Susan Coltman
@susancoltman.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Motor Control Researcher in Neuroscience at Penn State | Leveraging Athletic Experience for Motor Learning Insights | Non‑invasive neural stimulation techniques to restore functional motor control of the hand
This really resonates with me, Paul, especially what you said about growth through intellectual struggle. I remember a time in your lab when @joshcashaback.bsky.social wouldn’t give me the answer to a coding/design problem. I felt so frustrated then and just wanted someone to tell me the solution.
feedback welcome (new section in my lab manual on use of AI tools)
github.com/paulgribble/...
github.com/paulgribble/...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
This really resonates with me, Paul, especially what you said about growth through intellectual struggle. I remember a time in your lab when @joshcashaback.bsky.social wouldn’t give me the answer to a coding/design problem. I felt so frustrated then and just wanted someone to tell me the solution.
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revised version of @mahdiyar45.bsky.social's paper: "A Context-Free Model of Savings in Motor Learning"
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #sensorimotor
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #sensorimotor
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
January 29, 2026 at 1:02 PM
revised version of @mahdiyar45.bsky.social's paper: "A Context-Free Model of Savings in Motor Learning"
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #sensorimotor
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #sensorimotor
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I am excited to start at #UofG this July. I look forward to contributing to research and helping to build a strong, collaborative scientific community.
For the third year in a row, #UofG has been ranked one of the top 150 universities in the world for life sciences, according to the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by subject, while also rising to fifth in Canada.
Learn more: uoguel.ph/3u1wt
Learn more: uoguel.ph/3u1wt
January 24, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I am excited to start at #UofG this July. I look forward to contributing to research and helping to build a strong, collaborative scientific community.
This paper expands my research methods to include transcutaneous nerve stimulation and fNIRS. We used a multi-method approach to measure hemodynamic responses during a 45-minute session, revealing a nonlinear temporal potentiation mechanism centered in the posterior parietal cortex.
fNIRS Characterization of Temporal Potentiation During Optimized Nerve Stimulation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.12.699125v1
January 14, 2026 at 8:28 PM
This paper expands my research methods to include transcutaneous nerve stimulation and fNIRS. We used a multi-method approach to measure hemodynamic responses during a 45-minute session, revealing a nonlinear temporal potentiation mechanism centered in the posterior parietal cortex.
Reposted by Susan Coltman
Are you thinking about doing neuroscience outreach but want to make it more exciting or hands on?
Check out RetINaBox! (A collab led by the Trenholm lab)
We tried to bring the experience of experimental neuroscience to a classroom setting:
www.eneuro.org/content/13/1...
#neuroscience 🧪
Check out RetINaBox! (A collab led by the Trenholm lab)
We tried to bring the experience of experimental neuroscience to a classroom setting:
www.eneuro.org/content/13/1...
#neuroscience 🧪
RetINaBox: A Hands-On Learning Tool for Experimental Neuroscience
An exciting aspect of neuroscience is developing and testing hypotheses via experimentation. However, due to logistical and financial hurdles, the experiment and discovery component of neuroscience is...
www.eneuro.org
January 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Are you thinking about doing neuroscience outreach but want to make it more exciting or hands on?
Check out RetINaBox! (A collab led by the Trenholm lab)
We tried to bring the experience of experimental neuroscience to a classroom setting:
www.eneuro.org/content/13/1...
#neuroscience 🧪
Check out RetINaBox! (A collab led by the Trenholm lab)
We tried to bring the experience of experimental neuroscience to a classroom setting:
www.eneuro.org/content/13/1...
#neuroscience 🧪
✨ Exciting News! ✨
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the University of Guelph's Department of Psychology in Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science as an Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2026. I will be returning to Canada on Canada Day!
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the University of Guelph's Department of Psychology in Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science as an Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2026. I will be returning to Canada on Canada Day!
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
✨ Exciting News! ✨
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the University of Guelph's Department of Psychology in Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science as an Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2026. I will be returning to Canada on Canada Day!
I am thrilled to share that I will be joining the University of Guelph's Department of Psychology in Neuroscience and Applied Cognitive Science as an Assistant Professor, starting July 1, 2026. I will be returning to Canada on Canada Day!
Rest in peace, to a legend who taught us all to hope and to act.
She showed an entire generation of girls, including me, that we could be scientists, that we could be brave enough to go into the wild and change the world through curiosity and compassion.
