Nikola Stikov
@stikov.bsky.social
Professor at École Polytechnique / University of Montreal
Co-founder of NeuroLibre.org, qMRLab.org, MRBalkan.net and KANTAROT.MK
Co-founder of NeuroLibre.org, qMRLab.org, MRBalkan.net and KANTAROT.MK
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Nikola Stikov
@stikov.bsky.social
· Jul 28
Hello Bluesky!
Here are some of my recent writings as a way of introducing myself
1. I dislike writing long and boring academic papers. I dislike it so much, I got a PhD from Stanford without publishing a single one
https://open.substack.com/pub/qantarot/p/10-page-pdfs
Here are some of my recent writings as a way of introducing myself
1. I dislike writing long and boring academic papers. I dislike it so much, I got a PhD from Stanford without publishing a single one
https://open.substack.com/pub/qantarot/p/10-page-pdfs
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
NMR as inspiration for quantum computing, pretty cool!
Google has a useful quantum algorithm that outperforms a supercomputer https://arstechni.ca... #quantumcomputing #quantummechanics #Computerscience #Science #Physics #Google #NMR
October 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
NMR as inspiration for quantum computing, pretty cool!
I still dream of changes in the ISMRM and I hope this series of blog posts will contribute to it. I have created a survey (link) asking the community for feedback. Feel free to use it to voice your concerns and to suggest ways in which the ISMRM could improve.
qantarot.substack.com/p/ismrm-survey
qantarot.substack.com/p/ismrm-survey
My ISMRM blues vol. 2: A survey
What can we do as a community to strengthen the ISMRM?
qantarot.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I still dream of changes in the ISMRM and I hope this series of blog posts will contribute to it. I have created a survey (link) asking the community for feedback. Feel free to use it to voice your concerns and to suggest ways in which the ISMRM could improve.
qantarot.substack.com/p/ismrm-survey
qantarot.substack.com/p/ismrm-survey
I moderated a fun debate at the @esmrmb.bsky.social microstructure workshop today. We asked the panelists to argue for and against the clinical potential of qMRI. Inspired by the Munk debates, we polled the audience before and after the discussion. It appears the pessimists won by a small margin:)
October 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I moderated a fun debate at the @esmrmb.bsky.social microstructure workshop today. We asked the panelists to argue for and against the clinical potential of qMRI. Inspired by the Munk debates, we polled the audience before and after the discussion. It appears the pessimists won by a small margin:)
Another NeuroLibre publication that puts reproducibility at the forefront. Congratulations @evaalonsoortiz.bsky.social for getting it accepted in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences!
preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...
preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...
Representation in Brain Imaging Research: A Quebec demographic overview - Representation in Brain Imaging Research
preprint.neurolibre.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Another NeuroLibre publication that puts reproducibility at the forefront. Congratulations @evaalonsoortiz.bsky.social for getting it accepted in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences!
preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...
preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...
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RT New York Structural Biology Center @NYSBC_Science 3rd NYC Integrative Structural Biology Symposium (NYC-ISB25) October 9-10, 2025, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY nyc-isb25.eventbrite.com free to register #NMRchat 🧲
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
RT New York Structural Biology Center @NYSBC_Science 3rd NYC Integrative Structural Biology Symposium (NYC-ISB25) October 9-10, 2025, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY nyc-isb25.eventbrite.com free to register #NMRchat 🧲
Welcoming the new biomedical engineering graduate students to @polymtl.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Welcoming the new biomedical engineering graduate students to @polymtl.bsky.social
MAGMA is leading the way in open MRI, as demonstrated by this excellent editorial
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Advancing MRI, together: open science in MR research - Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine
Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine -
link.springer.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
MAGMA is leading the way in open MRI, as demonstrated by this excellent editorial
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Writing Japanese is a Sisyphean pleasure
I Used to Know How to Write in Japanese
(Somehow, though, I can still read it)
aethermug.com/posts/i-use...
(Somehow, though, I can still read it)
aethermug.com/posts/i-use...
I Used to Know How to Write in Japanese
Somehow, though, I can still read it
aethermug.com
August 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Writing Japanese is a Sisyphean pleasure
Johnes Obungoloch (PhD) first visited us at @polymtl in 2019 for the first edition of the MRathon. Six years later, he is back in Montreal building a low-field MRI scanner with Udunna Anazodo
It was a pleasure welcoming him back to the NeuroPoly lab together with @jcohenadad.bsky.social
It was a pleasure welcoming him back to the NeuroPoly lab together with @jcohenadad.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Johnes Obungoloch (PhD) first visited us at @polymtl in 2019 for the first edition of the MRathon. Six years later, he is back in Montreal building a low-field MRI scanner with Udunna Anazodo
It was a pleasure welcoming him back to the NeuroPoly lab together with @jcohenadad.bsky.social
It was a pleasure welcoming him back to the NeuroPoly lab together with @jcohenadad.bsky.social
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Alan Charles Evans, O.C.
Montréal, Quebec, Officer of The Order of Canada
Alan Evans has transformed brain imaging research, leading to major breakthroughs in understanding neuronal development, aging and Alzheimer’s disease www.gg.ca/en/order-can...
