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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

8 months

Thrilled to share that I'll be joining @harvardmed ’s Dept. of Neurobiology & the @KempnerInst as a founding faculty member in September 2023:

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Kanaka Rajan

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Happy to share that I have been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure @IcahnMountSinai . I'm grateful to my team, colleagues, mentors, funders & entire Sinai community for support. It's been the most rewarding 4 yrs– looking forward to the Rajan lab's continued discoveries!

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Kanaka Rajan

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3 years

Thank you @NSF for this recognition and support of our ideas. I look forward to sharing the discoveries this CAREER award will allow my team and me to make!

Friedman Brain Institute

@SinaiBrain

3 years

🎉Congrats to Dr. @KanakaRajanPhD on receiving the @NSF CAREER Award — a prestigious recognition given to early-career faculty in STEM. Dr. Rajan will receive generous funding to support her work on Untangling Inter-area Communication in the #Brain using Neural Network Models.

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Kanaka Rajan

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1 year

Considering computational neuroscience but unsure what it entails? We made a FAQ page to explain how we bridge computer science and biology to understand the brain + share resources to help newcomers jump in— all in one place! Check it out 🧠💻

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Kanaka Rajan

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3 years

Last month, I had the honor of hosting the #COSYNE21 Tutorial on RNNs for Neuroscience! 🐙✨ I’m pleased to be able to make the materials (lectures, problem set, code) accessible to a larger community of learners on our website:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

My hot take on #InternationalDayOfWomenInScience : We don’t need a hashtag or a day to celebrate our resilience — we need policy changes that will allow us to thrive ❤️‍🔥

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

I'm giving my lab members a leave of absence next week so that they may use the time to vote & process the consequences of the election, as needed. Fellow academia decision-makers, I encourage you to cancel meetings, hit pause on emails, & consider how to best support your team.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

The Rajan lab website now hosts a Comics page to share our #SciComm efforts! With the help of talented artists & @stellatecomms , we create comics to make computational neuro more accessible. Here are a few we've created so far + some faves from collaborators & colleagues 🧵

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Thrilled to be selected as one of the 2021 @AllenInstitute Next Generation Leaders! Excited to collaborate and learn about innovative science at the institute alongside @arifahamid , @emiliafavuzzi , @lucasmpinto , @jestsai & @ZYanWang 🧠✨

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Thrilled to share my new article with @mattperich ! 🎉 We review recent work studying brain-wide interactions using multi-region "network of networks" models: A thread 👇 (1/5)

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Honored to have been awarded this year’s Dr. Harold & Golden Lamport Basic Research Award. ❤️ Thank you to the Lamport family, @IcahnMountSinai , & @SinaiBrain for your recognition of our ideas & generous support!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

New paper! We shared our perspective on recent work from @ostojic_srdjan & his awesome team in @NatureNeuro . By reverse-engineering neural networks from dynamical principles, they reveal how neural population structure enables flexibility 🔁🧠

Linking task structure and neural network dynamics

Nature Neuroscience - The solutions found by neural networks to solve a task are often inscrutable. We have little insight into why a particular structure emerges in a network. By reverse...

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Excited to share our new @biorxivpreprint which introduces 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩-𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 (𝘾𝙐𝙍𝘽𝘿)— an approach for inferring brain-wide interactions using data-constrained recurrent neural network (RNN) models. A thread 👇🏽 (1/8)

Inferring brain-wide interactions using data-constrained recurrent neural network models

Behavior arises from the coordinated activity of numerous anatomically and functionally distinct brain regions. Modern experimental tools allow unprecedented access to large neural populations...

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Really excited to host the #COSYNE21 tutorial on recurrent neural networks (RNNs) next week! I want everyone to have access to my lectures so they will be streamed & archived on YouTube – no registration needed for the non-interactive sessions! Link here:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Thank you @McKnightFdn for supporting our science. It's an honor to be included among such a stellar group of investigators!

