Jeff Weiss
@jeffweiss.bsky.social
Neural engineer working on intracortical BCI and sensory restoration at Pitt RNEL. he/him.
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Jeff Weiss
@jeffweiss.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Rehabilitation and Neural Engineering Laboratory | University of Pittsburgh | University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh is among the nation's most distinguished comprehensive universities, with a wide variety of high-quality programs in both the arts and sciences and professional fields.
www.rnel.pitt.edu
Hello, Bluesky! I'm Jeff, a staff research engineer at the University of Pittsburgh Rehab Neural Engineering Labs. I provide engineering support to our intracortical brain-computer interface studies, with the goal of restoring motor and sensory function to those with paralysis.
www.rnel.pitt.edu
www.rnel.pitt.edu
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The most recent CBRG preprint on intracortical microstimulation is now available! Over 24 combined years across 5 participants, we delivered 168 million!!! pulses of stimulation and recorded everything that happened.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Intracortical microstimulation in humans: a decade of safety and efficacy
Background Intracortical microstimulation (ICMS) of somatosensory cortex can restore a sense of touch to people with spinal cord injury (SCI). In this early-feasibility clinical trial, we evaluate the...
www.medrxiv.org
August 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The most recent CBRG preprint on intracortical microstimulation is now available! Over 24 combined years across 5 participants, we delivered 168 million!!! pulses of stimulation and recorded everything that happened.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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UPDATE: More than 900 Pitt students, faculty and staff have signed an open letter calling Pitt to more firmly address visa revocations, federal research grant terminations and funding cuts, plus proposing creation of a University Crisis Task Force. buff.ly/BAGNmns
Timeline: How Pittsburgh universities responded to Trump orders
As Pitt's faculty senate weighs effects of a hiring freeze amid federal funding uncertainty, see how Pitt, CMU, Duquesne, La Roche & CCAC have responded.
buff.ly
April 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
UPDATE: More than 900 Pitt students, faculty and staff have signed an open letter calling Pitt to more firmly address visa revocations, federal research grant terminations and funding cuts, plus proposing creation of a University Crisis Task Force. buff.ly/BAGNmns
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Thousands of people turned out in Pittsburgh today to demand Trump and Musk take their hands off our democracy.
April 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Thousands of people turned out in Pittsburgh today to demand Trump and Musk take their hands off our democracy.
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This open letter will be published tomorrow on the AAUP blog. Signatures will be accepted after that, but a high # of signatures in advance will help the organizers gain media attention that could benefit the effort. Share in ways you believe will get results!
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
Home
March 20, 2025
Dear Presidents, Chancellors, and Boards of Trustees of the 60 Universities that received a March 10th warning letter from the U.S. Department of Education:
You are on the frontlines ...
sites.google.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This open letter will be published tomorrow on the AAUP blog. Signatures will be accepted after that, but a high # of signatures in advance will help the organizers gain media attention that could benefit the effort. Share in ways you believe will get results!
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
sites.google.com/view/we-must...
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March 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Here's the only national TV coverage I've seen of #StandUpForScience. What a surprise to see Pittsburgh, @hunterschone.bsky.social and myself featured from the beginning! www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
American scientists take to the streets to protest Trump's cuts
As Donald Trump guts the programs and agencies behind some of America's greatest scientific achievements and fires the people responsible for those achievements and working on new ones, scientists acr...
www.msnbc.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Here's the only national TV coverage I've seen of #StandUpForScience. What a surprise to see Pittsburgh, @hunterschone.bsky.social and myself featured from the beginning! www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Disappointed to learn that Sen McCormick & staffers will not talk to constituents despite their repeated attempts to communicate through all legitimate channels #TaxationWithoutRepresentation
March 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Disappointed to learn that Sen McCormick & staffers will not talk to constituents despite their repeated attempts to communicate through all legitimate channels #TaxationWithoutRepresentation
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Local researchers and scientists are speaking out and calling for support to counter threats from Washington D.C. that jeopardize their funding and work. A planned gathering of science writers, however, has been cancelled after Pitt and CMU pulled funding.
