Max Collard

May 13, 2024 | nature.com | MIchelle Cahill |Michelle K. Cahill |Max Collard |Vincent Tse |Roberto Etchenique |Christoph Kirst

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07311-5 Published online 17 April 2024In the version of this article initially published, an erroneous grey hexagon appeared next to the bottom label in Fig. 3a. It has now been removed from the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

Apr 23, 2024 | synapse.ucsf.edu | Max Collard

I’m albino. My eyes are … different. In many ways, the world is not built for me. Every time I open Outlook on my iPhone and FaceID pops up, I have to pull the phone far away from its usual position — an inch and a half from my face — because the LIDAR sensors on the front that identify me were not designed to work at a distance that makes sense for my eyes.

Apr 17, 2024 | nature.com | MIchelle Cahill |Michelle K. Cahill |Max Collard |Vincent Tse |Roberto Etchenique |Christoph Kirst

AbstractAstrocytes, the most abundant non-neuronal cell type in the mammalian brain, are crucial circuit components that respond to and modulate neuronal activity through calcium (Ca2+) signalling1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Astrocyte Ca2+ activity is highly heterogeneous and occurs across multiple spatiotemporal scales—from fast, subcellular activity3,4 to slow, synchronized activity across connected astrocyte networks8,9,10—to influence many processes5,7,11.

Dec 4, 2023 | biorxiv.org | MIchelle Cahill |Michelle K. Cahill |Max Collard |Vincent Tse |Michael E. Reitman

AbstractAstrocytes—the most abundant non-neuronal cell type in the mammalian brain—are crucial circuit components that respond to and modulate neuronal activity via calcium (Ca2+) signaling. Astrocyte Ca2+ activity is highly heterogeneous and occurs across multiple spatiotemporal scales: from fast, subcellular activity to slow, synchronized activity that travels across connected astrocyte networks. Furthermore, astrocyte network activity has been shown to influence a wide range of processes.

Oct 24, 2023 | synapse.ucsf.edu | Max Collard

Image by wirestock on Freepik. “Don’t walk on the grass. Only Fellows can walk on the grass,” Asif warns us, unserious. I puncture the steadfast walls of immaculate stone, climbing through a tiny doorway punched out of the massive wooden gates a foot off the ground. The air is thick with the mist that bathed our walk from the Mathematics Institute. I see Eleni walk up to the perfectly manicured lawn and defiantly plant her foot down. Nothing happens.