Martina Callaghan
@mfcallaghan.bsky.social
MRI Physicist working in neuroscience.
Based in the Department of Imaging Neuroscience, home to the FIL, at University College London (UCL)
Based in the Department of Imaging Neuroscience, home to the FIL, at University College London (UCL)
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In this video, Andy Jahn discusses the latest developments in #SPM, the latest release #SPM25 and our recent #SPM Homecoming with the wonderful @corticalpete.bsky.social, @liviasimela.bsky.social and @johmedr.bsky.social.
youtu.be/VqzvUPV7pk8?...
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SPM Homecoming & SPM25 | Prof. Peter Zeidman, Dr. Olivia Kowalczyk & Dr. Johan Medrano
YouTube video by Andy's Brain Tube
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September 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
In this video, Andy Jahn discusses the latest developments in #SPM, the latest release #SPM25 and our recent #SPM Homecoming with the wonderful @corticalpete.bsky.social, @liviasimela.bsky.social and @johmedr.bsky.social.
youtu.be/VqzvUPV7pk8?...
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A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue
Issues | Cerebral Cortex | Oxford Academic
Publishes papers on the development, organization, plasticity, and function of the cerebral cortex, including the hippocampus.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue
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🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
August 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨 We’re hiring: Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
🧠 Lead pioneering imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience research
🌍 Open to international applicants | Visa sponsorship available
📍 Permanent, full-time, on-site
🔗 Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨
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 1:39 PM
🚨Amazing opportunity: position available for a new associate/full professor at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social! Do you have a neuroimaging-focused research program? Get applying! 🚨
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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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/...
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The beta release of SPM-Python is out now! Amazing work by Johan Medrano @johmedr.bsky.social , Yael Balbastre, Yulia Bezsudnova @ybezs.bsky.social and other members of their team. A new era for SPM! #OHBM2025
Drumroll... The SPM team will announce that SPM is now fully accessible from Python! 🐍 Learn more about SPM-Python at the SPM roundtable event (Friday, 1pm) and poster number 1841 at #OHBM2025. Try the beta for yourself at github.com/spm/spm-python [2/7]
GitHub - spm/spm-python: The Python interface to SPM
The Python interface to SPM. Contribute to spm/spm-python development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The beta release of SPM-Python is out now! Amazing work by Johan Medrano @johmedr.bsky.social , Yael Balbastre, Yulia Bezsudnova @ybezs.bsky.social and other members of their team. A new era for SPM! #OHBM2025
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Lots of exciting work being showcased by the SPM Team and other Fellows from the UCL Department of Imaging Neuroscience at #OHBM2025 this week! A thread 🧵 ... [1/7]
June 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Lots of exciting work being showcased by the SPM Team and other Fellows from the UCL Department of Imaging Neuroscience at #OHBM2025 this week! A thread 🧵 ... [1/7]
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The moment we've all been waiting for... 🥁
📋 FULL SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Incredible speakers from every corner of the globe are ready to blow your minds! 🤯
⚠️ URGENT: Only 3 days left to join us!
Check it out → meguk.ac.uk/programme/
📋 FULL SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Incredible speakers from every corner of the globe are ready to blow your minds! 🤯
⚠️ URGENT: Only 3 days left to join us!
Check it out → meguk.ac.uk/programme/
June 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The moment we've all been waiting for... 🥁
📋 FULL SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Incredible speakers from every corner of the globe are ready to blow your minds! 🤯
⚠️ URGENT: Only 3 days left to join us!
Check it out → meguk.ac.uk/programme/
📋 FULL SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Incredible speakers from every corner of the globe are ready to blow your minds! 🤯
⚠️ URGENT: Only 3 days left to join us!
Check it out → meguk.ac.uk/programme/
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Our Siemens 7T Collaboration Scientist is moving to support the Siemens 7T Terra.X Impulse at Stanford. Siemens is rehiring for our position, located in Canada's National Ultra-High Field MRI platform cfmm.uwo.ca in London, Ontario 🇨🇦. onehealthineers.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SHSJB/job/OA...
Centre of Functional and Metabolic Mapping - Western University
Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.
cfmm.uwo.ca
June 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Our Siemens 7T Collaboration Scientist is moving to support the Siemens 7T Terra.X Impulse at Stanford. Siemens is rehiring for our position, located in Canada's National Ultra-High Field MRI platform cfmm.uwo.ca in London, Ontario 🇨🇦. onehealthineers.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SHSJB/job/OA...
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Don't miss our upcoming #SPM course for #EEG & #MEG online from 19-22 May 2025! 🧠
We'll cover preprocessing, source reconstruction, DCM & OPM analyses. Practicals will include SPM-Python!
Programme: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/docs/cou...
