Eleonora Russo
@russoel.bsky.social
Theoretical neuroscientist. Interested in neural dynamics, neural coding, and data mining.
Asst. Prof. at the BioRobotics Institute, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies.
PI of the Brain Dynamics Laboratory. http://bit.ly/BrainDynamicsLab
Asst. Prof. at the BioRobotics Institute, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies.
PI of the Brain Dynamics Laboratory. http://bit.ly/BrainDynamicsLab
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Eleonora Russo
@russoel.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Integration of rate and phase codes by hippocampal cell-assemblies supports flexible encoding of spatiotemporal context - Nature Communications
Russo et al. show that context-specific place cell assemblies support hippocampal integration of past experiences into future plans during goal-directed behavior and propose a biophysical mechanism be...
www.nature.com
And with a bit of delay now also here:
📢 New work on hippocampal assemblies & theta!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was a pleasure to work with Nadine Becker, Aleks Domanski, Timothy Howe, Kipp Freud, @durstewitzlab.bsky.social, Matt Jones.
@SantAnna Pisa @Bristol Neuro @ZI Mannheim
🧵[1/11]
📢 New work on hippocampal assemblies & theta!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was a pleasure to work with Nadine Becker, Aleks Domanski, Timothy Howe, Kipp Freud, @durstewitzlab.bsky.social, Matt Jones.
@SantAnna Pisa @Bristol Neuro @ZI Mannheim
🧵[1/11]
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How does the brain build a memory?
A common assumption is that the neurons activated during an experience collectively form the memory engram.
In our new Nature Neuroscience paper (finally out!), we show that this is not the case.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A common assumption is that the neurons activated during an experience collectively form the memory engram.
In our new Nature Neuroscience paper (finally out!), we show that this is not the case.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Deconstruction of a memory engram reveals distinct ensembles recruited at learning - Nature Neuroscience
Pouget et al. identified distinct CA1 neuron ensembles active during specific moments of fear learning and uncovered the core engram essential for memory formation.
www.nature.com
March 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
How does the brain build a memory?
A common assumption is that the neurons activated during an experience collectively form the memory engram.
In our new Nature Neuroscience paper (finally out!), we show that this is not the case.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A common assumption is that the neurons activated during an experience collectively form the memory engram.
In our new Nature Neuroscience paper (finally out!), we show that this is not the case.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Eleonora Russo
fMRI connectivity is dominated by recurring high-amplitude BOLD events (CAPs, QPPs)
But what originates these events? Many think neuromodulation is the culprit. Our new work offers a simpler take: cortico-cortical dynamics alone can generate CAP-like events! doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013995
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But what originates these events? Many think neuromodulation is the culprit. Our new work offers a simpler take: cortico-cortical dynamics alone can generate CAP-like events! doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013995
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March 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
fMRI connectivity is dominated by recurring high-amplitude BOLD events (CAPs, QPPs)
But what originates these events? Many think neuromodulation is the culprit. Our new work offers a simpler take: cortico-cortical dynamics alone can generate CAP-like events! doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013995
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But what originates these events? Many think neuromodulation is the culprit. Our new work offers a simpler take: cortico-cortical dynamics alone can generate CAP-like events! doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013995
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Our paper is out in @natneuro.nature.com!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We develop a geometric theory of how neural populations support generalization across many tasks.
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social
@flatironinstitute.org
@kempnerinstitute.bsky.social
1/14
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We develop a geometric theory of how neural populations support generalization across many tasks.
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social
@flatironinstitute.org
@kempnerinstitute.bsky.social
1/14
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Our paper is out in @natneuro.nature.com!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We develop a geometric theory of how neural populations support generalization across many tasks.
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social
@flatironinstitute.org
@kempnerinstitute.bsky.social
1/14
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We develop a geometric theory of how neural populations support generalization across many tasks.
@zuckermanbrain.bsky.social
@flatironinstitute.org
@kempnerinstitute.bsky.social
1/14
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Terrific work led by @emmaroscow.bsky.social showing that hippocampal replay reflects events with large prediction errors, all the better to bootstrap learning as we slumber
Congratulations to Matt Jones & Nathan Lepora for seeing this through to the end!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Matt Jones & Nathan Lepora for seeing this through to the end!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Post-learning replay of hippocampal-striatal activity is biased by reward-prediction signals - Nature Communications
It is unclear which aspects of experience shape sleep’s contributions to learning. Here, by combining neural recordings in rats with reinforcement learning, the authors show that reward-prediction sig...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Terrific work led by @emmaroscow.bsky.social showing that hippocampal replay reflects events with large prediction errors, all the better to bootstrap learning as we slumber
Congratulations to Matt Jones & Nathan Lepora for seeing this through to the end!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Congratulations to Matt Jones & Nathan Lepora for seeing this through to the end!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks @hunglo.bsky.social and Friedrich for involving us in such an interesting project!!
