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Lars Kasper

@mrikasper.bsky.social
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An MR physicist based in Toronto. Trying to enhance fMRI sensitivity by efficient acquisition (spirals), recon & noise characterization (field+physiological).

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Cihan Çelik @cihancelik.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Um mal dem Meltdown einiger Kommentatoren ein paar Fakten entgegenzusetzen: Alle politischen Lager in Berlin haben ein Antisemitismusproblem. Bei Menschen, die sich als links oder mitte-links bezeichnen, ist es jedoch durchgängig am geringsten ausgeprägt. Quelle: berlin-monitor.de/23-02-2026-v...
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ISMRM @ismrm.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Recognition begins with a nomination: The Awards Committee invites members to identify and nominate colleagues whose contributions have advanced magnetic resonance and enriched our global community for the 2027 ISMRM Society awards. Learn more: ow.ly/TOzp50Zflak #ISMRM #MRI #MedicalImaging
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Emily E. Davis @emilyedavis.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We’re currently running an online study on aging and attention! If you’re interested in participating or know someone who might be, here is the link with more information: brocku.ca/lifespan-dev...
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Have you ever wondered how focus and attention affect everyday life as we get older?
What is this study about? We all experience moments where our mind wanders and then snaps back during everyday activities. We're interested in understanding these natural shifts in attention, and how ...
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ISMRM @ismrm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Recognition begins with a nomination: The Awards Committee invites members to identify and nominate colleagues whose contributions have advanced magnetic resonance and enriched our global community for the 2027 ISMRM Society awards. Learn more: ow.ly/TOzp50Zflak #ISMRM #MRI #MedicalImaging
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Alexander Rauscher 🖇️ @rauschermri.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
You can track respiration during fMRI using the phase images of your EPI scan; the fMRI respiration tracking toolbox got an update. github.com/alexjaffray/...
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GitHub - alexjaffray/fMRI-phase-toolbox: Toolbox for processing and analysis of spatiotemporal image phase fluctuations during fMRI scans.
Toolbox for processing and analysis of spatiotemporal image phase fluctuations during fMRI scans. - alexjaffray/fMRI-phase-toolbox
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Lars Kasper @mrikasper.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Really excited to join the ISMRM MiniHub next week in Toronto! The local organization committee has done a marvelous job to titrate a program suited to local attendees: community.ismrm.org/discussion/y... Interested to join? www.ismrm.org/26m/minihub/ – Scroll down and click REGISTER NOW!
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ISMRM @ismrm.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Can’t Make it to Cape Town? Join a MiniHub. Experience selected Annual Meeting sessions locally, connect with peers in your region, and stay part of the global MR conversation—closer to home. Learn more and register: ow.ly/Ea3a50YQS6t #ISMRM2026 #MiniHub #GlobalMR
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ESMRMB @esmrmb.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🔴🟡🔴 Submit your abstract for #ESMRMB2026 in Girona! Abstract submissions opening soon. 🔬 Showcase your MR research, clinical innovations, or imaging techniques! 📅 Deadline: May 22, 2026 — 17:00 CEST 🌐 More details at esmrmbcongress.org #MRI #Girona2026
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ISMRT @ismrt.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Coming to Cape Town for the ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition? Grants are available to members who will incur additional expenses for childcare or who would be unable to attend without caregiver assistance due to a disability. LEARN MORE: www.ismrm.org/26m/accessibility-gra…
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Andreea Diaconescu @cognemo.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
We’re bringing computational psychiatry to #ACNP2026 Our panel shows how RL, DDMs, active inference, and neural models can unpack symptom heterogeneity across anxiety, psychosis, ADHD, depression, and suicide risk-moving beyond diagnoses to mechanisms. @acnporg.bsky.social #ComputationalPsychiatry
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ISMRM @ismrm.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Coming to Cape Town for the ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition? Grants are available to members who will incur additional expenses for childcare or who would be unable to attend without caregiver assistance due to a disability. LEARN MORE: www.ismrm.org/26m/accessibility-gra…
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ISMRT @ismrt.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Coming to Cape Town for the ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition? Grants are available to members who will incur additional expenses for childcare or who would be unable to attend without caregiver assistance due to a disability. LEARN MORE: www.ismrm.org/26m/accessibility-gra…
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ESMRMB @esmrmb.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
🎉 #MRITogether2025 is a wrap! 4 days of building an open, inclusive future for MRI. Today: 🌍 Global collaboration 🌱 Early-career support 🔧 Open hardware & low-field innovation 🤝 Transparency & reproducibility Thank you all! 💙 🔗 mritogether.esmrmb.org/25m/ #OpenScience #MRIcommunity
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Lars Kasper @mrikasper.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Excited about #MRITogether2025 next week! A great way to celebrate open science in MRI and find out about the latest trends through this free, online conference. Also, I am really curious about the new online platform! See you there, #BreakingBoundaries - to the Nyquist limit and beyond ;-)
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ESMRMB @esmrmb.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Day 4 of #MRITogether2025 features: 🌍 Global ECR Contributions (04:30 UTC) 🔧 Closing Session: Low-Field MRI & Open Hardware (07:00 UTC) Lets celebrate innovation & collaboration in MRI. Info → mritogether.esmrmb.org/25m/ Register → www.airmeet.com/e/d75829c0-c... #MRITogether
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ESMRMB @esmrmb.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Day 2 of #MRITogether2025 dives into: 🔬 Data Sharing in MRI 💡 MRI Researcher Challenges 🌍 MRI in LMICs 🔄 Replay: MRI Researcher Challenges Don’t miss these global, open-science conversations. Info → mritogether.esmrmb.org/25m/ Register → www.airmeet.com/e/d75829c0-c...
