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Julia Moser

@drjuliamoser.bsky.social

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Developmental neuroscientist at University of Minnesota’s MIDB. Interested in developmental brain imaging and the emergence of cognitive abilities

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Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · May 18

Hello all fMRIPrep users! What if you could use the same pipeline for processing MRI data from all ages? 👶👩‍🦱👩‍🦳 Check out fMRIPrep Lifespan! Our workflow optimized for data from the first years of life and further upstream enhancements to the entire NiPreps suite www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain @umn-midb.bsky.social · 19d

🚀 Big news: With a $3.3M NIH grant, MIDB members Meghan Swanson, PhD, and Mark Schleiss, MD, are leading a first-of-its-kind study of infants born with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV).

Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers...

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Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Margaret Sheridan inspires us all with reflections and insights at her Linda Spear mid-career award talk 👏 Reminding us of the incredible growth and value of our field! #flux2025 @fluxsociety.bsky.social

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thanks for all the contributions of @drdamienfair.bsky.social @catcamacho.bsky.social @roberthermosillo.bsky.social @gordonneuro.bsky.social @muriahwheelock.bsky.social @tu-jiaxin.bsky.social @koiralasanju.bsky.social @smnelson.bsky.social @crimoral.bsky.social and many many more!

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Aug 29

Precision functional imaging in early development will allow us to uncover individual brain developmental trajectories and help tailor personalized interventions.

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Aug 29

For these studies we acquired up to 154 min of low motion resting state fMRI data in neonates and up to 153 min with auditory oddball paradigm in 8 week old infants.

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Aug 29

And that babies show individual specific nuances in their BOLD response patterns towards salient stimuli.

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Aug 29

Using both resting state and task fMRI, we show that babies brain functional architecture can be divided into cortical areas that are individual specific and distinct from other babies.

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Aug 29

Is precision functional brain imaging in babies possible? YES! We show this in not one but two new preprints out of WashU and @umn-midb.bsky.social! 1️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 2️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🐣👶🧠

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layerfmri.bsky.social @layerfmri.bsky.social · Aug 24

New layer-fMRI preprint looking at laminar response differences of across (very) early development in newborns.
Exciting new directions in the field.
By Moore et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Aug 10

What an amazing demonstration of why Precision Functional Mapping matters 🧠It’s been an honor to support the team in this huge endeavor!

Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · Aug 10

I still get chills

Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts

Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE

see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Jul 25

Congratulations @agreco.bsky.social ! 🎉

Hertie-Institut für klinische Hirnforschung (HIH) @hih-tuebingen.bsky.social · Jul 25

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Antonino Greco for winning the “HIH Paper of the Year Award” during yesterday's Neuroscience Campus Get Together for his publication “Predictive learning shapes the representational geometry of the human brain” in Nature Communications. Well done! 🙌
More info: tinyurl.com/mw3kkc36

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Nadege Roche-Labarbe @nadegeroche.bsky.social · Jul 17

This is your last chance to submit your abstract 👶🧠 ! We have an outstanding scientific program, join us in beautiful Dublin 🇮🇪 for your annual dose of neonatal brain science (and beer 🍻😉)

Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · Jul 17

🔊 Final Call for Late Breaking Abstracts
▶️ Due to the extenuating circumstances of the current uncertainties surrounding travel and funding this year, FIT’NG is offering a final extension for abstract submissions.
🗓️ Submission deadline: July 24
fitng.org/late-breakin...

Late breaking poster abstracts | fitng.org

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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · Jun 29

Alert! ... for the child development world!

@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social ‪

The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.

Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org

and here:
nbdc-datahub.org

Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼

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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · Jun 26

Alert!!!!

“An Action Networks Model for Pain”

We propose a new model for chronic pain — and highlight two functionally connected cortical networks that could revolutionize how we treat it.

👉 thread below 🧵

osf.io/preprints/ps...

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · May 18

This has been a huge group effort with contributions by @drdamienfair.bsky.social @markiewicz.bsky.social @russpoldrack.org @ericfeczko.bsky.social @oesteban.bsky.social @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social @tsalo.bsky.social @smnelson.bsky.social @erikglee.bsky.social @koiralasanju.bsky.social and more!

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · May 18

Our paper additionally describes age independent upstream enhancements to the entire NiPreps suite like the implementation of a ‘fit’ and ‘transform’ model and convergence of processing with other popular workflows (ABCD-BIDS, HCP Pipelines). So check out fMRIPrep versions 23.2.1 and later!

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · May 18

fMRIPrep Lifespan produces high quality outputs for structural and functional images in a wide age range which we showed in a random sample of children from 1-43 months. The scalable, modular infrastructure of fMRIPrep Lifespan will ensure adaptability to data from birth to old age.

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · May 18

Hello all fMRIPrep users! What if you could use the same pipeline for processing MRI data from all ages? 👶👩‍🦱👩‍🦳 Check out fMRIPrep Lifespan! Our workflow optimized for data from the first years of life and further upstream enhancements to the entire NiPreps suite www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Dan Handwerker @danielhandwerker.bsky.social · May 13

If you are interested in the multi-echo users meeting, or future users meetings, please take this survey. We are planning the agenda in a couple of days and more feedback would really help with planning.

Multi-echo fMRI users meeting

We have scheduled our second multi-echo fMRI users meeting for Tuesday, May 27 at 8:00 PDT, 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 17:00CEST, 0:00 (Wednesday) KST, 1:00 (Wednesday) AEST. Check your time here. The goal...

docs.google.com

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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · Apr 17

⏰ 5 DAYS LEFT!!!
🗓️ Abstract and symposium submissions close on April, 22.
Hurry up, submit now!!
🔗 fitng.org/poster-oral-...
🔗 fitng.org/symposium-su...
#FITNG2025

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ALT: a cartoon character from south park is talking on a phone and says you better hurry

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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · Mar 13

Big opportunity! 🎉
🏅The best abstracts & posters from the FIT’NG Annual Conference will be invited to submit a paper to a special issue in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Showcase your best research—submit your abstracts to #FITNG2025! 📄✨
🌐https://fitng.org/submissions/

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Eneko Uruñuela @enekourunuela.com · Feb 28

Do you work with multi-echo fMRI data? Or are you planning to?

Say no more!

Join us at the online multi-echo fMRI users meeting on March 14th.

We have a prepared a super interesting agenda for you!

Here are the important details you need to know 👇

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Feb 1

Found that thanks to @joeljm.bsky.social

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Jan 27

Thank you!

Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · Jan 26

Awesome list! I would love to join