She showed an entire generation of girls, including me, that we could be scientists, that we could be brave enough to go into the wild and change the world through curiosity and compassion.
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91
Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.
The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Rest in peace, to a legend who taught us all to hope and to act.
She showed an entire generation of girls, including me, that we could be scientists, that we could be brave enough to go into the wild and change the world through curiosity and compassion.
She showed an entire generation of girls, including me, that we could be scientists, that we could be brave enough to go into the wild and change the world through curiosity and compassion.
Join us for the October CNS-PDS seminar on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 (9am PST / 12pm EST / 1:30pm NST).
Speakers:
• Richard Gao (Goethe University)
• Pedro Henrique Guedes (University of Saskatchewan)
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
All are welcome.
Speakers:
• Richard Gao (Goethe University)
• Pedro Henrique Guedes (University of Saskatchewan)
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
All are welcome.
September 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Join us for the October CNS-PDS seminar on Thursday, October 2nd, 2025 (9am PST / 12pm EST / 1:30pm NST).
Speakers:
• Richard Gao (Goethe University)
• Pedro Henrique Guedes (University of Saskatchewan)
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
All are welcome.
Speakers:
• Richard Gao (Goethe University)
• Pedro Henrique Guedes (University of Saskatchewan)
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
All are welcome.
Reposted by Susan Coltman
In this 'How to' Comment, @gribblelab.org gives advice on how to think about one's academic website and how to go about building one. #AcademicWebsite
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
How to design your academic website - Nature Human Behaviour
An academic website serves as both a public-facing window on the world wide web and an important internal laboratory resource. In this ‘How to’ piece, I outline how to build your academic website, including what content to include, and ways to build and launch your site.
www.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In this 'How to' Comment, @gribblelab.org gives advice on how to think about one's academic website and how to go about building one. #AcademicWebsite
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Susan Coltman
Preprint alert!
Individual preferences in relying on vision or proprioception in reaching show distinct patterns in connectivity across sensorimotor network.
Happy to have contributed to this nice piece of work by Kess, @hjblock.bsky.social and other cool people!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Individual preferences in relying on vision or proprioception in reaching show distinct patterns in connectivity across sensorimotor network.
Happy to have contributed to this nice piece of work by Kess, @hjblock.bsky.social and other cool people!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Network dynamics for sensory prioritization: Functional connectivity related to individual sensory weighting of vision versus proprioception during upper limb control
Precise control of the hand requires the dynamic integration of visual and proprioceptive (body position sense) sensory cues with internal models, task goals, and motor plans. Individual differences i...
www.biorxiv.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Preprint alert!
Individual preferences in relying on vision or proprioception in reaching show distinct patterns in connectivity across sensorimotor network.
Happy to have contributed to this nice piece of work by Kess, @hjblock.bsky.social and other cool people!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Individual preferences in relying on vision or proprioception in reaching show distinct patterns in connectivity across sensorimotor network.
Happy to have contributed to this nice piece of work by Kess, @hjblock.bsky.social and other cool people!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The CAN Postdoc Seminar Series is back this Thursday, Sept 11!
Fresh lineup of speakers through the fall.
Join us monthly & connect with postdocs across Canada.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Fresh lineup of speakers through the fall.
Join us monthly & connect with postdocs across Canada.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
September 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The CAN Postdoc Seminar Series is back this Thursday, Sept 11!
Fresh lineup of speakers through the fall.
Join us monthly & connect with postdocs across Canada.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Fresh lineup of speakers through the fall.
Join us monthly & connect with postdocs across Canada.
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Susan Coltman
Reposted by Susan Coltman
"Your job is not to turn in completed assignments; it's to learn how to think."
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
The Incompatibilities Between Generative AI and Art: Q&A with Ted Chiang
The Incompatibilities Between Generative AI and Art: Q&A with Ted Chiang
cdh.princeton.edu
August 16, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"Your job is not to turn in completed assignments; it's to learn how to think."
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
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E.M., you are not alone. 💜
We are showing our support for you and all survivors with a full page in today’s Globe & Mail.
#CourageCampaign #WeSupportEM
You can sign on too: actionnetwork.org/forms/em-we-...
We are showing our support for you and all survivors with a full page in today’s Globe & Mail.
#CourageCampaign #WeSupportEM
You can sign on too: actionnetwork.org/forms/em-we-...
August 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
E.M., you are not alone. 💜
We are showing our support for you and all survivors with a full page in today’s Globe & Mail.
