Nicole F. Wong
@strontiumpup.bsky.social
Patcher of neurons
ORCID: 0000-0002-1596-8669
ORCID: 0000-0002-1596-8669
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!
Hulk’d straight through my gloves
March 18, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Hulk’d straight through my gloves
I’m not sure why anyone buys an industrial pump when a fish pump does just as well. Just as powerful at a fraction of the price.
March 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’m not sure why anyone buys an industrial pump when a fish pump does just as well. Just as powerful at a fraction of the price.
Our lab’s squash team is ready to take on any other lab who dares to challenge us!
February 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Our lab’s squash team is ready to take on any other lab who dares to challenge us!
If only we could use optogenetics for mind control
February 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
If only we could use optogenetics for mind control
If only Americans could agree on more than just tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minorrrrrrrrrrr
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If only Americans could agree on more than just tryna strike a chord and it’s probably A minorrrrrrrrrrr