Biafra Ahanonu 🇺🇸@syscarut

We need neuroscience to conquer space 🧠🚀👨‍🚀🇺🇸. Let's get to it! @MIT BSc • @Stanford PhD • @UCSF Postdoc • HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow Software: git.io/ciatah

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bahanonu.com
Joined June 2014
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Looking forward to sharing our work on long-term, large field of view spinal cord imaging in behaving and freely-moving animals! See our preprint for more: doi.org/10.1101/2023.05.22.5…. See you-all tomorrow! February 13, 2024 | 8AM PST | 11AM EST | 4PM GMT bruker.com/en/news-and-event…
Inscopix@Inscopix
24 Jan 2024
📣 Calling all #neuroscientists! Don't miss out on the amazing webinar with @syscarut & A. Crowther @UCSF. They'll show exciting research on pain & spinal cord physiology with @Inscopix nVue & the new LScape! You won't want to miss this! ➡️ Register ➡️ hubs.ly/Q02hzp7D0
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The #HannaGrayFellows is an awesome community full of wonderful people and scientists. Thanks @HHMINEWS and apply by Wed! And reiterating the message: travel & learn! I've learned so much from the many amazing people that I've meet and worked with from all over the world. 🌎🌍🌏
HHMI
@hhmi_science
20 Feb 2024
Meet Biafra Ahanonu (@syscarut), an HHMI #HannaGrayFellow at @UCSF, who embodies the spirit of exploration and discovery.🌟🔬 Biafra shares a powerful message: Science isn't just about experiments & data; it's a gateway to understanding the diverse tapestry of our world. 🌍
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Apply! NAPS was a fantastic experience. To get a taste of what NAPS is like: • bahanonu.com/syscarut/articl… And check out the other 2019 PRF-NAPS correspondents write-ups. Thanks @JeffreyMogil, @drcchambers, @NeilAndrews, and others! • web.archive.org/web/20200805…
North American Pain School@NAPainSchool
12 Dec 2023
#NAPainSchool is an international program open to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and clinician-scientists enrolled on a full time basis in a pain research training program. 📅Apply by January 15, 2024 northamericanpainschool.com/… #PainTraining #Pain #Science #PainResearch
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Thrilled to join the 2024 Keystone Symposia Fellows! Looking forward to meeting and learning from the current (and earlier😁) #KSFellows along with the mentors and SAB members! @KeystoneSymp #UCSF Follow the other fellows!
Keystone Symposia@KeystoneSymp
7 Dec 2023
We pleased to introduce the new #KSFellows Class of 2024, a stellar group of young scientist who are leaders in their fields! Read about each Fellow's research & accomplishments in the Keypoint Newsletter! #InclusiveExcellence #DiversityinScience #DEI hubs.la/Q02bWWkN0
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Enjoyed the talks & discussion during & after the spinal cord #SfN23 minisymposium! Amazing work and exciting insights into spinal cord circuits and functions from @GattoGraziana, @anda_m_chirila, @tayler_sheahan, @mbohic28, and @SSebastianChoi. And thanks to all the attendees!
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Thanks @SSebastianChoi for organizing! Cords🔌 are key to a well functioning system! For those interested in bilateral spinal cord imaging in behaving animals, see our preprint: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… And check out new @Inscopix miniscope systems helping drive future studies.
Seungwon (Sebastian) Choi 최승원@SSebastianChoi
11 Nov 2023
Come to our minisymposium @SfNtweets on Monday afternoon and learn about early sensory processing in the spinal cord dorsal horn. A great line-up of young investigator speakers in the field! @GattoGraziana @anda_m_chirila @tayler_sheahan @mbohic28 @syscarut and myself.
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Imaging analysis tools 🔬🧠 are handling big data ever faster and better. To celebrate, I've updated the (calcium) imaging software/methods reference table! bahanonu.com/syscarut/articl… github.com/bahanonu/imaging_… Chime in with papers to add—I want to highlight everyone's amazing work!
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From calcium to space🛰️ imaging: visualizing changes in nighttime lights over Ukraine during the past year before and after the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Details bahanonu.com/s/sat02. Created using public satellite data. Thanks @NASAEarthData @NASAEarth @NOAASatellites @NASA!
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Thanks @DanAbebayehu, @mete_civelek, & @ndsheybani for organizing + the invitation to speak! Looking forward meeting @UVABME faculty/trainees & learning about all the great work going on there & from the other speakers! Register and join us, will be great to see you-all there.
Virginia BME@UVABME
1 Nov 2022
The Emerging Leaders in Biomedical Engineering Symposium is November 18th | 9-5 PM in UVA's Pinn Hall Conference Center. Join us! @UVAEngineers @MedicineUVA @uva_gbmes @mete_civelek MORE engineering.virginia.edu/eve…
Poster for the Emerging Leaders in BME Symposium hosted by UVA on Nov 18, 2022 in Charlottesville.

