@lnickerson.bsky.social
Dog lover, pan handler to the NIH, connectomics, big data
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Set to run for 25 years, the effort will produce multiomic maps not just for monkeys but for developing, adult, aging, and diseased human brains from diverse populations. https://scim.ag/4o44CDP
China launches ambitious collaboration to map primate brains—including ours
25-year plan will tap brain-mapping prowess in two dozen countries to visualize the organ in unprecedented detail
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October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Set to run for 25 years, the effort will produce multiomic maps not just for monkeys but for developing, adult, aging, and diseased human brains from diverse populations. https://scim.ag/4o44CDP
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I think it is very important to talk more about the deep problems of functional connectivity,
Data only shows associations. Turning those into claims about mechanism or causation? That requires a Rosetta Stone of prior knowledge + theory. Resting-state fMRI is purely observational; correlation is its currency. From this, plenty of "theoretical toys" about brain function can be built...
Resting-State fMRI and the Risk of Overinterpretation: Noise, Mechanisms, and a Missing Rosetta Stone https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.09.16.676611v1
September 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I think it is very important to talk more about the deep problems of functional connectivity,
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An explosion in open-neuroscience datasets has created a new generation of researchers with expertise in data science. But new restrictions put our research programs in jeopardy, writes Elvisha Dhamala @elvisha.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
Deleting data or stopping its collection will erase years of valuable brain research
An explosion in open-neuroscience datasets has created a new generation of researchers with expertise in data science. But new federal restrictions in the United States put their research programs in…
www.thetransmitter.org
August 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
An explosion in open-neuroscience datasets has created a new generation of researchers with expertise in data science. But new restrictions put our research programs in jeopardy, writes Elvisha Dhamala @elvisha.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/open-neurosc...
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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...
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Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
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NOT-OD-25-138: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs NOT-OD-25-138. NIH
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August 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs
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The National Institutes of Health’s budget, and structure, would be preserved under a Senate bill for the 2026 fiscal year.
With boost to NIH budget, Senate panel rejects Trump’s plan to slash agency
Republicans on spending committee push back against proposed reorganization and overhead cuts
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July 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The National Institutes of Health’s budget, and structure, would be preserved under a Senate bill for the 2026 fiscal year.
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I'm so proud to see this great paper finally published in @nature.com!
9/ Check out the actual study for many more analyses, e.g., phenotypic variation, scan parameters, signal to noise ratio, etc! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Thank you to the editor @meharpist.bsky.social and anonymous reviewers for the many helpful suggestions, which greatly improved the study.
Thank you to the editor @meharpist.bsky.social and anonymous reviewers for the many helpful suggestions, which greatly improved the study.
Longer scans boost prediction and cut costs in brain-wide association studies - Nature
Although the number of participants is important for phenotypic prediction accuracy in brain-wide association studies using functional MRI, scanning for at least 30 min offers the greatest cost effect...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'm so proud to see this great paper finally published in @nature.com!
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When I first started working with resting state fMRI as a postdoc, there was a lot of skepticism about what we could learn from it. 20 years later, it's hard to imagine where the field of neuroscience would be without it. Here's a summary 🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The history and future of resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging - Nature
This Review provides an overview of the history of resting-state functional MRI research, which has helped to reveal the spatiotemporal organization of the brain, and discusses how it can contribute f...
www.nature.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
When I first started working with resting state fMRI as a postdoc, there was a lot of skepticism about what we could learn from it. 20 years later, it's hard to imagine where the field of neuroscience would be without it. Here's a summary 🧠 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In @science.org today my essay on predicting and preventing Alzheimer's disease (open-access)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Predicting and preventing Alzheimer’s disease
With all the advances in both the science of aging and artificial intelligence (AI), we are in a propitious position to accurately and precisely determine who is at high risk of developing Alzheimer’s...
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May 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In @science.org today my essay on predicting and preventing Alzheimer's disease (open-access)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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FYI, if you want to be prepared to apply for the next ABCD Study data release, prepare for these new NIST security requirements 🧠: @ohbmofficial.bsky.social abcdstudy.org/scientists/d...
