Lauri Nurminen
@neurolauri.bsky.social
Assistant professor studying visual cortex and perception @ U. Houston
|NHP|optogenetics|ephys|2P|behavior|
|NHP|optogenetics|ephys|2P|behavior|
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For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
Principles for proper peer review
jocnf.pubpub.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience
This is interesting. It seems noninvasive laminar imaging is definitely moving forward.
New Layer-fMRI paper.
Heij et al. use line-scanning in V1 and find that the laminar fMRI response is different based on the context of the stimulus.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
Heij et al. use line-scanning in V1 and find that the laminar fMRI response is different based on the context of the stimulus.
doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
June 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is interesting. It seems noninvasive laminar imaging is definitely moving forward.
This is such a wonderful tool!
Our paper on NHP neuropixels is finally out in Nat Neuro! These probes have already been transformative and will usher in a new era of primate neuroscience. I am extremely proud to have played a very small role in this project. I can't wait to see what our community discovers. tinyurl.com/54u3hrj8
Large-scale high-density brain-wide neural recording in nonhuman primates - Nature Neuroscience
Neuropixels 1.0 NHP is a 45-mm, high-density silicon probe capable of recording large numbers of neurons with single-neuron resolution from most areas in a macaque’s brain.
tinyurl.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is such a wonderful tool!
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Laminar MEG is possible across all cortical depths. Our comprehensive simulations outline SNR, head movement, and micro/macro anatomical limitations to source reconstruction precision. Not perfect by any chance, lots of confirmatory work ahead, but it's promising.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Laminar MEG is possible across all cortical depths. Our comprehensive simulations outline SNR, head movement, and micro/macro anatomical limitations to source reconstruction precision. Not perfect by any chance, lots of confirmatory work ahead, but it's promising.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚀 We are excited to share that bombcell is now available in Python! 🐍 Automatically sort your units into good/MUA/noise/non-somatic using quality metrics and interpretable & adjustable classification thresholds.
pip install and play around with our toy dataset:
🔗 github.com/Julie-Fabre/...
pip install and play around with our toy dataset:
🔗 github.com/Julie-Fabre/...
GitHub - Julie-Fabre/bombcell: Automated quality control, curation and neuron classification of spike-sorted electrophysiology data
Automated quality control, curation and neuron classification of spike-sorted electrophysiology data - Julie-Fabre/bombcell
github.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🚀 We are excited to share that bombcell is now available in Python! 🐍 Automatically sort your units into good/MUA/noise/non-somatic using quality metrics and interpretable & adjustable classification thresholds.
pip install and play around with our toy dataset:
🔗 github.com/Julie-Fabre/...
pip install and play around with our toy dataset:
🔗 github.com/Julie-Fabre/...
This is wonderful news!
Here is the collective effort of 12 labs, lead by my own at the Broad to target the range of cortical interneuron subtypes! These tools should be a game changer for all of you using NHP and other less genetically amenable species! Have at it!
urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...
urldefense.proofpoint.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This is wonderful news!
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Because we must build good things while we scream about the bad, I have started a "Data for Good" team @data-for-good-team.bsky.social that partners with organizations needing short-term data science help. We have three projects ongoing & will add more as our capacity grows.
data-for-good-team.org
data-for-good-team.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Because we must build good things while we scream about the bad, I have started a "Data for Good" team @data-for-good-team.bsky.social that partners with organizations needing short-term data science help. We have three projects ongoing & will add more as our capacity grows.
data-for-good-team.org
data-for-good-team.org
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Universities were invented 1000 years ago as an island of liberty in a society that was (literally) medieval. For instance, students were protected against reprisal. The US is going medieval, and it's time for universities to regain their role .
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting”
Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
March 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Universities were invented 1000 years ago as an island of liberty in a society that was (literally) medieval. For instance, students were protected against reprisal. The US is going medieval, and it's time for universities to regain their role .
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The dynamic version is even more disturbing...
March 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The dynamic version is even more disturbing...
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
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Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.
February 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Dear federal scientists: If you have been affected by the probationary firings and would be willing to speak with Science, please reach out to me by email (klangin@aaas.org) or on Signal. We can guarantee annonymity.
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Roughly 9% of NIH employees fired yesterday - rumors are IC directors may be next. Please call your senators and representatives!
Checking in with sources this morning...
The total from NIH was apparently slightly more than 1500 people (out of 5200 HHS Department-wide)
1/n
The total from NIH was apparently slightly more than 1500 people (out of 5200 HHS Department-wide)
1/n
February 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Roughly 9% of NIH employees fired yesterday - rumors are IC directors may be next. Please call your senators and representatives!
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Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."
Sign the Petition
Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)
chng.it
February 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."
Probably the best news this week.
