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Prof. Vladimir Litvak

@vlitvak.bsky.social

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Neuroscientist and (kind of) programmer studying the links between the depths of the brain and its surface. Former Kiev, Jerusalem, Wuerzburg, Haifa.

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Mar 2

We now live in that branch of history where there was no Munich pact, the Czechs fought Hitler for 3 years weakening both sides but the Nazis are still
in power with their opponents in concentration camps and propaganda at full swing (+nukes). Is just a ceasefire enough? That’s what it’s all about.

Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · 7d

What was the point he was making with this? I recently heard about Pollock in a different context from @marcusdusautoy.bsky.social .

Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · 14d

Looks amazing! Congratulations!

Wolf-Julian Neumann @julianneumann.bsky.social · 14d

New paper in Nature Biomedical Engineering by @timonmerk.bsky.social !

We built a platform that unites AI-based brain signal decoding with connectomics across 123 hours of recordings from 73 patients. A step toward adaptive, network-level neurotechnology.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Invasive neurophysiology and whole brain connectomics for neural decoding in patients with brain implants - Nature Biomedical Engineering

A modularized open-source pipeline for invasive brain signal decoding bridges the gap between closed-loop neuromodulation and clinical brain–computer interface approaches in a large patient cohort.

www.nature.com

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Peter Zeidman @corticalpete.bsky.social · 22d

A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue

Issues | Cerebral Cortex | Oxford Academic

Publishes papers on the development, organization, plasticity, and function of the cerebral cortex, including the hippocampus.

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Aug 29

DBS Think Tank @dbsthinktank.bsky.social taking place next week is always the highlight of my year. Its Rising Stars event showcasing the work of talented early career DBS researchers starts in an hour. Don’t miss. ufl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: DBS Think Tank Rising Stars Challenge. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

DBS is a rapidly developing area of neuroscience that has revolutionized the treatment of a variety of neurological and psychiatric disorders. From Parkinson’s disease to depression, DBS has the poten...

ufl.zoom.us

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Aug 22

This is very exciting as it could provide a way to identify stimulation targets for syndromes for which no stimulation data exists at all as long as there is some genetic data. Congratulations!

Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Aug 22

🚨 New preprint out! 🚨
“Translating the Transcriptome: A Connectomics Approach for Gene-Network Mapping and Clinical Application”
🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2025...

🧵 A short thread:

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Aug 18

Great news! Ningfei is a great scientist and a highly valued collaborator. I’m looking forward to working with him in the new capacity.

Andreas Horn @andreashorn.org · Aug 18

Super excited for Ningfei Li to receive the highly prestigious NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund – as of yesterday, Ningfei is Full Professor at the Xian University and has joined a new AI institute! We are both excited to continue our collaboration on @lead-dbs.org and connectomic DBS!

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Peter Kok @peterkok.bsky.social · Aug 8

We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Jul 1

This paper is the work of the brilliant Haeun Sun. It’s rare for an MSc thesis to be publishable, but Haeun’s perseverance made it possible.

I’m also grateful to all the co-authors — especially Ningfei Li and Davide Giampiccolo @dgiampiccolo.bsky.social, who co-supervised Haeun’s project.

Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Jul 1

We propose an approach to help select the most informative tasks and contacts to test in each patient.

Our method also makes it possible to identify the most promising symptoms to study, given typical implantation patterns at a clinical site, and to estimate the required patient numbers.

Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Jul 1

🧠 New preprint alert!

medrxiv.org/cgi/content/...

SEEG in epilepsy affords a rare opportunity to record and stimulate in brain regions that are difficult to access, including the white matter. Could we leverage this to map circuits relevant to psychiatric symptoms?

