Julia Moser
@drjuliamoser.bsky.social
Developmental neuroscientist at University of Minnesota’s MIDB. Interested in developmental brain imaging and the emergence of cognitive abilities
Pinned
www.biorxiv.org
🚨 New preprint on the first infant 7T MRI project in North America! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
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After years of development and testing, we are happy to present our work in "Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications"! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread:
Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications
The landmark ongoing HEALthy Brain and Cognitive Development (HBCD) study will longitudinally chart brain development in a large sample (projected n=7,200) of infants through age 10 years with multimo...
www.biorxiv.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
After years of development and testing, we are happy to present our work in "Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications"! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread:
🚨 New preprint on the first infant 7T MRI project in North America! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
www.biorxiv.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
🚨 New preprint on the first infant 7T MRI project in North America! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.
Reposted by Julia Moser
📈🧠 We're looking for brains! 🧠📈
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣
Please get in touch to hear more!
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣
Please get in touch to hear more!
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📈🧠 We're looking for brains! 🧠📈
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣
Please get in touch to hear more!
Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣
Please get in touch to hear more!
Reposted by Julia Moser
🚀 Big news: With a $3.3M NIH grant, MIDB members Meghan Swanson, PhD, and Mark Schleiss, MD, are leading a first-of-its-kind study of infants born with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV).
Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers...
Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers...
September 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚀 Big news: With a $3.3M NIH grant, MIDB members Meghan Swanson, PhD, and Mark Schleiss, MD, are leading a first-of-its-kind study of infants born with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV).
Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers...
Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers...
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Margaret Sheridan inspires us all with reflections and insights at her Linda Spear mid-career award talk 👏 Reminding us of the incredible growth and value of our field! #flux2025 @fluxsociety.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Margaret Sheridan inspires us all with reflections and insights at her Linda Spear mid-career award talk 👏 Reminding us of the incredible growth and value of our field! #flux2025 @fluxsociety.bsky.social
Is precision functional brain imaging in babies possible? YES! We show this in not one but two new preprints out of WashU and @umn-midb.bsky.social! 1️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 2️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🐣👶🧠
🐣👶🧠
August 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Is precision functional brain imaging in babies possible? YES! We show this in not one but two new preprints out of WashU and @umn-midb.bsky.social! 1️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 2️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
🐣👶🧠
🐣👶🧠
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New layer-fMRI preprint looking at laminar response differences of across (very) early development in newborns.
Exciting new directions in the field.
By Moore et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Exciting new directions in the field.
By Moore et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
August 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New layer-fMRI preprint looking at laminar response differences of across (very) early development in newborns.
Exciting new directions in the field.
By Moore et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Exciting new directions in the field.
By Moore et al.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
What an amazing demonstration of why Precision Functional Mapping matters 🧠It’s been an honor to support the team in this huge endeavor!
I still get chills
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Meet Mike
*30+ years severe depression
*first hospitalized @ 13y
*20 meds
*3 rounds of ECT
*2 near-fatal suicide attempts
Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE
see videos, read paper, follow thread
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
August 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What an amazing demonstration of why Precision Functional Mapping matters 🧠It’s been an honor to support the team in this huge endeavor!
Congratulations @agreco.bsky.social ! 🎉
🎉 Congrats to Dr. Antonino Greco for winning the “HIH Paper of the Year Award” during yesterday's Neuroscience Campus Get Together for his publication “Predictive learning shapes the representational geometry of the human brain” in Nature Communications. Well done! 🙌
More info: tinyurl.com/mw3kkc36
More info: tinyurl.com/mw3kkc36
July 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Congratulations @agreco.bsky.social ! 🎉
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This is your last chance to submit your abstract 👶🧠 ! We have an outstanding scientific program, join us in beautiful Dublin 🇮🇪 for your annual dose of neonatal brain science (and beer 🍻😉)
🔊 Final Call for Late Breaking Abstracts
▶️ Due to the extenuating circumstances of the current uncertainties surrounding travel and funding this year, FIT’NG is offering a final extension for abstract submissions.
🗓️ Submission deadline: July 24
fitng.org/late-breakin...
▶️ Due to the extenuating circumstances of the current uncertainties surrounding travel and funding this year, FIT’NG is offering a final extension for abstract submissions.
🗓️ Submission deadline: July 24
fitng.org/late-breakin...
Late breaking poster abstracts | fitng.org
fitng.org
July 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is your last chance to submit your abstract 👶🧠 ! We have an outstanding scientific program, join us in beautiful Dublin 🇮🇪 for your annual dose of neonatal brain science (and beer 🍻😉)
Reposted by Julia Moser
Alert! ... for the child development world!
