Karunesh Ganguly MD PhD
karuneshganguly.bsky.social
Karunesh Ganguly MD PhD
@karuneshganguly.bsky.social
Neurologist, Neuroscientist & Neural Engineer - Augmenting motor function using sleep engineering, neuromodulation & BCIs.

@UCSF Neurology. Posts are my opinion.

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Applications are now open for the SWC Systems Neuroscience PhD Programme.

Join us in London!

🧠 World-class neuroscience training
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🖥️ Close links to @gatsbyucl.bsky.social

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September 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Engaging presentation from Dr. @karuneshganguly.bsky.social Ganguly discussing brain-computer interface (#BCI) decoders. He shares decoding challenges and how we can use electrocorticography to create more stable, longterm control of BCI devices. 🧠🔄 🧠📈 🧪
April 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Our final Symposium at #ASNR2025 will feature presentations from Dr. Leigh Hochberg, Dr. @karuneshganguly.bsky.social, Ian Burkhart, and Dr. DJ Seo focused on understanding the end-user experience and decoding intentions for implantable brain-computer interfaces. 🧠🔄 🧠📈 🧪
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March 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Day 3 of #ASNR2025 will feature a fantastic symposium from Drs. Jason Carmel, @karuneshganguly.bsky.social, Natasha Kharas, & Naohiko Okabe on their work focused on improving neurological function by imposing brain rhythms with electrical & magnetic stimulation. 🧠🔄 🧠📈 🧪

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March 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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#ASNR2025 attendees will learn more about educational approaches to the lived experience of brain injury in this symposium session! We're excited to get insights from our speakers @nettagurari.bsky.social, James Sulzer, Steven Nape, and Kevin Parcetich! 🧠🔄 🧠📈 🧪

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March 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Researchers at UCSF showed that imagined movement patterns in the brain remain stable but can flexibly adapt to improve BCI control. This balance enabled tetraplegic participants to reliably operate a high-DOF robotic arm.

@karuneshganguly.bsky.social
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Sampling representational plasticity of simple imagined movements across days enables long-term neuroprosthetic control
The nervous system needs to balance the stability of neural representations with plasticity. It is unclear what the representational stability of simp…
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March 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Excited to present our long-term ECoG BCI control study in two participants. Fantastic teamwork all around!

Sampling representational plasticity of simple imagined movements across days enables long-term neuroprosthetic control.

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March 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Our next Annual Meeting is less than 2 months away! Make sure to register for the meeting by March 31st to take advantage of our reduced Early Bird Registration rates!

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February 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Breaking News: The FDA approved a new medication to treat pain from an injury or surgery. Unlike opioid pain medicines, it cannot become addictive.
FDA Approves Journavx Drug to Treat Pain Without Addiction Risk
The drug, Journavx by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, blocks pain signals to the brain, making it nonaddictive.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Excited to share work on how ensemble reactivations during brief rest periods drive performance gains. Marlene Bonstrup and Leonardo Cohen found evidence for 'micro-offline gains'. We find casual evidence for ensemble reactivations during brief rest periods in driving gains. rdcu.be/d6mpe
Ensemble reactivations during brief rest drive fast learning of sequences
Nature - In macaques, motor cortex activity associated with motor learning tasks is reactivated during brief breaks between learning blocks and predicts subsequent performance gains.
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January 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Join us for the Sensation and Action conference 2025 – application is now open: lakeconferences.org
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November 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM
NREM sleep improves behavioral performance by desynchronizing cortical circuits - very interesting! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
NREM sleep improves behavioral performance by desynchronizing cortical circuits
Sleep improves cognitive performance, yet little is known about the neural mechanisms of this improvement. We performed multielectrode recording in macaque visual and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex wh...
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December 15, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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Amazing work from the team of Anita Lüthi!

Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Infraslow noradrenergic locus coeruleus activity fluctuations are gatekeepers of the NREM–REM sleep cycle - Nature Neuroscience
Lüthi and colleagues show that activity of the locus coeruleus (LC) is crucial for the cyclic alternation between non-rapid-eye-movement and rapid-eye-movement sleep. Stressful experiences during waki...
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November 27, 2024 at 9:08 AM
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It's time to renew your BCI membership! Renew or join now at bcisociety.org/membership/ for exclusive benefits and stay connected with the latest in our field. Don't miss out!
December 12, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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"For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper" (Joseph Fasano)

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November 24, 2024 at 5:04 PM