Kip Ludwig
@wildpiguk.bsky.social
Former NIH Program Director for Neuroengineering. Current Co-Director of Wisconsin Institute for Translational Neuroengineering (WITNe).
Opinions are official positions of the U.S Government and Lyle Lovett.
Opinions are official positions of the U.S Government and Lyle Lovett.
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Kip Ludwig
@wildpiguk.bsky.social
· Feb 9
Let me ruin the suspense for you. This isn't 3-D chess. It's not even Chutes and Ladders. This is dumb monkeys flinging their own feces at those passing by because we were stupid enough to let them.
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Today's anti-science pairing
February 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Today's anti-science pairing
Department Grand Rounds on documentation for reimbursement today. As a non-MD myself, my MD colleagues kept joking "this must be fascinating for you".
It was fascinating as someone who designs tech to help MDs. But as a non-MD, I'd like to say on behalf of the rest of us:
"I am so, so sorry..."
It was fascinating as someone who designs tech to help MDs. But as a non-MD, I'd like to say on behalf of the rest of us:
"I am so, so sorry..."
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Department Grand Rounds on documentation for reimbursement today. As a non-MD myself, my MD colleagues kept joking "this must be fascinating for you".
It was fascinating as someone who designs tech to help MDs. But as a non-MD, I'd like to say on behalf of the rest of us:
"I am so, so sorry..."
It was fascinating as someone who designs tech to help MDs. But as a non-MD, I'd like to say on behalf of the rest of us:
"I am so, so sorry..."
Reposted by Kip Ludwig
This is about LLMs and comparing activations to large-scale recording in brains
neuroAI comparisons of ANNs to brains do have a range of problems. Even more than I had realized. And I was worried before: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This is about LLMs and comparing activations to large-scale recording in brains
I asked #GoogleAI "What do #Bannon, #Lutnick, #Musk and #Dershowitz have in common?" with zero context.
It immediately made the connection between both #Trump and #Epstein.
Yet the media has missed Trump preferentially works with MANY people with clear ties to Epstein. #kompromat
It immediately made the connection between both #Trump and #Epstein.
Yet the media has missed Trump preferentially works with MANY people with clear ties to Epstein. #kompromat
February 1, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I asked #GoogleAI "What do #Bannon, #Lutnick, #Musk and #Dershowitz have in common?" with zero context.
It immediately made the connection between both #Trump and #Epstein.
Yet the media has missed Trump preferentially works with MANY people with clear ties to Epstein. #kompromat
It immediately made the connection between both #Trump and #Epstein.
Yet the media has missed Trump preferentially works with MANY people with clear ties to Epstein. #kompromat
Let’s see, #Dershowitz, #Musk, #Bannon, and #Lutnick all tried to go to the #epstein island. Remind me, who else do they all have in common? #trump
At this point, there is zero way that is a coincidence. It seems like Trump only hired people with the mutual connection to Epstein in common.
At this point, there is zero way that is a coincidence. It seems like Trump only hired people with the mutual connection to Epstein in common.
January 31, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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I have a feeling that more American states would vote to join Canada right now than there are provinces keen to head the other way…
January 29, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I have a feeling that more American states would vote to join Canada right now than there are provinces keen to head the other way…
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice: pull down your pants and slide on the ice
January 29, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice: pull down your pants and slide on the ice
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Precision Neuroscience is excited to partner with Medtronic to advance neurosurgical innovation. The companies will co-develop a solution that pairs our Layer 7™ cortical interface with Medtronic's StealthStation™ surgical navigation system. Read more below.
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
Precision Neuroscience™ and Medtronic Partner to Integrate Layer 7 Brain–Computer Interface with Medtronic Neurosurgical Platform
NEW YORK, Jan. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Precision Neuroscience Corporation (Precision) today announced a strategic partnership with Medtronic to...
www.globenewswire.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Precision Neuroscience is excited to partner with Medtronic to advance neurosurgical innovation. The companies will co-develop a solution that pairs our Layer 7™ cortical interface with Medtronic's StealthStation™ surgical navigation system. Read more below.
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
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Join us in Italy to hear all the latest on Neuroelectronic Interfaces! We have an amazing group of speakers. Only a few slots remains, so apply today!
www.grc.org/neuroelectro...
www.grc.org/neuroelectro...
2026 Neuroelectronic Interfaces Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Neuroelectronic Interfaces will be held in Lucca (Barga), Lucca Italy. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 12, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Join us in Italy to hear all the latest on Neuroelectronic Interfaces! We have an amazing group of speakers. Only a few slots remains, so apply today!
www.grc.org/neuroelectro...
www.grc.org/neuroelectro...
Wyclef Jean, Canibus - Gone Till November (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by WyclefVEVO
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December 31, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Our new article in Nature Communications, led by Kevin Cheng here at WITNe. Neurotech Reports was kind enough to call this "a solution towards a holy grail of bioelectronic medicine: small fiber selective vagus nerve stimulation."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Application of kilohertz-frequency block to mitigate off-target motor effects of vagus nerve stimulation in swine - Nature Communications
Off-target activation of nerve fibers is an ongoing problem in bioelectronic medicines such as vagus nerve stimulation. Here, the authors show that high-frequency stimulation can selectively block ner...
www.nature.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Our new article in Nature Communications, led by Kevin Cheng here at WITNe. Neurotech Reports was kind enough to call this "a solution towards a holy grail of bioelectronic medicine: small fiber selective vagus nerve stimulation."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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“It will take decades to undo the damage they have done and the lifesaving cures and treatments they have set back.”
Yes. @murray.senate.gov covers Trump attacks on science, public health, and even on childcare. They must be stopped.
Yes. @murray.senate.gov covers Trump attacks on science, public health, and even on childcare. They must be stopped.
