Desmond Oathes, PhD
@desmondoathes.bsky.social
Brain zapping since 2003 | Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Psychiatry | TMS/fMRI, depression, anxiety, PTSD, cognitive neuroscience 🏃🏻🏕🛵✈️
Us : “We need 50 patients to find the effect.” NIH: “Cool, here’s the award.” NIH Post Trump: “Actually we’re taking back some of your money.” Us: “Ok, that means we can only get 46 patients.” NIH: “That’s bad. If you can’t prove that 46 is enough to find the effect, you lose.”
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November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Us : “We need 50 patients to find the effect.” NIH: “Cool, here’s the award.” NIH Post Trump: “Actually we’re taking back some of your money.” Us: “Ok, that means we can only get 46 patients.” NIH: “That’s bad. If you can’t prove that 46 is enough to find the effect, you lose.”
Today, Nov 26, 130PM EST --
Stuff your mind before you stuff the turkey! @mlueckel.bsky.social will present at our virtual speaker series Wed, Nov 26, 130pm EST on "From heuristics to precision neuromodulation – and back". If not on our list, DM me your email for the link.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today, Nov 26, 130PM EST --
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** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
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#PenNLINC is recruiting a clinical coordinator / lab manager!!! Looking for someone who is good with both people + code, wants to learn to acquire + analyze imaging data. Alumni in this role have written 1st author papers + gone to top grad programs.
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
neuroimaging | Satterthwaite Lab | UPenn
www.satterthwaitelab.com
Homepage for Satterthwaite lab
neuroimaging | neurodevelopment | adolescence | psychiatry | machine learning | network science
www.pennlinc.io
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#PenNLINC is recruiting a clinical coordinator / lab manager!!! Looking for someone who is good with both people + code, wants to learn to acquire + analyze imaging data. Alumni in this role have written 1st author papers + gone to top grad programs.
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
Website: www.pennlinc.io
Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
Is there no intelligence left in the government? 🤷
A CDC website that previously said vaccines do not cause autism has walked back that statement. It now repeats the skepticism that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has voiced about the safety of vaccines.
C.D.C. Website No Longer Rejects Possible Link Between Autism and Vaccines
A previous version denied a link between vaccines and autism. It now echoes the doubts about that conclusion voiced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Is there no intelligence left in the government? 🤷
Stuff your mind before you stuff the turkey! @mlueckel.bsky.social will present at our virtual speaker series Wed, Nov 26, 130pm EST on "From heuristics to precision neuromodulation – and back". If not on our list, DM me your email for the link.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Stuff your mind before you stuff the turkey! @mlueckel.bsky.social will present at our virtual speaker series Wed, Nov 26, 130pm EST on "From heuristics to precision neuromodulation – and back". If not on our list, DM me your email for the link.
I’m not a giant in neuroscience but I’m a giant…in neuroscience
November 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I’m not a giant in neuroscience but I’m a giant…in neuroscience
1st day swag + heard some great talks
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
1st day swag + heard some great talks
Josh Brown, MD, PhD from McLean/Harvard Med will be our speaker this Wed, Oct 29, 1:30PM EST talking on, "Translating Synaptic Mechanisms of TMS into Clinical Improvements and Novel Protocols" at the usual Zoom link. DM me your email if not on the list for the link.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Josh Brown, MD, PhD from McLean/Harvard Med will be our speaker this Wed, Oct 29, 1:30PM EST talking on, "Translating Synaptic Mechanisms of TMS into Clinical Improvements and Novel Protocols" at the usual Zoom link. DM me your email if not on the list for the link.
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Apply TODAY for the ACNP Early-Stage Investigator Assistance Program! ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: Jan. 12-15, 2026, Atlantis Paradise Island Resort. You must already have an in-person invite or be registered to attend the meeting in person to apply. tinyurl.com/ctck8yjn 🌴
October 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Apply TODAY for the ACNP Early-Stage Investigator Assistance Program! ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: Jan. 12-15, 2026, Atlantis Paradise Island Resort. You must already have an in-person invite or be registered to attend the meeting in person to apply. tinyurl.com/ctck8yjn 🌴
In better news, amazing @rubykong92.bsky.social will present in our virtual speaker series tomorrow, Wed Oct 15. The time will switch to 8am EST to accommodate her time zone. Title: "Individual-Specific Brain Parcellations For Brain Stimulation." DM me your email if not on our list for the link.
October 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In better news, amazing @rubykong92.bsky.social will present in our virtual speaker series tomorrow, Wed Oct 15. The time will switch to 8am EST to accommodate her time zone. Title: "Individual-Specific Brain Parcellations For Brain Stimulation." DM me your email if not on our list for the link.
Crushing news... nolanrwilliams.com
Nolan Williams, M.D.
