Ian Oldenburg
@ianoldenburg.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. Founder of Sculpted Light in the Brain Conference. Interested in using Multiphoton Optogenetics to study Neural Circuits
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A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
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THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
"This Court rules that the challenged directives . . . are arbitrary and capricious."
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
"They are of no force and effect."
"They are illegal and so are each of the terminations before this Court"
June 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
THIS IS IT! THIS IS HUGE!!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
PLAINTIFF'S WIN!!
Judge Young rules that the NIH grant terminations at issue in these cases are illegal and therefore vacated. BOOM!
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Riddle: When is an "optical invariant" is not so invariant? How can you get a larger field-of-view for free? No change in resolution or scan speed. No more stitching needed! For #MicroscopyMonday here's a new preprint to check out. 1/9
June 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Riddle: When is an "optical invariant" is not so invariant? How can you get a larger field-of-view for free? No change in resolution or scan speed. No more stitching needed! For #MicroscopyMonday here's a new preprint to check out. 1/9
We're looking for another postdoc here at Oldenburg Lab. Interested in becoming a holographer? Let me know.
oldenburglab.com
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/253...
oldenburglab.com
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/253...
Oldenburg Lab
Decoding the motor system through the use of multiphoton holographic optogenetics.
oldenburglab.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We're looking for another postdoc here at Oldenburg Lab. Interested in becoming a holographer? Let me know.
oldenburglab.com
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/253...
oldenburglab.com
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/253...
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We are hiring a new research assistant! Official job post to follow. Please reach out or visit markrossilab.org if you are interested.
June 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
We are hiring a new research assistant! Official job post to follow. Please reach out or visit markrossilab.org if you are interested.
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They told me graduation is a formal event, I’m ready. #vaccinescauseadults
May 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
They told me graduation is a formal event, I’m ready. #vaccinescauseadults
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Excited to share my PhD paper! In it, we use targeted 2-photon optogenetic stimulation to determine how V1 activity is read-out in a detection task. We found that network influence, not visual coding properties, predicted the impact of ensembles on behavior - contradicting our expectations (1/5).
May 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Excited to share my PhD paper! In it, we use targeted 2-photon optogenetic stimulation to determine how V1 activity is read-out in a detection task. We found that network influence, not visual coding properties, predicted the impact of ensembles on behavior - contradicting our expectations (1/5).
The Oldenburg lab is looking for another postdoc! If you want to use holographic optogenetics to answer questions about neural codes let me know. We like shooting lasers and thinking about movement.
We're located at Rutgers in Piscataway NJ (its like ~45 min from NYC).
oldenburglab.com/positions/
We're located at Rutgers in Piscataway NJ (its like ~45 min from NYC).
oldenburglab.com/positions/
Positions
Join the lab We are looking for curious, motivated, and talented people from all different backgrounds to join our team at all levels. Mentoring is simply one of the best parts of being an academic sc...
oldenburglab.com
May 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Oldenburg lab is looking for another postdoc! If you want to use holographic optogenetics to answer questions about neural codes let me know. We like shooting lasers and thinking about movement.
We're located at Rutgers in Piscataway NJ (its like ~45 min from NYC).
oldenburglab.com/positions/
We're located at Rutgers in Piscataway NJ (its like ~45 min from NYC).
oldenburglab.com/positions/
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we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
Searchable database of tangible benefits that federally-funded research gave us.
A crowd-sourced site. Health and Well-being. National Security. Prosperity.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team.
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
publicusaresearchbenefits.com
please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!
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In 1981, PNI's John Hopfield received an NSF grant (~$300K) for the, then, obscure field of artificial neural networks. Today, that research powers a multibillion dollar AI economy and earned him a Nobel Prize. www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
Economists warn Trump's research cuts could have dire consequences for GDP
President Trump has proposed slashing federal scientific funding. Economists say the long-term consequences could be dire.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In 1981, PNI's John Hopfield received an NSF grant (~$300K) for the, then, obscure field of artificial neural networks. Today, that research powers a multibillion dollar AI economy and earned him a Nobel Prize. www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...
The Oldenburg Lab is looking for another postdoc! The news these days is scary but we're pushing on.
