Reposted by Deanna GreeneFlux Society @fluxsociety.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Congratulations to Brenden Tervo-Clemmens, recipient of the Flux Society 2026 Young Investigator Award! Brenden’s work advances precision neuroimaging in developmental cognitive neuroscience. Read more: buff.ly/sJUFglL #Flux2026 #DCN 0144
Reposted by Deanna GreeneFlux Society @fluxsociety.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Congratulations to Theodore D. Satterthwaite, recipient of the Flux Society 2026 Linda Spear Mid-Career Award! Ted’s work advances multimodal neuroimaging to understand brain development, psychiatric illness, and reproducible neuroscience. Read more: buff.ly/QQeZUM5 #Flux2026 #DCNbuff.ly 3356
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Remarkable stability in functional brain networks over time! 0113
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Check out Eric's new paper! Eran Zaidel would have loved it. A causal role for the posterior corpus callosum in bimanual coordination | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgA causal role for the posterior corpus callosum in bimanual coordination | PNASInterareal communication is crucial for coordinated brain function. Given the largely contralateral organization of the brain, bimanual coordinatio... 040
Reposted by Deanna GreeneEvan Gordon @gordonneuro.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I always assumed that brain function had to line up with cytoarchitectonics. It turns out I was wrong. Human cortex, especially PFC, is tiled by chains of functional patches that subdivide and interlink architectonic areas into parallel processing streams. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... 14234122
Reposted by Deanna GreeneMeike van der Heijden @meikeesther.bsky.social · 24/04/2026So if you ever run into a nursing mom at a conference. Get her something nice: A coffee A water A glass of wine A cookie with lots of chocolate Tell her her hair looks nice and her outfit looks fire Thank you 3165
Reposted by Deanna GreeneJianxun Ren @jianxunren.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Thrilled to announce our new paper in @natneuro.nature.com! We managed the impossible: precision functional mapping during #DBS, with 11.7h fMRI/patient. Selective DBS-induced deactivations in the SCAN, building on our recent @nature.com paper. nature.com/articles/s41... @ndosenbach.bsky.social 13617
Reposted by Deanna Greenecjl2007.bsky.social @cjl2007.bsky.social · 12/02/2026🚨 New preprint: Objective Quality Assessment for Precision fMRI Precision functional mapping (PFM) enables individual-level brain network studies — but demands more, and better, data. We introduce an objective framework to determine when a dataset truly supports interpretable, replicable PFM. 13517
Reposted by Deanna GreeneEvan Gordon @gordonneuro.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I’m very excited about this new work describing the specific cortical-striatal circuits that are altered in Parkinson’s Disease and that should be targeted for optimal PD treatment. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 14825
Reposted by Deanna GreeneBenjamin Kay @benjaminkay.bsky.social · 24/12/2025This is your brain on Ritalin. Got your attention? Stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) do, but not in the way you might think. They don't act directly on the brain’s attention systems! Find out what's really happening in @cellpress.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.ce... 1626990
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 21/11/2025This is cool: www.nature.com/articles/s41... And featured here: interestingengineering.com/innovation/t... #neuroskyence #compneuronature.comArtificial transneurons emulate neuronal activity in different areas of brain cortex - Nature CommunicationsThe noisy dynamics of biological neurons is vital for cognition, but artificial neurons failed to replicate it. Here, the authors show that neurons built with diffusive memristors can emulate the bala... 061
Reposted by Deanna GreeneCaterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Why 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 🧵👇go.illinois.eduDense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRIThe advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog... 18246
Reposted by Deanna GreeneLucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social · 06/09/2025That’s a wrap! Thanks for a great #Flux2025 meeting, Dublin 🧠 @fluxsociety.bsky.social 0302
Reposted by Deanna GreeneJessica Church Lang @church-lang.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Very happy to have gotten to work with @deannajgreene.bsky.social and Steve Petersen on this article in Neuropsychopharmacology: "Considerations for conducting dev neuroimaging research on mental health topics". Hopefully trainees and clinicians will find it useful! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comConsiderations for conducting developmental neuroimaging research on mental health topics - NeuropsychopharmacologyNeuropsychopharmacology - Considerations for conducting developmental neuroimaging research on mental health topics 041