Pittsburgh scientists rally in face of federal funding turmoil
Once quiet in the face of federal science funding curbs, researchers have begun to speak out. Science writers, though, won’t be convening in Pittsburgh.
buff.ly
March 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Local researchers and scientists are speaking out and calling for support to counter threats from Washington D.C. that jeopardize their funding and work. A planned gathering of science writers, however, has been cancelled after Pitt and CMU pulled funding.
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Pittsburgh researchers, doctors, and supporters filled Schenley Plaza Friday to speak out against government research funding cuts. Similar demonstrations were held across the country as part of a nationwide “Stand up for Science” movement.
Pittsburgh scientists, doctors fill Schenley Plaza to protest federal research funding cuts
Hundreds of people gathered at Schenley Plaza near the University of Pittsburgh Friday to protest federal spending cuts that could impact medical research.
www.wesa.fm
March 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Pittsburgh researchers, doctors, and supporters filled Schenley Plaza Friday to speak out against government research funding cuts. Similar demonstrations were held across the country as part of a nationwide “Stand up for Science” movement.
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This afternoon several hundred Pittsburghers gathered at Schenley Plaza to show their support for science and the importance of scientific research:
Hundreds stand up for science in Oakland
This afternoon several hundreds of people gathered at Schenley Plaza to show their support for science and the importance of scientific research. Stand up for Science organized nationwide protests cal...
www.pghcitypaper.com
March 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This afternoon several hundred Pittsburghers gathered at Schenley Plaza to show their support for science and the importance of scientific research:
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@standupforscience.bsky.social in Pittsburgh with @jeffweiss.bsky.social and Brian Dekleva
March 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@standupforscience.bsky.social in Pittsburgh with @jeffweiss.bsky.social and Brian Dekleva
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#StandUpforScience local rally in Pittsburgh is confirmed!
📅 March 7, 2025
⏰ 11 AM-1:30 PM
📍Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh
Follow the local rally’s Instagram @savesciencepgh for updates
Spread the word 🔥
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience2025
#ScienceForAll
#ScienceNotSilence
#STEM
📅 March 7, 2025
⏰ 11 AM-1:30 PM
📍Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh
Follow the local rally’s Instagram @savesciencepgh for updates
Spread the word 🔥
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience2025
#ScienceForAll
#ScienceNotSilence
#STEM
February 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
#StandUpforScience local rally in Pittsburgh is confirmed!
📅 March 7, 2025
⏰ 11 AM-1:30 PM
📍Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh
Follow the local rally’s Instagram @savesciencepgh for updates
Spread the word 🔥
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience2025
#ScienceForAll
#ScienceNotSilence
#STEM
📅 March 7, 2025
⏰ 11 AM-1:30 PM
📍Schenley Plaza, Pittsburgh
Follow the local rally’s Instagram @savesciencepgh for updates
Spread the word 🔥
@standupforscience.bsky.social
#StandUpForScience2025
#ScienceForAll
#ScienceNotSilence
#STEM
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Call your elected reps, get your neighbors, friends, co-workers. Calling is better than email. Call once a day. Volume and immediacy is important.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
www.house.gov/representati... (use both home and work address)
www.usa.gov/state-governor (governors can file lawsuits)
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
www.house.gov/representati... (use both home and work address)
www.usa.gov/state-governor (governors can file lawsuits)
February 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Call your elected reps, get your neighbors, friends, co-workers. Calling is better than email. Call once a day. Volume and immediacy is important.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
www.house.gov/representati... (use both home and work address)
www.usa.gov/state-governor (governors can file lawsuits)
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
www.house.gov/representati... (use both home and work address)
www.usa.gov/state-governor (governors can file lawsuits)
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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They tried this 💩 in the first admin, proposing cuts of indirects to 10%, and it was resisted by Congress
Call your congresspeople, and remind them they have defended health research before, and they can do so again
Call your congresspeople, and remind them they have defended health research before, and they can do so again
February 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
They tried this 💩 in the first admin, proposing cuts of indirects to 10%, and it was resisted by Congress