If you want to use Holographic Optogenetics to understand neural codes, the motor system, or something else fun let me know. We have federal and non-federal (aka stable) funds.
oldenburglab.com
If you want to use Holographic Optogenetics to understand neural codes, the motor system, or something else fun let me know. We have federal and non-federal (aka stable) funds.
oldenburglab.com
Oldenburg Lab
Decoding the motor system through the use of multiphoton holographic optogenetics.
oldenburglab.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Oldenburg Lab is looking for another postdoc! The news these days is scary but we're pushing on.
If you want to use Holographic Optogenetics to understand neural codes, the motor system, or something else fun let me know. We have federal and non-federal (aka stable) funds.
oldenburglab.com
If you want to use Holographic Optogenetics to understand neural codes, the motor system, or something else fun let me know. We have federal and non-federal (aka stable) funds.
oldenburglab.com
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"Evidence suggests the local recurrent network encodes the structure of natural sensory input.
& that it does so via active filtering, transforming network inputs to boost those associated w/ nat'l sensation"
Amidst all this, I have a new review article that...
arxiv.org/abs/2501.1...
& that it does so via active filtering, transforming network inputs to boost those associated w/ nat'l sensation"
Amidst
arxiv.org/abs/2501.1...
Active filtering: a predictive function of recurrent circuits of...
Our brains encode many features of the sensory world into memories: we can sing along with songs we have heard before, interpret spoken and written language composed of words we have learned, and...
arxiv.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Evidence suggests the local recurrent network encodes the structure of natural sensory input.
& that it does so via active filtering, transforming network inputs to boost those associated w/ nat'l sensation"
Amidst all this, I have a new review article that...
arxiv.org/abs/2501.1...
& that it does so via active filtering, transforming network inputs to boost those associated w/ nat'l sensation"
Amidst
arxiv.org/abs/2501.1...
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"it's difficult to read this as anything other than an attempt to crush scientific research in the US. The harm that will be done to research (...) may be viewed as a bonus by a populist political movement that has shown a consistent disdain for expertise." arstechnica.com/science/2025...
National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities
Sudden and drastic change will make it hard for researchers to keep the lights on.
arstechnica.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"it's difficult to read this as anything other than an attempt to crush scientific research in the US. The harm that will be done to research (...) may be viewed as a bonus by a populist political movement that has shown a consistent disdain for expertise." arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
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A coalition of states plans to file suit later today challenging the order to freeze all federal loans & grants. “My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration’s unconstitutional pause on federal funding,” NY AG Letitia James said. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Update from Mattathias Schwartz
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A coalition of states plans to file suit later today challenging the order to freeze all federal loans & grants. “My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration’s unconstitutional pause on federal funding,” NY AG Letitia James said. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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All Democrats in Congress and the Senate will fight this—it’s illegal. But Republican lawmakers NEED to hear from their constituents! Priority order: call, then email. Be clear about how this will hurt education, the economy, and health! 🧪
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
White House Orders Pause in All Federal Grants and Loans
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
All Democrats in Congress and the Senate will fight this—it’s illegal. But Republican lawmakers NEED to hear from their constituents! Priority order: call, then email. Be clear about how this will hurt education, the economy, and health! 🧪
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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This is legit - the organizers (including unions) are organizing. When I ask those in the know what we can do that will actually matter, the answer includes collective action of this type.
I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!
I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!
Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately.
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event.
Join us!
form.jotform.com/250226137228...
Join researchers across the country in fighting restrictions on the NIH
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
January 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is legit - the organizers (including unions) are organizing. When I ask those in the know what we can do that will actually matter, the answer includes collective action of this type.
I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!
I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!
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President Trump's effort to freeze nearly all federal funding is lawless, reckless, and unconstitutional. And it will hurt people in Northeast Ohio.
January 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
President Trump's effort to freeze nearly all federal funding is lawless, reckless, and unconstitutional. And it will hurt people in Northeast Ohio.
If you are worried about the recent cessation of NIH communication, the canceling of programs and the politicization of science funding, now is the time to contact your congressional representatives!
Link to find and contact your representative:
www.house.gov/representati...
Link to find and contact your representative:
www.house.gov/representati...
