Kenji Lee
@kenjilee.bsky.social
Ph.D. student studying the in vivo identification of cell types and the neural dynamics of decision making in prefrontal cortex. Chand Lab @ BU; NINDS F31 Fellow; prev. UW, Allen Inst., and U. Puget Sound. From Hawaii 🌴
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Kenji Lee
@kenjilee.bsky.social
· Aug 1
A multimodal approach for visualization and identification of electrophysiological cell types in vivo
Neurons of different types perform diverse computations and coordinate their activity during sensation, perception, and action. While electrophysiological recordings can measure the activity of many n...
www.biorxiv.org
Are you allowed another tweeprint for a revised preprint? Anyways, it's been a year since we first put out PhysMAP (I also do [many] monkey experiments!) and thanks to some excellent reviews + additional co-authors, we're really excited about where we've landed! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Chand lab is at Cosyne! (and I’m here to look for postdocs on cell types and dynamics; reach out if you want to chat!).
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Chand lab is at Cosyne! (and I’m here to look for postdocs on cell types and dynamics; reach out if you want to chat!).
Reposted by Kenji Lee
First published paper from the depaqlab, led by the supernatural @ryguy.io! Glad to add a new software resource to the neuro community for fitting SSMs, including hierarchical models and switching GLMs, and many others! If you love Julia and SSMs, this is for you!
🚨🚨🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨🚨🚨
We present StateSpaceDynamics.jl, an open-source Julia package for fitting probabilistic state-space models (SSMs)—including non-conjugate models like Poisson LDS and switching variants (SLDS). Python has had existing packages that have given this functionality...
We present StateSpaceDynamics.jl, an open-source Julia package for fitting probabilistic state-space models (SSMs)—including non-conjugate models like Poisson LDS and switching variants (SLDS). Python has had existing packages that have given this functionality...
Just published in JOSS: 'StateSpaceDynamics.jl: A Julia package for probabilistic state space models (SSMs)' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08077
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
First published paper from the depaqlab, led by the supernatural @ryguy.io! Glad to add a new software resource to the neuro community for fitting SSMs, including hierarchical models and switching GLMs, and many others! If you love Julia and SSMs, this is for you!
Reposted by Kenji Lee
Miller Lab at #SFN2025. Come by and say hi ya. #Neuroscience
November 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Miller Lab at #SFN2025. Come by and say hi ya. #Neuroscience
Reposted by Kenji Lee
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Hearing a rumor that NIH/HHS may now plan to retaliate against other Bethesda Declaration signers.
I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research.
As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/
I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research.
As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hearing a rumor that NIH/HHS may now plan to retaliate against other Bethesda Declaration signers.
I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research.
As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/
I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research.
As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/
Reposted by Kenji Lee
According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
NIH scientists publish letter criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research
The letter addresses the termination of 2,100 research grants valued at more than $12 billion and some of the human costs that have resulted, such as cutting off medication regimens to participants in...
www.pbs.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
According to a source, Jenna Norton, who led a letter criticizing Trump's decimation of the NIH (see below), has been placed on administrative leave. She's the first at NIH to be put on leave, joining EPA officials who criticized Trump policies.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
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Happy to share this profile that Georgia Tech wrote up about the role that scholarships and education played in my path to being an interdisciplinary scientist. My life would be very different without the support and generosity of many people.
news.em.gatech.edu/2025/11/13/h...
news.em.gatech.edu/2025/11/13/h...
The Power of Access: Chris Rozell’s Story of Opportunity
Fueled by determination, Chris Rozell became the first in his family to go to college. He continued his education in graduate school, and now conducts research at Tech to find effective treatments for...
news.em.gatech.edu
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Happy to share this profile that Georgia Tech wrote up about the role that scholarships and education played in my path to being an interdisciplinary scientist. My life would be very different without the support and generosity of many people.
news.em.gatech.edu/2025/11/13/h...
news.em.gatech.edu/2025/11/13/h...
Reposted by Kenji Lee
Our next paper on comparing dynamical systems (with special interest to artificial and biological neural networks) is out!! Joint work with @annhuang42.bsky.social , as well as @satpreetsingh.bsky.social , @leokoz8.bsky.social , Ila Fiete, and @kanakarajanphd.bsky.social : arxiv.org/pdf/2510.25943
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our next paper on comparing dynamical systems (with special interest to artificial and biological neural networks) is out!! Joint work with @annhuang42.bsky.social , as well as @satpreetsingh.bsky.social , @leokoz8.bsky.social , Ila Fiete, and @kanakarajanphd.bsky.social : arxiv.org/pdf/2510.25943
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If you will be at #SfN25 next week, please join us for a professional development workshop ‘Navigating your career roadmap in a changing landscape’ on Monday from 12-2. Led by THE Dr. Michelle Jones-London. Please share with your lab and anyone you think would benefit!
