Amy Orsborn

Holy moly, Barbados. 😍😍😍

Yes!! 🙌 So excited.

😍 Barbados!

My absolute favorite bonus of getting into running is how much it's expanded my experiences traveling. Early morning runs have truly become one of my favorite ways to explore a new place.

Space needle viewed from the ground with light blue sky peppered with clouds.

My morning runs are finally back to catching the morning sunrise, rather than fully in the dark! Amazing how much of a mood booster that's been.

The space needle looks best at sunrise, too 😍

screenshot of an email subject line that reads "You have been added to a team in Microsoft Teams"

A dreaded email subject, or the _most_ dreaded email subject? 😭

a man is standing on the beach looking at his phone ALT: a man is standing on the beach looking at his phone

This is what I picture in my head every time I hit submit on a grant. (Especially these days.)

Mount Rainier viewed from behind drumheller fountain on UW campus. The mountain view isms framed by evergreen trees and there is a reflection of the view in the fountain water.

Beige brick building viewed from below with green bushes in front. One bush has bright red flowers blooming on it.

Sent another grant paper airplane into a strong headwind this morning, so I treated myself to some fresh air and sunshine around UW's campus. 😍

...now to close all the tabs and dig myself out of email debt that built up while writing 😅

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We've all already lived through a global pandemic. We don't need to add living through world war 3. Please and thank you.

I had braced myself for an email and slack deluge Monday/Tuesday, but it wasn't that bad.

Turns out it's because Wednesday is the day y'all collectively woke up and decided to choose violence.

I now feel violent. 🫠😅

I channeled stress into running in 2025. At the pace we're going, I might end up an ultra marathoner by the end of 2026. 🙃🫠

😍♥️ happy holidays!

Segment of the Seattle City skyline with the space needle in the middle. There's a Christmas tree completely illuminated with white lights on top of it. The sky is otherwise very dark.

In case anyone needs a timeline cleans/candle in the dark, please enjoy the fact that Seattle puts a Christmas tree on top of the space needle every year. 🎄

It was literally my light in the dark today!

Screenshot of a YouTube year in review report that reads: "your YouTube award: most likely to ace a workout and then bake a delicious treat for yourself"

It's not exactly a hard signal detection problem, but still amusing to see the accuracy of the algorithm. Feeling very seen by YouTube 🤣🎯

I identify with this pumpkin more than I should. Especially after an invigorating, but exhausting, #SfN2025 😅

♥️🥐 what'd you think?

Inspiring talk and message from Michele Basso @ #SfN2025 on the responsibility and capacity we all have to advocate for science!

People discussing a poster at a conference.

#SfN2025 we've got 2 posters this morning on new directions studying how humans learn redundant sensorimotor mappings! People are worse at this than you might expect. We're trying to understand why, which will help improve neural interfaces. Come say hi to Brady @ poster T7 & Victoria @ poster SS9

Panaderia*

Sunrise over a marina with boats in the water

Colorful concha pastries and more in a case

Colorful concha pastries and more in a case

More science fueling with a morning run to a panderia! 🥐 #SfN2025

Izola! I may spend more time than I'd like to admit researching pastries and bakeries when I travel 😅 maps.app.goo.gl/wj3GduZxPwP2...

Black and brown bi-color croissant and a cappuccino

Black and brown bi-color croissant and a cappuccino. Croissant is cut in half to show the insides

It's important to properly fuel for science #SfN2025 🥐

title: How do neural populations transition from reach planning to execution? Picture of the researcher, Ryan Canfield. Poster Sunday morning, PSTR 075.02 / M14 link to abstract: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171/presentation/24967 Picture illustrating a schematic of 3 hypotheses.

#SfN2025 Planning & making a reach involve different brain areas and neural populations, but are coordinated behavioral computations. Check out Ryan's poster tomorrow morning (PSTR076.02, M14) where he uses neuropixel recordings to test hypotheses about how neural populations implement this feat!

Folks @ #SfN2025 - wondering what to do on this rainy Saturday evening? I've got the solution for you. Come to hear discussions about how we can help advocate for our science and ourselves, meet new & old friends, & enjoy some snacks at the WINE social. 7pm at Deck 655 tonight.

It seems the clouds follow me now 🫠🌧️

Screenshot of the weather forecast for San Diego showing rain every day

I really came from Seattle to San Diego and get this? Ayfkm? 🤣😭 #sfn2025

picture of a tiramisu

Two people sitting at a table with desserts in front of them. They have utensils in their hands ready to eat.

Almost forgot the important coda:

Lydia's celebration dessert of choice was tiramisu. This version was true to Seattle, with amped up levels of coffee over traditional ones ☕😋

Big congrats to Lydia on creating this tool that empowers better science and fuels refinements in our use of animals. Hope others find these resources as useful as we do, and we’d love ideas on ways to continue making our simulators better and more useful!

We’re also working to set this up as a fee-for-service pipeline our lab can offer to folks who might want a custom model but don’t want to do it themselves – stay tuned!

We find these SUPER useful for many things in the lab, which we describe in the paper. We’re excited to help other folks make their own by sharing the details of how we make ours. Lydia also made & shared model files for several different non-human primate species folks can use to make their own.

This method report shows how we go from an image of an animal (e.g. MRI) to a simulator that includes the skull, brain, muscle, & skin. Lydia also came up w/ clever ways to make things modular so it’s easy to adapt depending on what you want to use it for, & as animals move through an experiment.