Hi there!

My name is Milena M. Carvalho. I’m a physicist-turned-neuroscientist driven by how much we still have to uncover about the brain and its systems. Interested in spike sequences, dendritic computing, brain critilicality, and many other topics. I'm also the human behind Skeppuccino, an illustration studio for science communication.

Personal information and background

Current affiliation

• Postdoctoral scholar (04/2021 - current)
  Neural Coding and Brain Computing Unit
  Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
  Team Leader: Tomoki Fukai

Education

Summary of scientific achievements

• Carvalho, M M; Cojocaru, R; Fukai, T. Neuron participation in temporal patterns forms cross-layer, non-random networks in rat motor cortex. Poster presented at COSYNE 2025.
• Carvalho, M M; Cojocaru, R; Fukai, T. Neuron participation in temporal patterns forms cross-layer, non-random networks in rat motor cortex. Poster presented at the 33rd Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2024).
• Carvalho, M M. Learning temporal features in a multicompartment model through self-supervision. Doctoral thesis, defended January 2021. doi: 10.15083/0002007162
• Carvalho, M M; Fukai, T. Self-supervision mechanism of multiple dendritic compartments for temporal feature learning. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS*2020).
• Carvalho, M M. Structural, functional and dynamical properties of a lognormal network of bursting neurons. Master dissertation, defended March 2017. doi: 10.11606/D.76.2017.tde-25052017-110738
• Omura, Y; Carvalho, M M; Inokuchi, K; Fukai, T. A lognormal recurrent network model for burst generation during hippocampal sharp waves. The Journal of Neuroscience, 28 October 2015, 35(43): 14585-14601; doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4944-14.2015

Illustrations for science communication

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Contact

• m [dot] menezes [at] oist [dot] jp (general purpose)
• skeppuccino [at] gmail [dot] com (illustrations)

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