Bratislav Misic
@misicbata.bsky.social
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Integrating and interpreting brain maps | doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
Imaging and recording technologies make it possible to map multiple biological features of the brain. How can these features be conceptually integrated into a coherent understanding of brain structure and function? ⤵️
Imaging and recording technologies make it possible to map multiple biological features of the brain. How can these features be conceptually integrated into a coherent understanding of brain structure and function? ⤵️
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Truly honored to be recognized among @thetransmitter.bsky.social's Rising Stars of Neuroscience for 2025 next to trailblazers like @valeriejsydnor.bsky.social, @lindenmp.bsky.social, @elimuller.bsky.social & more!🌟🧠Check out everyone's full contributions at www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
The Transmitter’s Rising Stars of Neuroscience 2025
We recognize the outstanding achievements of 25 neuroscientists who stand to shape the field for years to come.
www.thetransmitter.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Truly honored to be recognized among @thetransmitter.bsky.social's Rising Stars of Neuroscience for 2025 next to trailblazers like @valeriejsydnor.bsky.social, @lindenmp.bsky.social, @elimuller.bsky.social & more!🌟🧠Check out everyone's full contributions at www.thetransmitter.org/early-career...
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Our lab is hiring! We're lookgin for an MSc trainee and a PhD trainee to investigate the neural underpinnings of pain. If you are interested in pain and brain imaging, please reach out!
Informal enquiries are encouraged.
Informal enquiries are encouraged.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our lab is hiring! We're lookgin for an MSc trainee and a PhD trainee to investigate the neural underpinnings of pain. If you are interested in pain and brain imaging, please reach out!
Informal enquiries are encouraged.
Informal enquiries are encouraged.
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14 months after submission, our article “Stimulus-modulated approach to steady state (SASS): a flexible paradigm for event-related fMRI" is now out in @natmethods.nature.com . You can read it here rdcu.be/ePJo6
It is the first first author paper from my student @renilmathew.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 …1/N
It is the first first author paper from my student @renilmathew.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 …1/N
Stimulus-modulated approach to steady state (SASS): a flexible paradigm for event-related fMRI
Nature Methods - Stimulus-modulated approach to steady state (SASS) is an acquisition scheme for event-related fMRI that generates data with high temporal signal-to-noise ratios interspaced with...
rdcu.be
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
14 months after submission, our article “Stimulus-modulated approach to steady state (SASS): a flexible paradigm for event-related fMRI" is now out in @natmethods.nature.com . You can read it here rdcu.be/ePJo6
It is the first first author paper from my student @renilmathew.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 …1/N
It is the first first author paper from my student @renilmathew.bsky.social 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 …1/N
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Truly heroic work by the stellar @cieslakmatt.bsky.social + the HBCD dMRI working group team. Refactored QSIPrep + QSIRecon is the result of nearly 3y of concerted development + testing. It will be a total workhorse for HBCD -- and almost any other dMRI scan. Check it out for your data!!!
After years of development and testing, we are happy to present our work in "Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications"! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread:
Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications
The landmark ongoing HEALthy Brain and Cognitive Development (HBCD) study will longitudinally chart brain development in a large sample (projected n=7,200) of infants through age 10 years with multimo...
www.biorxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Truly heroic work by the stellar @cieslakmatt.bsky.social + the HBCD dMRI working group team. Refactored QSIPrep + QSIRecon is the result of nearly 3y of concerted development + testing. It will be a total workhorse for HBCD -- and almost any other dMRI scan. Check it out for your data!!!
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Looking for a post-bac RA position focused on the brain bases of affective and psychotic illness?
@holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social is hiring!
@cahbir.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social @hitop-system.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
@holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social is hiring!
@cahbir.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social @hitop-system.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Looking for a post-bac RA position focused on the brain bases of affective and psychotic illness?
@holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social is hiring!
@cahbir.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social @hitop-system.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
@holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social is hiring!
@cahbir.bsky.social @rutgersbhi.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social @sobp-org.bsky.social @hitop-system.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
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Preprint is now published: doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Preprint is now published: doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
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Excited that this is finally out! Appreciate our amazing team and collaborators so much for the support on this project @zhenqi.bsky.social @katiekarlsgodt.bsky.social @carriebearden.bsky.social @misicbata.bsky.social
New from @haleyrwang.bsky.social: Multivariate Resting-State Functional Connectivity Features Linked to Transdiagnostic Psychopathology in Early Psychosis - Biological Psychiatry www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
Multivariate Resting-State Functional Connectivity Features Linked to Transdiagnostic Psychopathology in Early Psychosis
Early psychosis (EP) is characterized by neurobiological changes, including alterations
in resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC). We now understand that symptoms and
neural changes may overlap ...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Excited that this is finally out! Appreciate our amazing team and collaborators so much for the support on this project @zhenqi.bsky.social @katiekarlsgodt.bsky.social @carriebearden.bsky.social @misicbata.bsky.social
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does brain connectivity drive spread of pathological proteins in Alzheimer’s disease?
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
October 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
does brain connectivity drive spread of pathological proteins in Alzheimer’s disease?
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️
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We are delighted to announce the launch of a new Master's Programme in Brain Health and Disease within the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge.
Applications are now open!
@camneurodept.bsky.social
www.clinical-neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/education/ta...
Applications are now open!
@camneurodept.bsky.social
www.clinical-neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/education/ta...
Taught MPhil in Brain Health and Disease | Clinical Neurosciences
Our one-year Master’s programme in Brain Health and Disease: Clinical Neurosciences offers an exceptional opportunity for students to engage with the forefront of clinical neuroscience through a dynam...
www.clinical-neuroscience.cam.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are delighted to announce the launch of a new Master's Programme in Brain Health and Disease within the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge.
