Boris Bernhardt
@borismontreal.bsky.social
Multiscale Neuroscience
Prof @ Montreal Neurological Institute
work: http://mica-mni.mcgill.ca
pixels: @borismontreal
waves: https://soundcloud.com/heschls
Prof @ Montreal Neurological Institute
work: http://mica-mni.mcgill.ca
pixels: @borismontreal
waves: https://soundcloud.com/heschls
New preprint ↙️
Using 2 independent 7T fMRI datasets (HCP & our PNI dataset 🧲 💅 ), we found that intersubject synchronization 👯 during movies aligns closely with cortical gradients 🌈, especially along the visual-to-transmodal axis
by Meaghan Smith & a terrific team ↙️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Using 2 independent 7T fMRI datasets (HCP & our PNI dataset 🧲 💅 ), we found that intersubject synchronization 👯 during movies aligns closely with cortical gradients 🌈, especially along the visual-to-transmodal axis
by Meaghan Smith & a terrific team ↙️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New preprint ↙️
Using 2 independent 7T fMRI datasets (HCP & our PNI dataset 🧲 💅 ), we found that intersubject synchronization 👯 during movies aligns closely with cortical gradients 🌈, especially along the visual-to-transmodal axis
by Meaghan Smith & a terrific team ↙️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Using 2 independent 7T fMRI datasets (HCP & our PNI dataset 🧲 💅 ), we found that intersubject synchronization 👯 during movies aligns closely with cortical gradients 🌈, especially along the visual-to-transmodal axis
by Meaghan Smith & a terrific team ↙️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
For researchers in Canada and the USA 👇
Online info session about ERC research grants, on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 12:00 noon ET (9:00 AM PT, 6:00 PM CEST).
The meeting is free but advance registration is required.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...
Online info session about ERC research grants, on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 12:00 noon ET (9:00 AM PT, 6:00 PM CEST).
The meeting is free but advance registration is required.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...
ERC Grants: Q&A and testimonials
EURAXESS North America will host an online meeting with officials from the European Research Council Executive Agency, which administers ERC grants, as well as current ERC grantees, who will share the...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
October 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
For researchers in Canada and the USA 👇
Online info session about ERC research grants, on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 12:00 noon ET (9:00 AM PT, 6:00 PM CEST).
The meeting is free but advance registration is required.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...
Online info session about ERC research grants, on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 12:00 noon ET (9:00 AM PT, 6:00 PM CEST).
The meeting is free but advance registration is required.
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
HippoMaps: an open-source resource for studying the human hippocampus at different scales and with different modalities.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@jordandekraker.bsky.social @borismontreal.bsky.social @jclauneuro.bsky.social @neuroak.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @donnagift.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@jordandekraker.bsky.social @borismontreal.bsky.social @jclauneuro.bsky.social @neuroak.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @donnagift.bsky.social
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of human hippocampal organization - Nature Methods
HippoMaps provides an open-source resource for studying the human hippocampus at different scales and with different modalities such as histology, fMRI, structural MRI and EEG.
www.nature.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
HippoMaps: an open-source resource for studying the human hippocampus at different scales and with different modalities.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@jordandekraker.bsky.social @borismontreal.bsky.social @jclauneuro.bsky.social @neuroak.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @donnagift.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@jordandekraker.bsky.social @borismontreal.bsky.social @jclauneuro.bsky.social @neuroak.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @donnagift.bsky.social
🚨 New paper in Nature Methods:
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus
Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)
Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social
docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus
Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)
Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social
docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
October 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
🚨 New paper in Nature Methods:
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus
Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)
Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social
docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus
Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)
Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social
docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
Excited to share that our work introducing the Reproducible Brain Charts (RBC) data resource is now published in Neuron!! 🎉
📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io
📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io
(1/18) Now out on BioRxiv‼️ Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health | doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Funded by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Reproducible Brain Charts: An open data resource for mapping brain development and its associations with mental health
Major mental disorders are increasingly understood as disorders of brain development. Large and heterogeneous samples are required to define generalizable links between brain development and psychopat...
doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Excited to share that our work introducing the Reproducible Brain Charts (RBC) data resource is now published in Neuron!! 🎉
📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io
📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
Interested in the mechanisms shaping the extraordinary complexity of the connectome?