McKnight Foundation

@McKnightFdn

2 years

Congratulations to the 2022 McKnight Scholar awardees representing the country's best young #neuroscientists ! -Christine Constantinople, Ph.D. -Bradley Dickerson, Ph.D. -Markita Landry, Ph.D. -Lauren Orefice, Ph.D. -Kanaka Rajan, Ph.D. -Weiwei Wang, Ph.D.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

🚨 New paper from the Rajan lab accepted at #ICLR2022 ! We used curriculum learning in recurrent neural networks (RNNs) to help us figure out how real brains learn! Read here: 🧵 (1/9) Let’s say you want to learn how to juggle…

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

Thank you for this @weijima01 . I stopped playing chess when I was a child because a coach told me I'd never win against the boys, why bother. Years later, a "mentor" told me I "did not project the same greatness in Theory (comp neuro) as (the men)". Didn't stop playing this time!

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@weijima01

4 years

Many chess players believe that women play worse chess than men. Here is how to respond. 1/

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

1 year

Congratulations to my first graduate student, Dr. Camille Spencer-Salmon @guachitaspencer , on her masterful defense yesterday ✨ I'm so proud of you and everything you've accomplished... & excited to see what the future holds!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

1 year

Thrilled to be named a CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar ✨ Thank you @CIFAR_News , I'm looking forward to being a member this exciting community and collectively advancing our understanding of the brain, mind, and consciousness 🧠 #CIFARAzrieliGlobalScholar

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Always excited when I get to share our fledgling ideas! It's rare to be able to present works-in-progress & get unbridled enthusiasm from both the neuroscience & AI communities! Will share more about this project with the newly-formed Kempner Institute at @Harvard soon...!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Collaborating with experimental neuroscientists is one of my favorite parts of being a theorist! 🤝 But how to ensure everyone gets the most out of the collab? I wrote up a few lessons I’ve learned along the way for @hello_bio — what else would you add?

How to Successfully Collaborate with a Computational Neuroscientist

Collaborating with theoretical scientists can help wet lab groups get more out of their data, and fostering the relationship is key to its success. Kanaka Rajan, of the Icahn School of Medicine at...

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@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

At the start of #OptoGRC2022 , @denisejcai had us say aloud "I belong here!" I was shy & mumbled it... Later my talk followed powerhouses @KafuiDzirasa , @kaymtye & @KarlDeisseroth ... & I realized she's right. I DO belong here. Thank you @OptoGRC community 🙏🏽

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

🤩I'm participating in the #FENS2022 Brain Debate!🧠 Curious how AI can help us learn about the biological brain? @ClopathLab , @StanDehaene , @MITCoCoSci , @janexwang & I will discuss just that! Excited for this melding of minds, including moderator @summerfieldlab .

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Looking forward to discussing how we can bridge different conceptual frameworks for brain function in this Dual Perspectives panel with @lisa_giocomo & Adam Kepecs at #SfN2022 . Thanks, @ostojic_srdjan for organizing and moderating. See you in San Diego! ☀️

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

6 months

Another #SfN23 in the books! A joy spending time with a few of my favorite neuroscientists 🧠 Thank you @SfNtweets for inviting me to speak this year. Sharing the big stage with my friend & collaborator @IshmailSaboor is an honor 🙏🏽 #SfN2023

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

6 months

Tomorrow at 1pm in WCC 103 at #SfN23 🧠🦑 I’ll share my story from engineering & physics to neuroscience, how computational models reveal novel mechanisms & make experimental predictions, and how neurocomics could help make my field more inclusive. #SfN2023

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Come work with me! 🧠🤗 ISMMS & @SinaiBrain are looking to hire 1-2 TT computational neuroscientists (open rank)! Deadline to apply is Feb. 15, 2022, or until the position is filled. Pls RT to spread the news! ▶️ Learn more here:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Cool overview of Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) from @anilananth for the @SimonsInstitute . Training SNNs has been harder & slower than using artificial neural networks— but along the way we've learned to add RNNs & heterogeneity for improved speed & accuracy! 🧠📘🏃🏾‍♀️

Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing

@SimonsInstitute

2 years

"Computational neuroscientists think that spiking neural networks will bring them closer to understanding the brain than is possible with current deep neural networks." Read our newsletter feature Spiking Neural Networks, from @anilananth .

