Brock Kirwan
@brockkirwan.com
Cognitive neuroscientist studying memory and decision making. How do we remember episodes and how do those memories help us make better decisions?
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Seeking Works in Progress Presenters
MindCORE invites @upenn.edu grad students, postdocs & RAs to give short presentations on a current project followed by an informal discussion with students and fellow researchers.
We’ll provide a location, promotion, & snacks. You provide the science.
DM us.
MindCORE invites @upenn.edu grad students, postdocs & RAs to give short presentations on a current project followed by an informal discussion with students and fellow researchers.
We’ll provide a location, promotion, & snacks. You provide the science.
DM us.
October 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Seeking Works in Progress Presenters
MindCORE invites @upenn.edu grad students, postdocs & RAs to give short presentations on a current project followed by an informal discussion with students and fellow researchers.
We’ll provide a location, promotion, & snacks. You provide the science.
DM us.
MindCORE invites @upenn.edu grad students, postdocs & RAs to give short presentations on a current project followed by an informal discussion with students and fellow researchers.
We’ll provide a location, promotion, & snacks. You provide the science.
DM us.
This is rad. Eye tracking could be an early, low-cost tool for dementia detection
Memory problems will change how you see the world...literally 👀
Across two new papers, we examined the eye movement patterns of younger adults, older adults, individuals with mild cognitive impairment, and amnesic cases.
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Across two new papers, we examined the eye movement patterns of younger adults, older adults, individuals with mild cognitive impairment, and amnesic cases.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is rad. Eye tracking could be an early, low-cost tool for dementia detection
A vaccine for seasonal allergies? Yes, please! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-me...
Future mRNA vaccines may prevent food and seasonal allergies | Penn Today
Early research from Penn Medicine finds a new mRNA vaccine stops allergens from causing immune reactions and life-threatening inflammation, with promise for future treatment for a variety of seasonal ...
penntoday.upenn.edu
September 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A vaccine for seasonal allergies? Yes, please! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-me...
Update: for printing 1/4-scale brain models this is pretty good.
This is awesome. Drag and drop a brain MRI scan into the window and it does tissue segmentation in the browser (in about 8 seconds), then creates a 3D mesh suitable for 3D printing. This has been an hours-to-days long process for us in the past, all in a couple minutes. 🤯 brain2print.org
brain2print
brain2print.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Update: for printing 1/4-scale brain models this is pretty good.
This is awesome. Drag and drop a brain MRI scan into the window and it does tissue segmentation in the browser (in about 8 seconds), then creates a 3D mesh suitable for 3D printing. This has been an hours-to-days long process for us in the past, all in a couple minutes. 🤯 brain2print.org
brain2print
brain2print.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is awesome. Drag and drop a brain MRI scan into the window and it does tissue segmentation in the browser (in about 8 seconds), then creates a 3D mesh suitable for 3D printing. This has been an hours-to-days long process for us in the past, all in a couple minutes. 🤯 brain2print.org
I clicked "accept invitation to review" for a paper and got this message. What a delightful surprise! You could make a fortune bottling and selling that feeling.
September 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I clicked "accept invitation to review" for a paper and got this message. What a delightful surprise! You could make a fortune bottling and selling that feeling.
I don’t think I’ve shared my stained glass hobby on bluesky before. Rainbow brain sun catchers for the holiday weekend, restocked now on my Etsy.
September 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I don’t think I’ve shared my stained glass hobby on bluesky before. Rainbow brain sun catchers for the holiday weekend, restocked now on my Etsy.
This is tonight! It'll be great. I even got a haircut for it. Registration required, so DM if you're interested in joining us.
🧠PHILLY:
Join @brockkirwan.com, Joseph Kable, Mikaela Belle Martin and special guest Councilmember Nina Ahmad for a Teach-In TOMORROW!
Info below, spots are still available!
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-...
#StandUpForScience #Philly #TeachIn #Neuroscience
Join @brockkirwan.com, Joseph Kable, Mikaela Belle Martin and special guest Councilmember Nina Ahmad for a Teach-In TOMORROW!
Info below, spots are still available!
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-...
#StandUpForScience #Philly #TeachIn #Neuroscience
August 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is tonight! It'll be great. I even got a haircut for it. Registration required, so DM if you're interested in joining us.
Reposted by Brock Kirwan
🧠PHILLY:
Join @brockkirwan.com, Joseph Kable, Mikaela Belle Martin and special guest Councilmember Nina Ahmad for a Teach-In TOMORROW!
Info below, spots are still available!
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-...
#StandUpForScience #Philly #TeachIn #Neuroscience
Join @brockkirwan.com, Joseph Kable, Mikaela Belle Martin and special guest Councilmember Nina Ahmad for a Teach-In TOMORROW!
Info below, spots are still available!
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-...
