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Jack Van Horn

@jackvanhorn8.bsky.social
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Professor of Psychology & Data Science at @UVA; #Scientist, #Scholar, #Student; Thinking about the #brain as a #DataScience - way too much; #MRI #EEG #PET

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Altered biological aging-related brain profile in adolescents with autism: A neuroimaging study based on DunedinPACNI www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I am very excited for this OHBM @ohbmofficial.bsky.social symposium on axonal and myelin measurement USING MRI/DWI and their contributions to the g-ratio and neural signal conduction estimation!! @stikov.bsky.social @siawooshmr.bsky.social @mfcallaghan.bsky.social @mathieuboudreau.bsky.social
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1.... Interesting article on axon diameter mapping!
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Talk about your brain-computer interface 🧠🔋 www.livescience.com/technology/c...
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New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time
A startup is experimenting with data centers powered by lab-grown human neurons, testing whether living cells can offer a more efficient alternative to traditional computing.
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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Proud to be a part of this revival as the guest editor of a special issue at ASN Neuro dedicated to measuring myelin integrity. Join us for g-ratio version 2.0 and submit your work by November 1! 2/2
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Only a few hours left to cast your votes for the next #OHBM Council chairs. Visit the website, log in, renew your membership , and vote ! @ohbmofficial.bsky.social 🧠👏🏼✅
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Science Magazine @science.org · 25/04/2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has fired all 24 members of the National Science Board, the body that oversees the National Science Foundation. scim.ag/4cxQWhl
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Trump fires NSF's oversight board
Dismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🗳️ Your Vote Matters. 2 Weeks Left! The future direction of OHBM is in your hands. Don’t miss your chance to help shape Council leadership. 📅 Deadline: Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM CST (USA) 🔐 Vote here with your OHBM Account: humanbrainmapping.org/26Ballot
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Check out my conversation with Randy McIntosh from Simon Fraser University and Emiliano Ricciardi from the IMT Lucca on the topic of digital twin brains. 🧠 🧠 bit.ly/4mrqNUC
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UVA Data Points Podcast: Digital Twins — School of Data Science
In this episode we explore the rapidly evolving world of digital brain twins; personalized, data-driven models of the brain that could revolutionize medicine and neuroscience.
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Hey Brain Mappers! I’m on the ballot for OHBM Council Chair this year. Sure would appreciate your vote! 🧠😃
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Yo.
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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · 16/12/2025
Our third interview in the Award Winner Interview series features the 2025 winner of the Education in Neuroimaging Award: Prof Jack Van Horn! 🏆 @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social Huge thanks for the stimulating conversation! ⭐ Read the interview here: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...
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Interview with Prof. Jack Van Horn, 2025 Winner of the Education in Neuroimaging Award — OHBM Communications
Author: Simon Steinkamp Editors: Zaki Alasmar, Ashley Tyrer
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
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Diffusion MRI Microstructure Markers of Changes in the Human Brain Across the Lifespan Using Constrained Spherical Deconvolution and Fixel‐Based Techniques
Diffusion microstructure compartment and subject age across the lifespan. Whole brain tissue has the highest proportion of ICI signal fraction early in the lifespan; as development occurs the ICA sig....
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
As our country ages, deficits in elder care, especially in rural areas, is a growing concern & one we all need to face. Who will care for us in our old age? Importantly, who will pay for that care? And don’t assume the insurance companies will be paying. www.scientificamerican.com/article/as-m...
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How to Solve the Looming Dementia Care Crisis
More than 13.8 million Americans could have Alzheimer’s by 2060, and at the rate care facilities are closing, many of them will have nowhere to go. Regina Shih of the State Alzheimer’s Research Suppor...
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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Agatha Lenartowicz, Karen J. Mullinger, et al: The multidimensional relationship between alpha oscillations and cognition doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Yixin Wang, Michael Zeineh, et al: Precise MRI-histology coregistration of paraffin-embedded tissue with blockface imaging doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Erin J. Holzscherer, David A. Seminowicz, et al: Resting-state functional connectivity of the marmoset claustrum doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
New paper on microstructural associations with behavior in children diagnosed with ASD. Featured in Imaging Neuroscience! direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
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Widespread Associations between Behavioral Metrics and Brain Microstructure in ASD Suggest Age Mediates Subtypes of ASD
Abstract. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences in social communication and repetitive behaviors. Our lab has previously found that g-ratio, the ...
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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.site · 13/08/2025
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
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Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
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Peter Kok @peterkok.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
We are recruiting a new PI at the FIL @imagingneuroucl.bsky.social, Associate or Full Professor. This is an amazing place to do cognitive neuroscience, in the heart of London. If you or someone you know might be interested, please pass it on. #neuroskyence www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Science Magazine @science.org · 04/08/2025
A new study, based on an analysis of thousands of publications and their authors and editors, shows paper mills are just part of a complex, interconnected system that includes publishers, journals, and brokers. scim.ag/3H9kwwQ
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Scientific fraud has become an ‘industry,’ alarming analysis finds
Sophisticated global networks are infiltrating journals to publish fake papers
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
So incredibly humbled and honored to be recognized for the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (@OHBM) 2025 Education in Neuroimaging Award. Thank you to OHBM Council for selecting me, and my colleagues, friends, and students for nominating me - this award means so much.
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OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · 13/06/2025
A new episode of #Neurosalience is out! Check out this preview of #OHBM2025, including a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how its all organized. youtu.be/NnEr4iNd3tI
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Neurosalience #S5E13 - OHBM 2025 preview
YouTube video by Organization for Human Brain Mapping
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Getting excited for OHBM in Brisbane!! 🍤🏝️🍷🦘🍻🧠 youtu.be/LaWrkBo0t1o?...
