Ed van Veen
edvanveenphd.bsky.social
Ed van Veen
@edvanveenphd.bsky.social
Double A Prof@UCLA. Women’s health researcher: ‘Roids, brains, and DNA. One of Forbes Canada's 47 expats who are exactly 47.
Me too. I like to understand one thing rather than describing everything
Toy models, just in time for Christmas!

Excited to share my first article for @thetransmitter.bsky.social

#neuroskyence
Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs, writes @marcusghosh.bsky.social.

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Reposted by Ed van Veen
Want to track the dynamics of estrogen in the brain across long periods of time? New paper as part of very fun collab with team UCLA Ed Van Veen and Steph Correa! We use a specialized optical reporter and show that this is possible and actually very easy! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Reposted by Ed van Veen
A bifunctional optical reporter for tracking estrogen response dynamics in neurons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.14.694224v1
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM