BI 234 Juan Gallego: The Neural Manifold Manifesto
From Brain Inspired by Paul Middlebrooks
March 25, 2026 · 2h 2m
About this episode
The episode features Juan Gallego discussing neural manifolds and their implications in neuroscience.
Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance research. Visit thetransmitter.org to explore the latest neuroscience news and perspectives, written by journalists and scientists. Read more about our partnership. Check out this story: Neural manifolds: Latest buzzword or pathway to understand the brain? Sign up for Brain Inspired email alerts to be notified every time a new Brain Inspired episode is released. To explore more neuroscience news and perspectives, visit thetransmitter.org. Juan Gallego runs the Neocybernetics Lab at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal, affiliated with the neuroscience of disease and neuroscience programs, and the centre for restorative neurotechnology. Juan has worked a lot on neural manifolds - the mathematical objects neuroscience is using more and more to describe how big populations of neurons coordinate their activity to do useful things. In fact, he recently gave a short talk that he titled The Manifold Manifesto, because he was asked to…
People in this episode
Host: Paul Middlebrooks
Guest: Juan Gallego
Topics covered
- neural manifolds
- neuroscience
- brain research
- mathematical objects
- evolution
Keywords
- neural manifolds
- neuroscience
- Champalimaud Centre
- evolution
- brain activity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Neocybernetics Lab, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, The Transmitter
Places: Lisbon, Portugal
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