Find Your Representative | house.gov
www.house.gov
January 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you are worried about the recent cessation of NIH communication, the canceling of programs and the politicization of science funding, now is the time to contact your congressional representatives!
Link to find and contact your representative:
www.house.gov/representati...
Link to find and contact your representative:
www.house.gov/representati...
Where do people post advertisements for technicians? We're looking for someone who wants to be the all around 'pinch hitter' for lab projects (and whacky Ian ideas).
Rutgers has its listing (jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...) but I'm not sure how most people would find it.
Rutgers has its listing (jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...) but I'm not sure how most people would find it.
December 4, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Where do people post advertisements for technicians? We're looking for someone who wants to be the all around 'pinch hitter' for lab projects (and whacky Ian ideas).
Rutgers has its listing (jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...) but I'm not sure how most people would find it.
Rutgers has its listing (jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...) but I'm not sure how most people would find it.
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Want to live in bucolic NJ (I'm serious)? With a quick commute to NYC and Philly? Have collaborative colleagues, including yours truly? While this job posting is in psychology, the position is in behavioral neuroscience across systems. Including #drosophila 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/152...
Assistant Professor in Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience Psychology, Tenure Track
The Department of Psychology in the Rutgers University School of Arts and Sciences, New Brunswick, New Jersey invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level ...
jobs.rutgers.edu
September 10, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Want to live in bucolic NJ (I'm serious)? With a quick commute to NYC and Philly? Have collaborative colleagues, including yours truly? While this job posting is in psychology, the position is in behavioral neuroscience across systems. Including #drosophila 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/152...
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Great paper on the transformation of vibro-tactile stimuli from the periphery to somatosensory cortex. Very detailed analysis of changes from a phase-locked code at the periphery to a rate code of stimulus tuned neurons in thalamus and cortex. #neuroscience 🧪
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Transformation of neural coding for vibrotactile stimuli along the ascending somatosensory pathway
Lee et al. show that the transformation of the vibrotactile temporal code found in
the periphery into a rate code along the ascending somatosensory pathway involves
thalamic processing, particularly t...
www.cell.com
August 23, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Great paper on the transformation of vibro-tactile stimuli from the periphery to somatosensory cortex. Very detailed analysis of changes from a phase-locked code at the periphery to a rate code of stimulus tuned neurons in thalamus and cortex. #neuroscience 🧪
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
My department at Rutgers looking to hire Neuroscience Assistant (and Assoc) Professor(s)!
We're trying to move quickly this year, so don't delay applying. I think our first application reviews are even in September!
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/234...
We're trying to move quickly this year, so don't delay applying. I think our first application reviews are even in September!
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/234...
Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenured or Tenure-Track)
The Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), the Rutgers Child Health Institute (CHI), and the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) seek outst...
jobs.rutgers.edu
August 23, 2024 at 6:16 PM
My department at Rutgers looking to hire Neuroscience Assistant (and Assoc) Professor(s)!
We're trying to move quickly this year, so don't delay applying. I think our first application reviews are even in September!
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/234...
We're trying to move quickly this year, so don't delay applying. I think our first application reviews are even in September!
jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/234...
Not sure if we've hit critical mass here on bsky yet, but the lab is hiring!
We've gotten some good news grants recently, and now have some funded projects that are looking for people to champion them.
All projects use Holographic Optogenetics to study motor systems.
oldenburglab.com/positions/
We've gotten some good news grants recently, and now have some funded projects that are looking for people to champion them.
All projects use Holographic Optogenetics to study motor systems.
oldenburglab.com/positions/
Positions, Oldenburg Lab
Join the lab We are looking for curious, motivated, and talented people from all different backgrounds to join our team at all levels.
oldenburglab.com
August 13, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Not sure if we've hit critical mass here on bsky yet, but the lab is hiring!
We've gotten some good news grants recently, and now have some funded projects that are looking for people to champion them.
All projects use Holographic Optogenetics to study motor systems.
oldenburglab.com/positions/
We've gotten some good news grants recently, and now have some funded projects that are looking for people to champion them.
All projects use Holographic Optogenetics to study motor systems.
oldenburglab.com/positions/