USC INI
@uscini.bsky.social
USC's Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (INI) applies innovative imaging and information technologies to studying the brain. We share our data and resources with thousands of collaborators around the world. Home of Lab of Neuro Imaging (LONI).
Meet @uscniin.bsky.social student, Marco, winner of a Technica Magazine Outstanding Student Leadership – Graduate award! technica-magazine.com/marco-ebeling
With a background in electrical & computer engineering, Marco applies advanced engineering & AI approaches to study optic nerve degeneration 👀🧠
With a background in electrical & computer engineering, Marco applies advanced engineering & AI approaches to study optic nerve degeneration 👀🧠
February 10, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Meet @uscniin.bsky.social student, Marco, winner of a Technica Magazine Outstanding Student Leadership – Graduate award! technica-magazine.com/marco-ebeling
With a background in electrical & computer engineering, Marco applies advanced engineering & AI approaches to study optic nerve degeneration 👀🧠
With a background in electrical & computer engineering, Marco applies advanced engineering & AI approaches to study optic nerve degeneration 👀🧠
This animation reveals connections between the amygdala and the medial prefrontal cortex, key regions for emotion and decision-making. Mapping these pathways helps scientists understand how brain circuits influence behavior 🧠
February 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This animation reveals connections between the amygdala and the medial prefrontal cortex, key regions for emotion and decision-making. Mapping these pathways helps scientists understand how brain circuits influence behavior 🧠
Check out @neuralmapping.bsky.social's lab spotlight from Precisionary Instruments!
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Lab Spotlight: Mapping Cell-Type Vulnerability in the Hippocampus with Precision Tissue Sectioning - Precisionary
The Bienkowski Lab uses the Compresstome® vibratome from Precisionary Instruments to prepare high-quality brain tissue sections from mouse models.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Check out @neuralmapping.bsky.social's lab spotlight from Precisionary Instruments!
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Meet Sam, one of our current @uscniin.bsky.social students! 👋
From quality control of brain images to developing new projects using large-scale datasets, Sam is gaining hands-on experience at the intersection of neuroscience, data, and mental health research 🧠
From quality control of brain images to developing new projects using large-scale datasets, Sam is gaining hands-on experience at the intersection of neuroscience, data, and mental health research 🧠
February 4, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Meet Sam, one of our current @uscniin.bsky.social students! 👋
From quality control of brain images to developing new projects using large-scale datasets, Sam is gaining hands-on experience at the intersection of neuroscience, data, and mental health research 🧠
From quality control of brain images to developing new projects using large-scale datasets, Sam is gaining hands-on experience at the intersection of neuroscience, data, and mental health research 🧠
Check out the anatomy and structural complexity of the brain at different scales 👀 👀
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The Human Brain
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February 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Check out the anatomy and structural complexity of the brain at different scales 👀 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8r...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UK8r...
Our animation shows how brain cells form new connections, a process called synaptogenesis. As neurons grow, their long extensions (axons) reach out and connect with tiny contact points on neighboring neurons, helping build the brain’s communication network 🧠 🎇
January 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Our animation shows how brain cells form new connections, a process called synaptogenesis. As neurons grow, their long extensions (axons) reach out and connect with tiny contact points on neighboring neurons, helping build the brain’s communication network 🧠 🎇
🎉 Congrats to @uscniin.bsky.social alum Bennett Alterman, PhD!
We’re thrilled to celebrate Bennett’s new professional milestone, stepping into his next role as a Research Scientist at Colorado State University. We wish him continued success and innovation in this next chapter!
We’re thrilled to celebrate Bennett’s new professional milestone, stepping into his next role as a Research Scientist at Colorado State University. We wish him continued success and innovation in this next chapter!
January 26, 2026 at 5:40 PM
🎉 Congrats to @uscniin.bsky.social alum Bennett Alterman, PhD!
We’re thrilled to celebrate Bennett’s new professional milestone, stepping into his next role as a Research Scientist at Colorado State University. We wish him continued success and innovation in this next chapter!
We’re thrilled to celebrate Bennett’s new professional milestone, stepping into his next role as a Research Scientist at Colorado State University. We wish him continued success and innovation in this next chapter!
Check out our new Center for Integrative Connectomics website!
@neuralmapping.bsky.social & his team investigate why specific brain cell types are vulnerable to neurodegenerative disease. This work aims to identify therapeutic targets & improve patient outcomes 🧠
👉 cic.ini.usc.edu
@neuralmapping.bsky.social & his team investigate why specific brain cell types are vulnerable to neurodegenerative disease. This work aims to identify therapeutic targets & improve patient outcomes 🧠
👉 cic.ini.usc.edu
January 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Check out our new Center for Integrative Connectomics website!
