Sumner L. Norman
@sumnerln.bsky.social
CEO of Forest Neurotech // ultrasound & BCI
Thrilled to finally share this work on how ultrasound BCIs function under the hood. 🧠
It was an honor working with Whitney the pièce de résistance of his PhD work at @caltech.edu
It was an honor working with Whitney the pièce de résistance of his PhD work at @caltech.edu
🧠Excited to share our latest ultrasound & neurotech paper @natureportfolio.nature.com
🦾 Our previous papers demonstrated the HOW of an ultrasonic brain-machine interface in monkeys and humans. This paper highlights WHY it works.
🦾 Our previous papers demonstrated the HOW of an ultrasonic brain-machine interface in monkeys and humans. This paper highlights WHY it works.
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Thrilled to finally share this work on how ultrasound BCIs function under the hood. 🧠
It was an honor working with Whitney the pièce de résistance of his PhD work at @caltech.edu
It was an honor working with Whitney the pièce de résistance of his PhD work at @caltech.edu
Our sister FRO E11 Bio is well on their way to mapping every neuron in the brain. Check out their work on PRISM out today!
E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
October 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Our sister FRO E11 Bio is well on their way to mapping every neuron in the brain. Check out their work on PRISM out today!
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
October 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
E11 Bio is excited to unveil PRISM technology for mapping brain wiring with simple light microscopes. Today, brain mapping in humans and other mammals is bottlenecked by accurate neuron tracing. PRISM uses molecular ID codes and AI to help neurons trace themselves.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
Read more: e11.bio/blog/prism
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
This June, we kicked off our first-ever UK FRO Founder Residency as an Activation Partner for the United Kingdom’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA), @aria-research.bsky.social.
Read more: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...
Read more: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...
Inside the UK FRO Founder Residency with ARIA
a big step forward in how we source and incubate new FRO projects
www.essentialtechnology.blog
September 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This June, we kicked off our first-ever UK FRO Founder Residency as an Activation Partner for the United Kingdom’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA), @aria-research.bsky.social.
Read more: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...
Read more: www.essentialtechnology.blog/p/inside-the...
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(YouTube podcast) The history and future of brain computer interfaces www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBBa... Interview with @sumnerln.bsky.social, CEO of Forest Neurotech forestneurotech.org; wonder what he thinks of Nudge (phased-array tFUS, nudge.com)? #ultrasound #BCI #NeuroTech
The History And Future Of Brain Computer Interfaces
YouTube video by Core Memory
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
(YouTube podcast) The history and future of brain computer interfaces www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBBa... Interview with @sumnerln.bsky.social, CEO of Forest Neurotech forestneurotech.org; wonder what he thinks of Nudge (phased-array tFUS, nudge.com)? #ultrasound #BCI #NeuroTech
Another new job alert! We're hiring a Manufacturing Engineer.
I told you it was coming soon. 😉
🔗 [Forest's Website]/jobs
I told you it was coming soon. 😉
🔗 [Forest's Website]/jobs
🚨 Forest Neurotech is hiring across domains and levels! 🚨
We just added a Hardware Test Engineer role and have open roles for SWEs and EEs. More coming soon.
If you (or someone you know) is mission driven, high IQ, and low ego, let's talk!
We just added a Hardware Test Engineer role and have open roles for SWEs and EEs. More coming soon.
If you (or someone you know) is mission driven, high IQ, and low ego, let's talk!
June 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Another new job alert! We're hiring a Manufacturing Engineer.
I told you it was coming soon. 😉
🔗 [Forest's Website]/jobs
I told you it was coming soon. 😉
🔗 [Forest's Website]/jobs
🚨 Forest Neurotech is hiring across domains and levels! 🚨
We just added a Hardware Test Engineer role and have open roles for SWEs and EEs. More coming soon.
If you (or someone you know) is mission driven, high IQ, and low ego, let's talk!
We just added a Hardware Test Engineer role and have open roles for SWEs and EEs. More coming soon.
If you (or someone you know) is mission driven, high IQ, and low ego, let's talk!
June 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
🚨 Forest Neurotech is hiring across domains and levels! 🚨
We just added a Hardware Test Engineer role and have open roles for SWEs and EEs. More coming soon.
