James Read-Tannock
@jrtannock.bsky.social
PhD researcher in neuroscience at University of Nottingham
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Suzanne Melk (1908-1951) was a French pilot and female aviation pioneer.
She earned her a pilot's license in 1935.
In 1937 she became an instructor, and she trained dozens more women.
During World War II she volunteered as an ambulance driver transporting injured members of the French Resistance.
She earned her a pilot's license in 1935.
In 1937 she became an instructor, and she trained dozens more women.
During World War II she volunteered as an ambulance driver transporting injured members of the French Resistance.
June 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Suzanne Melk (1908-1951) was a French pilot and female aviation pioneer.
She earned her a pilot's license in 1935.
In 1937 she became an instructor, and she trained dozens more women.
During World War II she volunteered as an ambulance driver transporting injured members of the French Resistance.
She earned her a pilot's license in 1935.
In 1937 she became an instructor, and she trained dozens more women.
During World War II she volunteered as an ambulance driver transporting injured members of the French Resistance.
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Margaret Bonds (1913–1972) was a composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher, known for her popular arrangements of African-American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes.
She is also the first Black soloist to perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
📷 Carl Van Vechten, 1956
She is also the first Black soloist to perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
📷 Carl Van Vechten, 1956
February 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Margaret Bonds (1913–1972) was a composer, pianist, arranger, and teacher, known for her popular arrangements of African-American spirituals and frequent collaborations with Langston Hughes.
She is also the first Black soloist to perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
📷 Carl Van Vechten, 1956
She is also the first Black soloist to perform with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
📷 Carl Van Vechten, 1956
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Do you work on surface MRI such as HCP data? Our paper is finally out in Imaging Neuroscience, showing biases in surface fMRI. The revised ms has many new insights!
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
February 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Do you work on surface MRI such as HCP data? Our paper is finally out in Imaging Neuroscience, showing biases in surface fMRI. The revised ms has many new insights!
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
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🎨🧑🎨 Looking for a tool to visualize subcortical/thalamic data in 2D? Check out this python-based package I put together (subcortex-visualization on PyPI), plus a guide for creating your own custom atlas meshes and vector graphics! All feedback/tips welcome 😊
anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...
anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...
May 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🎨🧑🎨 Looking for a tool to visualize subcortical/thalamic data in 2D? Check out this python-based package I put together (subcortex-visualization on PyPI), plus a guide for creating your own custom atlas meshes and vector graphics! All feedback/tips welcome 😊
anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...
anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...
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First post on an exciting new manuscript online today @natneuro.nature.com - in collab with @lucinauddin.bsky.social and Catie Chang. We take a fresh look at the physiological dynamics associated with the global signal 🧠 ...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read here:
rdcu.be/ek01F
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read here:
rdcu.be/ek01F
Autonomic physiological coupling of the global fMRI signal
Nature Neuroscience - The brain and body are necessarily connected. Here the authors show that brain blood flow and electrical activity are coupled with systemic physiological changes in the body.
rdcu.be
May 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
First post on an exciting new manuscript online today @natneuro.nature.com - in collab with @lucinauddin.bsky.social and Catie Chang. We take a fresh look at the physiological dynamics associated with the global signal 🧠 ...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read here:
rdcu.be/ek01F
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read here:
rdcu.be/ek01F
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New pre-print reviewing time-series analysis methods based on information theory, with an aim to be accessible, and with a broad focus on applications in neuroimaging.
Congratulations @anniegbryant.bsky.social
Congratulations @anniegbryant.bsky.social
Info theory offers powerful measures for capturing complexity & interaction among elements of a complex system, like the brain! 🧠 Here's our new unified reference for key info-theoretic time series measures ft. 📊 visuals, ➗equations, & 💬descriptions:
arxiv.org/abs/2505.13080
arxiv.org/abs/2505.13080
May 20, 2025 at 3:45 AM
New pre-print reviewing time-series analysis methods based on information theory, with an aim to be accessible, and with a broad focus on applications in neuroimaging.
Congratulations @anniegbryant.bsky.social
Congratulations @anniegbryant.bsky.social
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At present (to my knowledge) a 25kg bag of flour is anything from £436 ($580) in the south and £640 ($840) in the north.
