Nico Foley
@nicofoley.bsky.social
Neuroscientist. Visual Attention: expectations, uncertainty, eye movements, retinotopy. Dynamical systems modeling. Networks and dimensional reduction. Circadian rhythms. Generally optimistic.
My next door neighbor, Roxanne Lanquetot, died this morning at the age of 92. Her husband Guy, and son Sergei who had schizophrenia predeceased her. She spent her life teaching, in social work, and with NARSAD. She was a delightful woman who eventually pushed me towards psychiatric neuroscience. RIP
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
My next door neighbor, Roxanne Lanquetot, died this morning at the age of 92. Her husband Guy, and son Sergei who had schizophrenia predeceased her. She spent her life teaching, in social work, and with NARSAD. She was a delightful woman who eventually pushed me towards psychiatric neuroscience. RIP
On a cruise (don’t cry for me) that has starlink internet.. they are blocking the Bluesky app 🤬
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
On a cruise (don’t cry for me) that has starlink internet.. they are blocking the Bluesky app 🤬
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Do you ever stop and think about how there used to be pterosaurs? A fun new study shows that pterosaurs used to eat plants (they'd been expected to be carnivores) & like modern birds, they had stones in their gullets called gastroliths that help break down plants 🧪 @science.org
Pterosaur died with belly full of plants—a fossil first
New discovery confirms the long-debated hypothesis that the ancient winged reptiles ate plants
www.science.org
July 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Do you ever stop and think about how there used to be pterosaurs? A fun new study shows that pterosaurs used to eat plants (they'd been expected to be carnivores) & like modern birds, they had stones in their gullets called gastroliths that help break down plants 🧪 @science.org
First time a judge has decided a case based on hallucinated case law in the US that I've encountered.
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July 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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📣 We're on the lookout for a creative postdoc with strong computational skills!
Be the go-to person in the lab for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rythems: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization!
More info below👇
Be the go-to person in the lab for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rythems: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization!
More info below👇
July 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
📣 We're on the lookout for a creative postdoc with strong computational skills!
Be the go-to person in the lab for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rythems: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization!
More info below👇
Be the go-to person in the lab for building simple but powerful simulations that test wild ideas on biological rythems: from daily cycles of mussel groups at deep sea, to firefly flash synchronization!
More info below👇
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Please read this and share widely, especially with people outside of science.
Things are BAD in American bioscience right now and everyone needs to know just how bad - and dangerous - it is. apnews.com/article/nih-...
Things are BAD in American bioscience right now and everyone needs to know just how bad - and dangerous - it is. apnews.com/article/nih-...
NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers have come forward to send their Trump-appointed leader a letter challenging policies they say undermine the NIH mission.
apnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Please read this and share widely, especially with people outside of science.
Things are BAD in American bioscience right now and everyone needs to know just how bad - and dangerous - it is. apnews.com/article/nih-...
Things are BAD in American bioscience right now and everyone needs to know just how bad - and dangerous - it is. apnews.com/article/nih-...
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Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.
May 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.
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Our new paper looking at potential arousal signals to the IGL that underlie how nonphotic signals reset our #circadian clock.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Redirecting
doi.org
April 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Our new paper looking at potential arousal signals to the IGL that underlie how nonphotic signals reset our #circadian clock.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Have you checked out RQI? rightquestion.org
March 28, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Have you checked out RQI? rightquestion.org
As of today both the RAs I work with who were applying to PhD programs this cycle are admitted and accepted to programs they’re excited about.. and my overall emotional state is immense relief rather than elation 🥹🥳
March 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
As of today both the RAs I work with who were applying to PhD programs this cycle are admitted and accepted to programs they’re excited about.. and my overall emotional state is immense relief rather than elation 🥹🥳
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🚨New job alert! My lab is hiring a lab manager. Perfect position for a graduating senior who is interested in full-time research before applying to graduate school. #Neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #VisionScience #MLSky Apply here: www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
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March 21, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🚨New job alert! My lab is hiring a lab manager. Perfect position for a graduating senior who is interested in full-time research before applying to graduate school. #Neuroskyence #PsychSciSky #VisionScience #MLSky Apply here: www.higheredjobs.com/details.cfm?...
Ate at Razza pizza in Jersey City today.. absolutely amazing, definitely in the top 3 thin crusts I’ve ever had.. just a few blocks from the Grove street PATH stop, super easy to get to from Manhattan
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Razza | Pizza
Artisanal pizza in Jersey City.
