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Alexis Paez

@palexis.bsky.social
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Neurophysiologist - vestibular and oculomotor systems Brain and music Currently: Sciences at MathWorks Previously: "Alexis from NeuroNexus", McGill PHGY, MIT Course 9 Knitter, violist, mom, Catholic, runner, skier

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Kostas Leptokaropoulos @kostas-leptokarop.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
📡 New open-source resource for the #seismology community! This #MATLAB repository streamlines the access to #seismic waveform data from #SAGE (formerly #IRIS) services, retrieves #MiniSEED and #SAC files, and integrates them directly into analysis. 🔗 View the repository: github.com/drLKeen/Fetc...
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GitHub - drLKeen/Fetch-Files-from-SAGE-Seismic-Data-Website: A workflow for automatically downloading data from the SAGE (formerly IRIS) seismic data website via their FDSNWS interface
A workflow for automatically downloading data from the SAGE (formerly IRIS) seismic data website via their FDSNWS interface - drLKeen/Fetch-Files-from-SAGE-Seismic-Data-Website
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Ashley Juavinett, PhD @ashleyjuavinett.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Let’s get to 100K! If you have not submitted a comment yet, your deadline is NOW/Monday.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 10/07/2026
NSF has decided to ban collaborations between every U.S. scientist it funds and nearly all Chinese research institutions and their employees. The new policy abandons NSF’s earlier attempt to balance the potential risks and benefits of such collaborations. scim.ag/4bw5Of5
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New NSF policy would ban almost all collaborations with Chinese scientists
Agency drops attempt to mitigate risk in favor of outright prohibition on working with most Chinese research institutions
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Joao Pereira @jdpereira.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Anyone in Montreal wanna talk about Neuroscience and organoids and iPSCs and ALS? Or just show me around this great looking city?
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Así empieza. #neuroskyence 🧠
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I'll be there. First time! Ready to talk #MATLAB and more (especially #ephys) at Booth 143. #neuroskyence 🧪🧠
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Funding Call Now Open! If your science addresses industry-specific challenges, MathWorks invites you to submit for the Spring 2026 open call. Selected proposals may receive up to $20,000 (USD) in funding. 🧪 #MATLAB #Simulink #Scisky Details and submission link 👉 www.mathworks.com/academia/res...
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
@creative-sushi.bsky.social can you please help me get this into the right #MATLAB places? I haven't posted on Bluesky in a while, unfortunately.
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Funding Call Now Open! If your science addresses industry-specific challenges, MathWorks invites you to submit for the Spring 2026 open call. Selected proposals may receive up to $20,000 (USD) in funding. 🧪 #MATLAB #Simulink #Scisky Details and submission link 👉 www.mathworks.com/academia/res...
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Hi, I'm Alexis. 🧠 I'm a neurophysiologist by training and mostly post Neuroscience, but also lead a team of science SMEs at MathWorks supporting other Biological sciences, Chemistry, Geoscience, Mathematics and Physics. I'm also a proud pre-scientist pen pal and recommend it!
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
If you're planning a study, search DANDI or OpenNeuro first to see if relevant data already exists. If you're teaching, incorporate open datasets into your curriculum, writes @bendichter.com #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
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Data reuse represents an opportunity to accelerate the pace of science, reduce costs and increase the value of our collective research investments.
Data reuse represents an opportunity to accelerate the pace of science, reduce costs and increase the value of our collective research investments. New tools that make open data easier to use—and new…
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A different way to protest. Researchers presented posters on how their terminated projects would have benefitted society. Many of the scientists presenting were a few years into their projects before their funding was cut — wasting money already spent. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Symbolic ‘science fair’ showcases research cut by Trump team
Democrats hosted a protest event featuring ‘things we’ll never know’ because of the US government’s cuts to science.
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NPR @npr.org · 09/07/2025
On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it.
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Canceled grants get the spotlight at a Capitol Hill 'science fair'
On Tuesday, scientists held an event organized by House Democrats in which they stood in front of posters outlining their work — and the federal cuts that now threaten it.
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
You know you hang with a certain age group when "Kragle" and "Pass the Parcel with Lucky's Dad's rules" come up in conversation and nobody misses a beat.
