TK (Takashi DY) Kozai
@bioniclab.bsky.social
Ernest E Roth Professor. Dept Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh.
BionicLab.org
Neural Engineering; Neural Interfaces: Neurostimulation; Neurocomputation
BionicLab.org
Neural Engineering; Neural Interfaces: Neurostimulation; Neurocomputation
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Excited to be able to share our (Robert Gaunt, Alberto Vazquez, Omar Gharbawie, Mac Hooks, Chengcheng Huang) recent work to the University of Pittsburgh Provost and Vice Chancellor of Research, as well as the Board of Trustees.
news.engineering.pitt.edu/power-moves/
news.engineering.pitt.edu/power-moves/
💫 Apparently for the past 15-20 yrs, I’ve been quietly leveraging a super power: the ability to function on less sleep than most, adding >10,000 hrs, essentially giving several “bonus years” of deep work in my field of specialty: Neural engineering.
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www.linkedin.com/posts/tkozai...
💫 I never thought of myself having a super power
🔬 Apparently for the past 15-20 years, I’ve been quietly leveraging a genetic one: the ability to function on less sleep than most people. Those… | TK...
💫 I never thought of myself having a super power
🔬 Apparently for the past 15-20 years, I’ve been quietly leveraging a genetic one: the ability to function on less sleep than most people. Those extra...
www.linkedin.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
💫 Apparently for the past 15-20 yrs, I’ve been quietly leveraging a super power: the ability to function on less sleep than most, adding >10,000 hrs, essentially giving several “bonus years” of deep work in my field of specialty: Neural engineering.
www.linkedin.com/posts/tkozai...
www.linkedin.com/posts/tkozai...
DOGE in 2025:
Verified savings=~$10-25B. Taxpayers paid: $135-200B+ in short-term chaos.
Trillions long-term.
Experts: "Chaos to no avail."
Musk: "A little bit successful"... then walked away w/ 'Oops'
Net for taxpayers? Massive loss. www.linkedin.com/posts/tkozai... #Taxpayers #GovernmentWaste
Verified savings=~$10-25B. Taxpayers paid: $135-200B+ in short-term chaos.
Trillions long-term.
Experts: "Chaos to no avail."
Musk: "A little bit successful"... then walked away w/ 'Oops'
Net for taxpayers? Massive loss. www.linkedin.com/posts/tkozai... #Taxpayers #GovernmentWaste
‘They sowed chaos to no avail’: the lasting legacy of Elon Musk’s Doge | TK Kozai
🪚The DOGE Experiment: A costly experiment to taxpayers.
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) promised bold fix for federal waste, folded in months. Claims started at $2T in savings ...
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January 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
DOGE in 2025:
Verified savings=~$10-25B. Taxpayers paid: $135-200B+ in short-term chaos.
Trillions long-term.
Experts: "Chaos to no avail."
Musk: "A little bit successful"... then walked away w/ 'Oops'
Net for taxpayers? Massive loss. www.linkedin.com/posts/tkozai... #Taxpayers #GovernmentWaste
Verified savings=~$10-25B. Taxpayers paid: $135-200B+ in short-term chaos.
Trillions long-term.
Experts: "Chaos to no avail."
Musk: "A little bit successful"... then walked away w/ 'Oops'
Net for taxpayers? Massive loss. www.linkedin.com/posts/tkozai... #Taxpayers #GovernmentWaste
Reposted by TK (Takashi DY) Kozai
Caleb Watney of IFP talking about why academia and science sucks.
Broken record here, but we can’t have this discussion without talking about agendas and conflicts of interest.
IFP is funded by tech and rightwing billionaires who want to privatize science. 1/
Broken record here, but we can’t have this discussion without talking about agendas and conflicts of interest.
IFP is funded by tech and rightwing billionaires who want to privatize science. 1/
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Caleb Watney of IFP talking about why academia and science sucks.
Broken record here, but we can’t have this discussion without talking about agendas and conflicts of interest.
IFP is funded by tech and rightwing billionaires who want to privatize science. 1/
Broken record here, but we can’t have this discussion without talking about agendas and conflicts of interest.
IFP is funded by tech and rightwing billionaires who want to privatize science. 1/
🧠 From NIH-funded discovery → game-changing brain implants → NEW science that was impossible before.
