Shay Neufeld
@shayneufeld.ca
Neuroscience, data products, & machine learning. Currently at Inscopix (a Bruker company). Based in Vancouver, Canada.
A bit more about me @ https://shayneufeld.ca
A bit more about me @ https://shayneufeld.ca
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Shay Neufeld
@shayneufeld.ca
· Oct 4
Hello! I'm a neuroscience tool developer, currently leading data product development at Inscopix.
We're working on building ways for neuroscientists to more easily leverage the best processing and analysis methods for their Ca imaging & behavior data.
Looking forward to joining the sci comm here!
We're working on building ways for neuroscientists to more easily leverage the best processing and analysis methods for their Ca imaging & behavior data.
Looking forward to joining the sci comm here!
Are you a neuroscientist who would like to easily try out different methods to process & organize your Ca imaging and behavior data? Or analyze neural activity across sessions, behavior states, or trials?
Try out the IDEAS platform — now free to try for everyone!
Sign up here: inscopix.cloud
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Try out the IDEAS platform — now free to try for everyone!
Sign up here: inscopix.cloud
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www.inscopix.cloud
August 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Are you a neuroscientist who would like to easily try out different methods to process & organize your Ca imaging and behavior data? Or analyze neural activity across sessions, behavior states, or trials?
Try out the IDEAS platform — now free to try for everyone!
Sign up here: inscopix.cloud
🧠🧪
Try out the IDEAS platform — now free to try for everyone!
Sign up here: inscopix.cloud
🧠🧪
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i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
Fear and loathing on study section: Reviewing grant proposals while the system is burning
As grants are canceled, delayed and subject to general uncertainty, participating in study sections can feel futile. But it’s more important than ever.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
i wrote an essay for @thetransmitter.bsky.social about what it feels like to serve on an NIH grant review panel (study section) right now
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
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Canada needs to reduce its dependence on US tech companies — and cloud infrastructure is a perfect place to start.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.
Canada should build public cloud infrastructure rather than relying on U.S. tech giants - CCPA
During the 2025 election campaign, prime minister Mark Carney made a striking admission about Canada’s dependence on U.S. tech companies. The Canadian government was in the process of choosing a partn...
www.policyalternatives.ca
July 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Canada needs to reduce its dependence on US tech companies — and cloud infrastructure is a perfect place to start.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.
For @policyalternatives.ca, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the need for shareholder profits.
On my way to @canacn.bsky.social #CAN2025 in Toronto!
Come visit the Inscopix / Bruker booth to check out our latest instruments (like the new Inscopix 2-photon miniscope) and data + analysis software (the IDEAS cloud platform) for neuroscience research.
Come visit the Inscopix / Bruker booth to check out our latest instruments (like the new Inscopix 2-photon miniscope) and data + analysis software (the IDEAS cloud platform) for neuroscience research.
May 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On my way to @canacn.bsky.social #CAN2025 in Toronto!
Come visit the Inscopix / Bruker booth to check out our latest instruments (like the new Inscopix 2-photon miniscope) and data + analysis software (the IDEAS cloud platform) for neuroscience research.
Come visit the Inscopix / Bruker booth to check out our latest instruments (like the new Inscopix 2-photon miniscope) and data + analysis software (the IDEAS cloud platform) for neuroscience research.
Reposted by Shay Neufeld
Are you an organization in need of data science help on a project for societal good?
Are you a data scientist who wants to volunteer your time on good projects?
Connect with us! data-for-good-team.org
Are you a data scientist who wants to volunteer your time on good projects?
Connect with us! data-for-good-team.org
May 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Are you an organization in need of data science help on a project for societal good?
Are you a data scientist who wants to volunteer your time on good projects?
Connect with us! data-for-good-team.org
Are you a data scientist who wants to volunteer your time on good projects?
Connect with us! data-for-good-team.org
I had a great time representing Inscopix, Inc. and Bruker at this year’s Advanced Neurotechniques Course at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience! Always inspiring to connect with neuroscientists who are passionate about using cutting-edge tools and methods. Thanks to all the organizers!
Thank you to our incredible corporate sponsors for supporting this year's Advanced Neurotechniques Course! Your partnership helped make this unique training experience possible. Together, we’re pushing the boundaries of what we can see, measure, and understand about the brain.
May 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I had a great time representing Inscopix, Inc. and Bruker at this year’s Advanced Neurotechniques Course at Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience! Always inspiring to connect with neuroscientists who are passionate about using cutting-edge tools and methods. Thanks to all the organizers!
An important, multi-lab effort to better understand how psilocybin effects standard mouse behavior assays.
