When reviewing PhD applications this cycle, I made small notes of things that stood out to me. Both good and bad. I think it could be helpful to those considering applying this Fall. gonzales.science/resource-blo...

We snagged two GRFPs and one honorable mention this cycle. Super proud of the lab and the great quality we’re able to recruit! gonzales.science/lab-news/apr...

The lab has had a hell of a month and I’m excited for some upcoming announcements… …but for now please enjoy these pics as we move step-by-step towards simultaneous ephys and two-photon imaging with our flexible & semi transparent electrodes

So as of this week it appears the lab is now in the NHP ephys game Recorded with thin film flexible electrodes

i want to neuropixels these things

There’s been some talk on here about communicating more with undergrads about science funding, policies, outlook etc. I admit I was skeptical there would be interest. I polled my course. 70% were interested in having a discussion. The other 30% were “maybe interested.” 0% were not interested.

This new Atlantic piece on the timeline of the NIH shutdown reads like the script to a new Soderbergh film. It is so, so dark and perfectly captures the evil and intentional chaos behind everything we've experienced over the last month www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

More bad news

Microsoft is inventing new forms of matter for quantum computing before making Outlook or Teams usable without feeling the pain of a thousand suns

Awesome thread and be prepared for a rollercoaster of emotions

Nice to see McKnight digging in when others are stepping back

Teaching citizens about science 🤝 Teaching students about being a citizen

I just covered this for @thetransmitter.bsky.social — will keep following! www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...

NIH meetings are still not being announced in the federal register, so nearly all study sections and councils after this week are not going to happen. This is basically a freeze on funding new grants...

2018 vs 2025. This dude has been coming to lab with me since he was in diapers 😭

We’re official doing two photon imaging (and chronic too!). So much work to do but all of these firsts are special

also this same org has this super useful infographic, breaking down the difference between direct and indirect (also called Facilities and Administration) costs and what F&A costs can and cannot be used for at a research university or institute

This week's sensorimotor superlab reading list is out @andpru.bsky.social @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social @paulgribble.bsky.social #neuroskyence #psychscisky #Sensorimotor https://superlab.ca/posts/2025-02-07-list281.html

Dear biologists & neuroscientists -- I'd like to collect some cursory data on what the "typical" breakdown of funding between federal & private looks like in labs. If you run a research lab or know enough about yours, could you fill this small form out? forms.gle/PEzWEYojBjfj...

Are you an HHMI-funded researcher affected by the cancellation today of IC3 (Inclusive Excellence 3)? Find me at [email protected] or on Signal: meredithwadman.13

This is so embarrassing

Sensory inputs trigger a fast-traveling wave, followed by a slower wave carrying top-down info (value/choice). The late wave reactivates ensembles in superficial cortical layers. Touch-evoked traveling waves establish a translaminar spacetime code www.science.org/doi/full/10.... #neuroscience

Well, would you look at that - travelling waves in cortex have the ingredients necessary to do credit assignment via the apical dendrites of L5 neurons! 😎 #neuroscience 🧪

New blog post. Thoughts on this first year of being a new PI gonzales.science/resource-blo...

Is there a way to speed this up

1/19 I’m thrilled that my postdoctoral work, with John Widloski and David Foster is now out in @science.org, along with a wonderful preview by Daniel Bendor!

Really proud to see my postdoc work out!! We used flexible, semi-transparent NeuroGrids to record traveling waves while simultaneously mapping cellular and subcellular dynamics with two-photon imaging www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Perfection

Unreal day to be submitting my first R01 lol

Amidst the chaos (and not unrelated), I wrote a sequel to my posts from the last 2 years since they seemed to resonate with people: Thoughts after 3 years as a PI www.brains-explained.com/thoughts-aft...

Stressed about the uncertainty at the NIH? Have a cigarette.

Ah yes exactly what the world needs a faculty needing in 1 min long increments

ME: wanna hear a joke BSKY REPLY PERSON: a what

The stages of grant writing

Puts me in the mood to fire up the smoker (chicken wings maybe?) and drink some whiskey this evening

Fielding good ice breaker questions for the start of my course tomorrow Last semester we did “if you were a potato how would you like to be prepared for a meal and why” Taking new suggestions

I regret to inform you I did not get my life together* over the weekend like I thought I would *finish my syllabus

I’ve put a lot of thought into it. As a husband, dad, researcher, new professor…my New Year’s resolution is to eat more tacos

God bless

Coming up on a full week of family visiting our house and they don’t realize how dangerously close I am to pulling up a powerpoint and specifics aims page the next time they ask about my job

Merry Christmas

Having a few drinks on Christmas Eve and putting together bikes and toys for the kids always rocks

The branding for this butcher paper I ordered for bbq is NOT inspiring confidence

The PI urge to still send super interesting papers to the lab while they’re off for the holidays (I’m resisting!!!)

Can the motor system use sensory expectations to prepare for unexpected events? Excited to share my latest work with @andpru.bsky.social – where we establish that sensory expectations shape neural population dynamics in motor circuits! 🧵 and paper below 1/

Mood: writing without citing. That’s a problem for future daniel

Postdoc paper finally accepted. Free me from these shackles 😂

Me most of December: no worries! Let’s meet up early in January to talk about it. Have a great holiday! Me in early January with a calendar full of meetings:

Really sorry for letting y’all down. Full details here

One of my fav things is taking pics of the lab