@neuralmapping

Asst Prof. of Phys. and Neuroscience @USC @USCLONI

 USC INI LONI Los Angeles, CA
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Joined June 2014
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The CA1 has more than 'superficial' and 'deep' cell type layers! 🐭🧠🧬 Check out the thread from my PhD student and first-author @mc_pachicano describing the results in our new paper published today in @NatureComms! @KECKSchool_USC @USCLONI @USC_ZilkhaNeuro
Maricarmen Pachicano@mc_pachicano3 Dec 2025
🎉 Super excited to share our new paper in Nature Communications — my first first-author publication! We reveal a hidden laminar architecture within the hippocampal CA1 that spans the entire dorsal—ventral axis. 🧠✨ 👇 📄nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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🧠The Stevens INI 2025 Annual Report is now live 🧠 Inside: AI-driven discovery, imaging breakthroughs, global collaborations, and student training that are shaping the future of brain science. Read more: bit.ly/4veK3YN
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🎉We're thrilled to share that NIIN instructor, Dr. Mike Bienkowski, was named a recipient of the 2026 USC Mentoring Award for Faculty Mentoring Graduate Students. This distinguished honor recognizes faculty members who go above and beyond to support students🧑‍🎓
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Exciting news! Our lab recently received our first R01 award from the National Institute on Aging (NIA)! Apply here to join us! lnkd.in/gEbFKgJP

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🚨We received a NEW @NIH grant to build a powerful model of how Alzheimer’s damages the hippocampus, a brain region essential for memory. Led by @neuralmapping, the project may help pinpoint early changes in the disease & guide more effective treatments 🧠 bit.ly/48hptOo
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Check out @neuralmapping's lab spotlight from @Compresstome1 🧠 precisionary.com/lab-spotlig…

Lab Spotlight: Mapping Cell-Type Vulnerability in the Hippocampus with Precision Tissue Sectioning...

The Bienkowski Lab uses the Compresstome® vibratome from Precisionary Instruments to prepare high-quality brain tissue sections from mouse models.

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Check out our new Center for Integrative Connectomics website! @neuralmapping & his team investigate why specific brain cell types are vulnerable to neurodegenerative disease. This work aims to identify therapeutic targets & improve patient outcomes 🧠 👉 cic.ini.usc.edu
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Michael S Bienkowski@neuralmapping3 Dec 2025
The CA1 has more than 'superficial' and 'deep' cell type layers! 🐭🧠🧬 Check out the thread from my PhD student and first-author @mc_pachicano describing the results in our new paper published today in @NatureComms! @KECKSchool_USC @USCLONI @USC_ZilkhaNeuro
Maricarmen Pachicano@mc_pachicano3 Dec 2025
🎉 Super excited to share our new paper in Nature Communications — my first first-author publication! We reveal a hidden laminar architecture within the hippocampal CA1 that spans the entire dorsal—ventral axis. 🧠✨ 👇 📄nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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🚨NEW study from @neuralmapping & @mc_pachicano is out in @NatureComms & reveals a hidden set of cellular layers inside the hippocampus, the brain’s key center for learning & memory 🧠 Learn more about this work & its implications for memory & disease: bit.ly/48NtGdf
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Research saves lives — and it’s happening here. President Kim and @BillGates toured @ATRI_USC, where our researchers are leading the way to make #Alzheimers a memory.
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ALT Bill Gates, wearing protective lab gear, peers into a large vat with vapor or steam rising out

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Paul M. Thompson of @USCLONI recently delivered the esteemed Talairach Lecture at OHBM, highlighting innovative advancements in neuroscience. keck.usc.edu/news/usc-neuros…

USC neuroscientist delivers Talairach Lecture on worldwide data sharing and AI

Related News New grant funds study on role of brain’s reward system in autism and ADHD  December 10, 2024 Brilliant minds, healthy brains December 4, 2024 A new global study […]

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✨NIIN research in the Bienkowski lab! Jared Simmons (’22), Yiwen Zhou (’24) & Zhelin Cao (’25) work on a retina stimulation project & Rebecca Hernandez (’25) studies the degenerative morphology of neurons in Alzheimer's disease using high-resolution 3D digital reconstruction👁️🧠
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NIIN student, Zhelin, talks about his work in Dr. Mike Bienkowski’s lab @neuralmapping, where he explores brain connectivity in mice. He discusses how the NIIN program blends his technical background with neuroscience & his goal to study detailed neuron function. 👁️⬇️ @USCLONI
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Excited to be working with @BWJones on a new collaborative R01 project! @USCLONI
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🎉 Congrats to all of the Art at AAIC award winners, with a special shout out to NIIN alum, Paige Logan and Dr. Tyler Ard, who is faculty at our institute! 👏 @_paigely @TylerArdPhD @USCLONI
Igor Camargo Fontana@IgorCamargoF25 Aug 2024
Congratulations to @TylerArdPhD @k3nniD and @_paigely for winning the very first Art at AAIC Awards. For their beautiful pieces of art they will win a Full Conference Fellowship to attend #AAIC25 in Toronto, Canada. 1/3 1) Dual Perspectives by Tyler Ard.
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🎉NIIN alumni Jared Simmons ('22) and Yiwen Zhou ('24) both spontaneously showed their NIIN pride at work today in USC's Center for Integrative Connectomics 🐭 🧠
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Bayla 🤝 Baayla #AAIC2024
Baayla DC Boon@BaaylaB31 Jul 2024
Just when you think #AAIC24 can’t get any better you meet someone with the same (according to my mom unique 🧐) name!! Guess what! Bayla Breningstall works on neuropath AD, distinguishing different types of abeta deposit 😍! Thank you @neuralmapping !
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Michael S Bienkowski@neuralmapping30 Jul 2024
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@mc_pachicano @shreyymehtaa and @angelajhurtado at their poster this afternoon! 🤓👀🧠
Maricarmen Pachicano@mc_pachicano30 Jul 2024
Check out our poster if you wanna talk about cell type susceptibility in AD! 🧠🐭🔬@shreyymehtaa @angelajhurtado #AAIC24
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Z. Smith@zmsmith1331 Jul 2024
Excited to attend my first research symposium and share my work on neurodegenerative changes in the 5xFAD mouse model! 🧠✨ Feeling inspired by all the incredible research happening in this field! #AAIC2024 #BienkowskiLab
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Michael S Bienkowski@neuralmapping31 Jul 2024
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Last poster of the week from @zmsmith13 ! So proud of all my students #AAIC2024 @USCLONI
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Bienkowski Lab at #AAIC2024 ! 🧠🤓@zmsmith13 @angelajhurtado Bayla Breningstall @mc_pachicano @shreyymehtaa @USCLONI
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