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Philippe Jawinski @pjawinski.bsky.social · 1d

🧠 Why do some brains age faster than others?
🧬 Our new Nature Aging study of over 56,000 participants explores the genetics of the “brain age gap” — the difference between your brain’s biological and chronological age.
nature.com/articles/s43587-025-00962-7

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Genome-wide analysis of brain age identifies 59 associated loci and unveils relationships with mental and physical health - Nature Aging

This genomic study of magnetic resonance imaging-based brain age in 56,348 people identifies 59 genetic loci, links brain aging to mental and physical health, and suggests high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes as causal factors of brain aging.

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 18d

Tau oligomers modulate synapse fate by eliciting progressive bipartite synapse dysregulation and synapse loss https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.19.677215v1

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Linden Parkes @lindenmp.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come work with us!! Open rank faculty call!!

Avram Holmes @avramholmes.bsky.social · Sep 5

The @cahbir.bsky.social and @rutgersbhi.bsky.social are hiring! Multiple open area and open rank faculty jobs, wonderful colleagues, amazing resources, and one of the largest communities of brain science research groups on the planet. Please apply and share widely.

jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/209...

Human Neuroimaging Faculty Positions in Rutgers Brain Health Institute

The Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR), a component of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) on the Busch campus in Piscataway, NJ, is recruiting for two open rank (Assistant...

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Alina Podschun @apodschun.bsky.social · Sep 2

Come join the best lab ever!

Sebastian Markett @sebastianmarkett.bsky.social · Sep 2

🧠 PhD opening in our lab @HU_Berlin!
Work on NeuroGeneConnect: genetics 🧬 + neuroimaging 🧠 of brain networks.
Closing date: 17/09/25
Details & apply 👉 hu.berlin/mpphd
Ref: DR/180/25
PostDoc call coming soon too!

Research fellow (m/f/d) in the field of molecular psychology with expected 65% part-time employment – E 13 TV-L HU (limited for 3 years)

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Boris Bernhardt @borismontreal.bsky.social · Aug 24

New paper🥳

🧠 In TLE, brain changes go beyond the temporal lobe & beyond normal aging.

Our ENIGMA study (769 patients, 18 sites) found widespread gray & white matter decline, especially after 55. By Judy Chen and a terrific intl' team

Time for earlier diagnosis & deeper research
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assafbreska.bsky.social @assafbreska.bsky.social · Aug 20

We’re hiring! 🥳fully funded PhD and postdoc positions in human cognitive neuroscience @mpicybernetics.bsky.social

M/EEG and brain stimulation methods to study timing/ prediction/ attention/ oscillations
tinyurl.com/5dku4du9

@timingresforum.bsky.social @gtc-tuebingen.bsky.social

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PhD and Postdoc Positions (m/f/d) in Human Cognitive Neuroscience of Dynamic Cognition – M/EEG, brain stimulation

Job Offer from August 11, 2025

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Ravi Menon, Ph.D. @northernthrux.bsky.social · Aug 19

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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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Aug 12

Geometry of neural dynamics along the cortical attractor landscape reflects changes in attention https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.08.669432v1

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Aug 3

Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.31.667730v1

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Jul 23

Very pleased to say we have an Assistant Professor job opening (tenure track) in the Department of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin! 😀
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOA399/a... - deadline is August 19th! Please repost!

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Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Jul 22

Glad to see this one out - massive effort by Aaron Warren and @rolstonjohn.bsky.social - and a major milestone toward treating disorders of consciousness with DBS!
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John Rolston @rolstonjohn.bsky.social · Jul 21

Just dropped in @natcomms.nature.com: we show that re-engaging a thalamic–ventral tegmental circuit with deep brain stimulation can reignite consciousness in patients with severe brain injury. Work led by Aaron Warren, with @andreashorn.org @foxmdphd.bsky.social @ others! tinyurl.com/4kz8j89b

A human brain network linked to restoration of consciousness after deep brain stimulation - Nature Communications

In people with severe brain injuries, stimulation restored consciousness by engaging a deep brain circuit for wakefulness—revealing a target that may also guide treatment in stroke and epilepsy.