This loop = cures, jobs & American tech leadership 🇺🇸
Join me MONDAY 12/8, 1pm ET:
"Next-Gen Neural Interfaces → Next Scientific Revolution”
🚀 #NeuroTech #BCI #NIH #BrainTech #TaxpayerWin
This loop = cures, jobs & American tech leadership 🇺🇸
Join me MONDAY 12/8, 1pm ET:
"Next-Gen Neural Interfaces → Next Scientific Revolution”
🚀 #NeuroTech #BCI #NIH #BrainTech #TaxpayerWin
December 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🧠 From NIH-funded discovery → game-changing brain implants → NEW science that was impossible before.
This loop = cures, jobs & American tech leadership 🇺🇸
Join me MONDAY 12/8, 1pm ET:
"Next-Gen Neural Interfaces → Next Scientific Revolution”
🚀 #NeuroTech #BCI #NIH #BrainTech #TaxpayerWin
This loop = cures, jobs & American tech leadership 🇺🇸
Join me MONDAY 12/8, 1pm ET:
"Next-Gen Neural Interfaces → Next Scientific Revolution”
🚀 #NeuroTech #BCI #NIH #BrainTech #TaxpayerWin
Reposted by TK (Takashi DY) Kozai
Is it worth rebutting this complaining mischaracterization of how NIH review works?
The peer review NIH does is incredibly valuable and constructive. Compare the NIH BRAIN initiative to the European Brain initiative — which added peer review after an open letter of serious complaints.
The peer review NIH does is incredibly valuable and constructive. Compare the NIH BRAIN initiative to the European Brain initiative — which added peer review after an open letter of serious complaints.
December 5, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Is it worth rebutting this complaining mischaracterization of how NIH review works?
The peer review NIH does is incredibly valuable and constructive. Compare the NIH BRAIN initiative to the European Brain initiative — which added peer review after an open letter of serious complaints.
The peer review NIH does is incredibly valuable and constructive. Compare the NIH BRAIN initiative to the European Brain initiative — which added peer review after an open letter of serious complaints.
📰 New paper from the University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation (UP NExT) program: our team mapped how micromotion-driven strain around Utah arrays predicts real world long-term performance in humans and NHPs. JNE 2025. #Pitt
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📰 New paper from the University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation (UP NExT) program: our team mapped how micromotion-driven strain around Utah arrays predicts real world long-term performance in humans and NHPs. JNE 2025. #Pitt
🇺🇲 Taxpayers fund research discussed at SfN 2025 & Bloodfest VI, advancing neurovascular & glial science, neural engineering, and next-gen brain tech. This work trains scientists, improves health outcomes, and keeps the U.S. #1 in biomedical innovation. #UPNExT #SfN25 #NeuralEngineering #UCSD
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🇺🇲 Taxpayers fund research discussed at SfN 2025 & Bloodfest VI, advancing neurovascular & glial science, neural engineering, and next-gen brain tech. This work trains scientists, improves health outcomes, and keeps the U.S. #1 in biomedical innovation. #UPNExT #SfN25 #NeuralEngineering #UCSD
Honored to be appointed the Ernest E. Roth Professor at Pitt. Grateful for the trainees, collaborators, and colleagues advancing neural engineering and glial biology. Thank you to the Dean for supporting our UP NExT vision, engineering fundamental neuroscience discovery to improve lives.
November 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Honored to be appointed the Ernest E. Roth Professor at Pitt. Grateful for the trainees, collaborators, and colleagues advancing neural engineering and glial biology. Thank you to the Dean for supporting our UP NExT vision, engineering fundamental neuroscience discovery to improve lives.
Check out University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation (UP NExT) program at #SfN25
Strong showing from @PittBioE’s UP NExT program at #SfN2025 in San Diego!
Trainees & faculty are advancing neural engineering across scales, from glial modulation & ICMS to neurovascular imaging & computational models.
See how Pitt is redefining neural engineering.
#Neurotech
Trainees & faculty are advancing neural engineering across scales, from glial modulation & ICMS to neurovascular imaging & computational models.
See how Pitt is redefining neural engineering.
