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Desmond Oathes, PhD

@desmondoathes.bsky.social
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Brain zapping since 2003 | Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Psychiatry | TMS/fMRI, depression, anxiety, PTSD, cognitive neuroscience 🏃🏻🏕🛵✈️

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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Looking for a data analyst with good MRI skills and coding background 💻🧠👩‍🔧. Sorry but visa sponsorship isn't an option. Kindly re-post! Apply here: wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/u...
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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Deadline Approaching! The ACNP 65th Annual Meeting is January 10-13, 2027, in San Diego, California. 🌞 The application deadline is June 5, 2026, at 5:00pm Central. Click Here for More Details ➡️tinyurl.com/mhwrmhzu
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Not sure if I should bother posting speakers in our series here, too. Many still on X or just follow me on LinkedIn. What do you say? …Btw, we have a speaker today.
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This week our speaker will be @alekseichuk.bsky.social Ivan Alekseichuk whose talk is titled, "Electrophysiological basis and state-controlled applications of Transcranial Brain Stimulation" on Wed, March 18, 1:30PM EST. DM me your email if not on our list for the zoom link.
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Brad Postle @bradpostle.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
attending @cogneuronews.bsky.social 2026? Check out these posters from @jocn.bsky.social Travel Fellows: Adithya Anil, Indian Institute of Technology "Toward Translational Mechanisms of Learned Helplessness: Linking Behavior, Computation, and Neural Modulation" D123 Mon am
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Next week our speaker will be Fausto Caruana speaking on, "Laughter: cracking the code with invasive techniques" Wednesday, March 11, 1:30pm EST. DM me your email if not on our list for the zoom link. Hope to see you! 🧠 😆
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
150th! speaker Wed, Mar 4, 1:30pm EST will be the amazing @valeriejsydnor.bsky.social speaking on "Neuroimaging of plasticity in the developing human brain: Implications for plasticity-informed interrogation of brain stimulation" at the usual zoom. DM me your email if not on our list for the link.
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Neuromatch @neuromatch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Applications for Neuromatch and Climatematch Academy 2026 are open for students and Teaching Assistants. Don’t wait; the 15 March deadline is coming fast! Don’t miss your chance. Start your application today. ➡️ Apply now: portal.neuromatchacademy.org/sign-in ➡️ Learn more: neuromatch.io/courses/
Student and Teaching Assistant applications close 15 March!
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Tomorrow, Jan 7, 1:30PM EST, we have the pleasure of hosting @efouragnan.bsky.social for our virtual speaker series speaking on "Improving decision making by inducing neuroplasticity with low intensity focused ultrasound" at the usual Zoom. DM me your email if not on our list for the link.
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Happening today, Dec 17, 1:30PM EST. Hope to see you.
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Join us Wed, Dec 17, 1:30PM EST for a talk by Joel Voss titled, "Stimulating adventures in episodic memory" at the usual zoom link. DM your email address if not on our list for the link.
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The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🚀 It’s time! The OHBM 2026 Call for Content & Call for Reviewers is officially OPEN. ✨ Don’t forget: submissions are hosted on our streamlined platform, Oxford Abstracts. ⏰ Deadline: December 15, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST, USA Submit today and help shape the scientific program for #OHBM2026 in Bordeaux!
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The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The OHBM Executive Office is hard at work getting ready for OHBM 2026 in Bordeaux. Preparation is well underway for an inspiring meeting in a truly historic city. Join us June 14–18, 2026 Learn more about our visit by clicking the link in the comments. #OHBM2026 #BrainMapping
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Really flattered by invites to co-submit abstracts to #OHBM2026 with scientists whose work I greatly admire. Here's hoping to see you in Bordeaux @ohbmofficial.bsky.social !
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Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · 13/06/2025
Autism is associated with inflexibility of brain dynamics. Watanabe and Yamasue show that TMS over the right superior parietal lobule while the brain is ‘stuck’ in a certain state reduces this rigidity and relieves various autistic traits. @takamitsuw.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Noninvasive reduction of neural rigidity alters autistic behaviors in humans - Nature Neuroscience
Autism is associated with inflexibility of brain dynamics. Watanabe and Yamasue show that TMS over the right superior parietal lobule while the brain is ‘stuck’ in a certain state reduces this rigidit...