Some results expected, some not!
The classic 'head twitch' response to hallucinogens was robust.
But, surprisingly, no persistent reduction in anxiety or depression like symptoms. 🧪
Some results expected, some not!
The classic 'head twitch' response to hallucinogens was robust.
But, surprisingly, no persistent reduction in anxiety or depression like symptoms. 🧪
A multi-institutional investigation of psilocybin's effects on mouse behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.08.647810v1
April 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
An important, multi-lab effort to better understand how psilocybin effects standard mouse behavior assays.
Some results expected, some not!
The classic 'head twitch' response to hallucinogens was robust.
But, surprisingly, no persistent reduction in anxiety or depression like symptoms. 🧪
Some results expected, some not!
The classic 'head twitch' response to hallucinogens was robust.
But, surprisingly, no persistent reduction in anxiety or depression like symptoms. 🧪
Reposted by Shay Neufeld
If you’re a scientist whose funding has recently been cut or impacted, I would love to interview you and amplify your work!
Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week.
Please share widely!
Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week.
Please share widely!
April 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If you’re a scientist whose funding has recently been cut or impacted, I would love to interview you and amplify your work!
Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week.
Please share widely!
Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week.
Please share widely!
At a time when scientists & tech leaders are contemplating a new home for their talents, what can Canada do to help attract them?
Peter Zandstra (Director @sbmeubc.bsky.social) writes that without more foundational support for science, a 🇨🇦 'brain gain' may go to waste.
tinyurl.com/ukabrr4x
Peter Zandstra (Director @sbmeubc.bsky.social) writes that without more foundational support for science, a 🇨🇦 'brain gain' may go to waste.
tinyurl.com/ukabrr4x
Opinion: Canada’s U.S. brain gain is risky without more foundational support for science
Scientists want to come to Canada not only to escape the chaos and uncertainty emerging in U.S. science but also because they are drawn to the energy here
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
At a time when scientists & tech leaders are contemplating a new home for their talents, what can Canada do to help attract them?
Peter Zandstra (Director @sbmeubc.bsky.social) writes that without more foundational support for science, a 🇨🇦 'brain gain' may go to waste.
tinyurl.com/ukabrr4x
Peter Zandstra (Director @sbmeubc.bsky.social) writes that without more foundational support for science, a 🇨🇦 'brain gain' may go to waste.
tinyurl.com/ukabrr4x
This tool from @cbrs-scrc.bsky.social makes it easy to reach out to your Canadian federal candidates and voice the importance of prioritizing neuroscience research and brain health. Take a look. It takes 2 minutes to do. #cdnpoli #neuroskyence
🧠Brain health belongs on the ballot!
Political parties are finalizing their platforms—now’s the time to act. Send a letter to all candidates in your riding & tell them brain health must be a federal priority.
📢Take action now: vote4brainhealth.ca
#Vote4BrainHealth #cdnpoli
Political parties are finalizing their platforms—now’s the time to act. Send a letter to all candidates in your riding & tell them brain health must be a federal priority.
📢Take action now: vote4brainhealth.ca
#Vote4BrainHealth #cdnpoli
April 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This tool from @cbrs-scrc.bsky.social makes it easy to reach out to your Canadian federal candidates and voice the importance of prioritizing neuroscience research and brain health. Take a look. It takes 2 minutes to do. #cdnpoli #neuroskyence
On my way to #COSYNE2025 today! Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new people.
Come check out the Inscopix and Bruker tables to learn more about our solutions for acquiring and analyzing calcium imaging & behavior research data.
Come check out the Inscopix and Bruker tables to learn more about our solutions for acquiring and analyzing calcium imaging & behavior research data.
March 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
On my way to #COSYNE2025 today! Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new people.
Come check out the Inscopix and Bruker tables to learn more about our solutions for acquiring and analyzing calcium imaging & behavior research data.
Come check out the Inscopix and Bruker tables to learn more about our solutions for acquiring and analyzing calcium imaging & behavior research data.
Reposted by Shay Neufeld
Great questions can come from anywhere. OpenScope allows researchers from around the world to pitch experiments to be run – at not cost to them – in the Allen Brain Observatory. 🧠📈
🍿 youtu.be/13r9n0pSDLc
#BrainAwarenessWeek
🍿 youtu.be/13r9n0pSDLc
#BrainAwarenessWeek
OpenScope Impact
YouTube video by Allen Institute
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Great questions can come from anywhere. OpenScope allows researchers from around the world to pitch experiments to be run – at not cost to them – in the Allen Brain Observatory. 🧠📈
🍿 youtu.be/13r9n0pSDLc
#BrainAwarenessWeek
🍿 youtu.be/13r9n0pSDLc
#BrainAwarenessWeek
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I asked for your favorite examples of the importance of cell types in systems neuro. I used those as a seed for Deep Research. Here's the report: chatgpt.com/share/67a8ea... It's illustrative of what o3 can and can't do 1/
February 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I asked for your favorite examples of the importance of cell types in systems neuro. I used those as a seed for Deep Research. Here's the report: chatgpt.com/share/67a8ea... It's illustrative of what o3 can and can't do 1/
Reposted by Shay Neufeld
Join our virtual Town Hall next week and give us input on what INCF should focus on in the coming years!
