Rob Cooper

Chief Scientific Officer @CoMind_, Assoc. Professor of Biomedical Optics @UCL, Group lead @UCL_DOTHUB. Using light to unlock the human brain. Opinions my own.

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

1/11

So the first 3 volumes of Smith's evidence against Trump are released. About 70% still sealed, but, pretty damning stuff, which is all either their own messages, or testimony from Republican staff under oath:

[Rob Cooper @robjcoops]

This is genuinely exciting. I think this has the potential to fill a very large gap in the research funding landscape in the U.K.

[Convergent Research @Convergent_FROs]

Excited to announce our new partnership with @ARIA_research! As an Activation Partner, we will be launching Focused Research Organizations (FROs) in the UK (“FROST UK”) in ARIA’s opportunity spaces. Stay tuned for our open call for proposals in Spring 2025 https://t.co/6yPiU4It4D

[Danica Pacis @_DanicaPacis]

Finally had the opportunity to talk about the potential of Wavelength Modulated NIRS at @fNIRS2024 here in @unibirmingham

@UCL_DOTHUB @UCLmedphys #fNIRS2024

[Imaging Neuroscience @ImagingNeurosci]

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Liam H. Collins-Jones, Robert J. Cooper, et al:

Whole-head high-density diffuse optical tomography to map infant audio-visual responses to social and non-social stimuli

https://t.co/Ic7gvjtKp3

[Gowerlabs @gowerlabs]

Great to see this paper being published! Infant whole head DOT with LUMO: https://t.co/YN16EUMQzx
#fNIRS #Neuroimaging @LiamHywelCJ

[ITV News @itvnews]

Wearable baby brain scanner finds early emotional intelligence, Science Correspondent @MartinStewITV reports
https://t.co/q1JK3QifRE

[Rob Cooper @robjcoops]

@stellacreasy @IanDunt The cricket episode makes me cry every time.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

This cannot be repeated too often. Such a vile, hateful racist. #FarageRiots

[Society for functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy @SfNIRS]

Remember to vote for the SfNIRS board and president elections #fNIRS #SfNIRSelections https://t.co/gm76S68grw

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Never let them tell you that they're all the same. Never let them suggest politics makes no difference. Never listen to the siren voices who prioritise their political purity over winning. People who would have been sent to Rwanda now won't be, because Labour is in government.

[Rob Cooper @robjcoops]

@sasjkia Sorry you didn’t win for Labour here. But I didn’t see a single Labour event or canvasser in Brockenhurst. No door knocking. No signs. Nothing. I suppose it was not a target for Labour funding, but I think there were a lot of votes to be won. Such a shame.

[New Forest East Labour @LabourNFE]

You HAVE to vote tactically for Labour if you want the Tories gone in tomorrows #GeneralElection24

[Rob Cooper @robjcoops]

@KarlaHolmboe It’s obviously a weaker effect the further south you are. You could see a green and pink glow that was faint but still amazing in Devon last night, but the photos make it look like much much brighter than the naked eye.

[Rob Cooper @robjcoops]

@LiamHywelCJ @BritishSciFest Yeyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!! This is fantastic. Congratulations.

[Ian Dunt @IanDunt]

Everything about this is fucking disgusting.

[Rob Cooper @robjcoops]

@PenumbraeLeo @theAliceRoberts Social groups, sure. Formal clubs, when that club isn’t a religious org? No, we should not tolerate that. And I don’t think the law does. If I moved to a village with one cricket club that wouldn’t have me because I am not a Christian that would rightly be called discrimination.

[Rob Cooper @robjcoops]

@richardfidler Sorry but that’s not literally what you said. You said ‘lots of clubs do this’. ‘This’ being only allowing certain religions. Your point now seems to be that social groups attract people with similar demographics. I agree!

[Rob Cooper @robjcoops]

@richardfidler You think there are whole sports leagues that discriminate by sexuality/religion??? That’s sad. A quick google suggests even private clubs cannot do this by law. I bet you can’t name one that does. And if you can, someone should find a lawyer as there is money to be made!

[Rob Cooper @robjcoops]

@theAliceRoberts @AndySim62 I wrote to our local primary school prior to application and asked if being a humanist and assembling regularly would meet their criteria of organised worship. Their reply was *very* cautiously worded. Evidently they couldn’t even define exactly what that term meant.