Thinking on your feet: potentially enhancing phylogenetic tree learning accessibility through a kinaesthetic approach evolution-outreach.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
๐ช๐ต๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ผ๐?
Because many of the biggest open questions in neuroscience still revolve around the cerebral cortex โ how it emerged, expanded, diversified, and why it differs so much across species.
#CorticalEvolution2026
We now describe the cortex in extraordinary detail:
cell types, layers, gene expression, developmental programs.
Yet description alone doesnโt explain why the cortex is built the way it is โ or why evolution took such different paths in different lineages.
#CorticalEvolution2026
Importantly, cortical evolution is not just about the past.
Many vulnerabilities of the human brain, from developmental disorders to psychiatric disease, may be inseparable from the evolutionary trajectories that shaped cortical expansion and complexity.
๐๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Only by comparing species can we distinguish what is conserved from what is derived, what is fundamental from what is contingent, and which features come with hidden costs.
#CorticalEvolution2026
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ผ.
To bring together evolutionary, developmental and systems perspectives and to rethink where the field is going next.
June 15โ17, 2026 Spain
#CorticalEvolution2026
Defining brain cell types is no longer a matter of classification alone, but of embedding their genetic identities within the dynamical organization of population activity, writes @lmprida.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/defining-cel...
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CORTICAL EVOLUTION CONFERENCE June 15-17, 2026 Organizers: Verรณnica Martรญnez Cerdeรฑo, Fernando Garcรญa Moreno, Elena Vecino, and Stephen Noctor. https://ventricular.org/corticalevolution26/ Topic: The Cortical Evolution symposium will promote the dissemination of novel ideas and concepts to shed light on evolution of the mammalian cerebral cortex. The goal of this conference is to further our understanding of factors involved in cortical evolution that are relevant for human brain function under normal and pathological conditions. Experts from prestigious research universities in the Americas, Europe, and Africa will present their most recent findings at the meeting. 150 faculty, students, and interested parties are expected. Attendees will have the opportunity to present their work in poster format, and six abstract submissions will be selected for a short oral presentation. The meeting will be organized into topical 5 sessions: Cortical Development Cortical Evolution Evolution of Cellular Types Evolution of Cortex and Behavior Paleoanthropology
CORTICAL EVOLUTION CONFERENCE
June 15-17, 2026
Organizers: Verรณnica Martรญnez Cerdeรฑo, Fernando Garcรญa Moreno, Elena Vecino, and Stephen Noctor.
ventricular.org/corticalevol...
I am looking forward to speaking at this fantastic conference!
Missed our amazing seminar with @stanley-heinze.bsky.social on insect connectomes and insectbraindb.org? You can catch up at the link here www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
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Stanley Heinz on comparing insect connectomes
Stanley Heinz explains the amazing comparative database insectbraindb.org
Exciting insect brain database talk on right now! www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
Come to the TIBBE seminar next Wednesday, where we will learn about the insect brain database!
๐คฉ Join us for the next TIBBE seminar:
Comparative databasing
January 28, 3โ4pm UTC
This event hosts an outstanding neuroscientist & biologist particularly interested in insect brains who will present his work, followed by an interactive discussion with the audience: www.crowdcast.io/c/comparativ...
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
"High-resolution activity maps of PFC did NOT align with cytoarchitecturally defined subregions."
Key tenet in neuroscience is that cytoarchitectonic boundaries correspond to functional ones.
NB: study in the mouse
#neuroskyence
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Our ancestors were nerds ๐ค
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Cool new thing I enjoyed reading: reflections on AI through an anthropological lens โ From the Paleolithic to artificial intelligence. www.jass-anthropology.com/contents/vol...
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Details and application: apply.interfolio.com/177838
#hiring #postdoc #neurojobs #Neuroscience #NeuroTwitter
I am also thinking of the industry interest in these numbers, and developers who make money off them are not contributing to acquiring new data.
I am so skeptical of any lucky numbers, unfortunately! Instead let's show WHY we need more comparative brain data!
A much needed phylogenetic approach to consciousness. Once you map the question on a tree, a hard problem becomes so much easier!
Paul Katz on recognizing neuronal homologues across species in the Evolution of Brain Cell Types seminar.
