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Lea Michel

@leacmichel.bsky.social
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PhD student at the Donders in the @lcd_lab_donders until August 2025 Working on how grey and white matter structure develop together in adolescence 🧠 Founder of PhD et al. 🎓 Chair of the Sustainability and Environmental Actions group of OHBM 🌿

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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
REMINDER: Our community meeting is TOMORROW! RSVP here to check out what the SEA-SIG has been up to and what exciting opportunities and positions we have to offer ✨
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
‼️ Registration is now OPEN for the 2nd OHBM Satellite Meeting ‼️ The Satellite Meeting last year was a hit and we are super excited to be collab'ing with the OHBM exec again to host it this year! You don't want to miss it 🍃
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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
My fave work event: the annual writing retreat of the Lifespan Cognitive Dynamics lab. We wrote, cooked, went on long walks & discovered each other’s niche passions (traditional dance, metros, temperature, the best cats in Nijmegen & more), and I did more writing in 3 days than in 3 'normal' weeks
A group of people straddling the germany/netherlands geographical borderA group photo of 14 researchers with a forest in the backgroundA photo of people working on their laptops side by side, clearly concentrating
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British Neuroscience Association @britishneuro.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
🌍 How to measure your society’s carbon footprint Join our free webinar with the Organization for Human Brain Mapping Simple tools, no expertise needed - get a clear starting point to assess your impact. @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social #Sustainability #ClimateAction
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Steven Meisler @stevenmeisler.com · 19/04/2026
Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is a powerful tool to study white matter maturation. In our new preprint, we process and distribute a new resource of >24,000 ABCD dMRI scans using open source tools! We then evaluate how methods shape inferences about development. 🔗 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
100% would recommend working with @njudd.com and @rogierk.bsky.social! Some of the favourite times of my PhD have been brainstorming with Nick about our projects. Importantly for a supervisor, he never made me feel dumb or any hierarchy. Also amazing opportunity to work at @dondersinst.bsky.social 🧠
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🛰️ 🌍 We have done a write up on the first ever OHBM Satellite Meeting, organized by the SEA-SIG in collab with OHBM!! This meeting was a great success, and we're excited to open the doors to more sustainable ways to connect with other OHBMers in the future ✨ Check it out here! ⬇️
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
No journal will take this commentary I wrote In October so fuck it, here it is on medium. 🍉
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The science community is letting Palestine and the wider Arab community down
At a neurodevelopment conference I recently attended, where the focus is child health and development, I was astounded that not one voice…
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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I've used Lavaan almost every (work)day for 15 years, but this open source labour of love has never received proper institutional support. I'm delighted to be a small part of an 1.5M OpenScienceNL award, led by Jorgensen, to completely revamp and futureproof Lavaan www.openscience.nl/en/news/45-p...
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The Organization for Human Brain Mapping @ohbmofficial.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
⏰ There’s still time to get involved! The OHBM Open Science SIG is looking for nominations. Join a community advancing openness, transparency, and reproducibility in neuroimaging. 🔗 Link in comments!
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
‼️ If you're interested in getting involved with the SEA-SIG, we are accepting nominations for the roles of Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer until OCTOBER 5! ‼️ ✨ 💫 🌍 🌱 🍃
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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Choosing to go by train/ferry to #Flux2025 I emitted SEVEN times less C02 compared to a plane trip. Air travel is one of the largest contributors to the carbon footprint of research. Researchers, universities and conferences have the responsabilities to create more sustainable alternatives.
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Loïc Lannelongue @loiclnlg.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
⏰ Last couple of days to apply to join my group @Cambridge as a postdoc and work on the environmental (un)sustainability of AI! ⏳ Closing September 16th. ✏️ Apply here: tinyurl.com/2ukkp8yx Or learn more about what we do at www.lannelongue-group.org Initial examples of research projects below 👇
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Research Associate*/Research Assistant in Sustainability of AI (Fixed Term)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a talented researcher to join our team as part of the Green Algorithms Initiative, one of the leading academic teams in the field of sustainable computing. The
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Dani Beck, PhD @danibeck.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
My feedback to flux. I'm not interested in anonymity. And this is my feedback to all institutions, all international conferences, and universities.
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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I had such a blast presenting the last project of my PhD for a flash talk and a poster at #Flux2025 Grey and white matter are not two separate tissues and we found that adversity is associated significantly differently with grey and white matter measures showing the importance of looking at both!
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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I'll be at Flux with a flash talk and a poster (S52) on Saturday! I'll be presenting the last project of my PhD on how different kinds of adversity predict the development of grey and white matter structure 🧠 Also searching for a postdoc 👀 #FluxCongress2025
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Don't miss @drbreaky.bsky.social's keynote at our OHBM VIRTUAL SATELLITE MEETING!! 🌍 🛰️ 🍃 Make sure you register before September 4!!
