Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Congratulations on this important paper @benediktramirez.bsky.social !! 030
Reposted by Julia MoserDamien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The HBCD Study Data Release 2.1 is here 👇🏾 3,500+ children followed from pregnancy through early childhood: MRI, dMRI, resting-state fMRI, EEG, biospecimens incl. genetics, wearables, and rich behavioral + environmental data. New in 2.1: Olink inflammation markers + the ERICA assessment. 13821
Reposted by Julia MoserDamien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Check it out all!! the NBDC Sandbox lets researchers securely analyze ABCD/HBCD brain data (tabular + file-based) in the cloud, no downloads needed. Free to use!! Story: aws.amazon.com/blogs/public...aws.amazon.comThe NBDC sandbox: How the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain built a secure cloud environment to accelerate brain development research with AWS | Amazon Web ServicesThe Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) and HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) studies, the largest longitudinal brain development studies in U.S. history, are producing transformati... 0147
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Working on your schedule for #OHBM2026? Save some energy for the last day to discuss the latest in precision imaging of the infant brain with @reznikdaniel.bsky.social, Jucha Willers Moore from @kingspfig.bsky.social and @camerontellis.bsky.social! 0218
Reposted by Julia MoserFetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Heading to #OHBM2026 in Bordeaux this week? Looking for fellow developmental neuroscientists? Come to the FIT'NG social at 6.15pm on Tuesday, June 16th at Les Planches Ephemeres Bordeaux! 0124
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Looking forward to a Sunday full of multi-echo! 040
Reposted by Julia MoserCaterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Very excited about this project, led by @zachladwig.bsky.social We show that an individual’s lateral prefrontal cortex has reliable and highly detailed network organization missed in past group approaches. Full🧵 coming soon! 16123
Reposted by Julia MoserRhodri Cusack @rhodricusack.bsky.social · 24/02/2026The Transmitter writes about @clionaod.bsky.social's work with @ainedineen.bsky.social, @annatruzzi.bsky.social, Graham King, @lorinanaci.bsky.social, Keelin Harrison, Enna-Louise D'Arcy, Jessica White, @chiarac.bsky.social, Tamrin Holloway, Anna Kravchenko, @diedrichsenjorn.bsky.social!thetransmitter.orgInfant brain categorizes common objects by two months of ageBrain activity patterns in the ventral visual cortex appear to distinguish images across 12 categories, including birds and trees, fMRI scans suggest. 22610
Reposted by Julia MoserCameron Ellis @camerontellis.bsky.social · 21/11/2025We are recruiting a lab manager/research assistant to start in early 2026! The successful candidate will conduct awake infant fMRI, meet cute babies, and join a fun team! More details (e.g. responsibilities): soc.stanford.edu/people/#join... Apply here: careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/social-...soc.stanford.eduPeople – Scaffolding of Cognition Team 14339
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 29/11/2025First one out in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🎉 Can’t wait to read the full @fitngin.bsky.social special issue!sciencedirect.comPrecision functional neuroimaging reveals individually specific auditory responses in infantsAdaptively responding to salient stimuli in the environment is a fundamental feature of cognitive development in early life, which is enabled by the d… 0175
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 17/11/2025If you are at #SfN25 and curious about infant 7T research, reach out to chat! 072
Reposted by Julia MoserMatt Cieslak @cieslakmatt.bsky.social · 11/11/2025After years of development and testing, we are happy to present our work in "Diffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and Applications"! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1.... A thread:biorxiv.orgDiffusion MRI Processing in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Innovations and ApplicationsThe landmark ongoing HEALthy Brain and Cognitive Development (HBCD) study will longitudinally chart brain development in a large sample (projected n=7,200) of infants through age 10 years with multimo... 34428
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 12/11/2025🚨 New preprint on the first infant 7T MRI project in North America! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We showcase that by leveraging 7T for infants, we can improve data quality and thereby facilitate precision functional mapping in early development.biorxiv.org 12910
Reposted by Julia MoserSarang Dalal @sarangnemo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025📈🧠 We're looking for brains! 🧠📈 Postdoc + PhD positions are available to help pioneer fetal MEG with optically pumped magnetometers, measuring prenatal responses to sound and light to understand how we start making sense of the world even before we're born. 🐣 Please get in touch to hear more! 35938
