Maria Geffen
Brain scientist who studies how we hear and form memories of sounds 🧠 🧬🔬🧪; prof at Penn. Loves🧘♀️🚴♀️✈️🥐🧶📷⛷️🏔️. Mom to 👦👧👦🐈🐈. Lab: hosting.med.UPenn.edu/hearing
- Thanks for another fabulous EARS season. As we're preparing for next year's edition, we are soliciting feedback and suggestions. Please fill out this survey with your suggestions by 5/20/25: forms.gle/R64F9V3Wz7uf...
- Tune it at 1 pm ET today!
- EARS seminar tomorrow, Tuesday, May 13 1 pm ET: Maria Chait (the Ear Institute, UCL) @mariachait.bsky.social “Inferring Instantaneous Auditory Attention from Ocular Dynamics” pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96672201477.
- EARS seminar tomorrow, Tuesday, May 13 1 pm ET: Maria Chait (the Ear Institute, UCL) @mariachait.bsky.social “Inferring Instantaneous Auditory Attention from Ocular Dynamics” pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96672201477.
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- Reposted by Maria GeffenCongratulations to Adrienne Fairhall, Prof. of Neurobiology and Biophysics, Adjunct Prof. of Applied Mathematics, and Adjunct Prof. of Physics, who has just been elected to the National Academy of Sciences! 🍾 🎉
- Please support me in the 5K to benefit the Philadelphia Eagles Autism Foundation and help me reach my goal! The Eagles Foundation supports neuroscience research and sets up wonderful initiatives around Philly to help children like my son. fundraisers.eaglesautismfoundation.org/maria-geffen
- Reposted by Maria GeffenCensoring mis/disinformation research is just the beginning. All scientific research in the US is under threat. Now is the time for scientists in all fields to act. Some small steps each of us can take:
- As a mother of a wonderful, talented, and quirky autistic child and as a circuits neuroscientist, I am immensely grateful to the Simons Foundation for the opportunity to launch a research program on identifying the neuronal circuits that underlie auditory processing differences in autism.
- Reposted by Maria GeffenATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n
- Reposted by Maria GeffenWe are excited to announce our new Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE)! This program will unite experts in experimental and computational #neuroscience approaches to investigate how the brain represents sensorimotor interactions. www.simonsfoundation.org/2025/04/24/s... #science
- Reposted by Maria GeffenThe canceled grands are shock and awe, but the real damage will come from the long-term (massive) reductions in funding to the entire US research ecosystem and the defunding of entire fields and initiatives for training, growing, and diversifying the research workforce.
- Celebrating two PhD defenses this week: Congrats, Dr. Ding and Dr. Collina! You both did a terrific job and I feel very grateful for the privilege of serving as your mentor!
- Reposted by Maria GeffenAn autism "registry" culled from private medical records could potentially violate federal privacy laws and runs the risk of abuse. It also harkens back to a time when disabled people were labeled, segregated, and excluded. We won't go back.
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- Reposted by Maria GeffenThis work with Alan Stocker, @lingqiz.bsky.social, and Jiang Mao is now in print. We benefited from very thoughtful reviewers. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
- Reposted by Maria Geffen“A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection and research into longevity. But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months”
- If you, like me, have spent some time squinting at the leaked NIH reorganization plan, squint no more! Here is a summary of the proposed reorganization courtesy of chatGPT. www.science.org/do/10.1126/s...
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- Reposted by Maria GeffenRFK Jr.’s lies about autism are disgraceful — and I won't share them to spread misinformation. He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths. In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
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- My heart is breaking💔
- "Supernerd"❤️ Shameful. She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s... #neuroscience
- Please join us for the trainee session of the EARS seminar series on Tuesday April 8 at 1 pm ET. www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/...
- Join us today at 1 pm ET to learn about auditory research careers outside academia. pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96672201477
- Professional development EARS seminar tomorrow (Tuesday March 11 at 1pm ET). We invited three auditory experts to compare their experiences within and outside academia and discuss their career trajectories. www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/...
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- Professional development EARS seminar tomorrow (Tuesday March 11 at 1pm ET). We invited three auditory experts to compare their experiences within and outside academia and discuss their career trajectories. www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/...
- Philly showed up to #standupforscience www.inquirer.com/health/trump...
- Got a little break this morning from an onslaught of disappointing news to celebrate the Eagles win with great views of the parade from my husband’s office! Philly can be amazing! Go birds! 🦅🦅
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- Tune in tomorrow (Tuesday)!
- The E.A.R.S. seminars continue next Tuesday 1pm ET 🧪: Laura Getz (USD) “Interactions are Essential: Audiovisual Integration and Top-Down Influences on Speech Perception” Josh McDermott (MIT) “Auditory inferences of physical object interactions” www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/...
