DrBreaky
@drbreaky.bsky.social
Michael Breakspear
Neuroscientist, Psychiatrist, Physicist.
https://www.systemsneurosciencegroup.com/
Neuroscientist, Psychiatrist, Physicist.
https://www.systemsneurosciencegroup.com/
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Who is planning to go to the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Australia chapter meeting? I'm leaving Australia soon so want to meet as many lovely Aussies as possible on my conference tour 😀
October 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Who is planning to go to the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social Australia chapter meeting? I'm leaving Australia soon so want to meet as many lovely Aussies as possible on my conference tour 😀
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It was a great pleasure presenting preliminary results from my ongoing study on social-affective inference and constricted affect at the @newybrains.bsky.social lunch symposium series.
We found some interesting first effects of positive affective surprise and bodily responses. 🙂
We found some interesting first effects of positive affective surprise and bodily responses. 🙂
September 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
It was a great pleasure presenting preliminary results from my ongoing study on social-affective inference and constricted affect at the @newybrains.bsky.social lunch symposium series.
We found some interesting first effects of positive affective surprise and bodily responses. 🙂
We found some interesting first effects of positive affective surprise and bodily responses. 🙂
Interested in hippocampal dynamics and their interactions with cortical rhythms?
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Interested in hippocampal dynamics and their interactions with cortical rhythms?
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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In the latest episode of @braininspired.bsky.social, @drbreaky.bsky.social and @macshine.bsky.social describe a scale-free property of brain activity conserved across diverse species, suggesting a universal principle of activity underlying cognition.
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
Michael Breakspear and Mac Shine explain how brain processing changes across neural population scales
Breakspear and Shine find a scale-free property of brain activity that is conserved across diverse species, suggesting that a universal principle of brain activity underlies cognition.
www.thetransmitter.org
September 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In the latest episode of @braininspired.bsky.social, @drbreaky.bsky.social and @macshine.bsky.social describe a scale-free property of brain activity conserved across diverse species, suggesting a universal principle of activity underlying cognition.
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
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🔥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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The keynote speaker for the OHBM Virtual Satellite Meeting is Dr. Michael Breakspear, @drbreaky.bsky.social! You won’t want to miss his talk – your only chance will be to register and catch it live at 12:00-13:00 UTC on September 11!
🔗 https://humanbrainmapping.org/25SEASIG
#OHBM #SEASIG
🔗 https://humanbrainmapping.org/25SEASIG
#OHBM #SEASIG
August 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The keynote speaker for the OHBM Virtual Satellite Meeting is Dr. Michael Breakspear, @drbreaky.bsky.social! You won’t want to miss his talk – your only chance will be to register and catch it live at 12:00-13:00 UTC on September 11!
🔗 https://humanbrainmapping.org/25SEASIG
#OHBM #SEASIG
🔗 https://humanbrainmapping.org/25SEASIG
#OHBM #SEASIG
New 2 year position as an Imaging Data Infrastructure Specialist
Located a the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) & the University of Newcastle (UoN), in partnership with the National Imaging Facility (NIF),
Apply here: www.seek.com.au/job/85537666
Located a the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) & the University of Newcastle (UoN), in partnership with the National Imaging Facility (NIF),
Apply here: www.seek.com.au/job/85537666
July 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
New 2 year position as an Imaging Data Infrastructure Specialist
Located a the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) & the University of Newcastle (UoN), in partnership with the National Imaging Facility (NIF),
Apply here: www.seek.com.au/job/85537666
Located a the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) & the University of Newcastle (UoN), in partnership with the National Imaging Facility (NIF),
Apply here: www.seek.com.au/job/85537666
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience,
Generation of surrogate brain maps preserving spatial autocorrelation through random rotation of geometric eigenmodes
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
Produces surrogates for null hypothesis testing of nonlinear effects within and correlations between brain maps
Generation of surrogate brain maps preserving spatial autocorrelation through random rotation of geometric eigenmodes
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
Produces surrogates for null hypothesis testing of nonlinear effects within and correlations between brain maps
July 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience,
Generation of surrogate brain maps preserving spatial autocorrelation through random rotation of geometric eigenmodes
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
Produces surrogates for null hypothesis testing of nonlinear effects within and correlations between brain maps
Generation of surrogate brain maps preserving spatial autocorrelation through random rotation of geometric eigenmodes
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
Produces surrogates for null hypothesis testing of nonlinear effects within and correlations between brain maps
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MAYBE DON’T EMAIL ME AT THE WEEKEND, THEN.
