Ariel Rokem
@arokem.org
Research Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and Senior Data Science Fellow in the eScience Institute, University of Washington | https://arokem.org/ | https://neuroinformatics.uw.edu
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@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Scaling back DEI programmes and the loss of scientific talent
Nature Cell Biology - Programmes that support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science are under attack in the USA. Data indicate that diversity in the scientific workforce increases...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"
Join us for the #NeuroHackademy Neuroimaging and Data Science networking event at this year's @sfn.org meeting. Tues. Nov. 18th from 7–9pm at the Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom 4. The event is free; food and drink will be available for purchase from the hotel.
October 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Join us for the #NeuroHackademy Neuroimaging and Data Science networking event at this year's @sfn.org meeting. Tues. Nov. 18th from 7–9pm at the Marriott Marquis, Grand Ballroom 4. The event is free; food and drink will be available for purchase from the hotel.
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Excited to share that our work introducing the Reproducible Brain Charts (RBC) data resource is now published in Neuron!! 🎉
📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io
📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io
(1/18) Now out on BioRxiv‼️ Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health
Major mental disorders are increasingly understood as disorders of brain development. Large and heterogeneous samples are required to define generalizable links between brain development and psychopat...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Excited to share that our work introducing the Reproducible Brain Charts (RBC) data resource is now published in Neuron!! 🎉
📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io
📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io
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We've been experimenting and improving our practices in building healthy relationships with open source communities, here's our latest thinking on how we approach this important topic!
How should an organization support open source? A key goal for 2i2c is to lead by example in contributing to a healthy open source ecosystem. We've learned a lot over the years - here's our framework for building healthy open source relationships.
👉 2i2c.org/blog/2025/go...
👉 2i2c.org/blog/2025/go...
On being a good open source citizen: supporting a healthy ecosystem through directed and foundational contributions | 2i2c
Any organization building on open source faces a fundamental tension: how do you serve the needs of your organizational stakeholders while also acting as a responsible steward of the upstream…
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September 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We've been experimenting and improving our practices in building healthy relationships with open source communities, here's our latest thinking on how we approach this important topic!
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Excited to share that my TEDx talk is finally available online. I loved sharing what the science shows us: that it's time to reframe adolescence - from problem to ✨ potential ✨ 1/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr8V...
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The surprising science of adolescent brains | Jennifer Pfeifer | TEDxPortland
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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August 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Excited to share that my TEDx talk is finally available online. I loved sharing what the science shows us: that it's time to reframe adolescence - from problem to ✨ potential ✨ 1/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr8V...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr8V...
New paper alert! This paper describes the work that we have been doing in the last few years to create a software ecosystem for tractometry that is extensible, interoperable, and generally useful.
New pub alert 📖
Our very own @arokem.org co-authored "A software ecosystem for brain tractometry processing, analysis, and insight" for PLoS Computational Biology.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Our very own @arokem.org co-authored "A software ecosystem for brain tractometry processing, analysis, and insight" for PLoS Computational Biology.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
A software ecosystem for brain tractometry processing, analysis, and insight
Author summary The human brain is a highly inter-connected system. Information about the environment and about internal states is effectively distributed and integrated through neural pathways that ra...
journals.plos.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New paper alert! This paper describes the work that we have been doing in the last few years to create a software ecosystem for tractometry that is extensible, interoperable, and generally useful.
NeuroHackademy 2025 started today! Our 10th summer school/hackathon in neuroimaging and data science @uwescience.bsky.social, the 8th supported by NIH/NIMH. You can follow along, with videos of lectures in this YouTube playlist, posted almost as soon as they happen: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
NeuroHackademy 2025 - YouTube
Neurohackademy is a summer school in neuroimaging and data science, held at the University of Washington eScience Institute. This year’s course will be held ...
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July 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
NeuroHackademy 2025 started today! Our 10th summer school/hackathon in neuroimaging and data science @uwescience.bsky.social, the 8th supported by NIH/NIMH. You can follow along, with videos of lectures in this YouTube playlist, posted almost as soon as they happen: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Are you leading an #OpenScience initiative advancing the field of #neuroscience? Don’t miss this opportunity to be recognized for your contributions. Submit your application for the Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes today!
👉Apply now! -link in comments
#neurology #datasharing
👉Apply now! -link in comments
#neurology #datasharing
July 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Are you leading an #OpenScience initiative advancing the field of #neuroscience? Don’t miss this opportunity to be recognized for your contributions. Submit your application for the Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prizes today!
👉Apply now! -link in comments
#neurology #datasharing
👉Apply now! -link in comments
#neurology #datasharing
What an amazing resource! Kudos to everyone who made this a reality, and thanks for diving into all the technical details in this paper.
