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Karla Holmboe

@karlaholmboe.bsky.social

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Associate Professor in Developmental Science at the University of Bristol. Investigating executive functions in infancy and early childhood. Obsessed with longitudinal research.

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · Apr 11

Very excited to finally share this! In this new study with co-investigators @rogierk.bsky.social and Mara Cercignani, we are following 300 children longitudinally between 6 months and 5 years to establish the building blocks of cognition and their neural foundations.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The pioneering child development study monitoring babies’ brains

A unique study is tracking the development of hundreds of babies whose parents have also been studied since birth.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 1d

Rapunzel chilling out ☺️ #caturday

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 15d

#caturday ❤️

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 17d

And remember, you have to apply through the GW4. For details on how to apply, see gw4biomed.ac.uk

GW4 BioMed MRC DTP - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP

The GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership is a collaboration between Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter Universities.

gw4biomed.ac.uk

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 17d

The deadline for applications is 20th October and the application form is fairly short. Unfortunately, at this point I am not able to respond to individual emails (sorry!), but if you think you have a strong CV that is relevant to this or other GW4 projects, I encourage you to apply.

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 17d

This project is part of the GW4 doctoral training programme, which includes many other cool PhD projects too (see link in thread below).

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 17d

Exciting PhD opportunity on parental mental health and early executive function development in the UK and South Africa! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Please share 😊

Funded PhD GW4 BioMed DTP - The impact of parental mental health on the brain bases of early executive function development at University of Bristol on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Funded PhD GW4 BioMed DTP - The impact of parental mental health on the brain bases of early executive function development at University of Bristol, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 17d

Great talk! Such interesting work

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 19d

and too many times I have read bland, uninspiring (even soul-less) content generated by AI. I am sure there are ways you can start from an AI 'draft' and then work it into something that's yours, but I'm not sure following that process would save me any time compared to just writing it myself.

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 19d

I know AI can produce pleasant (even impressive) and grammatically perfect text, but it wouldn't be MY text. Since the proposal was about MY ideas and my research, it just felt like it had to come from me, with my 'voice'. AI doesn't know or understand why I am thinking -

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 19d

Today, for the first time, I felt tempted to use AI to draft a short research proposal. I had got deadlines mixed up and only had the afternoon to write the proposal. In the end, I didn't use AI -

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 20d

Rapunzel is becoming a very pretty young lady ❤️

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Nadege Roche-Labarbe @nadegeroche.bsky.social · 21d

Do not miss this opportunity to get involved in shaping our society's events 👶🧠 and network with a fantastic community !

Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 21d

The FIT'NG Trainee Committee is excited to be recruiting new members!

It’s a great way to:
✨ Build your network
✨ Gain leadership experience
✨ Shape programming for trainees across the society

Interested? Fill out our form by September 23rd: tinyurl.com/TraineeCommi...

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 21d

Ah Strictly is back and it feels like this is what I need to get through a very busy autumn 🪩💃🕺

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 22d

Yes 🙁

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 22d

I do fear that AI is gradually eroding people’s ability to write

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 23d

Beautiful Isabelle, thinking of you Emily ❤️

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 29d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Court orders 'tribe' to be evicted from Scottish woodland

A sheriff orders the three members of a self-styled

www.bbc.co.uk

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · 29d

There's a lot of terrible things happening in the world right now, but this little gem of a story on the BBC made me giggle 🤭https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62zxjy0j91o - I hope the Kingdom of Kubala can find somewhere else to stay..

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · Sep 11

I guess you get used to it? - it just seems so strange to me that people can walk around with a weapon that can almost instantly kill several people around them

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · Sep 11

In the BBC News this morning they mentioned (in connection with the Charlie Kirk assassination) that at the University of Utah people are allowed to carry guns. This just blows my mind. If I saw somebody with a gun in my university, I would run/hide and call the police!

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Sep 8

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚

Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!

Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · Sep 8

Just had a lovely couple of days at the FIT’NG conference - what an inspiring conference, really enjoyed it! (and good food too 😋)

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Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · Sep 7

Really enjoyed this - it was great to chat with lots of different people and hear about all their exciting work! 🙂

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · Sep 7

It was a pleasure - thank you so much for inviting me!

Karla Holmboe @karlaholmboe.bsky.social · Sep 7

For Tilly, who would have turned 15 years old today. I always wear the silver locket with two tiny pictures of her. Miss her always, but most of all on her birthday.