Mayank Mehta
@mayankmehta.bsky.social
Prof. in Physics, Neuro, ECE at UCLA
Board of Reviewing Editors @ Science
Interests: Quantum physics, Hippocampus, Learning & Memory, VR, Sleep, Neural computation, AI
https://mayank.pa.ucla.edu/
Board of Reviewing Editors @ Science
Interests: Quantum physics, Hippocampus, Learning & Memory, VR, Sleep, Neural computation, AI
https://mayank.pa.ucla.edu/
A democratic socialist, and a muslim, son of Indian parents, but born in Uganda, is the NYC Mayor!
Oh my god, the sky is falling... on the Orange Bafoon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
Oh my god, the sky is falling... on the Orange Bafoon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A democratic socialist, and a muslim, son of Indian parents, but born in Uganda, is the NYC Mayor!
Oh my god, the sky is falling... on the Orange Bafoon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
Oh my god, the sky is falling... on the Orange Bafoon.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
In a chaotic world, some inspiration from human greatness.
In even more chaotic times, on October 28 1893, Pyotr Tchaikovsky premiered his masterpiece, Symphony #6, aka "Pathetique".
Nine days later he died.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVA1...
In even more chaotic times, on October 28 1893, Pyotr Tchaikovsky premiered his masterpiece, Symphony #6, aka "Pathetique".
Nine days later he died.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVA1...
October 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In a chaotic world, some inspiration from human greatness.
In even more chaotic times, on October 28 1893, Pyotr Tchaikovsky premiered his masterpiece, Symphony #6, aka "Pathetique".
Nine days later he died.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVA1...
In even more chaotic times, on October 28 1893, Pyotr Tchaikovsky premiered his masterpiece, Symphony #6, aka "Pathetique".
Nine days later he died.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVA1...
Thank you. I learned a lot from this visit.
Thank you to UCLA Professor @mayankmehta.bsky.social for kicking off the 𝗖𝗡𝗦 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱–𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 today with a fantastic talk!
We’re excited for another inspiring year of seminars exploring bold ideas and breakthroughs in neuroscience. 🧠✨
We’re excited for another inspiring year of seminars exploring bold ideas and breakthroughs in neuroscience. 🧠✨
October 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Thank you. I learned a lot from this visit.
In a chaotic world, some inspiration from human greatness.
In even more chaotic times, Mozart, just 32, created his 39th symphony!
Then he finished the 40th the next month!
Then the 41st in just 2 weeks!
Timeless creations, untouched by the the chaos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8bZ...
In even more chaotic times, Mozart, just 32, created his 39th symphony!
Then he finished the 40th the next month!
Then the 41st in just 2 weeks!
Timeless creations, untouched by the the chaos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8bZ...
MOZART Symphony No 40 in G minor KV550 LEONARD BERNSTEIN
YouTube video by roger bridgland
www.youtube.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
In a chaotic world, some inspiration from human greatness.
In even more chaotic times, Mozart, just 32, created his 39th symphony!
Then he finished the 40th the next month!
Then the 41st in just 2 weeks!
Timeless creations, untouched by the the chaos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8bZ...
In even more chaotic times, Mozart, just 32, created his 39th symphony!
Then he finished the 40th the next month!
Then the 41st in just 2 weeks!
Timeless creations, untouched by the the chaos.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8bZ...
The same darkness that descended on Harvard and other East Coast Universities has now come to UCLA.
First this
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Then this
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
First this
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Then this
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
UCLA agrees to $6.5m settlement with Jewish students over pro-Palestinian protests
Lawsuit alleges protesters made antisemitic threats with the ‘knowledge and acquiescence’ of university officials
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The same darkness that descended on Harvard and other East Coast Universities has now come to UCLA.
First this
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Then this
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
First this
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Then this
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
🧠🧠Announcing: Neural computations without borders 🧠🧠
So many students and postdocs are stuck due to visa, or other hurdles. To help in a small way, I will mentor about ten students/postdocs in neural computation, or neuro-AI projects, leading to publication/s.
