Today I received a note from a grad student who lives in Tehran. Her note gives you firsthand experience of what it’s like to live in a city that is being bombed, and what it’s like to be young and feel despair about your future.
rezashadmehr.blogspot.com/2026/03/hope...
80% of the neurons in our brain are in the cerebellum, and most of those are granule cells.
What are these cells doing and why do we need so many of them?
David DiGregorio will explain.
The talks are open to all (contact me for link).
Recorded talks: www.youtube.com/@shadmehrlab
Autism is a disorder that particularly affects the cerebellum.
Synaptic protein abnormalities appear to underlie disrupted development, potentially resulting in cognitive symptoms.
The recorded talks are available here: www.youtube.com/@shadmehrlab...
Mark Goldman will present computational models of interacting cortical and nuclear plasticity and propose a metaplasticity mechanism that adaptively tunes spike-timing-dependent plasticity at the parallel fiber–Purkinje cell synapse.
This is a zoom talk: all are welcome
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: “One should never direct people towards happiness, because happiness is an idol of the marketplace. One should direct them towards mutual affection...only human beings can feel affection for each other, and this is the highest achievement they can aspire to.”
NeuroBridges brings together students from the countries of the middle east to learn about the brain, and each other.
Applications are now open.
neurobridges.net/upcoming
Faculty include:
Citing reduced federal funding, Johns Hopkins is exploring new low cost student housing.
Neurobridges is a summer school that brings together students from the middle east, teaching them about synapses and circuits, but hoping to build understanding.
Here is a little essay about some of the conversations that took place in 2025.
rezashadmehr.blogspot.com/2026/01/neur...
The seminars are recorded and available here: www.youtube.com/@shadmehrlab
