Steven Cook

Steven Cook

@dumpyunc.bsky.social

Member of Technical Staff @ Flourish Former worm neuron counter

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Nature Methods
@natmethods.nature.com

Our Method of the Year 2025 is...drumroll please...EM-based connectomics!! Our Editorial introduces our choice and highlights six Comments and other related content in this special issue. Please join us in celebrating EM-based connectomics! 🎉🧠🔬 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comMethod of the Year 2025: electron microscopy-based connectomics - Nature MethodsA large network of interconnected neurons serves as the basis of brain function and of behavior. Methodological advances have enabled the reconstruction of large-scale and even whole-brain connectomes...
Steven Cook
@dumpyunc.bsky.social

Our group at the Allen Institute is recruiting a technician and postdoc to work on light microscopy-based connectomics. Please DM me or share with anyone you think may be interested in this NIH BRAIN CONNECTS funded project.

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Andrew Payne
@andrewcpayne.bsky.social

E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves. Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism

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Nature Reviews Neuroscience
@natrevneuro.nature.com

Synaptic connectomics: status and prospects — a Comment article by Davi D. Bock @dddavi.bsky.social #neuroscience #neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...

nature.comSynaptic connectomics: status and prospects - Nature Reviews NeuroscienceHigh-throughput volume electron microscopy and deep learning-driven automated segmentation have revolutionized the mapping of neural circuits at the level of individual neurons and synapses, revealing...
Steven Cook
@dumpyunc.bsky.social

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John Murray@jisaacmurray.bsky.social

Worm25 has been absolutely fantastic so far-congrats to everyone for your amazing work! One striking change in the talks this year is it seems like the consensus number of neurons in the adult hermaphrodite has returned to 302 after a few years at 300. Is CAN back?

Steven Cook
@dumpyunc.bsky.social

I may not be at #worm25 but the real discussion endures

Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦@michaelhendricks.bsky.social

The number of C. elegans neurons must always be contested, unknowable, liminal in order to maintain humility in our efforts to list, label, and categorize nature, which is indifferent to our schemas.

Steven Cook
@dumpyunc.bsky.social

We're looking for an Allen Institute summer intern interested in mapping single neuron projectomes/proteomes in the human brain! Happy to chat with anyone about the opportunity and please share with anyone you think may be interested. alleninstitute.org/careers/inte...

alleninstitute.orgInternship & Postbaccalaureate ProgramsStudents and early-career professionals in lab research, biology, neuroscience, immunology, and others should apply for our internships and fellowships.

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