If you (or someone you know) is mission driven, high IQ, and low ego, let's talk!
We just added a Hardware Test Engineer role and have open roles for SWEs and EEs. More coming soon.
If you (or someone you know) is mission driven, high IQ, and low ego, let's talk!
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
E11 Bio is launching Volara: an open-source Python library for block-wise processing of large volumetric microscopy datasets! 🧪🔬
Volara features block-wise task abstractions, making scalable image processing more accessible, robust, and repeatable.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/volara
Volara features block-wise task abstractions, making scalable image processing more accessible, robust, and repeatable.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/volara
May 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
E11 Bio is launching Volara: an open-source Python library for block-wise processing of large volumetric microscopy datasets! 🧪🔬
Volara features block-wise task abstractions, making scalable image processing more accessible, robust, and repeatable.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/volara
Volara features block-wise task abstractions, making scalable image processing more accessible, robust, and repeatable.
Read more: e11.bio/blog/volara
New work from Alan Urban @openfus.bsky.social & team shows that functional ultrasound neuroimaging and neural spiking rates are well correlated.
[Recording with fUS and neuropixels...] "fUS images can be interpreted as a robust estimator of local spiking activity"
[Recording with fUS and neuropixels...] "fUS images can be interpreted as a robust estimator of local spiking activity"
May 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
New work from Alan Urban @openfus.bsky.social & team shows that functional ultrasound neuroimaging and neural spiking rates are well correlated.
[Recording with fUS and neuropixels...] "fUS images can be interpreted as a robust estimator of local spiking activity"
[Recording with fUS and neuropixels...] "fUS images can be interpreted as a robust estimator of local spiking activity"
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
🧪 Transforming biomedical discovery needs proteomics that is specific and accurate, but also faster and cheaper
@parallelsq.bsky.social is proud to introduce 9-plex PSMtags: a new mass tag that improves sequencing and increases throughput in sensitive proteomics 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@parallelsq.bsky.social is proud to introduce 9-plex PSMtags: a new mass tag that improves sequencing and increases throughput in sensitive proteomics 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
May 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🧪 Transforming biomedical discovery needs proteomics that is specific and accurate, but also faster and cheaper
@parallelsq.bsky.social is proud to introduce 9-plex PSMtags: a new mass tag that improves sequencing and increases throughput in sensitive proteomics 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
@parallelsq.bsky.social is proud to introduce 9-plex PSMtags: a new mass tag that improves sequencing and increases throughput in sensitive proteomics 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
We are excited to introduce ‘time’ as a new domain for proteomics multiplexing!
It enables:
-Label-free multiplexing
-Combinatorial multiplexing with plexDIA
Using combined 9-plexDIA and 3-timePlex we demonstrate 27-plex DIA 🚀
It enables:
-Label-free multiplexing
-Combinatorial multiplexing with plexDIA
Using combined 9-plexDIA and 3-timePlex we demonstrate 27-plex DIA 🚀
May 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We are excited to introduce ‘time’ as a new domain for proteomics multiplexing!
It enables:
-Label-free multiplexing
-Combinatorial multiplexing with plexDIA
Using combined 9-plexDIA and 3-timePlex we demonstrate 27-plex DIA 🚀
It enables:
-Label-free multiplexing
-Combinatorial multiplexing with plexDIA
Using combined 9-plexDIA and 3-timePlex we demonstrate 27-plex DIA 🚀
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
Increasing throughput in mass spec proteomics requires new ways to model the increased complexity of the spectra.
We are delighted to share JMod, our new open source software developed at @parallelsq.bsky.social , which enables new multiplexing approaches.
1/7
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We are delighted to share JMod, our new open source software developed at @parallelsq.bsky.social , which enables new multiplexing approaches.
1/7
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
May 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Increasing throughput in mass spec proteomics requires new ways to model the increased complexity of the spectra.
We are delighted to share JMod, our new open source software developed at @parallelsq.bsky.social , which enables new multiplexing approaches.
1/7
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We are delighted to share JMod, our new open source software developed at @parallelsq.bsky.social , which enables new multiplexing approaches.
