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Lea Michel

@leacmichel.bsky.social

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PhD student at the Donders in the @lcd_lab_donders until August 2025 Working on how grey and white matter structure develop together in adolescence 🧠 Founder of PhD et al. 🎓 Chair of the Sustainability and Environmental Actions group of OHBM 🌿

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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 7d

‼️ If you're interested in getting involved with the SEA-SIG, we are accepting nominations for the roles of Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer until OCTOBER 5! ‼️

✨ 💫 🌍 🌱 🍃

Thomas Hinault @thinault.bsky.social · 15d

Make a difference within the OHBM community and help make it more sustainable!

The @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social positions of chair, secretary and treasurer are open for nominations.

Email [email protected] with a short statement (200 words) about why you and how you will get involved!

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 23d

Hybrid or multi-hubs are good future options for conferences to be more sustainable but also more accessible in terms of funds, visa and dependants at home.
See this amazing article from the sea-sig: apertureneuro.org/article/8767...

apertureneuro.org

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 23d

I think the responsibility lies both at the individual level: more academics should choose the train or select conferences more mindfully of their footprint.
But universities, and particularly conferences, should adapt their systems.

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 23d

Taking the plane would have cost less money and taken a few hours only. It is a better solution for a lot of people that do not have the time or funds to go on these slower trips. I am very lucky being in Europe with such a good train system and being in a lab that supports this.

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 23d

I divided the trip over two days, allowing me to also visit Chester on my way to Dublin and see a musical in London on my way back.

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 23d

My travel to and from Dublin have emitted 72kg of CO2 while a plane trip between the Netherlands and Dublin (and back) emits 500kg of CO2.

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 23d

Choosing to go by train/ferry to #Flux2025 I emitted SEVEN times less C02 compared to a plane trip.

Air travel is one of the largest contributors to the carbon footprint of research. Researchers, universities and conferences have the responsabilities to create more sustainable alternatives.

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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · 23d

⏰ Last couple of days to apply to join my group @Cambridge as a postdoc and work on the environmental (un)sustainability of AI!

⏳ Closing September 16th.

✏️ Apply here: tinyurl.com/2ukkp8yx

Or learn more about what we do at www.lannelongue-group.org

Initial examples of research projects below 👇

Research Associate*/Research Assistant in Sustainability of AI (Fixed Term)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented researcher to join our team as part of the Green Algorithms Initiative, one of the leading academic teams in the field of sustainable computing. The

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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · Sep 7

My feedback to flux.

I'm not interested in anonymity. And this is my feedback to all institutions, all international conferences, and universities.

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · Sep 6

I had such a blast presenting the last project of my PhD for a flash talk and a poster at #Flux2025

Grey and white matter are not two separate tissues and we found that adversity is associated significantly differently with grey and white matter measures showing the importance of looking at both!

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'll be at Flux with a flash talk and a poster (S52) on Saturday!

I'll be presenting the last project of my PhD on how different kinds of adversity predict the development of grey and white matter structure 🧠

Also searching for a postdoc 👀

#FluxCongress2025

Flux Society @fluxsociety.bsky.social · Aug 14

🎓 FLUX is proud to spotlight Léa Michel.

Read about her journey, motivations, and advice for other young scientists:
👉 buff.ly/zOblWtu

#FLUXSociety #TraineeSpotlight #Neuroscience #EarlyCareerResearchers

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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · Aug 14

Don't miss @drbreaky.bsky.social's keynote at our OHBM VIRTUAL SATELLITE MEETING!! 🌍 🛰️ 🍃

Make sure you register before September 4!!

The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · Aug 13

The keynote speaker for the OHBM Virtual Satellite Meeting is Dr. Michael Breakspear, @drbreaky.bsky.social! You won’t want to miss his talk – your only chance will be to register and catch it live at 12:00-13:00 UTC on September 11!

