Whitney Griggs
@WhitneySGriggs
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Aspiring neurosurgeon scientist. MD-PhD Student @uclacaltechmstp. Developed an ultrasonic brain-machine interface with Drs. Andersen and Shapiro @Caltech
Los Angeles, CA
Joined March 2014
Excited to announce that a project I was involved with during my PhD was published today and we got featured on the cover! .
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RT @SumnerLN: +1. The NSF fellowship was a critical inflection in my early career. It enabled impactful research and allowed me to put food….
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RT @EricMTrautmann: 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.com
Nature Neuroscience - Neuropixels 1.0 NHP is a 45-mm, high-density silicon probe capable of recording large numbers of neurons with single-neuron resolution from most areas in a macaque’s brain.
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Excited to read this preprint!.
We have released VARS-fUSI: Variable sampling for fast and efficient functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) using neural operators. The first deep learning fUSI method to allow for different sampling durations and rates during training and inference. 1/
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RT @DMarescalab: Sound-sheet microscopy is born! Congratulations to Baptiste Heiles, lab members and collaborators at the Shapiro Lab (Calt….
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RT @protocollabs: 2/ Learn more about the world's first minimally invasive whole brain interface. ⬇️.
theguardian.com
Devices may have potential to help patients with conditions such as depression, addiction, OCD and epilepsy
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RT @protocollabs: What if we could program our moods?. @SumnerLN, CEO of @ForestNeurotech, is capitalizing on ultrasound physics to monitor….
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RT @mikhailshapiro: The LA fires hit the Caltech community pretty hard, including my brilliant MD/PhD student George Daghlian, whose family….
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On January 7th, the Daghlian Family (Saren, Patill, George, their pa… Ishaan Dev needs your support for The Daghlian Family Needs your Support after the Fires
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RT @mikhailshapiro: Can we make a brain tumor visible under ultrasound? 🧠 🔉 Yes, using intravenous #gasvesicles! .This can help guide brain….
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RT @SumnerLN: We're also hiring Electrical Engineers! . Specifically, we're looking someone to lead the definition and design of the digita….
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Forest Neurotech
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RT @SamuelDiebolt: 🚨 We need your feedback to improve the #fUSI-#BIDS specification draft! Since our last meeting, we've identified many re….
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RT @BevilConway: Job alert! Here’s a great opportunity to start a research program #NIH as a staff scientist (FTE), w/ pot’l to convert to….
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Excited to read this!.
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 @doristsao and @UeliRutishauser.
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RT @WadiaVarun: 1/10 Very excited to announce that my thesis project is now a preprint! We present the first detailed study of mental image….
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Mental imagery is a remarkable phenomenon that allows us to remember previous experiences and imagine new ones. Animal studies have yielded rich insight into mechanisms for visual perception, but the...
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RT @mikhailshapiro: Can we map gut inflammation with ultrasound? Yes, using probiotic biosensors! 🔊.Imagine drinking a "diagnostic yogurt"….
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Hi #MedTwitter! I'm an MD-PhD student from @uclacaltechmstp 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!
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Very well deserved! I learned so much from Okihide while I was at the NIH.
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!.
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RT @NatEyeInstitute: Congratulations to Okihide Hikosaka - @NIH Distinguished Investigator, Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research at #NEI! He….
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RT @ismagilovlab: Combining throat and nasal swabs in respiratory testing is critical to improve clinical sensitivity and protect vulnerabl….
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Abstract. Early detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection by diagnostic tests can prompt actions to reduce transmission and im
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RT @NatureNeuro: Investigation of the spatial relationship between vascular and neuronal activity elicited by single whiskers across cortic….
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Nature Neuroscience - The spatial relationship between neuronal and vascular activity remains highly debated. In this study, the authors used multiscale optical imaging to show how vascular...
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