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Looking forward to speaking at @Columbia_NTC ’s Neural Ensembles 2021 online symposium organized by @yusterafa & @yaksi_emre ! What an honor to be slated to speak amongst such an all-star line-up of scientists.🧠🌟 Register for free & join us on May 5:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

Thrilled to be teaching Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) at the #cosyne21 Tutorial on Feb 23, 2021! Following in the footsteps of Ann Hermundstad, @weijima01 & @jpillowtime . Thank you @memming , Ann-Marie Oswald & @ostojic_srdjan . Also hear ye, *abstract submissions* open today!

Adam J Calhoun

@neuroecology

4 years

Some official #cosyne21 news: - The meeting has been shifted to Feb 24-26 to avoid the weekend. - there will be a tutorial on RNNs on Tuesday Feb 23 by @rajankdr - there will be NO workshops this year

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Kanaka Rajan

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2 years

Can we trade #February11 for… ➡️ representation in leadership ➡️ better caregiver support ➡️ equitable grant & citation practices ➡️ living wages for trainees I’ll take those over a celebratory day, thank you. #WomenInSTEM

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

5 years

Honored to be awarded a Sloan Fellowship #SloanFellow . Stoked for many friends named too! Congratulations @chethan , @Neurrriot , @MattAntimatt , @evadyer , @neurotheory , @amitaishenhav , & others! Thank you, @SloanFoundation ! And @SinaiBrain @IcahnMountSinai

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

6 months

Tomorrow at 3pm in Hall D at #SfN23 ✨ SfNova with @IshmailSaboor ! I’ll talk about how advances in #AI and large scale brain data will enable computational neuroscience to answer big questions about cognition– and what the Rajan lab has discovered already! #SfN2023

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Don’t forget to register for our #COSYNE21 tutorial! We will address the building blocks of recurrent neural networks & what they teach us about the brain. I’ll be joined by a stellar group of TAs 👇🏽 who will lead hands-on workshops. Only a few spots left!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Excited to share a new @biorxivpreprint from the lab introducing our new 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙧-𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧 (𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙆𝙍) — for fast & accurate classification of time series patterns, e.g., neural data. A thread 🧠🧵 (1/8)

TRAKR - A reservoir-based tool for fast and accurate classification of neural time-series patterns

Neuroscience has seen a dramatic increase in the types of recording modalities and complexity of neural time-series data collected from them. The brain is a highly recurrent system producing rich,...

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

6 years

@MindlinFndtn Neuroscience meets Graphic Novel: scientists and artists coming together to make research more accessible for the public at large. Illustrators and scientists are on board – need funding for pilot strips! #1Tweet1P

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@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

My amazing postdoc @mattperich (soon to be PI at @UMontreal & associate member of @Mila_Quebec ) is presenting a poster at #COSYNE2022 ! Stop by poster I-070 to hear how we use network models to infer brain-wide functional motifs 🧠

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

1 year

Hi Montreal 👋🏽 I'm presenting work from the Rajan lab at #COSYNE2023 workshops this week: curriculum learning (work w. @RyanPaulBadman1 ) & neuroscience at multiple time scales (work w. @mBeiran @mattperich @KarlDeisseroth et al.) Thnx to the organizers & stellar speakers... (1/3)

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 months

Hi there, Lisbon 👋🏽 Next week, I’m presenting work from the lab in 2 #COSYNE2024 workshops with @EngelTatiana , @aldo_battista , @soowmwayne , @chethan @chris_versteeg & others to discuss exciting new findings. Want to get involved?👇🏽(1/2)

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Excited to deliver a Keynote in the "Multipurpose Neural Network Modeling" workshop at @AllenInstitute @EITN_Paris this Friday, 10/1! 🧠✨ Looking forward to sharing new findings from my lab! @AntonSArkhipov & @GauteEinevoll , thank you for organizing:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

8 months

Come be my colleague! 🙌🏽🧠 Harvard's Center for Brain Science & @KempnerInst are looking to add a tenure-track faculty member working across #ComputationalNeuroscience & #MachineLearning ⬇️

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1 year

Advice to my younger self: Find the grace to rest. It’s not a sprint, it's a marathon 🏃🏾‍♀️ Thank you for the highlight @Neuro_Central / @anniecoulsonsci & for helping share how I “keep running” in a male-dominated field this #InternationalWomensDay !

