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Martina Saltafossi @martinasaltafossi.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Gregor Thut @gregorthut.bsky.social · 11d

Open postdoc position👈
We have an open position, starting early 2026, to work on an exciting project aiming at better understanding the role of thalamo-cortical brain oscillations in perception with a comparative, cross-species (animal-human) component based on electrophysiology (incl. scalp EEG).

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Jason da Silva Castanheira @jasondasilvac.bsky.social · 13d

Quantifying rhythmic and arrhythmic brain activity is a hot 🥵 topic. But how independent are the two components from one another? 🤔 In my latest work with @smfleming.bsky.social & @matlandry.bsky.social, I explore the relationship between the two.

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Quantifying Rhythmic and Arrhythmic Components of Brain Activity

Brain activity comprises both rhythmic (periodic) and arrhythmic (aperiodic) components. These signal elements vary across healthy aging, and disease, and may make distinct contributions to conscious ...

www.biorxiv.org

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bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · 26d

🚀 Young Scientist Retreat 2025 – Hamburg 🌍
📅 October 21–24, 2025

👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/ycmyshra (Google Form)
If this does not work, feel free to write [email protected]

Let’s connect, learn & grow together in Hamburg! 🌟
⁠ysr2025 #Biopsychology #YoungScientists
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Poster with key data for the Young Scientist Retreat 2025. Dates: October 21–24, 2025, in Hamburg, Germany. Costs: €100 for members of DGPA and bioDGPS, €150 for members of DGPA or bioDGPS, €200 for non-members. Includes: 3 nights with meals and coffee breaks at a&o Hamburg City in a 2-bed room (Spaldingstr. 160, 20097 Hamburg). Eligibility: Doctoral students, postdocs, and junior professors (up to 8 years after PhD). Registration deadline: September 29, 2025, 16:00 CET. Note: Membership can be obtained with the YSR application to benefit from discounts."

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Carlotta Barkhau @carlottabarkhau.bsky.social · 14d

Presented my poster „Towards Personalized Neuroscience: Evaluating Individual-Level Information in Neural Mass Models“ at ICON2025! Grateful for the feedback and conversations about whole-brain modeling. Paper (hopefully) out soon!
#ICON2025 #CognitiveNeuroscience

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Golia Shafiei @goliashf.bsky.social · 16d

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

Golia Shafiei @goliashf.bsky.social · Feb 27

(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)

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

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Janik Goltermann @janikgoltermann.bsky.social · 22d

🧠Out now @natcomms.nature.com !
Brain changes linked to childhood maltreatment are among the field's most published findings. Yet, we find extensive replication failure of gray matter correlates in three large cohorts (N=3225), consistent across subsamples, models and operationalizations🧵

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Marc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · 27d

Inter-individual variability of neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · 27d

Very interesting research management position at the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH) in Tübingen 👇

Hertie-Institut für klinische Hirnforschung (HIH) @hih-tuebingen.bsky.social · 27d

📢 Möchten Sie die Zukunft des HIH mitgestalten? Wir suchen zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine neue
Geschäftsführung (m/w/d), Stellenumfang 75%-100%.
📝 Bewerbungen bitte bis zum 08.10.25
👉 Link zur Stellenausschreibung tinyurl.com/3cmvhz9d

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Boris Bernhardt @borismontreal.bsky.social · Aug 18

News from ENIGMA-Epilepsy! 🧠

Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.

Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.

Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...

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Jonathan Wirsich @jwirsich.bsky.social · Aug 18

Interested in Epileptic Discharges? In need of a data set to validate your source reconstruction models based on clinical outcome? Check out our newest: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Big thanks to B. Vorderwülbecke, S. Vuillémoz et al. ! - @seeber.bsky.social @cibm.bsky.social

High-Density EEG Source Localisation of averaged interictal epileptic Discharges validated by surgical Outcome - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - High-Density EEG Source Localisation of averaged interictal epileptic Discharges validated by surgical Outcome

www.nature.com

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Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · Aug 11

Thanks to all (co)authors & reviewers for their contribution to this study on #layer specific changes in #sensory #cortex across the #lifespan in #humans & #mice now out in @natneuro.nature.com Here is a short summary of our findings 1/6

DZNE research center @dzne.science · Aug 11

🧠 The human brain ages less than thought and in layers – at least in the area of the cortex responsible for the sense of touch. See study @natneuro.nature.com by @estherkuehn.bsky.social and colleagues at DZNE, @hih-tuebingen.bsky.social and @uni-magdeburg.de:

👉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Layer-specific changes in sensory cortex across the lifespan in mice and humans - Nature Neuroscience

The principal layer architecture of the sensory cortex is altered with aging. The authors show that overall thinning of the primary somatosensory cortex is driven by deep layer degeneration but that l...

www.nature.com

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Davide Sometti @zds7.bsky.social · Aug 8

🧠⏱️ New preprint!
We found that temporal prediction errors are more strongly encoded when an overt response is required, and this encoding occurs in motor rather than sensory space.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Siegellab @siegellab.bsky.social · Jul 9

📢 Exciting News!

