Sofiya Zbaranska

Had a pleasure to give an invited talk @UCU_University on engrams and how they support various memory phenomena: youtu.be/ETVgqyQwZVM?si…

What if memories could be rewritten? #UofT researcher Sheena Josselyn studies how memories are encoded, stored & recalled, and how they might be reprogrammed or erased, advancing research on PTSD and Alzheimer’s disease. 🧠 uoft.me/josselyn-s

This looks amazing. Rats composing long action sequences out of short ones. mPFC constructing the long sequence by Reusing primitive representations but composing overall progression. One of the most impressive things I have ever seen a rodent do. biorxiv.org/content/10.648…

New paper in Nature Neuro! We found dopamine is severely impaired in the lateral entorhinal cortex of Alzheimer’s mice. Optogenetic stimulation of entorhinal dopamine and LEVODOPA treatment restored their memory – dopamine treatment may be a future treatment for AD patients!

@Comp_NeuroLab @DrLaschowski @CPIN_UofT @UofT @UofTNews @uoftmedicine @sjo09 Thanks so much!! 🔥

@DrLaschowski @neur1s @CPIN_UofT @UofT @UofTNews @uoftmedicine @sjo09 We're so proud of you! @neur1s

Meet Sofiya Zbaranska, a neuroscience PhD student in our lab developing new brain-inspired machine learning algorithms. #neuroscience #AI @Comp_NeuroLab

proud to learn how to be a memory mechanic

Stunning British Columbia, long overdue

Canada stands firmly with Ukraine. We will continue to support Ukraine’s defence, hold Russia accountable, and work with partners to advance a just and lasting peace. #StandWithUkraine

Happy Ukrainian Easter 💛

Neuroscience has become increasingly concerned with prediction, and machine learning with causal explanation, with each field adopting methods from the other, writes @gershbrain. Will this bring us closer to understanding neural systems? thetransmitter.org/the-big-pictur…

The Neuroscience of Transformers arxiv.org/abs/2603.15339

📣 Join us for the Neuroscience Distinguished Lecturership Series ⏰ Friday, March 20th, 2026 at 3:00 PM Dr. Sergey Stavisky: A multi-modal brain-computer interface for restoring lost communication 📍 MY 580, 55 St. George Street, Toronto 🔗 More info: uoft.me/cfS

@kuzmenko_dmytro @HRI_Conference Wow!

cheers to the first main track talk! @HRI_Conference

The 3rd Neural Circuits and Behaviour satellite is happening May 18th at @CAN_ACN in beautiful Montreal. Registration is now open (link below). eventbrite.ca/e/neural-circu…

Nonchalant in Tremblant

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. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Congrats to our collaborator @sjo09 for being recognized for her seminal research on memory encoding in the brain. #neuroscience youtube.com/watch?v=jmpTUu…

This is fascinating. Like in us, recent memories are rich in detail, whereas remote memories are more gist-like

I am excited to share that our paper is now published in Nature Human Behavior! Check it out here: rdcu.be/e6pzS. Thanks to my PI, Katherine Duncan, and to my collaborators for their support on this journey! Stay tuned for an iEEG follow up 🧠

Honoured to work on it with @DrLaschowski at @Comp_NeuroLab