We think of white matter as the highways of the brain. But when we followed development along those highways, we were surprised. The journey is more complex than we thought. My final PhD paper, “Two Axes of White Matter Development”, is now out in @natcomms.nature.com! 🛣️🧠✨ 🔗 bit.ly/wm2axes

🚨 New Paper: Controlling the Human Connectome with Spatially Diffuse Input Signals Now in press at Communications Biology! www.nature.com/articles/s42...

The strongest version of this illusion I’ve seen! Absolute head-wrecker!

Longitudinal quantitative streamline tractography: robust estimation of white matter connectivity differences | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Interested in cortical wave dynamics? Check out our review on the physics, physiology, and psychology of cortical waves led by J Cruddas with @jchrispang.bsky.social, out now in @cp-neuron.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Traveling waves. Your brain has them. There must be a reason. Cortical traveling waves in time and space: Physics, physiology, and psychology www.cell.com/neuron/abstr... #neuroscience

📢Maths in the Brain Workshop 2026 in Melbourne. We will bring together researchers across Australia with a shared interest in understanding the brain from a quantitative perspective. This year's keynote is delivered by Professor James Cole, University College London. 1/4🧵

The extended version of my thesis procrastination project/subcortex visualization package is out now in both Python and R, now that I’ve graduated 🤠 This figure shows the 9 atlases included (and counting)! Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Website: anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...

Our latest preprint on how regional cellular, molecular, and other forms of heterogeneity shape macroscopic wave dynamics is now out: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... For a full thread, see: x.com/_victorbarne...

Paper alert: Our study led by @evapillai.bsky.social and @sudimukherjee.bsky.social showing that mechanical properties of the #brain actively shape the molecular landscape during development and #axonpathfinding is finally out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... @pdncambridge.bsky.social @fau.de @MPZPM

Very happy to see this last thesis paper in press @natcomms.nature.com! We combine intracranial EEG with multimodal MRI to study how interregional similarity in neurophysiology relates to different network scales ⚡ 🧠 Full story 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

An effective trick I somehow forget but pleasantly rediscover every grant I write: "Walk and talk" ideas through to organize and shape thoughts; return home to transcribe and sift through. Makes the day much more fun than continuous keyboarding.

A major part of our future health & prosperity lies in medical research. There are billions of available dollars that can be used for vital medical science. Please join the campaign for our government to act urgently to fully disperse these funds: aamri.org.au/mrff/ www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

**Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization** New paper I anticipate will become a classic in neuroscience and a must-read for students at all levels. Understanding brain function beyond brain areas. #neuroskyence www.nature.com/articles/s41...

netneurotools: a trainee-oriented approach to network neuroscience | doi.org/10.1101/2025... Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging ⤵️

🧠New preprint! What if cortical geometry alone already encodes much of white-matter organization? We introduce a subject-specific, reversible cortical folding model that unfolds and refolds the brain from a single T1w MRI; no diffusion, no ML. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨new work with the dream team @danakarca.bsky.social @loopyluppi.bsky.social @fatemehhadaeghi.bsky.social @stuartoldham.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

OMG check out the venue for this excellent workshop.

Come and join our team! We are looking for a Research Officer to help with recruitment and assessment on a large-scale human brain imaging study: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

My very normal, by the book presentation from this years OHBM is now available. So if you weren't at OHBM, were there but happened to miss it, or if you did see it and just want to relive it all over again, here is your chance :) I'm quite fond of this one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP86...

🎉 The OHBM 2025 Annual Meeting content is now LIVE on our YouTube channel! Catch up on the Talairach lecture, keynotes, symposia, educational courses, and oral sessions—all available to watch anytime. ➡️Watch here: www.youtube.com/c/organizati... #OHBM2025 #OHBM #Neuroimaging #BrainMapping

Check out our latest paper, led by Jason Kim, out now in Nature Communications‼️🧠

🔥🔥The Program for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now Available!!! 🔥🔥 We have an incredible line up of confirmed speakers! Commuter registrations are still available, but places are limited. Check the website for details: www.monash.edu/turner-insti...

Nice cerebellum development paper 👀 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

What are the most important aspects of a job talk for an assistant professor? 👀 Mine include: 1. Understandable to the (general) audience 2. Generate a sense of excitement 3. Clear sense of future directions Usually these things work better when there’s not too much crammed in.

