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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Aug 7

Excited to share I’ve been awarded a 2-year @bbrfoundation Young Investigator Grant! This will support my work on brain changes linked to perinatal depression, building on my research in human maternal brain. Grateful to be at @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social with Dr. @emilyjacobs.bsky.social !

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Aug 3

If you have expertise in MRI/behavioral data collection and are eager to break into the women's brain health/human neuroendocrinology field, this is an outstanding opportunity for you!
Plus you get to live in beautiful Santa Barbara ☀️ 🌊 🌴 ⛰️

Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 1

We’re hiring! Pls share widely:

In conjunction w/ the @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social, my team is recruiting a full-time clinical research coordinator to assist with research efforts at UC Santa Barbara. 1-2 yrs experience in MRI data collection preferred.

Submit apps to: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974

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The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Jul 22

We’re thrilled to welcome @susanacarmona.bsky.social @neuromaternal.bsky.social to Santa Barbara as a Bowers WBHI Visiting Faculty Fellow to discuss the maternal brain

#bowerswbhi #maternalbrainhealth #ucsb @magdamartinezga.bsky.social

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Jun 23

Sadly I won’t be at #OHBM2025 this year, but my poster on the Global Maternal Brain Project @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social will be there! Feel free to stop by & reach out if you’d like to connect. Don’t miss the amazing talks by my colleagues @laurapritschet.bsky.social, Winnie Orchard & Caitlin Taylor ✨

The Ann S. Bowers Women's Brain Health Initiative @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social · Jun 21

See you at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping's Annual Meeting! We're headed to Brisbane to share what we’ve been working on. Check out the flyers so you know where find us, and stay tuned as we introduce more speakers.
#ohbm2025 ohbmofficial.bsky.social #BrainHealth @emilyjacobs.bsky.social

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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · May 29

Pregnancy &motherhood transform the brain in ways we're only beginning to understand🧠

Uncovering these changes w/ @susanacarmona.bsky.social @magdamartinezga.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social @grotzinger.bsky.social Kaya Jordan & @cziscience.bsky.social's generous support!

tinyurl.com/38jb7hm6

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Neuron @cp-neuron.bsky.social · May 13

Online now:

The estrous cycle modulates hippocampal spine dynamics, dendritic processing, and spatial coding

In this study, Wolcott et al. explore estrous-cycle modulation of hippocampal neuron structure and function. Using longitudinal two-photon imaging across the estrous cycle, they find significant modulation at the synaptic, cellular, and population levels.

dlvr.it

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · May 12

Unique opportunity to join our team!

Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · May 12

Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara! We're hiring a full-time junior specialist/research technician to play a central role in data collection & analysis of brain imaging studies of pregnancy & menopause.

Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974

Or help us spread the word 💫

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · May 9

Thanks Clemence! Loved your talk!

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · May 9

A dream come true to present my research program in my fav conference, the Parental Brain & my dear home country, Spain. Through the @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social I’m committed to promote deeply collaborative science in the human maternal brain field. This is just the beginning!

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · May 8

Such a pleasure to share our work with your research institute!

Anna Brugulat-Serrat @annabrugulat.bsky.social · May 8

Yesterday we had the pleasure to have at @barcelonabeta.bsky.social two amazing reserchers @magdamartinezga.bsky.social and @grotzinger.bsky.social , from @emilyjacobs.bsky.social lab, talking about “Advancing the Neuroscience of Human Pregnancy”

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · May 5

Excited to be heading to Barcelona next week for the Parental Brain Conference! I’ll be speaking on “Promoting Big Datasets & Collaboration in Human Maternal Brain Research through @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social
” on Friday, May 9. Can’t wait to connect with this amazing community! #PB2025

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Mar 5

THRILLED to see this SI now out addressing the power and potential of focusing our lens on women. H/t to Tali for making space for these ideas to flourish and for a dream team of investigators to contribute!!

Advancing the science of women’s health | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Advancing the science of women’s health

www.science.org

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Mar 5

Dropping 🔥🔥🔥 knowledge @susanacarmona.bsky.social @magdamartinezga.bsky.social @sheilashanmugan.bsky.social Laura Pritschet

Do not miss a slew of top notch papers on the maternal brain in this SI

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/h...

Women With Postpartum Depression Experienced Brain Changes During Pregnancy, Study Finds

The research constitutes some of the first evidence that the condition is associated with modifications in the brain before childbirth.

www.nytimes.com

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Feb 21

If you’re in San Diego and curious about the neuroscience of human pregnancy, join me next Thursday for a talk at the Center for Perinatal Discovery @ucsdmedschool.bsky.social,invited by Dr. Ina Stelzer. Excited to share insights-come say hi!

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Saige Rutherford, PhD @beingsaige.bsky.social · Feb 10

Thank you @emilyjacobs.bsky.social for the invite to talk today about the intersection of computational psychiatry and algorithmic fairness. There are more open questions than answers in this space, and we need diverse people + ideas to make progress!

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Dr. Jodi Pawluski, PhD @drjodipawluski.bsky.social · Jan 27

Our issue on Cognition and Motherhood is out at Archives of Women's Mental Health (Springer) - edited with Dr Bridget Callaghan!

bit.ly/3POHxWD

Check out the exciting papers from teams of Prof Paola Dazzan, Prof Darby Saxbe, FinnBrain Study, Prof Helena Rutherford, Dr Sivan Raz and more.

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Jan 28

Thank you!

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Jan 17

After 5 years of data collection (179 first-time mothers + controls), the first bemother.eu/en/ paper is out! We uncovered a U-shaped trajectory in maternal GM volume, resolving a long-standing puzzle in the maternal brain field. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · Jan 7

Happy New Year🎉

Thrilled to start 2025 with $1M from @cziscience.bsky.social @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social to study the maternal brain using AI!

Grateful for the chance to advance science for mothers worldwide 🧠

@emilyjacobs.bsky.social @susanacarmona.bsky.social @magdamartinezga.bsky.social

Picture credits: Susana Carmona's Book Cover. Neuromaternal.

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Sarah Lebeer @sarahlebeer.bsky.social · Nov 24

Proud to present our most recent paper on #citizenscience #womenshealth #microbiome on this new platform - from our Isala project www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Citizen science as an instrument for women’s health research - Nature Medicine

Citizen-science approaches can help challenge taboos around intimate health topics, amplify underrepresented voices and prioritize women’s involvement in health research; this Perspective considers th...

www.nature.com

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thank you for creating this, so helpful!

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Nov 23

Loved getting to meet with @emilyjacobs.bsky.social and her lab group (including star postdoc @magdamartinezga.bsky.social) at UCSB! @philnewsomejr.bsky.social and Anthony Vaccaro joined me from USC...we got to nerd out about parental brain changes and & see some beautiful intensively sampled data

Picture of extremely attractive parental brain researchers in lab space at UCSB

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Nov 13

Most viewed reel in Nature’s history?! 🎤💧 Let this be the rallying cry: women’s health can’t wait.

@natureportfolio.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-nl...

What happens to your brain during pregnancy? #science #openaccess

YouTube video by Springer Nature

www.youtube.com

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Magdalena Martínez-García PhD @magdamartinezga.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hi 🦋, here’s our roadmap to✨advance the neuroscience of human pregnancy ✨. Precision imaging and large-scale consortia are the two paths forward, feeding into each other. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Advancing the neuroscience of human pregnancy - Nature Neuroscience

The study of the female brain during pregnancy and motherhood is gaining traction, and holds the potential to address the unmet needs of millions of women worldwide. Here we highlight the most pressin...

www.nature.com

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