ALT Poster for the Emerging Leaders in BME Symposium hosted by UVA on Nov 18, 2022 in Charlottesville.
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Congrats to the new #HannaGrayFellows & welcome to the family!!🥳Excited to meet you-all & learn about your awesome science (& pursuits outside of lab)! Also see fellow @HHMIJanelia undergrad scholars & #GilliamFellows! All transformative programs🤗 Applications open for 2023!
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For new/existing researchers interested in (calcium) imaging🔬, I've put together an updated table of tools, algorithms, and analysis software. bahanonu.com/syscarut/articl… github.com/bahanonu/imaging_… Let me know of any papers to add, want to acknowledge all the exciting work going on!
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For those interested in calcium imaging data analysis 🧠🔬, see below! Many of the steps discussed can be done using my CIAtah (git.io/ciatah) package. List of analysis methods (to be updated soon) can also be found at: bahanonu.com/brain/#c2020043… bahanonu.github.io/ciatah/he…
Inscopix@Inscopix
9 Jun 2021
Our INSPIRE webinar series is all about equipping you with the experimental details for successful #miniscope imaging. Dr. Biafra Ahanonu @syscarut did that & more! Click below to watch his insightful talk on Ca2+ imaging data analysis! ✨ hubs.ly/H0PYNd00 #dataanalysis
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Thanks @Inscopix for the invite! For those looking to learn more about calcium imaging analysis and tools, sign up below and look out for other INSPIRE webinars. My CIAtah (git.io/ciatah) pipeline can be used to perform many of the analysis steps I'll discuss 😎.
Inscopix@Inscopix
5 May 2021
Ooh this one's good! Our next INSPIRE webinar speaker is HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow, Dr. Biafra Ahanonu @syscarut. 🥳 Join us on 5/12 for his expert insights on extracting biologically relevant signals from noisy #miniscope data.🔬 hubs.ly/H0MJjCn0 #InscopixInspire
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EXTRACT is out! A new calcium imaging cell-extraction method from the Schnitzer lab. biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/… CIAtah (git.io/ciatah) supports EXTRACT if you want to run multiple algorithms on your data & compare results. We'll have more imaging methods/GUIs out soon!
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Looking forward! Thanks @NUneurobio for the invitation.
Neurobiology@NUneurobio
26 Feb 2021
Dr. Biafra Ahanonu (UC San Francisco) will visit the department this Tuesday, March 2nd. His talk "Neural ensemble coding of pain in behaving animals" will take place at 4pm CST.
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My awesome and amazing sister's art is the Google Doodle today! google.com/doodles/audre-lor… Check out her 🔥🔥🔥 art! instagram.com/monicaahanonu/. @MonicaAhanonu
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Honored and super excited to join the HHMI #HannaGrayFellows family!!! Forever grateful for my amazing mentors—Mark Schnitzer, Allan Basbaum, @GregScherrer25, @FlyBottleEscape, @jones_g_parker, @tamsioul, @EugeChapadur, @rhuttenhain, & all the rest! bahanonu.com/hhmi
HHMI
@hhmi_science
18 Feb 2021
Today, HHMI is proud to announce the new #HannaGrayFellows, 21 early career researchers who are taking on some of the biggest challenges in the life sciences. bit.ly/3atgdcz
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Thanks for inviting me to speak! Looking forward to the summit and discussing advances in pain research/management.
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For those interested in hearing from several great scientists from around the world, see below. Enjoyed chairing this session! #SfNConnectome21
Society for Neuroscience (SfN)@SfNtweets
11 Jan 2021
STARTING @ 1:15 PM ET: Join neuroscientists from @UNALOficial, @UniIbadan, @iiscbangalore, @usfca for a #SfNConnectome21 panel discussion about the rewards and challenges of research in an emerging economy: bit.ly/2JVmBPv
Black background, with a multi-color brain connectome in teal, green, yellow, red, purple, and orange. Text included: SfN Global Connectome: A Virtual Event, taking place in 2021 on January 11 through the 13.

ALT Black background, with a multi-color brain connectome in teal, green, yellow, red, purple, and orange. Text included: SfN Global Connectome: A Virtual Event, taking place in 2021 on January 11 through the 13.
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Thanks again for the invitation! Looking forward to speaking about pain (in the brain) and tools/technologies (e.g. git.io/ciatah) to study it.
Pain Research Forum@PainResForum
11 Dec 2020
Now THIS is going to be good: IASP PRF Seminar – Innovative Approaches to Deciphering the Neural Circuits and Dynamics of #Pain Processing in the Brain, with UCSF's Biafra Ahanonu and Jarret Weinrich. Learn more and register here: buff.ly/2W26Ng2 @syscarut
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