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Avram Holmes @avramholmes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

New paper from former @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social post-doc @sidchop.bsky.social. In first-episode psychosis, antipsychotic-naive patients on placebo showed widespread cortical thinning over 12mo. However, patients on antipsychotics did not. Thinning appears to be illness- not drug-driven.

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Loïc Labache @loiclabache.cpesr.fr · 02/07/2026

Happy to share that our work is finally published in @commsbio.nature.com! We identify molecular and cellular signatures of hemispheric specialization, linking language and attention to distinct neurotransmitter, mitochondrial, & cellular organization across the cortex 🧠 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

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Molecular and cellular correlates of human cortical lateralization - Communications Biology

Multimodal analyses reveal the molecular and cellular asymmetries underlying human cortical lateralization. Distinct neurotransmitter, mitochondrial, and cellular gradients support left-lateralized la...

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Ahmad Beyh @ahmadbeyh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

⚠️ Preprint alert ⚠️ How does the brain's fixed anatomy support flexible function? We explore this using recurrent neural networks with increasing levels of brain-like constraints, comparing them to empirical fMRI activity. (1/8) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Geometric constraints and cognitive inputs jointly shape emergent brain dynamics and topology

How the brain's physical geometry gives rise to its flexible functional repertoire remains a central question in neuroscience. Here, we trained three classes of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) on a w...

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

The Holmes Lab is #hiring a full-time research assistant/predoc! Our work focuses on functional brain networks-- how they change, how they are impacted in psychiatric illness, and much more! Please rt and reach out if you’re interested 👀 Find out more holmeslab.rutgers.edu

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Holmes Lab + Parkes Lab had a great fall social a few weeks back!! Pottery painting (including an awesome brain-art mug by @ambrains.bsky.social 🧠). Thank you to our awesome mentors @avramholmes.bsky.social and @lindenmp.bsky.social for encouraging these great lab events! 💫

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Avram Holmes @avramholmes.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The @cahbir.bsky.social and @rutgersbhi.bsky.social are hiring! Multiple open area and open rank faculty jobs, wonderful colleagues, amazing resources, and one of the largest communities of brain science research groups on the planet. Please apply and share widely. jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/209...

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Human Neuroimaging Faculty Positions in Rutgers Brain Health Institute

The Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research (CAHBIR), a component of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI) on the Busch campus in Piscataway, NJ, is recruiting for two open rank (Assistant...

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Great write up of the @nature.com study on MRI economics by @bttyeo.bsky.social's research group! With @avramholmes.bsky.social @sidchop.bsky.social @carrisacocuzza.bsky.social

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Shaoshi Zhang @shaoshiz.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

🚨Thrilled to share our latest work just published in @nature.com where we looked into the optimal fMRI scan time for brain-wide association studies (BWAS) 🧠⏱️! Full thread below👇:

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Thomas Yeo @bttyeo.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Everyone should try out the Trandiagnostic Connectome Project (TCP) dataset! Openly available on @openneuro.bsky.social

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Holmes Lab is representing at #OHBM2025! 🧵 Loic @loiclabache.bsky.social presented in the Language: Anatomy, Networks and Pathology section with his paper on "The molecular and cellular underpinnings of human brain lateralization" 🧠

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Sidhant Chopra @sidchop.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Check out our latest open data release. n=240, most with a dsm-5 dx with extensive phenotying (~100 scales/subscale), rest and task functional imaging. See @carrisacocuzza.bsky.social's thread below for deets and links 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

If you missed it, our open source 240-person transdiagnostic dataset is now published. Read the data release 👇👇 + find it on: OpenNeuro: openneuro.org/datasets/ds0... NDA: nda.nih.gov/study.html?i...

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Avram Holmes @avramholmes.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Our latest @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social data release is now "live!" Available on NDA and @openneuro.bsky.social and spearheaded by @carrisacocuzza.bsky.social, @sidchop.bsky.social, and Connor Lawhead.

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Brain network dynamics reflect psychiatric illness status and transdiagnostic symptom profiles across health and disease www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

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Avram Holmes @avramholmes.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

New @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social paper led by @carrisacocuzza.bsky.social. Brain dynamics across task and rest can be used to predict the presence of psychiatric illness (case/control status), diagnostic labels, and multi-dimensional symptom fingerprints. @rutgersbhi.bsky.social @rutgersu.bsky.social

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Check out Carrisa's new paper! An amazing investigation into brain network dynamics across psychiatric symptoms🔥🔥 + using our new open dataset the Transdiagnostic Connectome Project (TCP) 🔛 openneuro.org/datasets/ds0...

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Great lab outing to Duke Farms yesterday! Happy spring from the Holmes + Parkes labs 😄 🌸 With @lindenmp.bsky.social @avramholmes.bsky.social @carrisacocuzza.bsky.social @ahmadbeyh.bsky.social @loiclabache.bsky.social (+ Amber Howell & Rachel Cooper)

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Avram Holmes @avramholmes.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We're searching for a lead Research MRI technologists at @cahbir.bsky.social! Please share and pass along to any/all interested folks.

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Last month Linden Parkes and his team put out an amazing new work! They build on their network control theory model & improved whole-brain structure-function coupling Check this 🧵 for a summary 🔥 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Inferring macroscopic intrinsic neural timescales using optimal control theory

The temporal evolution of brain activity relies on complex interactions within and between brain regions that are mediated by neurobiology and connectivity. To understand these interactions, many larg...

