Amir Levi, Ph.D
Use to be an Astrophysicist, now I'm a Neuroscientist.
Postdoctoral fellow in the Massimo Scanziani Lab, UCSF. Jane Coffin Childs Fellow of 2025 class.
- No science today. Two years ago, my great aunt Geula, 81, was murdered in her home. Her grandson Idan was shot dead on the bloody streets of Kibbutz Be’eri. His brother Sahar was kidnapped to Gaza, where he was murdered. Today, I mourn. #October7th www.timesofisrael.com/edan-sahar-g...
- Science of the day: tracking animal movement isn't trivial. I recently switched from @DeepLabCut to an 8-camera setup by @optitrack - and I'm impressed by its precision. Side science: 2 LEDs on the mouse head also do the job www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Neuroscience #Motion #neuroskyence
- Science of the day: to find the synaptic gain between two neurons, I use a method developed by Lidor Spivak (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35641587/) to de-convolve the auto-correlation from the cross-correlation. Side science: what is you go to method? #Neuroscience #Connectivity #neuroskyence
- Science of the day: The three essential components for groundbreaking neuroscience: inspiration, perspective, and a well-stocked bottom shelf. Side science: The optimal book-to-whisky ratio is still under review. #Neuroscience #neuroskyence #whisky #hawking
- Science of the day: Some spikes are just more positive than others, at least waveform-wise. Side science: interested in these positive units (Punits), check out this work by Shirly Someck www.nature.com/articles/s42... #Neuroscience #neuroskyence #punits #PositiveVibes
- Science of the day: Head direction neurons usually need a decoder to reveal heading. With these raster plots, the heading is clear from the neurons' spiking activity Side science: although compared to an internal compass, the HD system isn’t tied to magnetic north #Neuroscience #neuroskyence #spikes
- Science of the day: the activity of thalamic neuronal population during slow wave sleep. Here, dozens of neurons synchronize their firing activity in a Delta rhythm Side science: Shana Tova to you all! I hope this year will be a year of science and peace #Neuroscience #neuroskyence #ShanaTova
- Science of the day: the distance between shanks of this silicone probe, used for electrophysiological recordings from the brain, is 0.125 mm. For scale, a hair at the bottom of the image Side science: my go to probe is the diagnostic biochips 8 shanks, 128 channels. #Neuroscience #neuroskyence
- Science of the day: 10 neuroscientists require 3 weeks to finish a bucket full of caramel and cheddar popcorn (thanks @hhmi.org) Side science: the lab is divided between those who prefer the caramel ones and those who know nothing. #Neuroscience #popcorn #neuroskyence
- Science of the day: the 4 ingredients of an in house optogenetic device: LED, fiber, 61 and 68 optical adhesives. Side science: although I was taught this technique by Eran Stark, I consider Shirly Someck to be the uncontested master builder #Neuroscience #optogenetics
- Very excited to be part of the 2025 class of fellows. Thank you @jcchildsfund.bsky.social for the opportunity and for your support!
- We're thrilled to announce the 2025 class of Jane Coffin Childs Fellows! See our latest blog post and "look book" to learn more about our newest Fellows and their exciting research! www.jccfund.org/blog/the-jan... www.jccfund.org/wp-content/u...
