Christopher Patrick Taylor
@drchristaylor.bsky.social
Associate Professor @ The New England College of Optometry
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Ben Folds - Myspace Gig - Cooler Than You
YouTube video by theSuburbsUK
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I enjoy social media even at its worst. I post this video/song at intervals because it expresses my attitude to the whole endeavor.
Here you go, Bluesky...
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Here you go, Bluesky...
youtu.be/vpju_-Quvso?...
A good list and I'll admit I have failed hardcore at least two. Perhaps, in the future, my strengths will mitigate these failures.
That said, context is key if you don't care about failing colleagues you don't respect, then you're not a bad academic merely not in a good place for you.
That said, context is key if you don't care about failing colleagues you don't respect, then you're not a bad academic merely not in a good place for you.
As I am going over old blog posts, here is a nice blog by @bwroberts.bsky.social on qualities in graduate students that, in his opinion, lead to a successful career in academia. Still very good advice. pigee.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/a...
A Lay Theory of the Successful Graduate Student/Academic
Just recently, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a piece on what it takes to be successful in an academic career. It was a pleasant essay, which emphasized some of the usual suspects like indu…
pigee.wordpress.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A good list and I'll admit I have failed hardcore at least two. Perhaps, in the future, my strengths will mitigate these failures.
That said, context is key if you don't care about failing colleagues you don't respect, then you're not a bad academic merely not in a good place for you.
That said, context is key if you don't care about failing colleagues you don't respect, then you're not a bad academic merely not in a good place for you.
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Another evening spent writing to Dr. Bhattacharya about important issues, in this case, the importance of animal models in fundamental and mechanistic research.
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a woman says please help me understand on a netflix advertisement
ALT: a woman says please help me understand on a netflix advertisement
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July 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Another evening spent writing to Dr. Bhattacharya about important issues, in this case, the importance of animal models in fundamental and mechanistic research.
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🚨This is the most exciting step of my scientific career🚨
25 yrs ago I started a life long interest in navigation, maps & brains
I've collected data from >4 m people in 195 nations in SeaHeroQuest
In 3 weeks we set off on an ocean voyage to study the amazing spatial skills of Marshallese sailors:
25 yrs ago I started a life long interest in navigation, maps & brains
I've collected data from >4 m people in 195 nations in SeaHeroQuest
In 3 weeks we set off on an ocean voyage to study the amazing spatial skills of Marshallese sailors:
World-leading scientists will set out on a unique research voyage, joining Indigenous Pacific sailors to investigate the centuries-old skill of wave piloting: www.stir.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...
Photo credit: www.instagram.com/chewy_lin/
Photo credit: www.instagram.com/chewy_lin/
July 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🚨This is the most exciting step of my scientific career🚨
25 yrs ago I started a life long interest in navigation, maps & brains
I've collected data from >4 m people in 195 nations in SeaHeroQuest
In 3 weeks we set off on an ocean voyage to study the amazing spatial skills of Marshallese sailors:
25 yrs ago I started a life long interest in navigation, maps & brains
I've collected data from >4 m people in 195 nations in SeaHeroQuest
In 3 weeks we set off on an ocean voyage to study the amazing spatial skills of Marshallese sailors:
I am not enjoying not watching the Blue Jays every day this spring.
Writing anything is difficult.
Watching and talking are easier than writing.
#visionscience #withaphd #ai #a1 #Al
Writing anything is difficult.
Watching and talking are easier than writing.
#visionscience #withaphd #ai #a1 #Al
May 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I am not enjoying not watching the Blue Jays every day this spring.
Writing anything is difficult.
Watching and talking are easier than writing.
#visionscience #withaphd #ai #a1 #Al
Writing anything is difficult.
Watching and talking are easier than writing.
