Steve Sullivan Journalist Profile

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Spike rate inference from mouse spinal cord calcium imaging data

Jan 11, 2025 | biorxiv.org | Peter Rupprecht |Wei Fan |Steve Sullivan |Fritjof Helmchen

AbstractCalcium imaging is a key method to record the spiking activity of identified and genetically targeted neurons. However, the observed calcium signals are only an indirect readout of the underlying electrophysiological events (single spikes or bursts of spikes) and require dedicated algorithms to recover the spike rate.
Spike inference from mouse spinal cord calcium imaging data

Jul 22, 2024 | biorxiv.org | Peter Rupprecht |Wei Fan |Steve Sullivan |Fritjof Helmchen

AbstractCalcium imaging is a key method to record the spiking activity of identified and genetically targeted neurons. However, the observed calcium signals are only an indirect readout of the underlying electrophysiological events (single spikes or bursts of spikes) and require dedicated algorithms to recover the spike rate.
Opinion: Hurricane Beryl’s wrath show when disaster strikes, utility storm response is vital

Jul 14, 2024 | courant.com | Steve Sullivan |Chris DiPentima

Roads turned into rivers, trees toppled, homes decimated, and millions plunged into darkness in the heat of the summer. The wrath of Hurricane Beryl left the city of Houston devastated, waterlogged and undertaking a recovery process that’s all too familiar in 2024 – only this time, it’s happening much earlier than usual.
Eversource (opinion): CT mandates increasing your electric bill in July; Here’s what you need to know

Jul 1, 2024 | ctinsider.com | Steve Sullivan

When you get a monthly bill, predictability and stability are important. You want to have at least an estimate of how much you’ll need to pay so you can budget appropriately. It’s no surprise then that there’s a lot of frustration over electric bills that continue to see what feels like frequent, unpredictable spikes. How can you budget for that? While your electric bill will of course always fluctuate based on how much you use, that’s not the reason for the increase coming in July.
Regulation Hub Update - Winter 23/24

Mar 5, 2024 | dma.org.uk | Steve Sullivan

This article is written by Steve Sullivan, Founder of Channel Doctors, and Deputy Chair of the Contact Centre Council. The latest regulation and compliance news for contact centres from the ’s Regulation Hub. By the end of 2023, it looked like the ICO had lost its appetite for fines and robust enforcement action, with fewer fines than were levied in recent years and most of them imposed on obscure and/or dubious firms.
Regulation Hub Update - Summer 2023

Sep 26, 2023 | dma.org.uk | Steve Sullivan

This article is written by Steve Sullivan, Founder of Channel Doctors, and Deputy Chair of the Contact Centre Council. The ICO has continued to levy relatively few fines this year – and those it has imposed continue to be typically due to failures to obey the PECR rules.
Comment: Raising a healthy child without a family doctor

Mar 13, 2023 | timescolonist.com | Steve Sullivan

A commentary by a clinical associate professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. In Canada, most infant and childhood deaths are preventable. Our infant mortality is four per thousand live births. Sounds good? No, NO, NO! Thirty countries are better than us. Iceland is the best with only one death per thousand live births. What can we learn from them?