Sign in

Marcus Kaiser

@connectomelab.bsky.social
809 followers 310 following 59 posts

Leader neuroinformatics.org.uk | Computational Psychiatry | Computational Neurology | Author of 'Changing Connectomes' mitpress.mit.edu/9780262044615 www.dynamic-connectome.org

PostsRepliesMedia
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
2nd UK Theoretical Neuroscience Workshop December 18, 2026 City St George's, University of London dpinotsis.wixsite.com/uk-theoretic...
dpinotsis.wixsite.com
Home | UK Theoretical Neuro
030
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Very pleased to share our latest work, led by Prof. Jeyoung Jung: “Transcutaneous auricular Vagus nerve stimulation for working memory enhancement: A comparative study of electrical and ultrasound stimulation” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ultrasound #neuromodulation #cognition #zenbud
132
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Our two research challenges are now live on the Encode: AI for Science Challengescape - connecting bottlenecks with the AI talent that can solve them You can find our projects by filtering for 'Nottingham' encode-challengescape.pillar.vc Take a look and reach out if you could help...
encode-challengescape.pillar.vc
Encode: Challengescape
Encode: AI for Science - Challengescape
000
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Do you have 3+ years of postdoctoral experience and want to develop noninvasive interventions for schizophrenia? Contact me if you want to look into transcranial focused ultrasound or ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation at our N3 Neurotechnology Centre. www.mqmentalhealth.org/schizophreni...
032
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
While there are several novel interventions for mental health, including noninvasive brain stimulation, few make it into the UK healthcare system. Join the campaign to make more mental health treatments accessible in the NHS: mood-disorders.co.uk/parliament-c... #depression #tms #ultrasound
010
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I get a lot of spam from predatory journals, but this is really low effort:
021
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Great to be featured in the latest episode of FUS Forward regarding NeurGear's and our ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation research and development: Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0z8O... Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... NeurGear's Zenbud System: zenbud.health
open.spotify.com
Ep. 8 self experimentation
Spotify video
020
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Open PhD position in our lab: noninvasive ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation as an intervention for mental health conditions such as depression Deadline: Fri 9 Jan Apply here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
010
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Searching for a Christmas present for a #neuroscience, #psychology, or #NeuralNetworks researcher? You may consider 'Changing Connectomes: Evolution, Development, and Dynamics in Network Neuroscience' from @mitpress.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/books/changi...
071
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Happy to be involved in this research, led by my colleague Dr Jeyoung Jung: Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation enhances emotional bias towards happiness in healthy young adults: A comparative study of electrical and ultrasound stimulation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/
100
Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
marilyngatica.bsky.social @marilyngatica.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Excited to share that our paper is out in PLOS Computational Biology! 🚀 🔗 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol... Joining forces between two fantastic laboratories @nplab.bsky.social @connectomelab.bsky.social 🔥
journals.plos.org
Understanding the high-order network plasticity mechanisms of ultrasound neuromodulation
Author summary Transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) offers a non-invasive approach to modulating brain activity, holding promise for treating psychiatric and neurological disorders. Despite its p...
073
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Join us as PhD student using noninvasive ultrasound neuromodulation on the project 'Reducing pain reactivity for children in the Emergency Department using non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation' Find more information at midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/applications... #ultrasound #neuromodulation #Zenbud
midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk
2026 Projects - Midlands Mental Health and Neurosciences PhD Programme
012
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Good to see so many Nottingham researchers at the @brainbox-init.bsky.social neuromodulation meeting! A great meeting with ideas that we can bring home to our N3 neurotechnology centre www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-... #tus #tms #tacs
050
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
New: Zenbud ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation sham device cannot be distinguished from active device www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15... We are now performing sham-controlled studies to observe cognitive and physiological effects... #ultrasound #vagusnerve #neuromodulation @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
010
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Interesting to see that the UK is number 2 worldwide (after the USA) in terms of consumer neurotech employment, number of companies, and funding deals... From Peter Schlecht's neurotech report at gppi.net/assets/Hensi...