#CourageCampaign #WeSupportEM
You can sign on too: actionnetwork.org/forms/em-we-...
We are showing our support for you and all survivors with a full page in today’s Globe & Mail.
#CourageCampaign #WeSupportEM
You can sign on too: actionnetwork.org/forms/em-we-...
Reposted by Susan Coltman
We are excited to share our new paper that dives into how ongoing decision deliberation reflects ongoing movements: (jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
A tour-de-force by the incredible Jan Calalo.
A tour-de-force by the incredible Jan Calalo.
July 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We are excited to share our new paper that dives into how ongoing decision deliberation reflects ongoing movements: (jneurosci.org/content/45/3...
A tour-de-force by the incredible Jan Calalo.
A tour-de-force by the incredible Jan Calalo.
Reposted by Susan Coltman
Reposted by Susan Coltman
From @theathletic.bsky.social: Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon fell short in her bid to become the first woman to break the four-minute mile. Kipyegon ran 4:06.92, the fastest time over the distance recorded by a woman, breaking her own world record. nyti.ms/44AXZll
June 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
From @theathletic.bsky.social: Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon fell short in her bid to become the first woman to break the four-minute mile. Kipyegon ran 4:06.92, the fastest time over the distance recorded by a woman, breaking her own world record. nyti.ms/44AXZll
Reposted by Susan Coltman
From Canada with love
June 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
From Canada with love
Reposted by Susan Coltman
Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.
June 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Pro tip, folks: if you make a figure for a publication, don’t just hand the copyright over to the publisher. Post it on OSF first and then give yourself permission to use it in the first publication and then all future publications. That way, no permissions issues.
Reposted by Susan Coltman
I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking
How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.
unbreaking.org
May 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.
unbreaking.org/issues/medic...
Reposted by Susan Coltman
I have seen folks waste so much time by not properly planning research. Missed literature, missing controls, ignored hypotheses, etc. Lack of planning also produces bad science (e.g. analysis until significant). So I am writing an app. Looking for feedback. scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app
Scientific Paper Planner
Scientific Paper Planner Application
scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app
May 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I have seen folks waste so much time by not properly planning research. Missed literature, missing controls, ignored hypotheses, etc. Lack of planning also produces bad science (e.g. analysis until significant). So I am writing an app. Looking for feedback. scientific-paper-planner-test.vercel.app
📢 SECOND CALL FOR SPEAKERS: Canadian Neuroscience Seminar Postdoctoral Series 2025!
Are you a postdoc at a Canadian institution (including international researchers) or a Canadian postdoc working abroad? Excited to share your neuroscience research? Apply now!
Are you a postdoc at a Canadian institution (including international researchers) or a Canadian postdoc working abroad? Excited to share your neuroscience research? Apply now!
May 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📢 SECOND CALL FOR SPEAKERS: Canadian Neuroscience Seminar Postdoctoral Series 2025!
Are you a postdoc at a Canadian institution (including international researchers) or a Canadian postdoc working abroad? Excited to share your neuroscience research? Apply now!
Are you a postdoc at a Canadian institution (including international researchers) or a Canadian postdoc working abroad? Excited to share your neuroscience research? Apply now!
Join us Thursday, May 1st for two talks you won’t want to miss:
Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi (UC Irvine) dives into microglia & resilience to Alzheimer's pathologies. Alban Elias Voppel (McGill) explores how Llama-2 might help us simulate thought disorder in schizophrenia.
Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi (UC Irvine) dives into microglia & resilience to Alzheimer's pathologies. Alban Elias Voppel (McGill) explores how Llama-2 might help us simulate thought disorder in schizophrenia.
Happening THIS week!
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Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Stay up to date by subscribing to our mailing list: t.co/Oa9dLowy1h
April 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Join us Thursday, May 1st for two talks you won’t want to miss:
Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi (UC Irvine) dives into microglia & resilience to Alzheimer's pathologies. Alban Elias Voppel (McGill) explores how Llama-2 might help us simulate thought disorder in schizophrenia.
Ghazaleh Eskandari-Sedighi (UC Irvine) dives into microglia & resilience to Alzheimer's pathologies. Alban Elias Voppel (McGill) explores how Llama-2 might help us simulate thought disorder in schizophrenia.
Reposted by Susan Coltman
It’s Election Day, Canada.
Go vote Canada Strong.
Go vote Canada Strong.
April 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It’s Election Day, Canada.
Go vote Canada Strong.
Go vote Canada Strong.