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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Join us for the OHBM & SEA-SIG Virtual Satellite Meeting! 🖥️ The SEA-SIG worked all year to prepare you an amazing programme for this Virtual Satellite Meeting, so check it out!
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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
New paper by @njudd.com shows that an additional year of education doesn't causally affect telomere length in old age, despite many (theory) accounts arguing otherwise. It's been desk rejected by 13 journals happy to publish small 'positive' telomere studies. Sigh. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Picked up my poster for #ESCAP2025 last week and had a small surprise arriving at the Airbnb.. If you want to see my real poster on the association between adversity and grey and white matter development, come meet me at D2.102 today!
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Aperture Neuro @apertureohbm.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
In @ohbmossig.bsky.social's first Open Datasets Special Issue paper, Wearn et al. introduce the OHBM Time Machine, a freely accessible archive of Annual Meeting content on YouTube: doi.org/10.52294/001... @alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @stephforkel.bsky.social
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Come chat with SEA-SIG members at table #28 if you are at OHBM right now!
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
It's finally here! If you're in Brisbane, welcome to #OHBM2025! We're SO excited to welcome your to our education course TOMORROW, put on in collab with the @ohbmossig.bsky.social‬ ✨ 🔥 9:00 - 13:00 in P2 "Maximizing scientific efficiency through sustainability, reproducibility, and FAIRness"
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
‼️Our blog post on sustainable tips for #OHBM2025 in Brisbane is now LIVE! Take a gander for our recommendations on how to keep the environment in mind while you are enjoying the science and the sun. ☀️👩‍🔬🌱🍃 Thank you to @ohbm-com.com for helping us get this out! www.ohbm-com.com/blog/your-gu...
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Your guide to a sustainable OHBM experience: Brisbane edition! — OHBM Communications
Authors: OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG June has arrived, and that means that another OHBM Annual Meeting is just around the corner! This year we have an absolutely beautiful...
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OHBM Open Science Special Interest Group @ohbmossig.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Hello OSSIG community! We would like to share our petition as we would like to continue OSSIG opportunities and grow this community even more at future conferences! Please join our efforts in signing this petition to have OSSIG activities regularly.
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OHBM Brain Art @ohbmbrainart.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
🚀📢 The call for submissions to our #BrainArt Competition is officially OPEN 🎉 📆 Submit your work by June 9 using this form! forms.gle/CFTyLK6LQwTC... 🖥️ For more info and details about how to participate, visit our website!!! ohbm-brainart.github.io/competition....
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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Are you an international early career scholar considering spending time in the Netherlands? We likely have capacity to host a Marie Curie Fellow if you are interested. Our lab (lifespancognitivedynamics.com) works on modeling cognitive change in early or later life, at short and long timescales.
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Duncan Astle @duncanastle.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Funded PhD opportunity with @sjblakemore.bsky.social and I, at Cambridge. We are looking for someone interested in developmental science, to start in the coming academic year. Please share it with anyone you think might be interested (see details attached 😁). drive.google.com/file/d/1RIvg...
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Funded PhD opportunity.pdf
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Are you passionate about keeping sustainability a priority in your neuroimaging research? Want to spread the word but don't know where to start? JOIN US! The SEA-SIG is looking for volunteers to help with our social media, education, & outreach team. Contact info on our website ohbm-environment.org
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
OHBM is just over a month away! You don't want to miss our Educational Course in collaboration with the Open Science SIG @ohbmossig.bsky.social : "Maximizing scientific efficiency through sustainability, reproducibility, and FAIRness" ww6.aievolution.com/hbm2501/Even...
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ᴅʀ. ᴍᴏᴡɪɴᴄᴋᴇʟ'ꜱ @drmowinckels.io · 16/05/2025
Sign this official EU petition on banning Conversion Practices in the EU, open to all EU citizens. eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
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European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Folks, universities here are have decided to cut international psychology programs, which will be devastating to psychological science in the Netherlands. Please consider signing this open letter on behalf of my colleagues and me; anybody can sign. openletter.earth/against-lang...
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Against Language Barriers: A Call to Protect International Education in Dutch Academia
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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
So proud of the MNS Green Team 💚
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Audrey Luo @audreycluo.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We think of white matter as the brain's highways—uniform conduits between cortices. But what if we study development along tracts? Turns out the journey matters as much as the cortical destination! We're thrilled to share “Two Axes of White Matter Development” www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/n
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Krish D. Singh @magnetokrishio.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
We are very excited to announce the open release of a new 170 participant dataset: Linked MEG, TMS, multimodal 3T MRI, 7T MRI, Connectom MRI, cognitive /questionnaire data. Immense effort from a fabulous CUBRIC team. Paper by Carolyn McNabb et al: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
‼️ REMINDER: Just under a week left to submit in your nominations for the OHBM SUSTAINABILITY AWARD! 🧠 🍃 🏆 Nominations due Feb. 4! See the quoted post for details ⬇️
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Nina Bruinhof @ninabruinhof.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Our new paper on mother-infant stress contagion is out in JCPP! We found that an acute maternal stressor wasn't linked to infant cortisol and crying. Want to know more? Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... Big thanks to my co-authors (Roseriet Beijers, Hellen Lustermans and Carolina de Weerth)! 😊
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<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Postpartum maternal distress has been associated with adverse infant outcomes. A potential pathway of how maternal distress affects infant outcomes could be alterations in maternal caregi...