2025 RECAP: From installing an anti-vax conspiracy theorist as our nation's top health care official to taking an axe to lifesaving biomedical research, the Trump administration has systematically put politics over science.
December 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“It will take decades to undo the damage they have done and the lifesaving cures and treatments they have set back.”
Yes. @murray.senate.gov covers Trump attacks on science, public health, and even on childcare. They must be stopped.
Yes. @murray.senate.gov covers Trump attacks on science, public health, and even on childcare. They must be stopped.
Really sorry to hear this. Can’t stress the importance of having world leading scientists and clinicians direct the institutes and centers at the NIH. Not politically appointed hacks specifically selected because they support party over science.
The NIH process for hiring and renewing senior leaders has for decades used committees of scientific experts to provide gold-standard external review of candidates.
This process has been an example of government accountability and top talent recruitment, and it’s a shame it’s being politicized.
This process has been an example of government accountability and top talent recruitment, and it’s a shame it’s being politicized.
More news (not good) from NIH
The renewal request from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Director Walter Koroshetz has been denied.
I guess the NIH_leadership™ needed another position to fill with their time-tested recruitment process.
The renewal request from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Director Walter Koroshetz has been denied.
I guess the NIH_leadership™ needed another position to fill with their time-tested recruitment process.
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Really sorry to hear this. Can’t stress the importance of having world leading scientists and clinicians direct the institutes and centers at the NIH. Not politically appointed hacks specifically selected because they support party over science.
Very excited to announce the next steps towards translating our Cerebrovascular Pacing technology to human patients:
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Very excited to announce the next steps towards translating our Cerebrovascular Pacing technology to human patients:
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
We just posted an open access preprint we think is critically important for anyone using microelectrodes for BMIs/BCIs, neuromodulation and/or fundamental science research.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Systematic Errors in DC Offset Measurement and Mitigation at Neurostimulation Electrodes: Causes, Implications and Solutions
PDF | Objective: Neuromodulation therapies are becoming increasingly common as a therapeutic strategy to treat neurological disorders and deficits.... | Find, read and cite all the research you need o...
www.researchgate.net
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We just posted an open access preprint we think is critically important for anyone using microelectrodes for BMIs/BCIs, neuromodulation and/or fundamental science research.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Systematic Errors in DC Offset Measurement and Mitigation at Neurostimulation Electrodes: Causes, Implications and Solutions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.08.691908v1
December 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Systematic Errors in DC Offset Measurement and Mitigation at Neurostimulation Electrodes: Causes, Implications and Solutions https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.08.691908v1
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Come to Canada
Great news! We are looking for an NHP neuroscientist as the assistant professor level. We have no preconceived ideas -- looking for the most exciting research going. If you have any questions, please reach out. universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Come to Canada
This is a really smart move by Neuralink. Dave is fantastic and brings a wealth of knowledge as the director for the relevant FDA CDRH division handling much of neurotech:
neuralink.com/updates/welc...
neuralink.com/updates/welc...
Welcome, David McMullen!
We’re thrilled to welcome David McMullen to Neuralink.
neuralink.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is a really smart move by Neuralink. Dave is fantastic and brings a wealth of knowledge as the director for the relevant FDA CDRH division handling much of neurotech:
neuralink.com/updates/welc...
neuralink.com/updates/welc...
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Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
NIH shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Special Report: The NIH has shut out hundreds of young scientists from funding to start their own labs.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/08/t...
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of… practice?
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of… practice?
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Speech decoding on the basis of single words has so far been limited to intracranial recordings. Scientists demonstrated the feasibility of non-invasive language decoding using EEG and MEG, finding that more training data consistently increases model performance
#neuroskyence #compneuro #neuroAI
#neuroskyence #compneuro #neuroAI
Towards decoding individual words from non-invasive brain recordings - Nature Communications
While deep learning has enabled the decoding of language from intracranial brain recordings, achieving this with non-invasive recordings remains an open challenge. Here the authors introduce a deep le...
www.nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Speech decoding on the basis of single words has so far been limited to intracranial recordings. Scientists demonstrated the feasibility of non-invasive language decoding using EEG and MEG, finding that more training data consistently increases model performance
#neuroskyence #compneuro #neuroAI
#neuroskyence #compneuro #neuroAI
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How do the metabolic waste products get cleared from our brain? And how does this process intersect with the brain's immune system?
An exceptional review by
@jonykipnis.bsky.social
and colleagues
cell.com/neuron/fullt...
An exceptional review by
@jonykipnis.bsky.social
and colleagues
cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Resolving the mysteries of brain clearance and immune surveillance
This review by Kipnis et al. explores recent advances in brain fluid dynamics, emphasizing
CSF flow’s role in waste clearance, the glymphatic and meningeal lymphatic systems,
and neuroimmune interacti...
cell.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
How do the metabolic waste products get cleared from our brain? And how does this process intersect with the brain's immune system?
An exceptional review by
@jonykipnis.bsky.social
and colleagues
cell.com/neuron/fullt...
An exceptional review by
@jonykipnis.bsky.social
and colleagues
cell.com/neuron/fullt...
Recorded talk I recently gave at Neurosurgery Grand Rounds going over the seminal studies regarding the clearance systems of the brain, and our work spanning multiple animal models and humans to understand if neuromodulation may influence the system:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7e_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7e_...
Dept of Neurosurgery Grand Rounds Dr Ludwig speaking Nov 12, 2025
YouTube video by Neurosurgery UW-Madison
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Recorded talk I recently gave at Neurosurgery Grand Rounds going over the seminal studies regarding the clearance systems of the brain, and our work spanning multiple animal models and humans to understand if neuromodulation may influence the system:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7e_...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7e_...