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Matilde Vaghi

@matildevaghi.bsky.social
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Reader (Associate Professor) - Birkbeck, University of London Leading the Vaghi Lab (www.vaghilab.org)

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Suitch @suitch-co.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A PhD at Birkbeck combining precision neuroimaging and computational approaches to study compulsivity. It offers a strong methodological foundation for anyone targeting clinical cognitive neuroscience. #Neuroscience #NeuroscienceJobs
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🚀 PhD opportunity in the Vaghi Lab, starting 2027 @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social We are looking to support applicants interested in: 🔬 precision neuroimaging 🧠 compulsivity/OCD 💻 computational approaches Available via the ESRC UBEL DTP PhD or MSc + PhD routes 🔗 surl.li/qunzzt Please share! 📢
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ESRC Studentships Main Competition - UBEL DTP
ESRC Studentships Main Competition The UBEL DTP’s fully funded ESRC studentships cover full payment of tuition fees per year and an annual maintenance stipend. What’s on offer UBEL DTP studentships co...
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Sarah Morgan @sarahmorganuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Job alert! 💥 I am recruiting a postdoc to work with me at King's, developing machine learning tools to predict psychotic illnesses from brain connectivity patterns, as part of my Future Leaders Fellowship. Please share with your networks- deadline is 18th Oct www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/159026-...
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Post-doctoral Research Associate in Machine Learning for Mental Health | King's College London
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Greta Tuckute @gretatuckute.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Thanks so much for the fun conversation @wiair.bsky.social ! A pleasure to chat about language, LLMs, and memory--covering some work with @bkhmsi.bsky.social @mschrimpf.bsky.social @michael-lepori.bsky.social @klemenkotar.bsky.social @evfedorenko.bsky.social @thomashikaru.bsky.social, among others!
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Anne Billot, PhD @annebillot.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
📣 New study out today! We show that the brain's language network stays remarkably stable with age — same topography, lateralization, selectivity and connectivity as in younger adults — while the domain-general multiple demand network showed altered activity patterns. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Preserved topography, lateralization, selectivity, and functional connectivity of the language network in older brains - Nature Communications
Here, the authors show that aging affects brain networks differently, with neural changes mirroring the preservation or decline of the cognitive functions they support. The multiple demand network exh...
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Women in Neuroscience UK @womeninneurouk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New on the blog: @becky-pope.bsky.social interviews Margherita Zenoni, a PhD researcher at Cambridge investigating how trauma shapes OCD. She talks lived experience, public engagement, and winning a WiNUK Rising Star Award 2025. 🧠✨ www.womeninneuroscienceuk.org/post/spotlig...
'Spotlight On' Women in Neuroscience graphic featuring Margherita Zenoni, a PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge and Head of Fundraising at Orchard OCD. The title reads 'From Personal Experience to Public Impact: Neuroscience, OCD, and Advocacy.' The photos show Margherita smiling outdoors with a sunset behind her. The Women in Neuroscience UK (WiN UK) logo appears top left, and the WiNUK Awards logo appears bottom right. Credit reads 'By Rebecca Pope.'
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Raymundo Báez-Mendoza @raymundobaez.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Congratulations to this year's S4SN @s4sn.bsky.social early career award recipients Felix Leroy @leroyfelix.bsky.social and Marco Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social !!!
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Romy Lorenz @romy-lorenz.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Please share widely! 🚀 I am recruiting a PhD student for an exciting cross-species collaborative project using layer fMRI to investigate how interoception shapes cognitive control - Application deadline is: 1.10.2026 - Start: Jan 2027 www.mpg.de/26934670/phd...
