Britt DK Gratreak 🖖 @Britt@qoto.org

#introduction #NeuroscienceMigration
I am a neuroscientist with the CNRS in Paris, France. In the lab we use 2-photon imaging and neuropixel recordings with simple animal behavior paradigms (e.g. https://bit.ly/3GmXWeX ) to investigate how networks of neurons in the cerebellum and the motor cortex collaborate to overcome sensorimotor perturbations.

If you'll be in San Diego for SFN, you can swing by our poster: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/10619/presentation/70225

You cannot run an arbitrary search on Mastodon — in plain English: you cannot search for a specific expression in toots

Why? It's because allowing it would open the gate of harassment. It's not a bug, it's a conscious design decision.

How to find content then? Use hashtags instead! Including in your own toots — to make them easily discoverable. You can also browse the local and federated timelines.

#HowToMast

My editor at WIRED asked me to write a guide to getting started on Mastodon and I really want to get it right. What are some resources I should read to make sure I don't betray the wonderful culture here? #twittermigration #mastadonmigration #fediverse

It is honestly wild how much more interaction posts get here.

#introduction

i'm adam

I used to study the neuroscience of animal behavior in academia
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tN1MHQ8AAAAJ&hl=en

now I work on building a neural interface at Meta Reality Labs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx_nVrEKwTE

I've also been accused of studying punctuation
https://medium.com/@neuroecology/punctuation-in-novels-8f316d542ec4

If you're going to post about sensitive subjects please use a CW (Content warning) feature. So people have the choice of seeing it.

Additionally, please do not use an asterisk (*) in words to censor them to evade text search. Mastodon doesn't have a search for text in toots and it messes with filters people have in place.

Thank you!

New user here. Had been considering the change for a while, took the plunge with the rest of the refugees of the #TwitterMigration. Lurked for a few days before posting.

I mostly used the birdsite for learning, #medtwitter was something I think worked rather well.

That said... By comparing with my (admittedly small, but fresh) home feed here at #Mastodon, during these past few days I have come to realize just how much the birdsite's algorithms were keeping me within rather limited boundaries, even if my tastes and interests have always been the same. #Mastodon has been giving me less noise and more content.

I am hopeful that this new experience might expand my cultural horizons through all of your wonderful collective and collaborative input and feedback!

Thank you to the creators and team behind #mastodon and to the maintainers of this server @freemo !

@bmatb Hi! I'm a #queer #nonbinary #scientist who works on #hearing and #audiology research. I am loving this #TwitterMigration and enjoying learning the new culture and norms here.

If you follow, I promise info about #ear stuff (#hearingaids, #hearingloss, #cochlearimplants) and #neuroscience tidbits generally. Also #weird stuff, #cats, #games, #gender, #portland, #mentalHealth, #glutenFree, #cognition, #philosophy, #linguistics, #programming, #gamedev, #disability, and #work

#introduction

Hello #ScienceMastodon et al!

I'm a scientist who researches how ions cross cell membranes. I study ion pumps, exchangers and channels which are all amazing nanomachines. My lab is at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland (US).

I also direct a PhD training program in Cellular & Molecular Medicine so my hands are full with all things relating to grad ed.

Expect prolific #foodposting and pix of my handsome #AustralianShepherd Samwise.

A Raspberry Pi in my window takes a picture of the feeder every 30s and sends it to a Fast.ai model hosted on AWS Lambda. When the model says there's a squirrel, the Pi activates a solenoid hooked up to a garden hose, pre-aimed at the feeder.

Last year, we moved to a new house. I set up my birdfeeder in the backyard. But squirrels kept eating the birdseed!

What's worse, Home Depot didn't have any baffles.

So I took the obvious next step to defend the feeder. I built an AI-powered robot armed with a garden hose.

#projects

Basic question from a mastodon newbie: using mastodon in my browser (qoto.org), everytime I get a message or a notification it makes a sound. I want to see my notifications but how do I turn off the sound? Thanks.

Just experimenting with posting media, but I found this cat peeking through my front door this morning.

My #introduction is overdue. I’m a professor at Penn who studies memory using systems and computational approaches. I’m also writing a book: When it comes to understanding the brain, what are we trying to achieve? What’s our plan to get there? What challenges do we face? #neuroscience #author

Writing has deepened my appreciation for community-based progress. I’m excited to be on this inclusive platform where we can leverage collective intelligence, and work through conceptual blocks together.