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Esther Kuehn

@estherkuehn.bsky.social

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Professor for Translational Imaging of Cortical Microstructure | Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research | DZNE | Tübingen Germany

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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

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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Fraser Aitken @fraser-a.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our review discussing the potential use of laminar fMRI for probing the role of cortical layers in epileptic seizure propagation and spread as well as it possible future clinical applications out in Brain (well as accepted manuscript!)

academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...

The potential of laminar functional MRI in refining the understanding of epilepsy in humans

Aitken et al. highlight laminar fMRI as a tool to connect the neural effects of anti-seizure medications with the microcircuits that generate seizures in e

academic.oup.com

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Tübingen SNS 2025 @snstuebingen.bsky.social · Aug 29

🔵Tübingen SNS 2025🔵

Registration is still open for the #SNS2025 event on 6-7 October!

Join us for plenary lectures 🗣️, poster sessions📊and social events 👥 about system neuroscience!🧠

Registration at meg.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/sns_2025

Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · Aug 11

6/6 Together we introduce a new layer model of sensory aging highlighting non-homogenous cortical aging at different layers This may help to better understand the complex changes in cortex architecture that characterize healthy vs pathological aging & associated impairments in everyday life

Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · Aug 11

5/6 We replicate age- and layer-specific profiles detected in humans with #7T #MRI in aging mice & provide more details on the potential underlying neuronal mechanisms (MBP=myelin basic protein) Note: the older mice are at an age comparable to our older adults but the old mice are even older

Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · Aug 11

4/6 Interesting is also to inspect the SI layer-specific qT1 (myelin) profile of n=1 person born without one arm ipsi versus contralateral to missing arm (data are in Supplemental Material)

Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · Aug 11

3/6 The structurally more pronounced middle layer (including layer 4) also shows a larger sensory-driven functional peak in older adults This was evidenced in an independent cohort (blue=younger red=older)

Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · Aug 11

2/6 First insight: Age-related cortical thinning in SI is not homogeneous across layers but driven by deep layer thinning The middle layer instead is even thicker in older adults

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...

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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · Aug 6

📍 Postdoc an der Uni Tübingen? Dann komm zu "Meet the Campus: Postdoc Edition" am 17.09.2025, 17 Uhr, Alte Aula - Und lerne zentrale Anlaufstellen in kurzen Gesprächsrunden kennen!

🔗 Mehr Infos: eveeno.com/304184727

#PostdocDays #UniversityOfTübingen #Research #Networking #Postdocs

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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · Jul 18

Mobile Activity Lab: Forschende der Universität und des Universitätsklinikums Tübingen untersuchen mit mobilem Labor #Bewegung und #Gesundheit schwer erreichbarer Zielgruppen
uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet... #UKT #Universitätsklinikum #Sportmedizin #Sportwissenschaft #Exzellenzstrategie

Mobile Activity Lab: Körperliche Bewegung mit Menschen vor Ort erforschen

uni-tuebingen.de

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layerfmri.bsky.social @layerfmri.bsky.social · Jul 16

New layer fMRI book chapter on the value of layer-fMRI for understanding psychiatric disorders.

by J Haarsma and P Kok @jhaarsma.bsky.social @peterkok.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1007/7854...

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Western Institute for Neuroscience (WIN) @westernuwin.bsky.social · Jul 16

Tuesday July 22, Dr. Erik H. Middlebrooks from the @mayoclinic.org will be giving a seminar entitled "Clinical Applications of 7T MRI in Neuroimaging" at University Hospital.

Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · Jul 15

Two minutes that can change your life sounds interesting - are the slides somewhere to download?

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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · Jun 15

Less than a month to go!
Register now for the Computational Psychiatry Conference in Tübingen:
www.cpconf.org
Lots of exciting keynotes, tutorials, and symposia are awaiting you!
#CPConf2025

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Faruk Gulban @ofgulban.bsky.social · May 23

New in LayNii v2.9.0: Introducing *LayNii IDA*, a high-performance tool for real-time interaction with ultra–high resolution MRI data. Built for speed, designed for discovery. Still early, but a big step toward the next era of 7T fMRI: higher resolution, larger datasets.

github.com/layerfMRI/La...

Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · May 20

Impressive work, congratulations!

Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · May 20

Proud to be part of this and looking forward to the ceremonial opening later #bionic #intelligence for #health #tübingen #stuttgart

Hertie-Institut für klinische Hirnforschung (HIH) @hih-tuebingen.bsky.social · May 20

🎉 Before the ceremonial opening of the “Bionic Intelligence Tübingen Stuttgart” (BITS) center today, a Tagesschau team visited the HIH and interviewed Prof. Martin Giese, Head of Department and one of the spokespersons for BITS.
👉Watch it here (from min. 07:22): www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...

tagesschau 12:00 Uhr, 20.05.2025 - hier anschauen

Extremer Anstieg von politisch motivierten Straftaten in Deutschland, Telefonat zwischen US-Präsident Trump und Russlands Präsident Putin bleibt ohne Ergebnis, Trendstudie: 60% der Jugend blickt zufri...

www.ardmediathek.de

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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · May 18

Kolumne: Noch bis zum 26. Mai kann man bei Facebook und Instagram der Nutzung der eigenen Daten fürs KI-Training widersprechen. Das sollte man unbedingt tun, nicht nur aus Gründen des Datenschutzes.

KI-Trainingsdaten
Verweigern Sie sich Zuckerbergs dystopischen Visionen

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Noch bis zum 26. Mai kann man bei Facebook und Instagram der Nutzung der eigenen Daten fürs KI-Training widersprechen. Das sollte man unbedingt tun, nicht nur aus Gründen des Datenschutzes.

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Xuyu Qian @qianxuyu.bsky.social · May 14

Today in @nature.com , we report a spatial single-cell atlas of human cortical development, revealing surprisingly early specification of human cortical layers and areas.
We built an interactive browser to explore the spatial data: walshlab.org/research/cor...
Paper link below 👇

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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · May 15

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Báez-Yáñez, Petridou et al:

Impact of vascular architecture, oxygen saturation, and hematocrit on human cortical depth-dependent GE- and SE-BOLD fMRI signals: A simulation approach using realistic 3D vascular networks

doi.org/10.1162/imag...

Esther Kuehn @estherkuehn.bsky.social · May 1

Thanks, very important insight

Serge Dumoulin @sergedumoulin.net · May 1

As a scientist I have experimented with LLMs, such as ChatGPT, for literature searches. LLMs find real papers but miss some, and worse: invent fake papers with convincing details, for example with real authors who work in that field. Beware of these convincing confabulations!

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Werner Siemens Imaging Center @wsic.bsky.social · Feb 7

👋 Hello, Bluesky!

We are the Werner Siemens Imaging center, exploring innovative research in preclinical and molecular Imaging. We look forward to sharing our work and connecting with the BlueSky community!

Learn more about us: www.isct.uni-tuebingen.de/wsic

#Science #Research #Imaging

www.isct.uni-tuebingen.de

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · Apr 17

PhD candidates and postdocs of all disciplines: Would you like to lead an independent junior research group? In our online talk you will get first-hand information about the aims of our Emmy Noether Programme, its eligibility requirements and more. Questions welcome!
➡️ www.dfg.de/en/research-...

PROSPECTS DFG Research Career Series: Emmy Noether Programme (in English) - 28/04/2025 - 1:15-2:45 p.m. CET