postdoc, @UofR | PhD, @SHBTHarvard & @mitbrainandcog | auditory cog neuro | science communicator | ailurophile & zythophile | she/her | @dlboebinger.bsky.social
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After a long grad school journey, I successfully defended my PhD yesterday! So thankful for the support of my incredible advisors, @Nancy_Kanwisher & @JoshHMcDermott, and to the @SHBTHarvard program & the @mitbrainandcog dept. #PhDone
ALT Poorly-lit photo of Dana in an olive green blazer, standing at a podium with a laptop. Next to her is a screen with the title slide of her PhD defense presentation, titled "The nature and origins of selectivity for music in the human brain." Subtitles read "Dana Boebinger, PhD dissertation defense, September 28th 2021, Advisors: Nancy Kanwisher & Josh McDermott." At the bottom of the slide are the logos for the SHBT PhD program at Harvard, and the MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences department.
Honored to have played a small part in this exciting work by @jenellefeather & @GretaTuckute, investigating deep neural network (DNN) models of auditory cortex. Some of the cool findings explained in Greta's 🧵 below!
And check out the MIT News coverage: news.mit.edu/2023/deep-neura…
Our work on models of the auditory cortex is hereby published in @PLOSBiology! The paper presents an extensive analysis of audio neural networks as models of auditory processing in the brain.
Paper: tinyurl.com/mw2e59ud
w/ @jenellefeather (co-1st) @dlboebinger @JoshHMcDermott
It's so exciting to see my former lab mates & friends land awesome jobs and start their own labs! Ratan is super smart & a great scientist, but more importantly, he's a kind & thoughtful person. Don't sleep on the opportunity to join his lab!
🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 I'm thrilled to announce that I will be joining #GeorgiaTech as an Assistant Professor starting Jan 1, 2024! I'm actively recruiting members to join the lab. So please spread the word! The lab website also goes live today.
murtylab.com/
Working with Anya would be a fantastic opportunity for folks interested in the relationship between language & thought. Important, interesting research questions & a great mentor!
The final paperwork is still pending, but it’s time to spread the word, so here goes---
I am starting as an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Georgia Tech!
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Nice review paper from @sophiescott's group on song responses in human auditory cortex. Lots of exciting questions for future research, a few of which we're hoping to tackle in @SamNormanH's lab...
Does human auditory cortex process the singing voice as more than sung speech, and if so, why? A new paper by Ilana Harris, Efe Niven, @aegriffcogneuro and me - read it here nature.com/articles/s41583-0…
Love this work by my former lab-mate @heatherlkos (and @SamNormanH & @Nancy_Kanwisher) showing that even very young infants have neural responses that are selective for music. This was a big open question from my own PhD research, and it's great to be closer to an answer.
6 yrs ago @Nancy_Kanwisher @SamNormanH & I decided to study early cortical responses to music & speech. I am excited to announce that our paper, “Preliminary evidence for selective cortical responses to music in one-month-old infants” has been published! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
The application for this year's @ComSciCon Flagship Workshop is open! This is a fantastic opportunity for grad students interested in #scicomm. I attended in 2017 & have been on the organizing committee most years since then, so I'm happy to answer questions. Do it, do it, do it!
We are thrilled to announce that the ComSciCon 2023 Flagship Workshop will be held July 19-22, 2023 at Emerson College in Boston, MA! Apply by March 19 for an all expenses paid opportunity to meet experts and leaders in #SciComm and hone your skills: tinyurl.com/p8y69w9w
ALT ComSciCon23 Flagship Workshop is taking palce July 19-22, 2023 at Emerson College in Boston, MA! ComSciCon is a science communication workshop for graduate students, organized by graduate students. ComSciCon empowers future leaders in science communication to share their research with a broad and diverse audience. Join us for an all expense paid 3 days of workshops, speakers, and panels! Apply by March 19th at https://tinyurl.com/p8y69w9w - More info at www.comscicon.com
Another cool job alert! @ev_fedorenko is a brilliant scientist & wonderful human, and this project promises to teach us a lot about brain organization and plasticity.
I am looking for a post-bac RA to help with our growing InterestingBrains project on brain function in atypical brains (including perinatal stroke, cysts, resection, etc.). Apply here: careers.peopleclick.com/care…
This is a fantastic opportunity for post-bac folks interested in cognitive neuroscience! @Nancy_Kanwisher is an incredible mentor & her lab is a great place to do science (I miss it!). Apply, apply, apply!
New opening for a full-time lab tech in the Kanwisher Lab; apply here:
careers.peopleclick.com/care…
Very strong math and computer skills and a serious interest in the human brain required.
This position is an ideal stepping stone toward to graduate programs in cognitive neuroscience.
Had a fantastic time at the International Conference on Auditory Cortex (ICAC) in Magdeburg, Germany! Got to hang with old friends and meet new ones, hear about all kinds of exciting science, and consume lots of yummy German beer and sausages. 🧠🍻🇩🇪 #ICAC2022
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Really enjoyed playing a small part in this project spearheaded by @GretaTuckute & @jenellefeather, examining the relationship between the representations of sounds in auditory deep neural networks (DNNs) and human auditory cortex. Check out the tweetprint & the preprint!
