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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Jul 9

I usually end my emails by misspelling my own name

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Jul 9

I GOT A FUTURE FELLOWSHIP !!!

Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy !!!

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Jul 9

Wow - thanks so much for highlighting our work !

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 · 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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Adeel Razi @adeelrazi.bsky.social · Jun 1

Very much forward to this @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · May 28

⭐ Speaker Spotlight: Adeel Razi
🗓️ June 25 | 🕥 10:30 – 11:15
We’re excited to feature Adeel Razi at OHBM 2025.
More information about Adeel in comments!
#OHBM2025

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · May 13

Huge thanks to the team at Monash Psych, Monash Biomedical Imaging, National Imaging Facility, as well as Emma Liang, Chris Moran & Gary Egan

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · May 13

Pleased to share our latest preprint examining the impact of glucodynamic variability on cognition. Hamish Deery shows that it is not the size of the energy budget per se, but the dynamic use of glucose & its coherence into metabolic networks that are important for cognition. #neuroskyence

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · May 5

Brain glucodynamic variability is an essential feature of the metabolism-cognition relationship https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.30.651418v1

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Apr 29

What does parenthood, depression, and psychedelics do to your brain? Very proud to see Winnie Orchard joining this stellar grp of Aussie neuros @lenaedibrainz.bsky.social @lucacocchineuro.bsky.social ky.social & @drbreaky.bsky.social for a FREE public lecture in June. @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Mar 24

Congrats on this beautiful work !

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Sidhant Chopra @sidchop.bsky.social · Mar 24

🧩New study: "Network Constraints on 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰 Synaptic Alterations in Schizophrenia"

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We map a prominent brain-wide pattern of synaptic defects in people with Schizophrenia using PET, then model the molecular, cellular & connectomic features shaping this pattern 🧵1/3👇

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Mar 19

Beautiful work Adeel & team, congratulations!

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Adeel Razi @adeelrazi.bsky.social · Mar 17

🧵 How do psychedelics shape brain activity?

Our new paper presents the largest neuroimaging study of psilocybin to date—revealing how context structures psychedelic brain states.

Title: Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context
Paper: lnkd.in/gt-kMR6d

A thread 🧵👇 1/n

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Mar 12

This website needs a “I appreciate you sharing this information but this is all kinds of f’d up” button

Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Feb 26

Congrats to Winnie Orchard & @sidchop.bsky.social on their new #ParentalBrain paper, now out in PNAS! They find evidence for the neuroprotective effect of parenthood for women AND men! 👩‍🍼👨‍🍼🧠 It's lovely work, and I'm proud to have played a tiny role in it. Read it here 👇 #neuroskyence #neuroimaging

Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · Feb 25

New paper‼️ Interested in the protective impacts of parenthood on brain dynamics? 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🧠 Read Edwina Orchard & @sidchop.bsky.social's new paper, out now in PNAS @pnas.org !

With collaborators L. Ooi, P. Chen, L. An @bttyeo.bsky.social, and more!

🔗https://tinyurl.com/parentalbrain

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Feb 20

Huge thanks to Hamish Deery, Emma Liang & team for leading this, and Monash Psych, Monash Biomedical Imaging, National Imaging Facility for support. @acnsau.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Feb 20

Pleased to share our new #MetabolicConnectivity paper! We used #simultaneousPETMR to show that MC has ⬆️ utility for age & cognition prediction vs #fMRI FC. A bit surprising but it's more evidence of the utility of #fPET & MC as a measure of #BrainConnectivity 🧠⚛️ doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neuroskyence

Metabolic connectivity has greater predictive utility for age and cognition than functional connectivity

Deery et al. report that there is a reconfiguration of metabolic brain networks in ageing that is different to haemodynamic alterations and is more strongl

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Michael Jennions @mikejennions.bsky.social · Feb 13

Australian Researchers,

If you want to support @arc-tracker.bsky.social being awarded a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science, sign this letter of support.
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Q: "Are they eligible?",
A: "Let's find out"

Sign, repost & send the link to colleagues. Word of mouth. Do it!

Letter of Support for nomination of @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science

In signing this form you endorse the proposal to nominate @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize in the category 'Leadership in Science'. The list of signatories will be appended to the nomination form. I wi...

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Feb 11

Read @sharnajamadar.bsky.social's full interview: www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...

#WomenInScience #February11 #neuroskyence

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Jan 28

@acnsau.bsky.social

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Jan 28

I have a paper in review with an ex-student as 1st author. The last version had a line in acknowledgemts that he’d used AI to assist phrasing. This gave me pause & a 1st for me, but the content is his/ours, & it’s openly acknowledged, so I guess it’s ok ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ? Interested to see where this goes

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Jan 23

100% agree

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M. Natasha Rajah 🇨🇦 @mnrajah.bsky.social · Jan 23

The skills & time needed to collect imaging data is often undervalued eg study design, community engagement, inclusive recruitment & testing practices, listening to participants, data organization etc 1/

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Science Magazine @science.org · Jan 22

“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring

Researchers facing

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Jan 10

lol no clearly not, and they even spelled my name incorrectly. By the time I got past the paywall I could see they just copied the first 2 sentences from my Uni profile. We complained and they removed me from the article apparently

Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · Jan 8

Proud to have been featured as one of the trailblazing Indian-Australian women in STEM in Victoria.

I consider this a real achievement considering I am not Indian

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