Dr. Molly Bright
@brightmg.bsky.social
PI, Applied Neuro-Vascular Imaging Lab @ Northwestern University
We translate fMRI to study individual neurovascular function throughout the brain, brainstem, & spinal cord, with an emphasis on movement disorders.
brightlab.northwestern.edu
We translate fMRI to study individual neurovascular function throughout the brain, brainstem, & spinal cord, with an emphasis on movement disorders.
brightlab.northwestern.edu
I was nervous about the hooding part... There is minimal guidance given to uninitiated faculty! Happy to report no major mishaps 💪🥳
June 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I was nervous about the hooding part... There is minimal guidance given to uninitiated faculty! Happy to report no major mishaps 💪🥳
Today was a very good day, and a rather big milestone for me as an academic scientist. I couldn't be more proud of my first three doctoral students, who have taught me so much, and who have such bright futures ahead of them. Congratulations Drs Hemmerling, Reddy, and Zvolanek!
June 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Today was a very good day, and a rather big milestone for me as an academic scientist. I couldn't be more proud of my first three doctoral students, who have taught me so much, and who have such bright futures ahead of them. Congratulations Drs Hemmerling, Reddy, and Zvolanek!
A simple proposal: journals, can you please adopt the concept of "business days"? Getting automatic review reminders on the Saturday AND Monday of a holiday weekend really irks me 🤨
May 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
A simple proposal: journals, can you please adopt the concept of "business days"? Getting automatic review reminders on the Saturday AND Monday of a holiday weekend really irks me 🤨
Breath hold fMRI is great for measuring CVR... *except when your participant or patient doesn't quite perform the task the way you'd like. Let's see if we can fix that! (Spoiler, it looks like we can, using the respiratory belt data to predict or fill in missing PETCO2 data!)
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Rebecca G. Clements, Molly G. Bright, et al:
Quantitative mapping of cerebrovascular reactivity amplitude and delay with breath-hold BOLD fMRI when end-tidal CO2 quality is low
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Quantitative mapping of cerebrovascular reactivity amplitude and delay with breath-hold BOLD fMRI when end-tidal CO2 quality is low
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
May 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Breath hold fMRI is great for measuring CVR... *except when your participant or patient doesn't quite perform the task the way you'd like. Let's see if we can fix that! (Spoiler, it looks like we can, using the respiratory belt data to predict or fill in missing PETCO2 data!)
Huge congratulations to @kjhemm.bsky.social , now officially DOCTOR Hemmerling after a successful powerhouse of a thesis defense! Kim has taken all the stuff I know and love about imaging function and physiology of the human brain, and Made It Work in the cervical spinal cord. Brava, and thank you!
April 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Huge congratulations to @kjhemm.bsky.social , now officially DOCTOR Hemmerling after a successful powerhouse of a thesis defense! Kim has taken all the stuff I know and love about imaging function and physiology of the human brain, and Made It Work in the cervical spinal cord. Brava, and thank you!
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On this day 2y ago we announced our move away from the huge profits that NeuroImage makes for Elsevier.
Things at Imaging Neuroscience have progressed fantastically thanks to the support for this move by the brain imaging community and @mitpress.bsky.social. 565 papers published already!
Things at Imaging Neuroscience have progressed fantastically thanks to the support for this move by the brain imaging community and @mitpress.bsky.social. 565 papers published already!
April 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
On this day 2y ago we announced our move away from the huge profits that NeuroImage makes for Elsevier.
Things at Imaging Neuroscience have progressed fantastically thanks to the support for this move by the brain imaging community and @mitpress.bsky.social. 565 papers published already!
Things at Imaging Neuroscience have progressed fantastically thanks to the support for this move by the brain imaging community and @mitpress.bsky.social. 565 papers published already!
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Now there's a memorable stat!
"Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined."
wapo.st/3EvzMCI
"Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined."
wapo.st/3EvzMCI
Opinion | Trump is killing one of our strongest exports
The president wants to balance U.S. trade deficits? He can’t do it without this industry he hates.
wapo.st
April 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Now there's a memorable stat!
"Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined."
wapo.st/3EvzMCI
"Colleges and universities are among America’s most competitive international exporters. In dollar terms, last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal combined."
wapo.st/3EvzMCI
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Transparency matters when reporting results in neuroimaging! arxiv.org/abs/2504.07824 This could be a landmark in setting publishing standards for interpretability/reproducibility. Stellar work by @afni-pt.bsky.social @fmri-today.bsky.social @brightmg.bsky.social @gangchen6.bsky.social et al.
April 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Transparency matters when reporting results in neuroimaging! arxiv.org/abs/2504.07824 This could be a landmark in setting publishing standards for interpretability/reproducibility. Stellar work by @afni-pt.bsky.social @fmri-today.bsky.social @brightmg.bsky.social @gangchen6.bsky.social et al.
We tell our trainees to really LOOK at their data, every step of the way. This paper takes that wisdom even further, so future external readers really see our neuroimaging results in all their complex glory 👏 Thanks @afni-pt.bsky.social for spearheading this amazing team effort!
The result of a large (42 authors!) collaboration:
"Go Figure: Transparency in neuroscience images preserves context and clarifies interpretation"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07824
TL;DR: The FMRI world can (and should) improve results interpretation and reproducibility *today*, via transparent thresholding.
"Go Figure: Transparency in neuroscience images preserves context and clarifies interpretation"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07824
TL;DR: The FMRI world can (and should) improve results interpretation and reproducibility *today*, via transparent thresholding.
April 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We tell our trainees to really LOOK at their data, every step of the way. This paper takes that wisdom even further, so future external readers really see our neuroimaging results in all their complex glory 👏 Thanks @afni-pt.bsky.social for spearheading this amazing team effort!
With the world the way it is, I'm extra appreciative of the clever, dedicated, curious trainees I get the privilege to work with and mentor. 👏 Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week! 👏 www.tgs.northwestern.edu/services-sup... Northwestern students, make sure you get some goodies on offer 😁
Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW) 2025: The Graduate School - Northwestern University
Graduate Student Appreciation Week (GSAW) 2025 is a nationally recognized celebration that will take place from Monday, April 7 – Friday, April 11 (with some bonus events on Saturday, April 12). It is...
www.tgs.northwestern.edu
April 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
With the world the way it is, I'm extra appreciative of the clever, dedicated, curious trainees I get the privilege to work with and mentor. 👏 Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week! 👏 www.tgs.northwestern.edu/services-sup... Northwestern students, make sure you get some goodies on offer 😁
Northwestern (along with Cornell) appear now also targeted. I don't know what outcome to realistically hope for. I will hug my family extra tight tonight, reach out to my amazing trainees tomorrow, and try to do whatever good research I can do for as long as possible. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
Trump Officials Freeze $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern
The funding pause amid civil rights investigations into both universities sharply escalates the Trump administration’s campaign against elite colleges.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Northwestern (along with Cornell) appear now also targeted. I don't know what outcome to realistically hope for. I will hug my family extra tight tonight, reach out to my amazing trainees tomorrow, and try to do whatever good research I can do for as long as possible. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
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Likely hiring one postbac trainee for @fmri-today.bsky.social's Section on Functional Imaging Methods. Give the relatively later start time for the search, I'm not yet sure how quickly this search will happen. If you are interested, apply and reach out ASAP. fim.nimh.nih.gov
April 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Likely hiring one postbac trainee for @fmri-today.bsky.social's Section on Functional Imaging Methods. Give the relatively later start time for the search, I'm not yet sure how quickly this search will happen. If you are interested, apply and reach out ASAP. fim.nimh.nih.gov
Some days, our lab's motto feels like it should be "how could we make fMRI harder?!" 😆 Then I remember that's another way of saying "how could we make fMRI more useful & interpretable?"
Here's Michelle, an excellent PhD student translating proximal (e.g. shoulder) motor tasks into chronic stroke 💪
Here's Michelle, an excellent PhD student translating proximal (e.g. shoulder) motor tasks into chronic stroke 💪
March 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Some days, our lab's motto feels like it should be "how could we make fMRI harder?!" 😆 Then I remember that's another way of saying "how could we make fMRI more useful & interpretable?"
