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See this new video by our friend and colleague Artem Kirsanov about memory selection through sharp-wave ripples.

Check out this episode of Radiolab about common adages and their scientific support (or the lack thereof...). Gyuri's part on "The idle Mind" starts at 24:30 minutes.

With joy we celebrate their success and with sadness we let go of our colleagues Omid, Nina, Ju Young, Laura, and Tom (but not for long). We wish you the best for the next steps on your career path and hope you'll always remember us fondly!

Many thanks to Dr. Itzhak Fried for an unforgettable visit and impressive presentation!

Special thanks to director Ang Lee and composer and video game designer Kevin MacLeod for joining us for lab meeting and subsequent lunch. We much appreciate the exchange at the border between arts and neuroscience!

We say farewell to our friends and colleagues Roman and Deren but we're excited to follow the next steps in their spectacular careers: Roman will become a postdoc in the Aronov lab at Columbia University, while Deren is taking on a new challenge in the Hofer lab in UK.

Some pictures from this year's trip to the Harriman State Park in Upstate New York! We had a great time kayaking, barbecuing, and listening to Andrew's North Carolinian lore over the campfire at midnight.

With joy and sadness combined, we met at Gyuri's home to celebrate the recent marriage of our colleagues Adetta and Thomas, and to bid farewell to our dear friend Caleb and his family, who will go back to his position at Rice university after a (way to short) sabbatical with us for the last year. [...]

Congratulations to Roman for an excellent thesis and presentation!

New experiments reveal how the brain chooses which memories to save and add credence to advice about the importance of rest. Read the full article about Winnie's recent paper online at quanta magazine.