#StandUpForScience #Philly #TeachIn #Neuroscience
August 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🧠PHILLY:
Join @brockkirwan.com, Joseph Kable, Mikaela Belle Martin and special guest Councilmember Nina Ahmad for a Teach-In TOMORROW!
Info below, spots are still available!
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-...
#StandUpForScience #Philly #TeachIn #Neuroscience
Join @brockkirwan.com, Joseph Kable, Mikaela Belle Martin and special guest Councilmember Nina Ahmad for a Teach-In TOMORROW!
Info below, spots are still available!
Register here: actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-...
#StandUpForScience #Philly #TeachIn #Neuroscience
Reposted by Brock Kirwan
We're hosting a community teach-in at Pennovation in Grey's Ferry on Friday, August 15 from 5:30-7 PM.
Philly neighbors who are curious about brain science and what a brain looks like in an fMRI machine are invited to join us for this free event. RSVP required.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Philly neighbors who are curious about brain science and what a brain looks like in an fMRI machine are invited to join us for this free event. RSVP required.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Philly folks: come see our MRI facility and hear about the research happening here actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-.... There will be snacks!
Be a Brain Scientist for an Evening - A Philadelphia Teach-In
University of Pennsylvania's new MindCORE Neuroimaging Facility contains a next–generation fMRI machine, offering a groundbreaking tool for researchers to delve deeper into the mind–brain connection. ...
actionnetwork.org
July 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We're hosting a community teach-in at Pennovation in Grey's Ferry on Friday, August 15 from 5:30-7 PM.
Philly neighbors who are curious about brain science and what a brain looks like in an fMRI machine are invited to join us for this free event. RSVP required.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Philly neighbors who are curious about brain science and what a brain looks like in an fMRI machine are invited to join us for this free event. RSVP required.
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Philly folks: come see our MRI facility and hear about the research happening here actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-.... There will be snacks!
Be a Brain Scientist for an Evening - A Philadelphia Teach-In
University of Pennsylvania's new MindCORE Neuroimaging Facility contains a next–generation fMRI machine, offering a groundbreaking tool for researchers to delve deeper into the mind–brain connection. ...
actionnetwork.org
July 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Philly folks: come see our MRI facility and hear about the research happening here actionnetwork.org/events/be-a-.... There will be snacks!
For the last 6 years I've been giving continuing medical education (CME) seminars. This has been a great opportunity to engage with the public and talk science with interested and engaged audiences. Unfortunately, the company I contracted with has stopped operations as of end of June. Some thoughts🧵
July 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
For the last 6 years I've been giving continuing medical education (CME) seminars. This has been a great opportunity to engage with the public and talk science with interested and engaged audiences. Unfortunately, the company I contracted with has stopped operations as of end of June. Some thoughts🧵
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Btw if you live in Philadelphia and own a building (like your house for example) with a big wall like this and want a science mural, get at me. Especially if your street has high foot traffic. Philadelphians feel free to repost this one.
Every time I walk by this wall I’m like my god this thing needs a mural.
July 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Btw if you live in Philadelphia and own a building (like your house for example) with a big wall like this and want a science mural, get at me. Especially if your street has high foot traffic. Philadelphians feel free to repost this one.
Do you ever get tired of cables getting caught as you're putting a research subject into the MRI scanner? Do you wish you had a 3D-printable model of clips that slide into the slot on the side of your Siemens MRI scanner bed? Well look no further! github.com/Kirwanlab/MR...
GitHub - Kirwanlab/MR-compatible-clips: STL files for 3D printing MR-compatible clips for a Siemens scanner
STL files for 3D printing MR-compatible clips for a Siemens scanner - Kirwanlab/MR-compatible-clips
github.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Do you ever get tired of cables getting caught as you're putting a research subject into the MRI scanner? Do you wish you had a 3D-printable model of clips that slide into the slot on the side of your Siemens MRI scanner bed? Well look no further! github.com/Kirwanlab/MR...
Hajrá magyarok! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
Budapest Pride Parade Was Bigger Than Ever, Despite Orban’s Ban
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Hajrá magyarok! www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/w...
I just re-reviewed a paper that I thought had a few minor, fixable problems. R2 had a much lower evaluation, based on misreading some of key info. I was tempted to say something abt the other reviewer in my message to the editor (but I didn't). Have you ever commented to the editor on the other Rs?
May 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I just re-reviewed a paper that I thought had a few minor, fixable problems. R2 had a much lower evaluation, based on misreading some of key info. I was tempted to say something abt the other reviewer in my message to the editor (but I didn't). Have you ever commented to the editor on the other Rs?
The CRISPR technology was invented when I was in grad school and it is now saving babies' lives. This is why we fund basic science.
Another breakthrough made possible by federal funding The result “is a triumph for the American peoples’ investment in biomedical research”
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The CRISPR technology was invented when I was in grad school and it is now saving babies' lives. This is why we fund basic science.
