Jacob Robinson
@jacobrobinson.bsky.social
Professor • Founder • CEO • Girl Dad
Building BCI @ Motif Neurotech
Professing Neuroengineeing @ Rice University
www.motifnuero.tech
www.robinsonlab.com
Building BCI @ Motif Neurotech
Professing Neuroengineeing @ Rice University
www.motifnuero.tech
www.robinsonlab.com
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Jacob Robinson
@jacobrobinson.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Here are some folks on the translational side of neurotech!
Founders, engineers, translational labs, and investors.
Please message me for folks I should add!
go.bsky.app/N2LreWi
Founders, engineers, translational labs, and investors.
Please message me for folks I should add!
go.bsky.app/N2LreWi
Happy Father’s Day to all you fellow Dads out there hatching your master plan…
June 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Happy Father’s Day to all you fellow Dads out there hatching your master plan…
NIH cuts hurt companies like Motif Neurotech. We are fortunate to have resources for clinical trials, but companies relying on NIH are struggling.
Every day new therapies are delayed, people suffer.
🙏 Dan Gilbert for speaking to us & raising awareness
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Every day new therapies are delayed, people suffer.
🙏 Dan Gilbert for speaking to us & raising awareness
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Biotech start-ups struggle as Trump throttles NIH funding
Freezes and reductions in National Institutes of Health funding are reverberating beyond universities and research labs to startups in the biotech industry.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
NIH cuts hurt companies like Motif Neurotech. We are fortunate to have resources for clinical trials, but companies relying on NIH are struggling.
Every day new therapies are delayed, people suffer.
🙏 Dan Gilbert for speaking to us & raising awareness
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Every day new therapies are delayed, people suffer.
🙏 Dan Gilbert for speaking to us & raising awareness
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Totally blown away by the experience of presenting at MARS: Fascinating dinners with Jeff Bezos, Ron Howard, wonderful founders, scientists, and folks from Amazon. I even got to fan-boy over my favorite podcasters Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal (who were super kind BTW) (1/2)
March 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Totally blown away by the experience of presenting at MARS: Fascinating dinners with Jeff Bezos, Ron Howard, wonderful founders, scientists, and folks from Amazon. I even got to fan-boy over my favorite podcasters Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal (who were super kind BTW) (1/2)
Congrats to my 5yo daughter who became an official Texan this weekend! 🤠
March 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Congrats to my 5yo daughter who became an official Texan this weekend! 🤠
Enchanted to meet this article from @dr-shlee.bsky.social, @dougweberlab.bsky.social, and colleagues.
It's Swiftly becoming one of my favorites! 🫶 🫶 🫶
bioelecmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
It's Swiftly becoming one of my favorites! 🫶 🫶 🫶
bioelecmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
March 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Enchanted to meet this article from @dr-shlee.bsky.social, @dougweberlab.bsky.social, and colleagues.
It's Swiftly becoming one of my favorites! 🫶 🫶 🫶
bioelecmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
It's Swiftly becoming one of my favorites! 🫶 🫶 🫶
bioelecmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Looking forward to sharing big news in 2025! 🤫 🤞
We brought the whole team to Houston this week for our 2025 Strategy Summit. The team synergy is palpable and we're so excited for everything ahead of us this year 🧠 🛫
February 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Looking forward to sharing big news in 2025! 🤫 🤞
Reposted by Jacob Robinson
We brought the whole team to Houston this week for our 2025 Strategy Summit. The team synergy is palpable and we're so excited for everything ahead of us this year 🧠 🛫
January 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We brought the whole team to Houston this week for our 2025 Strategy Summit. The team synergy is palpable and we're so excited for everything ahead of us this year 🧠 🛫
Reposted by Jacob Robinson
We've been selected by @aria-research.bsky.social to develop a network of neural devices designed to monitor and regulate mental and cognitive states without brain surgery. The UK-based program led by @jacquescarolan.bsky.social is contributing £69M to unlock the full potential of #neurotech.
We’re excited to announce the 18 teams we’re funding in Precision Neurotechnologies 🧠 They’ll work to unlock new ways to interface with the brain at the neural circuit level, with unprecedented precision. (1/3)
January 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We've been selected by @aria-research.bsky.social to develop a network of neural devices designed to monitor and regulate mental and cognitive states without brain surgery. The UK-based program led by @jacquescarolan.bsky.social is contributing £69M to unlock the full potential of #neurotech.
