📢 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-den...

See you in Crete!

Dendritic nonlinearities mitigate communication costs Artificial neural networks typically ignore the complex, active branches found in biological neurons. This study challenges the assumption that these “dendritic nonlinearities” primarily boost computa...

🧠Our latest collaborative work, led by Xundong Wu and published in @cp-patterns.bsky.social, 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: 🔗 www.cell.com/patterns/ful...

Congratulations to Dr. Ioanna Pandi! 👏
She successfully defended her thesis, "Synaptic Engram of Flexible Behavior."
Working with Dr. @yiotapoirazi.bsky.social, Ioanna is the first person to complete an experimental project in the lab. A talented scientist with a bright career ahead!

Dr. @yiotapoirazi.bsky.social 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: www.braincouncil.eu/event/a-euro...

A European Vision for the Brain: Coordinating Research, Care & Innovation As part of Brain Awareness Week 2026, the European Brain Council (EBC) joins forces under the Brain Health Mission with key strategic partners the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) and the Federatio...

📣On March 18th, for Brain Awareness Week, the European Brain Council is at the EP to host "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.

📌 www.braincouncil.eu/event/a-euro...

📣We are hosting Dr. Marcelo Bertalmío from CSIC, for an upcoming seminar, featuring his research on "A Neural Model for V1 That Incorporates Dendritic Nonlinearities and Backpropagating Action Potentials".

⏰When: Thursday, February 26th, 15:00
📍Location: Costas Fotakis Room, IMBB-FORTH

Online workshop: Practical introduction to neuronal modeling with DendroTweaks and Dendrify

Join us for a free online workshop on neuronal modeling with #DendroTweaks and #Dendrify!

📅 When: Late April 2026 (exact schedule TBA)
🔗 Register here: forms.gle/txUzajvPBzDc...

#neuroskyence #compneurosky

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 this day to promote the 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 📍 Join us this May to discuss the latest in dendritic research!

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Last call for abstracts for DENDRITES 2026! 🚨 Submission deadline: February 1st.
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📢EMBO Workshop on Dendrites 2026📢
❗️Deadline: February 1st, 2026❗️

Don't miss this opportunity to present your work and network in a relaxed atmosphere.
🔗 REGISTER & SUBMIT ABSTRACT HERE: meetings.embo.org/event/26-den...

We are excited to share our paper on the DendroTweaks toolbox is now published: doi.org/10.7554/eLif....
DendroTweaks offers a rich set of tools for working with neuronal morphologies, ion channels, and synaptic inputs.
It is available as both a standalone Python package and a web-based application.

📢Join us for a seminar featuring Dr. Joao Barbosa! He will present his work on "Region-specific transformations enable distributed computations of flexible decisions."
Looking forward to seeing you there!
When: Thursday, December 11th, 12:00 p.m.
Location: Fotakis Room, FORTH Main Building

🧠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-den...

#Dendrites2026 #Neuroscience #EMBO #Crete

Our lab is taking part in Researcher's Night 2025 at FORTH in Heraklion.

Visit our booth and explore the fascinating world of our research.

✨See you there!✨

📍 Friday, September 26th 🕔 17:00–23:00

Distinct dendritic integration strategies control dynamics of inhibition in the neocortex Dendrites critically influence single-neuron computations, but their role in neocortical GABAergic interneurons (INs) remains poorly understood. We fo…

📣New study in Neuron, featuring modeling insights: "Cell-Specific Dendritic Integration in Cortical GABAergic Interneurons"! It reveals PV & SST interneurons compute differently. This highlights how distinct dendrites enable specialized brain computations!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📯We, the Poirazi Lab at IMBB-FORTH, are thrilled to announce an open PhD Student position!

🗝️Key Research Areas: AI, Machine Learning, Brain-Inspired Computing, Neuronal Circuits.

📅Application Deadline: July 7, 2025.

