Felix Scholkmann

Great book: Non-physicalist Theories of Consciousness cambridge.org/ch/universityp…

New finding: The spleen plays a key role in regulating platelet activity by clearing hyperactivated platelets from the bloodstream (Laun et al., 2026, science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…). "... the spleen is a key modulator of thrombosis risk ..."

Overturning decades of scientific consensus, new research reveals that the brain actually develops as 2 separate, parallel organs (the forebrain/midbrain & the hindbrain) originating from distinct progenitor cells (Jokhai et al., 2026, nature.com/articles/s41593-0…)

The first human resting-state & task-based ultra-high-field fMRI study at 11.7 T! (Obriot et al., 2026, direct.mit.edu/imag/article/…) "This work paves the way for human #fMRI neuroscience studies at 11.7 T ..." (11.7 T: roughly 234,000 times stronger than Earth's magnetic field)

Lymphatic vessels can contain a vessel inside (primo vessel)! sciencedirect.com/science/ar… New publication together with colleagues from Seoul National University • The primo vessel is part of the primo vascular system and differs from a blood or lymph vessel #anatomy

Myelin: A possible proton capacitor for energy storage during sleep & energy supply during wakefulness sciencedirect.com/science/ar… New publication together with A.M. Morelli & A. Saada (@annsaada) • A new hypothesis as to why living organisms need sleep #neuroscience #biophysics

Thank you, Peter (@PeterSjostedtH), for the great lecture at the @UniFreiburg. I learned new things about Whitehead's Metaphysics. I will use the new insights in my annual block course on the "philosophy of mind" @UZH_en.

Yearly Meeting of the Biomedical Photonics Network • 13 December 2024 @ University Hospital Zurich • Abstract deadline: 11 November 2024 • Registration deadline: 25 November 2024 -> yearlymeeting.bmpn.ch We look forward to seeing you there! @Unispital_USZ #biomedical

Implication of thermal signaling in neuronal differentiation: nature.com/articles/s41467-0… "Suppression of intracellular temperature increase during neuronal differentiation inhibits neurite outgrowth."

What do fluorescent nanothermometers measure? arxiv.org/abs/2406.16265 "... fluorescent nanothermometers are sensitive to additional factors on top of the temperature variation under local thermal equilibrium, raising an open question of what fluorescent nanothermometry measures"

Quantum-enhanced photoprotection in neuroprotein architectures emerges from collective light-matter interactions: arxiv.org/abs/2406.15403 "... we predict that bright superradiant states will also emerge in simulated actin filament bundles and amyloid fibrils ..."

Macrovascular contribution to resting-state fMRI functional connectivity: direct.mit.edu/imag/article/… "These findings highlight the extensive contribution to rs-fMRI BOLD & FC predominantly by large veins, but also by large arteries." Also relevant for #fNIRS.

Weak glycolysis in neurons is required to sustain higher-order organismal functions: nature.com/articles/s42255-0… Consistent with our recently published hypothesis linking the pentose phosphate pathway, glycolysis & extra-mitochondrial OXPHOS: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

Superradiance due to collective interactions among tryptophan UV-excited transition dipoles in microtubules: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs… "... numerous possibilities for superradiance- & subradiance-enabled metabolic regulation, communication & control in and between cells."

Neuronal travelling waves explain rotational dynamics in experimental datasets and modelling nature.com/articles/s41598-0…

Today, 1st February: ISOTT 2024 final deadline for abstract submission (for oral presentations) isott2024.com/ @ISOTTcomms ISOTT 2024, 9-14 June 2024, Socorro, New Mexico, USA #physiology #fNIRS #brain #cancer #oxygen