
🔬 As part of the World Brain Health Forum 2026, the Paris Brain Institute had the honor of welcoming His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations, for a visit highlighting the Institute’s scientific mission and the uniqueness of its model.
#WBHF2026
#WBHF2026
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🌍 The World Brain Health Forum 2026 continues today at the UNESCO House with its main conference, opened by Serge Weinberg, Jean Todt, Olivier Goy, Didier Samuel, and Stéphanie Debette, followed by inaugural speeches from Khaled El-Enany, H.E. Ban Ki-moon, and Dr. Tedros.
#WBHF2026
#WBHF2026
January 15, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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1/6 And another article out in @commsphys.nature.com
Sparse group interactions polarize…but dense group interactions moderate!!
Polarization emerges as a structural effect of how groups are organized: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Sparse group interactions polarize…but dense group interactions moderate!!
Polarization emerges as a structural effect of how groups are organized: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
January 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
1/6 And another article out in @commsphys.nature.com
Sparse group interactions polarize…but dense group interactions moderate!!
Polarization emerges as a structural effect of how groups are organized: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Sparse group interactions polarize…but dense group interactions moderate!!
Polarization emerges as a structural effect of how groups are organized: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Reposted by Julia Sliwa
Facial expressions may involve an “everything, everywhere, all at once” type of coding in the brain, a new study suggests.
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/emotion-proc...
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/emotion-proc...
Facial expressions less reflexive than previously thought
A countenance such as a grimace activates many of the same cortical pathways as voluntary facial movements.
www.thetransmitter.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Facial expressions may involve an “everything, everywhere, all at once” type of coding in the brain, a new study suggests.
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/emotion-proc...
By @natmesanash.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/emotion-proc...
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
July 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
1
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Julia Sliwa
Sharing an amazing postdoc opportunity in Paris in the lab of Julia Sliwa (@juliasliwa.bsky.social) in NHP Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology on social vision and cognition!
CNRS: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Paris Brain Institute: offres.institutducerveau-icm.org//fr/jobs/196...
CNRS: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Paris Brain Institute: offres.institutducerveau-icm.org//fr/jobs/196...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Post-Doctorate in NHP Neuroimaging/Neurophysiology (M/F)
emploi.cnrs.fr
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sharing an amazing postdoc opportunity in Paris in the lab of Julia Sliwa (@juliasliwa.bsky.social) in NHP Neuroimaging and Neurophysiology on social vision and cognition!
CNRS: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Paris Brain Institute: offres.institutducerveau-icm.org//fr/jobs/196...
CNRS: emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Paris Brain Institute: offres.institutducerveau-icm.org//fr/jobs/196...
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Excited to share our latest preprint led by @jarildy.bsky.social looking at social and non social reward representations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... with help from @hyma2194.bsky.social and @jennisisaac.bsky.social.
Non-overlapping social and food reward representations in the basolateral amygdala
The ability to consider and appraise positively valenced stimuli in the environment, such as food and social interaction, to guide appropriate action is important for survival of most animals. Several...
www.biorxiv.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Excited to share our latest preprint led by @jarildy.bsky.social looking at social and non social reward representations. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... with help from @hyma2194.bsky.social and @jennisisaac.bsky.social.
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What a lovely 'spotlight' of @talboger.bsky.social's work on style perception! Written by @aennebrielmann.bsky.social in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social.
See Aenne's paper below, as well as Tal's original work here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
See Aenne's paper below, as well as Tal's original work here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What a lovely 'spotlight' of @talboger.bsky.social's work on style perception! Written by @aennebrielmann.bsky.social in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social.
See Aenne's paper below, as well as Tal's original work here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
See Aenne's paper below, as well as Tal's original work here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...