Alex Fornito
@alexfornito.bsky.social
Doing cognitive neuroscience at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. We investigate brains, networks, genes, models, cognition & disorders.
🔥🔥Great news!🔥🔥
The registration deadline for the Noosa Brain Workshop is extended to Nov 17.
Register by this date to guarantee accomodation:
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The registration deadline for the Noosa Brain Workshop is extended to Nov 17.
Register by this date to guarantee accomodation:
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November 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🔥🔥Great news!🔥🔥
The registration deadline for the Noosa Brain Workshop is extended to Nov 17.
Register by this date to guarantee accomodation:
monash.edu/turner-insti...
The registration deadline for the Noosa Brain Workshop is extended to Nov 17.
Register by this date to guarantee accomodation:
monash.edu/turner-insti...
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Preprint is now published: doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Preprint is now published: doi.org/10.1002/hbm....
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
Special thanks to co-authors @twktan.bsky.social @kimnganngt.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social
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🔥🔥 NOOSA Brain Workshop 2026 🔥🔥
Less than 3 weeks left to secure register with accomodation for the Noosa Brain Workshop Feb 23-26, 2026.
Places are filling fast - sign up before November 10!
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Less than 3 weeks left to secure register with accomodation for the Noosa Brain Workshop Feb 23-26, 2026.
Places are filling fast - sign up before November 10!
Details: tinyurl.com/5capskbj
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🔥🔥 NOOSA Brain Workshop 2026 🔥🔥
Less than 3 weeks left to secure register with accomodation for the Noosa Brain Workshop Feb 23-26, 2026.
Places are filling fast - sign up before November 10!
Details: tinyurl.com/5capskbj
Less than 3 weeks left to secure register with accomodation for the Noosa Brain Workshop Feb 23-26, 2026.
Places are filling fast - sign up before November 10!
Details: tinyurl.com/5capskbj
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Thanks for the figure @bttyeo.bsky.social 🙂🧠🙏🏽!
In this review, @lucinauddin.bsky.social and Hugh Garavan examine how task and resting-state fMRI can reveal brain-behavior relationships in youth, highlighting current controversies and challenges, outlining solutions, and proposing future directions in developmental neuroscience research.
Task and resting state fMRI modelling of brain-behavior relationships in developmental cohorts
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data are often used to inform individual
differences in cognitive, behavioral, and psychiatric phenotypes. These so-called
“brain-behavior” association stu...
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Thanks for the figure @bttyeo.bsky.social 🙂🧠🙏🏽!
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Joshua A. Karpf, Christopher D. Kroenke, et al:
Characterization of normative fetal rhesus macaque brain development with magnetic resonance imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Characterization of normative fetal rhesus macaque brain development with magnetic resonance imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
October 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Joshua A. Karpf, Christopher D. Kroenke, et al:
Characterization of normative fetal rhesus macaque brain development with magnetic resonance imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Characterization of normative fetal rhesus macaque brain development with magnetic resonance imaging
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Reposted by Alex Fornito
Check out the new release from @themindwanders.bsky.social 🧠🌎 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social
In a non trivial way the #climate_crisis is reducible to shortcomings in human intelligence. This idea is behind my new release with the Natural Philosophers with Attitude: "Hot Summer Nights". Please check it out!
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September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Check out the new release from @themindwanders.bsky.social 🧠🌎 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social
And Trang Cao!!!
Huge congrats to a fab team on this massive effort!
Francis Normand
@m-gajwani.bsky.social
@jchrispang.bsky.social
J Cruddas
@arshiyasan.bsky.social
Alex Holmes
@stuartoldham.bsky.social
Peter Robinson
Francis Normand
@m-gajwani.bsky.social
@jchrispang.bsky.social
J Cruddas
@arshiyasan.bsky.social
Alex Holmes
@stuartoldham.bsky.social
Peter Robinson
September 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And Trang Cao!!!
Interested in the mechanisms shaping the extraordinary complexity of the connectome?
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
September 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Interested in the mechanisms shaping the extraordinary complexity of the connectome?
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
Reposted by Alex Fornito
Lab’s latest is out in Imaging Neuroscience, led by Kirsten Peterson: “Regularized partial correlation provides reliable functional connectivity estimates while correcting for widespread confounding”, where we demonstrate a major improvement to standard fMRI functional connectivity (correlation) 1/n
September 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Lab’s latest is out in Imaging Neuroscience, led by Kirsten Peterson: “Regularized partial correlation provides reliable functional connectivity estimates while correcting for widespread confounding”, where we demonstrate a major improvement to standard fMRI functional connectivity (correlation) 1/n
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Inter-individual variability of neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Inter-individual variability of neurotransmitter receptor and transporter density in the human brain | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻-𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Spatially distributed and regionally unbound cellular resolution brain-wide processing loops in mice
𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀?
Dynamical processing winding through most brain regions.
Looks like a must read.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence
Spatially distributed and regionally unbound cellular resolution brain-wide processing loops in mice
𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀?
Dynamical processing winding through most brain regions.
