Gabriel Stine
@gabrielmstine.bsky.social
Postdoc at MIT in the jazayeri lab. I study how cerebello-thalamocortical interactions support non-motor function.
gabrielstine.com
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I'm all for exploring ways to deemphasize journal prestige, but this isn't it...
Gloves are off!
TODAY WE RELEASE THE 1%
A list of the year’s very best papers 👇 (see thread)
TODAY WE RELEASE THE 1%
A list of the year’s very best papers 👇 (see thread)
June 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I'm all for exploring ways to deemphasize journal prestige, but this isn't it...
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Finally putting this work out as a preprint :) Thanks to Emery Brown and @earlkmiller.bsky.social for helping conceptualize this work!
Code: github.com/Bowen-Zheng-... and a tutorial notebook on the key ideas: github.com/Bowen-Zheng-... A 3-min overview below: (1/)
Code: github.com/Bowen-Zheng-... and a tutorial notebook on the key ideas: github.com/Bowen-Zheng-... A 3-min overview below: (1/)
June 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Finally putting this work out as a preprint :) Thanks to Emery Brown and @earlkmiller.bsky.social for helping conceptualize this work!
Code: github.com/Bowen-Zheng-... and a tutorial notebook on the key ideas: github.com/Bowen-Zheng-... A 3-min overview below: (1/)
Code: github.com/Bowen-Zheng-... and a tutorial notebook on the key ideas: github.com/Bowen-Zheng-... A 3-min overview below: (1/)
Great thread. My favorite tip: write axes labels in plain english and don't rotate the ordinate label! Makes it so much easier to engage, and, if you don't have room to do this, you know you have too many plots on your slide.
My primary academic conference is in a few weeks. I have given a good number of conference presentations over the years, and possibly moderated even more often than I've presented. Advice for anyone who wants it, in a thread:
June 8, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Great thread. My favorite tip: write axes labels in plain english and don't rotate the ordinate label! Makes it so much easier to engage, and, if you don't have room to do this, you know you have too many plots on your slide.
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There's one week left to apply to become this Fall's BCS Rising Star speaker 🌟 Please make sure to apply if you're a postdoc in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences🧠 Reposts are appreciated! 🪐
Are you a postdoc in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences? 🧠 Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your work at MIT - apply by May 31! 🌟
The MIT BCS Postdoc Association is looking for a Rising Star 🌟
Showcase your work and meet folks in the department! Deadline 31st May 2026!
@picowerinstitute.bsky.social
Showcase your work and meet folks in the department! Deadline 31st May 2026!
@picowerinstitute.bsky.social
May 24, 2026 at 10:31 PM
There's one week left to apply to become this Fall's BCS Rising Star speaker 🌟 Please make sure to apply if you're a postdoc in the Brain & Cognitive Sciences🧠 Reposts are appreciated! 🪐
In general, students have a clear opportunity to gain a massive advantage over their classmates by simply not using AI for their coursework.
I really wish people aspiring to write understood what a competitive advantage being able to write without AI will be in the coming years.
I knew my writing students were using AI. Their confessions led to a powerful teaching moment | Micah Nathan
May 10, 2026 at 11:09 PM
In general, students have a clear opportunity to gain a massive advantage over their classmates by simply not using AI for their coursework.
Who knows, maybe AI will make it easier to identify scientific fraud...
A @pubpeer.com user spots suspicious features on an image in a NEJM case report - a ruler that seems to skip a number! Was the image AI generated? pubpeer.com/publications... The author replies, saying that "we performed minor image adjustment to straighten the tilted scale." Hmm...
April 29, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Who knows, maybe AI will make it easier to identify scientific fraud...
In the case of dentate...excited to help the field realize that they've been ignoring a key piece of the puzzle!
If you work on interposed nucleus, medial geniculate nucleus, fastigial nucleus, dentate nucleus of the cerebellum, or the olfactory tubercle. How do you handle being so lonely/ so unique?