1/7
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Academic friends: If you're a PI facing the need to let one or more trainees go because of canceled funding due to NIH or other cuts, please DM me.
May 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Academic friends: If you're a PI facing the need to let one or more trainees go because of canceled funding due to NIH or other cuts, please DM me.
🚨 Forest Neurotech is hiring an EE Lead! 🚨
If you've shipped 3+ product lifecycles of small/mixed-signal devices, let's talk. We're looking for mission driven, high IQ+low ego. If you/someone you know matches this description, please reach out.
If you've shipped 3+ product lifecycles of small/mixed-signal devices, let's talk. We're looking for mission driven, high IQ+low ego. If you/someone you know matches this description, please reach out.
May 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🚨 Forest Neurotech is hiring an EE Lead! 🚨
If you've shipped 3+ product lifecycles of small/mixed-signal devices, let's talk. We're looking for mission driven, high IQ+low ego. If you/someone you know matches this description, please reach out.
If you've shipped 3+ product lifecycles of small/mixed-signal devices, let's talk. We're looking for mission driven, high IQ+low ego. If you/someone you know matches this description, please reach out.
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
KJ Muldoon was born in August with a rare, life-threatening metabolic disease. Six months later, he received a Crispr treatment made just for him to address the disease-causing misspelling in his DNA. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/a-baby...
A Baby Received a Custom Crispr Treatment in Record Time
Scientists were able to create a bespoke treatment for KJ Muldoon’s rare genetic disorder within six months. It could be a blueprint for potentially life-saving, gene-editing Crispr therapies.
www.wired.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
KJ Muldoon was born in August with a rare, life-threatening metabolic disease. Six months later, he received a Crispr treatment made just for him to address the disease-causing misspelling in his DNA. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/a-baby...
Legislation proposed to regulate neurotech and neurodata has captured interest from state and federal lawmakers.
Bloomberg Law shares more: "The compliance costs [of] privacy laws could limit businesses to certain states or solely to the academic realm."
Bloomberg Law shares more: "The compliance costs [of] privacy laws could limit businesses to certain states or solely to the academic realm."
May 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Legislation proposed to regulate neurotech and neurodata has captured interest from state and federal lawmakers.
Bloomberg Law shares more: "The compliance costs [of] privacy laws could limit businesses to certain states or solely to the academic realm."
Bloomberg Law shares more: "The compliance costs [of] privacy laws could limit businesses to certain states or solely to the academic realm."
🧵 Today, IMPRINT, a pioneering new nonprofit initiative, is announcing $15 million in philanthropic funding to advance our work to decode the body's immune memory and uncover the causes of chronic diseases.
#Immunology #Biotech #BiotechResearch
#Immunology #Biotech #BiotechResearch
Press Release May 2025 — Imprint FRO
Imprint FRO launches with $15M in funding
www.imprint.org
May 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
New results from meta are 🔥🔥🔥
"neural activity recorded from over 7,400 electrodes implanted in the brains of 46 children, teenagers, and adults for epilepsy monitoring, as they listened to an audiobook version of “The Little Prince”."
"neural activity recorded from over 7,400 electrodes implanted in the brains of 46 children, teenagers, and adults for epilepsy monitoring, as they listened to an audiobook version of “The Little Prince”."
May 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
New results from meta are 🔥🔥🔥
"neural activity recorded from over 7,400 electrodes implanted in the brains of 46 children, teenagers, and adults for epilepsy monitoring, as they listened to an audiobook version of “The Little Prince”."
"neural activity recorded from over 7,400 electrodes implanted in the brains of 46 children, teenagers, and adults for epilepsy monitoring, as they listened to an audiobook version of “The Little Prince”."
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
Looking for a job in immunology or biotech research?
✨IMPRINT is #hiring! ✨
Join us to help revolutionize how we decode the body’s immune memory, uncover the causes of chronic diseases, and drive breakthroughs in autoimmunity and neuropsychiatric research.
#BiotechJobs #Immunology #sciencejobs
✨IMPRINT is #hiring! ✨
Join us to help revolutionize how we decode the body’s immune memory, uncover the causes of chronic diseases, and drive breakthroughs in autoimmunity and neuropsychiatric research.