So many students and postdocs are stuck due to visa, or other hurdles. To help in a small way, I will mentor about ten students/postdocs in neural computation, or neuro-AI projects, leading to publication/s.
June 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🧠🧠Announcing: Neural computations without borders 🧠🧠
So many students and postdocs are stuck due to visa, or other hurdles. To help in a small way, I will mentor about ten students/postdocs in neural computation, or neuro-AI projects, leading to publication/s.
So many students and postdocs are stuck due to visa, or other hurdles. To help in a small way, I will mentor about ten students/postdocs in neural computation, or neuro-AI projects, leading to publication/s.
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Reposted by Mayank Mehta
New opinion paper in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social with Dan Bendor, where we argue that rodent studies provide only marginal support for the idea that replay supports real-time decisions (e.g. planning). Fictive learning and memory tagging are more consistent w/evidence. www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Awake replay: off the clock but on the job
Hippocampal replay is widely thought to support two key cognitive functions: online
decision-making and offline memory consolidation. In this review, we take a closer
look at the hypothesized link bet...
www.cell.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New opinion paper in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social with Dan Bendor, where we argue that rodent studies provide only marginal support for the idea that replay supports real-time decisions (e.g. planning). Fictive learning and memory tagging are more consistent w/evidence. www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
This was a wonderful meeting.
Registration open for 'CNS2025: Expanding the Horizons of Brain Research' neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/camneuro-eve...
All welcome -registration is heavily subsidised!
Abstract submission closes on Monday 17th March
Excellent interdisciplinary programme🧠
Please share and see you in Cambridge on April 8th!
All welcome -registration is heavily subsidised!
Abstract submission closes on Monday 17th March
Excellent interdisciplinary programme🧠
Please share and see you in Cambridge on April 8th!
April 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This was a wonderful meeting.
Make Russia Great again:
-Zero tariffs on Russia
-Highest tariffs on the biggest trading partners of Russia: China, European Union, especially Germany, India.
-Higher tariffs from USA will make them trade with Russia at a lower cost. Everyone else will bear the burden.
-Zero tariffs on Russia
-Highest tariffs on the biggest trading partners of Russia: China, European Union, especially Germany, India.
-Higher tariffs from USA will make them trade with Russia at a lower cost. Everyone else will bear the burden.
April 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Make Russia Great again:
-Zero tariffs on Russia
-Highest tariffs on the biggest trading partners of Russia: China, European Union, especially Germany, India.
-Higher tariffs from USA will make them trade with Russia at a lower cost. Everyone else will bear the burden.
-Zero tariffs on Russia
-Highest tariffs on the biggest trading partners of Russia: China, European Union, especially Germany, India.
-Higher tariffs from USA will make them trade with Russia at a lower cost. Everyone else will bear the burden.
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If you are a faculty member at a US university, please consider signing this excellent petition asking our presidents, chancellors, etc to work together to defend our institutions from the direct attacks by Trump administration: 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 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you are a faculty member at a US university, please consider signing this excellent petition asking our presidents, chancellors, etc to work together to defend our institutions from the direct attacks by Trump administration: sites.google.com/view/we-must...
The real qustion is: Why would Musk want to know about war plans with china?
ucla.zoom.us/j/9669404201...
All of Musk's money is in Tesla Cars. Chinese car maker BYD (and others) has made much better EV cars for 70% less price than Tesla.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/18/b...
ucla.zoom.us/j/9669404201...
All of Musk's money is in Tesla Cars. Chinese car maker BYD (and others) has made much better EV cars for 70% less price than Tesla.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/18/b...
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March 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The real qustion is: Why would Musk want to know about war plans with china?
ucla.zoom.us/j/9669404201...
All of Musk's money is in Tesla Cars. Chinese car maker BYD (and others) has made much better EV cars for 70% less price than Tesla.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/18/b...
ucla.zoom.us/j/9669404201...
All of Musk's money is in Tesla Cars. Chinese car maker BYD (and others) has made much better EV cars for 70% less price than Tesla.
www.cnbc.com/2025/03/18/b...