2 time slots available:
- Feb 11, 8am CET
- Feb 12, 8pm CET
Register here: bit.ly/3Q2UWKx
If you're unable to join please fill out our survey: bit.ly/40BlrvI
#neuroskyence 🧪🧠
Please RT! ✨
2 time slots available:
- Feb 11, 8am CET
- Feb 12, 8pm CET
Register here: bit.ly/3Q2UWKx
If you're unable to join please fill out our survey: bit.ly/40BlrvI
#neuroskyence 🧪🧠
Please RT! ✨
February 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Join our virtual Town Hall next week and give us input on what INCF should focus on in the coming years!
2 time slots available:
- Feb 11, 8am CET
- Feb 12, 8pm CET
Register here: bit.ly/3Q2UWKx
If you're unable to join please fill out our survey: bit.ly/40BlrvI
#neuroskyence 🧪🧠
Please RT! ✨
2 time slots available:
- Feb 11, 8am CET
- Feb 12, 8pm CET
Register here: bit.ly/3Q2UWKx
If you're unable to join please fill out our survey: bit.ly/40BlrvI
#neuroskyence 🧪🧠
Please RT! ✨
"Watch a mouse raid your pantry day after day, and you’ll witness a master class in autonomous behavior far beyond the abilities of even our most sophisticated robots"
Insightful perspective by @tonyzador.bsky.social on how lessons learned in neurobiology are relevant to today's AI efforts. 🧪
Insightful perspective by @tonyzador.bsky.social on how lessons learned in neurobiology are relevant to today's AI efforts. 🧪
As we attempt to build autonomous AI systems, we're discovering that agency—a capability we take for granted in animals—may be much more complex than we imagined, writes @tonyzador.bsky.social, in the latest essay in our NeuroAI series.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/neur...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neuroai/neur...
NeuroAI and the hidden complexity of agency
As we attempt to build autonomous AI systems, we’re discovering that a capability we take for granted in animals may be more complex than we imagined.
www.thetransmitter.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Watch a mouse raid your pantry day after day, and you’ll witness a master class in autonomous behavior far beyond the abilities of even our most sophisticated robots"
Insightful perspective by @tonyzador.bsky.social on how lessons learned in neurobiology are relevant to today's AI efforts. 🧪
Insightful perspective by @tonyzador.bsky.social on how lessons learned in neurobiology are relevant to today's AI efforts. 🧪
Reposted by Shay Neufeld
We no longer have a choice.
The things we believe in won’t be here if we don’t fight for them.
Call your representatives. Talk to your families. Create a storm on social media. Let your joy be resistance.
Do whatever makes sense for you, and do it now.
#scienceadvocate
The things we believe in won’t be here if we don’t fight for them.
Call your representatives. Talk to your families. Create a storm on social media. Let your joy be resistance.
Do whatever makes sense for you, and do it now.
#scienceadvocate
January 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We no longer have a choice.
The things we believe in won’t be here if we don’t fight for them.
Call your representatives. Talk to your families. Create a storm on social media. Let your joy be resistance.
Do whatever makes sense for you, and do it now.
#scienceadvocate
The things we believe in won’t be here if we don’t fight for them.
Call your representatives. Talk to your families. Create a storm on social media. Let your joy be resistance.
Do whatever makes sense for you, and do it now.
#scienceadvocate
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In-depth article on chronic pain, with my friend @robgereau.bsky.social and Allan Basbaum heavily interviewed as scientists studying pain: ‘We die in pain, we don’t die of pain.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...
Chronic Pain Afflicts Billions of People. It’s Time for a Revolution.
As many as two billion people suffer from it — including me. Can science finally bring us relief?
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
In-depth article on chronic pain, with my friend @robgereau.bsky.social and Allan Basbaum heavily interviewed as scientists studying pain: ‘We die in pain, we don’t die of pain.’
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/m...
Happy new year!
For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Happy new year!