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
June 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Alert! ... for the child development world!
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
@fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social
The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive.
Check here:
docs.hbcdstudy.org
and here:
nbdc-datahub.org
Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼
Reposted by Julia Moser
Alert!!!!
“An Action Networks Model for Pain”
We propose a new model for chronic pain — and highlight two functionally connected cortical networks that could revolutionize how we treat it.
👉 thread below 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“An Action Networks Model for Pain”
We propose a new model for chronic pain — and highlight two functionally connected cortical networks that could revolutionize how we treat it.
👉 thread below 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
June 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Alert!!!!
“An Action Networks Model for Pain”
We propose a new model for chronic pain — and highlight two functionally connected cortical networks that could revolutionize how we treat it.
👉 thread below 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
“An Action Networks Model for Pain”
We propose a new model for chronic pain — and highlight two functionally connected cortical networks that could revolutionize how we treat it.
👉 thread below 🧵
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Hello all fMRIPrep users! What if you could use the same pipeline for processing MRI data from all ages? 👶👩🦱👩🦳 Check out fMRIPrep Lifespan! Our workflow optimized for data from the first years of life and further upstream enhancements to the entire NiPreps suite www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Hello all fMRIPrep users! What if you could use the same pipeline for processing MRI data from all ages? 👶👩🦱👩🦳 Check out fMRIPrep Lifespan! Our workflow optimized for data from the first years of life and further upstream enhancements to the entire NiPreps suite www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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If you are interested in the multi-echo users meeting, or future users meetings, please take this survey. We are planning the agenda in a couple of days and more feedback would really help with planning.
Multi-echo fMRI users meeting
We have scheduled our second multi-echo fMRI users meeting for Tuesday, May 27 at 8:00 PDT, 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 17:00CEST, 0:00 (Wednesday) KST, 1:00 (Wednesday) AEST. Check your time here.
The goal...
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May 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If you are interested in the multi-echo users meeting, or future users meetings, please take this survey. We are planning the agenda in a couple of days and more feedback would really help with planning.
Reposted by Julia Moser
⏰ 5 DAYS LEFT!!!
🗓️ Abstract and symposium submissions close on April, 22.
Hurry up, submit now!!
🔗 fitng.org/poster-oral-...
🔗 fitng.org/symposium-su...
#FITNG2025
🗓️ Abstract and symposium submissions close on April, 22.
Hurry up, submit now!!
🔗 fitng.org/poster-oral-...
🔗 fitng.org/symposium-su...
#FITNG2025
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April 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
⏰ 5 DAYS LEFT!!!
🗓️ Abstract and symposium submissions close on April, 22.
Hurry up, submit now!!
🔗 fitng.org/poster-oral-...
🔗 fitng.org/symposium-su...
#FITNG2025
🗓️ Abstract and symposium submissions close on April, 22.
Hurry up, submit now!!
🔗 fitng.org/poster-oral-...
🔗 fitng.org/symposium-su...
#FITNG2025
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Big opportunity! 🎉
🏅The best abstracts & posters from the FIT’NG Annual Conference will be invited to submit a paper to a special issue in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Showcase your best research—submit your abstracts to #FITNG2025! 📄✨
🌐https://fitng.org/submissions/
🏅The best abstracts & posters from the FIT’NG Annual Conference will be invited to submit a paper to a special issue in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Showcase your best research—submit your abstracts to #FITNG2025! 📄✨
🌐https://fitng.org/submissions/
March 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Big opportunity! 🎉
🏅The best abstracts & posters from the FIT’NG Annual Conference will be invited to submit a paper to a special issue in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Showcase your best research—submit your abstracts to #FITNG2025! 📄✨
🌐https://fitng.org/submissions/
🏅The best abstracts & posters from the FIT’NG Annual Conference will be invited to submit a paper to a special issue in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience.
Showcase your best research—submit your abstracts to #FITNG2025! 📄✨
🌐https://fitng.org/submissions/
Reposted by Julia Moser
Do you work with multi-echo fMRI data? Or are you planning to?
Say no more!
Join us at the online multi-echo fMRI users meeting on March 14th.
We have a prepared a super interesting agenda for you!
Here are the important details you need to know 👇
Say no more!
Join us at the online multi-echo fMRI users meeting on March 14th.
We have a prepared a super interesting agenda for you!
Here are the important details you need to know 👇
February 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Do you work with multi-echo fMRI data? Or are you planning to?
Say no more!
Join us at the online multi-echo fMRI users meeting on March 14th.
We have a prepared a super interesting agenda for you!
Here are the important details you need to know 👇
Say no more!
