Marcus Kaiser
@connectomelab.bsky.social
Leader neuroinformatics.org.uk | Computational Psychiatry | Computational Neurology | Author of 'Changing Connectomes' https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262044615/
https://www.dynamic-connectome.org/
https://www.dynamic-connectome.org/
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Marcus Kaiser
@connectomelab.bsky.social
· Mar 14
Changing Connectomes: Improved Cognition Through Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation
YouTube video by Brainbox Ltd
www.youtube.com
My Brainbox webinar talk that I gave yesterday on Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation is now online:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ3E...
@brainbox-neuro.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ3E...
@brainbox-neuro.bsky.social
Great to be featured in the latest episode of FUS Forward regarding NeurGear's and our ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation research and development:
Spotify:
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Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
NeurGear's Zenbud System:
zenbud.health
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/0z8O...
Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
NeurGear's Zenbud System:
zenbud.health
Ep. 8 self experimentation
Spotify video
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January 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Great to be featured in the latest episode of FUS Forward regarding NeurGear's and our ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation research and development:
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/0z8O...
Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
NeurGear's Zenbud System:
zenbud.health
Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/0z8O...
Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
NeurGear's Zenbud System:
zenbud.health
Open PhD position in our lab: noninvasive ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation as an intervention for mental health conditions such as depression
Deadline: Fri 9 Jan
Apply here:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: Fri 9 Jan
Apply here:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Open PhD position in our lab: noninvasive ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation as an intervention for mental health conditions such as depression
Deadline: Fri 9 Jan
Apply here:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Deadline: Fri 9 Jan
Apply here:
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Searching for a Christmas present for a #neuroscience, #psychology, or #NeuralNetworks researcher?
You may consider 'Changing Connectomes: Evolution, Development, and Dynamics in Network Neuroscience' from @mitpress.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/books/changi...
You may consider 'Changing Connectomes: Evolution, Development, and Dynamics in Network Neuroscience' from @mitpress.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/books/changi...
November 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Searching for a Christmas present for a #neuroscience, #psychology, or #NeuralNetworks researcher?
You may consider 'Changing Connectomes: Evolution, Development, and Dynamics in Network Neuroscience' from @mitpress.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/books/changi...
You may consider 'Changing Connectomes: Evolution, Development, and Dynamics in Network Neuroscience' from @mitpress.bsky.social
mitpress.mit.edu/books/changi...
Happy to be involved in this research, led by my colleague Dr Jeyoung Jung:
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhances emotional bias towards happiness in healthy young adults: A comparative study of electrical and ultrasound stimulation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhances emotional bias towards happiness in healthy young adults: A comparative study of electrical and ultrasound stimulation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy to be involved in this research, led by my colleague Dr Jeyoung Jung:
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhances emotional bias towards happiness in healthy young adults: A comparative study of electrical and ultrasound stimulation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhances emotional bias towards happiness in healthy young adults: A comparative study of electrical and ultrasound stimulation
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
Excited to share that our paper is out in PLOS Computational Biology! 🚀
🔗 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Joining forces between two fantastic laboratories @nplab.bsky.social @connectomelab.bsky.social 🔥
🔗 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Joining forces between two fantastic laboratories @nplab.bsky.social @connectomelab.bsky.social 🔥
Understanding the high-order network plasticity mechanisms of ultrasound neuromodulation
Author summary Transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) offers a non-invasive approach to modulating brain activity, holding promise for treating psychiatric and neurological disorders. Despite its p...
journals.plos.org
October 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Excited to share that our paper is out in PLOS Computational Biology! 🚀
🔗 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Joining forces between two fantastic laboratories @nplab.bsky.social @connectomelab.bsky.social 🔥
🔗 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Joining forces between two fantastic laboratories @nplab.bsky.social @connectomelab.bsky.social 🔥
Join us as PhD student using noninvasive ultrasound neuromodulation on the project 'Reducing pain reactivity for children in the Emergency Department using non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation'
Find more information at midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/applications...
#ultrasound #neuromodulation #Zenbud
Find more information at midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/applications...
#ultrasound #neuromodulation #Zenbud
2026 Projects - Midlands Mental Health and Neurosciences PhD Programme
midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Join us as PhD student using noninvasive ultrasound neuromodulation on the project 'Reducing pain reactivity for children in the Emergency Department using non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation'
Find more information at midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/applications...
#ultrasound #neuromodulation #Zenbud
Find more information at midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/applications...
#ultrasound #neuromodulation #Zenbud
Good to see so many Nottingham researchers at the @brainbox-init.bsky.social neuromodulation meeting!
