Eric Leonardis
@ericleonardis.bsky.social
Postdoc Salk Institute ericleonardis.github.io / PhD Cog Sci UCSD #Neuroscience #Behavior #BodyHorror #MachineLearning #Embodiment #Dynamics ericleonardis.github.io
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Eric Leonardis
@ericleonardis.bsky.social
· Jul 19
Busy schedule for SD Comic Con Int'l this year! I will be doing an official panel, short film screening, and DJing an afterparty! The panel "From Short Films to Sinners: How Hollywood Creates Virtual Worlds . . . and You Can Too" features Michael Ralla (VFX Sinners, Avengers) and ... 🧵
Check out my new interview in @polygon.com about the science behind aggression and ritual destruction in the video game Virtue and a Sledgehammer using evidence from neuroscience and archaeology about seeking control in times of grief.
www.polygon.com/virtue-sledg...
www.polygon.com/virtue-sledg...
Virtue and a Sledgehammer hits different. We asked a neuroscientist to explain why.
It's all about taking back control
www.polygon.com
September 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Check out my new interview in @polygon.com about the science behind aggression and ritual destruction in the video game Virtue and a Sledgehammer using evidence from neuroscience and archaeology about seeking control in times of grief.
www.polygon.com/virtue-sledg...
www.polygon.com/virtue-sledg...
Had a great panel at Comic Con! We got to hear about virtual production from Michael Ralla (Oscar nominated VFX supervisor, Sinners), Nicole Pacent (Criminal Minds, Wolverine videogame), Noam and Sappir Argov (director/writer, VERSE), Phia (The Virtual Reality Show), and myself!
July 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Had a great panel at Comic Con! We got to hear about virtual production from Michael Ralla (Oscar nominated VFX supervisor, Sinners), Nicole Pacent (Criminal Minds, Wolverine videogame), Noam and Sappir Argov (director/writer, VERSE), Phia (The Virtual Reality Show), and myself!
Don’t miss our PANEL at SDCC: “From Short Films to Sinners” How Hollywood Creates Virtual Worlds …And You Can Too" Saturday, 7/25 3-4 PM Room 25ABC 🎬
Michael Ralla (VFX Ryan Coogler's Sinners), Noam Argov + Sappir Argov, Nicole Pacent, Sophia Bollinger, myself and moderator @cinebeth.bsky.social
Michael Ralla (VFX Ryan Coogler's Sinners), Noam Argov + Sappir Argov, Nicole Pacent, Sophia Bollinger, myself and moderator @cinebeth.bsky.social
July 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Don’t miss our PANEL at SDCC: “From Short Films to Sinners” How Hollywood Creates Virtual Worlds …And You Can Too" Saturday, 7/25 3-4 PM Room 25ABC 🎬
Michael Ralla (VFX Ryan Coogler's Sinners), Noam Argov + Sappir Argov, Nicole Pacent, Sophia Bollinger, myself and moderator @cinebeth.bsky.social
Michael Ralla (VFX Ryan Coogler's Sinners), Noam Argov + Sappir Argov, Nicole Pacent, Sophia Bollinger, myself and moderator @cinebeth.bsky.social
Busy schedule for SD Comic Con Int'l this year! I will be doing an official panel, short film screening, and DJing an afterparty! The panel "From Short Films to Sinners: How Hollywood Creates Virtual Worlds . . . and You Can Too" features Michael Ralla (VFX Sinners, Avengers) and ... 🧵
July 19, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Busy schedule for SD Comic Con Int'l this year! I will be doing an official panel, short film screening, and DJing an afterparty! The panel "From Short Films to Sinners: How Hollywood Creates Virtual Worlds . . . and You Can Too" features Michael Ralla (VFX Sinners, Avengers) and ... 🧵
Had a blast training volunteers from the @comicconmuseum.bsky.social for Animal Communication 101: Doctor Who edition. We discussed nonverbal communication strategies used by animals and our favorite Dr. Who aliens. Thanks to @melissatruth.bsky.social + Angel DeLuz for having me!
May 22, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Had a blast training volunteers from the @comicconmuseum.bsky.social for Animal Communication 101: Doctor Who edition. We discussed nonverbal communication strategies used by animals and our favorite Dr. Who aliens. Thanks to @melissatruth.bsky.social + Angel DeLuz for having me!
Our short film VERSE will have its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, June 6th, 8:15pm, Shorts Theater in NYC! It was a blast acting as scientific advisor for this film to edit the script for scientific accuracy and help secure grant funding for the film. West coast dates soon!
