Michael Malina

1/ I'm excited to share recent results from my first collaboration with the amazing @aran_nayebi and @Leokoz8! We show how autonomous behavior and whole-brain dynamics emerge in embodied agents with intrinsic motivation driven by world models.

My goodness what a sunrise in #Pittsburgh this morning. One of the best of the year, and that's saying something given all of the amazing mornings we've had. There was color in every single part of the sky, and you can even see the clouds glowing right were the sun is coming up.

Lauren Ross @ProfLaurenRoss and @DaniSBassett outline the different ways neuroscientists use the term mechanism, and they gather insight from nine scientists on how this variety makes it difficult to clarify standards in the field. thetransmitter.org/the-big-pictur…

Reading the headlines about the war in the middle east can make you feel hopeless. But a few neuroscientists are trying to build bridges between young Muslims and Jews. Here is the story of NeuroBridges 2024. rezashadmehr.blogspot.com

Science dies of a thousand little pointless administrative items of mismanagement.

After a visit to Pitt and CMU this week I just wanted to say what an amazing positive collaborative community that thinks in new ways they are building in the comp neuro space. Really amazing.

@InsanallyM Go Jade !!

✨Congratulations to Jade Toth for her acceptance to several neuroscience PhD programs including: Brown, CMU, UCBerkeley, Columbia, U of Chicago, Stony Brook, Northwestern, and UCSD! She's done amazing work in my lab and I can't wait to see what she accomplishes next! 👏

@tetaneuron @HopkinsAnatomy Congrats Matteo ! !

Thrilled to announce that I will be starting as an Assistant Professor at @HopkinsAnatomy next Summer. Super excited and grateful for this opportunity!

@mkiravn Go Marida!!

Super excited my new preprint with @FerRacimo and @fleventy5!! This is also *my first* preprint so I’m extra stoked. Here’s a thread about it… (1/?)

@N_A_Schneider Woohoo!!!