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Meng-Yun Wang

@meng-yun.bsky.social
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Postdoc at MPI for Psycholinguistics; Language and Genetics Department

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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Structural and functional brain asymmetry in relation to heterogeneous causes of situs inversus totalis. New paper by @meng-yun.bsky.social & al. with Nicole Ying Ting Ng, Else Eising, @profsimonfisher.bsky.social , @clydefrancks.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/s00429-026-03098-5
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Structural and functional brain asymmetry in relation to heterogeneous causes of situs inversus totalis - Brain Structure and Function
Brain Structure and Function - Various aspects of brain organization differ between the left and right hemispheres. Clues to the developmental origins of these asymmetries may be gained through...
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Clyde Francks @clydefrancks.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Integrating brain structure and function for the neurobiology and genetics of language www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... New study in which @jsamelink.bsky.social examined brain data from >32,000 people from @ukbiobank.bsky.social ... 1/4 ⬇️
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Meng-Yun Wang @meng-yun.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
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BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex - Nature Neuroscience
Using quantitative brain imaging, the authors show opposite fMRI BOLD signal to metabolic activity due to variable oxygen extraction across the human cortex. This questions the canonical interpretatio...
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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
What enables human language? A biocultural framework. New paper by Inbal Arnon & al. with @limorraviv.bsky.social , @profsimonfisher.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/science.adq8303
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What enables human language? A biocultural framework
Explaining the origins of language is a key challenge in understanding ourselves as a species. We present an empirical framework that draws on synergies across fields to facilitate robust studies of l...
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Structural and functional brain asymmetry in relation to heterogeneous causes of situs inversus totalis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Clyde Francks @clydefrancks.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Asymmetries of the brain and body - are they linked genetically? In a new study we sequenced the genomes of people with their visceral organs reversed on the left-right axis, in a rare congenital condition called situs inversus totalis: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Short thread below ⬇️ 1/5
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Donders Institute @dondersinst.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🎉 Next week: NL’s first Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW)! Workshops, talks & networking at Donders, Nijmegen. “Postdocs often fall between the cracks—let's recognise & support them.” —Lisa Groendendaal-van Weert, Postdoc coordinator. Read more about this week: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i... #PAW_NL
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Kick-off Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) | Radboud University
The very first Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW) in the Netherlands will take place next week. From 15 to 19 September, Donders Institute is also organising a packed programme in collaboration with part...
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Clyde Francks @clydefrancks.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
New @maxplanck.de study: We looked for left-right differences of gene expression and cell-type abundances in the brains of MICE 🐭using Xenium @10xgenomics.bsky.social. Possible clues to how functional brain asymmetry is supported !! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Short thread below ⬇️
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Nature @nature.com · 03/07/2025
Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans go.nature.com/3Gv861V
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Neanderthals boiled bones in 'fat factories' to enrich their lean diet
Germany digs reveal a large-scale operation 100,000 years earlier than oldest known fat rendering by modern humans.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 04/07/2025
It’s been 25 years since the UCSC Genome Browser launched. Nature profiles how the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function, and clinical impact. #Academicsky 🧬 🧪
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’We couldn’t live without it’: the UCSC Genome Browser turns 25
After a quarter of a century, the website remains an essential tool for navigating the genome and understanding its structure, function and clinical impact.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Neural progenitor cells detected in the dentate gyrus of people aged 20 to 78 years add evidence to the debate around adult neurogenesis. By @claudia-lopez.bsky.social‬‬ #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/neurogenesis...
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Machine learning spots neural progenitors in adult human brains
But the finding has not settled the long-standing debate over the existence and extent of neurogenesis during adulthood, says Yale University neuroscientist Juan Arellano.
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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Your genome is not a blueprint. A thread about misleading metaphors in science communication. 🧬🧪 1/n
A blueprint for the batmobile.
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Clyde Francks @clydefrancks.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Are the asymmetries of body and brain linked genetically?@meng-yun.bsky.social will present our latest work on the genetics of visceral organ asymmetry in relation to functional brain laterality at #ESHG2025 in Milan this weekend. Stop by his poster to find out!
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Meng-Yun Wang @meng-yun.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
@maxkorbmacher.bsky.social the real hero
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Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics @mpi-nl.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
White matter microstructure links with brain, bodily and genetic attributes in adolescence, mid- and late life. New paper by Max Korbmacher & al. with @meng-yun.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121132
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Clyde Francks @clydefrancks.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Our study of genes, brains and #DYSLEXIA in over 30,000 adults from @ukbiobank.bsky.social is now published: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Brain regions especially involved in motor, language and vision functions are associated with genetic disposition to dyslexia. Thread below ⬇️ 1/8
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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
2024 was the first full calendar year for Imaging Neuroscience @mitpress - 350 papers published. We're proud of how the brain imaging community enthusiastically embraced open access non-profit publishing. Our aim is to be *your* journal. Full size PDF: drive.google.com/file/d/1M170...
A collage of figures from the 350 papers published in Imaging Neuroscience in 2024.
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Bratislav Misic @misicbata.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Mapping neuropeptide signaling in the human brain | doi.org/10.1101/2024... Neuropeptides are among the functionally diverse signaling molecules in the brain and body. @cebric.bsky.social curates an atlas of neuropeptide receptors and relates it brain function 🧩 🧠 ⤵️
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Clyde Francks @clydefrancks.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A more detailed news article here: thedebrief.org/breakthrough...
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Breakthrough Study Sheds Light on the Complex Brain Science Behind Dyslexia - The Debrief
New insights into dyslexia reveal structural differences in the brain linked to the genetic predisposition for this neurodiverse condition.
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Clyde Francks @clydefrancks.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Want to do a PhD in Nijmegen on 'Mapping language-relevant genetic effects on brain variability using normative modelling' with myself, @amarquand.bsky.social and @profsimonfisher.bsky.social ? Applications welcome via mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... We are a friendly international group of🧠🧬scientists
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IMPRS PhD Fellowships 2025 | Max Planck InstituteMax Planck Institute for psycholinguistics
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