Register by May 11th 👇 onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
We'll cover preprocessing, source reconstruction, DCM & OPM analyses. Practicals will include SPM-Python!
Programme: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/docs/cou...
Register by May 11th 👇 onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Course schedule - SPM Documentation
Documentation of the SPM Software for neuroimaging
www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk
May 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Don't miss our upcoming #SPM course for #EEG & #MEG online from 19-22 May 2025! 🧠
We'll cover preprocessing, source reconstruction, DCM & OPM analyses. Practicals will include SPM-Python!
Programme: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/docs/cou...
Register by May 11th 👇 onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
We'll cover preprocessing, source reconstruction, DCM & OPM analyses. Practicals will include SPM-Python!
Programme: www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/docs/cou...
Register by May 11th 👇 onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
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Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.
May 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Despite everything going on, I may have funds to hire a postdoc this year 😬🤞🧑🔬 Open to a wide variety of possible projects in social and cognitive neuroscience. Get in touch if you are interested! Reposts appreciated.
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🎺🎺🎺 We will be hosting #MEGUKI2025 this July and hope that lots of you will be able to join us, including for the kick off day focusing on #naturalistic neuroscience.
More details and info on how to submit abstracts below 👇
More details and info on how to submit abstracts below 👇
Drumroll please... 🥁
Abstract submission for MEG-UKI 2025 is now open!!!
All the details can be found meguk.ac.uk/meg-uki-2025/
We are looking forward to welcoming you to London!
Abstract submission for MEG-UKI 2025 is now open!!!
All the details can be found meguk.ac.uk/meg-uki-2025/
We are looking forward to welcoming you to London!
May 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🎺🎺🎺 We will be hosting #MEGUKI2025 this July and hope that lots of you will be able to join us, including for the kick off day focusing on #naturalistic neuroscience.
More details and info on how to submit abstracts below 👇
More details and info on how to submit abstracts below 👇
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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🧠 Want to do a PhD in neuroimaging?
🏥 Want to have clinical impact?
👨🏫 Want to have an amazing supervisor to guide you?
Look no further... 👇
🏥 Want to have clinical impact?
👨🏫 Want to have an amazing supervisor to guide you?
Look no further... 👇
Excited to share a new PhD studentship, using fMRI and MEG to detect early changes in Alzheimer's disease, fully funded for a UK student by @alzheimersresearchuk.org . Situated at UCL in Queen Square, London. Join us! tinyurl.com/nvmgroupphd
Detecting early neurovascular dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) at University College London on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Detecting early neurovascular dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease and Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA) at University College London, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🧠 Want to do a PhD in neuroimaging?
🏥 Want to have clinical impact?
👨🏫 Want to have an amazing supervisor to guide you?
Look no further... 👇
🏥 Want to have clinical impact?
👨🏫 Want to have an amazing supervisor to guide you?
Look no further... 👇
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At @ox.ac.uk it's time for the staff survey. Here's my answer to: "What is the main thing the University could do to help you to progress your career?"
Please repost and respond similarly to the survey if you agree. It's the only way to get our points across!
Please repost and respond similarly to the survey if you agree. It's the only way to get our points across!
April 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
At @ox.ac.uk it's time for the staff survey. Here's my answer to: "What is the main thing the University could do to help you to progress your career?"
Please repost and respond similarly to the survey if you agree. It's the only way to get our points across!
Please repost and respond similarly to the survey if you agree. It's the only way to get our points across!
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A key paper, and monumental effort from the lab, demonstrating the potential for truly naturalistic imaging neuroscience. What a tour de force! Go team! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by George C. O’Neill, Gareth R. Barnes, et al:
Combining video telemetry and wearable MEG for naturalistic imaging
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
Combining video telemetry and wearable MEG for naturalistic imaging
doi.org/10.1162/imag...
March 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
A key paper, and monumental effort from the lab, demonstrating the potential for truly naturalistic imaging neuroscience. What a tour de force! Go team! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Great to see our excellent colleague @peterkok.bsky.social getting further recognition of his great work!
Congratulations Peter! 🥳👏🏻
Congratulations Peter! 🥳👏🏻
We are very proud of @peterkok.bsky.social who has been announced as an Early Career Impact Award winner by the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
Read more about Peter's extensive achievements in the @fabbs.org article here: fabbs.org/news/2025/03...
Read more about Peter's extensive achievements in the @fabbs.org article here: fabbs.org/news/2025/03...
Using Advanced Neuroimaging to Peer into the Visual Cortex – FABBS
Key Findings: Visual experiences are constructed from comparing actual input from the eyes (input) to hypotheses about what we might see (expectations).
fabbs.org
March 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Great to see our excellent colleague @peterkok.bsky.social getting further recognition of his great work!
