Steve Ramirez
@okaysteve.bsky.social
Professor of neuroscience at Boston University
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Steve Ramirez
@okaysteve.bsky.social
· Sep 8
How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
Buy How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
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Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
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The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum.
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
Sosa Lab - Postdoctoral Researchers
We are seeking postdocs to start in 2026!
www.sosaneurolab.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The Sosa Lab is going to #SfN25 and actively recruiting ✨postdocs✨ with systems neuroscience experience! We study both fundamental memory processes and how memory changes during pregnancy and postpartum.
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
If you are interested in meeting at SfN, please email me! www.sosaneurolab.com/join/postdoc...
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Enjoy a sneak peek of @okaysteve.bsky.social's How to Change a Memory on @thetransmitter.bsky.social:
‘How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past,’ an excerpt
Part scientific exploration, part memoir, Steve Ramirez’s new book delves into the study of memory manipulation and his personal journey of discovery, friendship and grief.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Enjoy a sneak peek of @okaysteve.bsky.social's How to Change a Memory on @thetransmitter.bsky.social:
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@okaysteve.bsky.social sat down with @franciscorr25.bsky.social to discuss the inspiration behind the book, why he decided to write it partly as a memoir, and what he wants readers to take away from reading it.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/how-t...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/how-t...
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@okaysteve.bsky.social sat down with @franciscorr25.bsky.social to discuss the inspiration behind the book, why he decided to write it partly as a memoir, and what he wants readers to take away from reading it.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/how-t...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/memory/how-t...
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In How to Change a Memory, neuroscientist @okaysteve.bsky.social shares his disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation.
🎧️📔 The #audiobook, read by the author himself, is out now!
Add it to your #audio library: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
🎧️📔 The #audiobook, read by the author himself, is out now!
Add it to your #audio library: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
November 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
In How to Change a Memory, neuroscientist @okaysteve.bsky.social shares his disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation.
🎧️📔 The #audiobook, read by the author himself, is out now!
Add it to your #audio library: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
🎧️📔 The #audiobook, read by the author himself, is out now!
Add it to your #audio library: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
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Excited to share the latest from the lab on the molecular mechanisms of silencing and un-silencing a hippocampal engram ensemble. Was fun using a variant of the EPSILON technique developed by Adam Cohen's lab.
(1/2)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Molecular mechanisms mediating engram ensemble retrievability state in mice
Engrams, ensembles of neurons that store memories, exist along a continuum of retrievability. Normally, sensory cues can reactivate a latent engram to…
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October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Excited to share the latest from the lab on the molecular mechanisms of silencing and un-silencing a hippocampal engram ensemble. Was fun using a variant of the EPSILON technique developed by Adam Cohen's lab.
(1/2)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
(1/2)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How to Change a Memory by @okaysteve.bsky.social is out now!
Discover a disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field.
Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience #Memory
Discover a disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field.
Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience #Memory
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
How to Change a Memory by @okaysteve.bsky.social is out now!
Discover a disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field.
Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience #Memory
Discover a disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field.
Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience #Memory
Book launch day is here 🚀
How to Change a Memory, in physical and audio form: www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
and here's a preview of one of the book's central themes: memories change and, as a result, we change too🧠.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
How to Change a Memory, in physical and audio form: www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
and here's a preview of one of the book's central themes: memories change and, as a result, we change too🧠.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
Buy How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
www.amazon.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Book launch day is here 🚀
How to Change a Memory, in physical and audio form: www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
and here's a preview of one of the book's central themes: memories change and, as a result, we change too🧠.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
How to Change a Memory, in physical and audio form: www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
and here's a preview of one of the book's central themes: memories change and, as a result, we change too🧠.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/04/a...
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Tomorrow (Nov 3) at 6:30pm EST, join @harvardbookstore.bsky.social, the Harvard University Division of Science, and @harvardlibrary.bsky.social in welcoming award-winning neuroscientist @okaysteve.bsky.social for a discussion and signing of his new book, How to Change a Memory
RSVP: buff.ly/PEwnVu8
RSVP: buff.ly/PEwnVu8
November 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Tomorrow (Nov 3) at 6:30pm EST, join @harvardbookstore.bsky.social, the Harvard University Division of Science, and @harvardlibrary.bsky.social in welcoming award-winning neuroscientist @okaysteve.bsky.social for a discussion and signing of his new book, How to Change a Memory
RSVP: buff.ly/PEwnVu8
RSVP: buff.ly/PEwnVu8
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@okaysteve.bsky.social chatted with @undark.org about how memories can heal the brain and his new book, How to Change a Memory (publishing 11/4). Check out the interview:
How Memories Might Be Used to Help Heal the Brain
In a new book, Steve Ramirez explores the potential of memory manipulation to ease depression and other afflictions.
