Jean Laurens

Celebrating World Day for Animals in Laboratories with a special introduction to our lab's Marmosets 🐵 Honored to uphold the highest standards of ethics and animal welfare in our #animalresearch at @ESI_Frankfurt - #neuroscience esi-frankfurt.de/publications/a… #wdail #Tierversuche

On this day for animals in laboratories, I thank the animals that make it possible to advance science I pledge to work with them compassionately and responsibly ❤️ I also thank the team who share my commitment to ethical science 🙏. I am proud of what we accomplish together

Here is my new OpEd about how the plan to end research with monkeys at the CDC effects our entire biomedical system nationalreview.com/2025/12/americ…

Great news! We are looking for an NHP neuroscientist as the assistant professor level. We have no preconceived ideas -- looking for the most exciting research going. If you have any questions, please reach out. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/?j…

December is HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, and on World AIDS Day, we honor the scientific advances that transformed HIV from a deadly epidemic into a manageable condition. From antiretroviral therapies to PrEP and ongoing vaccine research, nonhuman primates, humanized mice and other animal models have been essential at every step in understanding, preventing and treating HIV. Science saves lives. Continued research makes today’s lifesaving treatments possible. 🧪❤️ #WorldAIDSDay #HIVAIDSAwarenessMonth #AnimalResearchSavesLives #FBR

Looking for a new Research Assistant to join the "rodent side" of the lab! Please apply and/or share widely! hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371164 noel-lab.org

Don’t miss the Nanosympsium NANO024 – Connectomics at #SfN2025! 📍San Diego Convention Center, Room 33 ⏰ 8 - 11:30 AM 12 speakers from academia & industry exploring #connectomics across species and questions. With Gregor Schuhknecht @MPIBrain & Helene Schmidt @ESI_Frankfurt

@GIRCOR @The_EARA So, considering that NAMs have overtaken #animalresearch for more than two decades now, I can’t help but wonder why 95% of candidate drugs still fail 🤔

@GIRCOR @The_EARA This aligns well with my own experience: when I completed my master in molecular and cellular biology around 2000, in vitro research and bioinformatics were already well established. I guess that most of my classmates never worked with animals at all.

❓Décider de taxer la recherche animale sans consulter les chercheurs ? Ce n’est pas protéger les animaux 🐭, c’est fragiliser la science 🔬 et les patients 👥. 👉 Le dialogue doit venir avant la décision. Toujours. f.mtr.cool/cdjpzlccqy

Politische Entscheidungen greifen tief in unser Leben ein – deshalb müssen sie sich auf wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse stützen, fordert Patrick Cramer im Interview @spektrum. Ein Plädoyer für Evidenz in der #Politik und für #Wissenschaftsfreiheit. spektrum.de/news/wissensch… w/th @mpgpresident

But fundamentally, an internal model can work with or without motor inputs. The core challenges: sensory ambiguity, coordinate, and dynamic transformations, remain the same. And the way the brain solves them is exquisitely captured by the internal model framework 🧠✨

So, to conclude: the study appears plainly inconclusive. That said, the question is interesting: motor inputs to the NU are sparse compared to the anterior vermis. Testing how the NU handles active motion is absolutely worthwhile.

In a previous thread, I discussed how @TheCullenLab 's recent preprint challenges (about 5% of) my work… … if the results hold. 😉 x.com/JeanLaurensLab… So what did I mean by that? 🔎🧵