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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN)
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We develop and deploy neuroimaging and related technologies to solve big challenges in basic neuroscience and brain health.
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Happy #WorldRadiographyDay!

At OxCIN, our radiographers make cutting-edge brain imaging possible — combining clinical skill, research expertise and participant care. Over the past year, our Radiography Team have completed 1686 scans.

🔗 oxcin.ox.ac.uk/research/core-staff

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A radiographer preparing a research participant for a scan.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Happy World Radiography Day to our wonderful OxCIN radiographers, who make all of our MR research possible! Why not take a moment today to acknowledge the radiographers in your life? I've heard they enjoy chocolate...
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Throughout October, Oxford will host events celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth – recognising the impact of Black heritage and culture on Britain, the world, and our University.

More info ⬇️ #BHM
https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/black-history-month
Black History Month at Oxford | University of Oxford
Oxford University is delivering another programme of events for Black History Month throughout October.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Our open letter (awaiting peer review) is now available on Wellcome Open Research:
👉 wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/10-...

More inclusive science = broader participation, better data, stronger impact. 💡 (🧵 3/3)

#OpenResearch #ResearchAccessibility @oxcin.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
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October 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Do you want to learn more about MRI? The OxCIN MRI Graduate Programme is now open for registration! This year only: limited places for external participants available at a reduced rate.

ℹ️ More info: tinyurl.com/56n2vu6n
✍ Register: tinyurl.com/4s9tt3bd
✉️ Mailing list: tinyurl.com/yc5jnd97
MRI Graduate Programme
The MRI Graduate Programme, organised by the Oxford Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, is a set of courses designed to teach new researchers the theory and practice of MRI neuroimaging, from introdu...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Three new "What to expect" videos for participants in brain stimulation studies out now! www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/research/tak...

Our videos aim to increase accessibility of research participation by demystifying the process.

🎥 Produced by hobsoncurtis.com

👇 Video #1: Transcranial Electric Stimulation
OxCIN Research TES Brain Stim 'What to Expect' Film
This film takes you through the process of what it is like to have transcranial electric stimulation (TES) as part of a research study. Produced by HobsonCurtis…
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September 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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In our Trends in Cogn Sci paper we point to the connectivity crisis in task-based human EEG/MEG research: many connectivity metrics, too little replication. Time for community-wide benchmarking to build robust, generalisable measures across labs & tasks. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Confronting the connectivity crisis in human M/EEG research
The cognitive neuroscience community using M/EEG has not converged on measures of task-related inter-regional brain connectivity that generalize acros…
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September 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Congratulations to all recipients of the 2025 OxCIN/BRC Seed Grants!

In partnership with the Brain Technologies theme of the NIHR Oxford Health BRC, OxCIN awarded up to £16,000 to support scanning and research costs to 14 exciting new projects. tinyurl.com/3j4a8753
2025 OxCIN/BRC Seed Grants announced
A total of 10 projects were awarded funding to support scanning and research costs.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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We're proud to introduce the 2025/25 cohort of OxCIN Global Scholars! They will be remotely affiliated with OxCIN for a year, participate in our MRI Graduate Programme, present their work and establish links with OxCIN research groups.

Read more: www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/traini....
Profile pictures of our five global scholars (three men and two women), with in the bottom right corner the Global Scholars logo of a brain with a world map superimposed, and the text 'OxCIN Global Scholars 2025/26'
September 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Congratulations to Tim Behrens, one of only seven academics to win the Royal Society's prestigious new Faraday Discovery Fellowship! 🎉

Read more: www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/news/excepti...
Exceptional Oxford researchers awarded first Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships
Three pioneering Oxford researchers, including Professor Timothy Behrens from NDCN, are among the first recipients of the Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships, prestigious long-term awards to s...
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September 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Many congratulations to OxCIN's Stuart Clare, Jacinta O'Shea, and Laurence Hunt @lhuntneuro.bsky.social who have been awarded the title of full Professor! Read more about their work here: www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/news/three-n....
Three new Professors at OxCIN
Many congratulations to Stuart Clare, Laurence Hunt and Jacinta O'Shea who were all conferred the title of Professor in the latest Recognition of Distinction round.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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📢 NEW RESEARCH
The brain’s networks activate in structured cycles.

Led by @matsvanes.bsky.social, a team analysed MEG data from 800+ people. The strength & speed of the cycles was influenced by genetics & associated with factors such as age.

www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/brain20... in @nature.com Neuro
A picture of and quote from lead author Dr Mats Van Es, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford: "This is a pivotal finding in our understanding of brain function, showing that the brain’s functional networks are organised into periodic cycles...These cyclical dynamics occur not only at rest but also when replaying memories and during other cognitive tasks, where they predict response speed."
August 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Registration is still open for #FSLCourse2025. Register now to secure your spot!