#Neurotech
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Check out University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation (UP NExT) program at #SfN25
🚀 Discover cutting-edge neural engineering & glial biology at #SFN! Our lab (UP NExT) presents 8 posters linking neurons & non-neuronal cells to circuit stability & recovery using #electrophysiology, #TwoPhotonImaging, #microstimulation, #ultrasound #neuromodulation & single-cell transcriptomics.
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🚀 Discover cutting-edge neural engineering & glial biology at #SFN! Our lab (UP NExT) presents 8 posters linking neurons & non-neuronal cells to circuit stability & recovery using #electrophysiology, #TwoPhotonImaging, #microstimulation, #ultrasound #neuromodulation & single-cell transcriptomics.
NIH posted 14 executive leadership jobs with only 2-week windows.
SES roles normally stay open 30–45 days for real competition. Two weeks is far below standard practice and often signals a preselected candidate or rushed appointment.
Taxpayers deserve transparency. www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-xWIe...
SES roles normally stay open 30–45 days for real competition. Two weeks is far below standard practice and often signals a preselected candidate or rushed appointment.
Taxpayers deserve transparency. www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-xWIe...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
NIH posted 14 executive leadership jobs with only 2-week windows.
SES roles normally stay open 30–45 days for real competition. Two weeks is far below standard practice and often signals a preselected candidate or rushed appointment.
Taxpayers deserve transparency. www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-xWIe...
SES roles normally stay open 30–45 days for real competition. Two weeks is far below standard practice and often signals a preselected candidate or rushed appointment.
Taxpayers deserve transparency. www.instagram.com/reel/DQ-xWIe...
New from University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation (UP NExT): PV interneurons don’t just control brain rhythms, they fine-tune blood flow too.
2P imaging + optogenetics, we found depth-specific vasoconstriction & dilation shaping both sensory-evoked & resting-state hemodynamics.
2P imaging + optogenetics, we found depth-specific vasoconstriction & dilation shaping both sensory-evoked & resting-state hemodynamics.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
New from University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation (UP NExT): PV interneurons don’t just control brain rhythms, they fine-tune blood flow too.
2P imaging + optogenetics, we found depth-specific vasoconstriction & dilation shaping both sensory-evoked & resting-state hemodynamics.
2P imaging + optogenetics, we found depth-specific vasoconstriction & dilation shaping both sensory-evoked & resting-state hemodynamics.
The University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation (UP NExT) Program is helping Americans & taxpayers by using Utah arrays to study brain signals. Insights from this work guide better use today and smarter designs for next-gen devices to restore movement & touch. #NIH #TaxpayerImpact
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation (UP NExT) Program is helping Americans & taxpayers by using Utah arrays to study brain signals. Insights from this work guide better use today and smarter designs for next-gen devices to restore movement & touch. #NIH #TaxpayerImpact
Basic science is the rebar in brain tech.
From 2019-2022, NIH’s RFA-NS-20-006 funded the why behind implants that last 10 yrs, not 10 wks.
It ended in 2022, not because it failed, but because Academia/ DC grades on headlines, not foundations.
Demos dazzle. Basic science delivers.
#BuildToLast
From 2019-2022, NIH’s RFA-NS-20-006 funded the why behind implants that last 10 yrs, not 10 wks.
It ended in 2022, not because it failed, but because Academia/ DC grades on headlines, not foundations.
Demos dazzle. Basic science delivers.
#BuildToLast
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Basic science is the rebar in brain tech.
From 2019-2022, NIH’s RFA-NS-20-006 funded the why behind implants that last 10 yrs, not 10 wks.
It ended in 2022, not because it failed, but because Academia/ DC grades on headlines, not foundations.
Demos dazzle. Basic science delivers.
#BuildToLast
From 2019-2022, NIH’s RFA-NS-20-006 funded the why behind implants that last 10 yrs, not 10 wks.
It ended in 2022, not because it failed, but because Academia/ DC grades on headlines, not foundations.
Demos dazzle. Basic science delivers.
