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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅

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Asst. prof @ UW. Neural interfaces, motor learning, engineering learning. She/her. Lab: @aolab_neuro Believe it or not, my last name includes 2 Rs & no Es.

Seattle, WA
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@neuroamyo
Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
3 years
For #WomensHistoryMonth, I’ll be tweeting about women making history in neural engineering and systems/computational neuroscience! . This is a multi-year project. You can find past years by following this nested-thread. Join me this year and be prepared for amazing science.
@neuroamyo
Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
4 years
For #WomensHistoryMonth, I'll be tweeting about women currently making history in neural engineering, systems & computational neuro. This is my 4th year, so be sure to check out past threads (. And join along this year for yet more mind-blowing science🀯.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
5 months
Excited to be at AIMBE to learn from leaders in bioengineering and advocate for the importance of research on Capitol Hill with many of my UW colleagues πŸ’ͺ
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
7 months
Honored to receive a Sloan research fellowship. So many scientists I admire are among the Sloan alumni list, and it's a bit surreal to see my name there. A huge thank you to the Alfred P. Sloan foundation for their unwaivering dedication to supporting scientific research.
@SloanFoundation
Sloan Foundation
7 months
πŸŽ‰Congrats to the 126 early-career scientists who have been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship this year! These exceptional scholars are drawn from 51 institutions across the US and Canada, and represent the next generation of groundbreaking researchers.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
8 months
Is our brain infinitely flexible or constrained? Oby & colleagues cleverly uses BCIs to test what cortical activity can/can't be generated quickly. Highly recommend! . And you can get a tl;dr + my takes on why this is exciting here:
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nature.com
Nature Neuroscience - Oby, Degenhart, Grigsby and colleagues used a brain–computer interface to challenge monkeys to override their natural time courses of neural activity. They found the...
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
8 months
Ah yes, the extra "in zone minutes" boost from adding a class lecture to my day πŸ˜‚.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
8 months
After reading many grad school apps, I would be remiss not to give some advice: . People can tell when a human put thought into an essay. It doesn't make a strong case for you, an applicant to a position that involves LOTS of thinking, when that effort isn't there.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
9 months
What do we mean when we say BCI? As neuro technologies mature, it's important for scientists to use cohesive language to talk about them with the public. Here's a nice commentary piece where Jacob Robinson and co. lay out a proposal. Just in time for the holidays 🎁.
@JTRobinsonLab
Jacob Robinson
9 months
What is or isn't a "BCI"? (Brain Computer Interface). We argue in @natBME today that if the tech stimulates or records brain activity AND does computation, it's a BCI. This definition would align with the popular concept of BCI, but we still need a way to discuss different.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
9 months
🚨 opportunity alert! 🚨.
@SumnerLN
Sumner L Norman
9 months
πŸš€We’re hiring! @ForestNeurotech is looking for a Software Engineering Lead to build the core systems powering our ultrasound neurotech platform. As a nonprofit FRO, we're advancing science for public good. If you’re excited about neurotech & impact let’s talk. 🌍🧠 Link below.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
10 months
Honored to be part of the inaugural cohort of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Emerging Leaders! . So excited to learn from those shaping the future of medical and biological engineering as part of the program.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
10 months
RT @AToliasLab: Think government ROI is low? In the β€˜60s, #NIH-funded researchers Hubel & Wiesel studied how cats’ neurons process visual i….
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
10 months
RT @SuryaGanguli: Year over year ROI from government investment in research is 30-100 percent. Far more than the stock market and most of t….
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economicstrategygroup.org
14 facts about US investment trends in infrastructure and research and development to inform current and future policy debates.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
10 months
Let's do this, America. Today, I Dressed for the future I want.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
10 months
Spring tends to get all the attention, but UW campus does pretty well by fall too.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
10 months
I suspect a timeline cleans dog might be useful for some of y'all right now. So here's my dog living it up playing fetch after making it through a bit of a rough week:
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
11 months
Big opportunity alert! 🚨Jan's up to some very cool things.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
11 months
Drafting a new talk and somehow started with an intro zooming all the way out to ideas of mass action vs. functional specialization. Definitely going to take some editing to home in on this narrative. πŸ˜….
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
11 months
My buddy as I work on a paper review has made his opinion clear - such a reviewer #2 πŸ˜‚
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
11 months
Come be my colleague! UW ECE has multiple openings for tenure-track faculty at both the assistant and associate level. It's a great, collaborative place with a very inclusive definition of electrical & computer engineering.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
11 months
RT @uwcnc: 🀩CNC grad and @aolab_neuro lab member Katherine P. studies complex movement learning in monkeys (~39 sec). #SfN24 #Neuroscience.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
11 months
Sharing b/c: . 1) If you're part of an underrepresented group & picked up on this - you're not imagining it. 2) It's sad to hear trainees describing familiar challenges. We can & must do better. These interactions tell you a lot about a field's culture. Let's improve it . 3/3.
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Amy Orsborn, PhD πŸ‘©β€πŸ”¬πŸ΅
11 months
Sadly, I've experienced this too both as a trainee and now. It's shifted over the years, of course. As people became more likely to recognize my name (or know me), and as a PI, it shifted interactions. But it's still common. 2/3.
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