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If you will be at #SfN25 next week, please join us for a professional development workshop ‘Navigating your career roadmap in a changing landscape’ on Monday from 12-2. Led by THE Dr. Michelle Jones-London. Please share with your lab and anyone you think would benefit!
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Still think brain regions don’t exist? That everything is everywhere? That cell types don’t matter and that everything is a dynamical phase portrait?
Wrong.
Interconnected brain modules exist at the level of fine grained transcriptomics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wrong.
Interconnected brain modules exist at the level of fine grained transcriptomics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Whole-cortex in situ sequencing reveals input-dependent area identity - Nature
BARseq interrogates the expression of 104 cell-type marker genes in 10.3 million cells over nine mouse forebrain hemispheres to reveal the role of peripheral inputs on cortical area development.
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Still think brain regions don’t exist? That everything is everywhere? That cell types don’t matter and that everything is a dynamical phase portrait?
Wrong.
Interconnected brain modules exist at the level of fine grained transcriptomics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Wrong.
Interconnected brain modules exist at the level of fine grained transcriptomics. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨Job alert🚨
The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour
This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour
This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Champalimaud Foundation (Fundação D. Anna de Sommer Champalimaud e Dr.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
🚨Job alert🚨
The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour
This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
The lab has up to *3 postdoc openings* for comp systems neuroscientists interested in describing and manipulating neural population dynamics mediating behaviour
This is part of a collaborative ARIA grant "4D precision control of cortical dynamics"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/383909
Reposted by Kenji Lee
Applying to do a postdoc or PhD in theoretical ML or neuroscience this year? Consider joining my group (starting next Fall) at UT Austin!
POD Postdoc: oden.utexas.edu/programs-and... CSEM PhD: oden.utexas.edu/academics/pr...
POD Postdoc: oden.utexas.edu/programs-and... CSEM PhD: oden.utexas.edu/academics/pr...
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Applying to do a postdoc or PhD in theoretical ML or neuroscience this year? Consider joining my group (starting next Fall) at UT Austin!
POD Postdoc: oden.utexas.edu/programs-and... CSEM PhD: oden.utexas.edu/academics/pr...
POD Postdoc: oden.utexas.edu/programs-and... CSEM PhD: oden.utexas.edu/academics/pr...
Reposted by Kenji Lee
Dutch lawmakers have approved the phase-out of primate research at one of Europe’s biggest facilities. Neuroscientists are worried.
By Lauren Schenkman
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
By Lauren Schenkman
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
Nonhuman primate research to lose federal funding at major European facility
The Dutch Senate has ordered the Biomedical Primate Research Centre in the Netherlands to shift its funding away from primate experiments by 2030.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dutch lawmakers have approved the phase-out of primate research at one of Europe’s biggest facilities. Neuroscientists are worried.
By Lauren Schenkman
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
By Lauren Schenkman
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
Reposted by Kenji Lee
Thrilled that our paper is out today in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
Sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits
Nature - Experiments with human volunteers and macaques show that expectations produced by probabilistic cueing of future sensory inputs shape motor circuit dynamics in order to increase the...
www.nature.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thrilled that our paper is out today in Nature!
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
www.nature.com/articles/s4...
Reposted by Kenji Lee
The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
🧪
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
🧪
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad.
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
🧪
I made a video explainer about why.
Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social
1/4
🧪
Hypothetically, if one were to submit their Cosyne abstract 4 mins before the deadline, they would’ve been assigned abstract number 1161.
October 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Hypothetically, if one were to submit their Cosyne abstract 4 mins before the deadline, they would’ve been assigned abstract number 1161.
Reposted by Kenji Lee
*Subcortical regions and consciousness*
Looks like an amazing use of 7T scanners
(and generator of 7T envy)
By Morgan Cambareri, Andreas Horn, Laura Lewis, Jian Li, Brian Edlow
doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
#neuroskyence
Looks like an amazing use of 7T scanners
(and generator of 7T envy)
By Morgan Cambareri, Andreas Horn, Laura Lewis, Jian Li, Brian Edlow
doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
#neuroskyence
October 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
*Subcortical regions and consciousness*
Looks like an amazing use of 7T scanners
(and generator of 7T envy)
By Morgan Cambareri, Andreas Horn, Laura Lewis, Jian Li, Brian Edlow
doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
#neuroskyence
Looks like an amazing use of 7T scanners
(and generator of 7T envy)
By Morgan Cambareri, Andreas Horn, Laura Lewis, Jian Li, Brian Edlow
doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
#neuroskyence
Reposted by Kenji Lee
The neural control & computation lab is recruiting!