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(MOJO Classics) Paul Hogan "Wonders Down Under" Australian Tourism Ad 1984
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The IMT Scuola Alti Studi in Lucca is awfully pretty.
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
#ISMRM
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
ISMRM in Honolulu. Great educational session on fMRI from Now to the Future. Wonderful lectures and it was an honor to contribute!
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
More presidents are signing today (Columbia, UCLA, have been added). It is interesting the list is organized by the name of the president, not the university. Also lots of orgs (MLA, etc)
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David Malakoff @davidmalakoff.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
NEW: NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Science maybe under threat but here is a cute bird to take your mind off of it.
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Great. Just great. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions
A DOGE engineer removed users’ access to grants.gov, threatening to further slow the process of awarding thousands of federal grants per year.
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
What a lot of machine learning algorithms increasingly look like. #RubeGoldberg
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
And then there is this. If you were hoping to put in a new request for ABCD study data access, you are likely out of luck.
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
So, you can request a study from the NIMH Data Archive (NDA) but the data structure package for download actually contains no data.
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I’m still super excited about #OHBM this year in Brisbane! Encephalitis be damned! 🇦🇺🐨🌏🦘. www.the-scientist.com/australia-br...
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Australia Braces for a Deadly Viral Threat Spurred by Cyclone Alfred
The Japanese encephalitis virus, which is relatively new to Australia, poses a significant health risk to a naïve population.
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The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The OHBM Council Election Ballots are now open! Be sure to renew your membership to submit your ballot. Voting ends April 21, 2025 at 11:59 pm EST, USA. 🔗in comments! #YourVoteMatters #OHBMCouncil
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Bruno Hebling Vieira @bhvieira.github.io · 22/03/2025
OHBM Brainhack 2025 – Register today! Exactly three months from now, we at OSSIG will bring you the OHBM Brainhack, and this time we will be joined by the @neurodesk.bsky.social and the Neuroimaging Statistics Workshops ! 🙂🧠 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Science is under threat in the US. @elife.bsky.social have commissioned a series of articles discussing the implications and what we can do. The first three articles are now live. More to follow: elifesciences.org/articles/106... elifesciences.org/articles/106... elifesciences.org/articles/106...
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Science Under Threat in the United States: How scientists and institutions should respond
Individual researchers and university leaders need to make the case for science to their elected representatives and to the public at large.
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up. If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes. Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
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Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Why did my feeds disappear? Was it something I said?
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Structural Determinants of Signal Speed: A Multimodal Investigation of Face Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorder www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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INCF @incforg.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
At INCF we strive to serve the neuroscience community with resources that facilitate #openscience, #datasharing, and data management. In order for us to be the most useful we can be, we need your feedback! Please fill out our survey: forms.gle/vje8n4gwrc...
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INCF community survey
During the INCF Neuroinformatics Assembly in Sep 2024 we organized a Town Hall in order to receive feedback from the community on INCF's activities. We have summarized ideas and comments from that session in this survey and we hope to receive further feedback from those who were not present at the Assembly to help us focus our efforts to reflect the community's interests in the coming years.
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 14/03/2025
The brain is mysterious, but one part is ✨ extra ✨ mysterious - the claustrum. There's a lot of activity between it and the cortex, but its role is not completely understood. Learn how we're shining light on it - literally. 🧠🔦 alleninstitute.org/news-press/a... #BrainAwarenessWeek #Neuroskyence
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allen institute @alleninstitute.org · 14/03/2025
Are there links between quantum mechanics and #consciousness? Meritorious Investigator Christof Koch and Google Quantum AI scientists are collaborating to learn more. #BrainAwarenessWeek 🧠📈 alleninstitute.org/news/quantum...
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Quantum mechanics and the puzzle of human consciousness
Scientists at the Allen Institute and Google Quantum AI are exploring the role quantum mechanics might play in shaping consciousness.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 14/03/2025
The #hypothalamus plays a large role in coordinating the neuronal signals that are responsible for keeping the body in a stable state. A special issue unpacked this brain region’s impact on physiological and behavioral homeostasis. scim.ag/41FRESU #BrainAwarenessWeek
The hypothalamus is a small structure deep inside the brain that is connected to a vast number of other brain regions and tirelessly interacts with them. It controls and modulates many basic bodily functions to ensure the survival of the organism under constantly changing circumstances.
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INCF @incforg.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
At INCF we strive to serve the neuroscience community with resources that facilitate #openscience, #datasharing, and data management. In order for us to be the most useful we can be, we need your feedback! Please fill out our survey: forms.gle/vje8n4gwrc...
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INCF community survey
During the INCF Neuroinformatics Assembly in Sep 2024 we organized a Town Hall in order to receive feedback from the community on INCF's activities. We have summarized ideas and comments from that session in this survey and we hope to receive further feedback from those who were not present at the Assembly to help us focus our efforts to reflect the community's interests in the coming years.
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INCF @incforg.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
INCF has been accepted as a mentoring organization in #GSoC for the 15th time! Learn more: GSoC discussions on Neurostars: neurostars.org/c/gsoc/5 Project ideas list, timeline, etc: bit.ly/INCFGSoC2025 #GSoC2025 #neuroscience #neuroinformagical
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GSoC
This is the workspace for the INCF Google Summer of Code ( GSoC ) as well as Google Season of Docs projects.
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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Once more unto the breach! Teaching UVA students about mapping the human brain using neuroimaging this afternoon. It’s what I do.
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dbdsstanford.bsky.social @dbdsstanford.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
DBDS' James Zou awarded Overton Prize. Awarded by ISCB, the prize recognizes the research, education, and service accomplishments of early to mid-career scientists who are emerging leaders in computational biology. dbds.stanford.edu/james-zou-wi...
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