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ianoldenburg.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Rutgers University. Founder of Sculpted Light in the Brain Conference. Interested in using Multiphoton Optogenetics to study Neural Circuits
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They told me graduation is a formal event, I’m ready. #vaccinescauseadults

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Excited to share my PhD paper! In it, we use targeted 2-photon optogenetic stimulation to determine how V1 activity is read-out in a detection task. We found that network influence, not visual coding properties, predicted the impact of ensembles on behavior - contradicting our expectations (1/5).

submitted 20 days ago • 5 comments

The Oldenburg lab is looking for another postdoc! If you want to use holographic optogenetics to answer questions about neural codes let me know. We like shooting lasers and thinking about movement. We're located at Rutgers in Piscataway NJ (its like ~45 min from NYC). oldenburglab.com/positions/

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

we're crowd-sourcing a searchable repository of tangible benefits stemming from federally-funded research. Come enjoy the great stories; or send in an idea; or volunteer to join the team. publicusaresearchbenefits.com please share and re-share so we get more great stories in there!

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

In 1981, PNI's John Hopfield received an NSF grant (~$300K) for the, then, obscure field of artificial neural networks. Today, that research powers a multibillion dollar AI economy and earned him a Nobel Prize. www.npr.org/2025/05/08/n...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

The Oldenburg Lab is looking for another postdoc! The news these days is scary but we're pushing on. If you want to use Holographic Optogenetics to understand neural codes, the motor system, or something else fun let me know. We have federal and non-federal (aka stable) funds. oldenburglab.com

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

"Evidence suggests the local recurrent network encodes the structure of natural sensory input. & that it does so via active filtering, transforming network inputs to boost those associated w/ nat'l sensation" Amidst <waves hands> all this, I have a new review article that... arxiv.org/abs/2501.1...

submitted 76 days ago • 3 comments

"it's difficult to read this as anything other than an attempt to crush scientific research in the US. The harm that will be done to research (...) may be viewed as a bonus by a populist political movement that has shown a consistent disdain for expertise." arstechnica.com/science/2025...

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

This is the end of science as we know it if it stands—15% IDCs for all NIH Grants. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

submitted 117 days ago • 6 comments

Academic workers across the country are organizing to call on our congressional representatives on Thursday, 1/30, at 3pm ET / 12pm PT to demand these restrictions be lifted immediately. There will be a training over zoom at the beginning of the event. Join us! form.jotform.com/250226137228...

submitted 128 days ago • 17 comments

A coalition of states plans to file suit later today challenging the order to freeze all federal loans & grants. “My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration’s unconstitutional pause on federal funding,” NY AG Letitia James said. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

submitted 127 days ago • 6 comments

All Democrats in Congress and the Senate will fight this—it’s illegal. But Republican lawmakers NEED to hear from their constituents! Priority order: call, then email. Be clear about how this will hurt education, the economy, and health! 🧪 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...

submitted 128 days ago • 2 comments

This is legit - the organizers (including unions) are organizing. When I ask those in the know what we can do that will actually matter, the answer includes collective action of this type. I'm joining @nancykanwisher.bsky.social and all the others for this Thurs 3p ET effort. I hope you do too!

submitted 127 days ago • 4 comments

President Trump's effort to freeze nearly all federal funding is lawless, reckless, and unconstitutional. And it will hurt people in Northeast Ohio.

submitted 127 days ago • 13 comments

If you are worried about the recent cessation of NIH communication, the canceling of programs and the politicization of science funding, now is the time to contact your congressional representatives! Link to find and contact your representative: www.house.gov/representati...

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

Where do people post advertisements for technicians? We're looking for someone who wants to be the all around 'pinch hitter' for lab projects (and whacky Ian ideas). Rutgers has its listing (jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/240...) but I'm not sure how most people would find it.

submitted 182 days ago • 2 comments

Want to live in bucolic NJ (I'm serious)? With a quick commute to NYC and Philly? Have collaborative colleagues, including yours truly? While this job posting is in psychology, the position is in behavioral neuroscience across systems. Including #drosophila 🧪 jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/152...

submitted 267 days ago • 2 comments

Great paper on the transformation of vibro-tactile stimuli from the periphery to somatosensory cortex. Very detailed analysis of changes from a phase-locked code at the periphery to a rate code of stimulus tuned neurons in thalamus and cortex. #neuroscience 🧪 www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

submitted 285 days ago • 0 comments

My department at Rutgers looking to hire Neuroscience Assistant (and Assoc) Professor(s)! We're trying to move quickly this year, so don't delay applying. I think our first application reviews are even in September! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/234...

submitted 285 days ago • 1 comment

Not sure if we've hit critical mass here on bsky yet, but the lab is hiring! We've gotten some good news grants recently, and now have some funded projects that are looking for people to champion them. All projects use Holographic Optogenetics to study motor systems. oldenburglab.com/positions/

submitted 295 days ago • 0 comments

Our work using holographic optogenetics to study recurrent activity in visual cortex is out in Nature Neuro! This work was only possible due to the great collaboration between the Adesnik and Doiron labs, especially co-firsts Greg Handy, Will Hendricks, and me. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 518 days ago • 1 comment