Whitney Griggs
@whitneygriggs.bsky.social
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Neurosurgeon-scientist in training at University of Chicago. MD-PhD from UCLA-Caltech. Developed an ultrasonic brain-machine interface @caltech.edu
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🧠Excited to share our latest ultrasound & neurotech paper @natureportfolio.nature.com

🦾 Our previous papers demonstrated the HOW of an ultrasonic brain-machine interface in monkeys and humans. This paper highlights WHY it works.
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7/✨ Finally, a shout-out to a fantastic collaboration with @sumnerln.bsky.social, @mickaeltanter.bsky.social (INSERM), C. Liu & @vchristopoulos.bsky.social (USC), @mikhailshapiro.bsky.social & R. Andersen (@caltech.edu).

Thankful to have had a small part in building the future of ultrasonic BMIs!
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6/ This project started before COVID and demonstrates the power of turning 🦠bugs into features. The unplanned long spacing between recording sessions demonstrated decoder stability across >2 years WITHOUT retraining, a major boon for future BCI applications.
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5/ 🔍 These mesoscopic patches enable robust decoding of multiple movement directions! To confirm this, we coded a cortical-based searchlight analysis for fUSI data that reveals the neurovasculature most important for decoding performance.
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4/ 🔍 Small mesoscopic (~100-400 μm) patches of lateral intraparietal cortex (LIP) robustly encode for different movement directions, with >10-20% changes in the underlying neurovasculature!
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3/ 🔍 This latest paper showcases how functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) can capture intricate brain activity with high resolution. It offer insights into how the brain orchestrates eye movements, critical for understanding sensory and motor integration.
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🧠Excited to share our latest ultrasound & neurotech paper @natureportfolio.nature.com

🦾 Our previous papers demonstrated the HOW of an ultrasonic brain-machine interface in monkeys and humans. This paper highlights WHY it works.
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🚨 Two Postdoctoral Fellows in Ultrasound Neuromodulation and Neuroimaging! 🚨

Supervised by @EFouragnan at @PlymUni. If you're an expert in MRI, fMRI, MRS, DTI, or TUS -- we want to hear from you!

🔗 Links below 👇
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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.
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The Caltech and JPL Disaster Relief Fund
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Congrats to the entire team! Excited to read this paper after seeing some of the early data at lab meetings 1.5 years ago!
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Can we make a brain tumor visible under ultrasound? 🧠 🔉 Yes, using intravenous #gasvesicles! This can help guide brain surgery and monitor for tumor recurrence.
Congrats to Claire Rabut, George Daghlian and collaborators!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Congrats to two of the Forest Neurotech team, Tyson Aflalo and Charles Guan on publishing their work from Caltech in Nature Biomedical Engineering!

"Improving Brain–Machine Interfaces with Machine Learning" 🧠⚡️

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Improving Brain–Machine Interfaces with Machine Learning
Through machine learning, Caltech researchers have improved the performance and lifetime of implants for brain–machine interfaces.
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We're also hiring Electrical Engineers!

Specifically, we're looking someone to lead the definition and design of the digital and embedded system architecture in our ultrasound neurotechnology platform.

Please share!

forestneurotech.org/jobs
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🚀 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
Jobs — Forest Neurotech
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