July 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
MAYBE DON’T EMAIL ME AT THE WEEKEND, THEN.
On this auspicious day, I finally bit the bullet & asked my super post-doc @annabhlr.bsky.social to teach me how to code & run Python (today!)
Coding lifeline now goes:
BASIC (1982); FORTRAN (1990); MAPLE (1992); MATLAB (1999); PYTHON (2025)
(a bit of a gap between the last two!)
Coding lifeline now goes:
BASIC (1982); FORTRAN (1990); MAPLE (1992); MATLAB (1999); PYTHON (2025)
(a bit of a gap between the last two!)
May 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
On this auspicious day, I finally bit the bullet & asked my super post-doc @annabhlr.bsky.social to teach me how to code & run Python (today!)
Coding lifeline now goes:
BASIC (1982); FORTRAN (1990); MAPLE (1992); MATLAB (1999); PYTHON (2025)
(a bit of a gap between the last two!)
Coding lifeline now goes:
BASIC (1982); FORTRAN (1990); MAPLE (1992); MATLAB (1999); PYTHON (2025)
(a bit of a gap between the last two!)
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Program member Professor Michael Breakspear
@drbreaky.bsky.social will be presenting "Modelling the brain as a wave machine" at Pint of Science in Newcastle on May 20, 2025
Follow the link to book your tickets! 👇
pintofscience.com.au/event/brains...
@drbreaky.bsky.social will be presenting "Modelling the brain as a wave machine" at Pint of Science in Newcastle on May 20, 2025
Follow the link to book your tickets! 👇
pintofscience.com.au/event/brains...
Brains and Bugs: Breakthroughs in Viruses & Mental Health
Explore ground breaking research on new therapies to prevent respiratory diseases and how computational neuroscience is revolutionising our understanding o…
pintofscience.com.au
May 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Program member Professor Michael Breakspear
@drbreaky.bsky.social will be presenting "Modelling the brain as a wave machine" at Pint of Science in Newcastle on May 20, 2025
Follow the link to book your tickets! 👇
pintofscience.com.au/event/brains...
@drbreaky.bsky.social will be presenting "Modelling the brain as a wave machine" at Pint of Science in Newcastle on May 20, 2025
Follow the link to book your tickets! 👇
pintofscience.com.au/event/brains...
Looking forward to presenting our work on cortico-hippocampal coupling and wave-wave interactions as a basis for some core human cognitions
5pm May 6th EST (US)
8am May 7th AEST (Sydney)
Zoom link: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/92736430185
Thanks to WaveClub conveners Erfan Zabeh & Uma Mohan
5pm May 6th EST (US)
8am May 7th AEST (Sydney)
Zoom link: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/92736430185
Thanks to WaveClub conveners Erfan Zabeh & Uma Mohan
May 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Looking forward to presenting our work on cortico-hippocampal coupling and wave-wave interactions as a basis for some core human cognitions
5pm May 6th EST (US)
8am May 7th AEST (Sydney)
Zoom link: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/92736430185
Thanks to WaveClub conveners Erfan Zabeh & Uma Mohan
5pm May 6th EST (US)
8am May 7th AEST (Sydney)
Zoom link: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/92736430185
Thanks to WaveClub conveners Erfan Zabeh & Uma Mohan
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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
April 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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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We can't wait to hear from from Dr. Michael Breakspear in two weeks in our monthly online seminar series on traveling waves of neural oscillations.
Join us on May 6th at 5-6p ET!
Please note the change in time to accommodate our Aussie friend
@drbreaky.bsky.social
Join us on May 6th at 5-6p ET!
Please note the change in time to accommodate our Aussie friend
@drbreaky.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We can't wait to hear from from Dr. Michael Breakspear in two weeks in our monthly online seminar series on traveling waves of neural oscillations.
Join us on May 6th at 5-6p ET!
Please note the change in time to accommodate our Aussie friend
@drbreaky.bsky.social
Join us on May 6th at 5-6p ET!
Please note the change in time to accommodate our Aussie friend
@drbreaky.bsky.social
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We are hiring!
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Job Search
careers.pageuppeople.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We are hiring!
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
@aurinaarn.bsky.social and I are jointly looking for a talented Postdoc in Systems and Comp Neuro at Monash (AUS).