Reposted by Jacob Robinson
We're honored to be selected by @aria-research.bsky.social for a multimillion-dollar award through their Precision Neurotechnologies Program. This funding will accelerate the development of our therapeutic Brain-Computer Interface to treat mood, attention, and sleep disorders 🧠🚀
January 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We're honored to be selected by @aria-research.bsky.social for a multimillion-dollar award through their Precision Neurotechnologies Program. This funding will accelerate the development of our therapeutic Brain-Computer Interface to treat mood, attention, and sleep disorders 🧠🚀
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Hundreds of Caltech and Caltech/Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab scientists, professors, and students have lost their homes in the LA fires.
The Disaster Relief Fund is organized to help. Please share.
giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
The Disaster Relief Fund is organized to help. Please share.
giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
The Caltech and JPL Disaster Relief Fund
giving.caltech.edu
January 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Hundreds of Caltech and Caltech/Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab scientists, professors, and students have lost their homes in the LA fires.
The Disaster Relief Fund is organized to help. Please share.
giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
The Disaster Relief Fund is organized to help. Please share.
giving.caltech.edu/areas-to-sup...
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Teamed up with some of my favorite scientists to imagine the future of #biohybrid devices that combine engineered tissues with bioelectronics. TLDR (but please R), the future is bright! Out now in Nature Reviews Bioengineering:
rdcu.be/d5z6s
@jrivnay.bsky.social
@jacobrobinson.bsky.social
rdcu.be/d5z6s
@jrivnay.bsky.social
@jacobrobinson.bsky.social
Integrating bioelectronics with cell-based synthetic biology
Nature Reviews Bioengineering - Biohybrid devices based on engineered cells interfaced with bioelectronics combine the strengths of each field, resulting in constructs with properties that are not...
rdcu.be
January 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Teamed up with some of my favorite scientists to imagine the future of #biohybrid devices that combine engineered tissues with bioelectronics. TLDR (but please R), the future is bright! Out now in Nature Reviews Bioengineering:
rdcu.be/d5z6s
@jrivnay.bsky.social
@jacobrobinson.bsky.social
rdcu.be/d5z6s
@jrivnay.bsky.social
@jacobrobinson.bsky.social
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Just out in @natrevbioeng.bsky.social, check out our perspective on integrating bioelectronics with cell-based synthetic biology.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Integrating bioelectronics with cell-based synthetic biology - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
Biohybrid devices based on engineered cells interfaced with bioelectronics combine the strengths of each field, resulting in constructs with properties that are not otherwise achievable. In this Revie...
www.nature.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Just out in @natrevbioeng.bsky.social, check out our perspective on integrating bioelectronics with cell-based synthetic biology.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
I wanted to share my rationale for our recent comment in Nature BME proposing an application-based taxonomy for BCI (unrolled from LinkedIn):
Why we should consider labeling BCI based on its intended use.
open.substack.com/pub/brainjac...
Why we should consider labeling BCI based on its intended use.
open.substack.com/pub/brainjac...
Inbox | Substack
open.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I wanted to share my rationale for our recent comment in Nature BME proposing an application-based taxonomy for BCI (unrolled from LinkedIn):
Why we should consider labeling BCI based on its intended use.
open.substack.com/pub/brainjac...
Why we should consider labeling BCI based on its intended use.
open.substack.com/pub/brainjac...
Reposted by Jacob Robinson
What do we mean when we say BCI? As neuro technologies mature, it's important for scientists to use cohesive language to talk about them with the public. Here's a nice commentary piece where Jacob Robinson and co. lay out a proposal.
Just in time for the holidays 😂
Just in time for the holidays 😂
What is or isn't a "BCI"?