Vegetables per kilo are:
Tomatoes/cucumbers £11 ($15)
Aubergines £18 ($25)
Potatoes £30 ($40)
Please help our friends in Gaza!! Please share their stories!!
Vegetables per kilo are:
Tomatoes/cucumbers £11 ($15)
Aubergines £18 ($25)
Potatoes £30 ($40)
Please help our friends in Gaza!! Please share their stories!!
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE WORLD - AND ONLY IN GAZA ONIONS ARE BEING SOLD INDIVIDUALLY, PRICED AT 51 SHEKELS ($15) AND 33 SHEKELS ($10).
May 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
At present (to my knowledge) a 25kg bag of flour is anything from £436 ($580) in the south and £640 ($840) in the north.
Vegetables per kilo are:
Tomatoes/cucumbers £11 ($15)
Aubergines £18 ($25)
Potatoes £30 ($40)
Please help our friends in Gaza!! Please share their stories!!
Vegetables per kilo are:
Tomatoes/cucumbers £11 ($15)
Aubergines £18 ($25)
Potatoes £30 ($40)
Please help our friends in Gaza!! Please share their stories!!
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We are recruiting two PhD students on cortical folding variability and organisation before birth, using fetal MRI. Come and join a motivated and happy team with tons of great fetal data, in a sunny, friendly, and inclusive environment.
tinyurl.com/foldsOrganis...
tinyurl.com/foldingVaria...
tinyurl.com/foldsOrganis...
tinyurl.com/foldingVaria...
May 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We are recruiting two PhD students on cortical folding variability and organisation before birth, using fetal MRI. Come and join a motivated and happy team with tons of great fetal data, in a sunny, friendly, and inclusive environment.
tinyurl.com/foldsOrganis...
tinyurl.com/foldingVaria...
tinyurl.com/foldsOrganis...
tinyurl.com/foldingVaria...
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Kristofor E. Pas, Alexandru V. Avram, et al:
Direct segmentation of cortical cytoarchitectonic domains using ultra-high-resolution whole-brain diffusion MRI
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Direct segmentation of cortical cytoarchitectonic domains using ultra-high-resolution whole-brain diffusion MRI
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
December 27, 2024 at 5:00 AM
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Kristofor E. Pas, Alexandru V. Avram, et al:
Direct segmentation of cortical cytoarchitectonic domains using ultra-high-resolution whole-brain diffusion MRI
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Direct segmentation of cortical cytoarchitectonic domains using ultra-high-resolution whole-brain diffusion MRI
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
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We want to hear from you! Given recent changes to publicly available data, @thetransmitter.bsky.social wants to know what datasets are most important to the neuroscience community. What datasets do you use in your research?
#neuroskyence
thetransmitter.typeform.com/datasets?utm...
#neuroskyence
thetransmitter.typeform.com/datasets?utm...
The Transmitter datasets survey
What datasets do you mostly rely on? We want to hear from you.
thetransmitter.typeform.com
March 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We want to hear from you! Given recent changes to publicly available data, @thetransmitter.bsky.social wants to know what datasets are most important to the neuroscience community. What datasets do you use in your research?
#neuroskyence
thetransmitter.typeform.com/datasets?utm...
#neuroskyence
thetransmitter.typeform.com/datasets?utm...
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THIS IS ONE NEURON! Jaw dropping.
It distributes a particular neurotransmitter (norepinephrine) across the mouse brain; it’s a locus coeruleus neuron.
@jeremiahycohen.bsky.social and colleagues at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social are using new biotech to see things never seen before.
It distributes a particular neurotransmitter (norepinephrine) across the mouse brain; it’s a locus coeruleus neuron.
@jeremiahycohen.bsky.social and colleagues at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social are using new biotech to see things never seen before.
April 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
THIS IS ONE NEURON! Jaw dropping.
It distributes a particular neurotransmitter (norepinephrine) across the mouse brain; it’s a locus coeruleus neuron.
@jeremiahycohen.bsky.social and colleagues at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social are using new biotech to see things never seen before.
It distributes a particular neurotransmitter (norepinephrine) across the mouse brain; it’s a locus coeruleus neuron.
@jeremiahycohen.bsky.social and colleagues at the @alleninstitute.bsky.social are using new biotech to see things never seen before.