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
September 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Interested in the mechanisms shaping the extraordinary complexity of the connectome?
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
There is increasing interest in using AI tools not only to listen in on animal speech, but also to potentially talk back
go.nature.com/4pqGYCP
go.nature.com/4pqGYCP
AI is helping to decode animals’ speech. Will it also let us talk with them?
The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.
go.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
There is increasing interest in using AI tools not only to listen in on animal speech, but also to potentially talk back
go.nature.com/4pqGYCP
go.nature.com/4pqGYCP
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
The peer review process: 3 strangers yelling “more cowbell” at your life's work
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The peer review process: 3 strangers yelling “more cowbell” at your life's work
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
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...
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
The effect of spherical projections on spin tests for brain maps | doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
September 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The effect of spherical projections on spin tests for brain maps | doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
The Dept. of Psychology at the U. Wisconsin–Madison has an opening for an Assistant Professor in the area of Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI).
Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
jobs.wisc.edu
September 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Dept. of Psychology at the U. Wisconsin–Madison has an opening for an Assistant Professor in the area of Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI).
Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience.
#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
Professor - Computational Cognitive Neuroscience
jobs.utoronto.ca
September 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience.
#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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🚨 𝗔̲𝗯̲𝘀̲𝘁̲𝗿̲𝗮̲𝗰̲𝘁̲ ̲𝗗̲𝗲̲𝗮̲𝗱̲𝗹̲𝗶̲𝗻̲𝗲̲ ̲𝗔̲𝗽𝗽𝗿̲𝗼̲𝗮̲𝗰̲𝗵̲𝗶̲𝗻̲𝗴!̲ 🚨
The Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Worldwide (NEW) is hosting, for the second year in a row, a networking and talk session at the Annual Meeting of the CLAE/LCCE in Calgary 🐎.
1/3
The Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Worldwide (NEW) is hosting, for the second year in a row, a networking and talk session at the Annual Meeting of the CLAE/LCCE in Calgary 🐎.
1/3
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🚨 𝗔̲𝗯̲𝘀̲𝘁̲𝗿̲𝗮̲𝗰̲𝘁̲ ̲𝗗̲𝗲̲𝗮̲𝗱̲𝗹̲𝗶̲𝗻̲𝗲̲ ̲𝗔̲𝗽𝗽𝗿̲𝗼̲𝗮̲𝗰̲𝗵̲𝗶̲𝗻̲𝗴!̲ 🚨
The Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Worldwide (NEW) is hosting, for the second year in a row, a networking and talk session at the Annual Meeting of the CLAE/LCCE in Calgary 🐎.
1/3
The Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Worldwide (NEW) is hosting, for the second year in a row, a networking and talk session at the Annual Meeting of the CLAE/LCCE in Calgary 🐎.
1/3
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
🔥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...
New paper🥳
🧠 In TLE, brain changes go beyond the temporal lobe & beyond normal aging.
Our ENIGMA study (769 patients, 18 sites) found widespread gray & white matter decline, especially after 55. By Judy Chen and a terrific intl' team
Time for earlier diagnosis & deeper research
bit.ly/3HRYeQt
🧠 In TLE, brain changes go beyond the temporal lobe & beyond normal aging.
Our ENIGMA study (769 patients, 18 sites) found widespread gray & white matter decline, especially after 55. By Judy Chen and a terrific intl' team
Time for earlier diagnosis & deeper research
bit.ly/3HRYeQt
August 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New paper🥳
🧠 In TLE, brain changes go beyond the temporal lobe & beyond normal aging.
