Last week, we welcomed Ryan Canfield from @neuroamyo.bsky.social's lab to hear about his latest preprint: "The spatiotemporal structure of neural activity in motor cortex during reaching" Check out his talk here: youtu.be/F23AW0k4y_M
Turns out when you put a bunch of nerds together in an amazing setting, amazing science happens!
It's easy to focus on the negatives sometimes, but feeling very fortunate for some of the huge perks of this job right now 🙌😍♥️
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.
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 😍
A dreaded email subject, or the _most_ dreaded email subject? 😭
This is what I picture in my head every time I hit submit on a grant. (Especially these days.)
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 😅
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!
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!
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!
#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*
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...
It's important to properly fuel for science #SfN2025 🥐
#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 🫠🌧️
I really came from Seattle to San Diego and get this? Ayfkm? 🤣😭 #sfn2025
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!