Neuro Central

@Neuro_Central

1 year

Next up we have @KanakaRajanPhD , a computational biologist at @SinaiBrain . Kanaka discusses her work bridging neurobiology and #AI , and how she uses comic strips to communicate complex concepts in her research

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@KanakaRajanPhD

5 years

New from the lab @rajankdr @SinaiBrain & star collaborators @GuangyuRobert @TheColeLab "How to study the neural mechanisms of multiple tasks". Thanks to Matt Botvinick & @gershbrain for putting the @ELSneuroscience issue together.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

Now more than ever is it important to highlight the people behind the science👩🏻‍💻🧪👨🏿‍🔬 Thank you @PBtScience for having me on the show and raising the voices of fellow scientists around the world!

566: Dr. Kanaka Rajan: Creating Computational Models to Determine How the Brain Accomplishes...

Listen to the Episode Below (00:41:11) 0.75x 1x 1.25x 1.5x 2x 0:0000:41:11 566: Dr. Kanaka Rajan: Creating Computational Models to Determine How the Brain Accomplishes Complex Tasks Apple PodcastsG...

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@KanakaRajanPhD

5 years

This, from @MarderLab , is a must-read for everyone in science, particularly the new PIs among you. 🐘

Living Science: Love writing

Clear writing is the key to success in science.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Delighted to be at #OptoGRC2022 with so many incredible scientists, including these two powerhouses - current chair @denisejcai & founding co-chair @kaymtye !

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

The Rajan Lab @SinaiBrain has a new addition to its website: A NEWS PAGE! 💫📰 If you’re interested in our recent papers, conference talks, highlights, and general lab fun, you can now find it here:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Thank you so much for sharing my #SciLife story!

Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute

@ZuckermanBrain

2 years

Building mathematical models of the brain isn’t that complicated, says Kanaka Rajan, PhD, from @cu_neurotheory . Learn more about this @MountSinaiNYC visiting professor who is using comics to attract more people to the field: #SciLife

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@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

I’m excited to join the Connecting Brains lecture series hosted by @MpiBrain today! I’ll discuss how we can use recurrent neural networks to reveal how brain circuits function & what happens when they go haywire. 🆘🧠 Click here for info & zoom link:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

7 months

Looking forward to #SfN23 next month! I’ll be presenting in two sessions: ✨ SfNova (Sat. 11/11 alongside @IshmailSaboor @ 3pm) 🧠 Meet-the-Expert (Sun. 11/12 @ 1pm) Learn more: @SfNTweets

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@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Honored to speak tomorrow at @NYU_CNS 's Swartz Seminar Series on computational & theoretical neuroscience Looking forward to sharing the lab’s work on tracing interactions within & across brain regions & our CURrent-Based Decomposition (CURBD) framework:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

✨NEW WEBPAGE✨ Computational neuroscience research was just added to @SinaiBrain 's website! Check it out to learn more about the work in my lab & of my colleagues @xiaosigu & Helen Mayberg!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Looking forward to speaking at @StanfordBrain next week! Will be fun to discuss our collaboration with @KarlDeisseroth & @tbenst on their home court 🏀🧠 Click here to learn more & attend:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

Excited to present new results in the #BRAINInitiative Investigators Meeting virtually today at 11:30 am ET. 🧠💫 You can register for the event here: or follow the #StudyBRAIN hashtag!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Had fun chatting with @anilananth for @QuantaMagazine about how & why the brain makes predications— & the utility of RNNs in modeling cognition 🔮 Thanks for including me in the convo with @bill_lotter @neurobongo @TimKietzmann @tyrell_turing @flodlan !

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Such a pleasure to share my work at the @CosyneMeeting workshops in March! I debuted a new & exciting line of work in my lab: Curriculum learning. 🐭🤹🏽 Now up on YouTube: #COSYNE22

Kanaka Rajan - Curriculum learning to probe learning principles in...

