Tomás Ryan
Neuroscientist| Professor at Trinity College Dublin | CIFAR Fellow| P.I. of Ryan Lab at Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience.
@tjryan.bsky.social
- Reposted by Tomás Ryan1/7 Can infants recognise the world around them? 👶🧠 As part of the FOUNDCOG project, we scanned 134 awake infants using fMRI. Published today in Nature Neuroscience, our research reveals 2-month-old infants already possess complex visual representations in VVC that align with DNNs.
- Reposted by Tomás RyanI wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
- Reposted by Tomás RyanFintan O'Toole: If Trump goes after Ireland, he will also destroy a lot of US wealth
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- Reposted by Tomás RyanMy perspective in @thetransmitter.bsky.social on why emotion research feels stuck and how we might move forward—by focusing on how the brain uses internal brain models to shape emotional processing across species. www.thetransmitter.org/emotion/why-...
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- Reposted by Tomás RyanIf you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
- To quote one source: “They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.” prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
- Reposted by Tomás RyanJust spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.
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- One of the great speeches of history.
Here is the full speech from Carney: www.youtube.com/live/uStuQ-T...
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- Reposted by Tomás RyanThe president -Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries -Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory -Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership -Is talking about canceling elections
- Reposted by Tomás Ryantalking about AI as a bubble doesn't make sense. AI/tech has become integrated into critical social/financial infrastructure means fall of AI = fall of these institutions. just like govnt's bailed banks during the financial crisis, they will do same with AI so long as AI remains social infrastrctr
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- Reposted by Tomás RyanReporter: Renee Good was shot in the head and killed by an ICE Agent. Leavitt: Why was she killed? Reporter: Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably Leavitt: You’re a left-wing hack. You’re not a reporter.
- Reposted by Tomás RyanStep into a Europe-wide community of neuroscience leaders. Junior & mid-career group leaders: apply by 30 Jan to become a FENS-Kavli Network Scholar and connect, collaborate, and contribute to shaping neuroscience in Europe. rb.gy/havqur
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- Reposted by Tomás Ryan#ListerFellow @tjryan.bsky.social on his fascinating research into memory engrams and the importance of forgetting 👇 🧠 Recommended easy listening for a long, winter walk (but hurry before that snow hits ❄️⛄️) Youtube: youtu.be/F7E9U55kxyE Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2mPB...
- Starting 2026 with a thread a very recent manuscripts at Ryan Lab @tcddublin.bsky.social @tbsi-tcd.bsky.social "Extinction and subsequent updating of innate fear responses to a visual looming stimulus rely on hippocampus-dependent mechanisms" journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @PLOSBiology
- Erratum: "Starting 2026 with a thread on a very recent manuscript from the Ryan Lab" (Bluesky does not allowing posts to be edited).
- Recent discussion on Brain Ponderings with the singular Mark Mattson. We discussed current ideas on engrams, and the adaptive functions of forgetting. youtube.com/watch?v=F7E9...
- Reposted by Tomás RyanHappy to announce the 2nd Hippocampus Green Meeting 📍 Barcelona, Spain 🗓️ May 11–12, 2026 Organized together with Manu Valero, Lisa Roux and Dan Bendor 🎤 Keynotes: Nachum Ulanovsky & György Buzsáki ‼️ Call for abstracts now open 🔗 hippocampusgreen.net/wp/ #HippocampusGreen
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- Happy Holidays from everyone at the Ryan Lab. Thanks to all of our alumni, collaborators, colleagues, and funders for helping us to continue to deliver science in turbulent times. Looking forward to a busy 2026 🧠🧬🔬🌐☘️ @tcddublin.bsky.social @tbsi-tcd.bsky.social
- The 20 year anniversary reunion of the @tcddublin.bsky.social Genetics class of 2005. We had notions.
- The 20 year anniversary reunion of the @tcddublin.bsky.social Genetics class of 2005. We had notions.
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- Excellent analysis of the COVID response in the UK & Europe. Some questionable appraisal of Sweden, without considering comparisons with NZ, Australia - or indeed Finland, Denmark, & Norway. Many countries minimized COVID deaths AND minimized lockdown, by reducing infections.
- Important analysis of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry from @rory-stewart.bsky.social & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0x7Y...
- Important analysis of the UK COVID-19 Inquiry from @rory-stewart.bsky.social & @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0x7Y...
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- Had the Irish government followed the UK response in the 1st COVID wave, we would have suffered about 2,500 further deaths (on top of the 1,635 people who died before May 31, 2020). Thankfully that didn't happen. Nevertheless, we will await Ireland's COVID-19 Evaluation...
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- Reposted by Tomás RyanCan’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
- Reposted by Tomás RyanCall for junior or mid-career group leaders in neuroscience! Apply by 30 Jan to join the FENS-Kavli Network. We are looking for excellent and engaged future scholars who are committed to exchanging scientific ideas & improve neuroscience in Europe. fenskavlinetwork.org/who-we-are/a...
- Late breaking abstract at #SfN25 by Dr. Erika Stewart: LBP032.14 - Microglial plasticity across development mediates infantile amnesia (1 PM - 5 PM Sunday Nov 16). @sfn.org @tcddublin.bsky.social @thelisterinstitute.bsky.social
- Final version published here in @cellpress.bsky.social: Structure www.cell.com/structure/fu...
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- Reposted by Tomás RyanSickness engrams modulate anticipatory immune responses biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
- Reposted by Tomás RyanCome check out the #MCCS25 debate on November 14! Drs. André Fenton & Yaniv Ziv will be debating a hot topic: are memory stability and representational drift opposing or complementary processes? Moderated by Dr. @sarahrobins.bsky.social 🧠 Register now: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages
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- Reposted by Tomás RyanFintan O’Toole: Simon Harris is deliberately spreading disinformation on immigration
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- Reposted by Tomás RyanThe NIH institute director firing last Friday is very bad. I made a video explainer about why. Stay for last post, w link to @science.org story from @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social 1/4 🧪
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- Reposted by Tomás Ryan🚨Open position at #FENS! 💭Do you want to help strengthen the voice of #neuroscience? Apply for the Advocacy and Engagement Internship at FENS! 🗓️ The deadline for applications is 31 October! 👉 loom.ly/2Qy18y8
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