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Us : “We need 50 patients to find the effect.” NIH: “Cool, here’s the award.” NIH Post Trump: “Actually we’re taking back some of your money.” Us: “Ok, that means we can only get 46 patients.” NIH: “That’s bad. If you can’t prove that 46 is enough to find the effect, you lose.”
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Today, Nov 26, 130PM EST --
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Sarah Garfinkel @sarahgarf.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
** Recruiting a postdoc ** We are looking for a postdoc to work on emotion, mental health, and interoception, based in London at @ucl.ac.uk in my lab (Clinical and Affective Neuroscience). Part of a large Wellcome Grant (co-led with the brilliant @camillanord.bsky.social)
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Ted Satterthwaite @ted-satterthwaite.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
#PenNLINC is recruiting a clinical coordinator / lab manager!!! Looking for someone who is good with both people + code, wants to learn to acquire + analyze imaging data. Alumni in this role have written 1st author papers + gone to top grad programs. Website: www.pennlinc.io Job: bit.ly/4ojvCir
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neuroimaging | Satterthwaite Lab | UPenn
www.satterthwaitelab.com Homepage for Satterthwaite lab neuroimaging | neurodevelopment | adolescence | psychiatry | machine learning | network science
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Is there no intelligence left in the government? 🤷
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) | GLAAD
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. You can read m...
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Stuff your mind before you stuff the turkey! @mlueckel.bsky.social will present at our virtual speaker series Wed, Nov 26, 130pm EST on "From heuristics to precision neuromodulation – and back". If not on our list, DM me your email for the link.
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
I’m not a giant in neuroscience but I’m a giant…in neuroscience
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
1st day swag + heard some great talks
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Come see our mini symposium, rm 6CF , 2-430pm today (Sun) @sfn.org !
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Josh Brown, MD, PhD from McLean/Harvard Med will be our speaker this Wed, Oct 29, 1:30PM EST talking on, "Translating Synaptic Mechanisms of TMS into Clinical Improvements and Novel Protocols" at the usual Zoom link. DM me your email if not on the list for the link.
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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Apply TODAY for the ACNP Early-Stage Investigator Assistance Program! ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: Jan. 12-15, 2026, Atlantis Paradise Island Resort. You must already have an in-person invite or be registered to attend the meeting in person to apply. tinyurl.com/ctck8yjn 🌴
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
In better news, amazing @rubykong92.bsky.social will present in our virtual speaker series tomorrow, Wed Oct 15. The time will switch to 8am EST to accommodate her time zone. Title: "Individual-Specific Brain Parcellations For Brain Stimulation." DM me your email if not on our list for the link.
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Crushing news... nolanrwilliams.com
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Nolan Williams, M.D.
Nolan Williams, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab.
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
To allow a big timezone difference, our virtual speaker series next week will be Wed October 15 at 8am EST starring @rubykong92.bsky.social . The title will be: "Individual-specific brain parcellations for brain stimulation." DM me your email if you aren't already on our list for the Zoom link.
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Please join us Wed, Oct 8, 130-230PM EST for @loliver4.bsky.social (Lindsay Oliver) speaking on "Targeting Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Social Cognitive Impairments in Schizophrenia Using Personalized Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation" at the usual Zoom. DM your email if you need the link.
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Next week, Wed Oct 1 at the usual time (1:30PM EST) and zoom link, we'll host Miriam Klein-Flügge @mkflugge.bsky.social speaking on "Computation, neuromodulation and mental health relationships in affective decision-making." DM me your email if not on our list for the link. Hope to see you then.
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Carien van Reekum @carien.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Great to be part of this effort, led by Joaquim Radua, @drhannahsavage.bsky.social and Miquel Fullana, among other www.nature.com/articles/s41... #neuroskyence #neurosci #affectsci
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Neural correlates of human fear conditioning and sources of variability in 2199 individuals - Nature Communications
A large brain imaging study of over 2000 people worldwide shows that fear conditioning engages brain regions linked to emotion and attention, with differences in individuals with anxiety or depression...
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Office decor…
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Our speaker this week is Francesco Versace speaking on “From brain waves to behavior: Identifying neuromarkers for tailored smoking and obesity treatments”, Wed, Aug 27, 130-230pm EST at the usual Zoom. PM your email if not on our list for the link. See you then!