Neuropixels and Optogenetics are delighted to announce the birth of
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
Neuropixels Opto
Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics
Today in bioRxiv
960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors
By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
(1/2)
February 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Probably the best news this week.
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Let’s go OHIO!!!
SCREW THE COUP!!!
SCREW THE COUP!!!
Passionate turnout for #50501 protest in Columbus, Ohio. More than I expected considering some of the confusion online.
#buildtheresistance
#buildtheresistance
February 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Let’s go OHIO!!!
SCREW THE COUP!!!
SCREW THE COUP!!!
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This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
January 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This account is for sharing info with US scientists, both extramural and intramural to NIH, about attacks on science in the US.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
Education is power, and we can help advocate for science and medicine together. 💪🧪
We are a team of NIH people. Please ask us questions you might have.
Reposted by Lauri Nurminen
Save the date! SimCo 2025: August 25-27 at Duke in Durham.
With science so hot it makes deepseek seem ancient!
@neurodisney.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @janzimmermann.bsky.social
With science so hot it makes deepseek seem ancient!
@neurodisney.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @janzimmermann.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Save the date! SimCo 2025: August 25-27 at Duke in Durham.
With science so hot it makes deepseek seem ancient!
@neurodisney.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @janzimmermann.bsky.social
With science so hot it makes deepseek seem ancient!
@neurodisney.bsky.social @stevewcchang.bsky.social @janzimmermann.bsky.social
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🔵 NEW PAPER 🔵
Spatiotemporal Style Transfer #STST is out on #NatureComputationalScience!
STST as a framework for dynamic visual stimulus generation to study brain and machine vision
feat. @siegellab.bsky.social
paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
code: github.com/antoninogrec...
🧵👇
Spatiotemporal Style Transfer #STST is out on #NatureComputationalScience!
STST as a framework for dynamic visual stimulus generation to study brain and machine vision
feat. @siegellab.bsky.social
paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
code: github.com/antoninogrec...
🧵👇
December 20, 2024 at 12:31 PM
🔵 NEW PAPER 🔵
Spatiotemporal Style Transfer #STST is out on #NatureComputationalScience!
STST as a framework for dynamic visual stimulus generation to study brain and machine vision
feat. @siegellab.bsky.social
paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
code: github.com/antoninogrec...
🧵👇
Spatiotemporal Style Transfer #STST is out on #NatureComputationalScience!
STST as a framework for dynamic visual stimulus generation to study brain and machine vision
feat. @siegellab.bsky.social
paper: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
code: github.com/antoninogrec...
🧵👇
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
January 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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My first Bluesky post is to announce a Tenure-Track Faculty Search at the Jules Stein Eye Institute of UCLA. We are considering applications at the Assistant and Associate professor levels. Apply here: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10092.
DM or email me with any questions. Please distribute!
DM or email me with any questions. Please distribute!
Vision Science Faculty at UCLA Stein Eye Institute
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.apo.ucla.edu
January 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My first Bluesky post is to announce a Tenure-Track Faculty Search at the Jules Stein Eye Institute of UCLA. We are considering applications at the Assistant and Associate professor levels. Apply here: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10092.
DM or email me with any questions. Please distribute!
DM or email me with any questions. Please distribute!
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“‘It’s very easy to assume that science is going to change organically towards equality — and what this study shows is that that’s not happening…It is an ‘important reminder for us that we need to stay vigilant in working towards equality in science’” @crsugimoto.bsky.social 🧪
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
Who’s quitting academia? Data reveal gender gaps in surprising fields
Even in scientific areas in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years.
www.nature.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“‘It’s very easy to assume that science is going to change organically towards equality — and what this study shows is that that’s not happening…It is an ‘important reminder for us that we need to stay vigilant in working towards equality in science’” @crsugimoto.bsky.social 🧪
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
#AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬
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Let's see how long Meta's "no fact checking" policy lasts.
January 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Let's see how long Meta's "no fact checking" policy lasts.
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In conversations about #SciAdvocacy, a wise colleague advised that impact requires us to"get out of our echo chambers and go to where they are."
What's the best way to have meaningful conversations with White Coat Waste and those who will be influenced by them?
www.science.org/content/arti...
What's the best way to have meaningful conversations with White Coat Waste and those who will be influenced by them?
www.science.org/content/arti...
Scientists fear big cuts to animal research under Trump 2.0
New political environment could provide opening for groups that want to eliminate animal studies
www.science.org
January 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In conversations about #SciAdvocacy, a wise colleague advised that impact requires us to"get out of our echo chambers and go to where they are."
What's the best way to have meaningful conversations with White Coat Waste and those who will be influenced by them?
www.science.org/content/arti...
What's the best way to have meaningful conversations with White Coat Waste and those who will be influenced by them?
www.science.org/content/arti...