Montréal, Quebec, Officer of The Order of Canada
Alan Evans has transformed brain imaging research, leading to major breakthroughs in understanding neuronal development, aging and Alzheimer’s disease www.gg.ca/en/order-can...
Order of Canada Appointees – June 30, 2025
Companions W. Ford Doolittle, C.C. Halifax, Nova Scotia
www.gg.ca
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Alan Charles Evans, O.C.
Montréal, Quebec, Officer of The Order of Canada
Alan Evans has transformed brain imaging research, leading to major breakthroughs in understanding neuronal development, aging and Alzheimer’s disease www.gg.ca/en/order-can...
Montréal, Quebec, Officer of The Order of Canada
Alan Evans has transformed brain imaging research, leading to major breakthroughs in understanding neuronal development, aging and Alzheimer’s disease www.gg.ca/en/order-can...
Good to be back in Montreal, just in time to celebrate Alan Evans' appointment to the order of Canada.
July 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Good to be back in Montreal, just in time to celebrate Alan Evans' appointment to the order of Canada.
Our foundation's Substack newsletter made it to the top 100 "Rising in science" list!
Subscribe now to keep us rising, link below
Subscribe now to keep us rising, link below
June 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Our foundation's Substack newsletter made it to the top 100 "Rising in science" list!
Subscribe now to keep us rising, link below
Subscribe now to keep us rising, link below
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HBHL, @braincanada.bsky.social & @bhi-icc.bsky.social are looking for researchers to give TED-style talks on brain health for a public audience!
Selected PIs will speak at the 2025 Amazing Brain Science Talks, held in November at @banq-officiel.bsky.social. 🧠🧪
📬 Apply by June 2: mcgill.ca/x/ix5
Selected PIs will speak at the 2025 Amazing Brain Science Talks, held in November at @banq-officiel.bsky.social. 🧠🧪
📬 Apply by June 2: mcgill.ca/x/ix5
May 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
HBHL, @braincanada.bsky.social & @bhi-icc.bsky.social are looking for researchers to give TED-style talks on brain health for a public audience!
Selected PIs will speak at the 2025 Amazing Brain Science Talks, held in November at @banq-officiel.bsky.social. 🧠🧪
📬 Apply by June 2: mcgill.ca/x/ix5
Selected PIs will speak at the 2025 Amazing Brain Science Talks, held in November at @banq-officiel.bsky.social. 🧠🧪
📬 Apply by June 2: mcgill.ca/x/ix5
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Great news for #OpenScience in Montreal! @BrainCanada is investing in six incredible platforms to drive innovation (t.ly/Aqfbz), including the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (@conp-pcno.bsky.social)! This funding will accelerate brain research and collaboration. #Neuroscience #BrainResearch
Driving Open Science Innovation
Brain Canada’s flagship Platform Support Grants program supports interdisciplinary collaboration and enhance Canada’s technical and research capabilities.
t.ly
May 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Great news for #OpenScience in Montreal! @BrainCanada is investing in six incredible platforms to drive innovation (t.ly/Aqfbz), including the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (@conp-pcno.bsky.social)! This funding will accelerate brain research and collaboration. #Neuroscience #BrainResearch
Thrilled to announce that we received a $2.8M grant from @braincanada.bsky.social to continue our work on NeuroLibre through the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (@conp-pcno.bsky.social) 1/2
May 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Thrilled to announce that we received a $2.8M grant from @braincanada.bsky.social to continue our work on NeuroLibre through the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (@conp-pcno.bsky.social) 1/2
My Substack traffic shows that this post hit a nerve
Over 1.5K link clicks, most of them from people who are not subscribers nor followers on social media. Subscribe to the KANTAROT newsletter to receive My ISMRM blues vol. 2 straight in your inbox!
And thank you to everybody who reached out
Over 1.5K link clicks, most of them from people who are not subscribers nor followers on social media. Subscribe to the KANTAROT newsletter to receive My ISMRM blues vol. 2 straight in your inbox!
And thank you to everybody who reached out
May 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My Substack traffic shows that this post hit a nerve
Over 1.5K link clicks, most of them from people who are not subscribers nor followers on social media. Subscribe to the KANTAROT newsletter to receive My ISMRM blues vol. 2 straight in your inbox!
And thank you to everybody who reached out
Over 1.5K link clicks, most of them from people who are not subscribers nor followers on social media. Subscribe to the KANTAROT newsletter to receive My ISMRM blues vol. 2 straight in your inbox!
And thank you to everybody who reached out
The Highlights magazine marches on
Congratulations and thank you to Maria Eugenia Caligiuri, Mathieu Boudreau and the entire @mrmhighlights.bsky.social team for keeping the flame alive for ten whole years!
Congratulations and thank you to Maria Eugenia Caligiuri, Mathieu Boudreau and the entire @mrmhighlights.bsky.social team for keeping the flame alive for ten whole years!
Excited to announce the release of the 2025 edition (Volume 10) of the MRM Highlights magazine, with an introduction by Highlights editor Maria Eugenia Caligiuri. Available in print at the ISMRM conference.
blog.ismrm.org/2025/05/11/m...