Congratulations Peter! 🥳👏🏻
Congratulations Peter! 🥳👏🏻
Great opportunity to learn directly from those developing the methods! #SPM
Don't miss out on securing your spot for our upcoming #SPM course for #fMRI and #MRI/#VBM!
Join us in London 23-25 April! Reserve your place now! 🧠⬇️
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
Join us in London 23-25 April! Reserve your place now! 🧠⬇️
onlinestore.ucl.ac.uk/conferences-...
March 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Great opportunity to learn directly from those developing the methods! #SPM
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The Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience is the most wonderful place to work. Supportive, bright colleagues doing incredible research in beautiful Queen Square. Do get in touch if you have any questions. Come join us!
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
January 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience is the most wonderful place to work. Supportive, bright colleagues doing incredible research in beautiful Queen Square. Do get in touch if you have any questions. Come join us!
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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We have an opening for a 12 month Research Assistant post, funded by an ERC grant. The postholder would help with several neuroimaging projects, including MEG and 7T fMRI. Please repost and share with anyone who may be interested. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #neuroskyence #Neuroimaging
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
February 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We have an opening for a 12 month Research Assistant post, funded by an ERC grant. The postholder would help with several neuroimaging projects, including MEG and 7T fMRI. Please repost and share with anyone who may be interested. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #neuroskyence #Neuroimaging
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Now over 900 signatures. Please keep signing and sharing to send a clear message to the Royal Society that we want them to stand up for values that we all hold dear: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Now over 900 signatures. Please keep signing and sharing to send a clear message to the Royal Society that we want them to stand up for values that we all hold dear: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Hey #MRI folks! New preprint from the group about the prospective correction of cardiac-induced noise in brain #relaxometry data!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
ISME - Incoherent Sampling of Multi-Echo data to minimize cardiac-induced noise in brain maps of R2* and magnetic susceptibility
Purpose: Brain maps of the MRI parameters R2* and magnetic susceptibility enable the investigation of microscopic tissue changes associated with brain disease in patient populations. However, maps of ...
www.biorxiv.org
February 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Hey #MRI folks! New preprint from the group about the prospective correction of cardiac-induced noise in brain #relaxometry data!!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Really looking forward to this week's #BrainMeeting from our amazing Chair of the Methods Group, the brilliant @corticalpete.bsky.social. Make sure you join us!
🎺 #BrainMeeting 🧠 Alert!
We are very excited that our very own Professor Peter Zeidman (@corticalpete.bsky.social) is introducing his recently established Neurovascular Modelling Group at this week's Brain Meeting.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend! www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/introd...
We are very excited that our very own Professor Peter Zeidman (@corticalpete.bsky.social) is introducing his recently established Neurovascular Modelling Group at this week's Brain Meeting.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend! www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/event/introd...
February 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Really looking forward to this week's #BrainMeeting from our amazing Chair of the Methods Group, the brilliant @corticalpete.bsky.social. Make sure you join us!
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Can we find the earliest adopters of SPM on Bluesky? Full marks to @jonsimons.bsky.social for SPM96!
Happy birthday! SPM96 was the first version I used. Any earlier adopters out there?
Happy 30th birthday year to SPM!! 🎈🍰
To get the party started, we are delighted to announce SPM 25.01, a major new version of the open-source neuroimaging software.
Read the preprint to discover what's new arxiv.org/pdf/2501.12081 and download SPM for free from Github github.com/spm/spm/rele...
To get the party started, we are delighted to announce SPM 25.01, a major new version of the open-source neuroimaging software.
Read the preprint to discover what's new arxiv.org/pdf/2501.12081 and download SPM for free from Github github.com/spm/spm/rele...
January 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Can we find the earliest adopters of SPM on Bluesky? Full marks to @jonsimons.bsky.social for SPM96!
Reposted by Martina Callaghan
Happy 30th birthday year to SPM!! 🎈🍰
To get the party started, we are delighted to announce SPM 25.01, a major new version of the open-source neuroimaging software.
Read the preprint to discover what's new arxiv.org/pdf/2501.12081 and download SPM for free from Github github.com/spm/spm/rele...
To get the party started, we are delighted to announce SPM 25.01, a major new version of the open-source neuroimaging software.
Read the preprint to discover what's new arxiv.org/pdf/2501.12081 and download SPM for free from Github github.com/spm/spm/rele...
arxiv.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Happy 30th birthday year to SPM!! 🎈🍰
To get the party started, we are delighted to announce SPM 25.01, a major new version of the open-source neuroimaging software.
Read the preprint to discover what's new arxiv.org/pdf/2501.12081 and download SPM for free from Github github.com/spm/spm/rele...
To get the party started, we are delighted to announce SPM 25.01, a major new version of the open-source neuroimaging software.
Read the preprint to discover what's new arxiv.org/pdf/2501.12081 and download SPM for free from Github github.com/spm/spm/rele...