Organizations I've worked with

Current projects

Here's what I've been working on lately:

MesoNet

A toolbox for automatically identifying brain regions in calcium imaging data.

DeepCut2RealTime

We adapted a leading pose-tracking system to work in real time and integrate with GPIO output.

Research

Right now, I'm exploring how people use effort to get things they like and avoid things they don't like, as well as what makes a sound unpleasant or pleasant. I also develop computer vision solutions for tracking animal movements and analyzing their brain activity, so that we can better understand how people recover from stroke. I'm also characterizing the regulation of stress-related hormones in rats.

Labs

MCLab

UBC Psychology

BAR Lab

UBC Psychology

Murphy Lab

UBC Psychiatry

Soma Lab

UBC Psychology

Publications

Forys, B. J., Tomm, R. J., Stamboliyska, D., Terpstra, A. R., Clark, L., Chakrabarty, T., Floresco, S. B., & Todd, R. M. (2023). Gender impacts the relationship between mood disorder symptoms and effortful avoidance performance. eNeuro, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0239-22.2023

Ehlers, M. R., Kryklywy, J. H., Beukers, A. O., Moore, S. R., Forys, B. J., Anderson, A. K., & Todd, R. M. (2021). Reactivation of hedonic but not sensory representations in human emotional learning. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.25.469891

Xiao, D., Forys, B. J., Vanni, M. P., & Murphy, T. H. (2021). MesoNet: automated scaling and segmentation of mouse mesoscale cortical maps using machine learning. Nature Communications, 12(1), 5992. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26255-2

Hamden, J.E., Salehzadeh, M., Gray, K. M., Forys, B. J., & Soma, K. K. (2021). Isoflurane stress induces glucocorticoid production in mouse lymphoid organs. Journal of Endocrinology, 251(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1530/JOE-21-0154

Hamden, J. E., Gray, K. M., Salehzadeh, M., Kachkovski, G. V., Forys, B. J., Ma, C., ... Soma, K. K. (2021). Steroid profiling of glucocorticoids in microdissected mouse brain across development. Developmental Neurobiology, 81(2), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22808

*Co-first authors

Forys, B. J., Xiao, D., Gupta, P., & Murphy, T. H. (2020). Real-time selective markerless tracking of forepaws of head-fixed mice using deep neural networks. eNeuro, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0096-20.2020

*Co-first authors

Forys, B., Xiao, D., Gupta, P., Boyd, J. D., & Murphy, T. H. (2018). Real-time markerless video tracking of bodyparts in mice using deep neural networks. BioRxiv, 482349. https://doi.org/10.1101/482349

*Co-first authors

Teaching

Through teaching others about topics that interest me, I learn a lot about a variety of topics: what fascinates people and what drives them, to name a few. As co-founder of the AMS Turing Club at UBC, I helped people explore AI by developing their own programs, so that anyone from any background could use AI to aid their lives or revolutionize their field. As a Psychology teaching assistant at UBC, I help guide students through foundational psychology courses and cutting-edge research.

Web Development

As a volunteer web developer for The Ubyssey, the most read student-run newspaper in Canada, I implemented new features on the website and fixed issues on the ubyssey.ca website. I also contributed to Dispatch, an open source publishing platform developed by the Ubyssey. On the side, I develop websites for organizations like the Turing Club.

Brandon Forys

Hi there! I'm a PhD student at UBC Psychology and an avid explorer of psychology, neuroscience, and AI.

Organizations I've worked with

Current projects

MesoNet

DeepCut2RealTime

Research

Labs

Publications

Forys, B. J., Tomm, R. J., Stamboliyska, D., Terpstra, A. R., Clark, L., Chakrabarty, T., Floresco, S. B., & Todd, R. M. (2023). Gender impacts the relationship between mood disorder symptoms and effortful avoidance performance. eNeuro, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0239-22.2023

Ehlers, M. R., Kryklywy, J. H., Beukers, A. O., Moore, S. R., Forys, B. J., Anderson, A. K., & Todd, R. M. (2021). Reactivation of hedonic but not sensory representations in human emotional learning. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.25.469891