150
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Great to see that the next generation of NeurGear's Zenbud ultrasound vagus nerve stimulator is now on sale! First results show reductions in anxiety (neuro.jmir.org/2025/1/e69770 ). Find out more about the device here: zenbud.health/pages/anxiety
120
Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
Rodrigo Braga @rodbraga.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🚨 New Preprint 🚨 Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects By Cyr et al. *** Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES? A: Yes! 🧵:
18037
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Are you a registered healthcare professional searching for a PhD position? Using Zenbud #ultrasound #vagusnerve stimulation, the PhD position with me and Ben Marson is about 'Reducing pain reactivity for children in Emergency Departments' midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/uon-students...
121
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
We attended the London Great Exhibition Road festival over the weekend and 250+ people tried our Zenbud vagus nerve stimulation device! One person suffering from anxiety/depression even came back on day 2 bringing a friend... www.zenbud.health #ultrasound #neuromodulation #vagusnerve #ExRdFest
140
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Our N3 Centre for Neurotechnology, Neuromodulation, and Neurotherapeutics has officially launched at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social #neuromodulation #imaging #focusedultrasound @fusfoundation.bsky.social www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/centre-...
052
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
30 April deadline approaching! Last chance to apply...
023
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Last chance to apply! Deadline: Monday 7 April...
011
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Nice comparison of ultrasound and temporal interference stimulation in Table 3: www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul... Ultrasound blinding option that is not mentioned is ventricle stimulation: doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
041
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Join our lab for a year with the 'AI for Precision Neuromodulation' fellowship project! Find out more at: encode.pillar.vc/projects/neu...
encode.pillar.vc
ARIA Opportunity Space: Scalable Neural Interfaces
032
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
My Brainbox webinar talk that I gave yesterday on Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation is now online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ3E... @brainbox-neuro.bsky.social
youtube.com
Changing Connectomes: Improved Cognition Through Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation
YouTube video by Brainbox Ltd
054
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Postdoctoral fellowship on developing human closed-loop noninvasive ultrasound and magnetic stimulation is now available! Find out more and apply here: jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Research Associate/ Fellow (fixed term)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a brain stimulation Research Associate within the School of Medicine, Academic Unit, Mental Health and Clinical Neurosciences.  As part of an MRC programme grant...
001
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I am very happy to share our latest work, led by C. Atkinson-Clement, C. Petkov, and M. Kaiser, on the temporal dynamics of brain changes following ultrasound stimulation in the rhesus monkey. A huge thanks to all the team for making this work possible. doi.org/10.1016/j.cr... 1/5
162
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
short video summary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aeD...
youtube.com
Survey Highlights Preference for Non-Invasive Treatments Over Medication in Mental Health Care
YouTube video by Medical Dialogues
001
Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
Konrad Kording @kordinglab.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
If we could record all neurons we still would not know how they communicate: medium.com/@kording/628...
medium.com
Would recording all neurons reveal their interactions?
For years, I was captivated by the idea that if we could record the activity of every neuron in the brain, we’d eventually crack the code…
1115040
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Our press release about the results is now online here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/patient...
nottingham.ac.uk
News - Patients with mental health conditions would favour non-invasive interventions over medication, finds a new survey - University of Nottingham
A new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that patients who need treatment for neurological and mental health disorders, would favour non-invasive neuromodulation interven...
032
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
We are soon starting our 5-year MRC programme grant on novel noninvasive ultrasound or magnetic stimulation for brain and mental health (see press release below). Watch out for our job advertisement for a postdoctoral fellow in neuromodulation later on... www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/new-res...
nottingham.ac.uk
News - New research will lead to improved brain function for patients with a range of mental health conditions - University of Nottingham
Experts at the University of Nottingham have received £2.4m in funding to develop new noninvasive brain stimulation interventions for patients with a wide range of conditions including depression, sch...
041
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
A chance to join our Centre for Neurotechnology, Neuromodulation, and Neurotherapeutics by applying for a Newton postdoctoral fellowship from the Royal Society. If you are interested in 11.7T human MRI, OPM-MEG, noninvasive neuromodulation (e.g. focused ultrasound), or mental health let us know...
