Brian Wandell
@brianwandell.bsky.social
Vision science, Image systems engineering, MRI, Stanford. Teacher.
Image science and technology software.
Working on a new image technology book. Updating an old book Foundations of Vision.
Image science and technology software.
Working on a new image technology book. Updating an old book Foundations of Vision.
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In the past year and a half, we have been intensively protesting and fighting the Israeli government in an attempt to stop the war, secure the release of all hostages, and prevent the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Until now, our protests have primarily been focused internally.
July 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In the past year and a half, we have been intensively protesting and fighting the Israeli government in an attempt to stop the war, secure the release of all hostages, and prevent the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Until now, our protests have primarily been focused internally.
Abundance by Klein and Thompson
“The market cannot … distinguish between the riches that flow from burning coal and the wealth … created by bettering battery storage. … The market will not … fund the risky technologies whose payoff is social rather than economic. Government must.”
NSF and NIH.
“The market cannot … distinguish between the riches that flow from burning coal and the wealth … created by bettering battery storage. … The market will not … fund the risky technologies whose payoff is social rather than economic. Government must.”
NSF and NIH.
May 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Abundance by Klein and Thompson
“The market cannot … distinguish between the riches that flow from burning coal and the wealth … created by bettering battery storage. … The market will not … fund the risky technologies whose payoff is social rather than economic. Government must.”
NSF and NIH.
“The market cannot … distinguish between the riches that flow from burning coal and the wealth … created by bettering battery storage. … The market will not … fund the risky technologies whose payoff is social rather than economic. Government must.”
NSF and NIH.
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
We Sign On to Uphold the Paris Agreement!
The Paris Agreement represents a global promise by governments to fulfill their moral obligation by restoring and preserving our most foundational right—the right to a livable planet. As the leader of...
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April 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
1K people in Palo Alto at the Hands Off rally. Signs, cars passing by waving in support.
April 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
1K people in Palo Alto at the Hands Off rally. Signs, cars passing by waving in support.
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And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
March 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
A question for cellular neuroscientists.
In my teaching, I include the tripartite synapse. Has research evolved to the point where I should lead with the concept?
And what about transmission from the Nodes to glia in the white matter? Fully established or speculative? #neuroskyence
In my teaching, I include the tripartite synapse. Has research evolved to the point where I should lead with the concept?
And what about transmission from the Nodes to glia in the white matter? Fully established or speculative? #neuroskyence
March 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A question for cellular neuroscientists.
In my teaching, I include the tripartite synapse. Has research evolved to the point where I should lead with the concept?
And what about transmission from the Nodes to glia in the white matter? Fully established or speculative? #neuroskyence
In my teaching, I include the tripartite synapse. Has research evolved to the point where I should lead with the concept?
And what about transmission from the Nodes to glia in the white matter? Fully established or speculative? #neuroskyence
Excellent coverage of NIH activities. The reporting reveals no principles of the cuts, just buzzword thinking and directed animus.
#neuroskyence
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
#neuroskyence
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
A Decade of Cuts in a Matter of Days
The Trump administration’s rapid terminations of NIH grants is its most aggressive attempt yet to control American science.
www.theatlantic.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Excellent coverage of NIH activities. The reporting reveals no principles of the cuts, just buzzword thinking and directed animus.
#neuroskyence
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
#neuroskyence
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The administration is stopping federal funding of basic research in health, climate, and science. Why? Stopping antisemitism is not the goal. Cutting waste is not the goal. It is a culture war. Vance in a 2021 speech, "The Universities are the Enemy".
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Republicans have hated universities for years. Anti-war protests gave them a reason to punish them.
The White House is casting elite universities as hotbeds of hate as the diploma divide reaches an all-time high.
www.politico.com
March 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The administration is stopping federal funding of basic research in health, climate, and science. Why? Stopping antisemitism is not the goal. Cutting waste is not the goal. It is a culture war. Vance in a 2021 speech, "The Universities are the Enemy".
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Standing up for Science: Palo Alto edition
March 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Standing up for Science: Palo Alto edition
“Science, to succeed, needs free speech,” Bhattacharya told the committee during the hearing (the Atlantic)." But the article shows his papers and the GB Declaration are widely known, just not widely accepted.
So, he means: 'Agree with me, or you're silencing science.' Worrisome.
So, he means: 'Agree with me, or you're silencing science.' Worrisome.
March 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“Science, to succeed, needs free speech,” Bhattacharya told the committee during the hearing (the Atlantic)." But the article shows his papers and the GB Declaration are widely known, just not widely accepted.
So, he means: 'Agree with me, or you're silencing science.' Worrisome.
So, he means: 'Agree with me, or you're silencing science.' Worrisome.
This type of sentence is appearing in many WaPo and NYT stories. “Memoli and the White House did not respond to questions for this story.”
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
NIH reels with fear, uncertainty about future of scientific research
The Trump administration’s orders have created more turmoil and damage at the National Institutes of Health than was previously known.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This type of sentence is appearing in many WaPo and NYT stories. “Memoli and the White House did not respond to questions for this story.”
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
The grift and waste. DOGE could save taxpayers more here than anything they have done.
Strategic corruption reserve
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Strategic corruption reserve
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Strategic corruption reserve
President Trump is hawking a memecoin and collecting most of the revenue from the sale of a separate coin from a company called World Liberty Financial.
popular.info
March 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The grift and waste. DOGE could save taxpayers more here than anything they have done.
Strategic corruption reserve
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Strategic corruption reserve
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Sometimes the best we can, at any moment, is sign a petition. Here is one.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop Trump’s cuts to cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s research!
