Erez Simony 💔 🇮🇱

Beautiful visual representation of a Fourier transform.

We are delighted to share that our paper, a joint work with the brilliant @ShohamAdva , @rotembroday, Galit Yovel and Itay Yaron from @TelAvivUni has now been published in Communication Biology nature.com/articles/s4200…

@SussilloDavid In this perspective pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…, we argue that brain-machine convergent evolution — not only with ANNs but also with successful engineered systems — can be a powerful tool for elucidating the functional role of well-known cortical selectivities.

Is there a name for the hypothesis that task-trained neural networks and biological brains develop similar representations when they perform well, despite differences in architecture and learning methods? I.e. that optimization (whether backprop or evolution) leads to a similar solution? If not, I think we should call it The Tolstoy Hypothesis: "All well-functioning networks are alike; each poorly functioning network is poor in its own way." 🤓💅

Excited to see this in press @PNASNews ! with the amazing @MalachLab @ShanyGrossman. we illustrate the potential usefulness of finding convergent evolution between brain and engineered systems ,highlighting an intriguing parallel between entorhinal grid cells and JPEG lossy comp

Happy to see this work led by @zaidzada_ now published in @NeuroCellPress! We use LLM embeddings to capture word-by-word linguistic content transmitted from the speaker's brain to the listener's brain in real-time, face-to-face conversations: cell.com/neuron/fulltex…

@royesal מצטער לשמוע רועי , משתתף בצערך

My beloved father Prof. Ilan Salomon has passed away yesterday after living with Parkinson's Disease for over 25 years. He taught me half of what I know and I will miss him dearly. Funeral will be today in Binyamina and the Shiva will be at my house. Bye dad 💔.

Multisensory gamma stimulation promotes glymphatic clearance of amyloid | Nature nature.com/articles/s4158…

Am pleased to share with you a new mini-review titled “The Neuronal Basis of Human Creativity” that appeared in Frontiers Human Neuroscience as part of the research topic “What Makes Us Human: From Genes to Machine”.  journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.338…

We're also hiring! We are looking for at least one full-time RA/lab manager to join the newly located @ShenhavLab this summer. Please RT and pass this along to your best candidates!

@of_sagol @YeshurunYaara @TelAvivUni @Tel_Aviv_Uni Congrats Yaara!

Congratulations to Yaara Yeshurun-Dishon on her promotion to Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Tel Aviv University! Congrats Prof. Yeshurun! @YeshurunYaara @TelAvivUni @Tel_Aviv_Uni

Why do we get certain diseases whereas others do not exist? This new book builds a foundation for systems medicine. Starting from basic laws, it derives why hormone, immune and aging circuits are built the way the are, culminating in a periodic table of diseases.

אל תפספסו את השיר הזה. תערובת חזקה של רגשות. גאה להיות בוגרת בית הספר שאלה הם מוריו ❤️

זה יותר טוב מארץ נהדרת ה-ביביסי הודיעו שהצבא נכנס לשיפא ורודף אחרי רופאים ודוברי ערבית. ההתנצלות - הם טעו והצבא נכנס והביא איתו ציוד רפואי ודוברי ערבית

@Pontifex Bring them back!

Wow. 🤯 MUST WATCH Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of co-founder of Hamas details his growing up in Hamas, their brutality and Hamas being the single biggest enemy of Free Palestinians.

It’s not a short video, but one that everyone should watch. This is Rachel Goldberg, the mother of Hersh Goldberg Polin, one of the hostages held in Gaza. What a powerful speech. What a powerful woman

Out of the shelter (again). I find it outstanding that @nature, @Nancy_Kanwisher and a long list of signators find @eLife's removal of Eisen disturbing. I am writing this because this saga should not end by him appearing as the victim.

הדס קלדרון ששני ילדיה, סהר וארז ואביהם עופר נחטפו לעזה, פונה אליהם בסירטון מרגש בתקווה שהם יזכו לראות אותו. והיא ממש מבקש להפיץ. בואו נעזור לה

Hands down the best question of PMQs today.

“Today, we urge each and every one of you to stand with us against terrorism. Just as we seek truth and understanding in science, so too must we seek truth in the world we inhabit. The power of the scientific community is immense, and our voices can resonate far beyond the walls of our laboratories. The recent events have shaken us to the core. But they have also reminded us of the importance of our collective power and action, and the impact we can have on the world. We must recognize that, as scientists, our words carry weight and our public statements have the power to influence opinions, policies, and, ultimately, the course of history. In the face of darkness, let our voices be the guiding light.” This letter, titled “Standing Together Against Terror and Violence”, was sent today from the Weizmann Institute of Science Management to the international science community. Full letter here >> wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/campus/standin… #WIS_stand_together