Ivan Skelin
@ivanskelin.bsky.social
Neuroscientist; neuron2brain Lab, Krembil Brain Institute - University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. Memory, human & rodent intracranial ephys, deep brain stimulation, eye tracking, hippocampus, cortex, SWRipples. Opinions my own. HR CA ⚽
And restored NIH/NSF funding.
Someone should tell Trump that Elon would feel very owned if he fully funded USAID and the CDC.
June 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
And restored NIH/NSF funding.
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Message from Ukraine:
Thank you, Canada.
For being yourselves when so many others are trying to be worse.
You reminded us that we are not alone.
Because of you, this morning felt a little less like the end of the world.
And more like something worth staying alive for.
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Thank you, Canada.
For being yourselves when so many others are trying to be worse.
You reminded us that we are not alone.
Because of you, this morning felt a little less like the end of the world.
And more like something worth staying alive for.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Nation That Trump Could Never Break
Canada didn’t just resist, they reminded the rest of us how to endure
substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Message from Ukraine:
Thank you, Canada.
For being yourselves when so many others are trying to be worse.
You reminded us that we are not alone.
Because of you, this morning felt a little less like the end of the world.
And more like something worth staying alive for.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thank you, Canada.
For being yourselves when so many others are trying to be worse.
You reminded us that we are not alone.
Because of you, this morning felt a little less like the end of the world.
And more like something worth staying alive for.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Fascism lost and Democracy won in Canada tonight. Bye bye Pierre Poilievre. 🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
April 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Fascism lost and Democracy won in Canada tonight. Bye bye Pierre Poilievre. 🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong 🇨🇦
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This doctor’s letter to United Heathcare for denying nausea medication to a child on chemotherapy.
December 5, 2024 at 6:22 PM
This doctor’s letter to United Heathcare for denying nausea medication to a child on chemotherapy.
The times have changed, but charlatans always find their niche.
RFK JR: ADD, ADHD, Tourette syndrome, Narcolepsy, Autism.. All of these are injuries that I never heard of when I was a kid.
April 23, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The times have changed, but charlatans always find their niche.
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When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
April 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
Must be proud of his legacy.
April 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Must be proud of his legacy.
The ultimate karma would be if the Supreme Court allows him to run in 2028, but Pence primaries him.
April 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The ultimate karma would be if the Supreme Court allows him to run in 2028, but Pence primaries him.
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These motherfuckers are going to kill children. I've been saying it for a year, but RFK Jr might as well be a serial murderer.
Watch: they'll start vaccine *bans* within a year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
Watch: they'll start vaccine *bans* within a year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
RFK Jr. Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Researcher for Autism Study (Gift Article)
David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
These motherfuckers are going to kill children. I've been saying it for a year, but RFK Jr might as well be a serial murderer.
Watch: they'll start vaccine *bans* within a year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
Watch: they'll start vaccine *bans* within a year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
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For all who voted for Trump because he was the “Peace Candidate” and Kamela was a warmongering “hawk”, hope you enjoyed his first 50 days.
Threats to Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Pamama & now, his Yemen attack.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Threats to Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Pamama & now, his Yemen attack.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Trump launches strikes against Yemen's Houthis and warns Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump launched strikes against Yemen's Houthis on Saturday over the group's attacks against ships in the Red Sea, warning if Houthi attacks did not stop "hell will rain down upon you like nothing you have ever seen before."
www.reuters.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
For all who voted for Trump because he was the “Peace Candidate” and Kamela was a warmongering “hawk”, hope you enjoyed his first 50 days.
Threats to Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Pamama & now, his Yemen attack.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Threats to Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Pamama & now, his Yemen attack.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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@diamondn.bsky.social et al. find that sleep enhances memory for the order of events from an art tour, but not the details of the events. The sleep-related advantage for sequences persists for over a year. @brianlevine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sleep selectively and durably enhances memory for the sequence of real-world experiences - Nature Human Behaviour
How does sleep transform the way we remember our experiences? This study finds that sleep enhances memory for the order of events from an art tour, but not the details of the events. The sleep-related...
www.nature.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
@diamondn.bsky.social et al. find that sleep enhances memory for the order of events from an art tour, but not the details of the events. The sleep-related advantage for sequences persists for over a year. @brianlevine.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pierre Poilievre’s campaign manager, Jenni Byrne:
March 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pierre Poilievre’s campaign manager, Jenni Byrne:
The amount of disrespect that Lex Fridman is showing to himself with this sycophantic self-promotional gibberish is beyond insane. It's so obvious who you are.
If I could fire one fashy apologist, fake intellectual, famous-for-no-coherent-reason podcaster into the sun lex fridman would be high atop my list
March 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The amount of disrespect that Lex Fridman is showing to himself with this sycophantic self-promotional gibberish is beyond insane. It's so obvious who you are.
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The Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin were lit up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in a sign of solidarity.
February 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin were lit up in the colors of the Ukrainian flag in a sign of solidarity.
Highly recommended.
The link for this position had gone down for a bit; it's back up, and I am still looking for a postdoc excited to work with human intracranial data.
Well-suited for animal electrophysiologists looking to jump to human data; all that's required is coding expertise and signal processing experience!
Well-suited for animal electrophysiologists looking to jump to human data; all that's required is coding expertise and signal processing experience!
