Mallar Chakravarty
@mallarchak.bsky.social
Computational Neuroanatomy; Director of Cerebral Imaging Centre and Neuroinformatics @douglasresearch.bsky.social; Program Chair #OHBM2023; Associate EIC @apertureohbm.bsky.social
CoBrA: cobralab.ca
CoBrA: cobralab.ca
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Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study
www.nature.com
Excited to share our new publication on the impact of #THC exposure during gestation on brain development. This stunning work, led by Lani Cupo, describes several years of datas collection and examines brain development and maturation using MRI and behaviour
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
It’s officially out! Check out the manuscript for more on the effect size web app, led by the truly indefatigable @halleeshearer.bsky.social and featuring so many contributions from this team, esp MINDS Lab via @dscheinost.bsky.social
Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
Shearer et al. introduce an interactive web application for exploring fMRI effect maps:
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It’s officially out! Check out the manuscript for more on the effect size web app, led by the truly indefatigable @halleeshearer.bsky.social and featuring so many contributions from this team, esp MINDS Lab via @dscheinost.bsky.social
Great new stuff in @apertureohbm.bsky.social here 👇
Excited to share our manuscript about BrainEffeX, a tool for exploring fMRI effect sizes. Includes why we made it, how to use it + contribute, and how we made it.
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
@sneuroble.bsky.social @psychonetrics.bsky.social
@alexkfischbach.bsky.social
@nichols.bsky.social
@dscheinost.bsky.social & MINDS Lab
Shearer et al. introduce an interactive web application for exploring fMRI effect maps:
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
doi.org/10.52294/001...
@halleeshearer.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Great new stuff in @apertureohbm.bsky.social here 👇
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Coverage of our recent work in Vice Magazine: www.vice.com/en/article/y...
Your Genetics Might Make You More Likely to Smoke Weed
A new study suggests that your DNA might be nudging you toward cannabis. Welp, smoke 'em if you got 'em...
www.vice.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Coverage of our recent work in Vice Magazine: www.vice.com/en/article/y...
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Was great to attend the @gairdnerawards.bsky.social Gala representing @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social last night! Great to celebrate basic science and meet old friends and make new ones!
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Was great to attend the @gairdnerawards.bsky.social Gala representing @westernu.ca @schulichmeddent.bsky.social last night! Great to celebrate basic science and meet old friends and make new ones!
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Lefort-Besnard and Pron et al. present a survey and review on current infrastructures for sharing human neuroimaging data in the EU: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@cmaumet.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
@cmaumet.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
October 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Lefort-Besnard and Pron et al. present a survey and review on current infrastructures for sharing human neuroimaging data in the EU: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@cmaumet.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
@cmaumet.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social
#OpenDatasets #SpecialIssue
So excited for my friend, colleague, and all-around superstar of a human-being.
Keep your eyes 👀 open.
There's clearly so much awesome that will spring forward from this move.
Keep your eyes 👀 open.
There's clearly so much awesome that will spring forward from this move.
October 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
So excited for my friend, colleague, and all-around superstar of a human-being.
Keep your eyes 👀 open.
There's clearly so much awesome that will spring forward from this move.
Keep your eyes 👀 open.
There's clearly so much awesome that will spring forward from this move.
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....
Male CNS Connectome
A team of researchers has unveiled the complete connectome of a male fruit fly central nervous system —a seamless map of all the neurons in the brain and nerve cord of a single male fruit fly and the ...
www.janelia.org
October 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Exciting news for #drosophila #connectomics and #neuroscience enthusiasts: the Drosophila male central nervous system connectome is now live for exploration. Find out more at the landing page hosted by our Janelia FlyEM collaborators www.janelia.org/project-team....
Check out this great summary of our recent paper on the impact of exposure to #THC during gestation.
Thanks @douglasresearch.bsky.social !!
Orig paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks @douglasresearch.bsky.social !!
Orig paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Check out this great summary of our recent paper on the impact of exposure to #THC during gestation.
Thanks @douglasresearch.bsky.social !!
Orig paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Thanks @douglasresearch.bsky.social !!
Orig paper here:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
BREAKING SCIENCE
Prenatal cannabis exposure and brain development : a new study from the Chakravarty Lab.
➡️ Swipe through the carousel to discover the study in a simple and accessible way!
Learn more : douglas.research.mcgill.ca/news/chakrav...
Prenatal cannabis exposure and brain development : a new study from the Chakravarty Lab.
➡️ Swipe through the carousel to discover the study in a simple and accessible way!
Learn more : douglas.research.mcgill.ca/news/chakrav...
October 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
BREAKING SCIENCE
Prenatal cannabis exposure and brain development : a new study from the Chakravarty Lab.
