Thank to Psych & Brain Sciences and the Neuroimaging Labs Research Center for inviting me to talk science and enjoy a 70F February day!

Now in press one of my last PhD projects! We traced the neurobiological profile of fMRI BOLD signal variability, a measure that has been related to age, behaviour, disease status, but had not yet been fully contextualised within the brain's multiscale architecture. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We are deeply saddened to share that Dr. Denise C. Park, founder of CVL, passed away on Sunday, Feb 1. A pioneering cognitive neuroscientist, mentor, & leader, Dr. Park shaped the study of memory, aging, & the brain. Read the full remembrance here: cvl.utdallas.edu/in-memory-of-dr-denise-c-park/

Individualized Mapping of Functional Brain Networks in Older Adulthood https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.30.702883v1

Social “envirotyping” the ABCD study contextualizes dissociable brain organization and diverging outcomes New paper from former BNBL-er and current postdoc at Northeastern University, London @h-merritt.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/scan...

Precisely what Rick said! (pun intended)

🚨 I'm searching for a full-time research coordinator to join my group & work on precision brain 🧠 network and cognitive control projects at both 3T and 7T. Please rt 🙌 Applications due: Feb. 26 Start date: flexible, as early as June More 👇 #neuroskyence #PsychSciSky

🧠🪰 The adult Drosophila brain connectome now gives us a complete wiring diagram of ~140k neurons. But a wiring diagram alone isn’t understanding. How is this massive network organized? Our paper tackles that question by mapping community structure across the entire fly brain. 1/

Just provisionally accepted -- preprint updated | The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction | www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

In case you missed it yesterday - black Friday sale at www.brainedglass.com! Last chance for action potentials or custom brains in time for the holidays.

Exciting news! The CNS 2026 Schedule of Events is now available. Check out sessions, symposia, workshops, and more → cogneurosociety.org/schedule-of-... #CNS2026 #CognitiveNeuroscience @cogneuronews.bsky.social

🎤 Calling Multi-Echo fMRI Researchers 🎤 Preparing for OHBM? Get expert feedback before the deadline! 🌟 Tedana devs will possibly host a multi-echo meeting on Dec 8th to make sure your abstract is perfect for submission. Interested? DM me or other tedana devs! #neuroskyence #neuroimaging

Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization? @rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print): go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky 🧵👇

Hi! Official job ad posted here - for full consideration, please apply: apply.interfolio.com/175152

Our new paper is out now in Neuron! 🎉 With @vaibhavtripathi.bsky.social @maxwellelliott.bsky.social Joanna Ladopoulou, Wendy Sun, Mark Eldaief, and Randy Buckner Paper link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New work with @natalieebner.bsky.social @didemphlvngl.bsky.social et al. supported by the @srndna.bsky.social collaboration award: Dissociable brain activity for high-stakes deception detection in young and older adults: doi.org/10.1093/scan...

📢 My lab at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is considering graduate student applications this fall We welcome applicants interested in using computational modeling & fMRI to study social connection 🗓️ Deadline: December 1, 2025 🔗 Learn more: sinclaboratory.com/apply #comppsychiatry #socialneuro

‼️Academic job alert‼️ Our dept at Queen's University (Canada!) is looking to hire a TT assistant prof in clinical psychology... Applications due end of Sept! Re-posts very much appreciated www.queensu.ca/psychology/n...

Looking for @theabcdstudy.bsky.social fMRI timeseries data?It's all in the 6.0 data release, thanks to @drdamienfair.bsky.social and team at ABCC 🧠: docs.abcdstudy.org/latest/docum...

🚨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/...

Opening the calculator app to do 'basic' math so MATLAB and R (already open) don't judge me. 😅

10 years ago I started this project with a talented group of social and clinical psychologists (in training). A new co-author, multiple degrees, internships, jobs, children, moves, reviews, revisions, and re-analysis later we get to see this project in the wild: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Excited to share my first preprint investigating the feasibility and reliability of using precision RSFC in people with Parkinson’s disease! 🧠👇 📄: go.illinois.edu/PDfeasibility 🧵 Thread ⬇️ 1/12

Hundreds of employees at the EPA released a “Declaration of Dissent” today, accusing EPA officials of politicizing the agency and undermining its core mission to “protect human health and the environment.” scim.ag/4lB937S

bitch you did NOT just make me take the side of motherfucking springer

Truly horrified by this order in way that is deeper and darker than I have felt over many truly awful merits decisions.

Oh, this paywalled piece DOES blame the left, for making consequences clear, not the right for creating those consequences. Do not say "there is a giant sinkhole ahead" because it will be your fault for giving a warning that is scary, not the people who dug the sinkhole. bsky.app/profile/pale...

(5/5) 🚨 It’s time to flood the zone. NIH scientists just took a huge risk speaking out. Now it’s our turn. 📜 Read the Bethesda Declaration ✍️ Sign the Public Letter of Support 👯‍♀️Follow NIHers doing the work: @nihvigils.bsky.social Read and sign here 👉 www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec...

I just signed the public support letter for these NIH scientists. They are speaking up against a very large political current moving against them, and they need as much vocal support as is possible to garner.

Recently I (& @richardfbetzel.bsky.social et al.) asked how much does functional connectivity change (i.e., reconfigure) between rest and narrative movie-watching in young and older adults? And does that relate to how well people understood those narratives? Answers here: doi.org/10.1093/cerc...

"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants. Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."

BREAKING: A federal court ruled that our client Rümeysa Öztürk must be released on bail immediately. She will return home to New England as her case proceeds.

Pennsylvania could lose $973 million due to federal health research cuts. Visit scienceimpacts.org to learn more. scienceimpacts.org

A collection of modules, datasets, and other resources for learning to program in R, geared toward students in psychology and neuroscience: ritcheym.github.io/ppn/

BREAKING: The ACLU says the Trump administration has deported three U.S. citizen children.

I’m hiring! 👀 for a Lab Manager starting in June. Apply by May 2 for full consideration. More info on lab: agingwell.utdallas.edu Apply: jobs.utdallas.edu/postings/29116

Come say hello at #[email protected] Sat. 4/26 1:50-3PM P3-E-55 to hear whether reconfiguration of functional connectivity patterns between rest and passive viewing of richly contextualized social interactions relates to young and older adults' theory of mind performance.

Very excited for this special issue!

America’s Brightest Minds Will Walk Away www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...

Researchers at Annenberg and @umdscience.bsky.social show that proposed NIH funding cuts lead to an estimated $16 billion in economic loss and 68,000 jobs lost nationwide. Learn about their project and view the interactive map here:

🚨 BREAKING: I'm suing #RFKJr @ #HHS & #JayBhattacharya @ #NIH Canceling medical research grants threatens innovations benefiting ALL Americans, no matter your politics! 🇺🇸 Thanks to my lawyers @aclu.org @aclum.bsky.social @protectdemocracy.org & @cspi.bsky.social Long 🧵 on why I'm suing 👇 1/

BREAKING: We're suing the National Institutes of Health over their politically-motivated purge of research grants. This is an unlawful attack on scientific progress that puts lives at risk.

Proud to be a signatory of this statement from 1900 members of NASEM: We call on the administration to cease its wholesale assault on U.S. science, and we urge the public to join this call. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

BREAKING: We're sending an open letter to universities across the country, offering support and urging them to reject pressure to punish international students and faculty for exercising their First Amendment rights. Schools must hold firm against the Trump administration's censorship attempts.

If you’re at the Dallas Aging and Cognition conference, come check out my newest work on functional network reconfiguration and theory of mind! Poster session 2 4:15-6:15, B-8.