A great meeting with ideas that we can bring home to our N3 neurotechnology centre
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-...
#tus #tms #tacs
A great meeting with ideas that we can bring home to our N3 neurotechnology centre
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-...
#tus #tms #tacs
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Good to see so many Nottingham researchers at the @brainbox-init.bsky.social neuromodulation meeting!
A great meeting with ideas that we can bring home to our N3 neurotechnology centre
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-...
#tus #tms #tacs
A great meeting with ideas that we can bring home to our N3 neurotechnology centre
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-...
#tus #tms #tacs
New: Zenbud ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation sham device cannot be distinguished from active device
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...
We are now performing sham-controlled studies to observe cognitive and physiological effects...
#ultrasound #vagusnerve #neuromodulation
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...
We are now performing sham-controlled studies to observe cognitive and physiological effects...
#ultrasound #vagusnerve #neuromodulation
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New: Zenbud ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation sham device cannot be distinguished from active device
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...
We are now performing sham-controlled studies to observe cognitive and physiological effects...
#ultrasound #vagusnerve #neuromodulation
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15...
We are now performing sham-controlled studies to observe cognitive and physiological effects...
#ultrasound #vagusnerve #neuromodulation
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
Interesting to see that the UK is number 2 worldwide (after the USA) in terms of consumer neurotech employment, number of companies, and funding deals...
From Peter Schlecht's neurotech report at gppi.net/assets/Hensi...
From Peter Schlecht's neurotech report at gppi.net/assets/Hensi...
August 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Interesting to see that the UK is number 2 worldwide (after the USA) in terms of consumer neurotech employment, number of companies, and funding deals...
From Peter Schlecht's neurotech report at gppi.net/assets/Hensi...
From Peter Schlecht's neurotech report at gppi.net/assets/Hensi...
Great to see that the next generation of NeurGear's Zenbud ultrasound vagus nerve stimulator is now on sale!
First results show reductions in anxiety (neuro.jmir.org/2025/1/e69770 ).
Find out more about the device here:
zenbud.health/pages/anxiety
First results show reductions in anxiety (neuro.jmir.org/2025/1/e69770 ).
Find out more about the device here:
zenbud.health/pages/anxiety
August 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Great to see that the next generation of NeurGear's Zenbud ultrasound vagus nerve stimulator is now on sale!
First results show reductions in anxiety (neuro.jmir.org/2025/1/e69770 ).
Find out more about the device here:
zenbud.health/pages/anxiety
First results show reductions in anxiety (neuro.jmir.org/2025/1/e69770 ).
Find out more about the device here:
zenbud.health/pages/anxiety
Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
🚨 New Preprint 🚨
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
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Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
🧵:
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
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Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
🧵:
August 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨 New Preprint 🚨
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
***
Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
🧵:
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
***
Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
🧵:
Are you a registered healthcare professional searching for a PhD position?
Using Zenbud #ultrasound #vagusnerve stimulation, the PhD position with me and Ben Marson is about 'Reducing pain reactivity for children in Emergency Departments'
midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/uon-students...
Using Zenbud #ultrasound #vagusnerve stimulation, the PhD position with me and Ben Marson is about 'Reducing pain reactivity for children in Emergency Departments'
midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/uon-students...
July 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Are you a registered healthcare professional searching for a PhD position?
Using Zenbud #ultrasound #vagusnerve stimulation, the PhD position with me and Ben Marson is about 'Reducing pain reactivity for children in Emergency Departments'
midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/uon-students...
Using Zenbud #ultrasound #vagusnerve stimulation, the PhD position with me and Ben Marson is about 'Reducing pain reactivity for children in Emergency Departments'
midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/uon-students...
We attended the London Great Exhibition Road festival over the weekend and 250+ people tried our Zenbud vagus nerve stimulation device!
One person suffering from anxiety/depression even came back on day 2 bringing a friend...
www.zenbud.health
#ultrasound #neuromodulation #vagusnerve
#ExRdFest
One person suffering from anxiety/depression even came back on day 2 bringing a friend...
www.zenbud.health
#ultrasound #neuromodulation #vagusnerve
#ExRdFest
June 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We attended the London Great Exhibition Road festival over the weekend and 250+ people tried our Zenbud vagus nerve stimulation device!
One person suffering from anxiety/depression even came back on day 2 bringing a friend...
www.zenbud.health
#ultrasound #neuromodulation #vagusnerve
#ExRdFest
One person suffering from anxiety/depression even came back on day 2 bringing a friend...
www.zenbud.health
#ultrasound #neuromodulation #vagusnerve
#ExRdFest
Our N3 Centre for Neurotechnology, Neuromodulation, and Neurotherapeutics has officially launched at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
#neuromodulation #imaging #focusedultrasound @fusfoundation.bsky.social
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-...