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PhD Position (m/f/d) | Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception
PhD Position in Ultra-High-Field Layer fMRI of Cognitive Control and Interoception
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Cory Shain @coryshain.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Now out in @natcomms.nature.com w/ @evfedorenko.bsky.social: across many people (>1k) and tasks (>300), the the brain's language network reliably shows up in the functional connectome (correlated activity in fMRI). 1/
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Title: A language network in the individualized functional connectomes of 1199 human brains doing arbitrary tasks

Abstract: A century and a half of neuroscience has yielded many divergent theories of the neurobiology of language. Two factors that likely contribute to this situation include (a) conceptual disagreement about language and its component processes, and (b) intrinsic inter-individual variability in the topography of language areas. Recent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies of small numbers of intensively scanned individuals have argued that a language-selective brain network emerges bottom-up from correlations (individualized functional connectomics, iFC) in task-free (e.g., rest) or task-regressed activation timecourses. Here we tested this hypothesis at scale and evaluated its practical utility for task-agnostic language localization: we apply iFC separately to each of 1,957 (fMRI) scanning sessions (1...
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 18/07/2026
I've posted a preprint of a philosophical paper I've written on the relationships between understanding, prediction, and compression, based on a talk I gave at SPAN 2025. Now in press at Synthese. philarchive.org/archive/POLUPA
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Rui Xu @rui-xu.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
New preprint as my first post! "Monosynaptic connections link functionally similar regions in human cortex." We use electrical stimulation + fMRI in epilepsy patients to map whole-brain monosynaptic connectivity at 42 cortical sites. doi.org/10.64898/202... 1/n
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Robb Rutledge @robbrutledge.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🎉New positions!🎉 Postdoc and Research technician openings in our lab @yale for computational psychiatry research. Technician position a great stepping stone to grad school. More info: rutledgelab.org/positions Work w/big data from our smartphone apps and large clinical samples happinessquest.app
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Postdoc and Research Technician Positions — Rutledge Lab
Now hiring a postdoc and a research technician with an interest in neuroeconomics or computational psychiatry.
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Evan Gordon @gordonneuro.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I always assumed that brain function had to line up with cytoarchitectonics. It turns out I was wrong. Human cortex, especially PFC, is tiled by chains of functional patches that subdivide and interlink architectonic areas into parallel processing streams. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence @mit-sqi.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
@gretatuckute.bsky.social is an MIT alumna who worked with @evfedorenko.bsky.social and the SQI Language and Thought Mission. She is recognized as a rising leader in the field of computational cognitive neuroscience. sqi.mit.edu/news/greta-t...
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Dr. Greta Tuckute: Bridging Neuroscience and AI using Language
As a student, Greta Tuckute worked on language processing research in the EvLab. Now at Harvard's Kempner Institute, she studies how language is implemented in biological and artificial systems.
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Robb Rutledge @robbrutledge.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📣🔥 Early bird registration now open for 2026 Computational Psychiatry Conference cpconf.org at Yale July 14-16. Late-breaking abstracts now open (deadline: May 8) Trainee pre-conference (July 13) registration open (free!) See you in New Haven! #CPConf2026
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Computational Psychiatry Conference
New Haven, USA (July 14-16, 2026)
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 17/03/2026
Nice piece from @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the proposed NIH data sharing policies, featuring our own @anniejwa.bsky.social
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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · 21/01/2026
This is a really fun story - thanks to @thetransmitter.bsky.social for telling it so well!
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Deadline has been extended to 30th Dec 🗓️ Still some time to apply to the job below 🎄 Get in touch if you have any questions!
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Toby Wise @tobywise.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Interested in a PhD looking at trajectories of repetitive negative thought using machine learning and computational modelling? Take a look at our project in the @drivehealth.bsky.social portfolio and get in touch with any questions! showcase.drive-health.org.uk/project/quan...
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Quantifying and Predicting Real-World Repetitive Negative Thought - Divi 5
1. Background Repetitive negative thought (RNT) patterns, such as worry and rumination, are common and distressing symptoms that are characteristic of mood and anxiety disorders, but present across di...
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
👇 Few days left to apply to get to work with us ! Get in touch if you have any questions
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
🚀 We're hiring ! 🕵️ Seeking a postdoc to study the development & individual-level organization of brain circuits supporting (in)flexible behavior in psychiatric populations. 🧠 Precision functional mapping, fMRI, normative modelling Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3h8tcv2e 🗓️ Apply by Dec 10! Please RT 🙌
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Postdoctoral Researcher (2288) - Birkbeck, University of London
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jeanette-mumford.bsky.social @jeanette-mumford.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Our new paper is out! It offers a tool to assess collinearity impact on contrast estimates *and* uses simulations + MID data to show how common collinearity avoidance strategies can bias results. Huge thanks to @russpoldrack.org , M Demidenko, and the ABCD folks. 🔗 direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
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Unintended bias in the pursuit of collinearity solutions in fMRI analysis
Abstract. In task functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), collinearity between task regressors in time series models may impact power. When collinearity is identified after data collection, rese...