If so, where would one start? 👇

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Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · Jun 23

Poster 1323 at #OHBM2025 - Suvadeep Maiti from the FIL will present his important work validating cluster-level inference based on random field theory correction, for 1D and 2D electrophysiological data in SPM. [6/7]

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Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thursday 11:30 at #OHBM2025 - Arjun Ramaswamy from the FIL will give an oral presentation on "Electrophysiological Correlates of Reinforcement Learning in the Human Ventral Tegmental Area", in the Higher Cognitive Functions session. [3/7]

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Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · Jun 23

Lots of exciting work being showcased by the SPM Team and other Fellows from the UCL Department of Imaging Neuroscience at #OHBM2025 this week! A thread 🧵 ... [1/7]

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Jun 24

To learn more about SPM-Python check out @johmedr.bsky.social ‘s comprehensive presentation from our last M/EEG course youtu.be/XiJvLLUJogk?...

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Peter Zeidman @corticalpete.bsky.social · Jun 23

The beta release of SPM-Python is out now! Amazing work by Johan Medrano @johmedr.bsky.social , Yael Balbastre, Yulia Bezsudnova @ybezs.bsky.social and other members of their team. A new era for SPM! #OHBM2025

Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · Jun 23

Drumroll... The SPM team will announce that SPM is now fully accessible from Python! 🐍 Learn more about SPM-Python at the SPM roundtable event (Friday, 1pm) and poster number 1841 at #OHBM2025. Try the beta for yourself at github.com/spm/spm-python [2/7]

GitHub - spm/spm-python: The Python interface to SPM

The Python interface to SPM. Contribute to spm/spm-python development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Jun 22

Greetings from Brisbane! Who else is here for #OHBM25?

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MEGUKI 2025 @meguki2025.bsky.social · Jun 17

NEW DEADLINE: Friday 20th June 🚨

MEG‑UKI 2025 lands in London (16–18 July)! A 3-day deep dive into the brain—naturalistic neuroscience, OP-MEG, cutting-edge methods, and real-world impact. Keynotes by Dominik Bach & Jamie Ward. Art, abstracts, and more!

Register here: meguk.ac.uk/registration/

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Jun 16

While nuclear war is just one scenario and maybe not the most likely one, this one seems practically unavoidable based on the past.

Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · Jun 16

My main fear is not of a nuclear war but of the scenario where humanity simultaneously creates a lot of problems for itself and degrades its ability to deal with these problems. And then instead of coming together everyone will end up fighting each other.

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · May 28

It’s always interesting to read detailed patient accounts of the DBS procedure. I never stop being amazed by how it can turn a person’s life around.

Parkinson's Europe @parkinsonseurope.bsky.social · May 28

In January, our Board member Janette Sinclair underwent Deep Brain Stimulation surgery to treat her Parkinson's.

Four months on, she's written a frank account of her experience - the highs and the lows - from start to end.

👉 Read Janette's story: buff.ly/z78May6

#Parkinsons #DeepBrainStimulation

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Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · May 27

Please share and sign (if you are UK-based). There was a similar petition regarding cars that worked. More important than ever to #StandWithUkraine petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Petition: Transfer UK Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine

The UK has approximately 632 Warrior IFVs: 80 awaiting near-term disposal and the rest expected to be scrapped by 2030. The Government should offer to transfer them to Ukraine. We think this would pro...

petition.parliament.uk

Prof. Vladimir Litvak @vlitvak.bsky.social · May 27

A funded PhD position focused on spinal OPM recordings. Please share www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...

PhD opportunities in the Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences

A Spinal Research-funded position is available to study full-time for a PhD registered at UCL

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Department of Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social · May 27

🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!

This Friday, May 30th, the brain meeting speaker will be Aysegul Gunduz giving a talk entitled "Closed-loop Deep Brain Stimulation for the Treatment of Involuntary Movements"

All welcome, in person or online. Full details here: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/closed...

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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · May 27

🚨 Two PhD positions open in Barcelona!
Work with Diego Vidaurre on machine learning at the intersection of methods, neuroscience, and clinical applications.

Details:
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/89/phd-...
🔗 www.crm.cat/call/88/phd-...

#neuroskyence #psychscisky

Call - Centre de Recerca Matemàtica

www.crm.cat

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MEGUKI 2025 @meguki2025.bsky.social · May 21

Only 4 days left! ⌛

Click the link below and submit your abstract by the 25th of May at midnight. 👉 meguk.ac.uk/abstract-sub...

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