#neuromodulation #imaging #focusedultrasound @fusfoundation.bsky.social
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-...
May 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Our N3 Centre for Neurotechnology, Neuromodulation, and Neurotherapeutics has officially launched at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
#neuromodulation #imaging #focusedultrasound @fusfoundation.bsky.social
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-...
#neuromodulation #imaging #focusedultrasound @fusfoundation.bsky.social
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-...
30 April deadline approaching!
Last chance to apply...
Last chance to apply...
April 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
30 April deadline approaching!
Last chance to apply...
Last chance to apply...
Last chance to apply! Deadline: Monday 7 April...
Postdoctoral fellowship on developing human closed-loop noninvasive ultrasound and magnetic stimulation is now available!
Find out more and apply here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Find out more and apply here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
April 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Last chance to apply! Deadline: Monday 7 April...
Nice comparison of ultrasound and temporal interference stimulation in Table 3:
www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Ultrasound blinding option that is not mentioned is ventricle stimulation: doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Ultrasound blinding option that is not mentioned is ventricle stimulation: doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
March 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Nice comparison of ultrasound and temporal interference stimulation in Table 3:
www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Ultrasound blinding option that is not mentioned is ventricle stimulation: doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Ultrasound blinding option that is not mentioned is ventricle stimulation: doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
Join our lab for a year with the 'AI for Precision Neuromodulation' fellowship project!
Find out more at: encode.pillar.vc/projects/neu...
Find out more at: encode.pillar.vc/projects/neu...
March 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join our lab for a year with the 'AI for Precision Neuromodulation' fellowship project!
Find out more at: encode.pillar.vc/projects/neu...
Find out more at: encode.pillar.vc/projects/neu...
My Brainbox webinar talk that I gave yesterday on Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation is now online:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ3E...
@brainbox-neuro.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ3E...
@brainbox-neuro.bsky.social
Changing Connectomes: Improved Cognition Through Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation
YouTube video by Brainbox Ltd
www.youtube.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
My Brainbox webinar talk that I gave yesterday on Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation is now online:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ3E...
@brainbox-neuro.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ3E...
@brainbox-neuro.bsky.social
Postdoctoral fellowship on developing human closed-loop noninvasive ultrasound and magnetic stimulation is now available!
Find out more and apply here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Find out more and apply here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
March 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Postdoctoral fellowship on developing human closed-loop noninvasive ultrasound and magnetic stimulation is now available!
Find out more and apply here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Find out more and apply here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
I am very happy to share our latest work, led by C. Atkinson-Clement, C. Petkov, and M. Kaiser, on the temporal dynamics of brain changes following ultrasound stimulation in the rhesus monkey.
A huge thanks to all the team for making this work possible.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
1/5
A huge thanks to all the team for making this work possible.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
1/5
March 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I am very happy to share our latest work, led by C. Atkinson-Clement, C. Petkov, and M. Kaiser, on the temporal dynamics of brain changes following ultrasound stimulation in the rhesus monkey.
A huge thanks to all the team for making this work possible.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
1/5
A huge thanks to all the team for making this work possible.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cr...
1/5
short video summary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aeD...
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
short video summary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aeD...
Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
If we could record all neurons we still would not know how they communicate: medium.com/@kording/628...
Would recording all neurons reveal their interactions?
For years, I was captivated by the idea that if we could record the activity of every neuron in the brain, we’d eventually crack the code…
medium.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If we could record all neurons we still would not know how they communicate: medium.com/@kording/628...
Our press release about the results is now online here:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/patient...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/patient...
February 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Our press release about the results is now online here:
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/patient...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/patient...
We are soon starting our 5-year MRC programme grant on novel noninvasive ultrasound or magnetic stimulation for brain and mental health (see press release below).
Watch out for our job advertisement for a postdoctoral fellow in neuromodulation later on...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/new-res...
Watch out for our job advertisement for a postdoctoral fellow in neuromodulation later on...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/new-res...
News - New research will lead to improved brain function for patients with a range of mental health conditions - University of Nottingham
Experts at the University of Nottingham have received £2.4m in funding to develop new noninvasive brain stimulation interventions for patients with a wide range of conditions including depression, sch...
www.nottingham.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
We are soon starting our 5-year MRC programme grant on novel noninvasive ultrasound or magnetic stimulation for brain and mental health (see press release below).
Watch out for our job advertisement for a postdoctoral fellow in neuromodulation later on...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/new-res...
Watch out for our job advertisement for a postdoctoral fellow in neuromodulation later on...
www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/new-res...