Data Sharing - ABCD Study
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March 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
FYI, if you want to be prepared to apply for the next ABCD Study data release, prepare for these new NIST security requirements 🧠: @ohbmofficial.bsky.social abcdstudy.org/scientists/d...
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It's finally here! Use the Network Correspondence Toolbox to help contextualize your neuroimaging findings 🧠
A network correspondence toolbox for quantitative evaluation of novel neuroimaging results - Nature Communications
Here, the authors present the Network Correspondence Toolbox, which enables researchers to examine and report spatial correspondence between their neuroimaging results and widely used brain atlases.
www.nature.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It's finally here! Use the Network Correspondence Toolbox to help contextualize your neuroimaging findings 🧠
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Compelling pushback from @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) regarding termination of tenure-track investigators driven by DOGE.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Compelling pushback from @jmgrohneuro.bsky.social and the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH) regarding termination of tenure-track investigators driven by DOGE.
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All eyes have been on the nest belonging to Big Bear’s famous bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow, and their trio of eggs. Two chicks have hatched. via @laist.com
Jackie and Shadow welcome two new chicks, their first hatchlings in three years
Now all eyes turn to the third egg to see if it develops a pip, the first hole an eaglet makes as it emerges from its shell.
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March 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
All eyes have been on the nest belonging to Big Bear’s famous bald eagle couple, Jackie and Shadow, and their trio of eggs. Two chicks have hatched. via @laist.com
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A Direct Hit, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
February 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A Direct Hit, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
"This is a moment to unite."
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OUT NOW👉"The tools of modern genetics & neurobiology have propelled a renaissance of research that has advanced our understanding of the pathophysiology of drug addiction... Despite challenges, there is reason for optimism..." - @ericjnestler.bsky.social @science.org➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
OUT NOW👉"The tools of modern genetics & neurobiology have propelled a renaissance of research that has advanced our understanding of the pathophysiology of drug addiction... Despite challenges, there is reason for optimism..." - @ericjnestler.bsky.social @science.org➡️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Thanks to everyone's feedback, we have updated our calculator to optimize sample size N & scan time T for fMRI studies: leonoqr.github.io/ORSP_Calcula...
The first new feature is that users can explore how different N & T leads to different accuracy, e.g., N=1000 & T=30min => 81% max accuracy. 🧵
The first new feature is that users can explore how different N & T leads to different accuracy, e.g., N=1000 & T=30min => 81% max accuracy. 🧵
January 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Thanks to everyone's feedback, we have updated our calculator to optimize sample size N & scan time T for fMRI studies: leonoqr.github.io/ORSP_Calcula...
The first new feature is that users can explore how different N & T leads to different accuracy, e.g., N=1000 & T=30min => 81% max accuracy. 🧵
The first new feature is that users can explore how different N & T leads to different accuracy, e.g., N=1000 & T=30min => 81% max accuracy. 🧵
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🚨We are excited to announce our new series of online workshops designed to showcase emerging protocols and toolboxes developed by our OHBM community💥🧠
December 6, 2024 at 1:02 PM
🚨We are excited to announce our new series of online workshops designed to showcase emerging protocols and toolboxes developed by our OHBM community💥🧠
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Last month, I desperately needed a review comparing all the different functional networks proposed over the last 20 years. While collecting literature to start putting one together, I found that @lucinauddin.bsky.social and WHATNET have already covered it with doi.org/10.1162/netn.... Thanks!
November 23, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Last month, I desperately needed a review comparing all the different functional networks proposed over the last 20 years. While collecting literature to start putting one together, I found that @lucinauddin.bsky.social and WHATNET have already covered it with doi.org/10.1162/netn.... Thanks!
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November 18, 2024 at 1:41 PM
If you've got a fever, cough, aches and pains, and you're wondering, 'what virus got me this time?" Now you can find out, without taking a trip to the doctor.
Happy to be here! Can’t wait to wind down on the other place. Now, who can tell me if there is another auto manufacturer who has a “doggie mode” besides Tesla? Asking for a friend whose lease is up soon.
November 17, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Happy to be here! Can’t wait to wind down on the other place. Now, who can tell me if there is another auto manufacturer who has a “doggie mode” besides Tesla? Asking for a friend whose lease is up soon.