Mac Shine

@jmacshine

Systems neuroscientist with a disproportionate love for neurobiology
@macshine@mastodon.online

Central Coast, New South Wales shine-lab.org Joined January 2016

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Mac Shine @jmacshine May 6, 2021

New review paper out today in @NatureNeuro with @DrBreaky, @eli_j_muller, @DrBMunn, @rosalynjmoran and @Joana_Cabral__, based on a symposium that we hosted at @OHBM in 2019 on the importance of the neuromodulatory arousal system for shaping whole brain dynamics (1/n)

Mac Shine @jmacshine May 9, 2025

I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing Michael Bruchas about an absolutely banger recent paper from his group that tracked down cells in the brainstem that subtlety and precisely control the output of the locus coeruleus. Check out my interview here!

The Transmitter @_TheTransmitter May 7, 2025

Far from being a passive neighbor to the locus coeruleus, the pericoeruleus appears to act as a kind of micromanager of arousal, selectively inhibiting different subgroups of locus coeruleus neurons, writes Mac Shine.
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Mac Shine @jmacshine Nov 1, 2024

Back when I started my research group, I wanted to build @DrBreaky-esque computational models of the brain, but I knew I needed some help. In stepped a brilliant young physicist @eli_j_muller. We were off to the races, but I had some extra funding - what to do?

Mac Shine @jmacshine Oct 28, 2024

Great to see this out -- I had a fun time chatting with Ben about all kinds of ideas, including both my groups work, along with the inspiration I take from sporting teams and their coaches to help run my group.

Mac Shine @jmacshine Oct 2, 2024

¡Muchísimas felicidades compañero! ¡¡Súper orgullosa de ti!!

Vicente Medel @medelero Oct 2, 2024

Muy feliz de haber recibido el premio al Mejor Investigador en el área Transdisciplinar de la Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez. Muchas gracias a todos mis colegas, amigxs y colaboradores! @BrainlatUAI @UAI_CL @Psicologia_UAI

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