Reposted by Deanna GreeneLucina Uddin @lucinauddin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025The APC at @imagingneurosci.bsky.social is now only $1400! Keep the great submissions coming 🧠 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social 0263
Reposted by Deanna GreeneDr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Margaret Sheridan inspires us all with reflections and insights at her Linda Spear mid-career award talk 👏 Reminding us of the incredible growth and value of our field! #flux2025 @fluxsociety.bsky.social 1274
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Great flash talk this morning Sarah! Check out her poster today. #flux2025 @fluxsociety.bsky.social 030
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Here we go Fluxers! #flux2025 @fluxsociety.bsky.social 0100
Reposted by Deanna GreeneDr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Eveline Crone gives thoughtful opening remarks at @fluxsociety.bsky.social - thanking all the organizers and also acknowledging our challenging times. Very excited for the next 3 days of developmental cognitive neuroscience in Dublin! #flux2025 092
Reposted by Deanna GreenebioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 24/08/2025α-Synuclein driven cell susceptibility in Parkinson's disease www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 012
Reposted by Deanna GreeneDamien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 10/08/2025I still get chills Meet Mike *30+ years severe depression *first hospitalized @ 13y *20 meds *3 rounds of ECT *2 near-fatal suicide attempts Mike felt joy for the first time in decades after we turned on his new brain pacemaker or PACE see videos, read paper, follow thread doi.org/10.31234/osf... 16390136
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Can we run a child version of the Midnight Scan Club? Not at midnight, of course, but turns out we can! We collected large amounts of resting-state fMRI data from individual kids, and show high reliability with increasing amounts of data and individual variability. Check it out! 1226
Reposted by Deanna GreeneThomas Yeo @bttyeo.bsky.social · 17/07/20251/11 Excited to share our @Naturestudy led by @leonooi.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social @shaoshiz.bsky.social AI performance is known to scale with logarithm of sample size (Kaplan 2020), but in many domains, sample size can be # participants or # measurements... doi.org/10.1038/s415... 317182
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 19/06/2025My lab is hiring a research coordinator/assistant! If you or someone you know is interested in developmental cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging (MRI, EEG), clinical populations (specifically children with Tourette syndrome), and brain networks, check it out: employment.ucsd.edu/staff-resear...employment.ucsd.eduStaff Research Associate I - 135608Apply for Staff Research Associate I - 135608 position at UC San Diego in La Jolla, California on https://employment.ucsd.edu/ 073
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 16/05/2025For Tourette syndrome awareness month, think about your understanding of Tourette and tic disorders. Most people don't know much about these disorders even though they are quite prevalent. Learn more at tourette.org/about-touret... and tics.wustl.edu 032
Reposted by Deanna GreeneRoselyne Chauvin @roselynechauvin.bsky.social · 12/04/2025It turns out the brain🧠is silently🤫working when your arm is in a cast. 🩼 🚧 Plastic changes occur, and revert again when the cast is removed … not just in cortex. 23011
Reposted by Deanna GreeneEvan Gordon @gordonneuro.bsky.social · 10/04/2025@samkrimmelneuro.bsky.social shows the utility of Precision Functional Mapping deep into the brainstem! The red nucleus turns out to be much more potentially interesting for cognitive neuroscience than anyone thought, including connectivity to the Somato-Cognitive Action Network. 0116
Reposted by Deanna GreeneMike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 03/03/2025I think this hasn't gotten as much attention as it should. Please look at this Executive Order, read what it says about grants, and think about what this means for scientific grants. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govImplementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency InitiativeBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. 610053
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 06/03/2025It continues to get worse. We can’t breathe a sigh of relief because it isn’t MY grant. We all risk being on the chopping block. Not even to mention the severe detriment to science, society, etc. 😢 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grantsStudies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature. 1103
Reposted by Deanna GreeneAlt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 27/02/2025This is a straight ban on purchasing at #NIH — for cancer trials, treating patients, and developing cures. @chrislhayes.bsky.social Almost all purchases at NIH are made on govt credit cards. It’s clear what’s happening: Trump/Musk are blowing up the govt using devious… 1/ www.forbes.com/sites...forbes.comTrump Places Freeze On Federal Credit Cards In Newest DOGE Executive OrderThe order gives the Department of Government Efficiency more power over federal funds and spending practices. 7212122
