Wesley P Clawson

Interested in information processing dynamics in the brain? How about that weird grey area between structure and function - the algorithmic? Check out our preprint where we examine primitive information processing in control and pathological states. bit.ly/3jNYCz9 (1/6)

Our live tissue clearing paper is out in @naturemethods! We achieved optical clearing of mammalian brain tissues without compromising normal neuronal function. Big congrats to @Shigenori774 and our wonderful collaborators! 🎉 nature.com/articles/s4159… (1/10)

Bioelectric Code of Life Workshop — March 7, Online In collaboration with Joel Dietz and Michael Levin: one-day professional workshop focused on recent advances in bioelectricity research and their emerging biomedical and biotechnological applications. lnkd.in/efiM7EW2

@ThosVarley @KordingLab What about just like, no money and come hang out with me?

@KordingLab If anyone wants to give me funding and a tenure track job I'll hop right on it 🫡

Are "Brain waves" the new "Binding by synchrony"? Big causal ideas. No evidence for causality?

@ThosVarley @KordingLab Hey, hush!

@KordingLab Presumably causality would be reasonably easy to test though, no? Do in-vitro MEA recordings (a la John Beggs) and modulate an exogenous electromagnetic field around the cultures to see if there are changes in dynamics.

New paper now out in Physics Report: If you're interested in information theory, complex systems, and emergent properties, this is the paper for you: a comprehensive review paper designed to bring anyone up to speed on information theory for complex systems scientists.

⚠️JOB ANNOUNCEMENT⚠️ Postdoctoral Position in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience (Marseille) in collaboration with @alainbarrat. Join us to study higher-order brain interactions in causal learning using information theory and network science. More info fens.org/careers/job-ma…

@LMPrida @InstitutoCajal @CNC_CSIC @CINCnews @MoratallasLab @JuanLerma1 @CSIC Congrats! I'm sure you will do great things at the center

Proud to take on this challenge: building the new @InstitutoCajal @CNC_CSIC @CINCnews into a space where neuroscience crosses boundaries and transforms how we understand the 🧠!! Honored to take the lead after @MoratallasLab and @JuanLerma1 @CSIC

📣 Looking for a creative postdoc with strong computational skills! Be our go-to person for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rhythms: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization! More info👇

Currently hiring a CS/Comp Neuro person to work with me on some cool projects in the Levin Lab! MS+/PhD with some research experience preferred, with C++ and python skills are a must. Feel free to email me or DM for details! Please RT! jobs.tufts.edu/jobs/21869?lan…

An opportunity to *join our group* as a postdoc researcher analyzing complex physical systems, and the time-varying data they produce (with applications to sleep)! Join us on a great campus in a beautiful city! Please share 🙂 usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_…

@akbirkhan @drmichaellevin

In the spirit of making more real world evals, here is the Factorio Learning Environment (FLE). Spurred by wanting to eval if models are good paperclip maximisers, we check how well agents build factories for other things 🏗️🏭🛠️

RT appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in @CompNeuro_lab (at TU Dresden). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kvQ1… to send your application and find more information. The deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have Qs.

@GRabuffo @UPFBarcelona @LaStatale Incredibly cool - great job and well deserved @GRabuffo !

Sincerely grateful and honored to receive the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant. I will be working with Prof. Gustavo Deco @UPFBarcelona 🇪🇸 and collaborating with Prof. Marcello Massimini @LaStatale 🇮🇹 to develop a new neurostimulation protocol for treating Disorders of Consciousness.

@ThosVarley @TaraFotiPhD Hey, winter can be pretty and fun!

@TaraFotiPhD I'm very happy in Western Massachusetts. Progressive culture, great healthcare (although you have to drive into Boston), cost of living is lower than closer to the coast, and excellent public schools (both primary and university). Winter sucks though.

If you could snap your fingers and, with no effort or cost or thought about your job/career, live anywhere in the US right now, where would you live and why? Asking for a friend in FL with disabled children (it’s me - I’m the friend).

@unormal Unlocking all the charms at the end was extremely enjoyable for me.

Wildfrost was cute, not too spicy

@ScienceMagazine @ScienceAdvances @drmichaellevin

A new @ScienceAdvances study finds that when living in groups, mice form social networks that facilitate social learning and allow the whole group to respond to changes in their environment. scim.ag/4j92Nno

@SpicyAppies Congrats!

@RCarhartHarris @ThosVarley @drmichaellevin Oh weird, not sure why. Email is good!

@WesleyPClawson @ThosVarley @drmichaellevin Shall I email? DM is off…

I hold a strong prior that entropic brain effect and spinogenesis are related. Would love this to be tested. Simple thing is to say spinogenesis is Glu mediated but I suspect it’s a particular type of excitation.

@ThosVarley @RCarhartHarris @drmichaellevin Would be happy to chat - feel free to DM or email! wesley.clawson@tufts.edu

@RCarhartHarris Maybe reach out to @WesleyPClawson at @drmichaellevin's lab? He doesn't do rats, but rather, rat organotypic cultures w/ a multi-electrode array (lots of computable entropy measures). Shouldn't be too hard to stain the slices afterward for spine analysis.