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The result of a large (42 authors!) collaboration:
"Go Figure: Transparency in neuroscience images preserves context and clarifies interpretation"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07824
TL;DR: The FMRI world can (and should) improve results interpretation and reproducibility *today*, via transparent thresholding.
"Go Figure: Transparency in neuroscience images preserves context and clarifies interpretation"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07824
TL;DR: The FMRI world can (and should) improve results interpretation and reproducibility *today*, via transparent thresholding.
April 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The result of a large (42 authors!) collaboration:
"Go Figure: Transparency in neuroscience images preserves context and clarifies interpretation"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07824
TL;DR: The FMRI world can (and should) improve results interpretation and reproducibility *today*, via transparent thresholding.
"Go Figure: Transparency in neuroscience images preserves context and clarifies interpretation"
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07824
TL;DR: The FMRI world can (and should) improve results interpretation and reproducibility *today*, via transparent thresholding.
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𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Wait, that works with simple systems in physics where small scale signals ("details") average out. But how about more "interesting" complex systems?
New approaches are breaking ground there. Great review paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Wait, that works with simple systems in physics where small scale signals ("details") average out. But how about more "interesting" complex systems?
New approaches are breaking ground there. Great review paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Network renormalization - Nature Reviews Physics
The renormalization group (RG) is a theoretical framework to transform systems across scales and identify critical points of phase transitions. In recent years, efforts have extended RG to complex net...
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Wait, that works with simple systems in physics where small scale signals ("details") average out. But how about more "interesting" complex systems?
New approaches are breaking ground there. Great review paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Wait, that works with simple systems in physics where small scale signals ("details") average out. But how about more "interesting" complex systems?
New approaches are breaking ground there. Great review paper.
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Our open-source multimodal precision MRI dataset is officially out! 🧲🧠🧲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
osf.io/mhq3f/
@borismontreal.bsky.social @jroyer.bsky.social @themindwanders.bsky.social @jordandekraker.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
osf.io/mhq3f/
@borismontreal.bsky.social @jroyer.bsky.social @themindwanders.bsky.social @jordandekraker.bsky.social
Multimodal precision MRI of the individual human brain at ultra-high fields - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Multimodal precision MRI of the individual human brain at ultra-high fields
www.nature.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Our open-source multimodal precision MRI dataset is officially out! 🧲🧠🧲
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
osf.io/mhq3f/
@borismontreal.bsky.social @jroyer.bsky.social @themindwanders.bsky.social @jordandekraker.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
osf.io/mhq3f/
@borismontreal.bsky.social @jroyer.bsky.social @themindwanders.bsky.social @jordandekraker.bsky.social
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Very happy to see this out! In this work I demonstrate the potential of OPMs for laminar MEG and investigate the impact of factors such as sensor counts, number of measurement axes, co-registration errors, misestimated forward models…
Already looking forward to Imaging Neuroscience’s 2025 collage!
Already looking forward to Imaging Neuroscience’s 2025 collage!
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Saskia Helbling:
Inferring laminar origins of MEG signals with optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs): A simulation study
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
Inferring laminar origins of MEG signals with optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs): A simulation study
direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
January 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Very happy to see this out! In this work I demonstrate the potential of OPMs for laminar MEG and investigate the impact of factors such as sensor counts, number of measurement axes, co-registration errors, misestimated forward models…
Already looking forward to Imaging Neuroscience’s 2025 collage!
Already looking forward to Imaging Neuroscience’s 2025 collage!
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A lot of fun was had representing @notts-psych.bsky.social in the gorgeous Nottingham Central Library 👌🏻.
February 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A lot of fun was had representing @notts-psych.bsky.social in the gorgeous Nottingham Central Library 👌🏻.
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I had a great time visiting @notts-psych.bsky.social yesterday! Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming and for the really interesting chats!
Huge thanks to @amyatkinson.bsky.social for visiting @notts-psych.bsky.social yesterday to give a brilliant talk on her research into whether, and how, children and individuals with ADHD prioritise information in working memory!
January 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I had a great time visiting @notts-psych.bsky.social yesterday! Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming and for the really interesting chats!