🔗 https://humanbrainmapping.org/25SEASIG

#OHBM #SEASIG

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · Aug 11

Join us for the OHBM & SEA-SIG Virtual Satellite Meeting! 🖥️

The SEA-SIG worked all year to prepare you an amazing programme for this Virtual Satellite Meeting, so check it out!

The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · Aug 6

Don’t miss out! 🧠🌏
The OHBM & SEA-SIG Virtual Satellite Meeting is coming up September 10–12!
📅 Registration is open through September 4 at 11:59 pm EST, USA.
🔗 https://humanbrainmapping.org/25SEASIG
#OHBM #SEASIG #reducecarbonfootprint #webinar

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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · Jun 30

New paper by @njudd.com shows that an additional year of education doesn't causally affect telomere length in old age, despite many (theory) accounts arguing otherwise. It's been desk rejected by 13 journals happy to publish small 'positive' telomere studies. Sigh. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · Jun 30

Picked up my poster for #ESCAP2025 last week and had a small surprise arriving at the Airbnb..

If you want to see my real poster on the association between adversity and grey and white matter development, come meet me at D2.102 today!

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Aperture Neuro @apertureohbm.bsky.social · Jun 27

In @ohbmossig.bsky.social's first Open Datasets Special Issue paper, Wearn et al. introduce the OHBM Time Machine, a freely accessible archive of Annual Meeting content on YouTube: doi.org/10.52294/001...

@alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @stephforkel.bsky.social

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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · Jun 25

Come chat with SEA-SIG members at table #28 if you are at OHBM right now!

Anna Behler (she/her) @annabhlr.bsky.social · Jun 25

If you are @ #ohbm2025 come and have a chat with us @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social about the online satellite meeting happening this September and other things we could to make OHBM more sustainable

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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · Jun 22

It's finally here! If you're in Brisbane, welcome to #OHBM2025!

We're SO excited to welcome your to our education course TOMORROW, put on in collab with the @ohbmossig.bsky.social‬ ✨ 🔥 9:00 - 13:00 in P2

"Maximizing scientific efficiency through sustainability, reproducibility, and FAIRness"

Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · Jun 11

Follow more SEA-SIG initiatives on @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social

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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · Jun 10

‼️Our blog post on sustainable tips for #OHBM2025 in Brisbane is now LIVE!

Take a gander for our recommendations on how to keep the environment in mind while you are enjoying the science and the sun. ☀️👩‍🔬🌱🍃

Thank you to @ohbm-com.com for helping us get this out!

www.ohbm-com.com/blog/your-gu...

Your guide to a sustainable OHBM experience: Brisbane edition! — OHBM Communications

Authors: OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG June has arrived, and that means that another OHBM Annual Meeting is just around the corner! This year we have an absolutely beautiful...

www.ohbm-com.com

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OHBM Open Science Special Interest Group @ohbmossig.bsky.social · Jun 7

Hello OSSIG community! We would like to share our petition as we would like to continue OSSIG opportunities and grow this community even more at future conferences! Please join our efforts in signing this petition to have OSSIG activities regularly.

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OHBM Brain Art @ohbmbrainart.bsky.social · May 27

🚀📢 The call for submissions to our #BrainArt Competition is officially OPEN 🎉

📆 Submit your work by June 9 using this form! forms.gle/CFTyLK6LQwTC...

🖥️ For more info and details about how to participate, visit our website!!! ohbm-brainart.github.io/competition....

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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · May 6

Are you an international early career scholar considering spending time in the Netherlands? We likely have capacity to host a Marie Curie Fellow if you are interested. Our lab (lifespancognitivedynamics.com) works on modeling cognitive change in early or later life, at short and long timescales.

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Duncan Astle @duncanastle.bsky.social · May 27

Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁).
drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...

Funded PhD opportunity.pdf

drive.google.com

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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · May 14

Are you passionate about keeping sustainability a priority in your neuroimaging research? Want to spread the word but don't know where to start?

JOIN US! The SEA-SIG is looking for volunteers to help with our social media, education, & outreach team. Contact info on our website ohbm-environment.org