@ismrm.bsky.social
#ISMRM
#ISMRM25
blog.ismrm.org/2025/05/11/m...
@ismrm.bsky.social
#ISMRM
#ISMRM25
MRM Highlights magazine – Volume 10 - ISMRM's MR Pulse Blog
By Maria Eugenia Caligiuri We’re excited to present the 2025 edition of MRM Highlights—available in digital format here and in print at the conference! As always, we invite members of the ISMRM commu...
blog.ismrm.org
May 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Highlights magazine marches on
Congratulations and thank you to Maria Eugenia Caligiuri, Mathieu Boudreau and the entire @mrmhighlights.bsky.social team for keeping the flame alive for ten whole years!
Congratulations and thank you to Maria Eugenia Caligiuri, Mathieu Boudreau and the entire @mrmhighlights.bsky.social team for keeping the flame alive for ten whole years!
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One point on the opening lecture was that the number of members hasn't increased since 2017 but costs are rising and something has to change. And at the same time stuff like this doesn't get support? Seems weird.. Highlights was a true highlight. Sad it is gone.
May 14, 2025 at 5:01 AM
One point on the opening lecture was that the number of members hasn't increased since 2017 but costs are rising and something has to change. And at the same time stuff like this doesn't get support? Seems weird.. Highlights was a true highlight. Sad it is gone.
A part of me wishes I was at #ismrm2025 with my friends and colleagues, celebrating their successes and hearing about their research. However, I decided to skip the annual meeting and write this post instead, hoping it will make a difference in the long run. 1/3
May 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A part of me wishes I was at #ismrm2025 with my friends and colleagues, celebrating their successes and hearing about their research. However, I decided to skip the annual meeting and write this post instead, hoping it will make a difference in the long run. 1/3
Out now in MAGMA, our contribution to the debate about harmonization vs. standardization of MRI measurements
We propose a 4-tier benchmark to assess the transparency of MRI workflows: (i) black box; (ii) gray box; (iii) frosted box; (iv) glass box
Which box is your workflow in? 1/3
We propose a 4-tier benchmark to assess the transparency of MRI workflows: (i) black box; (ii) gray box; (iii) frosted box; (iv) glass box
Which box is your workflow in? 1/3
May 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Out now in MAGMA, our contribution to the debate about harmonization vs. standardization of MRI measurements
We propose a 4-tier benchmark to assess the transparency of MRI workflows: (i) black box; (ii) gray box; (iii) frosted box; (iv) glass box
Which box is your workflow in? 1/3
We propose a 4-tier benchmark to assess the transparency of MRI workflows: (i) black box; (ii) gray box; (iii) frosted box; (iv) glass box
Which box is your workflow in? 1/3
Reposted by Nikola Stikov
The Call for Proposals for #jupytercon is now open! Submit your ideas for talking about interactive computing, data science, AI, and collaboration. This will be the first JupyterCon in a few years, and I'm excited to see everybody there!
blog.jupyter.org/jupytercon-2...
blog.jupyter.org/jupytercon-2...
JupyterCon 2025!
The Call for Proposals for JupyterCon 2025 is officially open!
blog.jupyter.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The Call for Proposals for #jupytercon is now open! Submit your ideas for talking about interactive computing, data science, AI, and collaboration. This will be the first JupyterCon in a few years, and I'm excited to see everybody there!
blog.jupyter.org/jupytercon-2...
blog.jupyter.org/jupytercon-2...
Reposted by Nikola Stikov
Credit to @stikov.bsky.social and MRathon for inspiration and a great experience last ISMRM.
Got some of todays work pushed into github.com/LarsonLab/hy...
Hopefully more to come!
Got some of todays work pushed into github.com/LarsonLab/hy...
Hopefully more to come!
GitHub - LarsonLab/hyperpolarized-mri-toolbox: The goal of this toolbox is to provide open-source research-level and prototyping software tools for hyperpolarized MRI experiments. It is currently base...
The goal of this toolbox is to provide open-source research-level and prototyping software tools for hyperpolarized MRI experiments. It is currently based on MATLAB/Octave code, and includes code f...
github.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Credit to @stikov.bsky.social and MRathon for inspiration and a great experience last ISMRM.
Got some of todays work pushed into github.com/LarsonLab/hy...
Hopefully more to come!
Got some of todays work pushed into github.com/LarsonLab/hy...
Hopefully more to come!
Last week we welcomed Zoltan Nagy at NYU Abu Dhabi. The weekend with him was so much fun that it took me until now to post some pictures:)
April 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Last week we welcomed Zoltan Nagy at NYU Abu Dhabi. The weekend with him was so much fun that it took me until now to post some pictures:)
Impressive work by @mathieuboudreau.bsky.social et al.!
Here is the related NeuroLibre preprint that makes replication easy
preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...
Here is the related NeuroLibre preprint that makes replication easy
preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...
April 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Impressive work by @mathieuboudreau.bsky.social et al.!
Here is the related NeuroLibre preprint that makes replication easy
preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...
Here is the related NeuroLibre preprint that makes replication easy
preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...