I'm more than psyched to share that my PhD paper is now out in Neuron! It's also my first paper as both first author and corresponding author, which means even more to me!
Thank my partner Chi-Chieh for her contribution to the most adorable ever graphic abstract 🥰
Thank my partner Chi-Chieh for her contribution to the most adorable ever graphic abstract 🥰
August 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Thanks @hunglo.bsky.social and Friedrich for involving us in such an interesting project!!
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Into population dynamics? Coming to #CNS2025 but not quite ready to head home?
Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
June 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Into population dynamics? Coming to #CNS2025 but not quite ready to head home?
Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
Into population dynamics? Coming to #CNS2025 but not quite ready to head home?
Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
June 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Into population dynamics? Coming to #CNS2025 but not quite ready to head home?
Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
Come join us! at the Symposium on "Neural Population Dynamics and Latent Representations"! 🧠
📆 July 10th
📍 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa (and online)
👉 Free registration: neurobridge-tne.github.io
#compneuro
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⏳ One week left to submit your abstract!
Join us in Padova for the 2025 Italian Network of Computational Neuroscience Conference 🧠🇮🇹
📅 Deadline: 14 June
Share your research and engage with the computational neuroscience community!
#INNC2025 #Neuroscience #CallForAbstracts
Join us in Padova for the 2025 Italian Network of Computational Neuroscience Conference 🧠🇮🇹
📅 Deadline: 14 June
Share your research and engage with the computational neuroscience community!
#INNC2025 #Neuroscience #CallForAbstracts
June 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
⏳ One week left to submit your abstract!
Join us in Padova for the 2025 Italian Network of Computational Neuroscience Conference 🧠🇮🇹
📅 Deadline: 14 June
Share your research and engage with the computational neuroscience community!
#INNC2025 #Neuroscience #CallForAbstracts
Join us in Padova for the 2025 Italian Network of Computational Neuroscience Conference 🧠🇮🇹
📅 Deadline: 14 June
Share your research and engage with the computational neuroscience community!
#INNC2025 #Neuroscience #CallForAbstracts
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Excited to share my PhD paper! In it, we use targeted 2-photon optogenetic stimulation to determine how V1 activity is read-out in a detection task. We found that network influence, not visual coding properties, predicted the impact of ensembles on behavior - contradicting our expectations (1/5).
May 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Excited to share my PhD paper! In it, we use targeted 2-photon optogenetic stimulation to determine how V1 activity is read-out in a detection task. We found that network influence, not visual coding properties, predicted the impact of ensembles on behavior - contradicting our expectations (1/5).
Reposted by Eleonora Russo
Because we must build good things while we scream about the bad, I have started a "Data for Good" team @data-for-good-team.bsky.social that partners with organizations needing short-term data science help. We have three projects ongoing & will add more as our capacity grows.
data-for-good-team.org
data-for-good-team.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Because we must build good things while we scream about the bad, I have started a "Data for Good" team @data-for-good-team.bsky.social that partners with organizations needing short-term data science help. We have three projects ongoing & will add more as our capacity grows.
data-for-good-team.org
data-for-good-team.org
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Please RT🙏
Reach out if you want to help understand cognition by modelling, analyzing and/or collect large scale intracortical data from 👩🐒🐁
We're a friendly, diverse group (n>25) w/ this terrace 😎 in the center of Paris! See👇 for + info about the lab
We have funding to support your application!
Reach out if you want to help understand cognition by modelling, analyzing and/or collect large scale intracortical data from 👩🐒🐁
We're a friendly, diverse group (n>25) w/ this terrace 😎 in the center of Paris! See👇 for + info about the lab
We have funding to support your application!
May 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Please RT🙏
Reach out if you want to help understand cognition by modelling, analyzing and/or collect large scale intracortical data from 👩🐒🐁
We're a friendly, diverse group (n>25) w/ this terrace 😎 in the center of Paris! See👇 for + info about the lab
We have funding to support your application!
