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Ravi Menon, Ph.D.

@northernthrux.bsky.social

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. All comments are my own. Scientific Director of the Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, 🇨🇦's national ultra high field MRI platform. cfmm.uwo.ca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7916-0263

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 7h

A lot of hard work over a year went into this. Details to follow when the embargo lifts! What I can say is that good peer review can make a paper much better, even if it takes a year. And these peer reviewers were very helpful and constructive 🙏. You'll be able to read their comments online.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 2d

Concrete brutalism meets a few trees.

Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 2d

Brings back some “early“ memories.

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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 3d

For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience

Principles for proper peer review

jocnf.pubpub.org

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 3d

The real solution is to just revert to the mean for work effort.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 3d

lol. Yes. But can I put that on a grant😂

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 3d

Nah. If they did that, all their gates would be blocked. This way they free up a gate and they goose their on-time departure numbers. A plane that leaves the gate and sits on the tarmac for an hour or two is “on-time” in their world.

Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 3d

Fundamentally, I am just not relaxing and listening enough. My university thinks I should be working 80-100 hours a week.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 3d

This will end well.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 3d

If I may, I'd like to add my gratitude as well! The Azrieli Foundation also funds the CIFAR Global Scholars Program, which has been truly transformative to my and many other ECRs' professional development and careers. I wouldn't be the scientist I am today without this program's support. Thank you!!

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 3d

Happy 60th birthday to my friend Naomi Azrieli. Patron to brain scientists across 🇨🇦. Thank you for your indefatigable stewardship of @braincanada.bsky.social and for the broader non-neuro impacts of the Azrieli Foundation. The nation owes you a debt of gratitude ❤️.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve been waiting for my tubes to approach end of life before doing any rolling. I’m cheap like that. Definitely going to try these Apos tubes. Seem readily available and not toooo pricey.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 4d

I often think about the fact that all the universities in 🇨🇦 together did not produce 11 Nobel Prizes in that period (or since). Not from a lack of brilliance, but from a lack of steady funding and the insistence on significant teaching loads and mind-numbing committee memberships for all faculty.

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 5d

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

sites.stat.columbia.edu

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 5d

October in southwestern Ontario. 29 Celsius.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 5d

The things we can do @westernu.ca thanks to platform support grant funding from @braincanada.bsky.social And #NFRF

The MIND Platform @ Western @mind-western.bsky.social · 6d

#fluorescencefriday special. Half marmoset 🧠 cleared and stained using SHIELD and imaged by lightsheet microscopy. Courtesy of Jesleen Saini @shahrzadbahrampour.bsky.social and @stefan-everling.bsky.social

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Marco A. Maximo Prado @maximoprado.bsky.social · 6d

#fluorescencefriday shows the intimate relationship between astrocytes, (cyan) microglia (green) and amyloid plaques (magenta). we find that in APOE4 mice there is much more glia associated with plaques.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations Armin. What a wonderful opportunity.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 6d

Moderna. Made in 🇨🇦.

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Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 8d

We will have an NHP position open at @westernu.ca this year. Posting is coming soon. If you're interested about our setup and the opportunities here, feel free to get in touch.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 8d

I’d settle for a fast train. Our highways are so bad that a 90 km/h train looks fast.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 8d

Having endured 200 km of this, I can confidently say that Toronto is London Ontario’s largest suburb.

Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 9d

Good question!

Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 9d

Toronto traffic really makes California traffic look like amateurs. 16 lanes of gridlock.

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 9d

As a perennial sandal wearer, I endorse this message.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 9d

Sock it to the shoes: why more offices are going footwear-free

British companies are trialling no-shoes policies as a way to improve focus, comfort and morale – but not everyone is convinced Slippers, socks and the occasional novelty toe warmer are fast becoming part of the office dress code for startups hoping to ease stress and boost creativity. It might sound like a gimmick conjured up during a yoga retreat, but asking staff to leave their shoes at the door taps into something more serious: how to make the workplace feel a little less like work. Continue reading...

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · 9d

Looks interesting. I have always wondered if this was possible. Will need to read to be convinced.