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
✨ Do you know anyone who is making a real impact in area of increasing environmental sustainability in neuroimaging research? 🌎 🍃 🏆 Nominate them for an OHBM Sustainability Award today! The recipient will receive $2500 USD! See below for award terms 👇 www.humanbrainmapping.org/i4a/pages/in...
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Sustainability Award | Organization for Human Brain Mapping
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Anne Urai @anne-urai.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Had a great day with @rogierk.bsky.social's lab discussing all things variability in Amsterdam!
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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Here’s one article of many documenting the cost of using ChatGPT. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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A bottle of water per email: the hidden environmental costs of using AI chatbots
AI needs a lot of electricity and water to stay cool in data centers. We break down the toll prompt-by-prompt to show the scale of AI’s environmental needs.
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Are you a neuroscientist interested in sustainability, but don't know who to follow? 🤔 You're in luck! Here's a starter pack of neuroscientists who post about climate, and researchers who work in the intersection of neuro/psych and climate change! 🌱Msg if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/E1iW12T
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
✨We are thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of a brand-new OHBM online satellite meeting, co-organized by the Sustainability and Environment Action Special Interest Group (SEA-SIG) and OHBM.✨ Mark your calendars: September 2025! 🌱🌍
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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
The first vacancy of our longitudinal Wellcome Discovery Award project is up! Work with @sjblakemore.bsky.social (and the rest of the team) in Cambridge www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49291/ #PsychSciSky
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Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Assistant/Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge.
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Weekends are a great time to let ideas percolate, so why not give @nicksouter.bsky.social's paper on "10 recommendations for reducing the carbon footprint of neuroimaging research" a read and let it sink in while you head outside and get some fresh air? direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
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Ten recommendations for reducing the carbon footprint of research computing in human neuroimaging
Abstract. Given that scientific practices contribute to the climate crisis, scientists should reflect on the planetary impact of their work. Research computing can have a substantial carbon footprint ...
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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
A fun project to work on - Simulating longitudinal datasets of brain development & covariates (our group led by @leacmichel.bsky.social). Turns out, doing sims is pretty hard, and invites the Feynman quote 'What I cannot create, I do not understand' #PsychSciSky #neuroskyence osf.io/preprints/ps...
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 11/08/2024
Are you looking to get involved with like-minded neuroimagers to make our field more sustainable? Nominate yourself to be the new Chair, Secretary, or Treasurer of the SEA-SIG in our 2024 elections! Nominations accepted from August 15-September 15! ohbm-environment.org/upcoming-sig...
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Upcoming SIG elections 2024 – OHBM SEA-SIG
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CoolenIlse @coolenilse.bsky.social · 29/07/2024
The CODEC study, led by @rogierk.bsky.social, will measure cognitive variability across cognitive domains and temporal resolutions with behavioural and neuroimaging measures to understand cognitive fluctuations in children. The protocol paper is out now!! rdcu.be/dPjbB
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Protocol and preregistration for the CODEC project: measuring, modelling and mechanistically understanding the nature of cognitive variability in early childhood | BMC Psychology
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rogier kievit @rogierk.bsky.social · 17/07/2024
We're working on complexity approaches to atypical development, and are looking for a unicorn of a dataset: N>200, ADHD or ASD (either continuous symptoms or diagnosis yes/no), but above all, Trials>500 on a cognitive task (ideally with a continuous outcome measure, e.g. RT). #PsychSciSky #ESM
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Im Scared GIF
ALT: Im Scared GIF
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 24/06/2024
What an amazing first day to #OHBM2024… but we know tomorrow will be even better! Our symposium, “Rethinking (brain imaging) research in a time of socio-ecological crisis,” will be held tomorrow from 9:00-10:15 AM in Grand Ballroom 104-105!
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OHBM Sustainability & Environmental Action SIG (SEA-SIG) @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social · 23/06/2024
Happy #OHBM2024! Check out our blog post for some green conference tips, and come to our symposium (25th @ 9AM) and social (26th @ 1PM)! www.ohbm-com.com/blog/how-to-...
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How to do your #OHBM2024 sustainably — OHBM Communications
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