#BuildToLast
👁️ UPMC Vision Institute is restoring sight! The PRIMA wireless retinal implant + camera glasses helped patients with advanced macular degeneration regain functional vision. Over 80% saw measurable improvement. #VisionRestoration #Neuroprosthetics #UPMC #Pitt www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Subretinal Photovoltaic Implant to Restore Vision in Geographic Atrophy Due to AMD | NEJM
Geographic atrophy due to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause
of irreversible blindness and affects more than 5 million persons worldwide. No therapies
to restore vision in ...
www.nejm.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
👁️ UPMC Vision Institute is restoring sight! The PRIMA wireless retinal implant + camera glasses helped patients with advanced macular degeneration regain functional vision. Over 80% saw measurable improvement. #VisionRestoration #Neuroprosthetics #UPMC #Pitt www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Pitt’s UP NExT (NIH-funded) just turned pain-relief SCS into a sensory neuroprosthesis for amputees. Restored phantom foot feel
Cut knee co-contraction
Normalized pelvic motion, even OFF stim #Veterans walk safer, cheaper. NIH: UH3NS100541 #NeuralEngineering #Pitt
Cut knee co-contraction
Normalized pelvic motion, even OFF stim #Veterans walk safer, cheaper. NIH: UH3NS100541 #NeuralEngineering #Pitt
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Pitt’s UP NExT (NIH-funded) just turned pain-relief SCS into a sensory neuroprosthesis for amputees. Restored phantom foot feel
Cut knee co-contraction
Normalized pelvic motion, even OFF stim #Veterans walk safer, cheaper. NIH: UH3NS100541 #NeuralEngineering #Pitt
Cut knee co-contraction
Normalized pelvic motion, even OFF stim #Veterans walk safer, cheaper. NIH: UH3NS100541 #NeuralEngineering #Pitt
🧠🇺🇸 BREAKTHROUGH: 87.5% seizure reduction via personalized thalamic DBS, but only when matched to the patient’s brain network. UP NExT, NIH $$ → real results. No waste. American tech. Taxpayer ROI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Epilepsy #MAGA #NIH #NeuralEngineering #Pitt #Pittsburgh
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Epilepsy #MAGA #NIH #NeuralEngineering #Pitt #Pittsburgh
Thalamocortical hodology to personalize electrical stimulation for focal epilepsy - Nature Communications
Over 50 million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy, and many patients remain resistant to medication. Here, the authors hypothesized that targeting thalamic nuclei with precise anatomical...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🧠🇺🇸 BREAKTHROUGH: 87.5% seizure reduction via personalized thalamic DBS, but only when matched to the patient’s brain network. UP NExT, NIH $$ → real results. No waste. American tech. Taxpayer ROI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Epilepsy #MAGA #NIH #NeuralEngineering #Pitt #Pittsburgh
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Epilepsy #MAGA #NIH #NeuralEngineering #Pitt #Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering (UP NExT) Program made history, restoring touch through brain-computer interfaces.
Nathan (longest BCI user) & Angie (newest) can feel again via electrodes in the brain.
NIH-funded science turning thought into movement, and contact into connection. 🧠🤝
Nathan (longest BCI user) & Angie (newest) can feel again via electrodes in the brain.
NIH-funded science turning thought into movement, and contact into connection. 🧠🤝
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The University of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering (UP NExT) Program made history, restoring touch through brain-computer interfaces.
Nathan (longest BCI user) & Angie (newest) can feel again via electrodes in the brain.
NIH-funded science turning thought into movement, and contact into connection. 🧠🤝
Nathan (longest BCI user) & Angie (newest) can feel again via electrodes in the brain.
NIH-funded science turning thought into movement, and contact into connection. 🧠🤝
🚨 Pharma CAN’T replace NIH, here’s why it screws MAGA:
NIH = public cures (cancer, rural opioids, mRNA vax)
Pharma = profit pills (bury breakthroughs, hide flops)
Trump’s NIH freeze? Hands future to Big Pharma + China.
68K red-state jobs gone → 100K+ lost forever.
🇺🇸 America First = NIH strong.
NIH = public cures (cancer, rural opioids, mRNA vax)
Pharma = profit pills (bury breakthroughs, hide flops)
Trump’s NIH freeze? Hands future to Big Pharma + China.
68K red-state jobs gone → 100K+ lost forever.
🇺🇸 America First = NIH strong.