#visionscience #withaphd #ai #a1 #Al
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Scootering around Salt Lake City @arvoinfo.bsky.social #arvo2025
May 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Scootering around Salt Lake City @arvoinfo.bsky.social #arvo2025
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Congratulations to the 16 winners of the @arvoinfo.bsky.social MIT Outstanding Poster Award Competition held during #ARVO2025. These MIT First Authors were selected from the top-five scored poster abstracts from each Scientific Section and Cross-sectional Group. bit.ly/3RUIMVl
#VisionResearch
#VisionResearch
May 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Congratulations to the 16 winners of the @arvoinfo.bsky.social MIT Outstanding Poster Award Competition held during #ARVO2025. These MIT First Authors were selected from the top-five scored poster abstracts from each Scientific Section and Cross-sectional Group. bit.ly/3RUIMVl
#VisionResearch
#VisionResearch
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Most years at ARVO, I award the Picture of the Year, or #POTY prize. This year it goes to
Toco Chui
of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
for her presentation titled
"In-vivo imaging of blood cell adhesion to vascular wall in sickle cell disease"
(more below)
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Toco Chui
of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
for her presentation titled
"In-vivo imaging of blood cell adhesion to vascular wall in sickle cell disease"
(more below)
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May 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Most years at ARVO, I award the Picture of the Year, or #POTY prize. This year it goes to
Toco Chui
of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
for her presentation titled
"In-vivo imaging of blood cell adhesion to vascular wall in sickle cell disease"
(more below)
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Toco Chui
of the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary
for her presentation titled
"In-vivo imaging of blood cell adhesion to vascular wall in sickle cell disease"
(more below)
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I missed the National Eye Institute from #ARVO2025.
It was weird - though understandable, given the current US governmental crackdown on research. THAT is much weirder.
It was weird - though understandable, given the current US governmental crackdown on research. THAT is much weirder.
May 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I missed the National Eye Institute from #ARVO2025.
It was weird - though understandable, given the current US governmental crackdown on research. THAT is much weirder.
It was weird - though understandable, given the current US governmental crackdown on research. THAT is much weirder.
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My favorite part of the @arvoinfo.bsky.social annual meeting: Karaoke night! 🕺🎤 #arvo2025
May 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
My favorite part of the @arvoinfo.bsky.social annual meeting: Karaoke night! 🕺🎤 #arvo2025
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It was a wonderful #ARVO2025 - a few of my favorite memories! I am so proud of the exceptional job our COVSL trainees did presenting their work. @bcleonard #visionscience
May 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
It was a wonderful #ARVO2025 - a few of my favorite memories! I am so proud of the exceptional job our COVSL trainees did presenting their work. @bcleonard #visionscience
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🧪 Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today
"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"
Share widely #SaveNSF
"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"
Share widely #SaveNSF
democrats-science.house.gov
May 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🧪 Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today
"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"
Share widely #SaveNSF
"The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers"
Share widely #SaveNSF
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I just learned that there is an open postdoc position for AI in Psychology with us. The deadline is in two days, but if you are interested and willing to write a quick proposal, let me know. Potential topics: comp. modeling of VWM/perception, brain decoding.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
LEAD AI postdoctoral research fellow position at the Faculty of Psychology (276920) | University of Bergen
Job title: LEAD AI postdoctoral research fellow position at the Faculty of Psychology (276920), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Sunday, May 11, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
May 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I just learned that there is an open postdoc position for AI in Psychology with us. The deadline is in two days, but if you are interested and willing to write a quick proposal, let me know. Potential topics: comp. modeling of VWM/perception, brain decoding.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Spot the ARVOian is always a fun game. #visionscience
May 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Spot the ARVOian is always a fun game. #visionscience
Yikes! I've been here for 14 hours and can tell that UT is similar to ON, but just messed up six ways to Sunday. #elbowsup #visionscience #ARVO2025
May 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Yikes! I've been here for 14 hours and can tell that UT is similar to ON, but just messed up six ways to Sunday. #elbowsup #visionscience #ARVO2025
data science + large men moving rapidly = awesome
#elbowsup #computepower
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
#elbowsup #computepower
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
NHL outsider Eric Tulsky, an Ivy League scientist, is changing what it means to be a GM
A Harvard grad with a PhD from UC Berkeley, Eric Tulsky is not a typical NHL GM. Is what he's building in Carolina the future of hockey?