Reposted by Shay Neufeld
I wrote about a scientific paper called “The Unbearable Slowness of Being” which finds that the human brain’s throughput is just 10 bits per second. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/s...
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Human Thought Is Far Slower Than Your Internet Connection (Gift Article)
A new study is “a bit of a counterweight to the endless hyperbole about how incredibly complex and powerful the human brain is,” one researcher said.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2024 at 1:49 PM
I wrote about a scientific paper called “The Unbearable Slowness of Being” which finds that the human brain’s throughput is just 10 bits per second. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/s...
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Teachers, parents, and everyone: You should know Frontiers for Young Minds!
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
The Tiny Brains of Wasps Can Learn and Remember Information
If you have a garden, you have probably seen many insects flying around looking for food. Despite having miniature brains, these small creatures can learn and memorize flower features, mainly colors a...
kids.frontiersin.org
December 13, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Teachers, parents, and everyone: You should know Frontiers for Young Minds!
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Do the paradoxes of striatal physiology, reinforcement learning, & action selection keep you up at night?
Thankfully, Lindsey & coauthors have recently published compelling evidence that reconcile these apparent inconsistencies with a biologically plausible model! 🧪🧠
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Thankfully, Lindsey & coauthors have recently published compelling evidence that reconcile these apparent inconsistencies with a biologically plausible model! 🧪🧠
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Dynamics of striatal action selection and reinforcement learning
doi.org
December 9, 2024 at 11:19 PM
Do the paradoxes of striatal physiology, reinforcement learning, & action selection keep you up at night?
Thankfully, Lindsey & coauthors have recently published compelling evidence that reconcile these apparent inconsistencies with a biologically plausible model! 🧪🧠
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Thankfully, Lindsey & coauthors have recently published compelling evidence that reconcile these apparent inconsistencies with a biologically plausible model! 🧪🧠
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
Reposted by Shay Neufeld
“We don’t value software, data, and methods in the same way we value papers, even though those resources empower millions of scientists” 💯
www.statnews.com/sponsor/2024...
www.statnews.com/sponsor/2024...
New report highlights the scientific impact of open source software
Two of the scientists who won this year’s Nobel Prize for cracking the code of proteins’ intricate structures relied, in part, on a series of computing
www.statnews.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:08 AM
“We don’t value software, data, and methods in the same way we value papers, even though those resources empower millions of scientists” 💯
www.statnews.com/sponsor/2024...
www.statnews.com/sponsor/2024...
ARBEL: Automated Recognition of Behavior Enhanced with Light, is a new supervised machine learning approach out of Clifford Woolf's lab.
They show pretty impressive performance on scoring pain-related behaviors in mice.
Cool to see new analysis methods enabled with Blackbox Bio's hardware! 🧪
They show pretty impressive performance on scoring pain-related behaviors in mice.
Cool to see new analysis methods enabled with Blackbox Bio's hardware! 🧪
ARBEL: A Machine Learning Tool with Light-Based Image Analysis for Automatic Classification of 3D Pain Behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.01.625907v1
ARBEL: A Machine Learning Tool with Light-Based Image Analysis for Automatic Classification of 3D Pain Behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.12.01.625907v1
A detailed analysis of pain-related behaviors in rodents is essential for exploring both the mechani
www.biorxiv.org
December 3, 2024 at 10:09 PM
ARBEL: Automated Recognition of Behavior Enhanced with Light, is a new supervised machine learning approach out of Clifford Woolf's lab.
They show pretty impressive performance on scoring pain-related behaviors in mice.
Cool to see new analysis methods enabled with Blackbox Bio's hardware! 🧪
They show pretty impressive performance on scoring pain-related behaviors in mice.
Cool to see new analysis methods enabled with Blackbox Bio's hardware! 🧪
Very interesting, well thought through analysis of how efforts in neuroscience can help contribute to the future AI safety.
Excited to release what we’ve been working on at Amaranth Foundation, our latest whitepaper, NeuroAI for AI safety! A detailed, ambitious roadmap for how neuroscience research can help build safer AI systems while accelerating both virtual neuroscience and neurotech. 1/N
December 2, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Very interesting, well thought through analysis of how efforts in neuroscience can help contribute to the future AI safety.
Reposted by Shay Neufeld
Another huge influx of colleagues to BlueSky this week, so let me attach the fully updated Neurophysiology starter pack for anyone interested.
go.bsky.app/9FY1ReG
go.bsky.app/9FY1ReG
November 30, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Another huge influx of colleagues to BlueSky this week, so let me attach the fully updated Neurophysiology starter pack for anyone interested.
go.bsky.app/9FY1ReG
go.bsky.app/9FY1ReG