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Caterina Gratton @caterinagratton.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization? @rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print): go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-... #neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky 🧵👇
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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Excited to welcome @dkvarga.bsky.social in the lab and looking forward to working with her! 🤩 Read below for her latest exciting work 👇
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🚨 PhD opportunity (start Oct 2026) with @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social via UBEL DTP ! I’m looking for students keen to study cognitive & brain mechanisms of compulsivity through computational modelling 📊, advanced neuroimaging 🧠 & normative models 📈 Get in touch if this excites you!
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Quentin Huys @docqhuys.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
New #job alert! Clinical research fellow / postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry at the @mpc-comppsych.bsky.social / @uclqsion.bsky.social and UCL psychiatry. We will aim to understand the computations engaged by serotonin in the treatment of depression. Please re-sky. 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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Toby Wise @tobywise.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Interested in building computational models of anxiety? See below for a potential PhD opportunity with me Feel free to reach out if you'd like to know more! @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social kcl-mrcdtp.com/project/unde...
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Understanding Negative Cognition in Anxiety Using Artificial Neural Networks - MRC DTP
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common mental health problems, but the mechanisms underpinning its symptoms remain poorly understood, limiting the development of novel interventi...
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Emanuele Osimo @em-os.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
We have a new name, the Cambridge centre for Precision Psychiatry and Data Science – or CPPDS, and a new website: www.cppds.org.uk Led by @gkmurray.bsky.social and myself, we focus on #datascience, #psychiatry, #genomics, and #translational medicine, at @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social 1/2
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Cambridge centre for Precision Psychiatry and Data Science – CPPDS
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Silvia Seghezzi @silviaseghezzi.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Our 2025–2026 Seminar Series is ready to begin 🎓✨ We’re kicking off on 1 October with a fantastic line-up of speakers from across the UK and beyond. Join us on Wednesdays from 1–2 PM at Birkbeck. Light refreshments provided ☕️🥐 Here’s the full programme 👇 @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social
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Elliott Wimmer @elliottwimmer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
📢 We're hiring a Research Assistant in cognitive neuroscience & computational psychiatry! 📢 Join us at UCL to conduct an MEG study of reward & memory, exploring how brain signals link to variability in apathy and anhedonia. 🔗 apply from next week: lmdlab.github.io 🚨closes September 12th!
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Marco K Wittmann @mkwittmann.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
📢 Job announcement: Two (!) 3-year postdoc jobs in our lab at UCL 📢 🧠💫🔊 We are looking for postdocs interested in the abstract mechanisms underlying social cognition. Modelling, fMRI and non-invasive ultrasound, a new deep-brain stimulation method. Please RT 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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Dan Handwerker @danielhandwerker.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Next multi-echo fMRI users meeting scheduled for May 27th. Also tedana v25.0.0 released! More details & a form to give input about the users meeting is at: groups.google.com/g/tedana-new... #Neuroimaging
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May multi-echo fMRI users meeting and tedana v25.0.0
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
👇 If you are interested in working with me on questions related to Precision Functional Mapping and dense-sampling, feel free to get in touch! 🧠
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
❗️We have extended the application deadline for our open postdoctoral position❗️ You can send in your application until May 28th! Email me 📩 if interested and you want to know more 🧠
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🚨 Available postdoc in my lab @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social See below 👇 for further details. 🧠 Any Qs feel free to email 📧
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Matilde Vaghi @matildevaghi.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
📣 I'm hiring 📣 Join the Vaghi Lab @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social! We're seeking a postdoctoral researcher with strong fMRI expertise to lead the development of neurocognitive paradigms and use dense-sampling fMRI in the general population and in OCD patients. 🧠 (1/3) cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
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Postdoctoral Researcher (2106) - Birkbeck, University of London
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