Reposted by Julia MoserMasonic Institute for the Developing Brain @umn-midb.bsky.social · 19/09/2025🚀 Big news: With a $3.3M NIH grant, MIDB members Meghan Swanson, PhD, and Mark Schleiss, MD, are leading a first-of-its-kind study of infants born with congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV). Learn more ➡️ med.umn.edu/news/univers... 022
Reposted by Julia MoserDr. 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
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Is precision functional brain imaging in babies possible? YES! We show this in not one but two new preprints out of WashU and @umn-midb.bsky.social! 1️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 2️⃣: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 🐣👶🧠 14615
Reposted by Julia Moserlayerfmri.bsky.social @layerfmri.bsky.social · 24/08/2025New layer-fMRI preprint looking at laminar response differences of across (very) early development in newborns. Exciting new directions in the field. By Moore et al. doi.org/10.1101/2025... 0125
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 10/08/2025What an amazing demonstration of why Precision Functional Mapping matters 🧠It’s been an honor to support the team in this huge endeavor! 0235
Reposted by Julia MoserNadege Roche-Labarbe @nadegeroche.bsky.social · 17/07/2025This is your last chance to submit your abstract 👶🧠 ! We have an outstanding scientific program, join us in beautiful Dublin 🇮🇪 for your annual dose of neonatal brain science (and beer 🍻😉) 021
Reposted by Julia MoserDamien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Alert! ... for the child development world! @fluxsociety.bsky.social @fitngin.bsky.social The Healthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study has released its first data wave - it’s massive. Check here: docs.hbcdstudy.org and here: nbdc-datahub.org Here’s why it matters 🧠🍼 115979
Reposted by Julia MoserDamien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Alert!!!! “An Action Networks Model for Pain” We propose a new model for chronic pain — and highlight two functionally connected cortical networks that could revolutionize how we treat it. 👉 thread below 🧵 osf.io/preprints/ps... 29042
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Hello all fMRIPrep users! What if you could use the same pipeline for processing MRI data from all ages? 👶👩🦱👩🦳 Check out fMRIPrep Lifespan! Our workflow optimized for data from the first years of life and further upstream enhancements to the entire NiPreps suite www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 15312
Reposted by Julia MoserDan Handwerker @danielhandwerker.bsky.social · 13/05/2025If you are interested in the multi-echo users meeting, or future users meetings, please take this survey. We are planning the agenda in a couple of days and more feedback would really help with planning.docs.google.comMulti-echo fMRI users meetingWe have scheduled our second multi-echo fMRI users meeting for Tuesday, May 27 at 8:00 PDT, 11:00 EDT, 15:00 UTC, 17:00CEST, 0:00 (Wednesday) KST, 1:00 (Wednesday) AEST. Check your time here. The goal... 037
Reposted by Julia MoserFetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025⏰ 5 DAYS LEFT!!! 🗓️ Abstract and symposium submissions close on April, 22. Hurry up, submit now!! 🔗 fitng.org/poster-oral-... 🔗 fitng.org/symposium-su... #FITNG2025media.tenor.coma cartoon character from south park is talking on a phone and says you better hurryALT: a cartoon character from south park is talking on a phone and says you better hurry 013
Reposted by Julia MoserFetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Big opportunity! 🎉 🏅The best abstracts & posters from the FIT’NG Annual Conference will be invited to submit a paper to a special issue in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. Showcase your best research—submit your abstracts to #FITNG2025! 📄✨ 🌐https://fitng.org/submissions/ 054
Reposted by Julia MoserEneko Uruñuela @enekourunuela.com · 28/02/2025Do you work with multi-echo fMRI data? Or are you planning to? Say no more! Join us at the online multi-echo fMRI users meeting on March 14th. We have a prepared a super interesting agenda for you! Here are the important details you need to know 👇 1225
Reposted by Julia MoserThe Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 20/01/2025To better understand how oral contraceptives affect the brain, neuroscientist Carina Heller volunteered herself as a subject. She plans to make her data—from her many brain scans, blood tests and more—openly available. www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin... #neuroskyence #neurosciencethetransmitter.orgDose, scan, repeat: Tracking the neurological effects of oral contraceptivesWe know little about how the brain responds to oral contraceptives, despite their widespread use. I am committed to changing that: I scanned my brain 75 times over the course of a year and plan to… 07521
Reposted by Julia Moserlayerfmri.bsky.social @layerfmri.bsky.social · 16/01/2025New layer-fMRI manuscript featuring the potential of 10.5T fMRI for high resolutions. By Vizioli et al., doi.org/10.1101/2024... 094
Reposted by Julia MoserMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 13/01/2025"The human brain is not designed for this kind of non–stop engagement," neurologist Cytowic writes. "We need moments of pause not only to regain composure but also to let our brains function at their best."time.comHow to Embrace SilenceSilence is an essential nutrient in an increasingly noisy world, writes Richard Cytowic. 0257