Excited to present a comprehensive analysis on the extent to which deep neural network (DNNs) can account for brain responses in the human auditory cortex! Work with @jenellefeather (co-1st) @dlboebinger @JoshHMcDermott
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Fascinating line of work from @ev_fedorenko's lab, studying the brains of folks missing part (or all!) of their temporal lobes -- including @helenwsantoro, who wrote about her experience in @NYTScience: nyti.ms/3RlWui6
Remember the thread (below, for reference) on a woman (EG) who grew up without her left temporal lobe? After @GretaTuckute's work on EG got covered by @WIRED, a few others reached out. One of them, the amazing @helenwsantoro, is sharing her story in NYT: nytimes.com/2022/09/04/scien…
It's been over a week, but I'm still basking in the afterglow of ✨#ComSciCon22✨ and digging deeper into the amazing #scicomm stories & resources our participants shared. So I appreciate this 🧵 by @eco_genome summarizing @maddie_sofia's fantastic keynote & linking to more info!
Amazing plenary lecture by @maddie_sofia at @ComSciCon. 👏🏽Maddie share her personal story and passion for inclusive #scicomm. There were laughs, tears, and sharing incredible stories ✨
Check out this thread to read/listen to the stories Maddie shared! 🧵👇🏽 #comscicon2022
ALT Sketch infographic of a presentation by Maddie Sofia at ComSciCon titled "Alone in the darkroom: leaving academia for scicomm." Topics included strategies for surviving grad school, inclusive SciComm, problems with the information deficit model, the power of humor, 3 guiding principles for inclusive scicomm, the relationship between objectivity (impossible) and accuracy (diverse perspectives needed!), and the importance of mental health.
Well, that's a wrap on #ComSciCon22! 🎬 It was so gratifying to see things come together after so much hard work by so many people. Savoring the lessons learned from speakers & attendees alike.
Aaaaand Day 3 is over! We are sad that #ComSciCon22 is coming to an end, but so excited about the connections it created! Thank you to all of our #ComSciCon attendees, guests, speakers, and organizers!
ALT Group photo of all ComSciCon attendees and organizers, standing on a staircase at MIT
It was an absolute pleasure to have @maddie_sofia as our keynote speaker at #ComSciCon22! Feeling inspired & validated by her words, and so appreciative of her candor & humor.
We are joined by award-winning science journalist @Maddie_Sofia for Keynote Lecture “Alone In The Dark Room: Leaving Academia For SciComm,” a conversation about identity, science communication, and her path from academia to NPR podcast host.
ALT Maddie standing in front of a presentation slide showing pictures of herself in graduate school: Picture 1 showing her using a microscope, and picture 2 showing her pranking her lab mate
I'll also say that @maddie_sofia was a joy to work with, and really tailored her content to our audience. You should def invite her to give a talk about inclusive #scicomm, so-called "#altac" careers, or just to rave about "snot otter" salamanders...
This afternoon at #ComSciCon22 we had a great #scipol panel with Pam DiBona @padibby from @XRBoston/@ScientistRebel1 and physician & state senator Dr. @SaudAnwarCT. Lots of lessons, many of which are captured in this brilliant live sketch by @eco_genome.
Discussion of the impacts of local science policy by @padibby and @SaudAnwarCT at @ComSciCon. They’re keeping it REAL! #comscicon2022
ALT Infographic with quotes from Saud Anwar and Pam DiBona
It was so fun to invite @gserratomarks to lead a workshop about disability in STEM & accessible #scicomm at #ComSciCon22. Gabi & I met as @ComSciCon attendees back in 2017, so this feels very full circle. It was also just a stellar (see what I did there @stellatecomms?!) session!
Great overview on how to make #scicomm more accessible through #AltText and creating better video content. Thank you @gserratomarks of @stellatecomms at @ComSciCon #comscicon2022 ✨
ALT Image of Dr. Gabi Serrato Marks with information about how to improve science community for those with disabilities. This includes writing alt text, considering intersectional identity, and including captions, better audio, and visuals in videos.
Another *fantastic* live sketch by @eco_genome summarizing today's #ComSciCon22 workshop about communicating "controversial science," led by journalist @ShannonGeary.
Thanks to @ShannonGeary at @ComSciCon for a great talk and activity on covering #controversial topics from a journalist’s perspective, where I learned that I do not apparently know how to spell “contriversial”!! #comscicon2022
Absolutely loving @eco_genome's live sketches of our #ComSciCon22 sessions! Here are some of the takeaways from our panel discussion about Diversity in #scicomm featuring science illustrator Gb Kim, astrophysicist & author @huei_sears, and neuroscientist & podcaster @her_science.
First panel at @ComSciCon on diversity, asking the tough questions about decolonizing science, positionality and privilege of sci comm as a practice + concept. Thank you @her_science @huei_sears, and Gb Sears! 🖤#comscicon2022