In @ohbmossig.bsky.social's first Open Datasets Special Issue paper, Wearn et al. introduce the OHBM Time Machine, a freely accessible archive of Annual Meeting content on YouTube: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @stephforkel.bsky.social
@alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @stephforkel.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What an amazing resource! Kudos to everyone who made this a reality, and thanks for diving into all the technical details in this paper.
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In @ohbmossig.bsky.social's first Open Datasets Special Issue paper, Wearn et al. introduce the OHBM Time Machine, a freely accessible archive of Annual Meeting content on YouTube: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @stephforkel.bsky.social
@alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @stephforkel.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
In @ohbmossig.bsky.social's first Open Datasets Special Issue paper, Wearn et al. introduce the OHBM Time Machine, a freely accessible archive of Annual Meeting content on YouTube: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @stephforkel.bsky.social
@alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @stephforkel.bsky.social
Excited to take part in this special issue! Read what I think human brain mapping should do about the impending Singularity
🧠 The State of the Brain Special Issue features insights from last year’s keynotes, award winners & committee leaders.
🔗 Explore major findings & themes from 2024: apertureneuro.org/issue/12560
@arokem.org @alexfornito.bsky.social @macshine.bsky.social @vcalhoun.bsky.social @misicbata.bsky.social
🔗 Explore major findings & themes from 2024: apertureneuro.org/issue/12560
@arokem.org @alexfornito.bsky.social @macshine.bsky.social @vcalhoun.bsky.social @misicbata.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Excited to take part in this special issue! Read what I think human brain mapping should do about the impending Singularity
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Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara! We're hiring a full-time junior specialist/research technician to play a central role in data collection & analysis of brain imaging studies of pregnancy & menopause.
Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974
Or help us spread the word 💫
Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974
Or help us spread the word 💫
May 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara! We're hiring a full-time junior specialist/research technician to play a central role in data collection & analysis of brain imaging studies of pregnancy & menopause.
Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974
Or help us spread the word 💫
Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974
Or help us spread the word 💫
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if you're a PhD student or postdoc working at the interface of personality psychology and CS/ML (construed broadly on both sides), and are interested in doing a full-time, remote, 3 - 6 month internship/residency at MidJourney, please DM me some kind of resume or CV-like thing
April 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
if you're a PhD student or postdoc working at the interface of personality psychology and CS/ML (construed broadly on both sides), and are interested in doing a full-time, remote, 3 - 6 month internship/residency at MidJourney, please DM me some kind of resume or CV-like thing
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Likely hiring one postbac trainee for @fmri-today.bsky.social's Section on Functional Imaging Methods. Give the relatively later start time for the search, I'm not yet sure how quickly this search will happen. If you are interested, apply and reach out ASAP. fim.nimh.nih.gov
April 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Likely hiring one postbac trainee for @fmri-today.bsky.social's Section on Functional Imaging Methods. Give the relatively later start time for the search, I'm not yet sure how quickly this search will happen. If you are interested, apply and reach out ASAP. fim.nimh.nih.gov
This work has really changed the way I think about this data and about brain development. I hope it will make us all think more about these kinds of details and links between different aspects of the brain. I am incredibly proud and grateful for this collaboration with Audrey et al.!
We think of white matter as the brain's highways—uniform conduits between cortices. But what if we study development along tracts? Turns out the journey matters as much as the cortical destination! We're thrilled to share “Two Axes of White Matter Development” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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March 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This work has really changed the way I think about this data and about brain development. I hope it will make us all think more about these kinds of details and links between different aspects of the brain. I am incredibly proud and grateful for this collaboration with Audrey et al.!
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Learn more about our Neurohackademy, a data science and neuroimaging workshop, from this Flux podcast episode featuring our very own @arokem.org and Noah Benson.
sensitiveperiods.buzzsprout.com/2024695/epis...
sensitiveperiods.buzzsprout.com/2024695/epis...
S3 Ep Bonus! Behind the scenes at Neurohackademy! - Sensitive Periods: A Flux Society Podcast
This bonus episode takes a behind-the-scenes glimpse at last year's Neurohackademy, a data science and neuroimaging workshop hosted by the University of Washington's eScience Institute. Often attended...
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March 4, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Learn more about our Neurohackademy, a data science and neuroimaging workshop, from this Flux podcast episode featuring our very own @arokem.org and Noah Benson.
sensitiveperiods.buzzsprout.com/2024695/epis...
sensitiveperiods.buzzsprout.com/2024695/epis...
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(1/18) Now out on BioRxiv‼️ Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health
Major mental disorders are increasingly understood as disorders of brain development. Large and heterogeneous samples are required to define generalizable links between brain development and psychopat...
doi.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
(1/18) Now out on BioRxiv‼️ Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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We are building a strong AI in Medical Imaging (AIMI) research community at Cornell in NYC, and I’m pleased to share that we will soon be accepting applications for the Cornell NYC AIMI Fellowship—an independent postdoctoral position designed to support the next generation of researchers.