Reach out if you want to help understand cognition by modelling, analyzing and/or collect large scale intracortical data from 👩🐒🐁
We're a friendly, diverse group (n>25) w/ this terrace 😎 in the center of Paris! See👇 for + info about the lab
We have funding to support your application!
Reposted by Eleonora Russo
Dynamics days europe 2025, Thessaloniki
23-27, June 2025
MS4: Neural Dynamics Across Spatiotemporal Scales: ...
Organisers: T. Manos, A. Torcini, A. Provata, Astero
The program of our MS (25-26/6/2025) is online
#compneurosky #neuroskyence
websites.auth.gr/ddeu2025/
23-27, June 2025
MS4: Neural Dynamics Across Spatiotemporal Scales: ...
Organisers: T. Manos, A. Torcini, A. Provata, Astero
The program of our MS (25-26/6/2025) is online
#compneurosky #neuroskyence
websites.auth.gr/ddeu2025/
Dynamics Days Europe 2025
XLV Dynamics Days Europe 2025 Thessaloniki, Greece Conference Dates: 23 - 27 June 2025 Conference Venue: Porto Palace Conference Hotel ABOUT Dynamics Days Europe (DDE) is a series of major internation...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Dynamics days europe 2025, Thessaloniki
23-27, June 2025
MS4: Neural Dynamics Across Spatiotemporal Scales: ...
Organisers: T. Manos, A. Torcini, A. Provata, Astero
The program of our MS (25-26/6/2025) is online
#compneurosky #neuroskyence
websites.auth.gr/ddeu2025/
23-27, June 2025
MS4: Neural Dynamics Across Spatiotemporal Scales: ...
Organisers: T. Manos, A. Torcini, A. Provata, Astero
The program of our MS (25-26/6/2025) is online
#compneurosky #neuroskyence
websites.auth.gr/ddeu2025/
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Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.
forms.gle
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.
Reposted by Eleonora Russo
Out now 'in print'--- a true labor of love, in more ways than one. See the paper and press-release below!
Also, go and see @matthijspals.bsky.social's talk at #Cosyne, where he will talk about related/follow up work!
uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
Also, go and see @matthijspals.bsky.social's talk at #Cosyne, where he will talk about related/follow up work!
uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
March 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Out now 'in print'--- a true labor of love, in more ways than one. See the paper and press-release below!
Also, go and see @matthijspals.bsky.social's talk at #Cosyne, where he will talk about related/follow up work!
uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
Also, go and see @matthijspals.bsky.social's talk at #Cosyne, where he will talk about related/follow up work!
uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/...
Reposted by Eleonora Russo
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
Join us in beautiful Tokyo for a great summer school!
IRCN and Chen Institute Joint Course on Neuro-inspired Computation
ircn.jp/en/events/07...
IRCN and Chen Institute Joint Course on Neuro-inspired Computation
ircn.jp/en/events/07...
July 2-5, 2025: [Call for Participants] IRCN and Chen Institute Joint Course on Neuro-inspired Computation
ircn.jp
March 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Join us in beautiful Tokyo for a great summer school!
IRCN and Chen Institute Joint Course on Neuro-inspired Computation
ircn.jp/en/events/07...
IRCN and Chen Institute Joint Course on Neuro-inspired Computation
ircn.jp/en/events/07...
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It's finally out!
Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical responses
Training in a visual task changes V1 tuning curves in odd ways. This effect is explained by a simple convex transformation. It orthogonalizes the population, making it easier to decode.
10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115235
Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical responses
Training in a visual task changes V1 tuning curves in odd ways. This effect is explained by a simple convex transformation. It orthogonalizes the population, making it easier to decode.
10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115235
February 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's finally out!
Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical responses
Training in a visual task changes V1 tuning curves in odd ways. This effect is explained by a simple convex transformation. It orthogonalizes the population, making it easier to decode.
10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115235
Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical responses
Training in a visual task changes V1 tuning curves in odd ways. This effect is explained by a simple convex transformation. It orthogonalizes the population, making it easier to decode.
10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115235
Reposted by Eleonora Russo
New preprint: "The geometry of the neural state space of decisions", work by Mauro Monsalve-Mercado, buff.ly/42wVHD5. Surprising results & predictions! (Thread) We analyze neuropixel population recordings in macaque area LIP during a reaction time, random-dot motion 1/
January 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New preprint: "The geometry of the neural state space of decisions", work by Mauro Monsalve-Mercado, buff.ly/42wVHD5. Surprising results & predictions! (Thread) We analyze neuropixel population recordings in macaque area LIP during a reaction time, random-dot motion 1/
Reposted by Eleonora Russo
What's the right way to think about modularity in the brain? This devilish 😈 question is a big part of my research now, and it started with this paper with @solarpunkgabs.bsky.social, finally published after the first preprint in 2021! 🤖🧠🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dynamics of specialization in neural modules under resource constraints - Nature Communications
The extent to which structural modularity in neural networks ensures functional specialization remains unclear. Here the authors show that specialization can emerge in neural modules placed under reso...