010
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Our survey article on how public and patients perceive interventions for brain and mental health, from implants and drugs to noninvasive focused ultrasound, is now published! doi.org/10.1038/s415... @fusfoundation.bsky.social @itrusst.bsky.social @brainbox-neuro.bsky.social
054
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
PhD position available for healthcare professionals on 'Mechanisms of action of ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation in generalised anxiety disorder' midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/project/2025...
001
Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
Owen Muir, M.D., DFAACAP, FCTMSS @owenmuir.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Why do we have so many medical drugs and so few medical devices in outpatient mental health? And explanation. open.substack.com/pub/thefront...
open.substack.com
This Medical Device Went to Market...
And the rest languished. A brief history.
022
Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
Simon Eickhoff @sbe.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
The limiting factor for MRI based prediction of behavioral traits may be neither the imaging nor the pipeline or learning algorith but rather the reliability of the target phenotypes Thought provoking work my Martin Gell et al: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
nature.com
How measurement noise limits the accuracy of brain-behaviour predictions - Nature Communications
Our ability to identify associations between behaviour and brain imaging is important for uncovering markers of cognition and disease. Here, the authors illustrate the importance of the reliability of...
218177
Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
Rick Betzel @richardfbetzel.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New paper in press! A simulated annealing algorithm for randomizing weighted networks | www.nature.com/articles/s43...
nature.com
A simulated annealing algorithm for randomizing weighted networks - Nature Computational Science
This study proposes an algorithm for generating randomized networks that preserve the weighted degree sequence. The procedure outperforms standard rewiring algorithms and extends to multiple network t...
0185
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The fully formatted article is now available at doi.org/10.1016/j.br...
doi.org
Redirecting
110
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
What parameters enhance or suppress brain function for online and offline focussed ultrasound stimulation? Find out from our review: 'Neuromodulation with Ultrasound: Hypotheses on the Directionality of Effects and a Community Resource' doi.org/10.7554/eLif... @elife.bsky.social
152
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The article on ventricle ultrasound stimulation as a gold-standard control condition is now in press at Brain Stimulation. Brilliant work led and initiated by my colleague Dr JeYoung Jung: doi.org/10.1016/j.br... @fusfoundation.bsky.social
011
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Searching for a Christmas present for a #neuroscience, #psychology, or #NeuralNetworks researcher? You may consider 'Changing Connectomes: Evolution, Development, and Dynamics in Network Neuroscience' from @mitpress.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026204461...
050
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Our latest research is now online, unravelling the dynamic of ultrasound stimulation on the human brain! How does functional connectivity change after #TUS and how is this linked to cognitive changes? doi.org/10.1038/s415... 1/5
150
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
My Foresight seminar talk on improving mental health through neuromodulation is now online! Possibly the only neurotech talk with a 'Breaking Bad' slide in there? www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhQ1...
youtube.com
Marcus Kaiser | Improving Cognition in Mental Health through Noninvasive Ultrasound Neuromodulation
YouTube video by Foresight Institute
061
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Big batch of Zenbud noninvasive ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation devices have just arrived! Don’t tell participants, but half are sham/control group devices :-) #neurgear #neuromodulation #ultrasound zenbud.health
050
Reposted by Marcus Kaiser
Miriam Klein-Flügge 🧠 @mkflugge.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I really recommend you follow these people, they do awesome work e.g. @jsallet.bsky.social @keith-murphy.bsky.social @efouragnan.bsky.social @lennartverhagen.bsky.social @connectomelab.bsky.social @andrewstrohman.bsky.social @epanlab.bsky.social @noahsphilipmd.bsky.social
141
Marcus Kaiser @connectomelab.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
PhD position available on ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation for generalised anxiety disorder with co-supervisors Paul Briley and Mohammad Katshu midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/project/2025... Applicants must be healthcare professionals... @NeurGear #ultrasound #neuromodulation @UKFUSFoundation
midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk
2025 Marcus Kaiser - Midlands Mental Health and Neurosciences PhD Programme
Mechanisms of action of ultrasound vagus nerve stimulation in generalised anxiety disorder
010