If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.
www.ncclab.ca
If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.
www.ncclab.ca
October 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The neural control & computation lab is recruiting!
If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.
www.ncclab.ca
If you're interested in using large-scale neural population recordings to study how the brain learns to produce complex and flexible behaviours, please get in touch.
www.ncclab.ca
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First lab paper out today! Student authors: Mikayla Cutler and Abhi Thati 🎉🤩
Hippocampus | Neuroscience Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Hippocampus | Neuroscience Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Drug‐Related Engrams and Their Role in the Persistence and Recurrence of Drug‐Related Behaviors
Memory is a cornerstone of human behavior, and addiction offers a compelling model of its persistence and plasticity. The scope of engram research has rapidly expanded to include addiction-related ph....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
First lab paper out today! Student authors: Mikayla Cutler and Abhi Thati 🎉🤩
Hippocampus | Neuroscience Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Hippocampus | Neuroscience Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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What does it take to build a thriving lab?
In latest episode of “Think Alike?”, Yosif (Joe) Zaki, PhD, and Zach Pennington, PhD, join mentor Denise Cai, PhD, to share honest reflections on trust, mentorship, and the power of open communication.
🎧Listen now: vist.ly/4939f
In latest episode of “Think Alike?”, Yosif (Joe) Zaki, PhD, and Zach Pennington, PhD, join mentor Denise Cai, PhD, to share honest reflections on trust, mentorship, and the power of open communication.
🎧Listen now: vist.ly/4939f
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
What does it take to build a thriving lab?
In latest episode of “Think Alike?”, Yosif (Joe) Zaki, PhD, and Zach Pennington, PhD, join mentor Denise Cai, PhD, to share honest reflections on trust, mentorship, and the power of open communication.
🎧Listen now: vist.ly/4939f
In latest episode of “Think Alike?”, Yosif (Joe) Zaki, PhD, and Zach Pennington, PhD, join mentor Denise Cai, PhD, to share honest reflections on trust, mentorship, and the power of open communication.
🎧Listen now: vist.ly/4939f
Reposted by Kenji Lee
Federal workers are speaking out on how the Trump regime is harming Americans:
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
Mark Histed, NIH Scientist *speaking in personal capacity
YouTube video by Civil Servants Coalition
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Federal workers are speaking out on how the Trump regime is harming Americans:
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
"We stand here today at a moment of the greatest assault of our lifetimes on our freedoms. The US Constitution is being shredded... We are here to call on Congress to stand up and stop it."
youtu.be/uw1KwIBgrCw?...
Reposted by Kenji Lee
Come join our exciting new computational neuroscience groups! Fantastic people, cool mountains, and exciting science!
Interested in doing a Ph.D. to work on building models of the brain/behavior? Consider applying to graduate schools at CU Anschutz:
1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro...
2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri...
You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.
1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro...
2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri...
You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.
September 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Come join our exciting new computational neuroscience groups! Fantastic people, cool mountains, and exciting science!
Reposted by Kenji Lee
Nature research paper: Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes
go.nature.com/46oZgeT
go.nature.com/46oZgeT
Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes - Nature
Repetitive head impacts from contact sports are associated with brain inflammation, vascular damage and neuron loss that are independent of hyperphosphorylated tau pathology.
go.nature.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Nature research paper: Repeated head trauma causes neuron loss and inflammation in young athletes
go.nature.com/46oZgeT
go.nature.com/46oZgeT
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I've been waiting some years to make this joke and now it’s real:
I conned somebody into giving me a faculty job!
I’m starting as a W1 Tenure-Track Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in a week (lol), in the Faculty of CS and Math
and I'm recruiting PhD students 🤗
I conned somebody into giving me a faculty job!
I’m starting as a W1 Tenure-Track Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in a week (lol), in the Faculty of CS and Math
and I'm recruiting PhD students 🤗
a man wearing a white shirt and tie smiles in front of a window
ALT: a man wearing a white shirt and tie smiles in front of a window
media.tenor.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I've been waiting some years to make this joke and now it’s real:
I conned somebody into giving me a faculty job!
I’m starting as a W1 Tenure-Track Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in a week (lol), in the Faculty of CS and Math
and I'm recruiting PhD students 🤗
I conned somebody into giving me a faculty job!
I’m starting as a W1 Tenure-Track Professor at Goethe University Frankfurt in a week (lol), in the Faculty of CS and Math
and I'm recruiting PhD students 🤗