February 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We are building a strong AI in Medical Imaging (AIMI) research community at Cornell in NYC, and I’m pleased to share that we will soon be accepting applications for the Cornell NYC AIMI Fellowship—an independent postdoctoral position designed to support the next generation of researchers.
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Maya Yablonski, Jason D. Yeatman, et al:
Fast and reliable quantitative measures of white matter development with magnetic resonance fingerprinting
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Fast and reliable quantitative measures of white matter development with magnetic resonance fingerprinting
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
February 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Maya Yablonski, Jason D. Yeatman, et al:
Fast and reliable quantitative measures of white matter development with magnetic resonance fingerprinting
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Fast and reliable quantitative measures of white matter development with magnetic resonance fingerprinting
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
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Learn more and apply here: compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...
Great lecturers for key skills: Hannah Bayer, Patrick Mineault, Yael Niv, Megan Peters, and your hosts Gunnar Blohm and Konrad Kording, and of course networking with an amazing group of 30 other professors.
Great lecturers for key skills: Hannah Bayer, Patrick Mineault, Yael Niv, Megan Peters, and your hosts Gunnar Blohm and Konrad Kording, and of course networking with an amazing group of 30 other professors.
Neuro4Pros summer school
NeUroscience Computational
LEAdership Retreat (NUCLEAR): happiness and success
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January 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Learn more and apply here: compneurosci.com/Neuro4Pros/i...
Great lecturers for key skills: Hannah Bayer, Patrick Mineault, Yael Niv, Megan Peters, and your hosts Gunnar Blohm and Konrad Kording, and of course networking with an amazing group of 30 other professors.
Great lecturers for key skills: Hannah Bayer, Patrick Mineault, Yael Niv, Megan Peters, and your hosts Gunnar Blohm and Konrad Kording, and of course networking with an amazing group of 30 other professors.
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Hi there, Bluesky! We are the eScience Institute at the University of Washington. We provide data science and AI resources as well as expertise to UW researchers from all fields of study. Follow us to hear more about our upcoming seminars, tutorials, and research collaborations!
January 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hi there, Bluesky! We are the eScience Institute at the University of Washington. We provide data science and AI resources as well as expertise to UW researchers from all fields of study. Follow us to hear more about our upcoming seminars, tutorials, and research collaborations!
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As co-director of AI at the Ann S. Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative, I want women in data science to flourish. We thus launch the #WiDSDatathon 2025 Global challenge - open to all levels - now on Kaggle! Entrants will predict ADHD via fMRI, with sex differences in mind. youtu.be/ESbiTbnlbdM
WiDS Datathon 2025: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Female Brain
YouTube video by Women in Data Science Worldwide
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January 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As co-director of AI at the Ann S. Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative, I want women in data science to flourish. We thus launch the #WiDSDatathon 2025 Global challenge - open to all levels - now on Kaggle! Entrants will predict ADHD via fMRI, with sex differences in mind. youtu.be/ESbiTbnlbdM
The scipy conference is one of the most welcoming and most inspiring conferences I have ever attended. It's at the center of a network of collaborators that work together across many different disciplines and sectors to improve scientific computing openly and broadly.
📣 The #SciPy2025 Call For Proposals is OPEN! ✨
👉 Submit your talk, poster or tutorial in our website: https://buff.ly/3W5Lsl9
👀 Deadline for submission: February 26, 2025!
👉 Submit your talk, poster or tutorial in our website: https://buff.ly/3W5Lsl9
👀 Deadline for submission: February 26, 2025!
January 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The scipy conference is one of the most welcoming and most inspiring conferences I have ever attended. It's at the center of a network of collaborators that work together across many different disciplines and sectors to improve scientific computing openly and broadly.
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📣 The #SciPy2025 Call For Proposals is OPEN! ✨
👉 Submit your talk, poster or tutorial in our website: https://buff.ly/3W5Lsl9
👀 Deadline for submission: February 26, 2025!
👉 Submit your talk, poster or tutorial in our website: https://buff.ly/3W5Lsl9
👀 Deadline for submission: February 26, 2025!
January 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
📣 The #SciPy2025 Call For Proposals is OPEN! ✨
👉 Submit your talk, poster or tutorial in our website: https://buff.ly/3W5Lsl9
👀 Deadline for submission: February 26, 2025!
👉 Submit your talk, poster or tutorial in our website: https://buff.ly/3W5Lsl9
👀 Deadline for submission: February 26, 2025!
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Some years ago I wrote a simple R app to explore colors in HCL space. While it's clunky, it still is my preferred way of selecting colors, because it offers features other color selectors don't normally have. Today, thanks to shinylive, the app is available standalone. 🧵
January 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Some years ago I wrote a simple R app to explore colors in HCL space. While it's clunky, it still is my preferred way of selecting colors, because it offers features other color selectors don't normally have. Today, thanks to shinylive, the app is available standalone. 🧵