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Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
March 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
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If you keep using #Twitter, be aware that the content pushed to your feed is extremely distorted towards right-wing/anti-immigrant ideology. This paper provides clear evidence for that:
"Political Biases on X before the 2025 German Federal Election"
arxiv.org/abs/2503.02888
"Political Biases on X before the 2025 German Federal Election"
arxiv.org/abs/2503.02888
March 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If you keep using #Twitter, be aware that the content pushed to your feed is extremely distorted towards right-wing/anti-immigrant ideology. This paper provides clear evidence for that:
"Political Biases on X before the 2025 German Federal Election"
arxiv.org/abs/2503.02888
"Political Biases on X before the 2025 German Federal Election"
arxiv.org/abs/2503.02888
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Musk breaking stuff to sell a fix? That’s exploitation, not innovation.
February 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Musk breaking stuff to sell a fix? That’s exploitation, not innovation.
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This yard-show tradition was centuries old, but almost no outsider knew about it, this not-for-our-eyes cubism, fauvism, expressionism, surrealism, dada, abstract expressionism, pop, minimalism, graffiti, postmodern, neo-this, neo-that, neo-everything. Or proto-everything.
February 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This yard-show tradition was centuries old, but almost no outsider knew about it, this not-for-our-eyes cubism, fauvism, expressionism, surrealism, dada, abstract expressionism, pop, minimalism, graffiti, postmodern, neo-this, neo-that, neo-everything. Or proto-everything.
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Mary T. Smith (1904–1995) was a prolific artist within the tradition that unfolded in the southern US after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
From the late 60s-70s, Black people came out from their houses, factories, or fields, and intensified their creation of artistic yard shows... 🧵
From the late 60s-70s, Black people came out from their houses, factories, or fields, and intensified their creation of artistic yard shows... 🧵
February 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Mary T. Smith (1904–1995) was a prolific artist within the tradition that unfolded in the southern US after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
From the late 60s-70s, Black people came out from their houses, factories, or fields, and intensified their creation of artistic yard shows... 🧵
From the late 60s-70s, Black people came out from their houses, factories, or fields, and intensified their creation of artistic yard shows... 🧵
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A little extra:
Thanks to Souls Grown Deep I have also learned so much about quilt artists and I have so much respect for them!
Each creation is so unique, in a long tradition of mothers and grandmothers -and community leaders!
🧵 There is a thread here:
bsky.app/profile/merr...
Thanks to Souls Grown Deep I have also learned so much about quilt artists and I have so much respect for them!
Each creation is so unique, in a long tradition of mothers and grandmothers -and community leaders!
🧵 There is a thread here:
bsky.app/profile/merr...
Margaret Morton Bibb (c. 1832 - 1900/1910) and Ellen Morton Littlejohn (c. 1826 - 1899) were African American enslaved women, sisters, and brilliant textile artists.
This is the Star of Bethlehem quilt (c. 1837–1850), that is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This is the Star of Bethlehem quilt (c. 1837–1850), that is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
February 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A little extra:
Thanks to Souls Grown Deep I have also learned so much about quilt artists and I have so much respect for them!
Each creation is so unique, in a long tradition of mothers and grandmothers -and community leaders!
🧵 There is a thread here:
bsky.app/profile/merr...
Thanks to Souls Grown Deep I have also learned so much about quilt artists and I have so much respect for them!
Each creation is so unique, in a long tradition of mothers and grandmothers -and community leaders!
🧵 There is a thread here:
bsky.app/profile/merr...
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30%-40% of public money given to England's care homes vanishes in profits, little left for frontline services.
Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies.
Profits and care can't be combined.
Watch the Minister's reply.
Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies.
Profits and care can't be combined.
Watch the Minister's reply.
House of Lords Care Homes 5 Feb 2025
YouTube video by Prem Sikka
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
30%-40% of public money given to England's care homes vanishes in profits, little left for frontline services.
Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies.
Profits and care can't be combined.
Watch the Minister's reply.
Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies.
Profits and care can't be combined.
Watch the Minister's reply.
Reposted by James Read-Tannock
Margaret Morton Bibb (c. 1832 - 1900/1910) and Ellen Morton Littlejohn (c. 1826 - 1899) were African American enslaved women, sisters, and brilliant textile artists.
This is the Star of Bethlehem quilt (c. 1837–1850), that is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This is the Star of Bethlehem quilt (c. 1837–1850), that is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
February 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM