Paula Kuokkanen
@paulakuokkanen.bsky.social
computational neuroscientist studying single cells' signals in the field potential & EEG, #auditory system, #barnowl
PI @humboldtuni.bsky.social Berlin | alumnus: jyu.fi , @univofmaryland.bsky.social
knitter | sour-dough baker | swimmer | she/her/hän
PI @humboldtuni.bsky.social Berlin | alumnus: jyu.fi , @univofmaryland.bsky.social
knitter | sour-dough baker | swimmer | she/her/hän
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#JNeurosci: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2qzyacanl3gck4zou547d34y" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@paulakuokkanen.bsky.social et al. isolated scalp signals from single neurons in the 1st processing stage of the barn owl auditory pathway, finding that single neurons' contributions to the scalp signal were unexpectedly large, and time-locked to the 2nd peak.
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Delighted to have our newest paper out in #Jneurosci ! We looked at how much a single cell contributes to an auditory-evoked EEG signal. Big thanks to my co-authors Ira Kraemer, Christine Köppl, Catherine Carr and Richard Kempter (all not in Bsky). Here’s how: (1/13)
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I have just donated $65 to help Ruaa. If you are able to, please share or donate any amount.
My dearest friend set up the weekly and monthly donation options so that we can stay alive after a tent was destroyed just 100 meters away from us last night. The sand covered our faces while we were still alive.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I have just donated $65 to help Ruaa. If you are able to, please share or donate any amount.
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Call for junior or mid-career group leaders in neuroscience! Apply by 30 Jan to join the FENS-Kavli Network. We are looking for excellent and engaged future scholars who are committed to exchanging scientific ideas & improve neuroscience in Europe. fenskavlinetwork.org/who-we-are/a...
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Call for junior or mid-career group leaders in neuroscience! Apply by 30 Jan to join the FENS-Kavli Network. We are looking for excellent and engaged future scholars who are committed to exchanging scientific ideas & improve neuroscience in Europe. fenskavlinetwork.org/who-we-are/a...
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Alex Crawford: "The misery for those with no homes in Gaza just got worse"
Alex reports on the aid piling up in Jordan as Israel continues to block its entry into Gaza (including crutches and wheelchairs, which Israel has been blocking for months)
Alex reports on the aid piling up in Jordan as Israel continues to block its entry into Gaza (including crutches and wheelchairs, which Israel has been blocking for months)
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Alex Crawford: "The misery for those with no homes in Gaza just got worse"
Alex reports on the aid piling up in Jordan as Israel continues to block its entry into Gaza (including crutches and wheelchairs, which Israel has been blocking for months)
Alex reports on the aid piling up in Jordan as Israel continues to block its entry into Gaza (including crutches and wheelchairs, which Israel has been blocking for months)
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Everyone… I just need to rent a place to replace our tent. My family has fallen very sick because of it, Don’t forget us even with the ceasefire it’s an illusion to divert attention from us. Our suffering has worsened, the situation is extremely dire and I’ve lost everything except my trust in you.
My dearest friend set up the weekly and monthly donation options so that we can stay alive after a tent was destroyed just 100 meters away from us last night. The sand covered our faces while we were still alive.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
I’m deeply depressed and can’t keep begging one by one for help anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Everyone… I just need to rent a place to replace our tent. My family has fallen very sick because of it, Don’t forget us even with the ceasefire it’s an illusion to divert attention from us. Our suffering has worsened, the situation is extremely dire and I’ve lost everything except my trust in you.
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Get yourself a really cool and different advent calendar! Kids love learning about weird critters (eels are very weird, complimentary). Adults concerned about nature or just looking for a break from all the STUFF will appreciate the knowledge & art in this. C'mon. Do it for the eels.
This year we have sold 31% of the advent calendars that we sold last year 😓
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
The art is so pretty and colorful 🥺
The facts are so good 🥺
Eels are so cool 🥺
Get an eel facts advent calendar at EelFacts.net
November 15, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Get yourself a really cool and different advent calendar! Kids love learning about weird critters (eels are very weird, complimentary). Adults concerned about nature or just looking for a break from all the STUFF will appreciate the knowledge & art in this. C'mon. Do it for the eels.
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Paris. It was not 'built like this.'
Thanks Anne Hidalgo, a DOER, for greening Paris. Along the way, showing the world's mayors that change is doable.
Situation Modification: it’s NOT willpower, but the wisdom to shape the situations that shape you. Angela Duckworth
Thanks Anne Hidalgo, a DOER, for greening Paris. Along the way, showing the world's mayors that change is doable.
Situation Modification: it’s NOT willpower, but the wisdom to shape the situations that shape you. Angela Duckworth
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Paris. It was not 'built like this.'
Thanks Anne Hidalgo, a DOER, for greening Paris. Along the way, showing the world's mayors that change is doable.
Situation Modification: it’s NOT willpower, but the wisdom to shape the situations that shape you. Angela Duckworth
Thanks Anne Hidalgo, a DOER, for greening Paris. Along the way, showing the world's mayors that change is doable.
Situation Modification: it’s NOT willpower, but the wisdom to shape the situations that shape you. Angela Duckworth
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the world is a bit smaller tonight with the death of Alice Wong. if you aren't familiar with who she was please pick up any of her books.