As the world’s largest funder of cancer research, NIH research grants have made it possible to extend countless lives and notably reduce cancer development and death. We can also thank NIH-funded rese...
sign.moveon.org
March 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Sometimes the best we can, at any moment, is sign a petition. Here is one.
sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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“Never again” demands action — Ukraine is fighting for all of us, writes Odesa Association of Jews Chairman Roman Shvartsman in his op-ed.
Hitler wanted to kill me because I'm Jewish. Putin wants to kill me because I'm Ukrainian
Editor’s Note: The following is a translated transcript of the address delivered by Roman Shvartsman, the chairman of the Odesa Association of Jews and a Holocaust survivor, at the Yalta European Stra...
kyivindependent.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Never again” demands action — Ukraine is fighting for all of us, writes Odesa Association of Jews Chairman Roman Shvartsman in his op-ed.
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“This is going to be a massive loss of life overall,” a surgeon who formerly led USAID’s global health initiatives tells @gregsargent.bsky.social. “Children are likely already dying, and will clearly be dying in large numbers.”
Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie
We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
newrepublic.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“This is going to be a massive loss of life overall,” a surgeon who formerly led USAID’s global health initiatives tells @gregsargent.bsky.social. “Children are likely already dying, and will clearly be dying in large numbers.”
From Brett Stephens
"If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky. ...
"If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky. ...
March 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
From Brett Stephens
"If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky. ...
"If Roosevelt had told Churchill to sue for peace on any terms with Adolf Hitler and to fork over Britain’s coal reserves to the United States in exchange for no American security guarantees, it might have approximated what Trump did to Zelensky. ...
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This week, The New Republic reported that the Trump administration has now slashed funding to that Republican-beloved Alzheimer’s center. Approximately one-tenth of the center’s workers have now been let go, including its incoming director….
#neuroskyence
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
#neuroskyence
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Rachel Maddow: Republicans silent after Trump reportedly slashes funds for Alzheimer’s center
If you’re looking for a poster child for something this administration is doing that has no apparent support from anyone, I think you’ve got your winner.
www.msnbc.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This week, The New Republic reported that the Trump administration has now slashed funding to that Republican-beloved Alzheimer’s center. Approximately one-tenth of the center’s workers have now been let go, including its incoming director….
#neuroskyence
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
#neuroskyence
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Nice article about @jyeatman.bsky.social team and their work on reading. In addition to the behavioral tool described here, they are making very thoughtful longitudinal quantitative measurements of brain development.
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu/story/stanfo...
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu/story/stanfo...
Stanford team builds tool to keep young readers from falling through the cracks • Stanford Accelerator for Learning
Associate Professor Jason Yeatman discusses the adoption of the Stanford-developed Rapid Online Assessment of Reading (ROAR) as an approved dyslexia screening tool in the state of California.
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu
February 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Nice article about @jyeatman.bsky.social team and their work on reading. In addition to the behavioral tool described here, they are making very thoughtful longitudinal quantitative measurements of brain development.
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu/story/stanfo...
acceleratelearning.stanford.edu/story/stanfo...
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This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
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A Direct Hit, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
February 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A Direct Hit, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
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William Webster, the only person to run both FBI & CIA wrote to Senators, telling them neither Kash Patel nor Tulsi Gabbard is fit to serve. Write to your senators & let them know you agree, especially if you live in a red state. Don't make it easy for them! www.politico.com/live-updates...
Former FBI and CIA head prods Senate to reject Patel, Gabbard
William Webster, the only person to lead both the FBI and CIA, wrote that neither nominee meets the demands of top intelligence jobs.
www.politico.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:35 AM
William Webster, the only person to run both FBI & CIA wrote to Senators, telling them neither Kash Patel nor Tulsi Gabbard is fit to serve. Write to your senators & let them know you agree, especially if you live in a red state. Don't make it easy for them! www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Spanning spatial scales with functional imaging in the human brain; initial experiences at 10.5 Tesla https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.20.629800v1
December 22, 2024 at 2:15 AM
Spanning spatial scales with functional imaging in the human brain; initial experiences at 10.5 Tesla https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.20.629800v1
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1/ I’m thrilled to share our new MRI study by Shachar Moskovich! We propose a method to approximate quantitative MRI (qMRI) parameters (R1 & R2) using widely available clinical and large-scale datasets, leveraging weighted MRI images like T1w, T2w, & PDw. doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
Approximating R1 and R2: A Quantitative Approach to Clinical Weighted MRI
Weighted MRI images, commonly used in clinical and neuroimaging databases, lack microstructural information. Our study test new quantifiers, combining T1w, T2w, and PDw images, to approximate qMRI pa...
doi.org
December 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
1/ I’m thrilled to share our new MRI study by Shachar Moskovich! We propose a method to approximate quantitative MRI (qMRI) parameters (R1 & R2) using widely available clinical and large-scale datasets, leveraging weighted MRI images like T1w, T2w, & PDw. doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
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Hey, so it turns out that paper on black plastic was a bit blown out of proportion by a simple math error.
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How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils
A study warned that people were being exposed to a toxic chemical from kitchen utensils. But the researchers misstated the safe daily limit
nationalpost.com
December 16, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Hey, so it turns out that paper on black plastic was a bit blown out of proportion by a simple math error.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
About a century ago, Newton’s private papers were little known. But they were voluminous. The collection was put up for sale, attracting modest interest, according to his biographer, Gleick. Quite surprising.
Enter the genius economist and remarkable person, John Maynard Keynes.
Enter the genius economist and remarkable person, John Maynard Keynes.
December 12, 2024 at 5:23 AM
About a century ago, Newton’s private papers were little known. But they were voluminous. The collection was put up for sale, attracting modest interest, according to his biographer, Gleick. Quite surprising.
Enter the genius economist and remarkable person, John Maynard Keynes.
Enter the genius economist and remarkable person, John Maynard Keynes.