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Christian Keitel
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(he/him) - tofu⬆️, flying⬇️. Assistant Prof (Lecturer) in Cognitive #neuroscience at Us Dundee and Stirling (hon) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🇩🇪 Research: perception attention arousal. Methods: #EEG MEG pupillometry brain rhythms. www.keitelscience.com
Just a few days left to sign up for the OMEGAS symposium in Dundee. Link in original post ⬇️ Poster submission closes very soon - 25 Nov, registration open until 2 Dec. Looking forward to hearing from our expert speakers! #neurokyence #opm #meg
November 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Out now in Communications Biology 🧠 🫀We show that cardiac oscillations associated with vagal tone influence the strength of the heartbeat as sensed at brain level. We hypothesize that the heart may send information to the brain, encoded by the heartbeat strength doi.org/10.1038/s420...
Cardiac-vagal rhythm echoes on the heartbeat’s mechanosensory imprint in the brain - Communications Biology
Vagal-driven heart rhythm fluctuations modulate the heartbeat strength sensed in the head, linking cardiac rhythms to brain mechanosensation. These findings highlight vagal tone’s role in shaping brai...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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We held a rally to mark one-year of the financial crisis at the University of Dundee.

We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution.

If we fight together we win!

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
‘Angry and exhausted’ Dundee University staff rally against jobs cut to save university
Campus unions organised the event where there was palpable anger at the current and former leadership of Dundee University.
www.thecourier.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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New perspective paper out now in @plosbiology.org with a few thoughts on #interoception: What it is (or rather is not), how it can inform therapeutic interventions, and where (we think) the field of brain-body #neuroskyence has yet to find more solid ground to build on.

doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Beyond the buzz: Grounding interoceptive interventions in mechanisms of brain–body coupling
The field of interoception research is growing at a rapid pace. This Perspective highlights why establishing both mechanistic insight and construct validity will be critical prerequisites for developi...
doi.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Want to find out how your voice can stop job cuts at the University of Dundee?

Take the first step towards having influence on what happens to you next.

Come along to our Stop The Jkb Cuts rally tomorrow at the Queen’s Hotel, 12:30-13:30pm.

#SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Day 1 of our 5 day strike done. Thanks to STV for coming along and interviewing members.

Come and have a chat with us at the front of the Tower any day this week.

news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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🚨🧠🚨 POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🧠🚨 in my lab: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Connectivity in Working Memory. Deadline 12 Nov! Apply via website; please repost.
Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Postdoc Position: Neural Circuitry Underlying Working Memory at the Faculty of Social Sciences? Check our vacancy!
www.ru.nl
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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If you missed it, here’s the interim Principal talking about substantial future job cuts at University of Dundee.

He refers to the number of job losses recommended in the recovery plan. This is 390FTE with 340FTE via redundancies.

We believe redundancies are not necessary. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Yesterday our interim Principal, gave evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee.

He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies.

Judge for yourself.
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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A great videos with excellent contributions from across the UK.

Vote now. Show your solidarity for the national ballot to save our universities.

#SaveHE
#WeAreTheUniversity
October 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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We (I and @willenjoy.bsky.social) created a toolbox for simulations of EEG/MEG because we needed to simulate data. Our initial aim was to simulate connectivity. For this short clip, I simulated two sources with phase connectivity using our toolbox.
#brainmovie
meegsim.readthedocs.io/en/stable/in...
October 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Join us for the first symposium of the OPM-MEG Action Scotland (OMEGAS) initiative - www.dundee.ac.uk/omegas, to take place at the University of Dundee, *9-10 Dec*, and funded by the Quantum ARC quantum-tech-alliance.co.uk #neuroskyence #meg #opm /1
OMEGAS
Optically pumped magnetometers MagnetoEncephaloGraphy Action Scotland
www.dundee.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Open assistant professor position in noninvasive brain stimulation in cognition at Maastricht University: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3557...
Assistant Professor in Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation in Cognition
Welcome to the Brain Stimulation and Cognition lab at Maastricht University! Our goal: The Brain Stimulation and Cognition group at Maastricht University aims to unravel the psychological and neural m...
www.academictransfer.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Really looking forward to this. See you all there!!
We are thrilled to announce talks from Caroline Witton (Aston U), Svenja Knappe (U of Boulder, Colorado), Tim Tierney (UCL), Mark Woolrich (Oxford), @magnetokrishio.bsky.social (Cardiff) and Olaf Hauk (Cambridge). /3
October 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Join us for the first symposium of the OPM-MEG Action Scotland (OMEGAS) initiative - www.dundee.ac.uk/omegas, to take place at the University of Dundee, *9-10 Dec*, and funded by the Quantum ARC quantum-tech-alliance.co.uk #neuroskyence #meg #opm /1
OMEGAS
Optically pumped magnetometers MagnetoEncephaloGraphy Action Scotland
www.dundee.ac.uk
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Stats on #bodybrain #neuroskyence data can become non-trivial pretty quickly: Anything beyond t-tests on 'systole vs diastole' or 'insp vs exp' will include some form of phase binning, so we need adequate surrogates for robust permutation stats. Plus, these are not available for circular data.
October 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Our members have voted to support industrial action to fight against job cuts passed today!

In the ballot our 72% of members were in favour of strike action, and 90% in favour of action short of strike. Turnout was 58%.

Thank you to all members, reps and officials for helping us get the vote out.
October 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.
September 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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I'm thrilled to share that our new paper is now published in Psychophysiology (Open Access):
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@zacndr.bsky.social @teamlabuda.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Remember when UEG told us “there was no plan B” for further redundancies.

Now we know, from the published Recovery Plan, that at the same time they were proposing over 400 future job losses including over 350 redundancies.

We cannot trust their words.

Vote in our ballot now to protect jobs.
September 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Please RT
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!

Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!

We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
www.jobbnorge.no
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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📢 Save the Date!
Our next IGOR Hackathon is happening Friday, October 10th (9:00–15:00)

Join us to:
🚀 Get to know ongoing IGOR projects
💡 Brainstorm new project ideas
🧠♻️ Engage in discussions on open and reproducible science in biopsychology

Stay tuned, the detailed program will be shared soon!
August 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM
September 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
POV: Expecting a large crowd for the symposium...
September 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Some Scottish Neuroscience at the poster session this morning #ICON2025: @ekcunningham.bsky.social presenting "Around The Clock: Physiological Markers Of Lapses In Attention During
Sustained Task Performance" *P3.56*. Have a look and let Emily know what you think.
September 17, 2025 at 8:48 AM