Applications are now open!
@camneurodept.bsky.social
www.clinical-neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/education/ta...
Applications are now open!
@camneurodept.bsky.social
www.clinical-neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/education/ta...
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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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Interested in the mechanisms shaping the extraordinary complexity of the connectome?
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
September 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Interested in the mechanisms shaping the extraordinary complexity of the connectome?
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
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Neuromorphic hierarchical modular reservoirs | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
How does hierarchical modularity shape computational function? ⤵️
How does hierarchical modularity shape computational function? ⤵️
September 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Neuromorphic hierarchical modular reservoirs | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
How does hierarchical modularity shape computational function? ⤵️
How does hierarchical modularity shape computational function? ⤵️
Neuromorphic hierarchical modular reservoirs | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
How does hierarchical modularity shape computational function? ⤵️
How does hierarchical modularity shape computational function? ⤵️
September 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Neuromorphic hierarchical modular reservoirs | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
How does hierarchical modularity shape computational function? ⤵️
How does hierarchical modularity shape computational function? ⤵️
Network spreading and local biological vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
How do brain network structure and local biological features shape the spatial patterning of atrophy in ALS? @asafarahani.bsky.social investigates ⤵️
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
How do brain network structure and local biological features shape the spatial patterning of atrophy in ALS? @asafarahani.bsky.social investigates ⤵️
September 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Network spreading and local biological vulnerability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
How do brain network structure and local biological features shape the spatial patterning of atrophy in ALS? @asafarahani.bsky.social investigates ⤵️
doi.org/10.1038/s420...
How do brain network structure and local biological features shape the spatial patterning of atrophy in ALS? @asafarahani.bsky.social investigates ⤵️
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🚨 Excited to share the latest preprint form the lab ➡️https://tinyurl.com/32d3be9f
Here we tackle a long-standing chicken-or-egg 🐣🥚question in #autism and developmental neuroscience
➡️ Is excitation–inhibition (E:I) imbalance a "cause" or a "consequence" of #autism?
Check out what we found!
🧵1/n
Here we tackle a long-standing chicken-or-egg 🐣🥚question in #autism and developmental neuroscience
➡️ Is excitation–inhibition (E:I) imbalance a "cause" or a "consequence" of #autism?
Check out what we found!
🧵1/n
September 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Our recent work on spin tests is now published in Imaging Neuroscience🎉
As always, the code to reproduce our results and figures is available on github: github.com/netneurolab/...
As always, the code to reproduce our results and figures is available on github: github.com/netneurolab/...
The effect of spherical projections on spin tests for brain maps | doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
September 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Our recent work on spin tests is now published in Imaging Neuroscience🎉
As always, the code to reproduce our results and figures is available on github: github.com/netneurolab/...
As always, the code to reproduce our results and figures is available on github: github.com/netneurolab/...
The effect of spherical projections on spin tests for brain maps | doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The effect of spherical projections on spin tests for brain maps | doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
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New preprint from stellar IRTG PhD student Amelie Rauland + team on white matter bundle reconstruction! Shows that WM bundles can be reliably extracted from simple 32-direction dMRI & features predict cognition - huge potential for legacy and clinical data. Thread 👇
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
September 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New preprint from stellar IRTG PhD student Amelie Rauland + team on white matter bundle reconstruction! Shows that WM bundles can be reliably extracted from simple 32-direction dMRI & features predict cognition - huge potential for legacy and clinical data. Thread 👇
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
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🔥ATTENTION!🔥
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6
Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6
Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
September 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
🔥ATTENTION!🔥
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6
Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6
Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
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🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Vincent Bazinet, Zhen-Qi Liu and Bratislav Misic:
The effect of spherical projection on spin tests for brain maps
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
The effect of spherical projection on spin tests for brain maps
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
August 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Vincent Bazinet, Zhen-Qi Liu and Bratislav Misic:
The effect of spherical projection on spin tests for brain maps
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
The effect of spherical projection on spin tests for brain maps
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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🚨 New preprint out! 🚨
“Translating the Transcriptome: A Connectomics Approach for Gene-Network Mapping and Clinical Application”
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 
🧵 A short thread:
“Translating the Transcriptome: A Connectomics Approach for Gene-Network Mapping and Clinical Application”
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 
🧵 A short thread:
August 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨 New preprint out! 🚨
“Translating the Transcriptome: A Connectomics Approach for Gene-Network Mapping and Clinical Application”
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 
🧵 A short thread:
“Translating the Transcriptome: A Connectomics Approach for Gene-Network Mapping and Clinical Application”
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025... 
🧵 A short thread:
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Please repost. The Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping is looking for a Preclinical MRI physicist (9.4T and 15.2T Bruker Advance Neo). You will join a team of 14 dedicated staff in Canada's National Ultra-high field MRI platform who also operate 3T and 7T human scanners in the same facility.
August 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Please repost. The Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping is looking for a Preclinical MRI physicist (9.4T and 15.2T Bruker Advance Neo). You will join a team of 14 dedicated staff in Canada's National Ultra-high field MRI platform who also operate 3T and 7T human scanners in the same facility.
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Interested in Network hubs, cortical hierarchies, and gradients? Ever wonder where they come from? Check our latest review, where we cover different approaches to mapping hubs, models for their evolution, and mechanisms for how they develop:
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
August 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Interested in Network hubs, cortical hierarchies, and gradients? Ever wonder where they come from? Check our latest review, where we cover different approaches to mapping hubs, models for their evolution, and mechanisms for how they develop:
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...