After rereading the cool hidden brain paper (www.frontiersin.org/journals/sys...) I decided to make a new version. Code and everything available here:
github.com/koerding/neu...
Most popular: hippocampus. Why are diagonal band, medial geniculate nucleus, and interposed nucleus so unpopular?
github.com/koerding/neu...
Most popular: hippocampus. Why are diagonal band, medial geniculate nucleus, and interposed nucleus so unpopular?
April 28, 2026 at 6:10 PM
In the case of dentate...excited to help the field realize that they've been ignoring a key piece of the puzzle!
Hit the nail on the head.
Prediction without understanding sustained astronomy through a thousand years of epicycles, writes @tonyzador.bsky.social. AI is now offering neuroscience the same deal. #neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/machine-lear...
www.thetransmitter.org/machine-lear...
Can AI do neuroscience without understanding?
Prediction without understanding sustained astronomy through a thousand years of epicycles. Artificial intelligence is now offering neuroscience the same deal.
www.thetransmitter.org
April 27, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Hit the nail on the head.
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Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.
April 20, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.
My K99 was assigned to a study section that, based on the title, is a terrible fit for my grant. SRO dismissed my concerns. Does anyone have any insight on these things? Am I screwed?
April 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM
My K99 was assigned to a study section that, based on the title, is a terrible fit for my grant. SRO dismissed my concerns. Does anyone have any insight on these things? Am I screwed?
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I wish I could tell all the young eager people who write to me about wanting to do research, or the new novel exciting theory they have developed, that if your email (or worse, theory) was very obviously generated by chatGPT it will be very hard for anybody to take you seriously.
April 11, 2026 at 7:44 AM
I wish I could tell all the young eager people who write to me about wanting to do research, or the new novel exciting theory they have developed, that if your email (or worse, theory) was very obviously generated by chatGPT it will be very hard for anybody to take you seriously.
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This is a really insightful piece. Highly recommend 👇🏽
"The failures are the curriculum. The error messages are the syllabus. Every hour you spend confused is an hour you spend building the infrastructure inside your own head that will eventually let you do original work. There is no shortcut through that process that doesn't leave you diminished"
The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.
On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.
ergosphere.blog
April 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
This is a really insightful piece. Highly recommend 👇🏽
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The MIT BCS Postdoc Association is looking for a Rising Star 🌟
Showcase your work and meet folks in the department! Deadline 31st May 2026!
@picowerinstitute.bsky.social
Showcase your work and meet folks in the department! Deadline 31st May 2026!
@picowerinstitute.bsky.social
March 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
The MIT BCS Postdoc Association is looking for a Rising Star 🌟
Showcase your work and meet folks in the department! Deadline 31st May 2026!
@picowerinstitute.bsky.social
Showcase your work and meet folks in the department! Deadline 31st May 2026!
@picowerinstitute.bsky.social
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Let’s get more scientists into Congress!
Central NJ friends, I urgently need help with signatures to qualify for the ballot. Come help, get swag!
I need at least 500...but we have to overkill, or else face legal challenges. Sign up to help in Princeton, Montgomery...or another town in NJ-12.
Earn a hat! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I need at least 500...but we have to overkill, or else face legal challenges. Sign up to help in Princeton, Montgomery...or another town in NJ-12.
Earn a hat! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
March 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Let’s get more scientists into Congress!
At this point, any paper from Mark's group immediately jumps to the top of the reading list.
How does the brain generalize past experiences without confusing memories? 🧠
Our lab's newest preprint reveals a fundamental division of labor between the cortex and cerebellum that solves this problem. (Check out the cortex-cerebellum video below! 👇) 🧵
Our lab's newest preprint reveals a fundamental division of labor between the cortex and cerebellum that solves this problem. (Check out the cortex-cerebellum video below! 👇) 🧵
March 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
At this point, any paper from Mark's group immediately jumps to the top of the reading list.
So strange to see a discussion section in a high profile paper that's clearly written by AI. People, it's very easy to tell. It's not just lazy—it's almost always poorly written neuroscience gobbledygook. Not to mention a disservice to our community.