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Thomas Yeo @bttyeo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

While the world burns, we cook up a new preprint! doi.org/10.1101/2025... Biophysical modeling is a key tool to derive mechanistic insights into the brain. These models are governed by biologically meaningful parameters (unlike artificial neural networks), but the dirty secret ... 1/N

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Avram Holmes @avramholmes.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The molecular and cellular basis of human brain lateralization. Latest paper from @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social led by @loiclabache.bsky.social. @rutgersbhi.bsky.social, @cahbir.bsky.social

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Check out the new article by our very own PI, Avram Holmes!

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Avram Holmes @avramholmes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

"To make a meaningful contribution to #neuroscience, #fMRI must break out of its silo." My latest attempt to convince you of the importance of multi-scale approaches for the study of the human brain.

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Rutgers Brain Health Institute @rutgersbhi.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🧠 Featured Insights! Dr. @avramholmes.bsky.social, Associate Prof of Psychiatry at RWJMS and Core Member of BHI & CAHBIR, shares insights on #fMRI and the need for integration across #neuroscience disciplines in @thetransmitter.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/future-of-fm... #neuroimaging

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fMRI must break out of its silo

We need to develop research programs that link phenomena across levels, from genes and molecules to cells, circuits, networks and behavior.

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

PsyPost covered @lydiaquq.bsky.social's new paper linking internalizing/externalizing symptoms to distinct features! Check it out ⬇️ 🖇️https://www.psypost.org/scientists-identify-distinct-brain-patterns-linked-to-mental-health-symptoms #SciComm #Neuroscience

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Check out the latest Holmes Lab pre-print from @sidchop.bsky.social 🔥

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We have stopped accepting applications for this role. Thank you to everyone who has applied!

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

New in-depth feature about @OrchardWinnie's paper on health.com! Read it here: www.health.com/parents-youn... 🗣️Featuring comments from Dr @OrchardWinnie, Dr Avram Holmes, Dr Michelle Diblasi (Psychiatrist @TuftsMedicalCtr) and Dr Andrew Thaliath (@NortonNeuro)

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Parenting Is Hard—But It Also Might Keep Your Brain Young

A new study found that parents' brains were protected against some of the impacts of aging, and this effect strengthened with each child. Experts explain why.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 11/03/2025

Raising children protects the brain against aging, according to an analysis of UK Biobank [link to accounts below] data. As benefits were observed in men and women, they are likely caused by the mental workout of caregiving, rather than pregnancy. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Portrait of parents and child preparing and eating breakfast in a home kitchen. Stock photo.

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Some Holmes Lab members at the Stand Up For Science 2025 in Philly! A great day with talks from superb scientists, council members and activists #standupforscience2025 #StandUpForScience

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The Holmes Lab is #hiring a full-time research assistant/predoc! Our work focuses on functional brain networks-- how they change, how they are impacted in psychiatric illness, and much more! Please rt and reach out if you're interested👀 Find out more holmeslab.rutgers.xn--edu-6p63b

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

We are thrilled that Holmes lab recent paper by Xihan Zhang et al. has been featured on the cover of The Transmitter!@thetransmitter.bsky.social! Check out the paper here: tinyurl.com/cellnetworks And the article 🖇️ 🧬 www.thetransmitter.org/neuroanatomy...

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Cell ‘fingerprints’ identify distinct cortical networks

These networks align with different assemblages of cells, a finding that could reveal how cellular diversity influences brain function, according to a new study.

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The Holmes Lab is #hiring a full-time research assistant/predoc! Our work focuses on functional brain networks-- how they change, how they are impacted in psychiatric illness, and much more! Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor visas for this position. Please rt and reach out if you're interested👀

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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The cerebral cortex is intricately organized, both at the level of cell types and macroscale functional networks. Those organizational layers are intertwined, as each network consists of a distinct blend of cell types, a new study finds. By Holly Barker www.thetransmitter.org/neuroanatomy...

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Cell ‘fingerprints’ identify distinct cortical networks

These networks align with different assemblages of cells, a finding that could reveal how cellular diversity influences brain function, according to a new study.

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Rutgers Brain Health Institute @rutgersbhi.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🧠 Parenthood may have unexpected brain benefits! A new study led by Dr. Avram Holmes @avramholmes.bsky.social suggests that raising children could help protect against some effects of aging. 📖 Read more: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... www.rutgers.edu/news/how-par...

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How Parenthood May Help Keep Your Brain Young

Researchers from Rutgers and Yale find that parents show patterns of brain connectivity that oppose age-related changes.

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Sharna Jamadar @sharnajamadar.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Congrats to Winnie Orchard & @sidchop.bsky.social on their new #ParentalBrain paper, now out in PNAS! They find evidence for the neuroprotective effect of parenthood for women AND men! 👩‍🍼👨‍🍼🧠 It's lovely work, and I'm proud to have played a tiny role in it. Read it here 👇 #neuroskyence #neuroimaging

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Some great coverage of @OrchardWinnie's new PNAS paper! A 🧵 (1/3) www.rutgers.edu/news/how-par... How does parenthood impact your brain? Check out Winnie's paper here: tinyurl.com/parentalbrain

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How Parenthood May Help Keep Your Brain Young

Researchers from Rutgers and Yale find that parents show patterns of brain connectivity that oppose age-related changes.

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Holmes Lab @holmeslab-bhi.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

New paper‼️ Interested in the protective impacts of parenthood on brain dynamics? 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🧠 Read Edwina Orchard & @sidchop.bsky.social's new paper, out now in PNAS @pnas.org ! With collaborators L. Ooi, P. Chen, L. An @bttyeo.bsky.social, and more! 🔗https://tinyurl.com/parentalbrain

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