@JonRWhitlock

Associate Professor of Neuroscience & Group leader, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, @KISNeuro

 Trondheim, Norway
whitlocklab.org
Joined September 2020
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Some argue prefrontal cortex is just premotor cortex— but how does it relate to actions we make, really? This work led by @Idavrautio shows, unlike most of cortex, motor behavior weakly affects PFC & it operates at longer timescales. @adric_dunn @KISNeuro cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…

Prefrontal cortex encodes behavior states decoupled from motor execution

By tracking the natural actions of freely moving rats, Välikangas et al. show that prefrontal cortex encodes abstract behavioral states rather than low-level physical aspects of movement. Prefrontal...

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And our findings dovetail nicely with observations from the @dattalab.bsky.social lab— with both papers pointing to PFC as encoding abstractions of actions rather than their low-level motor execution. cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S08…

Spontaneous behavior is a succession of self-directed tasks

Weinreb et al. reveal a hierarchy of timescales in mouse behavior, including low-level syllables and high-level behavioral states. States and syllables are encoded in different brain areas. Prefron...

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And our findings dovetail nicely with observations from Bob Datta’s lab, with both papers pointing to PFC as encoding abstractions of actions rather than their low-level motor execution. cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S08…

Spontaneous behavior is a succession of self-directed tasks

Weinreb et al. reveal a hierarchy of timescales in mouse behavior, including low-level syllables and high-level behavioral states. States and syllables are encoded in different brain areas. Prefron...

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Now hiring: capable post-doc wanting to dig into the behavioral & cortical algorithms of predictive pursuit. 4-yr position @KISNeuro in Trondheim!
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Any neuroscientists left in this pro-wrestling-(formerly)-Trump cesspit: I started reading Nachum Ulanovsky’s book today and it’s fantastic! Nice 1 @NachumUlan54488 !
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We have new open positions – PhD student and postdocs– experimental or computational– in our research groups at @__NERF in Leuven Belgium on neural circuit basis of visual behavior/developmental disorders. I am at Cosyne Workshops and happy to discuss opportunities.
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My department @AnatomyNeurobio at @UCIMedSchool is conducting another faculty search (Tenure-track Assistant or Tenured Associate) on Synaptic Mechanism research. Please circulate, and contact us if you have any questions!! recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF09410
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Go Discovery Team BMI- let’s do this!!!
Pearl Saldanha@pearlsaldanha14 Feb 2025
🚨NTNU Discovery Pilot Grant secured for Innovation!
We’re merging neuro-math and engineering to push brain-machine-interface boundaries!!
With our team- @adric_dunn, Melvin Vaupel, Pearl Saldanha, @NicolaiWaniek, and @JonRWhitlock 
Stay tuned for updates as we progress
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Edvard Ingjald Moser@EdvardMoser4 Feb 2025
A hardwired high-speed sweep mechanism by which #gridcell populations scan the environment during navigation: Now out in @Nature ! Thanks to @azvollan and @brickobrain for this heroic work! @ERC_Research @MayBrittMoser @KISNeuro @NTNU @forskningsradet nature.com/articles/s41586-0…

Left–right-alternating theta sweeps in entorhinal–hippocampal maps of space

Nature - A study in rats proposes a mechanism for how the brain maps the surrounding environment, including places it has never seen, by alternating left and right forward sweeps in successive...

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Ewelina Knapska@e_knapska9 Jan 2025
Enjoy! Our new paper on social learning of mice.
Science Advances@ScienceAdvances7 Jan 2025
A new 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/3PCJANv @e_knapska @AlicjaPuscian @NenckiInstitute
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Emre Yaksi@yaksi_emre2 Jan 2025
Join us at @FENSorg Forum 2026 in Barcelona. We are looking forward to your symposium proposal …
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@FENSorg2 Jan 2025
🗓️ Already making plans for 2026? Put #FENS2026 on your calendar! Find out what our Programme Committee Chair, Prof. Emre Yaksi, has to say about the upcoming #FENSForum.👇 🔔 And stay tuned – our Call for Symposia comes out next month! More info here: loom.ly/zOrcjGU
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Wrapping up the movement and motor control in health and disease Cajal Advanced Neuroscience Training course in Bordeaux! It was a privilege to teach the in vivo patch clamp technique to incredible students. Thanks to #FENS, @univbordeaux, and everyone who made these possible! – at Bordeaux, France
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Laura Driscoll@lndriscoll26 Nov 2024
If you want to do a postdoc w me (or generally do theory at Allen/UW) apply for this!   It’s a pretty independent postdoc position for people with a quantitative background, and pays well (104K)!    Due date is Dec 16th. Here’s the link to apply. tinyurl.com/coolgoodjob

Shanahan Foundation Fellowship | Allen Institute

Investing in the scientists who will shape the future of biology. The Shanahan Foundation Fellowship supports outstanding early-career researchers at the Allen Institute.

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A Prefrontal Cortex Map based on Single Neuron Activity biorxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #biorxiv_neursci
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Emre Yaksi@yaksi_emre1 Nov 2024
Thank you @EMBO and @fionamarywatt for this wonderful meeting. It was a great honor to be elected as EMBO member together with many wonderful colleagues and celebrate science together. Goodbye beautiful Heidelberg and see you soon …
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Thank you so much, @EMBO, and obviously amazing science this week! Great fun with @yaksi_emre, @e_knapska, @ZoltanMolnar64 and Rui Oliveira.
EMBO@EMBO1 Nov 2024
Welcome EMBO Members Emre Yaksi @yaksi_emre, Rui Oliveira, Jonathan Whitlock @JonRWhitlock, @Nick_Goldman, Ricardo Henriques @HenriquesLab, Mats Nilsson @MatsNilssonLab, @GlattSebastian, Ilona Grunwald Kadow @ikadow (not in photo) and Johan Elf @johan_elf_ ! #EMBOat60
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EMBO@EMBO1 Nov 2024
Welcome EMBO Members Emre Yaksi @yaksi_emre, Rui Oliveira, Jonathan Whitlock @JonRWhitlock, @Nick_Goldman, Ricardo Henriques @HenriquesLab, Mats Nilsson @MatsNilssonLab, @GlattSebastian, Ilona Grunwald Kadow @ikadow (not in photo) and Johan Elf @johan_elf_ ! #EMBOat60
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Emre Yaksi@yaksi_emre22 Oct 2024
Propose your symposia and come visit us in Norway this summer
FENS Regional Meeting Oslo 2025 June 16-19@FRM2025Oslo22 Oct 2024
🤩 The call for symposia for FRM2025 is open! 🇳🇴 👉 All neuroscientists are invited to submit proposals! 👉 Check the criteria and submit your proposal before 20 November! 👉 find more info: frm2025oslo.no/call-for-symp… #FRM2025 #FENS
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Emre Yaksi@yaksi_emre14 Oct 2024
Come this summer to Norway for FENS regional meeting 2025.... and stay longer after the meeting if you can ;)
FENS Regional Meeting Oslo 2025 June 16-19@FRM2025Oslo14 Oct 2024
Join us to celebrate neuroscience at Fens Regional Meeting 2025 (FRM2025) 16-19 June 2025 in Oslo, Norway. Make sure to follow us on twitter, LinkedIn and the web page (frm2025oslo.no/), more information will be coming soon! #FRM2025
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