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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · 1d

Hope is in the wiring: A new brain-stimulation therapy is showing promise for depression 🧠✨️ #MentalHealthDay

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Rewiring Hope: A Custom-Fit Approach to Depression — OHBM Communications

When you break a bone, it’s easy to point to the problem and where to fix it. With a brain tumor, you need an image of the brain to locate it. Some tumors are harder to remove than others, but it is p...

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · 27d

Former ComCom chairs have just published an editorial on the value of communication within a scientific community beyond traditional publications.

Check it out in Aperture Neuro doi.org/10.52294/001...

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jul 9

Tired of mismatched brain maps? 🧠

The Network Correspondence Toolbox (NCT) brings consistency to neuroimaging by aligning findings across atlases. A big leap toward reproducible brain science! @lucinauddin.bsky.social

www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

#OHBM2025 #BrainBites #neuroscience

Keynote series Dr. Lucina Uddin - Mapping the Brain: Why Standardization Matters — OHBM Communications

The Network Correspondence Toolbox (NCT) helps neuroscientists compare brain imaging data across different atlases, addressing inconsistencies in how brain networks are labeled. Developed by Dr. Lucin...

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jul 8

Brain energy = cognitive health? 🧠⚡

Dr. Sharna Jamadar's (@sharnajamadar.bsky.social) research reveals that understanding how brain regions coordinate energy use could be a game-changer for predicting cognitive decline

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#ohbm2025 #brainbites

Keynote series Dr. Sharna Jamadar — Seeing the aging brain in a new light: “The power of fPET imaging” — OHBM Communications

Dr. Sharna Jamadar’s keynote sheds light on a promising new lens for understanding cognitive aging: the brain’s energy economy . Through her work with functional PET (fPET) imaging, Jamadar and colle...

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jul 7

Can math measure consciousness? 🧠

Is consciousness computable, or bound to biology? 🧬

Dr. Melanie Boly is dissecting this pivotal debate in neuroscience

Read the #BrainBite here: www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

#OHBM2025

Keynote series Dr. Melanie Boly - The Nature of Consciousness: A Clash of Paradigms in Integrated Information Theory — OHBM Communications

Dr. Melanie Boly's keynote explores the deep divide between two views of consciousness—formalist vs. biological—centered around Integrated Information Theory (IIT) 4.0. While IIT aims to quantify con...

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Neurofrontiers @neuro-frontiers.bsky.social · Jun 14

📢Call for students📢

Are you a student passionate about #science communication?

Do you speak more than one language fluently?

We want to hear from you!

We're looking for multilingual students to help us make #neuroscience more accessible. Details here: neurofrontiers.blog/the-brain-ac...
#SciComm

The brain across languages - Neurofrontiers

What this project is about Understanding the brain is essential and, without a doubt, fascinating. But while the science of the brain affects everyone, the language of that science remains predominant...

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jul 5

We loved Dr Joana Cabral's excellent keynote at #OHBM2025

In our latest #BrainBite, we created a summary of some of her work, written for non-experts.

Could slow rhythmic brain waves be key to understanding cognition? Read the article here: www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

Keynote series Dr. Joana Cabral - The Brain’s Slow Dance: How Macroscale Oscillations Orchestrate Long-Range Neural Communication — OHBM Communications

A groundbreaking study led by Dr. Joana Cabral (University of Minho) reveals how slow, brain-wide oscillations—detected via ultrafast fMRI—coordinate long-range neural communication in female rats. ...

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jul 3

The OHBM Time Machine places all recorded talks/sessions from OHBM annual meetings onto YouTube *for free*.

Sessions from 2015-2024 are available to watch now, with 2025's recordings coming in the next couple of months - watch this space.

Explore the time machine yourself: www.youtube.com/@OHBM

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 28

#OHBM2025, we miss you already. So many great ComCom initiatives this year, with many more exciting ideas for the future. Looking forward to connecting with you all throughout the year, and reuniting next year in Le France!

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 27

#OHBM2025 Live Neurosalience Podcast recording happening now in the main hall!

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 25

If you're at #OHBM2025, come see our second competition as part of ComCom's Comms Comps! This time, a 3-minute chalk talk

13:00-14:00, Room M2!

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 25

#OHBM2025 !

Ever missed an annual meeting? Or an early morning symposium? You probably need a time machine...