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March 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Ate at Razza pizza in Jersey City today.. absolutely amazing, definitely in the top 3 thin crusts I’ve ever had.. just a few blocks from the Grove street PATH stop, super easy to get to from Manhattan
razzanj.com
razzanj.com
New Paper! We use bioluminescent markers in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus on Per2 protein in slice data to model the relationship between phase and brightness, use that model to assess phase in intact SCN, and then use that data to model the damage of tissue slicing: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Suprachiasmatic nucleus-wide estimation of oscillatory temporal dynamics
Author summary A mammal’s internal circadian clock, critical to its function and survival, is created and maintained by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). The SCN comprises about 20,000 oscillatory ne...
journals.plos.org
March 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
New Paper! We use bioluminescent markers in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus on Per2 protein in slice data to model the relationship between phase and brightness, use that model to assess phase in intact SCN, and then use that data to model the damage of tissue slicing: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
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Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88
Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88
James Harrison rolled up his sleeve more than 1,100 times to give his plasma, which was used in life-saving anti-D medication
James Harrison, the Australian known as “the man with the golden arm” because of his prolific baby-saving blood donations, has…
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Australian ‘man with the golden arm’, whose rare blood saved 2.4m babies, dies at 88
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With the spring forward clock change just around the corner, here's a great resource for those wanting to understand the how to maximize sleep health and to understand the consequences of the various clocks we follow www.researchsleep.ca/time-change
Time Change — CSRC
www.researchsleep.ca
February 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
With the spring forward clock change just around the corner, here's a great resource for those wanting to understand the how to maximize sleep health and to understand the consequences of the various clocks we follow www.researchsleep.ca/time-change
Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
The French army neurosurgeon and pilot known as “Mademoiselle Helicopter" flew more than 160 wounded men from the battlefields of Indochina to hospitals in Hanoi.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Valérie André, first woman to fly helicopter rescue missions in combat, dies at 102
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Luiz Pessoa discusses the paper that led him to a doctoral program in the department headed by its authors. Read more in the latest "This paper changed my life": www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
This paper changed my life: ‘A massively parallel architecture for a self-organizing neural pattern recognition machine,’ by Carpenter and Grossberg
This paper taught me that we can use mathematical modeling to understand how neural networks are organized—and led me to a doctoral program in the department led by its authors.
www.thetransmitter.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Luiz Pessoa discusses the paper that led him to a doctoral program in the department headed by its authors. Read more in the latest "This paper changed my life": www.thetransmitter.org/this-paper-c...
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Very nice! I agree, the ideas have still not really percolated.
I'll leave a link to my video discussion here for anyone who wants a gentle intro to Adaptive Resonance Theory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG4Z...
I'll leave a link to my video discussion here for anyone who wants a gentle intro to Adaptive Resonance Theory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG4Z...
Grossbergian Neuroscience 05: Adaptive Resonance Theory (ART)
YouTube video by NeuroLogos
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January 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Very nice! I agree, the ideas have still not really percolated.
I'll leave a link to my video discussion here for anyone who wants a gentle intro to Adaptive Resonance Theory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG4Z...
I'll leave a link to my video discussion here for anyone who wants a gentle intro to Adaptive Resonance Theory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG4Z...
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Carpenter and Grossberg paper that changed things for me:
January 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Carpenter and Grossberg paper that changed things for me:
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Very sad to hear about the passing of Eileen Kowler, a true giant in the field of eye movements & their interaction with vision & cognitive processes. She helped me as a grad student & it was always wonderful to talk to her. Her body of work is foundational to our field. Thank you, Eileen.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Very sad to hear about the passing of Eileen Kowler, a true giant in the field of eye movements & their interaction with vision & cognitive processes. She helped me as a grad student & it was always wonderful to talk to her. Her body of work is foundational to our field. Thank you, Eileen.
Do you organize your thought around people or topics? My PI, Gaurav Patel, is people and remembers every name.. I do the latter and so am, for example, in continual confusion about whether @nicolecrust.bsky.social or Leslie Osborne showed that max motion info in MT happens at the response shoulder
December 24, 2024 at 1:59 AM
Do you organize your thought around people or topics? My PI, Gaurav Patel, is people and remembers every name.. I do the latter and so am, for example, in continual confusion about whether @nicolecrust.bsky.social or Leslie Osborne showed that max motion info in MT happens at the response shoulder
When the scrolling has a sense of humor
November 11, 2024 at 3:23 AM
When the scrolling has a sense of humor
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #382,517!
September 22, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #382,517!
So I still have the bird, haven’t updated apps since the rebrand.. thinking I’ll delete at X point but we’re only up to a quarter of the network here.. suggestions?
August 4, 2023 at 2:46 AM
So I still have the bird, haven’t updated apps since the rebrand.. thinking I’ll delete at X point but we’re only up to a quarter of the network here.. suggestions?