Tübingen Systems Neuroscience Symposium #SNS2025 will happen on 6️⃣-7️⃣ October! 🎉

Plenary lectures, poster sessions and social events with leading experts in the field 🧠

registration 👉 meg.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/sns_2025

See you there! 👋

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Daniel Kluger @danlikesbrains.bsky.social · Jun 30

New preprint with amazing work from @nchalas.bsky.social:

How does respiration influence (un-)predictable near-threshold perception? MEG, arousal modulation, excitability states, respiration phase-resolved connectivity changes - it's all there :)

#neuroskyence

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

Respiration as a dynamic modulator of sensory sampling

Respiration dynamically modulates sensory perception by orchestrating transient states of the brain and the body. Using simultaneous recordings of high-density magneto-encephalography (MEG), respirati...

www.biorxiv.org

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Christina Stier @cstier.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thanks for organizing it ;-)

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bioDGPS and DGPA @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social · Jun 30

We also had the Posterblitz session 🎤 at our #PuG2025, where the following researchers presented their work: @danschfbg.bsky.social, @cstier.bsky.social, @gaertneranne.bsky.social, Anna-Lena Tebbe, Paula Lea Usemann, Hilmar Zech, Nils Wehner, and Emely Voltz 🥳👏

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Maria Meier @mariame.bsky.social · Jun 4

Do you work with #hormones? 🚶‍♂️🐁 🧫 Have you ever tried to share your data or worked with datasets and encountered challenges?

#NODES aims to develop a standard data format for hormones to remedy this.

Participate in our Delphi study to let us know what should be considered (open until mid June). ⬇️

Maria Meier @mariame.bsky.social · May 21

Important #NODES updates🔥 (2/2)

We are now recruiting experts (human & animal researchers, clinicians etc) in the field of (psycho)neuroendocrinology that volunteer to fill our survey 📝
survey.questionstar.com/NODES-Delphi...

Results will be used as a starting point to develop the data structure.

NODES Delphi study

Are you studying hormones?
We need your expertise!
https://survey.questionstar.com/NODES-Delphi-round1

We are an interdisciplinary group of researchers from the field of psychoneuroendocrinology. We all have extensive experience in working with hormonal data and faced major challenges when trying to access and reuse datasets from others.

We want to develop a community-driven standard data structure to facilitate data sharing and reuse in our field – and we need your input to do so. Scan the QR code to participate in our Delphi study!

For more info on the project visit: https://www.nodes-pne.eu

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Nils Kroemer @nbkroemer.bsky.social · Apr 3

Do you get in a bad mood if you are hungry? Over 4 weeks with EMA+CGM, we tested if mood shifts are subconsciously driven by glucose levels or ratings of metabolic state #neuroskyence 🩺

Work w/ @kristinkaduk.bsky.social @akuehnel.bsky.social @derntllab.bsky.social

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

Summary of the study. A: The schematic shows the experimental procedure, illustrating five weekly lab visits followed by 2 MR visits labeled from S1 to S7. After the first session (S1), participants undergo four weeks of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) combined with ecological momentary assessment (EMA). B: The CGM system uses a small flex sensor placed at the posterior upper arm that is inserted in the subcutaneous fatty tissue. The glucose sensor, positioned beneath the skin surface layers (epidermis and dermis), measures glucose levels in the interstitial fluid within the subcutaneous adipose tissue. The data is wirelessly sent via near field communication (NFC) to the FreeStyle Libre 3 app on the participant’s cell phone. The accuracy of the sensor concerning capillary glucose has been validated (Alva et al., 2022). C: Participants rate their metabolic and mood states twice daily using a visual analog scale (VAS), ranging from 0 (not at all) to 100 (very).

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Christina Stier @cstier.bsky.social · Mar 4

Here's a summary of the 'what' and 'why': www.growkudos.com/publications...

Thankful to all co-authors for their valuable contributions!
@eliobalestrieri.bsky.social @janafehring.bsky.social Niels Focke Andreas Wollbrink Udo Dannlowski @jgross.bsky.social

Tracking Age Through Brain Dynamics

Our brains constantly change as we age, but our understanding of how these changes affect brain activity over a lifetime lags behind. Specifically, it has been unclear which aspects of brain activity ...

www.growkudos.com

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Christina Stier @cstier.bsky.social · Mar 4

Temporal autocorrelation is predictive of age — out now!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We used @camcan-2010.bsky.social #MEG data and massive time-series feature extraction (hctsa) to understand which aspects of neural activity predict a person's age. #PNAS #aging #MEG #Neuroscience #Neuroskyence

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Elio Balestrieri @eliobalestrieri.bsky.social · Feb 19

Aaaand the paper is out on Imaging Neuroscience! 🤩

To learn about cool new (and old) features to be used in classifying M-EEG brain states, check it out:
doi.org/10.1162/imag...

Big thanks to all the co-authors and the reviewers for their great input 🫶

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Krish D. Singh @magnetokrishio.bsky.social · Feb 6

We are very excited to announce the open release of a new 170 participant dataset: Linked MEG, TMS, multimodal 3T MRI, 7T MRI, Connectom MRI, cognitive /questionnaire data. Immense effort from a fabulous
CUBRIC team. Paper by Carolyn McNabb et al: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Martina Saltafossi @martinasaltafossi.bsky.social · Jan 12

New year, new preprint out! 🧨
'Respiration facilitates behaviour during multisensory integration'

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

Great team effort w/ Andrea Zaccaro, Mauro Gianni Perrucci, Marcello Costantini, @danlikesbrains.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social

#Neuroskyence #Interoception

Respiration facilitates behaviour during multisensory integration

The brain processes information from the external environment alongside signals generated by the body. Among bodily rhythms, respiration emerges as a key modulator of sensory processing. Multisensory ...

www.biorxiv.org

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Omid Abbasi @omidabbasi.bsky.social · Dec 10

Recording Multimodal Data During Daily Activities!

This example showcases simultaneous ECG and movement data (accelerometer & gyroscope) from an ECG belt and wristband. We recorded data during cycling, rest, daily tasks, walking, and running.

#Neuroscience #Neuroskyence #interoception #Spica

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