#BiotechJobs #Immunology #sciencejobs
Jobs — Imprint FRO
Join our team—current openings at Imprint
www.imprint.org
May 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Looking for a job in immunology or biotech research?
✨IMPRINT is #hiring! ✨
Join us to help revolutionize how we decode the body’s immune memory, uncover the causes of chronic diseases, and drive breakthroughs in autoimmunity and neuropsychiatric research.
#BiotechJobs #Immunology #sciencejobs
✨IMPRINT is #hiring! ✨
Join us to help revolutionize how we decode the body’s immune memory, uncover the causes of chronic diseases, and drive breakthroughs in autoimmunity and neuropsychiatric research.
#BiotechJobs #Immunology #sciencejobs
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
We have released VARS-fUSI: Variable sampling for fast and efficient functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) using neural operators.
The first deep learning fUSI method to allow for different sampling durations and rates during training and inference. biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/
The first deep learning fUSI method to allow for different sampling durations and rates during training and inference. biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/
April 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
We have released VARS-fUSI: Variable sampling for fast and efficient functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) using neural operators.
The first deep learning fUSI method to allow for different sampling durations and rates during training and inference. biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/
The first deep learning fUSI method to allow for different sampling durations and rates during training and inference. biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/
Reposted by Sumner L. Norman
Joint work with Lydia Lin, Thierri Callier, Peter Wang, Sanvi Pal, Aditi Chandrashekar, Claire Rabut, @zongyili.bsky.social, Chase Blagden, @sumnerln.bsky.social,
@azizzadenesheli.bsky.social, Charles Liu, @mikhailshapiro.bsky.social, Richard Andersen, @anima-anandkumar.bsky.social. 2/
@azizzadenesheli.bsky.social, Charles Liu, @mikhailshapiro.bsky.social, Richard Andersen, @anima-anandkumar.bsky.social. 2/
April 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Joint work with Lydia Lin, Thierri Callier, Peter Wang, Sanvi Pal, Aditi Chandrashekar, Claire Rabut, @zongyili.bsky.social, Chase Blagden, @sumnerln.bsky.social,
@azizzadenesheli.bsky.social, Charles Liu, @mikhailshapiro.bsky.social, Richard Andersen, @anima-anandkumar.bsky.social. 2/
@azizzadenesheli.bsky.social, Charles Liu, @mikhailshapiro.bsky.social, Richard Andersen, @anima-anandkumar.bsky.social. 2/
"Fungi and archaea represent some of the most fascinating yet understudied branches of the tree of life. [...] There’s little doubt that we’ve barely scratched the surface of their capabilities."
So stoked for this project from @cultivarium.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social!
So stoked for this project from @cultivarium.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social!
We're gearing up to tackle new kingdoms of life, thanks to generous support from @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Get in touch!
Read more on our blog: cultivarium.substack.com/p/fungi-and-...
Read more on our blog: cultivarium.substack.com/p/fungi-and-...
April 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
"Fungi and archaea represent some of the most fascinating yet understudied branches of the tree of life. [...] There’s little doubt that we’ve barely scratched the surface of their capabilities."
So stoked for this project from @cultivarium.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social!
So stoked for this project from @cultivarium.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social!
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What if we could program our moods?
@sumnerln.bsky.social, CEO of Forest Neurotech, is capitalizing on ultrasound physics to monitor and stimulate areas of the brain to push it towards more healthy states.
@sumnerln.bsky.social, CEO of Forest Neurotech, is capitalizing on ultrasound physics to monitor and stimulate areas of the brain to push it towards more healthy states.
What if we could program your mood? #protocollabs #neurotechnology #neuroscience
YouTube video by Protocol Labs
youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What if we could program our moods?
@sumnerln.bsky.social, CEO of Forest Neurotech, is capitalizing on ultrasound physics to monitor and stimulate areas of the brain to push it towards more healthy states.
@sumnerln.bsky.social, CEO of Forest Neurotech, is capitalizing on ultrasound physics to monitor and stimulate areas of the brain to push it towards more healthy states.