Looks like a must read.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence
Spatially distributed and regionally unbound cellular resolution brain-wide processing loops in mice
Until recently, it has been possible to examine activity in the brain globally through regional averaging or locally at cellular resolution. These studies characterized regions as functionally homogen...
www.biorxiv.org
September 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻-𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Spatially distributed and regionally unbound cellular resolution brain-wide processing loops in mice
𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀?
Dynamical processing winding through most brain regions.
Looks like a must read.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence
Spatially distributed and regionally unbound cellular resolution brain-wide processing loops in mice
𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀?
Dynamical processing winding through most brain regions.
Looks like a must read.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#neuroskyence
Reposted by Alex Fornito
Launched in 2023, Imaging Neuroscience is now firmly established, with full indexing (PubMed, etc.) and 700 papers to date.
We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400.
Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press.
We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400.
Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press.
September 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Launched in 2023, Imaging Neuroscience is now firmly established, with full indexing (PubMed, etc.) and 700 papers to date.
We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400.
Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press.
We're very happy to announce that we are able to reduce the APC to $1400.
Huge thanks to all authors, reviewers, editorial team+board, and MIT Press.
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Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience.
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#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
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September 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience.
#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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🧠 Join us for the Brain Models for Multimodal Integration Symposium!
📅 12 September 2025 | ⏰ 12:00–13:15 UTC | 🌐 Virtual Event
Thrilled to co-chair w/ @pierpasorre.bsky.social at the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Satellite Meeting! Feat. D. Depannemaecker & @gianmarcoduma.bsky.social ma.bsky.social.
📅 12 September 2025 | ⏰ 12:00–13:15 UTC | 🌐 Virtual Event
Thrilled to co-chair w/ @pierpasorre.bsky.social at the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Satellite Meeting! Feat. D. Depannemaecker & @gianmarcoduma.bsky.social ma.bsky.social.
September 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🧠 Join us for the Brain Models for Multimodal Integration Symposium!
📅 12 September 2025 | ⏰ 12:00–13:15 UTC | 🌐 Virtual Event
Thrilled to co-chair w/ @pierpasorre.bsky.social at the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Satellite Meeting! Feat. D. Depannemaecker & @gianmarcoduma.bsky.social ma.bsky.social.
📅 12 September 2025 | ⏰ 12:00–13:15 UTC | 🌐 Virtual Event
Thrilled to co-chair w/ @pierpasorre.bsky.social at the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Satellite Meeting! Feat. D. Depannemaecker & @gianmarcoduma.bsky.social ma.bsky.social.
Amen!
This is an absolutely miraculous meeting! Can’t recommend it highly enough - sizzling science and great peeps … all in middle of paradise.
🔥ATTENTION!🔥
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
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Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6
Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
September 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Amen!
🔥ATTENTION!🔥
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6
Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6
Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
September 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
🔥ATTENTION!🔥
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6
Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!
Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.
Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6
Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...
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And a podcast at Brain inspired www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
Xiao-Jing Wang outlines the future of theoretical neuroscience
Wang discusses why he decided the time was right for a new theoretical neuroscience textbook and how bifurcation is a key missing concept in neuroscience explanations.
www.thetransmitter.org
August 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
And a podcast at Brain inspired www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
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News from ENIGMA-Epilepsy! 🧠
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
August 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
News from ENIGMA-Epilepsy! 🧠
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Interested in Network hubs, cortical hierarchies, and gradients? Ever wonder where they come from? Check our latest review, where we cover different approaches to mapping hubs, models for their evolution, and mechanisms for how they develop:
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
August 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Interested in Network hubs, cortical hierarchies, and gradients? Ever wonder where they come from? Check our latest review, where we cover different approaches to mapping hubs, models for their evolution, and mechanisms for how they develop:
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
A great opportunity !!!
August 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A great opportunity !!!
Great news!
All @imagingneurosci.bsky.social papers are now on PubMed! 🧠
All the paperwork linking Imaging Neuroscience into PubMed Central is now sorted.
All papers (previous and new - 680 to date) are fully indexed:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/journals/?te...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=%2...
All papers (previous and new - 680 to date) are fully indexed:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/journals/?te...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=%2...
August 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Great news!
Lovely new work exploring how nervous system geometry constrains calcium dynamics in larval zebrafish:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Lovely new work exploring how nervous system geometry constrains calcium dynamics in larval zebrafish:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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It was an honor to write this, but also great fun. A chance to look back at the classics, and think about the path forward. #Physics is a beautiful human endeavor. journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
Emergence of Brains
This review traces how ideas from statistical physics evolved into foundational models of neural computation, shaping modern AI and culminating in the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.
journals.aps.org
August 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It was an honor to write this, but also great fun. A chance to look back at the classics, and think about the path forward. #Physics is a beautiful human endeavor. journals.aps.org/prxlife/abst...
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My other works are on our lab website. It's a fun sidebar for me that I am hoping to get back to more regularly. After all, I can't save all the fiction for my grant applications 😉
www.armcintosh.com/my-writing
www.armcintosh.com/my-writing
My Writing — MCINTOSH LAB
www.armcintosh.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
My other works are on our lab website. It's a fun sidebar for me that I am hoping to get back to more regularly. After all, I can't save all the fiction for my grant applications 😉
www.armcintosh.com/my-writing
www.armcintosh.com/my-writing