@neuralmapping.bsky.social & his team investigate why specific brain cell types are vulnerable to neurodegenerative disease. This work aims to identify therapeutic targets & improve patient outcomes 🧠
👉 cic.ini.usc.edu
@neuralmapping.bsky.social & his team investigate why specific brain cell types are vulnerable to neurodegenerative disease. This work aims to identify therapeutic targets & improve patient outcomes 🧠
👉 cic.ini.usc.edu
🎉 Congratulations to Grace Schwartz from our @uscniin.bsky.social class of 2024 on starting medical school at UCLA. We're glad we've been a part of her academic career and can't wait to see what she accomplishes next! 🧠 🥼
January 8, 2026 at 7:20 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Grace Schwartz from our @uscniin.bsky.social class of 2024 on starting medical school at UCLA. We're glad we've been a part of her academic career and can't wait to see what she accomplishes next! 🧠 🥼
How wonderful to have our very own Danny JJ Wang featured on The Academic Minute today!
Give it a listen and learn more about his new 🧠 imaging technique, which opens new possibilities for detecting early signs of vascular and neurodegenerative disease.
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Give it a listen and learn more about his new 🧠 imaging technique, which opens new possibilities for detecting early signs of vascular and neurodegenerative disease.
bit.ly/4s7iAHS
Danny Wang, University of Southern California - New Brain Imaging Method Reveals Hidden Vascular Changes with Aging - The Academic Minute
Some aging-related changes can be hidden. Danny Wang, professor of neurology, radiology, and biomedical engineering and Director of Imaging Technology Innovation at the Stevens Neuroimaging and Inform...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
How wonderful to have our very own Danny JJ Wang featured on The Academic Minute today!
Give it a listen and learn more about his new 🧠 imaging technique, which opens new possibilities for detecting early signs of vascular and neurodegenerative disease.
bit.ly/4s7iAHS
Give it a listen and learn more about his new 🧠 imaging technique, which opens new possibilities for detecting early signs of vascular and neurodegenerative disease.
bit.ly/4s7iAHS
Got someone interested in cutting-edge medical imaging technologies for visualizing blood-brain barrier function on your holiday gift list?? We've got you covered 😆🎁🧠
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December 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Got someone interested in cutting-edge medical imaging technologies for visualizing blood-brain barrier function on your holiday gift list?? We've got you covered 😆🎁🧠
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Wishing our @uscniin.bsky.social students the very best as finals get underway! You got this!
December 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Wishing our @uscniin.bsky.social students the very best as finals get underway! You got this!
🧠 Our fall newsletter is live!
From bold new NIH-backed grants, breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s, brain aging, and AI-driven imaging, discover how we’re mapping the brain, advancing precision rehab, and training the next generation of neuroscientists.
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From bold new NIH-backed grants, breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s, brain aging, and AI-driven imaging, discover how we’re mapping the brain, advancing precision rehab, and training the next generation of neuroscientists.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🧠 Our fall newsletter is live!
From bold new NIH-backed grants, breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s, brain aging, and AI-driven imaging, discover how we’re mapping the brain, advancing precision rehab, and training the next generation of neuroscientists.
bit.ly/4oU6tv3
From bold new NIH-backed grants, breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s, brain aging, and AI-driven imaging, discover how we’re mapping the brain, advancing precision rehab, and training the next generation of neuroscientists.
bit.ly/4oU6tv3
🚨 Our latest study from @neuralmapping.bsky.social and his team is out in @nature.com and reveals a hidden set of cellular layers inside the hippocampus, the brain’s key center for learning and memory 🧠
Learn more about this work and its implications for memory and disease: bit.ly/48NtGdf
Learn more about this work and its implications for memory and disease: bit.ly/48NtGdf
USC study reveals hidden cellular layers in the brain’s memory center
Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have identified a previously unknown pattern of organization in one ...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
🚨 Our latest study from @neuralmapping.bsky.social and his team is out in @nature.com and reveals a hidden set of cellular layers inside the hippocampus, the brain’s key center for learning and memory 🧠
Learn more about this work and its implications for memory and disease: bit.ly/48NtGdf
Learn more about this work and its implications for memory and disease: bit.ly/48NtGdf
Warm Thanksgiving wishes from all of us at the Stevens INI!
Here's to giving your brain a well-deserved break and enjoying a delicious meal and good company 🧠 🥧 👨👩👦👦
Here's to giving your brain a well-deserved break and enjoying a delicious meal and good company 🧠 🥧 👨👩👦👦
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Warm Thanksgiving wishes from all of us at the Stevens INI!