May 14, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Our short film VERSE will have its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday, June 6th, 8:15pm, Shorts Theater in NYC! It was a blast acting as scientific advisor for this film to edit the script for scientific accuracy and help secure grant funding for the film. West coast dates soon!
I presented about modeling motor control in the mouse arm at the Salk Neuroscience Symposium today! The pressure was high, I had to present AFTER two of my neuroscience heroes: Eve Marder and Markus Meister! How am I supposed to follow that?? Thankful that it went well! 🤓
May 4, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I presented about modeling motor control in the mouse arm at the Salk Neuroscience Symposium today! The pressure was high, I had to present AFTER two of my neuroscience heroes: Eve Marder and Markus Meister! How am I supposed to follow that?? Thankful that it went well! 🤓
Had a blast presenting my poster at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) at the Simulated Bodies conference at Janelia about musculoskeletal imitation and transfer learning of mouse forelimb reaching with Talmo Pereira and Eiman Azim labs! 1/2
April 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Had a blast presenting my poster at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) at the Simulated Bodies conference at Janelia about musculoskeletal imitation and transfer learning of mouse forelimb reaching with Talmo Pereira and Eiman Azim labs! 1/2
Redesigned my personal website! Featuring my computational neuro research, sci comm outreach, and film consulting. Video from our Comic Con panel with Fleet Science, my "Body Horror and the Brain" lecture @neurohumanitiesn.bsky.social and many collabs @cinebeth.bsky.social 🔗 ericleonardis.github.io
Eric Leonardis, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow in computational neuroscience at the Salk Institute. Research, science communication, and film consulting.
ericleonardis.github.io
March 30, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Redesigned my personal website! Featuring my computational neuro research, sci comm outreach, and film consulting. Video from our Comic Con panel with Fleet Science, my "Body Horror and the Brain" lecture @neurohumanitiesn.bsky.social and many collabs @cinebeth.bsky.social 🔗 ericleonardis.github.io
I made a website for House Music Fridays! Check out the Events page for upcoming events and past flyers, you can sign up for our email list there! There is info about the night, socials, residents and guest DJs, photos, and 46 hours of mixes. hmfsd.github.io
House Music Fridays
10 years of exceptional house music every Friday at Air Conditioned Lounge, San Diego.
hmfsd.github.io
March 26, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I made a website for House Music Fridays! Check out the Events page for upcoming events and past flyers, you can sign up for our email list there! There is info about the night, socials, residents and guest DJs, photos, and 46 hours of mixes. hmfsd.github.io
I put together a playlist of all the past House Music Fridays mixes I could find. 44 hours of high quality house music for your listening pleasure! Featuring some of the best house DJs in the business, and I have a few mixes on there too. Here’s the link: on.soundcloud.com/rFDxz7Rghnrf...
House Music Fridays at AC Lounge
DJ sets from House Music Fridays at the Air Conditioned Lounge in San Diego.
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March 19, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I put together a playlist of all the past House Music Fridays mixes I could find. 44 hours of high quality house music for your listening pleasure! Featuring some of the best house DJs in the business, and I have a few mixes on there too. Here’s the link: on.soundcloud.com/rFDxz7Rghnrf...
Noticeably a lot more dynamical systems stuff at COSYNE this year 👍 love to see it 😎
March 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Noticeably a lot more dynamical systems stuff at COSYNE this year 👍 love to see it 😎
Presented my work on musculoskeletal imitation learning in the mouse at the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) conference in Lisbon! 🇵🇹 I am very excited to share our new massively parallel framework in JAX for training biomechanical models to perform dexterous motor control tasks.
March 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Presented my work on musculoskeletal imitation learning in the mouse at the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) conference in Lisbon! 🇵🇹 I am very excited to share our new massively parallel framework in JAX for training biomechanical models to perform dexterous motor control tasks.
Poster session from 8:30pm-11:30pm? Whose idea was this? Am I being punished? did I do something wrong? 😭lol
March 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Poster session from 8:30pm-11:30pm? Whose idea was this? Am I being punished? did I do something wrong? 😭lol
Drop your chat gpt subscription and switch to Claude
February 28, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Drop your chat gpt subscription and switch to Claude
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Join me at House Music Fridays this week! I will be opening for Dj Neo24 (SF) and BPMSLIDE (Chicago) , should be a great time! Hope to see you at Air Conditioned Lounge in North Park, San Diego this Friday 9pm-2am.
Event page here: ra.co/events/2353768
Event page here: ra.co/events/2353768
February 25, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Join me at House Music Fridays this week! I will be opening for Dj Neo24 (SF) and BPMSLIDE (Chicago) , should be a great time! Hope to see you at Air Conditioned Lounge in North Park, San Diego this Friday 9pm-2am.