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
What's the right way to think about modularity in the brain? This devilish 😈 question is a big part of my research now, and it started with this paper with @solarpunkgabs.bsky.social, finally published after the first preprint in 2021! 🤖🧠🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Eleonora Russo
Very cool paper by Emily Oby and colleagues:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interesting insights into the flexibility (or lack thereof) of neural dynamics for motor control
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interesting insights into the flexibility (or lack thereof) of neural dynamics for motor control
Dynamical constraints on neural population activity - Nature Neuroscience
Oby, Degenhart, Grigsby and colleagues used a brain–computer interface to challenge monkeys to override their natural time courses of neural activity. They found the time courses to be highly robust, ...
www.nature.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Very cool paper by Emily Oby and colleagues:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interesting insights into the flexibility (or lack thereof) of neural dynamics for motor control
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Interesting insights into the flexibility (or lack thereof) of neural dynamics for motor control
Reposted by Eleonora Russo
📢PhD position @ Bristol Uni (Ross Purple, Sean Froudist-Walsh) and joint supervision @ Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Eleonora Russo) on the reinforcement of traumatic memories during sleep using advanced machine learning techniques.
Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
November 30, 2024 at 1:53 PM
📢PhD position @ Bristol Uni (Ross Purple, Sean Froudist-Walsh) and joint supervision @ Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Eleonora Russo) on the reinforcement of traumatic memories during sleep using advanced machine learning techniques.
Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
📢PhD position @ Bristol Uni (Ross Purple, Sean Froudist-Walsh) and joint supervision @ Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Eleonora Russo) on the reinforcement of traumatic memories during sleep using advanced machine learning techniques.
Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
November 30, 2024 at 1:53 PM
📢PhD position @ Bristol Uni (Ross Purple, Sean Froudist-Walsh) and joint supervision @ Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies (Eleonora Russo) on the reinforcement of traumatic memories during sleep using advanced machine learning techniques.
Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
Deadline: 6 Jan. 2025
Detailed project information here 👇
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November 25, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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Comp neuro PIs -- what was the first grant you got as a PI (collaborative, solo, big, small), and how soon after you started? My ears are open 😅
#neuroai #compneurosky #compneuro
#neuroai #compneurosky #compneuro
November 20, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Comp neuro PIs -- what was the first grant you got as a PI (collaborative, solo, big, small), and how soon after you started? My ears are open 😅
#neuroai #compneurosky #compneuro
#neuroai #compneurosky #compneuro
And with a bit of delay now also here:
📢 New work on hippocampal assemblies & theta!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was a pleasure to work with Nadine Becker, Aleks Domanski, Timothy Howe, Kipp Freud, @durstewitzlab.bsky.social, Matt Jones.
@SantAnna Pisa @Bristol Neuro @ZI Mannheim
🧵[1/11]
📢 New work on hippocampal assemblies & theta!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was a pleasure to work with Nadine Becker, Aleks Domanski, Timothy Howe, Kipp Freud, @durstewitzlab.bsky.social, Matt Jones.
@SantAnna Pisa @Bristol Neuro @ZI Mannheim
🧵[1/11]
Integration of rate and phase codes by hippocampal cell-assemblies supports flexible encoding of spatiotemporal context - Nature Communications
Russo et al. show that context-specific place cell assemblies support hippocampal integration of past experiences into future plans during goal-directed behavior and propose a biophysical mechanism be...
www.nature.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
And with a bit of delay now also here:
📢 New work on hippocampal assemblies & theta!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was a pleasure to work with Nadine Becker, Aleks Domanski, Timothy Howe, Kipp Freud, @durstewitzlab.bsky.social, Matt Jones.
@SantAnna Pisa @Bristol Neuro @ZI Mannheim
🧵[1/11]
📢 New work on hippocampal assemblies & theta!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
It was a pleasure to work with Nadine Becker, Aleks Domanski, Timothy Howe, Kipp Freud, @durstewitzlab.bsky.social, Matt Jones.
@SantAnna Pisa @Bristol Neuro @ZI Mannheim
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