Find all annual meeting talks from 2015 now on YouTube. 2025 content coming soon!

Poster #0589 Weds/Thurs

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 24

Of course! Looking forward to seeing you there later!

OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 24

If you're at #OHBM2025, come see our Best Figure competition as part of ComCom's Comms Comps!

12:45-13:45, Room M2!

Also we're accepting last minute sign-ups for tomorrow's 3-minute flipboard presentation: forms.gle/VZHaTGBK99A8...

forms.gle

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 24

Hey valerie! You should have received an email today and on June 22! Your figure was selected, send me a message if you want to clarify anything :) - Alfie

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OHBM Trainees @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social · Jun 24

🚨Wednesday evening is Social Night! 🚨

Come join us at the Paddo Tavern 25th June for the Open Science Gala & SP Social Night. Kickoff at 8pm! See you all there! #OHBM2025

Thanks to our sponsors @qimrb.bsky.social, @childmindinstitute.bsky.social, @theneuro.bsky.social, @wutsaiyale.bsky.social

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The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · Jun 23

Welcome to Day 1 of #OHBM2025!
We’re excited to kick things off — tag us in your photos and use #OHBM2025 to share your experience!
📸 See the photo for today’s key times.

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OHBM Trainees @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social · Jun 23

Looking to meet fellow OHBMers? Come for a morning coffee at Nodo South Bank on Wednesday 7:30AM. All are welcome!

Thanks to @wutsaiyale.bsky.social for sponsoring this event.

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OHBM Trainees @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social · Jun 22

🎉🎉#OHBM2025 is just around the corner! Remember to visit the SP-SIG stall next to the registration desk and add stickers to your badge describing your research interests!

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 20

In our latest #OHBM2025 Keynote Interview, Dr. Melanie Boly discusses her research on altered states of consciousness, and testing integrated information theory with multimodal neuroimaging

Watch the full conversation here:
🎤 youtu.be/-hyfX923xDk

OHBM 2025 Keynote Interview: Melanie Boly

YouTube video by Organization for Human Brain Mapping

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 19

For our next #OHBM2025 Keynote Interview, we spoke with Dr. Sharna Jamadar ( @sharnajamadar.bsky.social ) about metabolic brain networks, the neuroscience of parenthood, and building more inclusive spaces in science.

🎤 Read the interview here: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

A conversation with Dr. Sharna Jamadar (OHBM 2025 Keynote Interview Series) — OHBM Communications

Authors: Audrey Luo & Ashley Tyrer

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 19

A new #Neurosalience episode is out! 🧠

The hippocampus, aging, memory and discovery
with Rosanna Olsen and Peter Bandettini
@rosannaolsen.bsky.social @fmri-today.bsky.social

youtu.be/cvPjImt9iv8

Neurosalience #S5E14 with Rosanna Olsen - The hippocampus, aging, memory, and discovery

YouTube video by Organization for Human Brain Mapping

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 19

Coming to #OHBM2025 from the mountains of northern Italy, Prof. Alessandro Gozzi (@gozziale.bsky.social) shares his path from pharma to pioneering rodent fMRI, and how preclinical imaging can answer causal questions in neuroscience.

🎤 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

OHBM 2025 Keynote Interview: Alessandro Gozzi

YouTube video by Organization for Human Brain Mapping

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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · Jun 18

Our next #OHBM2025 keynote interview is with Dr. Joana Cabral!

Dr. Cabral brings a novel, physics-based perspective to neuroimaging, blending experimental and theoretical approaches.

Check out her work ahead of her keynote lecture here:
www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

A conversation with Dr. Joana Cabral (OHBM 2025 Keynote Interview Series) — OHBM Communications

Author: Ashley Tyrer Editors: Kevin Sitek, Simon Steinkamp

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Peter Bandettini @fmri-today.bsky.social · Jun 15

If you want to add something fun to your experience at OHBM in Brisbane, take part in this competition! All invited! We are judging more on the skill in presenting and communicating and less on the content.

OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · May 12

Going to #OHBM2025 in Brisbane?

We're accepting entries for *two in-person science communication competitions* at the annual meeting:
📊 A Best Figure Competition
🗣️ 3-Minute Chalk Talk Competition

⭐ See here for more details, or to sign up for one or both competitions:
forms.gle/1X9ccz2vpsRQ...

forms.gle

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