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Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Immigrants, trans people, palestinian rights activists, eventually it’s going to be your turn when the regime decides you are an enemy
March 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Immigrants, trans people, palestinian rights activists, eventually it’s going to be your turn when the regime decides you are an enemy
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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
March 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
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“Wealthy Chinese investors are quietly funnelling tens of millions of dollars into private companies controlled by Elon Musk using an arrangement that shields their identities from public view” www.ft.com/content/6685...
Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk’s companies
Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul’s ties to Donald Trump to lure capital to xAI, Neuralink and SpaceX
www.ft.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
“Wealthy Chinese investors are quietly funnelling tens of millions of dollars into private companies controlled by Elon Musk using an arrangement that shields their identities from public view” www.ft.com/content/6685...
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Norwegian firm Haltbakk Bunkers announced it will stop providing fuel to all US forces in Norway: "No Fuel to Americans! We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example. SLAVA UKRAINA" #3E #StandWithUkraine
March 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Norwegian firm Haltbakk Bunkers announced it will stop providing fuel to all US forces in Norway: "No Fuel to Americans! We encourage all Norwegians and Europeans to follow our example. SLAVA UKRAINA" #3E #StandWithUkraine
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Reposted by Mayank Mehta
An admin throwing away all its leverage. "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, according to three people familiar with the matter." therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
February 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
An admin throwing away all its leverage. "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, according to three people familiar with the matter." therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Clearly, Musk & Trump never thought this would happen.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Clearly, Musk & Trump never thought this would happen.
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
Indeed terrifyingly accurate. Our only hope is to quit Musk in every way. Signature campaigns will have zero effects. Mass protests on the streets will be effective but too costly, they will use the military against us.
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Indeed terrifyingly accurate. Our only hope is to quit Musk in every way. Signature campaigns will have zero effects. Mass protests on the streets will be effective but too costly, they will use the military against us.
This is a good move. Sadly, I doubt Musk+Maga madness will care. What they will definitely notice is if we quit everything Musk, from Twitter to Tesla cars and stocks. Europe has already done that, we are far behind. Give them a doGe of their own medicine.
Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."
Sign the Petition
Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap (NOT-OD-25-068)
chng.it
February 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is a good move. Sadly, I doubt Musk+Maga madness will care. What they will definitely notice is if we quit everything Musk, from Twitter to Tesla cars and stocks. Europe has already done that, we are far behind. Give them a doGe of their own medicine.
All 22 states are Blue states. Practically none of the Red states. You know where this is going.
BREAKING: 22 states sue NIH over Trump administration's new 15% cap on overhead for federal research grants. Suit filed federal court in Boston contends lifesaving research 'will grind to a halt' under the policy. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
All 22 states are Blue states. Practically none of the Red states. You know where this is going.
I like the undergrad textbook by Bear, Connors & Paradiso from Brown University.
I just gave a lecture on "Higher visual cortex" to undergrads and I covered the 5 topics below.
Now I need to suggest readings. Arghh. All I have is for grad students or beyond!
Any suggestions for an undergrad textbook? I loved "From Neuron to Brain" and "Neurons and Networks" but they're old.
Now I need to suggest readings. Arghh. All I have is for grad students or beyond!
Any suggestions for an undergrad textbook? I loved "From Neuron to Brain" and "Neurons and Networks" but they're old.
February 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I like the undergrad textbook by Bear, Connors & Paradiso from Brown University.
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Early Career Researchers: If you have a job offer in the US, get everything in writing*immediately*.
Universities will have no choice but to rescind offers. Hiring freezes are unavoidable.
#AcademicSky
Universities will have no choice but to rescind offers. Hiring freezes are unavoidable.
#AcademicSky
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 11:35 AM
Early Career Researchers: If you have a job offer in the US, get everything in writing*immediately*.
Universities will have no choice but to rescind offers. Hiring freezes are unavoidable.
#AcademicSky
Universities will have no choice but to rescind offers. Hiring freezes are unavoidable.
#AcademicSky