March 1, 2026 at 2:30 PM
So strange to see a discussion section in a high profile paper that's clearly written by AI. People, it's very easy to tell. It's not just lazy—it's almost always poorly written neuroscience gobbledygook. Not to mention a disservice to our community.
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Do you or someone you know work on the neurobiology of cognition, and is an early career researcher? The cognition GRS is open for applications! Human, non-human, computational models are all welcome. Apply here now: www.grc.org/neurobiology...
2026 Neurobiology of Cognition (GRS) Seminar GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Seminar on Neurobiology of Cognition (GRS) will be held in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
February 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Do you or someone you know work on the neurobiology of cognition, and is an early career researcher? The cognition GRS is open for applications! Human, non-human, computational models are all welcome. Apply here now: www.grc.org/neurobiology...
Such a great idea!
At @elife.bsky.social you can now include explainer videos with every figure. Like going to a seminar while you engage with the paper. First example here elifesciences.org/articles/106...
Click the arrows next to each figure to get a video of @mathiassablemeyer.bsky.social explaining it for you!
Click the arrows next to each figure to get a video of @mathiassablemeyer.bsky.social explaining it for you!
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Such a great idea!
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Come to my poster at SfN on Wednesday morning! I'll present my work on how the cerebellum uses internal models to control neocortical dynamics in a non-motor learning task. I'm biased, but I think it's pretty exciting! www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
Program Planner
www.abstractsonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Come to my poster at SfN on Wednesday morning! I'll present my work on how the cerebellum uses internal models to control neocortical dynamics in a non-motor learning task. I'm biased, but I think it's pretty exciting! www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
Come to my poster at SfN on Wednesday morning! I'll present my work on how the cerebellum uses internal models to control neocortical dynamics in a non-motor learning task. I'm biased, but I think it's pretty exciting! www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
Program Planner
www.abstractsonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Come to my poster at SfN on Wednesday morning! I'll present my work on how the cerebellum uses internal models to control neocortical dynamics in a non-motor learning task. I'm biased, but I think it's pretty exciting! www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/#!/21171...
Not only that, but new tech is making monkey neuroscience more exciting/promising than it ever has been!
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of brain-computer interfaces and artificial neural networks. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk, write Cory Miller, @movshon.bsky.social and Doris Tsao.
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
#neuroskyence
bit.ly/47MXYLH
Without monkeys, neuroscience has no future
Research in primate brains has been essential for the development of BCIs, ANNs. New funding and policy changes put future such advances at risk.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not only that, but new tech is making monkey neuroscience more exciting/promising than it ever has been!
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My reviewing style has changed over time. Rather than litigate every little thing, and pushing my own ideas, I focus only on 2 things:
(1) Are the claims interesting/important?
(2) Does the evidence support the claims?
Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.
(1) Are the claims interesting/important?
(2) Does the evidence support the claims?
Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.
November 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
My reviewing style has changed over time. Rather than litigate every little thing, and pushing my own ideas, I focus only on 2 things:
(1) Are the claims interesting/important?
(2) Does the evidence support the claims?
Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.
(1) Are the claims interesting/important?
(2) Does the evidence support the claims?
Most of my reviews these days are short and focused.
Anyone know what happens with NIH deadlines during a government shut down??
September 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Anyone know what happens with NIH deadlines during a government shut down??
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Interested in doing a Ph.D. to work on building models of the brain/behavior? Consider applying to graduate schools at CU Anschutz:
1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro...
2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri...
You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.
1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro...
2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri...
You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.
September 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Interested in doing a Ph.D. to work on building models of the brain/behavior? Consider applying to graduate schools at CU Anschutz:
1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro...
2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri...
You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.
1. Neuroscience www.cuanschutz.edu/graduate-pro...
2. Bioengineering engineering.ucdenver.edu/bioengineeri...
You could work with several comp neuro PIs, including me.