Our ENIGMA study (769 patients, 18 sites) found widespread gray & white matter decline, especially after 55. By Judy Chen and a terrific intl' team
Time for earlier diagnosis & deeper research
bit.ly/3HRYeQt
🧠 In TLE, brain changes go beyond the temporal lobe & beyond normal aging.
Our ENIGMA study (769 patients, 18 sites) found widespread gray & white matter decline, especially after 55. By Judy Chen and a terrific intl' team
Time for earlier diagnosis & deeper research
bit.ly/3HRYeQt
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
Please repost. The Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping is looking for a Preclinical MRI physicist (9.4T and 15.2T Bruker Advance Neo). You will join a team of 14 dedicated staff in Canada's National Ultra-high field MRI platform who also operate 3T and 7T human scanners in the same facility.
August 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Please repost. The Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping is looking for a Preclinical MRI physicist (9.4T and 15.2T Bruker Advance Neo). You will join a team of 14 dedicated staff in Canada's National Ultra-high field MRI platform who also operate 3T and 7T human scanners in the same facility.
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
Interested in Network hubs, cortical hierarchies, and gradients? Ever wonder where they come from? Check our latest review, where we cover different approaches to mapping hubs, models for their evolution, and mechanisms for how they develop:
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
August 17, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Interested in Network hubs, cortical hierarchies, and gradients? Ever wonder where they come from? Check our latest review, where we cover different approaches to mapping hubs, models for their evolution, and mechanisms for how they develop:
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
🎉 New paper in press at @epilepsiajournal.bsky.social
"MRI-negative epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis" led by Ravnoor Gill et al.
We highlight ambiguities in the term "MRI-negative" & stress better imaging and analysis to improve epilepsy care
👉 doi.org/10.1111/epi....
"MRI-negative epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis" led by Ravnoor Gill et al.
We highlight ambiguities in the term "MRI-negative" & stress better imaging and analysis to improve epilepsy care
👉 doi.org/10.1111/epi....
August 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🎉 New paper in press at @epilepsiajournal.bsky.social
"MRI-negative epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis" led by Ravnoor Gill et al.
We highlight ambiguities in the term "MRI-negative" & stress better imaging and analysis to improve epilepsy care
👉 doi.org/10.1111/epi....
"MRI-negative epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis" led by Ravnoor Gill et al.
We highlight ambiguities in the term "MRI-negative" & stress better imaging and analysis to improve epilepsy care
👉 doi.org/10.1111/epi....
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
Epilepsy imaging-genetics paper is fresh off the press!
News from ENIGMA-Epilepsy! 🧠
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
August 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Epilepsy imaging-genetics paper is fresh off the press!
News from ENIGMA-Epilepsy! 🧠
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
August 18, 2025 at 11:42 AM
News from ENIGMA-Epilepsy! 🧠
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Our latest study links polygenic risk for TLE-HS to cortical thinning in kids—mirroring patterns in adult patients.
Early imaging-genetics insights could reveal interplay of epilepsy risk and phenotypes before symptoms emerge.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1093/brai...
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
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To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
July 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
1
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
To predict the behaviour of a primate, would you rather base your guess on a closely related species or one with a similar brain shape? We looked at brains & behaviours of 70 species, you’ll be surprised!
🧵Thread on our new preprint with @r3rt0.bsky.social , doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Boris Bernhardt
Hot Summer Nights the new album by the Natural Philosophers is out now.
If you would like to help:
Stream it a few times
Post reply mentioning a track you like by name.
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July 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hot Summer Nights the new album by the Natural Philosophers is out now.
If you would like to help:
Stream it a few times
Post reply mentioning a track you like by name.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0Tju52...
Apple Music
music.apple.com/us/album/hot...
Soundcloud
soundcloud.com/npwa/sets/ho...
If you would like to help:
Stream it a few times
Post reply mentioning a track you like by name.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/0Tju52...
Apple Music
music.apple.com/us/album/hot...
Soundcloud
soundcloud.com/npwa/sets/ho...