{"id":3200,"date":"2026-07-22T10:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:14:30","slug":"thesis-defense-role-of-synaptic-topology-in-ca1-place-cell-encoding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/?p=3200","title":{"rendered":"Thesis Defense: Role of synaptic topology in CA1 place cell encoding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1f393.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf93\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1f44f.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4f\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>Congratulations to Dr. Simone Tasciotti on a brilliant PhD defense!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Simone successfully defended his thesis, &#8220;Role of synaptic topology in CA1 place cell encoding,&#8221; under the guidance of Dr. Panayiota Poirazi.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">A biologist by training, Simone did an amazing job mastering computational modeling for his PhD. You\u2019ve been a fantastic teammate, Simone, and we are so proud of everything you\u2019ve achieved.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Wishing you all the best as you step into this next chapter!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3202\" src=\"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-33.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-33-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-33-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-33-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-33-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3203\" src=\"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-51.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-51-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-51-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-51-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-51-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-51-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3204\" src=\"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-48.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-48-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-48-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-48-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-48-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/photo_2026-07-20_17-03-48-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1019px) 100vw, 1019px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Dr. Simone Tasciotti on a brilliant PhD defense! Simone successfully defended his thesis, &#8220;Role of synaptic topology in CA1 place cell encoding,&#8221; under the guidance of Dr. Panayiota Poirazi. A biologist by training, Simone did an amazing job mastering computational modeling for his PhD. You\u2019ve been a fantastic teammate, Simone, and we are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3201,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-frontpagenews","8":"category-news","10":"post-with-thumbnail","11":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3206,"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3200\/revisions\/3206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dendrites.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}