Ernest E Roth Professor. Bio-Integrating Optoelectric Neural Interface & Cybernetics Lab @ University of Pittsburgh, Department of Bioengineering
Pittsburgh, PA
Joined October 2015
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TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
Congratulations to Payton Bechefsky, a first-year PhD student; Casey Cargill, Ritesh Shrivastav, and Vanshika Singh, second-year PhD students; and Addianette Segarra Negrón, a first-year master’s student, on receiving @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program awards.
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
"We proved it wasn't the neurons. When a brain implant loses signal, everyone assumes the neurons died." [...] "The target for next-generation BCI longevity isn't the electrode surface. It's the cellular neighborhood." bioniclab.substack.com/p/we-… by @BIONIC_Lab; #BCI #NeuroTech
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
This is only true for people who understand neither science nor economics.
The NIH budget for this year is FIFTY times larger than OpenAI’s $1B pledge.
The foundation of US science & innovation is public funding. The private sector cannot replace it.
US science is being killed
ALT roon @tszzl the private sector has been remaking its own versions of NIH, ARPA etc as these public science institutions have seen structural decline and defunding and it will be supercharged by the funding NPV of machine intelligence and its firepower at allocation decisions
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
(LinkedIn) BCIs will run out of runway linkedin.com/posts/tkozai_ne… by @BIONIC_Lab on #BCI #NeuroTech #neuroscience
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
NIH has long engaged the scientific community in a democratic way. That's a good thing, and it's under attack.
New post by me, about why NIH's peer review process and advisory panels are pretty unique across gov't, and why they're so important.
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
Writing out a conversation I’ve been having a lot at this conference:
Things in US science are far, far worse than people know.
Far worse than even other scientists know.
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TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
🚨 Exclusive from me: Billions of dollars at half of NIH's institutes could be frozen by the end of the year.
That's because crucial NIH grant-review panels are slated to be empty at those institutes.
In @Nature
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
Editorial: The explosive growth of brain-computer interface technology in clinical trials in China: technological leap forward? journals.lww.com/jagr/fullte… "may trigger a crisis of trust among patients", Journal of Aging and Rehabilitation; #BCI #NeuroTech
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
New Mechanisms to Optimize Brain Stimulation at the 2026 NYC Neuromodulation Conference #NYCN2026 with @cjstagg, @MCapogrosso and more!
✅ Abstract submission is open: bit.ly/4idXWBm
🚨 Registration is open, rates will increase on December 16: bit.ly/486LUFe
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
Great Good Morning America report on the ground breaking technological advancements at @PittTweet giving patients with spinal cord injuries ability to move. goodmorningamerica.com/video… via @GMA @ABC @UPMC
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
How do you track eye movements of a #BionicEye user without eyes?
Turns out, even without eyes, intended eye movements can shift the perceived location of phosphenes evoked by a cortical implant - and those movements can be tracked from cosmetic eyes.
ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract…
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
This year’s medicine laureate Shimon Sakaguchi discovered a new class of T cells.
Sakaguchi was swimming against the tide in 1995, when he made a key discovery. At the time, many researchers were convinced that immune tolerance only developed due to potentially harmful immune cells being eliminated in the thymus, through a process called central tolerance.
Sakaguchi showed that the immune system is more complex and discovered a previously unknown class of immune cells, which protect the body from autoimmune diseases.
#NobelPrize
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
According to Nature Index, 12 out of 15 top universities in the world are Chinese in terms of research output.
Chinese universities are producing more research than Stanford, MIT, Oxford, and Cambridge.
In natural sciences, the top 6 are all Chinese with Harvard at number 7.
ALT A screenshot of Nature Index of university rankings in terms of overall research output.
ALT A screenshot of Nature Index of university rankings in terms of overall research output in the field of natural sciences.
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
The shutdown cost the economy $11 billion, $3 billion of which is a permanent loss, acc'g to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
CBO projected economic growth will slow this year to 2.3%, down from 3.1% as the sugar high from tax cuts abates.
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNS DON’T SAVE MONEY 🚫💵
•2013: ~$20-24B hit (≈$1B+/day)
•2018-19: $11B GDP loss, incl. $3B permanently gone
•2025: CBO warns billions at stake — backpay, delayed contracts, lost productivity
Bottom line: Every shutdown COSTS the U.S. economy more than it “saves.” No net savings ever reported.
#Economy #GovShutdown
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
NIH awarded 37 percent fewer neuroscience-related grants in 2025 than in past years thetransmitter.org/funding/n…
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
Gov. Spencer Cox: "There is a tremendous amount of disinformation…Our adversaries want violence. We have bots from Russia, China, all over the world that are trying to instill disinformation and encourage violence. I would encourage you to ignore those."
TK Kozai (BIONICLab.org) retweeted
If you think the troubles at NIH does not affect you, you just need to wait. Due to multi-year funding, NINDS will be able to fund 40% fewer grants next cycle...even if budget stays same. Yes, message from one of the highest levels. Talk to Congress, that's the only way now.