Nicole Rust
@nicolecrust.bsky.social
Mood & Memory researcher with a computational bent. https://www.nicolecrust.com. Science advocate. Prof (UPenn Psych) - on leave as a Simons Pivot Fellow. Author: Elusive Cures. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691243054/elusive-cures
Work made possible by Sergey Stavisky, someone I know is deeply committed to helping individuals with conditions like ALS. Sergey also realizes the need to communicate what academic science is on the cusp of, advocating for support of it.
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What happens when we marry brains to machines? with Sergey Stavisky
What is a brain-computer interface? How can a paralyzed person use her brain to control a robotic arm? How can someone who’s lost the gift of speech use brain signals to broadcast his voice a…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Work made possible by Sergey Stavisky, someone I know is deeply committed to helping individuals with conditions like ALS. Sergey also realizes the need to communicate what academic science is on the cusp of, advocating for support of it.
eagleman.com/podcast/what...
eagleman.com/podcast/what...
I don’t think so. A few will be giving big talks at SFN (like @suthanalab.bsky.social and Rony Paz).
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I don’t think so. A few will be giving big talks at SFN (like @suthanalab.bsky.social and Rony Paz).
His advice (2011): use the rare & special opportunity of recording from human brains to study things most relevant/unique to humans as opposed to focusing on replications of things already discovered in animals.
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
His advice (2011): use the rare & special opportunity of recording from human brains to study things most relevant/unique to humans as opposed to focusing on replications of things already discovered in animals.
Thank you for this!
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Thank you for this!
And she promises to extend it to time and dynamical systems in the near term - I’m so excited to hear that!
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And she promises to extend it to time and dynamical systems in the near term - I’m so excited to hear that!
It’s exciting to see the descriptive ideas about “population untangling” from back when I was a postdoc (circa 2008) gel into proper scientific theories. Progress! 👏👏
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November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
It’s exciting to see the descriptive ideas about “population untangling” from back when I was a postdoc (circa 2008) gel into proper scientific theories. Progress! 👏👏
journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...
journals.aps.org/prx/abstract...
www.hhmi.org/scientists/s... (Not the other brilliant science communicator @seanmcarroll.bsky.social)
Sean B. Carroll, PhD | Investigator Profile | 1990-Present
View the profile of Sean B. Carroll, PhD, Investigator at HHMI from University of Maryland specializing in Genetics.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
www.hhmi.org/scientists/s... (Not the other brilliant science communicator @seanmcarroll.bsky.social)
Someone once said to me something very compelling: rodents don’t have strong homologies of the structures that are impacted in human psychiatric conditions. That strikes me as an interesting (and very important) conversation.
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Someone once said to me something very compelling: rodents don’t have strong homologies of the structures that are impacted in human psychiatric conditions. That strikes me as an interesting (and very important) conversation.
Three cheers for acknowledging that when rodents can do a thing, there’s a huge advantage there (eg for studying the biophysics of said thing). But that does not imply that same advantage applies to all things. Progress requires pluralism (that’s obvious, right?)
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Three cheers for acknowledging that when rodents can do a thing, there’s a huge advantage there (eg for studying the biophysics of said thing). But that does not imply that same advantage applies to all things. Progress requires pluralism (that’s obvious, right?)
Friends. Friends! Let’s find joy in the ways in which rodents are unexpectedly smart & (human and nonhuman) primates are unexpectedly stupid. That’s the fun bit. But also, let’s acknowledge the obvious fact that rodents will never score high marks on many types of primate-oriented exams.
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Friends. Friends! Let’s find joy in the ways in which rodents are unexpectedly smart & (human and nonhuman) primates are unexpectedly stupid. That’s the fun bit. But also, let’s acknowledge the obvious fact that rodents will never score high marks on many types of primate-oriented exams.
And recognizing that our friends at NIH (including trainees) can’t join us AGAIN, I’ll be wearing this pin to raise awareness and invite conversations about how we can support them.
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I'm grateful for this NIH pin. Among the places I plan to wear it: #cosyne2025 in a few weeks, a meeting that many of our NIH friends (including trainees!) were planning to attend but cannot (due to the travel ban).
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
And recognizing that our friends at NIH (including trainees) can’t join us AGAIN, I’ll be wearing this pin to raise awareness and invite conversations about how we can support them.
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