I unreasonably excited about this
Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River trail extension is opening this Saturday:
www.schuylkillbanks.org/events/commu...
www.schuylkillbanks.org/events/commu...
Christian to Crescent Opening Day Celebration | Schuylkill Banks
Join the City of Philadelphia and its partners to celebrate the opening of the Christian to Crescent trail section on Saturday, May 17 from 10:30am to 2:30pm.Opening Celebration Program of Events10:30...
www.schuylkillbanks.org
May 14, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I unreasonably excited about this
I'm going to have to miss this (doing #scicomm in Ohio that day) but you should totally go if you're in Philly and let me know how it goes.
Philadelphia friends! We SO NEED to celebrate science. Let's raise a glass to brains.
Join us Wed, 5/21 for Pint of Science. I'll be opening for headliners Dimitris Boufidis, @audreydrotos.bsky.social, & Jacqui Barker. 😊
Tickets (to support the org, $2): pintofscience.us/events/phila...
Join us Wed, 5/21 for Pint of Science. I'll be opening for headliners Dimitris Boufidis, @audreydrotos.bsky.social, & Jacqui Barker. 😊
Tickets (to support the org, $2): pintofscience.us/events/phila...
May 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'm going to have to miss this (doing #scicomm in Ohio that day) but you should totally go if you're in Philly and let me know how it goes.
Reposted by Brock Kirwan
I'm looking for a new full-time research assistant ("junior specialist"). It's not quite "lab manager" because I have someone who takes care of the administrative tasks, and here I'm looking for someone to help us get research done! Info is below, please pass on to any talented candidates, thanks!
Dynamic Memory Lab_Jr Specialist_Ranganath
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
April 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I'm looking for a new full-time research assistant ("junior specialist"). It's not quite "lab manager" because I have someone who takes care of the administrative tasks, and here I'm looking for someone to help us get research done! Info is below, please pass on to any talented candidates, thanks!
Reposted by Brock Kirwan
Post-bacc RA job posting is now live! Great fit for applicants interested in graduate degrees clinical psychology and/or precision medicine. Please repost + share with potentially interested candidates. So excited to find a new team member to work closely with
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April 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Post-bacc RA job posting is now live! Great fit for applicants interested in graduate degrees clinical psychology and/or precision medicine. Please repost + share with potentially interested candidates. So excited to find a new team member to work closely with
wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...
I grew up in rural Idaho where there obviously wasn't fluoridated water, so to make sure kids got fluoride we did "swish and spit" once a week in school where we'd all get a tiny cup of fluoride solution, swish it around for a minute and spit it back in the cup. Did anyone else do this?
Breaking News: Utah became the first state to ban the addition of fluoride to drinking water, a move medical experts say could harm oral health. nyti.ms/442KESV
March 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I grew up in rural Idaho where there obviously wasn't fluoridated water, so to make sure kids got fluoride we did "swish and spit" once a week in school where we'd all get a tiny cup of fluoride solution, swish it around for a minute and spit it back in the cup. Did anyone else do this?
If you’re in Philly this’ll be a great opportunity to come see our cool new facility.
Hear from the director of MindCORE's Neuroimaging Facility, Brock Kirwan, at the #ScienceCafe!
Hosted at Pennovation, this event will present MindCORE’s new fMRI machine and attendees can witness brain imaging in action.
Thurs, April 3, 5:30
bit.ly/4iYcUdP
@brockkirwan.com @pennsas.bsky.social
Hosted at Pennovation, this event will present MindCORE’s new fMRI machine and attendees can witness brain imaging in action.
Thurs, April 3, 5:30
bit.ly/4iYcUdP
@brockkirwan.com @pennsas.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If you’re in Philly this’ll be a great opportunity to come see our cool new facility.
such a cool study! Direct brain recordings during both real-world and imagined memory-guided navigation.
🚨 New lab paper!🚨
A dream study of mine for nearly 20 yrs not possible until now thanks to NIH 🧠 funding & 1st-author lead @seeber.bsky.social
We tracked hippocampal activity as people walked memory-guided paths & imagined them again. Did brain patterns reappear?🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A dream study of mine for nearly 20 yrs not possible until now thanks to NIH 🧠 funding & 1st-author lead @seeber.bsky.social
We tracked hippocampal activity as people walked memory-guided paths & imagined them again. Did brain patterns reappear?🧵👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Human neural dynamics of real-world and imagined navigation - Nature Human Behaviour
Seeber et al. studied brain recordings from implanted electrodes in freely moving humans. Neural dynamics encoded actual and imagined routes similarly, demonstrating parallels between navigational, im...
www.nature.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
such a cool study! Direct brain recordings during both real-world and imagined memory-guided navigation.