Nolan Williams, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Crushing news... nolanrwilliams.com
To allow a big timezone difference, our virtual speaker series next week will be Wed October 15 at 8am EST starring @rubykong92.bsky.social . The title will be: "Individual-specific brain parcellations for brain stimulation." DM me your email if you aren't already on our list for the Zoom link.
October 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
To allow a big timezone difference, our virtual speaker series next week will be Wed October 15 at 8am EST starring @rubykong92.bsky.social . The title will be: "Individual-specific brain parcellations for brain stimulation." DM me your email if you aren't already on our list for the Zoom link.
Please join us Wed, Oct 8, 130-230PM EST for @loliver4.bsky.social (Lindsay Oliver) speaking on "Targeting Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Social Cognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia Using Personalized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation" at the usual Zoom. DM your email if you need the link.
October 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Please join us Wed, Oct 8, 130-230PM EST for @loliver4.bsky.social (Lindsay Oliver) speaking on "Targeting Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Social Cognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia Using Personalized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation" at the usual Zoom. DM your email if you need the link.
Next week, Wed Oct 1 at the usual time (1:30PM EST) and zoom link, we'll host Miriam Klein-Flügge @mkflugge.bsky.social speaking on "Computation, neuromodulation and mental health relationships in affective decision-making." DM me your email if not on our list for the link. Hope to see you then.
September 26, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Next week, Wed Oct 1 at the usual time (1:30PM EST) and zoom link, we'll host Miriam Klein-Flügge @mkflugge.bsky.social speaking on "Computation, neuromodulation and mental health relationships in affective decision-making." DM me your email if not on our list for the link. Hope to see you then.
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Great to be part of this effort, led by Joaquim Radua, @drhannahsavage.bsky.social and Miquel Fullana, among other www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci
#neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci
Neural correlates of human fear conditioning and sources of variability in 2199 individuals - Nature Communications
A large brain imaging study of over 2000 people worldwide shows that fear conditioning engages brain regions linked to emotion and attention, with differences in individuals with anxiety or depression...
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August 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Great to be part of this effort, led by Joaquim Radua, @drhannahsavage.bsky.social and Miquel Fullana, among other www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci
#neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci
Office decor…
August 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Office decor…
Our speaker this week is Francesco Versace speaking on “From brain waves to behavior: Identifying neuromarkers for tailored smoking and obesity treatments”, Wed, Aug 27, 130-230pm EST at the usual Zoom. PM your email if not on our list for the link. See you then!
August 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Our speaker this week is Francesco Versace speaking on “From brain waves to behavior: Identifying neuromarkers for tailored smoking and obesity treatments”, Wed, Aug 27, 130-230pm EST at the usual Zoom. PM your email if not on our list for the link. See you then!
Preprint introducing our whole brain causal connectivity maps in >N80 participants according to single pulse interleaved TMS/fMRI. dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.... 🧠 ⚡ 🔭
Causal Connectivity Maps Derived from Single-Pulse Interleaved TMS/fMRI
Here we employed interleaved single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation with functional MRI (spTMS/fMRI) to generate causal activation maps targeting the left hemisphere according to two sets of p...
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August 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Preprint introducing our whole brain causal connectivity maps in >N80 participants according to single pulse interleaved TMS/fMRI. dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.... 🧠 ⚡ 🔭
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📢 We are hiring! 📢
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
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August 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📢 We are hiring! 📢
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself.
Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
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Come be my colleague! The Department of Psychology at Princeton and @princetonneuro.bsky.social are jointly searching for an Assistant Prof in Cog Neuro. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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August 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Come be my colleague! The Department of Psychology at Princeton and @princetonneuro.bsky.social are jointly searching for an Assistant Prof in Cog Neuro. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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At the Fixel Institute, August is all about momentum in scientific, clinical and community initiatives. We’re gearing up for our flagship DBS Think Tank (Sept 2–4), where global neuromodulation leaders will gather to shape the future of brain stimulation.
August 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
At the Fixel Institute, August is all about momentum in scientific, clinical and community initiatives. We’re gearing up for our flagship DBS Think Tank (Sept 2–4), where global neuromodulation leaders will gather to shape the future of brain stimulation.
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The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne shined a light on the stigma of living w/ Parkinson's. In our new, just released, op-ed at MedPageToday, Dr. Indu Subramanian and I reflect on how Ozzy Osbourne’s fearless honesty about Parkinson’s disease changed lives. @medpagetoday.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne shined a light on the stigma of living w/ Parkinson's. In our new, just released, op-ed at MedPageToday, Dr. Indu Subramanian and I reflect on how Ozzy Osbourne’s fearless honesty about Parkinson’s disease changed lives. @medpagetoday.com