🧠 🏳️🌈 Neuroscientist. Postdoc in the Churchland lab at UCLA. Studying circuits that support decision-making. He/him.
Joined April 2022
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Please join us Tuesday, October 20th at 12pm for JSN with Zachary Zeidler, Ph.D.
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Excited to share this from my lab. Aging brains are an untapped resource for the AI community: biology has been stress-testing neural circuits since time began. What breaks, what holds & why? The answers could reshape how we build robust AI. 🧠
The #AI field is obsessed with making neural networks more efficient and robust. Biology ran this experiment over millions of years & we call it aging. A new perspective paper argues that aging brains, far from being just a story of decline, are a powerful testbed for theories of neural computation. How does a decision-making circuit stay flexible when its biological substrate is changing? Answering that question matters for longevity science, AI robustness, & understanding what makes brains so different from the networks we build. The tools are finally ready. 🧠 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The #AI field is obsessed with making neural networks more efficient and robust. Biology ran this experiment over millions of years & we call it aging. A new perspective paper argues that aging brains, far from being just a story of decline, are a powerful testbed for theories of neural computation. How does a decision-making circuit stay flexible when its biological substrate is changing? Answering that question matters for longevity science, AI robustness, & understanding what makes brains so different from the networks we build. The tools are finally ready. 🧠 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Very proud of another phenomenal @UCLA_BRI Pride Month🏳️🌈Lecture. Huge thanks to Dr. Martha Streng (@geewhiz_ephys) for an inspiring and thought-provoking talk. We all left wondering how the cerebellum might be influencing our favorite brain region. @BrainOfZedZed @doctorpoe
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Excited to share our new paper with @NeuroMikeRyan and colleagues. We argue that aging brains offer a powerful testbed for computational neuroscience & that modern theoretical tools could help us move from describing cognitive decline to promoting resilience. #healthspan
Most of what we know about how the brain makes decisions comes from studying young, healthy brains. But a new paper argues that aging brains have a lot to teach us. By applying cutting-edge computational tools to older brains, researchers @dgsomucla believe we can uncover entirely new insights into how neural circuits maintain stability and flexibility over time. This could move the field from describing cognitive decline to understanding resilience, helping us understand how to extend the years we spend thinking clearly and living fully. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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This week UCLA hosted two back-to-back events: a Science Fair of Suspended Research latimes.com/00000199-3d0d-d5… via @latimes
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🌆16 Cities, 🍸27 bars, 👨🏫150 speakers & 🎟️2,400 tickets sold! We thank all the venues, our sponsors, our AMAZING teams of volunteers who made it possible, and of course... YOU, our attendees, for your making it such a success! 🤩
📅See you next year on May 18-19-20 for #pint26
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The LA team is getting ready for #pint25 🤩
We will be in 3 bars on May 19-20-21 with amazing speakers and science 🔬
Program and 🎟️ here 👉🏻 pintofscience.us/events/la
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YAY!! The program and tickets for #pint25 in the US are finally out 🎉
Check it out, we have so many cool and exciting events for everybody! See you all on May 19-20-21 🤩
🎟️TODAY IS THE DAY! 🎉
Tickets for #Pint25 are officially ON SALE! 🍻🧠 Check out the program, grab your tickets today and join us May 19–21 for three nights of exciting science in 16 cities across the U.S.
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Angelinos get ready, Barney is back in LA😎and ready to shine✨for #pint25 on May 19-20-21!
Check the team here 👉pintofscience.us/team/Los%20…
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Meet the #pint25 US team! We are brewing super cool science events all over the country 🍻
Save the 📅: May 19, 20 & 21, more updates coming soon!
And follow us on Bluesky 🦋 bsky.app/profile/pintofscien…
Meet the masterminds behind the #pint25 Pint of Science USA! This amazing team is working hard to bring you fun, accessible, and mind-blowing science talks across the country.
Want to know more about them? 👉pintofscience.us/team/ 👀🔬
📅May 19, 20 & 21!
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Pint of Science is BACK for #pint25! 🍻
We’re bringing brilliant scientists to your favorite local bars and cafes to share their latest discoveries.
📅Save the dates! May 19, 20 & 21. Stay tuned for updates and visit us at pintofscience.us/
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The winner of the 2025 Pradel Research Award is Anne Churchland of @UCLA! She is being honored for expanding understanding of the neural circuits that support decision making. Learn more about her discoveries: nasonline.org/award/pradel-r… #NASaward #neuroscience
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At #SfN24 and interested in chronic neuropixels: we prepared “starter kits” for our chronic fixture: 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙚! Go by @MelinMaxwell ‘s poster Monday morning (Z25) and get one with all you need to get a probe implanted before the dinner time!
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Seeking a postdoctoral scientist with expertise/interest in electrophysiology, circuit interrogation, and/or mouse behavior to study basal ganglia circuit function. Extensive training and mentorship. Competitive salary/relocation. Please apply to: [email protected]
Really proud of this work with @AllyGirasole and @NelsonLabUCSF, as well as Chip Gerfen and Tom Hnasko, digging into the cellular and synaptic differences in striatal direct pathway neurons involved in levodopa-induced dyskinesia. Check it out: cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…
Had such a fantastic evening with @anne_churchland and @doctorpoe to celebrate our 1st annual Pride Month seminar hosting the exceptional @BJunDing. Thank you to @UCLA_BRI for establishing this platform to raise up LGBTQ+ voices in neuroscience! 🧠🏳️🌈🔬
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I'm thrilled that @dgsomucla is celebrating #PrideMonth this year. And I'm really excited about our inaugural seminar for the Special Lecture Series from the amazing @BJunDing.
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Got together with @synaptokevin & @NeuroMikeRyan from the @SCAgingBrain to discuss #healthyaging. We take a multi-level approach to understand how brains age in the absence of disease. In this sense, aging can be an example of active remodeling rather than degeneration.
Had a lot of fun writing this review with Lukas Oesch and @anne_churchland. Check it out to learn more about recent innovations in "natural" and trained behaviors + how we can keep making progress in the future!
We love natural behavior! Our new review highlights recent work from @cris_niell, @bbo_lab & others. Is natural behavioral all we need to understand brains? We say no & hypothesize why training critters can be hard. Pls post your training thoughts below. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…