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Happy 3/21 to those who celebrate 🤗 #DownsSyndrome
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Is Waze smart enough that we could ask for a button to say, "I'm stuck behind a vehicle going X mph slower than I want to. Based on the route I'm on, what's a route, even if it's longer by distance, that can help me make up time?"
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Good news for treating drug-resistant #Epilepsy with #MachineLearning to automate locating the epileptogenic zone from inter-ictal #EEG. doi.org/10.1038/s417... Credit to Christos Papadelis and team. #MATLAB #Neuroskyence 🧪🧠
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Machine learning on interictal intracranial EEG predicts surgical outcome in drug resistant epilepsy - npj Digital Medicine
npj Digital Medicine - Machine learning on interictal intracranial EEG predicts surgical outcome in drug resistant epilepsy
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
#MATLAB #Neuroscience #SPM Toolbox
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Hi runners, ICYMI, smart watches and PFAs. Happy my Garmin is safe! www.runnersworld.com/gear/a635083...
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Concerned Your Smartwatch Band Has Forever Chemicals? Here’s How to Tell
If last week’s news has you worried, there are alternatives.
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INCF @incforg.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Join our virtual Town Hall next week and give us input on what INCF should focus on in the coming years! 2 time slots available: - Feb 11, 8am CET - Feb 12, 8pm CET Register here: bit.ly/3Q2UWKx If you're unable to join please fill out our survey: bit.ly/40BlrvI #neuroskyence 🧪🧠 Please RT! ✨
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Registration: INCF Town Hall 2025 (virtual)
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Wowww congratulations! Everybody: ready, set, go!
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Helena @helenalb.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Join our virtual Town Hall next week and give us input on what INCF should focus on in the coming years! 2 time slots available: - Feb 11, 8am CET - Feb 12, 8pm CET Register here: bit.ly/3Q2UWKx If you're unable to join please fill out our survey: bit.ly/40BlrvI #neuroskyence 🧪🧠 Please RT! ✨
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Nice intro to *wave* toolbox, but can't find Lyle Muller on here yet. #MATLAB #neuroskyence
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Does Santa count? Maybe I could learn a thing or two about project management...
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Only a bit delayed to say, welcome! I learned #Psychtoolbox and used it for an auditory psychophysics experiment back in 2008, then caught up to the latest at #VSS2024. Such a key #MATLAB tool for #Neuroskyence
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
This cover captured all my attention while I was reading a #ScienceAdvances paper online today. Beautiful.
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Celia Ford @celiaford.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able. #academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social
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Eliezyer de Oliveira @eliezyer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Question for people going from intan based ephys to neuropixels. Do you have an alternative for the accelerometer from the intan headstage? That was a nice feature that is missing on freely moving neuropixels recordings 🧠📈
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Some favorite practical summer courses are the ARTCs at the MBL in Woods Hole, MA. I anticipate visiting a few this year to talk #Neuroskyence, sharing #openscience data stories, and using #MATLAB.
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Got some new socks this week 💪🏻
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Julien Corbo @juliencorbo.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New paper out! 🚨 📰 With @batuhanerkat.bsky.social, John McClure, @hussainyk1.bsky.social, @polacklab.bsky.social we reveal how discretized representations in V1 predict suboptimal orientation discrimination. 🧪🧠🐭 This work reconciles neuro and psychometric curves www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Discretized representations in V1 predict suboptimal orientation discrimination - Nature Communications
How animals generate perceptual decisions remains poorly understood. Here, the authors show that during a discrimination task, the mouse visual cortex does not encode the orientations of the cues but ...
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Self-reflection: I'm particularly bad about changing over the year when I write the date sitting the first couple weeks of January. Consistently.
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Está invitado para CIENCIA EN ESPAÑOL I am hosting an event where University of Arizona scientists will speak about their science in Spanish. It is meant to be a community event with a Zoom option, so share with family too! events.trellis.arizona.edu/en/f44lNu67/... #CIENCIAENESPAÑOL
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The University of Arizona ⋮ Events
Discover events from The University of Arizona
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
The wonders of population coding! Recent paper by @juliencorbo.bsky.social et al. @polacklab.bsky.social -> visual cortex in trained mice encodes orientation differently from in naive mice... almost more "messily"(?)... but behavior is good. #neuroskyence #matlab 🧪 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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Discretized representations in V1 predict suboptimal orientation discrimination - Nature Communications
How animals generate perceptual decisions remains poorly understood. Here, the authors show that during a discrimination task, the mouse visual cortex does not encode the orientations of the cues but ...