Call your congresspeople, and remind them they have defended health research before, and they can do so again
Call your congresspeople, and remind them they have defended health research before, and they can do so again
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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It just occurred to me the reason there are so few people at this international student career fair is that they are probably very unsure about their future in this country and if they will be able to find employment. Especially because so many of them are in STEM fields that rely on NIH grants. 😩
January 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It just occurred to me the reason there are so few people at this international student career fair is that they are probably very unsure about their future in this country and if they will be able to find employment. Especially because so many of them are in STEM fields that rely on NIH grants. 😩
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Thank you for this, TK. Senator John Fetterman has a short character limit on his contact form, so I sent him this abbreviated letter based on yours (continued in 🧵)
January 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thank you for this, TK. Senator John Fetterman has a short character limit on his contact form, so I sent him this abbreviated letter based on yours (continued in 🧵)
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The NIH Is literally prohibited by law from commenting on the new NIH restrictions. The NIH can't fight this fight for you. Scientists who want to help people, this has to be your fight.
Here is a draft you can use to reach out to your Elected Reps about the devastating impact on NIH:
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
B.I.O.N.I.C. Lab - NIHExecutiveOrder2025
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative (use both home and work
www.bioniclab.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The NIH Is literally prohibited by law from commenting on the new NIH restrictions. The NIH can't fight this fight for you. Scientists who want to help people, this has to be your fight.
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Here is a draft you can use to reach out to your Elected Reps about the devastating impact on NIH:
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
B.I.O.N.I.C. Lab - NIHExecutiveOrder2025
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative (use both home and work
www.bioniclab.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Here is a draft you can use to reach out to your Elected Reps about the devastating impact on NIH:
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
find them here: www.bioniclab.org/news/nihexec...
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Our group has a new paper out now in Nature BME, led by Charles Greenspon. It covers a number of updates on how we can restore tactile sensation from the hand using intracortical microstimulation (ICMS).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evoking stable and precise tactile sensations via multi-electrode intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex - Nature Biomedical Engineering
An analysis of the localization and intensity of intracortical microstimulation in three participants with cervical spinal cord injury shows that overlapping projected fields from multiple electrodes ...
www.nature.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Our group has a new paper out now in Nature BME, led by Charles Greenspon. It covers a number of updates on how we can restore tactile sensation from the hand using intracortical microstimulation (ICMS).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Check out our new paper 'Evoking stable and precise tactile sensations via multi-electrode intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex' on @NatureBiomedicalEngineering 🦾 🧠 ⚡
LINK: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
LINK: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 9, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Check out our new paper 'Evoking stable and precise tactile sensations via multi-electrode intracortical microstimulation of the somatosensory cortex' on @NatureBiomedicalEngineering 🦾 🧠 ⚡
LINK: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
LINK: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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BCIs list! Still finding folks on here so please message me if you'd like to be added.
December 1, 2024 at 2:16 AM
BCIs list! Still finding folks on here so please message me if you'd like to be added.
I might lose some followers, but to avoid confusion, I am NOT Prof. Jeff A. Weiss from Utah. I am also a #bioengineer, but I do NOT study biomechanics or orthopaedics. I work in #neuralengineering developing #braincomputerinterfaces, so feel free to stick around for occasional #neuro content. 🧠🦾
November 19, 2024 at 2:51 PM
I might lose some followers, but to avoid confusion, I am NOT Prof. Jeff A. Weiss from Utah. I am also a #bioengineer, but I do NOT study biomechanics or orthopaedics. I work in #neuralengineering developing #braincomputerinterfaces, so feel free to stick around for occasional #neuro content. 🧠🦾