➡️ Swipe through the carousel to discover the study in a simple and accessible way!
Learn more : douglas.research.mcgill.ca/news/chakrav...
Prenatal cannabis exposure and brain development : a new study from the Chakravarty Lab.
➡️ Swipe through the carousel to discover the study in a simple and accessible way!
Learn more : douglas.research.mcgill.ca/news/chakrav...
Excited to share our new publication on the impact of #THC exposure during gestation on brain development. This stunning work, led by Lani Cupo, describes several years of datas collection and examines brain development and maturation using MRI and behaviour
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study
www.nature.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Excited to share our new publication on the impact of #THC exposure during gestation on brain development. This stunning work, led by Lani Cupo, describes several years of datas collection and examines brain development and maturation using MRI and behaviour
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study
Lani Cupo et al. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lani Cupo et al. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study
www.nature.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Impact of prenatal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure on mouse brain development: a fetal-to-adulthood magnetic resonance imaging study
Lani Cupo et al. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lani Cupo et al. 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Just a 🔥study by @hyolee.bsky.social and @bogglerapture.bsky.social on morphological sex diffs and their mechanistic basis.
Important findings and cool methods.
Important findings and cool methods.
Humans show reproducible sex differences in regional cortical volume but what are their morphological and mechanistic bases?
Our new preprint approaches this question by separate analysis of cortical volume, area and thickness, and examining data from rare patient cohorts 👀 🧵⬇️
Our new preprint approaches this question by separate analysis of cortical volume, area and thickness, and examining data from rare patient cohorts 👀 🧵⬇️
September 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Just a 🔥study by @hyolee.bsky.social and @bogglerapture.bsky.social on morphological sex diffs and their mechanistic basis.
Important findings and cool methods.
Important findings and cool methods.
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
7. I thank all study participants and the team! @bogglerapture.bsky.social, @konradwagstyl.bsky.social, @mallarchak.bsky.social, @coevolvinglab.bsky.social + others not on BlueSky. Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.10.675377
Also…
Also…
doi.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
7. I thank all study participants and the team! @bogglerapture.bsky.social, @konradwagstyl.bsky.social, @mallarchak.bsky.social, @coevolvinglab.bsky.social + others not on BlueSky. Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.10.675377
Also…
Also…
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Humans show reproducible sex differences in regional cortical volume but what are their morphological and mechanistic bases?
Our new preprint approaches this question by separate analysis of cortical volume, area and thickness, and examining data from rare patient cohorts 👀 🧵⬇️
Our new preprint approaches this question by separate analysis of cortical volume, area and thickness, and examining data from rare patient cohorts 👀 🧵⬇️
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Humans show reproducible sex differences in regional cortical volume but what are their morphological and mechanistic bases?
Our new preprint approaches this question by separate analysis of cortical volume, area and thickness, and examining data from rare patient cohorts 👀 🧵⬇️
Our new preprint approaches this question by separate analysis of cortical volume, area and thickness, and examining data from rare patient cohorts 👀 🧵⬇️
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Healthy scientific communities—built on open, engaged communication—are ready to take on the next challenges facing broader society.
Had a blast writing this piece with @dupre.science and @alfiewearn.bsky.social. Many thanks to the other past @ohbm-com.com chairs for their feedback and support!
Had a blast writing this piece with @dupre.science and @alfiewearn.bsky.social. Many thanks to the other past @ohbm-com.com chairs for their feedback and support!
Kicking off the Future of Scientific Publishing Special Issue, former @ohbm-com.com Chairs highlight the importance of effective science communication: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@sitek.bsky.social @alfiewearn.bsky.social @dupre.science @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
@sitek.bsky.social @alfiewearn.bsky.social @dupre.science @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Healthy scientific communities—built on open, engaged communication—are ready to take on the next challenges facing broader society.
Had a blast writing this piece with @dupre.science and @alfiewearn.bsky.social. Many thanks to the other past @ohbm-com.com chairs for their feedback and support!
Had a blast writing this piece with @dupre.science and @alfiewearn.bsky.social. Many thanks to the other past @ohbm-com.com chairs for their feedback and support!
So excited to give this a read! I've seen @gozziale.bsky.social present this work and it's just so elegant!
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
So excited to give this a read! I've seen @gozziale.bsky.social present this work and it's just so elegant!