Join us at the online multi-echo fMRI users meeting on March 14th.
We have a prepared a super interesting agenda for you!
Here are the important details you need to know 👇
Reposted by Julia Moser
To better understand how oral contraceptives affect the brain, neuroscientist Carina Heller volunteered herself as a subject. She plans to make her data—from her many brain scans, blood tests and more—openly available.
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...
#neuroskyence #neuroscience
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...
#neuroskyence #neuroscience
Dose, scan, repeat: Tracking the neurological effects of oral contraceptives
We know little about how the brain responds to oral contraceptives, despite their widespread use. I am committed to changing that: I scanned my brain 75 times over the course of a year and plan to…
www.thetransmitter.org
January 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
To better understand how oral contraceptives affect the brain, neuroscientist Carina Heller volunteered herself as a subject. She plans to make her data—from her many brain scans, blood tests and more—openly available.
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...
#neuroskyence #neuroscience
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...
#neuroskyence #neuroscience
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New layer-fMRI manuscript featuring the potential of 10.5T fMRI for high resolutions.
By Vizioli et al.,
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
By Vizioli et al.,
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
January 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
New layer-fMRI manuscript featuring the potential of 10.5T fMRI for high resolutions.
By Vizioli et al.,
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
By Vizioli et al.,
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Reposted by Julia Moser
"The human brain is not designed for this kind of non–stop engagement," neurologist Cytowic writes. "We need moments of pause not only to regain composure but also to let our brains function at their best."
How to Embrace Silence
Silence is an essential nutrient in an increasingly noisy world, writes Richard Cytowic.
time.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"The human brain is not designed for this kind of non–stop engagement," neurologist Cytowic writes. "We need moments of pause not only to regain composure but also to let our brains function at their best."
Finally out in its polished form 🤩 New methodological avenues that help facilitate looking at individual brain functional organization in developmental populations 👶🧠
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Julia Moser, Damien A. Fair, et al:
Multi-echo acquisition and thermal denoising advances precision functional imaging
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
Multi-echo acquisition and thermal denoising advances precision functional imaging
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
January 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Finally out in its polished form 🤩 New methodological avenues that help facilitate looking at individual brain functional organization in developmental populations 👶🧠
Reposted by Julia Moser
Still time to register! Join us for A Session on S.U.R.F. on January 10, 2025 at 12 PM ET for an opportunity to learn more about these programs from current directors!
Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research!
tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience
Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research!
tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience
January 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Still time to register! Join us for A Session on S.U.R.F. on January 10, 2025 at 12 PM ET for an opportunity to learn more about these programs from current directors!
Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research!
tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience
Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research!
tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience
Reposted by Julia Moser
Question for infant MRI researchers! Has anyone used pediatric respiratory bands/monitors to measure in-scanner breathing? I'm curious to hear how people do this & what works. Please RT
January 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Question for infant MRI researchers! Has anyone used pediatric respiratory bands/monitors to measure in-scanner breathing? I'm curious to hear how people do this & what works. Please RT
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The brain’s action-mode is created by a dedicated action-mode network (AMN) rdcu.be/d5odm. In the brain’s mode continuum, AMN sits opposite DMN’s default-mode, as yin-yang. AMN might be key in pain, apathy, Parkinson’s. New @natrevneurosci.bsky.social w/ Marc Raichle & @gordonneuro.bsky.social 🧵 ⬇️
January 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The brain’s action-mode is created by a dedicated action-mode network (AMN) rdcu.be/d5odm. In the brain’s mode continuum, AMN sits opposite DMN’s default-mode, as yin-yang. AMN might be key in pain, apathy, Parkinson’s. New @natrevneurosci.bsky.social w/ Marc Raichle & @gordonneuro.bsky.social 🧵 ⬇️
Reposted by Julia Moser
New paper out today in PNAS 🎉 demonstrating:
1) an association between social disadvantage & child brain function can be observed as early as birth
2) these alterations are brain-wide, but most pronounced in functional networks & subcortex later linked to childhood adversity
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
1) an association between social disadvantage & child brain function can be observed as early as birth
2) these alterations are brain-wide, but most pronounced in functional networks & subcortex later linked to childhood adversity
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
December 2, 2024 at 11:26 PM
New paper out today in PNAS 🎉 demonstrating:
1) an association between social disadvantage & child brain function can be observed as early as birth
2) these alterations are brain-wide, but most pronounced in functional networks & subcortex later linked to childhood adversity
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
1) an association between social disadvantage & child brain function can be observed as early as birth
2) these alterations are brain-wide, but most pronounced in functional networks & subcortex later linked to childhood adversity
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...