Disability Visibility anthology
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century (Vintage Books, 2020) Click here for more about the anthology adapted for young people. Order paperback, e-bo…
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
the world is a bit smaller tonight with the death of Alice Wong. if you aren't familiar with who she was please pick up any of her books.
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This video I did it before gencide as student day in gaza, ahhh everything destroyed even me
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This video I did it before gencide as student day in gaza, ahhh everything destroyed even me
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I need to be evacuated as soon as possible
This is a great idea to help spread my link.
I’m at a point where I desperately need to get it out there I’m exhausted, and I can’t reach anyone, especially with Bluesky limiting me.
Please do this for me.
Post the code in public spaces. 😢🙏🏽
This is a great idea to help spread my link.
I’m at a point where I desperately need to get it out there I’m exhausted, and I can’t reach anyone, especially with Bluesky limiting me.
Please do this for me.
Post the code in public spaces. 😢🙏🏽
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I need to be evacuated as soon as possible
This is a great idea to help spread my link.
I’m at a point where I desperately need to get it out there I’m exhausted, and I can’t reach anyone, especially with Bluesky limiting me.
Please do this for me.
Post the code in public spaces. 😢🙏🏽
This is a great idea to help spread my link.
I’m at a point where I desperately need to get it out there I’m exhausted, and I can’t reach anyone, especially with Bluesky limiting me.
Please do this for me.
Post the code in public spaces. 😢🙏🏽
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The majority of people — politicians, business folk and public alike — fail to realise how violent a 2.6°C hotter world (over 4°C in Europe) will be. Displacements, forced migrations and armed conflicts will become the norm at every level, everywhere, including in currently peaceful regions. #COP30
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The majority of people — politicians, business folk and public alike — fail to realise how violent a 2.6°C hotter world (over 4°C in Europe) will be. Displacements, forced migrations and armed conflicts will become the norm at every level, everywhere, including in currently peaceful regions. #COP30
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The effects of the genocide are profound; it is truly another war. You find yourself alone, surrounded by destruction, with no home and no future. We are still reeling from the shock. Be with us, support us, and don't forget us, you are truly the oxygen we breathe.
chuffed.org/project/1389...
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The effects of the genocide are profound; it is truly another war. You find yourself alone, surrounded by destruction, with no home and no future. We are still reeling from the shock. Be with us, support us, and don't forget us, you are truly the oxygen we breathe.
chuffed.org/project/1389...
chuffed.org/project/1389...
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
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I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I’ve seen this shared several times with the header and footer not visible, so you can’t see the artists’s name.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
Credit: Leo the Alien — alienyrox on redbubble and other platforms.
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Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Are you an early-stage graduate student (2nd or 3rd year) or early-stage postdoc based in the US or Canada, working primarily in Drosophila? Would you like to help improve the experience of all trainees working in Drosophila research? If so, read on.
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
(Please repost to reach a broad audience.)
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Having a taste for cooking in Gaza is a joy only those who have lost it can truly understand. I can now easily make a delicious cup of coffee. I am so grateful.
November 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Having a taste for cooking in Gaza is a joy only those who have lost it can truly understand. I can now easily make a delicious cup of coffee. I am so grateful.
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Tomás Codina, Benjamin Blankertz, and Alexander von Lühmann:
Multimodal fNIRS–EEG sensor fusion: Review of data-driven methods and perspective for naturalistic brain imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multimodal fNIRS–EEG sensor fusion: Review of data-driven methods and perspective for naturalistic brain imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
November 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Tomás Codina, Benjamin Blankertz, and Alexander von Lühmann:
Multimodal fNIRS–EEG sensor fusion: Review of data-driven methods and perspective for naturalistic brain imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Multimodal fNIRS–EEG sensor fusion: Review of data-driven methods and perspective for naturalistic brain imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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"Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration"
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
(i) Academia should resume control of publishing using non-profit publishing models (e.g. diamond open-access). 1/
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
(i) Academia should resume control of publishing using non-profit publishing models (e.g. diamond open-access). 1/
Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration | Royal Society Open Science
Science relies on integrity and trustworthiness. But scientists under career pressure
are lured to purchase fake publications from ‘paper mills’ that use AI-generated data,
text and image fabrication....
royalsocietypublishing.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"Reformation of science publishing: the Stockholm Declaration"
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
(i) Academia should resume control of publishing using non-profit publishing models (e.g. diamond open-access). 1/
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
(i) Academia should resume control of publishing using non-profit publishing models (e.g. diamond open-access). 1/
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
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"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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This is 🤯
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation - Nature
NextBrain is an open source, probabilistic atlas of the entire human brain, assembled using artificial-intelligence-enabled registration and segmentation methods to reconstruct the multimodal serial h...
share.google
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
This is 🤯
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
All publicly available. Looks like an amazing new histology-based human probabilistic atlas and parcellation tool.
#neuroskyence #mri #brainmapping
A probabilistic histological atlas of the human brain for MRI segmentation | Nature share.google/5AD0iW7pxgb4...
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This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
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Of course it is.
Mussolini and Hitler and Franco all blamed immigrants to seize power.
The same old playbook is being used.
Mussolini and Hitler and Franco all blamed immigrants to seize power.
The same old playbook is being used.
November 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Of course it is.
Mussolini and Hitler and Franco all blamed immigrants to seize power.
The same old playbook is being used.
Mussolini and Hitler and Franco all blamed immigrants to seize power.
The same old playbook is being used.