Here's to giving your brain a well-deserved break and enjoying a delicious meal and good company 🧠 🥧 👨👩👦👦
Here's to giving your brain a well-deserved break and enjoying a delicious meal and good company 🧠 🥧 👨👩👦👦
🚨 We're thrilled to share NEW findings from @kelawrence.bsky.social on how brain wiring differs in children & young adults with autism. By mapping white matter pathways in unprecedented detail, we identified structural differences that earlier methods often overlooked 🧠
👉 bit.ly/3XUGyrH
👉 bit.ly/3XUGyrH
USC study maps brain wiring differences in youth with autism
Related News USC study finds new evidence linking dementia to problems with the brain’s waste clearance system January 7, 2025 Stevens INI receives prestigious contract to advance women’s brain health...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚨 We're thrilled to share NEW findings from @kelawrence.bsky.social on how brain wiring differs in children & young adults with autism. By mapping white matter pathways in unprecedented detail, we identified structural differences that earlier methods often overlooked 🧠
👉 bit.ly/3XUGyrH
👉 bit.ly/3XUGyrH
We’re proud that our own Dr. Neda Jahanshad is co-leading a new NIH-funded study investigating how the brain’s pain-processing pathways shape treatment outcomes in endometriosis 🧠🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/3JEv34w
Learn more: bit.ly/3JEv34w
USC team explores pain pathways that heighten endometriosis
NIH-funded study to use neuroimaging data. Endometriosis affects millions.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We’re proud that our own Dr. Neda Jahanshad is co-leading a new NIH-funded study investigating how the brain’s pain-processing pathways shape treatment outcomes in endometriosis 🧠🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/3JEv34w
Learn more: bit.ly/3JEv34w
Our NIIN students jumped straight from the classroom into the MRI suite last week, getting hands-on with the same technology driving today’s biggest breakthroughs in neuroscience. Nothing beats learning imaging by actually running the scanners 🧠 ✌
November 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Our NIIN students jumped straight from the classroom into the MRI suite last week, getting hands-on with the same technology driving today’s biggest breakthroughs in neuroscience. Nothing beats learning imaging by actually running the scanners 🧠 ✌
We’ve mapped the genetic blueprint of the brain’s largest communication bridge using a new AI tool developed here at the Stevens INI 🧠 🗺️
Our publicly available tool reveals how genes shape this vital structure & may influence certain disorders.
Learn more: bit.ly/47V28SJ
Our publicly available tool reveals how genes shape this vital structure & may influence certain disorders.
Learn more: bit.ly/47V28SJ
USC researchers use AI to uncover genetic blueprint of the brain’s largest communication bridge
Related News New grant funds study on role of brain’s reward system in autism and ADHD December 10, 2024 USC study finds new evidence linking dementia to problems with the […]
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November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We’ve mapped the genetic blueprint of the brain’s largest communication bridge using a new AI tool developed here at the Stevens INI 🧠 🗺️
Our publicly available tool reveals how genes shape this vital structure & may influence certain disorders.
Learn more: bit.ly/47V28SJ
Our publicly available tool reveals how genes shape this vital structure & may influence certain disorders.
Learn more: bit.ly/47V28SJ
Through @enigmabrains.bsky.social, we analyzed brain scans from one of the largest global cohorts of people with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome—a major genetic risk factor for schizophrenia. We found brain alterations associated with the genetic condition:
November 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Through @enigmabrains.bsky.social, we analyzed brain scans from one of the largest global cohorts of people with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome—a major genetic risk factor for schizophrenia. We found brain alterations associated with the genetic condition:
We’re advancing AI to improve brain disease diagnosis, uncover biomarkers of aging, and enhance clinical imaging. Watch our video to see how AI works and explore some of our recent visualizations 💻🧠👩🔬
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AI and machine learning for Neuroimaging at the INI
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October 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We’re advancing AI to improve brain disease diagnosis, uncover biomarkers of aging, and enhance clinical imaging. Watch our video to see how AI works and explore some of our recent visualizations 💻🧠👩🔬
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🎉 Congrats to @uscniin.bsky.social alum Matthew Thurston '20!
Matthew and his colleagues published a paper in the Journal of Affective Disorders examining patterns of post-stroke depression across 41 studies and nearly 7,000 stroke survivors.
Check it out 👉 bit.ly/4hlZFUF
Matthew and his colleagues published a paper in the Journal of Affective Disorders examining patterns of post-stroke depression across 41 studies and nearly 7,000 stroke survivors.
Check it out 👉 bit.ly/4hlZFUF
October 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🎉 Congrats to @uscniin.bsky.social alum Matthew Thurston '20!
Matthew and his colleagues published a paper in the Journal of Affective Disorders examining patterns of post-stroke depression across 41 studies and nearly 7,000 stroke survivors.
Check it out 👉 bit.ly/4hlZFUF
Matthew and his colleagues published a paper in the Journal of Affective Disorders examining patterns of post-stroke depression across 41 studies and nearly 7,000 stroke survivors.
Check it out 👉 bit.ly/4hlZFUF
The @uscniin.bsky.social crew is all smiles for their fMRI analysis with Dr. Kay Jann 😀🧠💻
October 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The @uscniin.bsky.social crew is all smiles for their fMRI analysis with Dr. Kay Jann 😀🧠💻
On Tuesdays, we look at the hippocampus with vasculature ✌️🧠
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Hippocampus volume with vasculature
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October 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
On Tuesdays, we look at the hippocampus with vasculature ✌️🧠
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ1Q...
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In the retina, amacrine cells boost contrast by silencing nearby signals, helping your brain detect edges and details. Retinal ganglion cells then send that refined picture to your brain through the optic nerve.
Data from @neuralmapping.bsky.social 👀🧠
Data from @neuralmapping.bsky.social 👀🧠
October 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In the retina, amacrine cells boost contrast by silencing nearby signals, helping your brain detect edges and details. Retinal ganglion cells then send that refined picture to your brain through the optic nerve.
Data from @neuralmapping.bsky.social 👀🧠
Data from @neuralmapping.bsky.social 👀🧠