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PRE-PRINT ALERT: Sam Clothier's study tracing inputs to and outputs from the cerebellar cortex is posted to bioRxiv!

Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In this study, we compare the long-range connections formed between cerebellar Lobules V and simplex and the forebrain.

We find that long-range connections are organized at the level of subcircuits rather than whole brain regions, reveal the organization logical of cerebellar connections with their forebrain partner regions.

Lab dinner at Dimitar's house

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Niko was the star of the show.

The lab’s art is commemorated on our cork board.

Julie Urrutia-Desmaison joins the lab as a postdoc

Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

She comes to us from Clément Léna and Daniela Popa’s lab at the ENS in Paris. Her project will focus on how neuromodulation gates emotional learning in the cerebellar cortex.

Late night surgeries in the haunted BSF

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

2026 CoSyNe meeting in Lisbon

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Subham presented a reviewed poster.

Bridge, tiles, fish

Carolina passes her Upgrade!

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

An awesome accomplishment that was never in doubt.

Ren rocks her first thesis committee meeting!

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

PRE-PRINT ALERT: Dimitar's study on fast and slow learning-related changes is posted to bioRxiv!

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In this study, we compare how the encoding properties of climbing fibers change across multiple timescales of learning.

The lab's third CDN Christmas party

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The lab’s Bill and Ted-themed skit rocked on all 3 of Marr’s levels. Somehow, the lab keeps letting Dimitar write the skits.

Picture: Cher, Mick Jagger, Rufus, Bill S. Preston Esq., Ted, Janis Joplin, Jimmy Page

Janis doing some last minute data analysis, group shot at the photo booth

The lab wins the Royal Oak Pub Quiz

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Many are calling this the lab’s great achievement to date.

Evidence of the win (Not pictured: Carolina, Cristiana, and Cristiana’s partner Luke, who made a crucial ID of the Enigma Machine for the picture round).

The prize!

Subham passes his Upgrade exam and officially becomes the lab’s first PhD candidate

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Congrats! This is a terrific and well-earned accomplishment.

Friend of the lab Jacques Carolan’s paper using 2p voltage imaging to study synaptic plasticity in Purkinje cells is published

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Dimitar and Maxime made a minor contribution to the study, which was published in Nature Comms.

Ren official starts in her new position as a PhD student in the lab

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Her PhD work will focus on cerebello-cortical interactions in the context of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Emily Hallsworth joins the lab as our new Research Technician

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

She comes to us after finishing her Masters degree in Paul Anastasiades’s lab at the University of Bristol.

The lab attends the annual CDN Scientific retreat at Hinxton Hall

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Carolina’s future plans

The Best Poster and Best Talk winners with Dimitar and Matt Grubb

2025 Cerebellum Gordon Conference in Switzerland

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Dimitar gave an invited talk and Subham presented a poster.

Mountains, glaciers, and La Pote

Huma Ozbek joins the lab as an undergraduate research assistant

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Subham presents his PhD work at the CDN internal seminar

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The first trainee presentation from the lab.

Neuropixels probe recordings in thalamus

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

No context, just an awesome-looking recording.

Dimitar presents the lab's work at the Johns Hopkins Cerebellar Seminar Series

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This is the first time we have presented the lab’s work to an external audience. The video is available here.

Lab karaoke at the Old School Yard

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Full participation!

Unverified but probably Linkin Park

PAPER ALERT: Maxime’s paper on cell-type classification in the cerebellum is published in Cell!

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This is Maxime’s first lead-author paper, and Dimitar’s first (co-)senior author paper.

Subham rocks his first thesis committee meeting!

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Carolina rocks her first thesis committee meeting!

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The (now expanded) lab's second CDN Christmas party

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Myths and stories of our Hercules-themed skit will be passed down through generations.

The lab attends SfN in Chicago

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Dimitar gave a talk at the Cerebellar Predictive Encoding in Health and Disease Minisymposium.

The lab in front of the bean

Minisymposium speaker photo with organizers

Chicago food: Billy Goat Tavern, Gino's East, and The Bear donuts

Carolina and Subham start their PhDs in the lab

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

They are the lab’s first two graduate students.

Their projects will investigate how cerebellar output influences dynamics in the forebrain during goal-directed behaviour. Carolina will focus on cerebellum-basal ganglia interactions, and Subham will focus on cerebello-cortical interactions.

Cristiana Iosif officially joins the lab as a postdoc

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

She comes to us from Richard App’s lab at the University of Bristol and will focus on how neuromodulators influences instructive signals in the cerebellar cortex.

Dimitar presents at the CDN internal seminar

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This was a great way to punctuate the lab’s first year!

Dimitar presents at the IoPPN Research Festival

Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Subham Ganguly (MRC-ITND PhD program) starts his rotation in the lab

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Carolina Soares (LIDo PhD program) starts her rotation in the lab

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The lab's first CDN Christmas party

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The lab’s performance of 2023: A PhD Odyssey is a smash hit.

Ceren (Ren) Arslan joins the lab as a Research Assistant

Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ren official doubles the size of the lab.

Microscope build

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Dimitar and Dale (Cosys, Ltd.) build the lab’s first 2-photon microscope.

Equipment begins arriving

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Air table and lasers are delivered and installed!

Dimitar starts at the CDN

Sat, 01 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Many red carpets were rolled out, and there was a parade.