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Finally out in its polished form 🤩 New methodological avenues that help facilitate looking at individual brain functional organization in developmental populations 👶🧠 55517
Reposted by Julia MoserBlack In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Still time to register! Join us for A Session on S.U.R.F. on January 10, 2025 at 12 PM ET for an opportunity to learn more about these programs from current directors! Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research! tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience 01816
Reposted by Julia MoserMonica Rosenberg @monicarosenb.bsky.social · 06/01/2025Question for infant MRI researchers! Has anyone used pediatric respiratory bands/monitors to measure in-scanner breathing? I'm curious to hear how people do this & what works. Please RT 134
Reposted by Julia MoserNico 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
Reposted by Julia MoserAshley Nielsen @ashley-n-nielsen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024New paper out today in PNAS 🎉 demonstrating: 1) an association between social disadvantage & child brain function can be observed as early as birth 2) these alterations are brain-wide, but most pronounced in functional networks & subcortex later linked to childhood adversity doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 15522
Reposted by Julia MoserNico Schuck @nicoschuck.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Looking for a PhD in Cognitive Science, Cognitive Neuroscience or related in Germany? One week left to apply for the Max Planck School of Cognition: cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en/application #PsychSciSky #compneurosky #neuroskyence #NeuroAI #Neuroimaging 15334
Reposted by Julia MoserAntonino Greco @agreco.bsky.social · 08/11/2024🔵 New Paper 🔵 Happy to announce that our paper linking predictive learning and representational geometry in the human 🧠 is out today in #NatureComms! with @drjuliamoser.bsky.social, Hubert Preissl and Markus Siegel 📜👉 nature.com/articles/s41467-024-54032-4nature.comPredictive learning shapes the representational geometry of the human brain - Nature CommunicationsThis study shows that the human brain aligns its neural representations to the statistical structure of sensory inputs, and that the magnitude of this representational shift correlates with the synerg... 13711
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 01/10/2024Precision functional brain imaging from infancy to adulthood with @ariellekeller.bsky.social, @deannajgreene.bsky.social and Chuck Lynch yesterday at Flux 2024! So exciting to be part of the new developments in this line of work! 060
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 27/09/2024It was such a pleasure to discuss our novel infant ME-fMRI 7T findings today! Thank you @fitngin.bsky.social! 094
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 26/09/2024The technological innovations presented @fitngin.bsky.social are so exciting every year! Glad that 7T infant imaging is a big part of it this year! 011
Reposted by Julia MoserEthan McCormick @emccormick.bsky.social · 11/12/2023New paper+package combination for linear estimation with nonlinear inference (LENI) - methods to obtain the results of a nonlinear model without the hassle of nonlinear estimation. Presented this at Flux this fall and really excited to see it out! osf.io/preprints/ps... github.com/E-M-McCormic... 1249
Reposted by Julia MoserAshley Sanders @ashleyfsanders.bsky.social · 14/11/2023New preprint 🚨🧠 from Michael Myers, Alyssa Labonte, Chad Sylvester & team at WashU! Functional parcellation of the neonatal brain, developed from a dataset of resting-state fMRI from 261 neonates #neuroskyence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgFunctional parcellation of the neonatal brainbioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution 066
Reposted by Julia MoserMarc L Seal @parkvillegeek.bsky.social · 13/11/2023Functional parcellation of the neonatal brain | #bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 0119
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 01/11/2023👶🧠 Can we look at individual functional brain organization in newborns? We explored new methodological avenues for fMRI to make this possible: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @koiralasanju.bsky.social @crimoral.bsky.social @tervoclemmensb.bsky.social @bart-larsen.bsky.social @smnelson.bsky.socialbiorxiv.orgMulti-echo Acquisition and Thermal Denoising Advances Infant Precision Functional ImagingbioRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a research and educational institution 0159
Julia Moser @drjuliamoser.bsky.social · 20/10/2023How does the world look like from the eyes of an infant? Surely not a question we can answer in the near future but always fascinating to think about! Particularly together with this amazing team of authors: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comConsciousness in the cradle: on the emergence of infant experienceAlthough each of us was once a baby, infant consciousness remains mysterious and there is no received view about when, and in what form, consciousness… 071