Duncan MacGregor

I came to model neurons, ride bikes, and chew gum. And I'm all out of gum.

Computational Neurophysiologist @EdinburghUni
Modelling brain-hormone-body systems

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

Been working on sonic/visualisation of recorded neuron data. This is the intense burst of an oxytocin neuron triggering milk ejection. @GarethLeng @EoloSon @OxyPressinGuy #soundon #sciart

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

https://t.co/Gb4SSY5NXl

[Zeke Hausfather @hausfath]

Whenever I post about climate, skeptical folks inevitable respond with this graph. So I decided to do something radical: actually read the underling scientific paper and ask the authors.

As it turns out, it actually says the opposite of what skeptics claim.

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@Keithisi @matloff @PetreRaleigh Try grading 20 oral presentations and then tell us that logistics shouldn't be an issue.

[Timothy O'Leary @Timothy0Leary]

Apropos of never ending discussions about whether ANNs are "good" models of the nervous system, here is a slide I present to masters students showing a network that is found in motor control circuits *across phyla* (that's pretty ubiquitous!) I ask them to guess what it does...

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@CASporleder @ZacGoldsmith @DavidLammy From my understanding the problem is that 'carbon counting' is used to find ever more ways to supposedly offset rather than actually reduce.

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@Sillyshib I give respect for not self-censoring and hiding former foolishness.

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@CllrBenParker @johnrobson87 @fountainbridge @SpokesLothian @LivingStreetsEd @edintravel It's high time this light defaulted to the pedestrian/cycle path. It's been done elsewhere.

[Cargo Bike Movement @cargobikemovmnt]

Come work with us to increase our impact, outreach and get more people on cargo bikes!

https://t.co/jzg3T2nhwF

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

Lovely to see modelling and masterful joining of the dots rewarded.

[The Gruber Lab @peptide_drugs]

Amazing!!! Congratulations to David, his team @UWproteindesign and the co-laureates… enjoy the party @EdinMuratspahic

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@edtiss One of the most awful bits I know, that has almost brought me down, is https://t.co/lvtXoWHuy8, the junction on the route towards Haymarket from Princes St crossing Torphican St. Very dangerous potholes, that I posted to @edinhelp repeatedly years ago, with no result.

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@pokedstudiouk @johnjamesmunro And if that isn't sufficient I'm sure just more lane will fix it.

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@johnjamesmunro I mean if you're going to move like that you might have at least used a pair of coconut shells.

[twitch.tv/Limmy @DaftLimmy]

HAHAHAHA

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Klangphonics is a three-piece techno band from Regensburg, Germany, incorporating the sound of a sewing machine

[Bob From Accounts 🚲 @BobFromAccounts]

Whilst we're discussing auto-obesity, never overestimate the sheer stupidity and selfishness of vehicles like this within a city.

2.6 tonnes transporting 1 x 80kg person most of the time, then statistically remaining parked for the other 95% of its life.

Tax them to oblivion

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@blairanderson35 Excellent work, though I'm shocked to see that a bike lane that is clearly not finished yet and has cones and fencing still in place is not full of bikes!

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@overlandertheb1 The builders failed to take the plan sufficiently literally, when told it will draw the crowds.

[Duncan MacGregor @blueapex]

@MissSybilVane It's ok and normal for it to be very very hard. There's no great answer, just practical things to distract, and somewhere nice outside. Friends who've been through it will be helpful. All the wisdom isn't a match for shared experience in grief.