Associate Prof at UW. Neural interfaces, motor learning, engineering learning.
Believe it or not, my last name has two R's and zero E's.
She/her
Amy Orsborn
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Summer in Seattle means regular lunches outside. Which also means I'm re-energizing my project to make friends with the campus crows! Today's bread offering seemed to be appreciated 🍞🐦⬛
Epic congrats to Ryan for heroic data collection and analyses, and a big thanks to our reviewers for helping us make the paper even stronger with useful feedback 🙌
I just realized this bread I made is a perfect alignment of all my hobbies and needs:
✅ Weekend baking project
✅ Running fuel
✅ Appealing treats to offer crows as I try to make friends with them
😂🤯
Folks are excited about using tech like AI to refine & replace how we use animals in science. It's an amazing possibility, but we can't be over-ambitious on the timelines. Learn more about how we use primates to create future cures and future refinements to science:
wanbrc.uw.edu/how-nams-and...
It's been a weird month or so recovering from this accident (can't recommend getting hit by a bike while running). But I think I have found a winning balance of what my body needs/can do right now and what my running -addicted brain wants:
Strategic walk/jog routes that include a carb pitstop 😅🥯🏆
Our results suggest that we have interesting opportunities and potential challenges when we think about targeting neural recordings for applications like BCI! For instance, if coordinating neurons are sprinkled around, how will we make sure our new flexible probes sample them?
Seattle's showing off again in case you need a timeline cleanse 😍 #sorryNotSorry
We used Neuropixels to map the spatial & temporal structure of motor cortices in new ways. This helped fill gaps in the picture of how neurons coordinate across the cortex to control movement. The gist: neurons temporally coordinate, but not all neurons & it isn't clearly tied to where they are!
Our lab does the big paper celebration for preprints (w/ a dessert party!). I joke it's because that's what we most control. This proved very true for one paper whose peer review journey was mighty enough to merit a second celebration. We went peak Seattle: Molly Moon ice cream & a chat in the sun ♥️