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Rhodri Cusack @rhodricusack.bsky.social · Jul 19

Ireland launches global talent fund! www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
If you're a neuroscience professor (assistant/associate/full) and would consider relocating to the vibrant and booming city of Dublin, please get in touch!

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Thomas Yeo @bttyeo.bsky.social · Jul 17

1/11 Excited to share our @Naturestudy led by @leonooi.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social @shaoshiz.bsky.social

AI performance is known to scale with logarithm of sample size (Kaplan 2020), but in many domains, sample size can be # participants or # measurements...

doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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DrBreaky @drbreaky.bsky.social · Jul 17

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience,

Generation of surrogate brain maps preserving spatial autocorrelation through random rotation of geometric eigenmodes

direct.mit.edu/imag/article...

Produces surrogates for null hypothesis testing of nonlinear effects within and correlations between brain maps

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Paula Croxson (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈 @paulacroxson.bsky.social · Jun 10

🧪 Scientists are pushing back against the gutting of US research funding. Now scientists outside of the NIH and members of the public can sign on in support of the Bethesda declaration: www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

More about the Bethesda declaration: apnews.com/article/nih-...

Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

Support NIH Staff Now!

www.standupforscience.net

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Alina Podschun @apodschun.bsky.social · Jun 4

My conference is more cinematic than yours (at @netsciconf.bsky.social )

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 8

Choose Science. Choose Europe.

A new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is now open.

With a budget of €404.3 million, it will support around 1,650 researchers from Europe and beyond.

Apply by 10 September → europa.eu/!fBTMgF

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Simon W Davis @woodforbrains.bsky.social · Apr 6

Absolutely incredible work by Davide Momi, John Griffiths,and a stellar team of neuroscientists with a multidimensional view of brain dynamics.

This work gives us a WHOLE BRAIN map of excitability.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Stimulation mapping and whole-brain modeling reveal gradients of excitability and recurrence in cortical networks - Nature Communications

How brain networks organize and interact based on their hierarchical position remains poorly understood. Momi, Wang et al find that high-order brain networks show stronger responses to stimulation and...

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Mar 30

Many apparent disagreements over the utility of neural manifolds come from a lack of clarity on what the term really encompasses, argues @mattperich.bsky.social

#neuroskyence

www.thetransmitter.org/neural-dynam...

Neural manifolds: Latest buzzword or pathway to understand the brain?

When you cut away the misconceptions, neural manifolds present a conceptually appropriate level at which systems neuroscientists can study the brain.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Calvin Lai @calvinklai.bsky.social · Mar 28

Extremely disappointing & cowardly. The American Psychological Association is rescinding diversity requirements. Not due to any actual mandate from the federal government, but only because it may *someday* face pressure from the government www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...

Under Pressure, Psychology Accreditation Board Suspends Diversity Standards

As the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements.

www.nytimes.com

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A.D.🍀🦩 @adwills.bsky.social · Mar 12

did you enjoy creating it? did you have fun? does it make you happy thinking about it and sharing it? then that's it. you did it. you found the secret sauce. "was that a waste of time?" of course not, fuckface. expressing yourself creatively is always worthwhile. you're doing great

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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · Feb 28

Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.

Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.

We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · Feb 20

Gender imbalance in citations most pronounced in high-impact neuroscience journals https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.19.638905v1

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · Feb 11

#WomeninSTEM accelerate science and make our work possible. Today, we join other science organizations around the world by recognizing the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. #WomenInScienceDay

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James Pang @jchrispang.bsky.social · Feb 3

For my first-ever bluesky post, I'm really excited to share our new preprint "Geometric influences on the regional organization of the mammalian brain" with @alexfornito.bsky.social and a superstar 17-person team! (1/n)

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Geometric influences on the regional organization of the mammalian brain

The mammalian brain is comprised of anatomically and functionally distinct regions. Substantial work over the past century has pursued the generation of ever-more accurate maps of regional boundaries,...

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