undark.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@okaysteve.bsky.social chatted with @undark.org about how memories can heal the brain and his new book, How to Change a Memory (publishing 11/4). Check out the interview:
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In How to Change a Memory, @okaysteve.bsky.social draws on his own memories—of friendship, family, loss, & recovery—to reveal how memory can be turned on & off like a switch, edited, & even constructed from nothing.
Out 4 November. Check out a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Out 4 November. Check out a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
In How to Change a Memory, @okaysteve.bsky.social draws on his own memories—of friendship, family, loss, & recovery—to reveal how memory can be turned on & off like a switch, edited, & even constructed from nothing.
Out 4 November. Check out a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Out 4 November. Check out a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Reposted by Steve Ramirez
Next week, Nov 3 at 6:30pm EST, join @harvardbookstore.bsky.social, the Harvard University Division of Science, and @harvardlibrary.bsky.social in welcoming award-winning neuroscientist @okaysteve.bsky.social for a discussion and signing of his new book, How to Change a Memory
RSVP: buff.ly/PEwnVu8
RSVP: buff.ly/PEwnVu8
October 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Next week, Nov 3 at 6:30pm EST, join @harvardbookstore.bsky.social, the Harvard University Division of Science, and @harvardlibrary.bsky.social in welcoming award-winning neuroscientist @okaysteve.bsky.social for a discussion and signing of his new book, How to Change a Memory
RSVP: buff.ly/PEwnVu8
RSVP: buff.ly/PEwnVu8
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On November 7th, DON'T MISS @bostonu.bsky.social's Dr. Rebecca Suthard when she JOINS #MSNSeminars. Hosted by Drs. Brian Kipp, Chloe Lopez-Lee and Rimjhim Tomar, Dr. Suthard will present “A hippocampal astrocytic sequence emerges during learning and memory". @mountsinainyc.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
On November 7th, DON'T MISS @bostonu.bsky.social's Dr. Rebecca Suthard when she JOINS #MSNSeminars. Hosted by Drs. Brian Kipp, Chloe Lopez-Lee and Rimjhim Tomar, Dr. Suthard will present “A hippocampal astrocytic sequence emerges during learning and memory". @mountsinainyc.bsky.social
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Oh hey look what arrived in the mail today @okaysteve.bsky.social!!
So excited to read this
So excited to read this
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Oh hey look what arrived in the mail today @okaysteve.bsky.social!!
So excited to read this
So excited to read this
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The Cummings Lab is hiring a postdoc to work in the areas of reward and addiction! Please see the ad below:
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Cummings Lab is hiring a postdoc to work in the areas of reward and addiction! Please see the ad below:
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@okaysteve.bsky.social's How to Change a Memory is a disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation.
The #audiobook, read by the author himself, arrives 4 November.
Preorder it today: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
#Neuroscience #Science #Memory
The #audiobook, read by the author himself, arrives 4 November.
Preorder it today: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
#Neuroscience #Science #Memory
October 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
@okaysteve.bsky.social's How to Change a Memory is a disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation.
The #audiobook, read by the author himself, arrives 4 November.
Preorder it today: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
#Neuroscience #Science #Memory
The #audiobook, read by the author himself, arrives 4 November.
Preorder it today: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
#Neuroscience #Science #Memory
Reposted by Steve Ramirez
A disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field.
@okaysteve.bsky.social's How to Change a Memory arrives 4 November. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience #Memory #Science
@okaysteve.bsky.social's How to Change a Memory arrives 4 November. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience #Memory #Science
October 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field.
@okaysteve.bsky.social's How to Change a Memory arrives 4 November. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience #Memory #Science
@okaysteve.bsky.social's How to Change a Memory arrives 4 November. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience #Memory #Science
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Next week, October 25th at 7:30 pm MDT, @okaysteve.bsky.social, author of How to Change a Memory, will be at The Lincoln Center as a part of the National Geographic Live Speaker series. Hear him discuss his groundbreaking research in person!