We argue in Nature BME today that if the tech stimulates or records brain activity AND does computation, it's a BCI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
But we still need a way to discuss different types of BCI separately... 🧵
#BCI #BrainComputerInterface
We argue in Nature BME today that if the tech stimulates or records brain activity AND does computation, it's a BCI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
But we still need a way to discuss different types of BCI separately... 🧵
#BCI #BrainComputerInterface
An application-based taxonomy for brain–computer interfaces - Nature Biomedical Engineering
Naming brain–computer interfaces according to their intended application will assist stakeholders in the evaluation of the benefits and risks of neurotechnologies.
www.nature.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:56 PM
What do we mean when we say BCI? As neuro technologies mature, it's important for scientists to use cohesive language to talk about them with the public. Here's a nice commentary piece where Jacob Robinson and co. lay out a proposal.
Just in time for the holidays 😂
Just in time for the holidays 😂
What is or isn't a "BCI"?
We argue in Nature BME today that if the tech stimulates or records brain activity AND does computation, it's a BCI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
But we still need a way to discuss different types of BCI separately... 🧵
#BCI #BrainComputerInterface
We argue in Nature BME today that if the tech stimulates or records brain activity AND does computation, it's a BCI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
But we still need a way to discuss different types of BCI separately... 🧵
#BCI #BrainComputerInterface
An application-based taxonomy for brain–computer interfaces - Nature Biomedical Engineering
Naming brain–computer interfaces according to their intended application will assist stakeholders in the evaluation of the benefits and risks of neurotechnologies.
www.nature.com
December 23, 2024 at 4:04 PM
What is or isn't a "BCI"?
We argue in Nature BME today that if the tech stimulates or records brain activity AND does computation, it's a BCI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
But we still need a way to discuss different types of BCI separately... 🧵
#BCI #BrainComputerInterface
We argue in Nature BME today that if the tech stimulates or records brain activity AND does computation, it's a BCI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
But we still need a way to discuss different types of BCI separately... 🧵
#BCI #BrainComputerInterface
Heading to the icon’s last show tomorrow in Vancouver and feeling E22. IYKYK 🫶 #ErasTourVancouver
December 7, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Heading to the icon’s last show tomorrow in Vancouver and feeling E22. IYKYK 🫶 #ErasTourVancouver
Reposted by Jacob Robinson
🚀 We’re hiring! Forest Neurotech is looking for a Software Engineering Lead to build the core systems powering our ultrasound neurotech platform.
As a nonprofit FRO, we're advancing science for public good. If you’re excited about neurotech & impact let’s talk. 🌍🧠
forestneurotech.org/jobs
As a nonprofit FRO, we're advancing science for public good. If you’re excited about neurotech & impact let’s talk. 🌍🧠
forestneurotech.org/jobs
Jobs — Forest Neurotech
Forest Neurotech
forestneurotech.org
December 3, 2024 at 9:12 PM
🚀 We’re hiring! Forest Neurotech is looking for a Software Engineering Lead to build the core systems powering our ultrasound neurotech platform.
As a nonprofit FRO, we're advancing science for public good. If you’re excited about neurotech & impact let’s talk. 🌍🧠
forestneurotech.org/jobs
As a nonprofit FRO, we're advancing science for public good. If you’re excited about neurotech & impact let’s talk. 🌍🧠
forestneurotech.org/jobs
Reposted by Jacob Robinson
Please share: ARIA is offering £500k seed awards for neural interface projects. Apply by 13 Feb 2025.
I've been impressed with ARIA's scientific team and overall execution so far. They deserve your best ideas!
www.aria.org.uk/scalable-neu...
I've been impressed with ARIA's scientific team and overall execution so far. They deserve your best ideas!
www.aria.org.uk/scalable-neu...
Scalable Neural Interfaces – Opportunity seeds - ARIA
To support scientific and technological breakthroughs, outside of programmes, ARIA Programme Directors can award opportunity seeds to support ambitious research aligned to the opportunity spaces they’...
www.aria.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Please share: ARIA is offering £500k seed awards for neural interface projects. Apply by 13 Feb 2025.
I've been impressed with ARIA's scientific team and overall execution so far. They deserve your best ideas!
www.aria.org.uk/scalable-neu...
I've been impressed with ARIA's scientific team and overall execution so far. They deserve your best ideas!
www.aria.org.uk/scalable-neu...
Reposted by Jacob Robinson
BCIs list! Still finding folks on here so please message me if you'd like to be added.