Xiao, D., Forys, B. J., Vanni, M. P., & Murphy, T. H. (2021). MesoNet: automated scaling and segmentation of mouse mesoscale cortical maps using machine learning. Nature Communications, 12(1), 5992. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26255-2

Hamden, J.E., Salehzadeh, M., Gray, K. M., Forys, B. J., & Soma, K. K. (2021). Isoflurane stress induces glucocorticoid production in mouse lymphoid organs. Journal of Endocrinology, 251(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1530/JOE-21-0154

Hamden, J. E., Gray, K. M., Salehzadeh, M., Kachkovski, G. V., Forys, B. J., Ma, C., ... Soma, K. K. (2021). Steroid profiling of glucocorticoids in microdissected mouse brain across development. Developmental Neurobiology, 81(2), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22808

Forys, B. J., Xiao, D., Gupta, P., & Murphy, T. H. (2020). Real-time selective markerless tracking of forepaws of head-fixed mice using deep neural networks. eNeuro, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0096-20.2020

Forys, B., Xiao, D., Gupta, P., Boyd, J. D., & Murphy, T. H. (2018). Real-time markerless video tracking of bodyparts in mice using deep neural networks. BioRxiv, 482349. https://doi.org/10.1101/482349

Teaching

Web Development

Hi there! I'm a PhD student at UBC Psychology and an avid explorer of psychology, neuroscience, and AI.

Organizations I've worked with

Current projects

MesoNet

DeepCut2RealTime

Research

Labs

Publications

Forys, B. J., Tomm, R. J., Stamboliyska, D., Terpstra, A. R., Clark, L., Chakrabarty, T., Floresco, S. B., & Todd, R. M. (2023). Gender impacts the relationship between mood disorder symptoms and effortful avoidance performance. eNeuro, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0239-22.2023

Ehlers, M. R., Kryklywy, J. H., Beukers, A. O., Moore, S. R., Forys, B. J., Anderson, A. K., & Todd, R. M. (2021). Reactivation of hedonic but not sensory representations in human emotional learning. BioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.25.469891

Xiao, D., Forys, B. J., Vanni, M. P., & Murphy, T. H. (2021). MesoNet: automated scaling and segmentation of mouse mesoscale cortical maps using machine learning. Nature Communications, 12(1), 5992. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26255-2

Hamden, J.E., Salehzadeh, M., Gray, K. M., Forys, B. J., & Soma, K. K. (2021). Isoflurane stress induces glucocorticoid production in mouse lymphoid organs. Journal of Endocrinology, 251(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1530/JOE-21-0154

Hamden, J. E.*, Gray, K. M.*, Salehzadeh, M., Kachkovski, G. V., Forys, B. J., Ma, C., ... Soma, K. K. (2021). Steroid profiling of glucocorticoids in microdissected mouse brain across development. Developmental Neurobiology, 81(2), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22808

Forys, B. J.*, Xiao, D.*, Gupta, P., & Murphy, T. H. (2020). Real-time selective markerless tracking of forepaws of head-fixed mice using deep neural networks. eNeuro, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0096-20.2020

Forys, B.*, Xiao, D.*, Gupta, P., Boyd, J. D., & Murphy, T. H. (2018). Real-time markerless video tracking of bodyparts in mice using deep neural networks. BioRxiv, 482349. https://doi.org/10.1101/482349

Teaching

Web Development

Hamden, J. E., Gray, K. M., Salehzadeh, M., Kachkovski, G. V., Forys, B. J., Ma, C., ... Soma, K. K. (2021). Steroid profiling of glucocorticoids in microdissected mouse brain across development. Developmental Neurobiology, 81(2), 189-206. https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22808

Forys, B. J., Xiao, D., Gupta, P., & Murphy, T. H. (2020). Real-time selective markerless tracking of forepaws of head-fixed mice using deep neural networks. eNeuro, 7(3). https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0096-20.2020

Forys, B., Xiao, D., Gupta, P., Boyd, J. D., & Murphy, T. H. (2018). Real-time markerless video tracking of bodyparts in mice using deep neural networks. BioRxiv, 482349. https://doi.org/10.1101/482349