💻 Fully online course
🗓️ September 15th-26th
🧠 Lectures & practicals on structural, functional, diffusion and resting state brain image analysis
🔗 open.win.ox.ac.uk/pages/fslcou...
August 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Eye patches aren't just for pirates! OxCIN vision researchers Betina, Megan and Rebecca talk about Pixar's Elio, public perception of visual conditions and their own research on 'lazy eye'.
July 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Congratulations to Steve Smith @fmrib-steve.bsky.social for winning the OHBM 2025 Glass Brain Award! This lifetime achievement award recognises extraordinary contributions that drive the field forward - and we can't think of anyone more deserving. 👏👏👏
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Time is ticking! Applications for the 🌍 OxCIN Global Scholars Programme 🌍close on June 30th.

Are you an early career researcher from the Global South, interested in online training in MRI physics & analysis using FSL?

Read more & apply here: tinyurl.com/255rxr5a

Please share with your network!
June 17, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Highlight of the event: the inaugural lecture of our own @hollybridge.bsky.social on 25 years of vision research! Congrats to the OxCIN 🏆 winners: Stuart Clare & Izabelle Lovgren (Engagement), Michiel Cottaar (Open Science), Nicole Eichert (Early Career award) & Lucy Jobbins (thesis presentation).
ndcnoxford.bsky.social Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences @ndcnoxford.bsky.social · Jun 13
We celebrated our annual Thomas Willis Day event this week!

Nearly 200 staff and students came together to celebrate our people and the work of our Department over the last year. Read all about it👇
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A lecture room full of people
June 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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We're very excited to open our brand new OPM-MEG lab, housed at OxCIN@OHBA!
oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social · Jun 10
We officially launched our new Magnetoencephalography with Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPM-MEG) brain scanner last week with a special open day.

OPM-MEG measures tiny magnetic fields generated by the activity of neurons in the brain.
A room full of people watching a man present at the front. A purple helmet dotted with lots of small sensors and wires.
June 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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🎉 Exciting news! The Neuro–Cooper Open Science Prizes are now open! 🏆
Whether you’re a neuroscience researcher, a trainee, or part of a larger team pushing Open Science forward, this is your moment to shine. 🌟
📎 Learn more, apply, or join our info session on June 18: at.theneuro.ca/cooperprizes
June 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Proud to see one of our newest members Laurel Morris making a fantastic start at OxCIN!
ndcnoxford.bsky.social Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences @ndcnoxford.bsky.social · May 30
👏 Many congratulations to Kanmin Xue, Adam Handel and Laurel Morris who have all been awarded the title of Associate Professor in the most recent Recognition of Distinction round.

Read more about them and their research: tinyurl.com/2uxp9tc9
Kanmin Xue, Adam Handel, Laurel Morris
June 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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"I've always aspired to be a catalyst for change in my research field in Brazil, and OxCIN Global Scholars has made this goal more attainable."

Kamilla Souza talks about her Global Scholar experience and her work with @neuroecologylab.bsky.social on dolphin brains: tinyurl.com/bdcva2zv
'A life-changing experience in my career' - reflections on OxCIN Global Scholars
We speak to OxCIN Global Scholars participant Kamilla Souza about her time on the scheme.
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June 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride Month from OxCIN! 🏳️‍🌈

If you're in Oxford, come and say hi at our inclusive research-themed stall at the Pride festival in South Park this Saturday!
June 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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The OxCIN Global Scholars programme offers a year of remote MRI training and collaboration for early-career researchers from the Global South. Apply by June 30th to join the 2025/26 cohort. Please repost!
www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/traini...
May 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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📣 New paper alert! 📣

🔎 The RISES Study looked at the sleep regularity index in stroke survivors compared to people who haven't had a stroke.

🔗 See a summary of our findings in our infographic below, and find the full paper here: rdcu.be/emZ09

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An infographic summarising the methods and findings of the RISES Study. Images of stars, the moon, and people sleeping with text as follows. Summary: Sleep regularity is disturbed post-stroke, and may influence well-being. Sleep regularity: The sleep regularity index compares sleep state (i.e. sleep or wake) at time points across different days, giving a score of sleep regularity. Less regular sleep has been associated with increased health risks. Population: Data was used from 162 stroke survivors, and 60 controls who had not had a stroke. Methods: Sleep was assessed using a sleep watch, worn at home for a minimum of 5 days, and a questionnaire about subjective sleep quality. The stroke group also completed questionnaires for depression, disability, and quality of life. Findings: Stroke survivors had significantly lower sleep regularity compared to the control group. In the stroke survivor group less regular sleep was associated with worse depression scores, and more regular sleep was associated with higher reports of quality of life. Implications: This study has identified the usefulness of using sleep regularity as a metric for post-stroke sleep research. The findings highlight a potential target for improving post-stroke quality of life. Funding: Funding: Wellcome Trust, and Oxford Health BRC. Reference: Reference: Schruers, K.B., Weightman, M., Guttesen, A.á.V. et al. Sleep regularity index as a novel indicator of sleep disturbance in stroke survivors: a secondary data analysis. Sci Rep 15, 17510 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01332-4
May 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Join us at our Health Research Showcase 2025!

📅Thursday 29 May
📍Westgate Centre, Oxford
⏲️10am to 3.30pm

Experience interactive stands showcasing the exciting medical innovation that’s taking place in Oxford
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May 2, 2025 at 9:41 AM