🧠Thank you to everyone who visited our bench for European Researchers' Night 2026 at @FORTH_ITE ! We loved sharing our work with you! Your curiosity keeps us going! Huge thanks to our team for the great ideas and energy.

European Researchers' Night 2026 is coming to @FORTH_ITE again! Our lab will participate with interactive presentations and games on brain research, the secrets of dendrites, and the connection between neuroscience and AI! We look forward to seeing you there!

How does the brain operate on just 20W of power? 💡 Following her seminar at @SainsburyWellc, @PPoirazi discusses how synaptic clustering on dendrites enables neurons to solve complex tasks with fewer resources. Read the full Q&A: sainsburywellcome.org/qa/sma…

📌Excited to share our latest collaborative @CellReports paper led by Simone Tasciotti. 🧠We show that excitatory synaptic clusters on CA1 dendrites drive stable place fields with fewer active synapses via localized Ca2+ dynamics. Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.202…

🎓✨Congratulations to Dr. Simone Tasciotti on an outstanding PhD defense! A biologist by training, he defended his computational thesis, "Role of synaptic topology in CA1 place cell encoding," under the supervision of Dr. @YiotaPoirazi. Simone, we’re so proud of you!

📢We're thrilled to share the latest review paper out in @AnnualReviews of Neuroscience! Dr. @spiroschv and Dr. @YiotaPoirazi discuss recent in vivo dendritic computations & their implications for next-gen AI. 🧠 🤖

🎓✨ Huge congratulations to Dr. Roman Makarov on an outstanding PhD defense! He successfully defended his thesis, "A single-neuron perspective on brain function", under Dr. Panayiota Poirazi. Roman, you've been an amazing colleague and we're so proud! On to your next steps! 🚀

🧠🌊An incredible week at EMBO Dendrites 2026 has come to an end! Hosting this amazing group of neuroscientists in Heraklion was an absolute pleasure. It was the perfect mix of excellent science, collegiality & fun, exciting new collaborations. Thanks to everyone who joined!

📢 REGISTRATION REMAINS OPEN! Join the EMBO Workshop on Dendrites for an immersive look at molecular, biophysical, anatomical, and computational neuroscience, as well as neuro-inspired AI. 🗓️ May 19-22, 2026 📍 Heraklion, Greece 🔗 Link: meetings.embo.org/event/26-d…

🧠Our latest collaborative work, led by Xundong Wu and published in @Patterns_CP, shows that adding dendritic nonlinearities to ANNs slashes communication costs. This is a key for the next generation of sustainable AI systems. Full paper here: 🔗cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S…

Congratulations to Dr. Ioanna Pandi for successfully defending her thesis on "Synaptic Engram of Flexible Behavior". Working with Dr. @YiotaPoirazi, Ioanna is the first person to complete an experimental project in the lab. A talented scientist with a bright career ahead!

Dr. @YiotaPoirazi joined "A European Vision for the Brain" at the European Parliament for #BrainAwarenessWeek. Hosted by @AngelikaWinzig, she highlighted how understanding the brain is key to building safe, ethical, and efficient AI. 🧠💻 Program: braincouncil.eu/event/a-euro…

🧠We’re diving deep into the world of dendritic computation, the cornerstone of modern neuroscience and the future of AI. 💡Read our review of how active dendrites drive and shape everything from local spikes to complex memories and behavior. annualreviews.org/content/jo…

📣On March 18th, for Brain Awareness Week, the European Brain Council is hosting "A European Vision for Brain Health." In partnership with FENS, EAN, and MEP Angelika Winzig, we are advocating for brain health to be a core priority in the EU. 📌 braincouncil.eu/event/a-euro…

International Day of Women and Girls in Science!👩‍🔬 Today is a global reminder that equal access to education and career opportunities drives innovation. We celebrate to promote full and equal access and participation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

📢 Deadline Extended! You now have more time to submit your abstract for the EMBO Workshop on Dendrites 2026 in Heraklion, Greece. 🗓️ New Deadline: 9 February 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/26-d…

We are excited to share that our paper on the DendroTweaks toolbox is now published: doi.org/10.7554/eLife.103324…. Visit our online platform at dendrotweaks.dendrites.gr, where you can run example models and explore detailed tutorials and documentation. Happy modeling!

📢Join us for an insightful seminar featuring Dr. Joao Barbosa! He will present his work on "Region-specific transformations enable distributed computations of flexible decisions."

🎧🧠Τώρα μπορείτε να ακούστε τη Δρ. @YiotaPoirazi να εξηγεί γιατί ο Εγκέφαλος είναι το πιο έξυπνο σύστημα του σύμπαντος, σε μια δράση του ΕπικοινωνΙΤΕ!

🧠DENDRITES 2026 is OPEN for registration & abstracts! Join us in Heraklion, Crete (May 19-22, 2026) for the 6th EMBO Workshop on Dendrites & Network Processing. 🗓️ Abstract Deadline: Feb 1, 2026 🔗 Register & Submit: meetings.embo.org/event/26-d… #Dendrites2026 #EMBO #Crete