December 1, 2024 at 2:16 AM
BCIs list! Still finding folks on here so please message me if you'd like to be added.
Come see the cool stuff the team is up to! BCI is becoming an industry that can address so many disorders:👇
Today we're excited to unveil our new website and company video! We believe that people with difficult to treat mental health disorders deserve access to the most advanced therapies. That's why we're building therapeutic brain computer interfaces.
🔗⬇️
youtu.be/roZ3gOmuh9k?...
www.motifneuro.tech
🔗⬇️
youtu.be/roZ3gOmuh9k?...
www.motifneuro.tech
Motif Neurotech | Company Overview 2024
YouTube video by Motif Neurotech
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Come see the cool stuff the team is up to! BCI is becoming an industry that can address so many disorders:👇
Reposted by Jacob Robinson
Seriously good stuff from @motifneuro.bsky.social @jacobrobinson.bsky.social and team!
As cool as Motor BCIs are, it's Therapeutic BCIs that can have *major* impact for the many millions of people living with mental health disorders.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
As cool as Motor BCIs are, it's Therapeutic BCIs that can have *major* impact for the many millions of people living with mental health disorders.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Today we're excited to unveil our new website and company video! We believe that people with difficult to treat mental health disorders deserve access to the most advanced therapies. That's why we're building therapeutic brain computer interfaces.
🔗⬇️
youtu.be/roZ3gOmuh9k?...
www.motifneuro.tech
🔗⬇️
youtu.be/roZ3gOmuh9k?...
www.motifneuro.tech
Motif Neurotech | Company Overview 2024
YouTube video by Motif Neurotech
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Seriously good stuff from @motifneuro.bsky.social @jacobrobinson.bsky.social and team!
As cool as Motor BCIs are, it's Therapeutic BCIs that can have *major* impact for the many millions of people living with mental health disorders.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
As cool as Motor BCIs are, it's Therapeutic BCIs that can have *major* impact for the many millions of people living with mental health disorders.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Reposted by Jacob Robinson
One of the best ways to ensure your science is solid is to ground it to the physical world. Build something that works.
Most of #neuroscience isn’t tied to the physical world. The big exception is Brain-Computer Interfaces, and I’m betting the future of neuroscience will advance through #BCI.
Most of #neuroscience isn’t tied to the physical world. The big exception is Brain-Computer Interfaces, and I’m betting the future of neuroscience will advance through #BCI.
November 25, 2024 at 1:15 AM
One of the best ways to ensure your science is solid is to ground it to the physical world. Build something that works.
Most of #neuroscience isn’t tied to the physical world. The big exception is Brain-Computer Interfaces, and I’m betting the future of neuroscience will advance through #BCI.
Most of #neuroscience isn’t tied to the physical world. The big exception is Brain-Computer Interfaces, and I’m betting the future of neuroscience will advance through #BCI.
Engagement numbers may be lower, but here I see a bunch of interesting thoughts from smart people I like instead of a wall of odd memes from a weird billionaire. That makes me happy.
November 24, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Engagement numbers may be lower, but here I see a bunch of interesting thoughts from smart people I like instead of a wall of odd memes from a weird billionaire. That makes me happy.
Here are some folks on the translational side of neurotech!
Founders, engineers, translational labs, and investors.
Please message me for folks I should add!
go.bsky.app/N2LreWi
Founders, engineers, translational labs, and investors.
Please message me for folks I should add!
go.bsky.app/N2LreWi
November 24, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Here are some folks on the translational side of neurotech!
Founders, engineers, translational labs, and investors.
Please message me for folks I should add!
go.bsky.app/N2LreWi
Founders, engineers, translational labs, and investors.
Please message me for folks I should add!
go.bsky.app/N2LreWi
Good one!! 👇
Science dissemination is an integral part of doing science.
Here is a starter pack of Sci Publishers & news outlets (targeted towards neuroscience, physics, computer science).
There are many missing since they have not yet embraced @bsky.app
Let me know if they pop in
go.bsky.app/MocdpzB
Here is a starter pack of Sci Publishers & news outlets (targeted towards neuroscience, physics, computer science).
There are many missing since they have not yet embraced @bsky.app
Let me know if they pop in
go.bsky.app/MocdpzB
November 24, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Good one!! 👇