Navigate the rise and fall of research topics over five decades using The Transmitter's interactive map, which is based on a semantic analysis of nearly 350,000 abstracts in leading neuroscience journals. Explore more: www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/p... #neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience

Axonal pathfinding of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells forms the optic nerve. Credit to Dr. Matthew Bostock @houartlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...

In case anyone is interested, I've put that animation I made of brain development from 21-40 weeks GA on YouTube for your enjoyment/reference🤰👶🧠 Now you don't need to go to that other place anymore to find it 😁 youtu.be/C20GQ5CtVt0 Plus the code is now up! github.com/StuartJO/Fet...

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Chirag Mehra, Jonathan O’Muircheartaigh, et al: Zero-phase-delay synchrony between interacting neural populations: implications for functional connectivity-derived biomarkers doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Happy to share our review "Investigating hierarchical critical periods in human neurodevelopment” in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We examine neurobiological, environmental & behavioral evidence for human critical periods in sensory and association cortex +discuss new research directions rdcu.be/eMkVU 🧵

👀 Morphogenesis and morphometry of brain folding patterns across species | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Our School is recruiting! Come and join a great team @MonashUni careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo... careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

does brain connectivity drive spread of pathological proteins in Alzheimer’s disease? ✨ preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... if the question intrigues you, please read on 🧵⤵️

📢 OHBM Australia 2025 Updates! 🖼️ Poster abstract submissions open until Oct 20 👉 Submit here: ohbm-aus.github.io/posts/2025-a... 🏆 Award nominations are now open! 🎖️ Early Career Researcher Award 🌟 Emerging Leadership Award 🗓️ Due by Oct 20 👉 ohbm-aus.github.io/posts/call-f...

Excited to share that our work introducing the Reproducible Brain Charts (RBC) data resource is now published in Neuron!! 🎉 📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH... 🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io

Interested in the mechanisms shaping the extraordinary complexity of the connectome? Then check out our new preprint, lead by Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture: biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Full thread here: tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73

Don't forget! Abstracts due Sept 22 📝 Don’t miss out!

⏰ Don’t forget – The OHBM Australia Chapter 2025 Annual Meeting is coming up! 📍 Melbourne 📅 Wednesday, Nov 12, 2025 Abstract submissions close soon (September 15th 5pm)!!😮 📢 Register to secure your place today! ohbm-aus.github.io/posts/2025-a...

🔥ATTENTION!🔥 Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open! Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns. Details: tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6 Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...

Hands down, this video is **the best educational video** I’ve ever seen on YouTube. Content and animations aside, the sound design by itself is a piece of art 🤯 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGLN...

🚨🚨🚨 Don't forget our annual meeting is coming up! Registration and abstract submission is open!🚨🚨🚨

New findings help to explain why it has been so challenging to predict brain signaling from the connectome alone. By Holly Barker #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/connectome/w...

Excellent new review by @claireocallaghan.bsky.social on how noradrenaline drives learning across multiple scales of neurobiological organization - from cells to networks www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

Excited to share the latest preprint from the lab: Rethinking scale in network neuroscience: Contributions and opportunities at the nanoscale We argue that there’s a natural compatibility of network neuroscience tools with synapse-resolved connectomes. arxiv.org/abs/2508.16760

New paper🥳 🧠 In TLE, brain changes go beyond the temporal lobe & beyond normal aging. Our ENIGMA study (769 patients, 18 sites) found widespread gray & white matter decline, especially after 55. By Judy Chen and a terrific intl' team Time for earlier diagnosis & deeper research bit.ly/3HRYeQt

✨✨ We are excited to announce the OHBM Australian Chapter 2025 Annual Meeting! 🧠🇦🇺 📢 Abstract submissions & registration now OPEN (abstract submission closes September 15th at 5pm) 📍 Melbourne 🏙️☕ 📅 Wednesday, November 12, 2025 ohbm-aus.github.io/posts/2025-a... We hope to see you there! 🤩

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Vincent Bazinet, Zhen-Qi Liu and Bratislav Misic: The effect of spherical projection on spin tests for brain maps doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

✨ New paper ✨ in JAMA Pediatrics! We discuss how understanding the timing ⏰ of stressful events relative to neurodevelopment can help us better identify risk factors (looking backward) and predict future psychopathology (looking forward) at the individual level #neuroskyence #devpsych #PsychSciSky