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Big thanks to our fab organising committee:
@toddc.bsky.social
@mallarchak.bsky.social
J Cabral
J Bijsterbosch
@bttyeo.bsky.social
@lucinauddin.bsky.social
@drbreaky.bsky.social
M Woolrich
D Margulies
@nsb-lab.bsky.social
@toddc.bsky.social
@mallarchak.bsky.social
J Cabral
J Bijsterbosch
@bttyeo.bsky.social
@lucinauddin.bsky.social
@drbreaky.bsky.social
M Woolrich
D Margulies
@nsb-lab.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Big thanks to our fab organising committee:
@toddc.bsky.social
@mallarchak.bsky.social
J Cabral
J Bijsterbosch
@bttyeo.bsky.social
@lucinauddin.bsky.social
@drbreaky.bsky.social
M Woolrich
D Margulies
@nsb-lab.bsky.social
@toddc.bsky.social
@mallarchak.bsky.social
J Cabral
J Bijsterbosch
@bttyeo.bsky.social
@lucinauddin.bsky.social
@drbreaky.bsky.social
M Woolrich
D Margulies
@nsb-lab.bsky.social
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
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.
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Lugtmeijer et al. highlight key events from the Open Science Room at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Seoul, Korea: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social @fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
@selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social @fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Lugtmeijer et al. highlight key events from the Open Science Room at the 2024 Annual Meeting in Seoul, Korea: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social @fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
@selmalugtmeijer.bsky.social @ohbmossig.bsky.social @fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
For those following alone on #CannabinoidGRC2025, here is the starter pack to stay on top of the latest and greatest in cannabis science go.bsky.app/JmeZk14
August 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
For those following alone on #CannabinoidGRC2025, here is the starter pack to stay on top of the latest and greatest in cannabis science go.bsky.app/JmeZk14
This is a great opportunity amplify the hard work that went into your abstract. In your cover letter let us know that you presented this at @ohbmofficial.bsky.social 2025 in Brisbane.
This is your community journal that here to improve the impact of your work!
👇👇
This is your community journal that here to improve the impact of your work!
👇👇
Whether you're in a writing phase or catching up post-conference, don’t let your abstract sit - take the next step.
Aperture Neuro offers:
✔️ Open access
✔️ Support for diverse research outputs
✔️ Acceptance of null results and replication studies
📄 Submit here: apertureneuro.org/for-authors
Aperture Neuro offers:
✔️ Open access
✔️ Support for diverse research outputs
✔️ Acceptance of null results and replication studies
📄 Submit here: apertureneuro.org/for-authors
August 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is a great opportunity amplify the hard work that went into your abstract. In your cover letter let us know that you presented this at @ohbmofficial.bsky.social 2025 in Brisbane.
This is your community journal that here to improve the impact of your work!
👇👇
This is your community journal that here to improve the impact of your work!
👇👇
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Eierud et al. develop multivariate molecular imaging brain atlases using the NeuroMark PET ICA framework: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @vcalhoun.bsky.social
@fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @vcalhoun.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Eierud et al. develop multivariate molecular imaging brain atlases using the NeuroMark PET ICA framework: doi.org/10.52294/001...
@fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @vcalhoun.bsky.social
@fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @vcalhoun.bsky.social
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Great 1st day at #AAIC25! We're here for the rest of the week, stop by our @touchscreencog.bsky.social booth that's located in the Canadian Pavilion. 🎉
@maximoprado.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social @lisasaksida.bsky.social @timbussey.bsky.social @tcnlab.bsky.social @pradobsky.bsky.social
@maximoprado.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social @lisasaksida.bsky.social @timbussey.bsky.social @tcnlab.bsky.social @pradobsky.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Great 1st day at #AAIC25! We're here for the rest of the week, stop by our @touchscreencog.bsky.social booth that's located in the Canadian Pavilion. 🎉
@maximoprado.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social @lisasaksida.bsky.social @timbussey.bsky.social @tcnlab.bsky.social @pradobsky.bsky.social
@maximoprado.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social @lisasaksida.bsky.social @timbussey.bsky.social @tcnlab.bsky.social @pradobsky.bsky.social
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
come by @tridentpct.bsky.social and @touchscreencog.bsky.social #AAIC25 and get your free strawberry milkshake (just the ones out mice get when they do their touchscreen tasks). Learn about touchscreen testing in mice and humans and the TRIDENT pipeline.
July 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
come by @tridentpct.bsky.social and @touchscreencog.bsky.social #AAIC25 and get your free strawberry milkshake (just the ones out mice get when they do their touchscreen tasks). Learn about touchscreen testing in mice and humans and the TRIDENT pipeline.
Reposted by Mallar Chakravarty
Look at this world-class crew! 😍 So excited to see resident TRIDENT experts @maximoprado.bsky.social and Dr. Vania Prado stop by and say hi! #AAIC25 #NFRF
July 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Look at this world-class crew! 😍 So excited to see resident TRIDENT experts @maximoprado.bsky.social and Dr. Vania Prado stop by and say hi! #AAIC25 #NFRF