Check out this awesome paper from my fellow UCLA-Caltech MSTP student! Awesome work!!

Combining throat and nasal swabs in respiratory testing is critical to improve clinical sensitivity and protect vulnerable groups. See our commentary in CID (academic.oup.com/cid/advance-ar…), a collaboration with Dr. Timothy Stenzel, the former director of the U.S. FDA Office of In Vitro

Investigation of the spatial relationship between vascular and neuronal activity elicited by single whiskers across cortical columns and layers shows capillaries fine-tune blood flow based on distant activity and encode laminar-specific activity patterns nature.com/articles/s4159…

Congratulations to Okihide Hikosaka - NIH Distinguished Investigator, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research at #NEI! He's been honored as one of the 2024 Clarivate Citation Laureates for his work on physiological studies of the basal ganglia! clarivate.com/citation-laure…

Very well deserved! I learned so much from Okihide while I was at the NIH.

Job alert! Here’s a great opportunity to start a research program #NIH as a staff scientist (FTE), w/ pot’l to convert to tenure track. Candidates proposing *any* form of research w/ relevance to clinical populations & vision will be considered. nei.nih.gov/jobs/Sensorimo…

Hi #MedTwitter! I'm an MD-PhD student from UCLA-Caltech MSTP applying for #Neurosurgery #Match2025. Interested in novel applications for brain-machine interfaces in neurosurgery! I enjoy trail running🏃‍♂️, playing piano🎹, and reading sci-fi📚. Excited to connect with everyone!

Can we map gut inflammation with ultrasound? Yes, using probiotic biosensors! 🔊 Imagine drinking a "diagnostic yogurt" and getting an ultrasound instead of endoscopy or colonoscopy 😁. Congrats to Marjorie Buss and collaborators on this advance. doi.org/10.1101/2024.0…

1/10 Very excited to announce that my thesis project is now a preprint! We present the first detailed study of mental imagery in human ventral temporal cortex, bringing together the interests of Doris Tsao and Ueli Rutishauser. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Excited to read this!

🚨 We need your feedback to improve the #fUSI-#BIDS specification draft! Since our last meeting, we've identified many refinements, but we want to ensure it meets the #fUSI community's needs. Join the discussion on December 5th and help shape this specification!

We're also hiring Electrical Engineers! Specifically, we're looking someone to lead the definition and design of the digital and embedded system architecture in our ultrasound neurotechnology platform. Please share! forestneurotech.org/jobs

Can we make a brain tumor visible under ultrasound? 🧠 🔉 Yes, using intravenous #gasvesicles! This can help guide brain surgery and monitor for tumor recurrence. Congrats to Claire Rabut, George H. Daghlian and collaborators! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

The LA fires hit the Caltech community pretty hard, including my brilliant MD/PhD student George Daghlian, whose family lost their home. 🥹 I'm glad to be able to help, and grateful to so many friends assisting however they can! 💪 gofundme.com/f/daghlian-fam…

What if we could program our moods? Sumner L Norman, CEO of Forest Neurotech, is capitalizing on ultrasound physics to monitor and stimulate areas of the brain to push it towards more healthy states. #Neurotech

2/ Learn more about the world's first minimally invasive whole brain interface. ⬇️ theguardian.com/science/2025/j…

Sound-sheet microscopy is born! Congratulations to Baptiste Heiles, lab members and collaborators at the Shapiro Lab (Caltech) and Gazzola Lab (NIN/KNAW) for this scientific achievement 🚀.

Excited to read this preprint!

I'm thrilled to announce that our work to develop the Neuropixels-NHP 1.0 neural recording probe is now out in print in Nature Neuroscience. nature.com/articles/s4159…

+1. The NSF fellowship was a critical inflection in my early career. It enabled impactful research and allowed me to put food on the table. Programs like these should be expanded to the brightest students that will expand US capabilities over the coming decades.