Reposted by Deanna GreenePombeDoc @pombedoc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025The Atlantic story on the situation at NIH is sobering. We are so screwed. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...theatlantic.comInside the Collapse at NIHAdministration officials pressured NIH to avoid clear advice from the agency’s own lawyers to restart grant funding now. 12231133
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Predictably, it keeps getting worse www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...whitehouse.govImplementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Cost Efficiency InitiativeBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. 101
Reposted by Deanna GreeneJonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Inspired by @juliedgolomb.bsky.social I spent 15 minutes explaining research budgets and indirect costs to my lab meeting today, here's how I did it (1/4) 1303
Reposted by Deanna GreeneEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/02/2025A Direct Hit, by @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/full/10.... "This is a moment to unite." 24899375
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Great resource! What will be the cost to the country for all those unemployed as a result of these cuts 174
Reposted by Deanna GreeneDr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Tell me how else to interpret this other than as an attack on universities. Cutting IDCs to 15% would be catastrophic. Many research costs can’t be charged directly to grants, and indirects help (but still don’t fully cover). @altnih4science.bsky.social grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...grants.nih.govNOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost RatesNIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD 0151
Reposted by Deanna GreeneEv Fedorenko @evfedorenko.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Our language neuroscience lab (evlab.mit.edu) is looking for a new lab manager/FT RA to start in the summer. Apply here: tinyurl.com/3r346k66 We'll start reviewing apps in early Mar. (Unfortunately, MIT does not sponsor visas for these positions, but OPT works.)evlab.mit.eduEvLabOur research aims to understand how the language system works and how it fits into the broader landscape of the human mind and brain. 03020
Deanna Greene @deannajgreene.bsky.social · 28/01/2025OMFG www.cnn.com/2025/01/27/p...cnn.comAll federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House | CNN PoliticsThe White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday. 110
Reposted by Deanna GreeneHolden Thorp @holdenthorp.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I tried to write about what we’re going through. Hang in there, everyone. open.substack.com/pub/holdenth...open.substack.comIt makes sense to be anxious.We can navigate the drama at the NIH (and now NSF), but there's no use in pretending there aren't a lot of frightening and maddening unknowns 39725
Reposted by Deanna GreeneNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 12/01/2025“‘It’s very easy to assume that science is going to change organically towards equality — and what this study shows is that that’s not happening…It is an ‘important reminder for us that we need to stay vigilant in working towards equality in science’” @crsugimoto.bsky.social 🧪 #AcademicSky 👩🏽🔬nature.comWho’s quitting academia? Data reveal gender gaps in surprising fieldsEven in scientific areas in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years. 14430191
Reposted by Deanna GreeneNature Reviews Neuroscience @natrevneuro.nature.com · 17/01/2025The brain’s action-mode network — a Perspective by Nico U. F. Dosenbach, Marcus E. Raichle & Evan M. Gordon @ndosenbach.bsky.social @gordonneuro.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe brain’s action-mode network - Nature Reviews NeuroscienceThe brain enters an action-mode of function during goal-directed behaviour. In this Perspective, Dosenbach, Raiche and Gordon describe “action-mode” as an informative functional label that reduce... 06927
Reposted by Deanna GreeneCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 15/03/2024Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text. “In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “ 962205802
Reposted by Deanna GreeneImaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 10/01/2025New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Julia Moser, Damien A. Fair, et al: Multi-echo acquisition and thermal denoising advances precision functional imaging direct.mit.edu/imag/article... 0268
Reposted by Deanna GreeneNico Dosenbach @ndosenbach.bsky.social · 02/01/2025The brain’s action-mode is created by a dedicated action-mode network (AMN) rdcu.be/d5odm. In the brain’s mode continuum, AMN sits opposite DMN’s default-mode, as yin-yang. AMN might be key in pain, apathy, Parkinson’s. New @natrevneurosci.bsky.social w/ Marc Raichle & @gordonneuro.bsky.social 🧵 ⬇️ 414564