Nicole F. Wong
@strontiumpup.bsky.social
Patcher of neurons
ORCID: 0000-0002-1596-8669
ORCID: 0000-0002-1596-8669
Wow, my h-index moved from 3 to 4! Really moving up in the world 😂
January 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Wow, my h-index moved from 3 to 4! Really moving up in the world 😂
New year, more of the same 😭😭😭
January 2, 2026 at 3:05 AM
New year, more of the same 😭😭😭
Lab conversation of the day: How to convince our PI to raise chickens, so I can get a cat.
December 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Lab conversation of the day: How to convince our PI to raise chickens, so I can get a cat.
In the anime Dragon Ball Z there exists a hyperbolic time chamber, where time is skewed so a year in the chamber would be equivalent to a day spent outside the chamber. I think I’ll need a hyperbolic time chamber to finish all the experiments and writing I need to finish by the end of the year…
a cartoon character with a blue shirt and orange pants is standing in front of rocks
Alt: Goku from dragon ball z, powering up
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December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In the anime Dragon Ball Z there exists a hyperbolic time chamber, where time is skewed so a year in the chamber would be equivalent to a day spent outside the chamber. I think I’ll need a hyperbolic time chamber to finish all the experiments and writing I need to finish by the end of the year…
Testing out new toys we got from SfN. Thanks @proteintech.bsky.social and Echo!
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Testing out new toys we got from SfN. Thanks @proteintech.bsky.social and Echo!
If you’re at #sfn25 you definitely don’t want to miss this nanosymposium on cilia, tomorrow from 1-4pm! Come learn about neuronal cilia, they do some pretty cool stuff!
Synapses may get all the glory, but join us cilia-philes for our @sfn.org Nanosymposium to learn about the role of cilia in modulating brain activity, behavior, and development.
Sunday November 16th 1-4pm SDCC Room 25A. Thrilled to chair with @konjikusicmia.bsky.social - we'll see you there!
Sunday November 16th 1-4pm SDCC Room 25A. Thrilled to chair with @konjikusicmia.bsky.social - we'll see you there!
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If you’re at #sfn25 you definitely don’t want to miss this nanosymposium on cilia, tomorrow from 1-4pm! Come learn about neuronal cilia, they do some pretty cool stuff!
Wow, when they said it was raining they meant it was RAINing
November 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Wow, when they said it was raining they meant it was RAINing
I don’t know why I thought a morning flight was a good idea
November 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I don’t know why I thought a morning flight was a good idea
Our resident artist hard-at-work drawing dinosaurs for @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Our resident artist hard-at-work drawing dinosaurs for @plasmidsaurus.bsky.social
My cousin is about to start the nyc marathon, I guess it’s time to get out of bed…
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My cousin is about to start the nyc marathon, I guess it’s time to get out of bed…
Thanks @mpfneuro.bsky.social for inviting me out! Had a blast spending the day talking about neuronal cilia!
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Thanks @mpfneuro.bsky.social for inviting me out! Had a blast spending the day talking about neuronal cilia!
Mr. Bumblebee doing the hard work so I don’t have to
October 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Mr. Bumblebee doing the hard work so I don’t have to
RIP, you served the culture rig honorable
September 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
RIP, you served the culture rig honorable
6 months later, just like riding a bike.
September 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
6 months later, just like riding a bike.
Totally worth getting up at 5 to avoid the crowds
May 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Totally worth getting up at 5 to avoid the crowds
Eduroam at the airport is wild
May 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Eduroam at the airport is wild
I fixed the Koehler illumination of the teaching scope at the musée d'histoire des sciences in Geneva. Nice to know my skills can be applicable outside the lab.
May 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I fixed the Koehler illumination of the teaching scope at the musée d'histoire des sciences in Geneva. Nice to know my skills can be applicable outside the lab.
This view never gets old!
May 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This view never gets old!
You best believe a 6 hr time difference wasn’t going to stop me from watching the Knicks punch their ticket to the eastern conference finals! 😱😱😱
May 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You best believe a 6 hr time difference wasn’t going to stop me from watching the Knicks punch their ticket to the eastern conference finals! 😱😱😱
Finally, an emoji for academics
April 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Finally, an emoji for academics
Do y’all remember when Trumps immigration policy was just a wall? Yeah, good times.
April 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Do y’all remember when Trumps immigration policy was just a wall? Yeah, good times.
I keep getting asked whether I would consider leaving the states and my answer is no. It took four generations of hardship for my family to make it into this country. I can’t just run from the fight now.
April 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I keep getting asked whether I would consider leaving the states and my answer is no. It took four generations of hardship for my family to make it into this country. I can’t just run from the fight now.
Reposted by Nicole F. Wong
Thrilled to share work from my PhD is now online as a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show prey capture learning requires V1, enhances V1b tuning to behavior, and induces persistent plasticity in firing rates and spines, gated by homeostatic, rather than Hebbian processes. Read more:
We show prey capture learning requires V1, enhances V1b tuning to behavior, and induces persistent plasticity in firing rates and spines, gated by homeostatic, rather than Hebbian processes. Read more:
Rapid prey capture learning drives a slow resetting of network activity in rodent binocular visual cortex
Neocortical neurons possess stable firing rate set points to which they faithfully return when perturbed. These set points are established early and are stable through adulthood, suggesting they are i...
www.biorxiv.org
April 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Thrilled to share work from my PhD is now online as a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We show prey capture learning requires V1, enhances V1b tuning to behavior, and induces persistent plasticity in firing rates and spines, gated by homeostatic, rather than Hebbian processes. Read more:
We show prey capture learning requires V1, enhances V1b tuning to behavior, and induces persistent plasticity in firing rates and spines, gated by homeostatic, rather than Hebbian processes. Read more:
I finally figured out what I should use my Thor labs snack box for!
March 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I finally figured out what I should use my Thor labs snack box for!