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@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

The Rajan lab is excited to welcome Dr. @SimmonsEdler ! By way of @SebastianSeung at @PrincetonNeuro , Riley works on neuro-inspired reinforcement learning. We'll be creating modular RL algos that decompose tasks into subtasks, which can be reused in robust ways in new contexts!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Looking forward to speaking in two cool @CosyneMeeting workshops next week! Finalizing my talks - one on data-based RNNs (21 Mar) and one on curriculum learning (22 Mar). #cosyne2022

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

8 months

Thank you for highlighting the Rajan lab's #neuroAI research! If you're at @BernsteinNeuro right now, come to my talk tomorrow, Thurs. 9/28, on "Merging neural & behavioral modularity." We are looking for postdocs to join us at @harvardmed / @KempnerInst ✨ #BernsteinConference

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@SWC_Neuro

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Dr Kanaka Rajan ( @KanakaRajanPhD @harvardmed @KempnerInst ) is bridging neurobiology with AI to understand how real brains learn. In a recent SWC Seminar, she discussed her work using recurrent neural networks to answer this question. Full Q&A:

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Neuroscience is particularly amenable to comics! We can depict brain anatomy/connections & help simplify complex concepts. Max Dabagia, @KordingLab & @evadyer used this one in a recent review to explain ⬆️ vs. ⬇️ dimensional neural recordings.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

#ICYMI : I presented our theory-based framework for “in-vivo tract tracing” from experimentally collected multi-regional neural activity – Current-based Decomposition or CURBD – with @mattperich ⏯️ Watch it online! Thanks @worldwideneuro for hosting!

World Wide Theoretical Neuroscience Seminar: Kanaka Rajan, November...

Title: Inferring brain-wide current flow using data-constrained neural network modelsAbstract: Rajanlab designs neural network models constrained by experime...

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Honored to present at @MountSinaiPsych Grand Rounds earlier today🙏🏽 I shared work by my group & @KarlDeisseroth ’s team on the neural circuits underlying features of depression – I love making theory-based research relevant for patient-facing folks!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

. @PHDcomics helped me create this one in 2018 when I started the Rajan lab at @SinaiBrain @IcahnMountSinai ! With support from the @NSF & the Mindlin Foundation, we’ve continued to work on comics as a way to demystify comp neuro & promote inclusion amongst diverse communities.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

I have a new desk buddy: a bronze octopus! 🐙 To commemorate the #COSYNE21 tutorial on RNNs for neuroscience, we created these Heidi (David Scheel’s dreaming octopus) replicas to say thank you to the TAs & support team🙏🏾

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

#ICYMI , you can find the recording of my Swartz Seminar Series talk at the link below! 👇🏽 Thanks for hosting me @NYU_CNS !

Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Honored to speak tomorrow at @NYU_CNS 's Swartz Seminar Series on computational & theoretical neuroscience Looking forward to sharing the lab’s work on tracing interactions within & across brain regions & our CURrent-Based Decomposition (CURBD) framework:

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2 years

It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week #NPAW2022 This year, let's put 💸 where are mouths are by advocating for pay raises & giving EOY bonuses. These scientists make important discoveries, do important work & provide mentorship!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

Dear academic friends, silence is complicity, silence is violence. This is not about your politics, this is about humanity & ethics. No labmeetings @SinaiBrain pretending there's nothing to see here. @bjmarlin thank you for speaking up & offering to hold the hands of all. 🙌🏽🧠🙏🏽

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2 years

Can’t wait for the @AllenInstitute Showcase coming up Dec. 7-8. Looking forward to sharing my lab’s research, hearing from my fellow 2021 NGLs & learning about all the exciting things happening at the Institute! 🧠 Register by Monday, Dec. 6:

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5 years

🎊Delighted & honored to be awarded alongside such an elite team of scientists @SinaiBrain @IcahnMountSinai . Congratulations to everyone @MountSinaiPsych @panos_roussos @kristenbrennand @GradSchoolSinai @IcahnInstitute @TMIInyc + the team I'm part of, @erinLrich & @RudebeckLab !

Friedman Brain Institute

@SinaiBrain

5 years

We are pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the #FriedmanBrainInstitute Research Scholars Awards. Join us in congratulating this year's awardees! @MountSinaiPsych @erinLrich @rajankdr @panos_roussos @kristenbrennand @RudebeckLab @GradSchoolSinai @IcahnInstitute @TMIInyc

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

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The 2024 @Labroots Neuroscience Virtual Event Series opens today & not only is registration free, but all of the speaker videos are available for TWO YEARS after the live event 🧠 Proud to be part of this effort to make science more accessible #LRneuro

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

5 years

Delighted and proud to bring this 🐠 to your attention, y'all! Watch this space for more 🔥 from Rajanlab's collaboration with the Greats, @AaronAndalman + @KarlDeisseroth + the team @lovett_barron @TaliaLerner @gananda01 ! Thank you @SinaiBrain @IcahnMountSinai for your support!

