complex systems scientist, neuroscientist, & barstool philosopher. Assistant Professor @MultiscaleComp @CMSE_at_MSU @michiganstateu https://xitter.cf/t.co/VjqXF9vCZ9
East Lansing, MI
Joined August 2011
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Excited to share our newest preprint from @MultiscaleComp at @michiganstateu! Topological data analysis captures complex behavioral dynamics during naturalistic social interaction between domestic ferrets.
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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Neuromatch Academy & Connected Minds are forming a #ComputationalBehaviour Course Creation Committee!
It's a #volunteer role for researchers w a PhD.
🤓 Learn more about the course: neuromatch.io/computational-…
🙋 Full role description and application: neuromatch.io/volunteer/
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Computational Behaviour: Analytics and Models of Individual and Interacting Agents launches July 2027! A fully remote two-week course, open to participants worldwide.
➡️ Learn more and get involved: buff.ly/nvxjoL0
#ComputationalScience #ComputationalBehaviour
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The #ABCDStudy 7.0 Data Release and Data Exploration & Analysis Portal (DEAP) are here!
Secure, controlled-access available via the @NIH #BrainDevelopment Cohorts (NBDC) Data Hub: nbdc-datahub.org/
#Neuroscience #NIH #NeuroscienceResearch
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🗳️ OHBM Council Voting is Open!
Vote for Council leadership and help shape OHBM’s future.
📅 Deadline: Apr 28, 11:59 PM CST
🔐 Vote Here: humanbrainmapping.org/26Ball…
Members only — renew to vote!
#OHBM #Neuroimaging
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Registration is opening soon for the 2026 BRAIN Initiative Conference! Join us August 11-13, 2026, at Bethesda North Marriott to engage with the BRAIN community on the latest scientific developments and exciting research priorities for technology-driven innovation.
Learn more: bit.ly/4s6IuuS
ALT Promotional image for the 2026 Brain Initiative Conference with the theme "Inventing the Future." The conference dates are August 11-13, 2026, with registration opening soon. The background features a stylized, colorful neural network illustration. The NIH logo is present, indicating the National Institutes of Health, The BRAIN Initiative.
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My lab is hiring a technician at @UFNeuroscience! 🧠🐭 We use in vivo ephys, optogenetics & machine learning to study how the brain controls social behavior in mice.
Looking for rodent research & mentorship experience — please repost & share!
Apply here: forms.gle/VACAMuoaRbWRG7tp9
Mengsen Zhang retweeted
Running a research lab is about leading people.
I created a free toolkit on the human side of lab leadership—covering hiring, mentoring, conflict navigation, lab culture, and performance management.
Open access: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19039…
#TeamScience #AcademicLeadership
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PLOS Comput. Biol.: Attractor dynamics of a whole-cortex network model predicts emergence and structure of fMRI co-activation patterns in the mouse brain
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Congratulations to our Ph.D. student @Jared_Reiling_ for successfully passing his comprehensive exam!! Great work!
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Interested in cortical wave dynamics?
Check out our review on the physics, physiology, and psychology of cortical waves led by J Cruddas with @jchrispang
Out now in @NeuroCellPress
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The first article in the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience special issue 10 years of @theabcdstudy is now online! 🧠 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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New in Brain Stimulation! @SteinAthena & colleagues introduce tECS - transcranial endogenous current stimulation, using personalized EEG-derived waveforms to target aperiodic brain activity. A novel approach in neuromodulation.
brainstimjrnl.com/article/S1…
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Interpreting EEG requires understanding how the skull smears electrical fields as they propagate from the cortex. I made a browser-based simulator for my EEG class to visualize how dipole depth/orientation change the topomap dbrang.github.io/EEG-Dipole-…
Github: github.com/dbrang/EEG-Dipole…
I had a really great time at neuro4pros last year! Highly recommend to junior professors in comp Neuro!
This is a poll for young professors (<5 years from start) in systems/comp neuro. We ran a summer school on thriving as a neuro prof (neuro4pros) last year compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/… - i think it was great. Would you be interested in participating?
40%yes
8%maybe
0%no
52%not in target group
40 votes • Final results Mengsen Zhang retweeted
💖 We are so proud of all our graduates!
We offer courses that teach skills and techniques for #ComputationalSciences and research in #Neuroscience, #ClimateScience, and #AI and #MachineLearning.
Will you part of our 2026 Cohort?
➡️Learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/
10. Gratitude
Thank you, @Neuromatch Academy, for this transformative experience that has shaped my path in computational neuroscience
#Neuroscience #ComputationalNeuroscience #GlobalNeuroscience
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Interested in the latest advances in neuroscience (neural dynamics and internal models) and how they can be leveraged to build smarter, adaptive AI?
➡️ My first real solo piece 🖤🫶 @NatureNeuro
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻
Annual reminder that the book is open access.
How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing.
Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective?
mitpress.mit.edu/97802625446…