- Reposted by Maria GeffenNeuropixels and Optogenetics are delighted to announce the birth of Neuropixels Opto Combining high-resolution electrophysiology and optogenetics Today in bioRxiv 960 sites, 28 emitters, 2 colors By Lakunina, @karolinazsocha.bsky.social, Ladd, et al www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... (1/2)
- The E.A.R.S. seminars continue next Tuesday 1pm ET 🧪: Laura Getz (USD) “Interactions are Essential: Audiovisual Integration and Top-Down Influences on Speech Perception” Josh McDermott (MIT) “Auditory inferences of physical object interactions” www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/...
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- Super excited that this paper is now “in print” in Scientific Reports: links.springernature.com/f/a/chqdN90F...
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- Please join us today for the first E.A.R.S. session of 2025!
- E.A.R.S. seminars resume this semester! First session on Tuesday 1.14 at 1 pm ET. Tania Barkat, Basel University: “Surprise response across development”. Lauren Kreeger, University of Pennsylvania : "Dynamic Temporal Processing in the Auditory Brainstem" pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96672201477 .
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- E.A.R.S. seminars resume this semester! First session on Tuesday 1.14 at 1 pm ET. Tania Barkat, Basel University: “Surprise response across development”. Lauren Kreeger, University of Pennsylvania : "Dynamic Temporal Processing in the Auditory Brainstem" pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96672201477 .
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- E.A.R.S. Trainee session today 1 pm ET. Don't miss it!
- Attention auditory neuroscientists! Please join us for the E.A.R.S. trainee session on Tuesday Dec. 17 at 1 pm ET. www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/... The seminar will be hosted on Zoom. pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96672201477 Join our list: groups.google.com/g/ears202.
- Come support our young auditory neuroscientists in the E.A.R.S. trainee session tomorrow Dec 17 at 1pm ET!
- Attention auditory neuroscientists! Please join us for the E.A.R.S. trainee session on Tuesday Dec. 17 at 1 pm ET. www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/... The seminar will be hosted on Zoom. pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96672201477 Join our list: groups.google.com/g/ears202.
- We experience the world through a multitude of senses, and yet most studies of sensory perception focus on one sensory modality at a time. Our paper on how odors affect sound processing in now published in Journal of Neuroscience (1/5). www.jneurosci.org/content/44/4...
- Attention auditory neuroscientists! Please join us for the E.A.R.S. trainee session on Tuesday Dec. 17 at 1 pm ET. www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/... The seminar will be hosted on Zoom. pennmedicine.zoom.us/j/96672201477 Join our list: groups.google.com/g/ears202.
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- Feeling very productive! I hope these will make it to DC tomorrow in one piece 😋
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- Deadline for applying to the EARS trainee seminar is Nov. 25. If you would like to submit an abstract, but need more time, please reach out to me.
- Apply now for the EARS trainee seminar! www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/... EARS is a monthly online seminar. Great opportunity to recycle your SFN/APAN abstract! Trainee session will feature four presentations, each 10 minutes long. Deadline November 25: forms.gle/VLwhGDYkew99...
- Happy Friendsgiving from the Geffen Lab!
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- I see you and I raise you. I loved both grad school AND postdoc.
- Reposted by Maria GeffenDo we need another starter pack? I'm erring on the side of yes. go.bsky.app/GVMZMcBat://did:plc:llojyojekfb3vzxl44txm65v/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbnl634czu23
- There are (have been) so many awesome aspects of the BRAIN initiative, but the most unique and therefore most vulnerable imo are: (1) providing funding to computational neuroscience and (2) training of young scientists across neuroscience subfields and techniques.
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- Reposted by Maria GeffenAcademics wanting to 'verify' their Bluesky profile as genuine might give an ORCID identifier in their profile and link back to their Bluesky profile from ORCID. #AcademicSky
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- Apply now for the EARS trainee seminar! www.med.upenn.edu/pennhearing/... EARS is a monthly online seminar. Great opportunity to recycle your SFN/APAN abstract! Trainee session will feature four presentations, each 10 minutes long. Deadline November 25: forms.gle/VLwhGDYkew99...
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- Reposted by Maria GeffenFrom not being able to find people within auditory research to not being able to follow up on notifications. This is fantastic! So nice to see this community growing! Do not hesitate to contact me if you want want to be added to this list, particularly young/early career peeps. go.bsky.app/2V3D2muat://did:plc:hh5qzgk2aybbpmgi6om744o6/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lartklevts2x
- The comp neuro program for PHD students is going into its second year! Please apply!