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Preprint introducing our whole brain causal connectivity maps in >N80 participants according to single pulse interleaved TMS/fMRI. dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.... 🧠 ⚡ 🔭
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Causal Connectivity Maps Derived from Single-Pulse Interleaved TMS/fMRI
Here we employed interleaved single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation with functional MRI (spTMS/fMRI) to generate causal activation maps targeting the left hemisphere according to two sets of p...
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Tobias Hauser @tobiasuhauser.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
📢 We are hiring! 📢 For our @wellcometrust.bsky.social grant on information gathering biases in #OCD and #Schizophrenia, we are looking for a Postdoc in Computational Modelling, supervised by Peter Dayan and myself. Interested? See all the details in the job advert here: devcompsy.org/wp-content/u...
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Diana Tamir @dianatamir.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Come be my colleague! The Department of Psychology at Princeton and @princetonneuro.bsky.social‬ are jointly searching for an Assistant Prof in Cog Neuro. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...
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Michael Okun @michaelokun.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
At the Fixel Institute, August is all about momentum in scientific, clinical and community initiatives. We’re gearing up for our flagship DBS Think Tank (Sept 2–4), where global neuromodulation leaders will gather to shape the future of brain stimulation.
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Michael Okun @michaelokun.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne shined a light on the stigma of living w/ Parkinson's. In our new, just released, op-ed at MedPageToday, Dr. Indu Subramanian and I reflect on how Ozzy Osbourne’s fearless honesty about Parkinson’s disease changed lives. @medpagetoday.com
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Please join us Wed, July 30, 130PM EST for Kristin Sellers talking on  "Sustained benefit of closed-loop deep brain stimulation for major depressive disorder" at the usual zoom. DM me your email if not on our mailing list for the link.
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tor @torwager.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Online #fMRI course coming up August 6-8! 3-day intensive with lectures and hands-on analysis for all skill levels. #SPM, #ICA, #DataScience with @vcalhoun.bsky.social and Kent Kiehl. We love teaching this course and meeting students from all areas! Info+Reg here: sites.google.com/dartmouth.ed...
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Today, wed July 23. Hope to see you.
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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 22/07/2025
Every year SfN brings together thousands of researchers at every career stage to discover new ideas, share their research, and experience the best the field has to offer. Register now to join the community at #SfN25 in San Diego! 🔗 vist.ly/3ys5s #neuroskyence #neurosky
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
functional connectivity proximity not associated with clinical response in N>500 MDD patients: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Proximity to an SGC-DLPFC Individualized Functional Target and outcomes in large rTMS clinical trials for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Background Targeting methods for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) in patients with depression now include the use of individual functional scans to target specific functional connec...
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
ECT saves lives -- www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Electroconvulsive therapy saves lives—an evidence-based response to WHO
WHO's and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' publication on mental health, human rights and legislation: guidance and practice is intended to guide mental health laws internationally and addre...
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Are you a TMS/fMRI researcher? Join us this September in Cancun! www.tmsfmriworkshop.org
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Desmond Oathes, PhD @desmondoathes.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Our speaker this week is Chris Sege speaking on, "Targeting Fight/ Flight/ Freeze Motivation in the Anxiety Spectrum: A Model for the Use of Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation as a Precision Medicine Behavior Modulation Tool" at the usual time (Wed, Jul 23, 1:30PM ET) and Zoom link.
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Nico Dosenbach @ndosenbach.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
This new Yeo Lab tool should immediately and permanently replace sample-size-only power calculations for functional MRI. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Longer scans boost prediction and cut costs in brain-wide association studies - Nature
Although the number of participants is important for phenotypic prediction accuracy in brain-wide association studies using functional MRI, scanning for at least 30 min offers the greatest cost effect...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/07/2025
Researchers came from around the United States to showcase projects, ranging from modeling coastal hazards to teaching quantum information science, that were killed prematurely this spring by one of a half-dozen federal agencies. scim.ag/3Tv5iVC
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Democrats stage a science fair of canceled grants to show what’s been lost
Partisan fight over Trump cuts heats up as Congress works on 2026 spending bills.
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