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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · 29d

Time to petition Miriam-Webster for “inflappable”.

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Heejung Jung @jungheejung.bsky.social · Sep 4

New Open dataset alert:
🧠 Introducing "Spacetop" – a massive multimodal fMRI dataset that bridges naturalistic and experimental neuroscience!

N = 101 x 6 hours each = 606 functional iso-hours combining movies, pain, faces, theory-of-mind and other cognitive tasks!

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Sep 4

github.com/pmolfese/NIf...
Continuing to iterate on Quick Look Previews for NIfTI files. Now works with dark mode on macOS 15 and later. New Makefile to simplify compilation and install: make all && make install. Details on GitHub. #nifti #mri #quicklook #neuroimaging

GitHub - pmolfese/NIfTIViewQL: QuickLook of NIFTI files

QuickLook of NIFTI files. Contribute to pmolfese/NIfTIViewQL development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Aug 22

This will helpfully allow you to view the contents of a NIfTI image when selecting it in the macOS finder and pressing the space-bar.

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Aug 22

Releasing a NIfTI Quick Look tool compatible with macOS 15+. This is necessary since Apple significantly changed those frameworks and broke the (legendary?) Gary Zhang's old NIfTI plugin. PRs welcome! Download and build with Xcode: github.com/pmolfese/NIf... #mri #macOS #nifti #neuroscience #science

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caylen @caylen.bsky.social · Mar 17

happy saint patrick's day everyone

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Mar 5

I could see some states increasingly funding science.

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Andy Bagshaw @bagshaap.bsky.social · Dec 20

Come and work with us at @thechbh.bsky.social, we have a position for a full Professor in Human/Cognitive/Translational Neuroscience. Please circulate and get in touch for an informal chat.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLE056/p...

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Joao Barbosa @jbarbosa.org · Feb 19

please retweet this ad for a tenured-research position in fMRI at ultra-high.

Join us!

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Peter Bandettini @fmri-today.bsky.social · Dec 5

ISMRM Ultra-High Field / fMRI workshop in Annapolis, March 31'st to April 2'nd. The website is still being populated but so far looks exciting. Abstract deadline is January 10th. www.ismrm.org/workshops/20...

ISMRM 2025 Joint Study Group Workshop on Ultra-High Field MR & Brain Function Study Groups

The home page of the 2025 Joint Study Group Workshop on Ultra-High Field MR & Brain Function Study Groups, by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

www.ismrm.org

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Jan 8

Neuroimaging Resource Alert: The NIH fMRI Summer Course has recorded talks available on YouTube from 2024, 2019, and 2018: fmrif.nimh.nih.gov/index.php/Su...

And we're actively working on uploading talks from 2014-2017! #fmri #neuroimaging

SummerCourse - FMRIF

fmrif.nimh.nih.gov

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · Dec 18

Fellow scientists: If you are going to make broad public pronouncements based on your results, please have someone check your math first. The general population is losing faith in science, and reversals like this are a big part of the problem.

Your Black Plastic Utensils (Probably) Aren’t Killing You After All

If you recently threw out your black plastic spatula, as several news articles urged us to do, you might want to see if you can dig it back out of the trash. They were based on a study whose most dram...

lifehacker.com

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The HPS Podcast @hpspodcast.bsky.social · Nov 13

"We need to get [scientists] to realise that history and philosophy of science has much to contribute to science itself"

A highly quotable episode with Editor-in-Chief of Science @holdenthorp.bsky.social

Out on @hpspodcast.bsky.social now!

#hps #philsci #histsci #sts🧪

S4 Ep 9 - Holden Thorp on 'Teach History and Philosophy of Science' - The HPS Podcast - Conversations from History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science

“This is Holden Thorp. I'm the Editor in Chief of Science and thanks to Sam and Carmelina for all they're doing to get the word out about the history and philosophy of science”Today's guest is Holden ...

thehpspodcast.buzzsprout.com

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Neuroskeptic @neuroskeptic.bsky.social · Nov 22

You know the "🔹AI Overview" you get on Google Search?

I discovered today that it's repeating as fact something I made up 7 years ago as a joke.

"Kyloren syndrome" is a fictional disease I invented as part of a sting operation to prove that you can publish any nonsense in predatory journals...

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Grace Lindsay @neurograce.bsky.social · Nov 20

When I will respond to your email

Histogram peaked at 3 minutes and 2 weeks since sent

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Dan Handwerker @danielhandwerker.bsky.social · Nov 11

I don't know if it's being added to @micahgallen.com's Cog Neuro starter pack or a real growth of users, but I've seen more new followers today than any time before. I've been in the fields of neuroscience and fMRI methodology for a while. I mostly post about science, mentorship, and job listings.

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Francesco Santini - ESMRMB2025 Program Chair @mrifranz.bsky.social · Nov 20

77 people in the starter pack! What a network! And #protip: if you add #MRI or #MRS to your post, they will automatically show up in the MRISky feed, which is also included in the pack! go.bsky.app/EVqd6pe

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Nov 21

Looks like the secret is out! #neuro

www.thetransmitter.org/community/hu...

‘Huge influx’ of neuroscientists migrates to Bluesky

Daily neuroscience-related posts on the social-media platform this week have increased more than 400 percent, on average, compared with October.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Sep 16

New-ish grant mechanism for building scientific software. Would be prime opportunity to fund existing and new projects to carry science forward.

RFA-OD-24-010: Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Building Sustainable Software Tools for Open Science (R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) RFA-OD-24-010. ODSS

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Center for Multimodal Neuroimaging (CMN) and the FMRIF are hosting a workshop September 4-5 on “Insights Into Cognitive And Neural Function Through Eye Tracking”.

The hybrid workshop will be streamed on zoom, info: cmn.nimh.nih.gov/cmnworkshop2...

#eyetracking #neuroscience #cognition

Center for Multimodal Neuroimaging

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Jun 12

NIH Summer #fMRI Summer Course continues with great talks on #highres and #layerfMRI by @[email protected] and @layerfmri.bsky.social. Watch it here: youtu.be/IPCuW7x0d_8 #science

Summer Course 2024: 04 High Resolution MRI and fMRI by Tyler Morgan and Renzo Huber

04 Morgan Huber HighRes

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · May 31

New manuscript out in Neuropsychologia on naturalistic fMRI in emergent readers: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Will you read how I will read? Naturalistic fMRI predictors of emergent reading

Despite reading being an essential and almost universal skill in the developed world, reading proficiency varies substantially from person to person. …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · May 31

The NIMH FMRI Summer Course kicked off this week. Checkout the schedule and talks in near real-time online here:
fmrif.nimh.nih.gov/index.php/Su...

SummerCourse - FMRIF

fmrif.nimh.nih.gov

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Marc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · Nov 13

Functional parcellation of the neonatal brain | #bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Peter Molfese @dcneuroscientist.bsky.social · Nov 13

In all seriousness, try to make sure your personal statement or cover letter addresses these points: Why you? Why study/work here? Why now?

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