If you like neuroimaging 🧠, comp models 💻, genetics 🧬, brain disorders 🤕, and/or evolution 🐵🐭, this could be the job for you!!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
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An opportunity to *join our group* as a postdoc researcher analyzing complex physical systems, and the time-varying data they produce (with applications to sleep)!
Join us @sydneyphysics.bsky.social on a great campus in a beautiful city!
Please share 🙂
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
Join us @sydneyphysics.bsky.social on a great campus in a beautiful city!
Please share 🙂
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Physics)
Full time, 2-year fixed term position with potential to extend. Located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Physics. Exciting opportunity to conduct research in a world-leading interdisciplinary...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
An opportunity to *join our group* as a postdoc researcher analyzing complex physical systems, and the time-varying data they produce (with applications to sleep)!
Join us @sydneyphysics.bsky.social on a great campus in a beautiful city!
Please share 🙂
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
Join us @sydneyphysics.bsky.social on a great campus in a beautiful city!
Please share 🙂
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
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🧠🌡️ New preprint out!
BRAIN TEMPERATURE may be a key factor in understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease and brain cancer:
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
'Temperature matters: Insights into brain thermoregulation and its impact on neural activity and health'
BRAIN TEMPERATURE may be a key factor in understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease and brain cancer:
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
'Temperature matters: Insights into brain thermoregulation and its impact on neural activity and health'
April 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
🧠🌡️ New preprint out!
BRAIN TEMPERATURE may be a key factor in understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease and brain cancer:
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
'Temperature matters: Insights into brain thermoregulation and its impact on neural activity and health'
BRAIN TEMPERATURE may be a key factor in understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease and brain cancer:
doi.org/10.31219/osf...
'Temperature matters: Insights into brain thermoregulation and its impact on neural activity and health'
New preprint: "Temperature matters: Insights into brain thermoregulation and its impact on neural activity and health"
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
April 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
New preprint: "Temperature matters: Insights into brain thermoregulation and its impact on neural activity and health"
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
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Program members Dr Alexander Thorpe and Professor Michael Breakspear @drbreaky.bsky.social presented today @hmriaustralia.bsky.social as part of the HMRI Weekly Research Seminar Series.
Thanks to our researchers for their fascinating presentations!
#neuroscience #researcher #neuromodulation #brain
Thanks to our researchers for their fascinating presentations!
#neuroscience #researcher #neuromodulation #brain
April 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Program members Dr Alexander Thorpe and Professor Michael Breakspear @drbreaky.bsky.social presented today @hmriaustralia.bsky.social as part of the HMRI Weekly Research Seminar Series.
Thanks to our researchers for their fascinating presentations!
#neuroscience #researcher #neuromodulation #brain
Thanks to our researchers for their fascinating presentations!
#neuroscience #researcher #neuromodulation #brain
I feel ill watching this storm build and approach the communities of northern NSW and Brisbane
March 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I feel ill watching this storm build and approach the communities of northern NSW and Brisbane
Important caveats of working in surface space with off-the-shelf cortical meshes by @jaysonjeg.bsky.social
Do you work on surface MRI such as HCP data? Our paper is finally out in Imaging Neuroscience, showing biases in surface fMRI. The revised ms has many new insights!
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
February 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Important caveats of working in surface space with off-the-shelf cortical meshes by @jaysonjeg.bsky.social
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Do you work on surface MRI such as HCP data? Our paper is finally out in Imaging Neuroscience, showing biases in surface fMRI. The revised ms has many new insights!
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
February 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Do you work on surface MRI such as HCP data? Our paper is finally out in Imaging Neuroscience, showing biases in surface fMRI. The revised ms has many new insights!
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
It was bangin' work by you too Kevo, waaaay before hemodynamic travelling waves got their time in the sun ...
February 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It was bangin' work by you too Kevo, waaaay before hemodynamic travelling waves got their time in the sun ...
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I have had other papers pass this mile stone, but this one is special as it was my 1st, first-author paper, and was the output from my PhD many moons ago!
@drbreaky.bsky.social @mschira.bsky.social
@drbreaky.bsky.social @mschira.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I have had other papers pass this mile stone, but this one is special as it was my 1st, first-author paper, and was the output from my PhD many moons ago!
@drbreaky.bsky.social @mschira.bsky.social
@drbreaky.bsky.social @mschira.bsky.social
New group photo taken by the talented media team at @hmriaustralia.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
New group photo taken by the talented media team at @hmriaustralia.bsky.social