🚨🚨 I'm recruiting a postdoc to come work with me at Rutgers!
If you are interested in LFP and single-neuron data in humans, please reach out. Rutgers is a wonderful environment for human neuroscience research!
Position: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...
Lab: sites.rutgers.edu/qasim-lab/
If you are interested in LFP and single-neuron data in humans, please reach out. Rutgers is a wonderful environment for human neuroscience research!
Position: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...
Lab: sites.rutgers.edu/qasim-lab/
February 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Highly recommended.
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The link for this position had gone down for a bit; it's back up, and I am still looking for a postdoc excited to work with human intracranial data.
Well-suited for animal electrophysiologists looking to jump to human data; all that's required is coding expertise and signal processing experience!
Well-suited for animal electrophysiologists looking to jump to human data; all that's required is coding expertise and signal processing experience!
🚨🚨 I'm recruiting a postdoc to come work with me at Rutgers!
If you are interested in LFP and single-neuron data in humans, please reach out. Rutgers is a wonderful environment for human neuroscience research!
Position: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...
Lab: sites.rutgers.edu/qasim-lab/
If you are interested in LFP and single-neuron data in humans, please reach out. Rutgers is a wonderful environment for human neuroscience research!
Position: jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...
Lab: sites.rutgers.edu/qasim-lab/
Postdoctoral Associate
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate for the department of Neurosurgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.Rutgers, The State University of New Jerse...
jobs.rutgers.edu
February 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The link for this position had gone down for a bit; it's back up, and I am still looking for a postdoc excited to work with human intracranial data.
Well-suited for animal electrophysiologists looking to jump to human data; all that's required is coding expertise and signal processing experience!
Well-suited for animal electrophysiologists looking to jump to human data; all that's required is coding expertise and signal processing experience!
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Reminder of what we may be dealing with
Repeated ketamine use does indeed produce dependency and the “come down” symptoms are not trivial and include impaired judgement, disorientation,
irritability and restlessness
www.wsj.com/business/elo...
Repeated ketamine use does indeed produce dependency and the “come down” symptoms are not trivial and include impaired judgement, disorientation,
irritability and restlessness
www.wsj.com/business/elo...
Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX
Some executives and board members fear the billionaire’s use of drugs—including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine—could harm his companies.
www.wsj.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Reminder of what we may be dealing with
Repeated ketamine use does indeed produce dependency and the “come down” symptoms are not trivial and include impaired judgement, disorientation,
irritability and restlessness
www.wsj.com/business/elo...
Repeated ketamine use does indeed produce dependency and the “come down” symptoms are not trivial and include impaired judgement, disorientation,
irritability and restlessness
www.wsj.com/business/elo...
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Dear Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Europe:
100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
February 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Dear Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Europe:
100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
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Jan 29 1925: dog teams set out from Nenana, Alaska to bring diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, where the disease was spreading. 20 teams & mushers carried the serum over 674 miles in under 130 hours.
Jan 29 2025: calling my senator to vote against a guy, so kids can get the diphtheria vaccine next year
Jan 29 2025: calling my senator to vote against a guy, so kids can get the diphtheria vaccine next year
January 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Jan 29 1925: dog teams set out from Nenana, Alaska to bring diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, where the disease was spreading. 20 teams & mushers carried the serum over 674 miles in under 130 hours.
Jan 29 2025: calling my senator to vote against a guy, so kids can get the diphtheria vaccine next year
Jan 29 2025: calling my senator to vote against a guy, so kids can get the diphtheria vaccine next year
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EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.
www.reuters.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
EU medicines agency quits X & moves to Bluesky
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
"EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs” the agency said in a statement
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: If Elon Musk is unwilling to respect Canada’s electoral laws, will Elections Canada have the tools to take him on—or shut him down—if necessary? We cannot allow men like Elon Musk, the broligarchy of the United States, to interfere in our country.
January 27, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: If Elon Musk is unwilling to respect Canada’s electoral laws, will Elections Canada have the tools to take him on—or shut him down—if necessary? We cannot allow men like Elon Musk, the broligarchy of the United States, to interfere in our country.
If she only had some more choices...
January 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
If she only had some more choices...
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RFkJr is a threat to human health: when the next pandemic hits we need disease tracking (CDC now silenced) and fast vaccine development (which he opposes). If you live in ME, NC, SD, LA, AK, ID, KY or SD call your senators to oppose his confirmation (hearing this Wed.).
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January 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
RFkJr is a threat to human health: when the next pandemic hits we need disease tracking (CDC now silenced) and fast vaccine development (which he opposes). If you live in ME, NC, SD, LA, AK, ID, KY or SD call your senators to oppose his confirmation (hearing this Wed.).
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New paper out! Led by @michaelecoulter.bsky.social, we learned that rats can learn to use content-specific neurofeedback to generate specific remote hippocampal representations. surprisingly, this occurs *outside* of SWRs!
Animal models of memory retrieval trigger retrieval with cues and measure retrieval using behavior. We developed a neurofeedback paradigm for direct study of neural activity associated with memory retrieval by separating this from activity related to cues or behavior. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
January 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New paper out! Led by @michaelecoulter.bsky.social, we learned that rats can learn to use content-specific neurofeedback to generate specific remote hippocampal representations. surprisingly, this occurs *outside* of SWRs!