Event page here: ra.co/events/2353768
Event page here: ra.co/events/2353768
Had a blast giving my lecture “Computational Ethology and Embodied AI” with Professor Federico Rossano’s class CogSci 13 class at UC San Diego! We discussed how to quantify animal behavior with 2D and 3D pose estimation, and use imitation learning to reproduce animal behaviors we observe in the lab!
February 19, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Had a blast giving my lecture “Computational Ethology and Embodied AI” with Professor Federico Rossano’s class CogSci 13 class at UC San Diego! We discussed how to quantify animal behavior with 2D and 3D pose estimation, and use imitation learning to reproduce animal behaviors we observe in the lab!
New mix up! This was my warmup set for Duke Shin and Jesse Austin at HMF on Feb 6. deep and jackin house with some disco vibes too. Give it a listen and let me know what you think! LINK HERE: on.soundcloud.com/STttkCl2KqZH...
Eric Leonardis - House Music Fridays with Duke Shin at AC Lounge - 2/6/26
Eric Leonardis opening set at House Music Fridays supporting headliner Duke Shin (Chicago) and Jesse Austin at Air Conditioned Lounge on 2/6/26
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February 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
New mix up! This was my warmup set for Duke Shin and Jesse Austin at HMF on Feb 6. deep and jackin house with some disco vibes too. Give it a listen and let me know what you think! LINK HERE: on.soundcloud.com/STttkCl2KqZH...
Great times with the Grammy award winner and Chicago legend himself Gene Hunt who played a killer set at HMF Air Conditioned Lounge 🚀 and solid vibes as always from your host Matthew Brian 🏠🎶 bringing the highest quality house music to you every Friday in San Diego 👊💥
February 16, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Great times with the Grammy award winner and Chicago legend himself Gene Hunt who played a killer set at HMF Air Conditioned Lounge 🚀 and solid vibes as always from your host Matthew Brian 🏠🎶 bringing the highest quality house music to you every Friday in San Diego 👊💥
“notwithstanding the mob's recent hysteria about something of no significance whatsoever, namely personal emails.” <— is this a joke? this is cult worship… it’s significant if you’re not a sycophant
February 13, 2026 at 4:55 PM
“notwithstanding the mob's recent hysteria about something of no significance whatsoever, namely personal emails.” <— is this a joke? this is cult worship… it’s significant if you’re not a sycophant
Excited to share that my poster, “Musculoskeletal Imitation Learning: Physics-Aware Constraints Promote Naturalistic Muscle Activity,” has been accepted to the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) Conference in Lisbon 🇵🇹 this March 🤩👏 Looking forward to great discussions with colleagues.
February 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Excited to share that my poster, “Musculoskeletal Imitation Learning: Physics-Aware Constraints Promote Naturalistic Muscle Activity,” has been accepted to the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) Conference in Lisbon 🇵🇹 this March 🤩👏 Looking forward to great discussions with colleagues.
Thanks to @gluzmania.bsky.social for having me at her class Science, Technology and Society: Science Communication at University of Alberta for a Q&A about my work as a scientific advisor for films. We discussed David Kirby's book Lab Coats in Hollywood and writing science on screen. What a blast!
February 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Thanks to @gluzmania.bsky.social for having me at her class Science, Technology and Society: Science Communication at University of Alberta for a Q&A about my work as a scientific advisor for films. We discussed David Kirby's book Lab Coats in Hollywood and writing science on screen. What a blast!
In case you missed it, check out my new all vinyl mix with FeeLit Records Sunday Livestream! 🎶
Link here: youtu.be/m6gSsHe2lDs?...
Link here: youtu.be/m6gSsHe2lDs?...
House Music & Jackin House | All Vinyl Mix | Eric Leonardis | FeeLIT Records #HouseMusic
YouTube video by FeeLit Records
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February 3, 2026 at 7:31 PM
In case you missed it, check out my new all vinyl mix with FeeLit Records Sunday Livestream! 🎶
Link here: youtu.be/m6gSsHe2lDs?...
Link here: youtu.be/m6gSsHe2lDs?...
Check out my vinyl mix on the Feelit Records Sunday Livestream out today!!! A selection of my favorite house records, most of which I bought from this store! Thanks to Markalan and DJ Valerian for having me out! Much love! www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6gS...
House Music & Jackin House | All Vinyl Mix | Eric Leonardis | FeeLIT Records #HouseMusic
YouTube video by FeeLit Records
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February 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Check out my vinyl mix on the Feelit Records Sunday Livestream out today!!! A selection of my favorite house records, most of which I bought from this store! Thanks to Markalan and DJ Valerian for having me out! Much love! www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6gS...