Buy tickets here: www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
Buy tickets here: www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Next week, October 25th at 7:30 pm MDT, @okaysteve.bsky.social, author of How to Change a Memory, will be at The Lincoln Center as a part of the National Geographic Live Speaker series. Hear him discuss his groundbreaking research in person!
Buy tickets here: www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
Buy tickets here: www.lctix.com/shows-ticket...
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Guess what y'all - the great @okaysteve.bsky.social has a book coming out November 4th: "How to Change a Memory"! Steve is a genius, and this book is no doubt going to be an awesome read. Pre-order it now if you know what's good for you!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
How to Change a Memory
A disarmingly personal account of the new science of memory manipulation by one of today’s leading pioneers in the field
press.princeton.edu
October 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Guess what y'all - the great @okaysteve.bsky.social has a book coming out November 4th: "How to Change a Memory"! Steve is a genius, and this book is no doubt going to be an awesome read. Pre-order it now if you know what's good for you!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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In 2016, the first Opto GRC was created to bring together scientists pushing the boundaries of optogenetics research 🧠🌟
Join us to celebrate 10 incredible years of collaboration and discovery—applications for #OptoGRC2026 are now open!
Apply now: www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
Join us to celebrate 10 incredible years of collaboration and discovery—applications for #OptoGRC2026 are now open!
Apply now: www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
October 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In 2016, the first Opto GRC was created to bring together scientists pushing the boundaries of optogenetics research 🧠🌟
Join us to celebrate 10 incredible years of collaboration and discovery—applications for #OptoGRC2026 are now open!
Apply now: www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
Join us to celebrate 10 incredible years of collaboration and discovery—applications for #OptoGRC2026 are now open!
Apply now: www.grc.org/optogenetic-...
Reposted by Steve Ramirez
In How to Change a Memory, neuroscientist @okaysteve.bsky.social draws on his own memories to reveal how memory can be turned on and off like a switch, edited, and even constructed from nothing.
Available 4 November. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience
Available 4 November. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In How to Change a Memory, neuroscientist @okaysteve.bsky.social draws on his own memories to reveal how memory can be turned on and off like a switch, edited, and even constructed from nothing.
Available 4 November. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience
Available 4 November. Preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#Neuroscience
our "Untangling the Mind" tour with NatGeo is ready for liftoff again this Fall and throughout Spring '26!
this show is meant for anyone interested in science and the brain because neuroscience belongs to everyone 🧠
info + tour dates 👇🏽!
live.nationalgeographic.org/event/untang...
this show is meant for anyone interested in science and the brain because neuroscience belongs to everyone 🧠
info + tour dates 👇🏽!
live.nationalgeographic.org/event/untang...
October 6, 2025 at 5:32 PM
our "Untangling the Mind" tour with NatGeo is ready for liftoff again this Fall and throughout Spring '26!
this show is meant for anyone interested in science and the brain because neuroscience belongs to everyone 🧠
info + tour dates 👇🏽!
live.nationalgeographic.org/event/untang...
this show is meant for anyone interested in science and the brain because neuroscience belongs to everyone 🧠
info + tour dates 👇🏽!
live.nationalgeographic.org/event/untang...
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Next week, on October 8th at 6:30 pm CDT, @okaysteve.bsky.social will be delivering a sold-out talk on his book, How to Change a Memory, at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science as a part of the National Geographic Live Speaker Series!
Learn more about the event here: buff.ly/NTEWGMA
Learn more about the event here: buff.ly/NTEWGMA
October 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Next week, on October 8th at 6:30 pm CDT, @okaysteve.bsky.social will be delivering a sold-out talk on his book, How to Change a Memory, at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science as a part of the National Geographic Live Speaker Series!
Learn more about the event here: buff.ly/NTEWGMA
Learn more about the event here: buff.ly/NTEWGMA
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New paper from the lab led by Ali Golbabaei. If you’re interested in systems consolidation, generalization and hippocampal neurogenesis a short 🧵 follows:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lsO73QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lsO73QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
New paper from the lab led by Ali Golbabaei. If you’re interested in systems consolidation, generalization and hippocampal neurogenesis a short 🧵 follows:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lsO73QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lsO73QW8S...
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Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).
September 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).
Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past
Buy How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders
www.amazon.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning everyone!
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...
So, I wrote a book (!!) and it’s coming out November 4th in physical and audiobook form. It’s called *How to Change a Memory*
www.amazon.com/How-Change-M...