Karl Deisseroth

@KarlDeisseroth

5 years

Creative work from a great team, meeting an enormous challenge... Vertebrate brain states and transitions specifically observed, controlled, and modeled, via real-time cellular-resolution activity access across the entire brain during adaptive behavior! @AaronAndalman @rajankdr

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

1 year

So thrilled to be part of this collaboration using @Datta_Lab 's kp-MoSeq to study naked mole rats! These fascinating creatures will teach us a lot about the neuroscience of social behavior. Can't wait to share our discoveries💡

Ishmail Abdus-Saboor

@IshmailSaboor

1 year

Myself, @RyanWSchwark @Will__Foster @KanakaRajanPhD are excited for this ongoing collaboration with @Datta_Lab using keypoint-MoSeq to understand the structure of social behavior in naked mole rats. Works so well for us!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

5 years

Delighted and honored that our project, Neuroscience meets Graphic Novel got picked up for a #1Tweet1P award @MindlinFndtn ! Thank you @SinaiBrain , and my collaborators and brilliant minds, @matteofarinella and @paulacroxson . Can't wait to see where we take this next!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

I’m excited to present at the virtual Caltech Human Single Neuron Conference this Friday, November 13. 🧠📊 Registration is required, but *FREE*! Learn more here: #HSN2020

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

This will be an excellent @eLife symposium. I’m looking forward to talking about bridging machine learning, biology & physics to reveal how the brain learns, remembers & decides! 🧠✨ See you there Gautam Reddy, @NimwegenLab and @HMorlon !

eLife - the journal

@eLife

3 years

Our upcoming virtual mini symposium will showcase different computational biology approaches, from mathematical models to machine learning – join us to find out more! Register for free ⬇️

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

I'm excited to share the recording of my @SciVizNYC talk from last month! I talked about how we’re experiencing a second revolution in neuroscience, & how we need to recruit more computational folks who can propel the field forward! 💻⏩ @SinaiBrain

SciVizNYC 2020: Kanak Rajan

Dr. Kanaka Rajan is a Computational Neuroscientist and an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai. Her research focuses on integrative theories to...

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

👉🏽“People live in the countries you are describing.” When one uses demeaning language, one harms readers (our colleagues & minds we are meant to teach / foster) & perpetuates prejudice.

I’m a scientist from Kenya—not the ‘third world’ or a ‘developing country’

Scientists should avoid using these terms, this public health expert argues

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Honored to be included in this session alongside my role models! Can't wait to share exciting discoveries from new papers @KarlDeisseroth & I (+ our teams) have been writing! 🐠🧠🖥️✏️

Optogenetics Gordon Research Conference

@OptoGRC

2 years

Looking forward to a stellar #OptoGRC2022 session on brain-wide dynamics led by @sejdevries & featuring @KarlDeisseroth , @KanakaRajanPhD , #YangDan & @doctorpoe . What a line-up! 🤩

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

6 years

😲 The making of a whole mouse, y'all! @HHMIJanelia on 🔥. Right after the spines tour de force paper and Voltron and the connectome before that one and #Suite2p before that one, Gasp! @nspruston @computingnature @marius10p @svoboda314 @dddavi @MishaAhrens and teams, WELL DONE!

HHMI | Janelia

@HHMIJanelia

6 years

A new adaptive, multi-view light-sheet microscope developed at Janelia offers "literally a cellular-resolution building plan of the entire mouse." – Janelia Group Leader Philipp Keller

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

'Honored to be recognized with @drdangayach & @ekoermann alongside colleagues @SinaiBrain @IcahnMountSinai @MountSinaiNeuro . Thank you for your support #FBIscholars #CelebratingCollaboration Watch this space👇🏽"Prediction of catastrophic clinical events from critical care data."

