Neurosurgeon and Professor at Baylor College of Medicinehttps://bsky.app/profile/sameershethmd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sameershethmd.bsky.social/post/3mlqx57ccq22rPlease welcome Marie Vallens, our new PhD student in QCB at BCM! Her BS in Physics (Biomedical) from Portland State, MS in Bioinformatics (Neuroinformatics) from JHU, and prior computational clinical neurotech experience inform her work in our lab on semantic encoding in the PFC.13 May 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:anemyg56stqgjgcc5qdoxnsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqx57ccq22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sameershethmd.bsky.social/post/3mlqwuipics2rWelcoming BCM QCB PhD student Minye Zhou to the lab! She earned her B.S. in Bioinformatics from UC San Diego and M.S. in Computational Biology & Quantitative Genetics from Harvard. Her research focuses on how the brain integrates multimodal inputs to support natural behavior.13 May 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:anemyg56stqgjgcc5qdoxnsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqwuipics2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sameershethmd.bsky.social/post/3mim4eddlhs2pProud to share funding for our R01 (MH137102) as part of an outstanding MPI team, alongside Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby and Parag Patil. Looking forward to advancing this important work at the intersection of neuroscience, ethics, and innovation. @bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social03 Apr 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:anemyg56stqgjgcc5qdoxnsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mim4eddlhs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sameershethmd.bsky.social/post/3mhjpul4hnc2oCongratulations to this outstanding team—our project on reward sensitivity through a cross-species circadian lens has been selected for funding. @nicoleprovenza.bsky.social @bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social20 Mar 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:anemyg56stqgjgcc5qdoxnsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjpul4hnc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sameershethmd.bsky.social/post/3mhjozjf5rs2oCongratulations to these med students who did a research year in our BCM Neuromodulation group and matched today! Very proud of all of you!! Wishing you great success in your training! Gabriel Reyes, Anthony Allam, Zain Naqvi, Kasra Mansourian, Davin Devara, Holden Bentley.20 Mar 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:anemyg56stqgjgcc5qdoxnsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjozjf5rs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sameershethmd.bsky.social/post/3mgn5tseb6s2rExcited to share our latest work in Operative Neurosurgery on using a combination procedure of open resection and responsive neurostimulation (RNS) for epilepsy. https://journals.lww.com/onsonline/fulltext/9900/combined_surgical_resection_and_responsive.1923.aspx @bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social09 Mar 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:anemyg56stqgjgcc5qdoxnsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgn5tseb6s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sameershethmd.bsky.social/post/3mgbb24jax22pGreat presentation today with neurosurgeon Jon Willie from @uthealthaustin.bsky.social at the @riceneuro.bsky.social Engineering Minds seminar, highlighting exciting work on amygdala neuromodulation for memory enhancement and PTSD.04 Mar 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:anemyg56stqgjgcc5qdoxnsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbb24jax22phttps://bsky.app/profile/sameershethmd.bsky.social/post/3mg45lo3prc24What a pleasure to welcome Flip Sabes to BCM last week for a fascinating look at next-gen neuromodulation and the interface of academia and neurotech! @nicoleprovenza.bsky.social @benhayden.bsky.social @bcmneurosci.bsky.social @bcmneurosurgery.bsky.social02 Mar 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:anemyg56stqgjgcc5qdoxnsr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg45lo3prc24