Here's Michelle, an excellent PhD student translating proximal (e.g. shoulder) motor tasks into chronic stroke 💪
Here's Michelle, an excellent PhD student translating proximal (e.g. shoulder) motor tasks into chronic stroke 💪
Excited to visit University of Delaware next week - hope to see a few familiar faces and meet new potential collaborators!
March 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Excited to visit University of Delaware next week - hope to see a few familiar faces and meet new potential collaborators!
March 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I am an extremely proud PI: Huge congratulations to Dr. Kristina Zvolanek and Dr. Neha Reddy, who both successfully defended their doctoral thesis research at Northwestern! They have been central to my lab's creation, defining our collaborative culture and setting high standards. I'm so grateful 🥹
March 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I am an extremely proud PI: Huge congratulations to Dr. Kristina Zvolanek and Dr. Neha Reddy, who both successfully defended their doctoral thesis research at Northwestern! They have been central to my lab's creation, defining our collaborative culture and setting high standards. I'm so grateful 🥹
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This needs more visibility! While the general public is belatedly getting some sense of the catastrophe caused by not reviewing or funding external grants, DOGE is also completely wiping out the NIH intramural programs, which is just as bad, but is flying under the radar because NIH is gagged.
Compelling pushback from @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) regarding termination of tenure-track investigators driven by DOGE.
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March 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This needs more visibility! While the general public is belatedly getting some sense of the catastrophe caused by not reviewing or funding external grants, DOGE is also completely wiping out the NIH intramural programs, which is just as bad, but is flying under the radar because NIH is gagged.
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Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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📢 Calling for submissions to the Special Issue on Open Datasets! 📢
Share your work on open data across key topics, such as:
⚖️ Ethical & legal considerations
🔧 Standards & tools
🌍 Geographical trends
💰 Funding
🌱 Data sustainability & more!
Share your work on open data across key topics, such as:
⚖️ Ethical & legal considerations
🔧 Standards & tools
🌍 Geographical trends
💰 Funding
🌱 Data sustainability & more!
🚨 Call for Papers: Special Issue on Open Datasets 🚨
Aperture Neuro and Open Science SIG invite submissions in the form of original research, reviews, code, short communications, and more!
🖱️ Visit our website for more details: apertureneuro.org/pages/731-sp...
Aperture Neuro and Open Science SIG invite submissions in the form of original research, reviews, code, short communications, and more!
🖱️ Visit our website for more details: apertureneuro.org/pages/731-sp...
November 13, 2024 at 7:10 PM
📢 Calling for submissions to the Special Issue on Open Datasets! 📢
Share your work on open data across key topics, such as:
⚖️ Ethical & legal considerations
🔧 Standards & tools
🌍 Geographical trends
💰 Funding
🌱 Data sustainability & more!
Share your work on open data across key topics, such as:
⚖️ Ethical & legal considerations
🔧 Standards & tools
🌍 Geographical trends
💰 Funding
🌱 Data sustainability & more!
Early online view of our latest publication! Combining whole brain CVR mapping with 4Dflow MRI, we look at how macrovascular and microvascular function relate during adolescence: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Macrovascular blood flow and microvascular cerebrovascular reactivity are regionally coupled in adolescence - Kristina M Zvolanek, Jackson E Moore, Kelly Jarvis, Sarah J Moum, Molly G Bright, 2024
Cerebrovascular imaging assessments are particularly challenging in adolescent cohorts, where not all modalities are appropriate, and rapid brain maturation alt...
journals.sagepub.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Early online view of our latest publication! Combining whole brain CVR mapping with 4Dflow MRI, we look at how macrovascular and microvascular function relate during adolescence: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Hello world! 👋 Looks quite familiar here in bluesky! Not exactly excited to slowly rebuild an online network from scratch, but excited for the fresh start nonetheless. Do say hello!
December 23, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Hello world! 👋 Looks quite familiar here in bluesky! Not exactly excited to slowly rebuild an online network from scratch, but excited for the fresh start nonetheless. Do say hello!