Friedman Brain Institute

@SinaiBrain

4 years

We are pleased to announce the 2020 recipients of the #FriedmanBrainInstitute Research Scholars Awards! CONGRATULATIONS #FBIscholars & THANK YOU to this year’s donors for their spectacular support of this exciting science. #CelebratingCollaboration @IcahnMountSinai @MountSinaiNYC

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

#ICYMI - We’re hiring! Excited to grow @SinaiBrain ’s computational neuroscience presence by adding 1-2 new tenure track colleagues! The deadline is approaching…. Feb. 15! More details here:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Citation bias is real and in all of us. Saying that foundational work got left out *only* because of journal-imposed limits is a cop-out. I know I will try & do better! 📢📢📢Who's with me?📢📢📢 My team & I will be returning to this thread as we put together our 2021 papers.

Bita Moghaddam بيتا مقدم

@bita137

5 years

I am starting #FridayNeuroClassic series of neuroscience papers highlighting work by women scientists who influenced me. The only rule I am applying is that the paper was published before 2000. Feel free to contribute #WomenInNeuroscience #WomenInSTEM

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

@jilltxt Literally everything @MarderLab writes [aside from her papers, see this series 👇🏽]; @DaniSBassett [can't wait to dive into 👇🏽 ]; Paul Cisek @UMontreal [👇🏽 for why ]; and @paulacroxson []

Disability innovation strengthens STEM

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Adam J Calhoun

@neuroecology

4 years

An evolutionary view of the nervous system [by Paul Cisek, via @andpru ]

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

8 months

Expanding our research programs & our group! New website & hiring details coming soon… For now, @RyanPaulBadman1 , @SimmonsEdler & I are looking forward to a new chapter in #neuroAI , unlocking the mysteries of the brain using #artificialintelligence & #neurotheory 🚀

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

1 year

Sleep is essential for memory… but for AI models too? 👾🧠 Had the pleasure of chatting with @khulick at @SN_Explores about how mimicking sleep-like phases may help AI learn new things without forgetting old ones. Read more by clicking below ⬇️

Sleep helps AI models learn new things without forgetting old ones

Breaks in training meant to mimic human sleep helped artificial intelligence learn multiple tasks.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

A little advertising while we represent at #cosyne2020 ! Today at 5.15pm, a 🔥talk by @mattperich , please come! RNN models of adaptive & maladaptive state transitions. Exciting collab between @rajankdr @SinaiBrain & @KarlDeisseroth and both our teams👇🏽

Neuronal Dynamics Regulating Brain and Behavioral State Transitions - PubMed

Prolonged behavioral challenges can cause animals to switch from active to passive coping strategies to manage effort-expenditure during stress; such normally adaptive behavioral state transitions...

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 years

Looking forward to presenting at the GCC Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Conference ( @GCCTCN ) next Friday! If you haven’t registered, it’s online & FREE! Come talk comp neuro with us on February 4 💻🧠✨ Register & find out more here:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

This, right here, is such an awesome take about being a scientist. Wow @SaraASolla I am blown away by the spirit and wisdom in these words.

Sara A Solla

@SaraASolla

4 years

@Timothy0Leary It might feel like a zero sum game, but it is not. Look back 50 years and feel joy in the progress of science. It might be frustrating at the individual level over shorter time scales, but when that happens think of yourself as contributing to the greatest human adventure: 1/

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

1 year

Congratulations to Dr. @FurqanAfsal on his masterful PhD defense!! It's been such an honor to mentor & work alongside you with @HelenMaybergMD at the intersection of neuroscience & AI with clinical applications ❤️ Onward, to exciting new adventures!

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Very excited to be a member of the faculty at CNeuro2021 this week! Looking forward to talking about RNNs with students all across the globe! Thanks to the organizers for inviting me to teach in this year’s program. 🙏🏽🧠✨ Click below to learn more!

Home | CNeuro | Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience Summer School | Basel

CNeuro brings together leading scientists in the field to introduce students with a strong quantitative background in mathematics, physics, computer science and engineering to the emerging field of...