Find out more about the position on our webpage: dendrites.gr?p=2825

Have you tried building neuronal models with #DendroTweaks? It’s a Python toolbox we made to help you visualize and customize single-neuron models with active dendrites. And it's just got a major update! ✨ Here's what's new: 🧵

The renowned #BrainConferences are coming to Crete, Greece for the first time! This is a unique opportunity for young scientists in Greece and abroad to learn all about the Adaptive Mind from the best scientists in the field.

Join us for the DendroTweaks tutorial at CNS*2025

Interested in neuronal modeling?

We are hosting a hands-on tutorial at CNS*2025, co-organized with the Jaxley team.
Check out the full tutorial description here:
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📅July 5,📍Florence, Italy
See you there!

Spontaneous Dynamics Predict the Effects of Targeted Intervention in Hippocampal Neuronal Cultures Dissociated neuronal cultures on High-Density Multi-Electrode Arrays (HD-MEAs) provide a controllable in vitro platform to systematically investigate the formation, development, and functioning of neu...

💡Exciting NEUREKA Project news from Vassanelli & Poirazi Labs: A new IC method on HD-MEAs shows we can predict neuronal network causal architecture using spontaneous activity.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Neuroscience #HDMEA #NeuronalNetworks #FunctionalConnectivity

From Morphology to Computation: How Synaptic Organization Shapes Place Fields in CA1 Pyramidal Neurons The synaptic mechanisms driving feature selectivity in specific neuron types remains a fundamental and unresolved challenge in neuroscience. In hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons (PNs), the development...

New collaborative preprint with Losonczy Lab and Polleux Lab!
How does synaptic organization shape place fields in CA1 Pyramidal Neurons?
We mapped thousands of synapses & showed that clustering of excitatory inputs is key for tuning.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#Neuroscience #bioRxiv

Our recent paper on Dendritic ANNs, led by @spiroschav.bsky.social has been featured in Nature Communications Editors' Highlights! Check it out in the AI/Machine Learning and Applied Physics/Mathematics collections: www.nature.com/collections/...

Study shows that dendritic plasticity contributes to the integration of memories Past neuroscience studies suggest that memories of events that occurred at short time intervals from one another are often connected, via a process referred to as memory linking. While memory linking ...

📰Dendrites Press
Excited about our latest research highlighted in@medicalxpress.com.web.brid.gy. Our collaborative work with Alcino Silva at UCLA, led by @meghasehgal.bsky.social sheds light on the mechanisms of memory linking, which remained a mystery for years.
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Compartmentalized dendritic plasticity in the mouse retrosplenial cortex links contextual memories formed close in time - Nature Neuroscience Sehgal et al. show that branch-specific dendritic plasticity mechanisms in the retrosplenial cortex link memories acquired close in time such that, unlike independent memories, linked memories are enc...

New research, in @natureneuro.bsky.social reveals that dendritic plasticity is essential for linking contextual memories!
Dr. George Kastellakis, in Poirazi Lab, @imbb-forth.bsky.social, contributed to this study under the supervision of Dr. @yiotapoirazi.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A new, brain-inspired AI technology boosts efficiency and reduces energy consumption | News | Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of FORTH have developed a new type of artificial neural network (ANN) that incorporates features of biological dendrites. This innov...

📝In their research published @naturecomms.bsky.social, Dr.P.Poirazi,Research Director @dendritesgr.bsky.social Lab
@imbb-forth.bsky.social & the post doctoral researcher Dr.S. Chavlis,demonstrate how dendritic features in ANNs can significantly improve their efficiency & performance. bit.ly/4aKyC1S

Dendrites endow artificial neural networks with accurate, robust and parameter-efficient learning - Nature Communications Artificial neural networks, central to deep learning, are powerful but energy-consuming and prone to overfitting. The authors propose a network design inspired by biological dendrites, which offe...

Towards a More Sustainable Future for AI:
Led by Dr. Chavlis, our research, published in @naturecomms.bsky.social, demonstrates how incorporating dendritic features into Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) can significantly improve their efficiency and performance.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...