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
It takes a few rounds to figure out what makes sense to quantify and then try to predict. What helps me is thinking about doing an activity (e.g. running a WB) for a reason... because it has an expected *outcome*, not just doing it for the sake of doing it. That *outcome* points to the larger goal.
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
My undergrad advisor!
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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
A hardy and hale "huzzah!" to Emery N. Brown on receiving the National Medal of Science! It’s the nation’s highest honor for scientists and engineers. picower.mit.edu/news/emery-n... #neuroscience
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Emery N. Brown, innovative neuroscientist, statistician and anesthesiologist, earns National Medal of Science
President Biden bestowed the nation’s highest scientific honor on Brown, fellow winners, at a White House ceremony.
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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Neuroscience colleagues, I’m excited to say that applications are pouring in for the summer’s Gordon Conference on Cerebellum. Doing work on how this structure regulates movement, cognition, and behavior? Apply this month, while there is still room! www.grc.org/cerebellum-c...
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2025 Cerebellum Conference GRC
The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Cerebellum will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
📌 I have to show this to some family members while we're together.
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Thank you!
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
We all learned the center-surround, rod and cone structure, but this is a lot of detail about glia and blood vessels in the retina and what happens in degeneration. doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #MATLAB #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence
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Layer-specific anatomical and physiological features of the retina’s neurovascular unit
Grimes et al. use EM to examine the ultrastructure of neurovascular units in mouse retina and discover differences in glial coverage, neuronal contacts, and susceptibility to disease. Glial calcium signals are activated by ATP and propagate through all layers. Neurovascular contacts near photoreceptors are compromised in retinitis pigmentosa.
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Ann Clemens @annmclemens.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
The Neural Systems & Behavior course at @mblscience.bsky.social is now open for applications (deadline 1st Feb 2025, tinyurl.com/329nbtzp). Students often describe this 8-week training course as a life-changing and eye-opening scientific experience. Apply and join us in magical Woods Hole 💫🐙🧠🔬
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Any tips on recorder time? My third grader is about to bring one home. Technically, we can opt for having one only at school... But isn't it better to encourage practicing? Aside from that we have two violas in the house 😇
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Customer Success Engineer Ram delivered the @incforg.bsky.social special session on #OpenScience with #MATLAB this year. Find the recording here: training.incf.org/lesson/mathw... #neuroskyence #neuroscience #neuroinformagical
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Mathworks presentation | INCF TrainingSpace
Mathworks presentation by Ram Krishnamurthy at the INCF Neuroinformatics Assembly 2024
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
It seems that I am giving the commencement at MIT in May 😳 news.mit.edu/2024/hank-gr...
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Hank Green to deliver MIT’s 2025 Commencement address
Hank Green, a prolific digital content creator and entrepreneur with the ethos “make things, learn stuff,” will deliver the address at the OneMIT Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 29.
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The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
🚨ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT! Time is running out!⏰ Don’t miss your chance to share your research at #OHBM2025.🗒️ Deadline: 11:59 PM EST, USA on December 17, 2024. NO extensions under ANY circumstances! Late submissions will NOT be considered. 🔗 in comments. #Neuroscience #CallforContent
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Been there! I'm a self-proclaimed MATLAB dinosaur who just likes things to work. What things are you trying to do that don't (yet?) exist in MATLAB. Wondering if I can recruit help.
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
➕ Eye tracking! 👏🏻 👀 Vestibular system? 😵‍💫
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
This flexible, Utah Array-like device with sensing and drug delivery all in one seems like it will have a lot of applications. What's next? doi.org/10.1126/scia... #neuroscience #neuroskyence #ephys #neurotech #MATLAB I can't find TDT on here yet.
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Multifunctional hydrogel electronics for closed-loop antiepileptic treatment
Hydrogel electronics enables smart antiseizure management by a closed-loop therapeutic system.
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Alexis Paez @palexis.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Just-in-time church gifts. #knitting 🎶 Anyone else remember the TMBG lyric, "We're waiting for our thumbs"? 😅
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