David McCormick

Director, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon; Neural Circuits of Behavior; Cerebral Cortex; Neural Dynamics; Neuromodulation

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

Happiness 101 https://t.co/v3qba1t54E
Our course made it to the Oregon Quarterly. Looking forward to starting a new class this fall!

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

@Edel_PLopez If you are confident in the judgement of fabrication, you should write to the authors' review board, chairman, or dean. They will then review the accusation and hopefully take appropriate action.

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

We have put a significant part of our course "Happiness: a Neuroscience and Psychology Perspective" online at https://t.co/fngIJske43. We have 515 eager university students this fall and the course has a 95-100% approval rating. Want use our materials for your course? Contact us

[Phil Parker @CosmouseVision]

Two papers from my postdoc are out this week. Together, they advance the use of ethological visual tasks and techniques for studying visual coding in freely moving mice. I am looking for folks to join me on this exciting journey forward in my new lab at Rutgers! 1/4

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

Imaging cholinergic and noradrenergic axons across the cortex in awake mice reveals a broad state-dependent signal as well as heterogeneity. Congrats Lindsay Collins! @DrAxonHunter @IONatUO https://t.co/8bgSabb2Jl

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

@realAlexHuk @jcbyts Great paper and effort. My main concern is whether or not the non-running period is equivalent between the mice and marmosets. I can well imagine the marmosets were still highly engaged with the visual stimuli while non-running, while the mice may be very dis-engaged.

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

Looking for postdoctoral fellows to join the McCormick lab, University of Oregon. Working in systems neuroscience on cortical/thalamic activity, attention, performance and state using the latest in optical/ electrical techniques. Please retweet!
https://t.co/xAZakaammU

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

My postdoc, Dennis Nestvogel (@Neural_Nestbird), just published a very nice paper in Neuron today - showing that visual cortical arousal state changes are driven by activity in the thalamus and that the alpha rhythm is a thalamocortical oscillation. https://t.co/Jb5q2sBX3L

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

If you have a fear of neuroanatomy, let my grandkids make it easy for you!

[University of Oregon Research @UO_Research]

Thriving in a dynamic world requires flexibility. A team of researchers in UO’s Institute of Neuroscience that includes @DavidAMcCormick & @cris_niell is seeking to better understand the neural mechanisms behind such shifts in attention and behavior. https://t.co/okUYUSJvxa

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

@KonradJuczewski We are very interested in your results! Can you share your poster with us?

[Huda A @Huda_Akil1]

The future of US science is in the hands of current leaders- university presidents, provosts, deans and chairs, who are confronting huge budget deficits. I hope they will be wise, take the long view and strive to support the scientific enterprise, which is needed more than ever.

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

@CheloniaGirl I use mentimeter and Zoom breakouts and smaller discussion sections and one on one Skype or zoom. I have 86 students and so far it has been a lot of fun. It would be nice to be in person I agree. But they need us now.

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

Just published a review with Biyu Jade He @BiyuHe and Dennis Nestvogel @Neural_Nestbird in Annual Review of Neuroscience on State Dependent Activity and Performance in Mouse and Human. Have a look if you are bored and stuck at home. https://t.co/ORzlwjZ9QU

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

@AdamHSays "But as long as we do not face our anger, it will remain."

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

@rburdine1 I used to live as faculty in residence with 400 students and had every meal with them. I miss their smiling happy faces and great conversations. Zoom is helping to keep that going although many students are stressed. I enjoy helping them feel a bit more cared for and connected.

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

Despite what people think about the younger generation, what they miss most during this time is their friends, social interactions, and real classes. Not partying or traveling. Survey in my class on happiness using mentimeter.

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

My 3 year old grandson zooming for preschool. :-)

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

Direct connection to internet through cable is important. WiFi is not reliable enough.

[David McCormick @DavidAMcCormick]

My online teaching setup. Zoom on a Macbook pro, connected to an extra monitor. Yeti Blue microphone for better sound quality, ipad running Astropad, so that I can draw on the slides or whiteboard with an apple pen. Logitech Spotlight allows for laser pointing or highlighting.