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Jacob Robinson
@JTRobinsonLab
co-founder & CEO @motifneuro | Prof. at Rice. | Neurotech & Hydra enthusiast. Girl dad. Making tiny things to stimulate and record brain activity. Views my own.
Houston, TX
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Jul 21, 2025
    Are we headed toward a technology revolution in therapeutic BCI? I just wrote this piece about why I believe neurotech will become an indispensable tool for addressing the growing mental health crisis and become as common as personal computing. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/brainjacob… #BCI
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Jan 3, 2022
    Half of the STEM faculty positions I interviewed for were ultimately filled by female candidates because they were actually more qualified than me.
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Nov 29, 2022
    Before we all start dissecting the neuralink show and tell tomorrow I wanted to share some of the other neurotech startups that I think are doing cool stuff (besides us at @motifneuro of course!) It’s a great #neurotechrevolution community!! 🧵
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Aug 19, 2022
    So this is happening! I’m taking a sabbatical to start a minimally invasive bioelectronics company: @motifneuro We plan to demonstrate the smallest, least invasive neural interface in humans by the end of 2024. Wish us luck! 🤞 🧠
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    Jacob Robinson
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    May 11, 2019
    there, NOW it’s official! @gyom00
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    Jacob Robinson
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    May 20, 2023
    I’m so thankful for the many fantastic students I’ve had the privilege of working with over the last 10 yrs. Promotion is a credit to them and I’m glad that I can now write letters for them as a full prof. Following their careers is going to be a lot of fun!
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Oct 12, 2023
    I really love this story because we solved a problem by making a new class of magnetic materials. Let me tell you why we couldn't rely on naturally occurring magnetic materials for neuromodulation + why temporal interference for neuromodulatoin is suspect 🌶️ 🧵
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    Nature Materials
    @NatureMaterials
    Oct 10, 2023
    Self-rectifying magnetoelectric metamaterials for remote neural stimulation and motor function restoration @JTRobinsonLab go.nature.com/3ZNtzZg
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Jul 16, 2021
    Thrilled to share our latest pre-print: Stimulating peripheral nerves from within blood vessels with a millimeter-sized battery-free implant. Buckle up, it's #bioelectronics #tweeprint time! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Aug 29, 2020
    Lot of reviewer 2’s saying nothing new in the #Neuralink demo yesterday. Who are all these people wirelessly streaming spikes from 1024 channel flex electrodes with a fully subcutaneous device for 2 mo!? I want to read those papers.
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Sep 18, 2023
    The preprint is live! Pea-sized brain stimulator demonstrated in humans. Stimulating Motor cortex drives hand movement like TMS. With devices like this @motifneuro is working to make neuromodulation for mental health more effective and accessible. 🧵
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Jan 24, 2024
    Can’t wait to take the next step with @motifneuro! This funding will allow us to launch the first clinical trial with magnetoelectric-powered implants - a new architecture for neuromodulation. Credit to team at Motif and the supportive environment at Rice and the Launchpad!
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    Biotech Launch Pad
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    Jan 24, 2024
    Rice Biotech Launch Pad startup Motif Neurotech closes Series A financing of $18.75 million! Congratulations ⁦@JTRobinsonLab⁩ and ⁦@motifneuro⁩ team! prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Sep 13, 2023
    Excited to take the lid off our first-in-human study with the Motif Neurotech microstimulator. A decade of work to go from concept to human studies. Thanks to team: @motifneuro, @RiceUniversity, Baylor College of Medicine, and UTHSC. Pre-print for my fellow nerds coming soon! 🧠
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    Sarah G McBride
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    Sep 13, 2023
    Another brain chip company, @motifneuro, gets chips in two human skulls for depression. My exclusive bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Jun 29, 2022
    Controlling flies with magnets is the kind science I never knew I needed to do. Congrats to Charles Sebesta and colleagues! Their paper on fast mutichannel magnetogenetics in fruit flies is out now in @NatureMaterials! rdcu.be/cQutZ
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    Jacob Robinson
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    Jan 5, 2024
    So happy to see this month’s cover of @NatureMaterials!! 😍 Beautiful illustration from @maayanvisuals that captures work led by @joshclchen & @Gauribhave3 nature.com/nmat/volumes/2…
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