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

25 days

Great feature on @KempnerInst in the Harvard Gazette, with an appearance by Rajan lab's @sonjajohnsonyu 🙌🏾 Glad to be a part of this beautiful space & a #NeuroAI community that includes students like her 🦑

Kempner Institute at Harvard University

@KempnerInst

25 days

New from the @Harvard Gazette: #KempnerInstitute is a place for researchers to meet, and for #AI and #naturalintelligence to do the same. Read about our mission and see inside our state-of-the-art space: @blsabatini @ShamKakade6 [1/2]

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Thank you @SCglobalbrain for your support! Looking forward to leveraging theory-driven approaches to identify minimal circuits for susceptibility & resilience with @Neurrriot & @IlanaWitten . ⚠️🐭🆘

Simons Collaboration on the Global Brain

@SCglobalbrain

3 years

Excited to announce SCGB's new projects and to welcome new PIs: @sergeydoestweet , @gmishne , @takaki_komiyama , @lucasmpinto , @Neurrriot , @KanakaRajanPhD , @neuroamyo , @SaraASolla

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Excited to see the Minian paper out! Congrats to everyone who worked on this. Thank you for including me on your team! 🔬✨

Denise J. Cai, Ph.D.

@denisejcai

3 years

Check out #Minian , our new open-source #miniscope analysis pipeline to enhance accessibility, transparency and usability for single-photon calcium-imaging analysis! (developed by #PhilDong , @MiniscopeTeam ) preprint: github repo:

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Had a great time on the @StoriesofWiN podcast! Chatted with @DakotaBlackman about my journey, learning resilience, pursuing intersectional equity in science, & how my lab models brain-wide interactions to reveal how we learn, remember, & decide. 🧠✨

Dr. Kanaka Rajan — Stories of WiN

studies how abstract cognitive variables underlie learning, memory, and decision-making

www.storiesofwin.org

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

Still going... can't stop won't stop! Amplify the voices of 10 women and keep it going: @bingbrunton @SaraASolla @AnnaSchapiro @denisejcai @emilyjanedennis @BrainsExplained @s_y_chung @drdangayach @lndriscoll @leaduncker

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Thank you @VaishAnanth , Shruti ( @polybiotique ) & @biaswatchindia for giving me the opportunity to talk about my work at @NeuroFemIndia21 . It was an honor to be highlighted alongside such a stellar lineup of Indian women in neuroscience!

neurofemindia2021

@neurofemindia21

3 years

Meet our final speaker for Day 1 of the @biaswatchindia #NeuroFemIndia2021 conference! Dr. Kanaka Rajan @rajankdr from @IcahnMountSinai is a recipient of the Friedman Brain Institute @SinaiBrain Research Scholars Award. She will talk about modelling neural processes in cognition.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

2 months

This #IWD2024 , I want to shout out my fellow women in STEM, past & present. If you'd like to hear some of our stories, @StoriesofWiN & @Tech_Networks ' free eBook on inspiring the next generation of women in science are great places to start 🧠🔬🧪

Women in Science: Inspiring the Next Generation

This eBook contains a selection of interviews from women at various stages of their careers, in which they share information on their research, experiences, opinions and ideas to inspire the next...

www.technologynetworks.com

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

You know you really really love your colleagues & mentors if you're too proud of their wisdom+humor skills to even be mad that they were snarky about *all* your papers on how Multi-region Models reveal Mechanistic Manifolds of Mental Machinations in Mice.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

3 years

Excited to be a part of this! #CNeuro2021 🙏🏼✨🧠

Rava Azeredo da Silveira

@Rava_daSilveira

3 years

We are delighted that Cori Bargmann will be delivering a special lecture at the CNeuro2021 online summer school. And all lecture topics are now announced -- see the poster.

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Kanaka Rajan

@KanakaRajanPhD

4 years

Excited to present some new work on Multi-region RNN Models of Adaptive and Maladaptive State Transitions in at 9am EST. Work done with @KarlDeisseroth and both our teams, esp @mattperich @tbenst @AaronAndalman @guachitaspencer @gananda01 Thanks @TPVogels

Tim Vogels

@TPVogels

4 years

Today 14:00 BST @rajankdr will be at the forum, speaking on "Learning in recurrent nets". Stay tuned for password and streaming links right before, or join the list (blank email to worldwideneuro+subscribe @googlegroups .com).

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