October 24, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🚨 Pharma CAN’T replace NIH, here’s why it screws MAGA:
NIH = public cures (cancer, rural opioids, mRNA vax)
Pharma = profit pills (bury breakthroughs, hide flops)
Trump’s NIH freeze? Hands future to Big Pharma + China.
68K red-state jobs gone → 100K+ lost forever.
🇺🇸 America First = NIH strong.
NIH = public cures (cancer, rural opioids, mRNA vax)
Pharma = profit pills (bury breakthroughs, hide flops)
Trump’s NIH freeze? Hands future to Big Pharma + China.
68K red-state jobs gone → 100K+ lost forever.
🇺🇸 America First = NIH strong.
Hardworking taxpayers fund the science that doubles life expectancy & cures disease, but trust is crumbling. Scientists must step out of the lab to rebuild it. Advocacy & outreach aren’t extras, they’re essential to protect your health, wallet & future.
#ScienceTrust #Innovation
#ScienceTrust #Innovation
October 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Hardworking taxpayers fund the science that doubles life expectancy & cures disease, but trust is crumbling. Scientists must step out of the lab to rebuild it. Advocacy & outreach aren’t extras, they’re essential to protect your health, wallet & future.
#ScienceTrust #Innovation
#ScienceTrust #Innovation
Taxpayer funding fuels breakthroughs! 💡 Univ of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation program's (NExT’s) SpIC3D creates a 3D spinal cord map for safer therapies, faster research, and fewer animals, maximizing every $.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#UPNExT #NIH #SpinalCord #MedicalImaging
🔗 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#UPNExT #NIH #SpinalCord #MedicalImaging
SpIC3D imaging for spinal in situ contrast 3D visualization
Liang et al. develop SpIC3D, a multi-contrast spinal imaging pipeline that preserves
intact anatomical fidelity in ex vivo specimens, across spinal levels and species,
including humans. SpIC3D enables...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Taxpayer funding fuels breakthroughs! 💡 Univ of Pittsburgh Neural Engineering Cross-Translation program's (NExT’s) SpIC3D creates a 3D spinal cord map for safer therapies, faster research, and fewer animals, maximizing every $.
🔗 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#UPNExT #NIH #SpinalCord #MedicalImaging
🔗 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#UPNExT #NIH #SpinalCord #MedicalImaging
Strong showing from @PittBioE’s UP NExT program at #SfN2025 in San Diego!
Trainees & faculty are advancing neural engineering across scales, from glial modulation & ICMS to neurovascular imaging & computational models.
See how Pitt is redefining neural engineering.
#Neurotech
Trainees & faculty are advancing neural engineering across scales, from glial modulation & ICMS to neurovascular imaging & computational models.
See how Pitt is redefining neural engineering.
#Neurotech
October 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Strong showing from @PittBioE’s UP NExT program at #SfN2025 in San Diego!
Trainees & faculty are advancing neural engineering across scales, from glial modulation & ICMS to neurovascular imaging & computational models.
See how Pitt is redefining neural engineering.
#Neurotech
Trainees & faculty are advancing neural engineering across scales, from glial modulation & ICMS to neurovascular imaging & computational models.
See how Pitt is redefining neural engineering.
#Neurotech
Reposted by TK (Takashi DY) Kozai
Fears of political favoritism? We’ve seen months of actual political favoritism. www.science.org/content/arti...
JD Vance officiated the wedding of new head of NIH environmental institute
Unusual hiring process raises fears of political favoritism
www.science.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Fears of political favoritism? We’ve seen months of actual political favoritism. www.science.org/content/arti...
Pittsburgh's on Nat Geo's Best of the World 2026! From steel to tech powerhouse: Carnegie Int'l (AI curation), Warhol Museum ($60M tech upgrade), Arts Landing AR park, & NFL Draft.Hiring AI/Biomed/Robotics talent! CMU #1 in AI, U Pitt biomed leader. Low COL, riverside vibes. Join us.
October 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Pittsburgh's on Nat Geo's Best of the World 2026! From steel to tech powerhouse: Carnegie Int'l (AI curation), Warhol Museum ($60M tech upgrade), Arts Landing AR park, & NFL Draft.Hiring AI/Biomed/Robotics talent! CMU #1 in AI, U Pitt biomed leader. Low COL, riverside vibes. Join us.