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
data science + large men moving rapidly = awesome
#elbowsup #computepower
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
#elbowsup #computepower
www.nytimes.com/athletic/628...
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If they legalize acid, Burger King should lead the way with a LSD laced burger called BK Ultra.
April 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If they legalize acid, Burger King should lead the way with a LSD laced burger called BK Ultra.
I think of this ST:TNG scene in the gif when I read a sentence structured:
"X is an objective measure, psychophysics is a subjective measure."
where X = fMRI, EEG, ERG, MEG... and so on.
#visionscience
media.tenor.com/aAj5SI46eiAA...
"X is an objective measure, psychophysics is a subjective measure."
where X = fMRI, EEG, ERG, MEG... and so on.
#visionscience
media.tenor.com/aAj5SI46eiAA...
media.tenor.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I think of this ST:TNG scene in the gif when I read a sentence structured:
"X is an objective measure, psychophysics is a subjective measure."
where X = fMRI, EEG, ERG, MEG... and so on.
#visionscience
media.tenor.com/aAj5SI46eiAA...
"X is an objective measure, psychophysics is a subjective measure."
where X = fMRI, EEG, ERG, MEG... and so on.
#visionscience
media.tenor.com/aAj5SI46eiAA...
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Journals have been so captured by metrics like impact factor and time-to-decision that they can't even conceive of the idea that scholars might choose a journal based on how good it is!
For example, do the editors and reviews provide good feedback, have good judgment, and do they have integrity?
For example, do the editors and reviews provide good feedback, have good judgment, and do they have integrity?
April 3, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Journals have been so captured by metrics like impact factor and time-to-decision that they can't even conceive of the idea that scholars might choose a journal based on how good it is!
For example, do the editors and reviews provide good feedback, have good judgment, and do they have integrity?
For example, do the editors and reviews provide good feedback, have good judgment, and do they have integrity?
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There is always a well-known solution to every human problem; neat, plausible, and wrong. ~HL Mencken
April 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
There is always a well-known solution to every human problem; neat, plausible, and wrong. ~HL Mencken
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This is a disgrace and a tragedy.
#visionscience
#visionscience
March 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a disgrace and a tragedy.
#visionscience
#visionscience
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More NIH grant cancellations based on political ideology.
Thanks a lot Sens. Murkowski, Collins, and Cassidy.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Thanks a lot Sens. Murkowski, Collins, and Cassidy.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH to terminate or limit grants related to vaccine hesitancy and uptake
The order covers more than 40 awards to researchers around the country seeking to understand why vaccine acceptance has declined.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
More NIH grant cancellations based on political ideology.
Thanks a lot Sens. Murkowski, Collins, and Cassidy.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Thanks a lot Sens. Murkowski, Collins, and Cassidy.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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It's finally out!
Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical responses
Training in a visual task changes V1 tuning curves in odd ways. This effect is explained by a simple convex transformation. It orthogonalizes the population, making it easier to decode.
10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115235
Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical responses
Training in a visual task changes V1 tuning curves in odd ways. This effect is explained by a simple convex transformation. It orthogonalizes the population, making it easier to decode.
10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115235
February 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It's finally out!
Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical responses
Training in a visual task changes V1 tuning curves in odd ways. This effect is explained by a simple convex transformation. It orthogonalizes the population, making it easier to decode.
10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115235
Visual experience orthogonalizes visual cortical responses
Training in a visual task changes V1 tuning curves in odd ways. This effect is explained by a simple convex transformation. It orthogonalizes the population, making it easier to decode.
10.1016/j.celrep.2025.115235
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An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | I’m a health researcher. NIH’s pause on research grants could have a devastating cost.
This is a potentially devastating event — not just for the scientific community, but for all Americans.
www.msnbc.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
An explainer about how health research funding happens and why this NIH funding cycle shutdown matters: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...