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ESMRMB @esmrmb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Day 1 of #MRITogether2025 is coming! 🧠 Open and Reproducible Science in MRI: What Is Missing? 🤖 Open-Minded AI Deployment in MRI ⚠️ Challenges of AI in Open Science Join discussions → mritogether.esmrmb.org/25m/ Register → www.airmeet.com/e/d75829c0-c... #MRITogether #OpenScience
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ESMRMB @esmrmb.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Day 3 will continue with: 🫀 A Focus on Body MRI (16:30 UTC) 🌱 ECR Open-Science Initiatives (17:30 UTC) From motion correction tools to new open MICCAI challenges — join live! Info → mritogether.esmrmb.org/25m/ Register → www.airmeet.com/e/d75829c0-c... #MRITogether #OpenScience
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ESMRMB @esmrmb.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Day 3 of #MRITogether2025 starts with 🎓 Open-Science MRI for Everyone 🧪 Simulation MRI: Acquisition → Motion Correction Learn, experiment, and collaborate with the global MRI community. Info → mritogether.esmrmb.org/25m/ Register → www.airmeet.com/e/d75829c0-c... #MRITogether
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layerfmri.bsky.social @layerfmri.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
We wrote a blog post about common misconceptions of basic EPI parameters. Test your knowledge of EPI myths. layerfmri.com/epimyths/ 1/3
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Peter Zeidman @corticalpete.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
The beta release of SPM-Python is out now! Amazing work by Johan Medrano @johmedr.bsky.social , Yael Balbastre, Yulia Bezsudnova @ybezs.bsky.social and other members of their team. A new era for SPM! #OHBM2025
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Antje Hellwich @antjehellwich.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
On 🧠 #WorldBrainDay, let me highlight “Advancing Clinical and Neuroscientific Research Through Accessible and Optimized Protocol Design at 3T” by @srikash.bsky.social and Kâmil Uludağ, PhD (@uhn.ca, @uoft.bsky.social) 🔗 github.com/BRAIN-TO/bto... #MRI #NeuroSky #OpenScience @mritobi.bsky.social
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GitHub - BRAIN-TO/bto_mri_protocols_info: This is a repository of wiki, code and containers for post-processing data acquired using the BRAIN-TO imaging protocols on a Siemens Prisma 3 T
This is a repository of wiki, code and containers for post-processing data acquired using the BRAIN-TO imaging protocols on a Siemens Prisma 3 T - BRAIN-TO/bto_mri_protocols_info
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Lars Kasper @mrikasper.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Liebe @deutschebahn.com, Dass ihr kurzfristig die #Familienreservierung abschafft, ist enttäuschend für unsere 4-köpfige Familie, die in Kanada immer vom dt. ÖV schwärmt. Dass ihr nun aber 2 unserer reservierten Verbindungen streicht & uns zwingt, neu für 35 EUR mehr zu reservieren, ist unredlich
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Andreea Diaconescu @cognemo.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Thrilled to co-organize & present at #BrainModes2025! 🧠 📅 8–10 Oct | Fields Institute, Toronto 🎙️ Keynotes by Karl Friston, Joana Cabral, Petra Ritter & more 🚀 Theme: Multi-scale modelling & computational psychiatry Submit your abstract&register now ▶️ brainmodes2025.org
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Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Britta U. Westner, Tim M. Tierney, et al: Cycling on the Freeway: The perilous state of open-source neuroscience software doi.org/10.1162/imag...
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Steffen and Saskia Bollmann @sbollmann.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Looking forward to be talking about this at ISMRM :) I will be there from Saturday to Tuesday and keen to talk about this and everything else Neurodesk!
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ESMRMB @esmrmb.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
📣 Speaker spotlight for #ESMRMB2025: Markus Weiger! 📣 Join Dr. Weiger to push the limits of high-performance gradients in our "Cycle of Technology"! Submit your abstract until May 9th and register here: buff.ly/GHbFWHc
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Smiling Mosquito 🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺 @smilingmosquito.novascotia.social · 21/02/2025
So gehen wahrscheinlich Zehntausende Stimmen verloren. Auch meine. Nicht vergessen Einspruch einzulegen: www.auslandswahl.de/einspruch
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Einspruch gegen die Gültigkeit der Wahl
Wir haben den komplizierten Wahlantrag in verständliche Fragen übersetzt. Fragen beantworten, Wahlantrag ausdrucken, unterschreiben und abschicken.
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Lars Kasper @mrikasper.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
In Toronto sind die Wahlunterlagen aus Halle für meine Mutter bis heute nicht angekommen. Ebensowenig wie meine aus Göttingen - die hatte ich bereits am 30. Dezember (!) beantragt. Betroffene können diese Petition unterstützen: openpetition.de/!wahlrecht
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Wahlrecht für Deutsche im Ausland sichern: Keine Stimme darf verloren gehen! - Online-Petition
Alle deutschen Staatsangehörige sollten ihr Wahlrecht ausüben können! Jetzt handeln! Problem: Viele deutsche Staatsangehörige im Ausland können ihr Grundrecht auf Teilnahme an der Bundestagswahl fakti...
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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
#MRITogether Last but not least, we will wrap up day 4 (2/2) with several speakers discussing their experience with sustainable volunteering in open science initiatives. Looking forward to that! Join us and register here: mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/registra...
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Lars Kasper @mrikasper.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
#MRITogether24 is live! Don't be shy and and join the "Meet-the-speakers" corner on GatherTown after each #MRITogether session. This is your low-threshold way of talking to our inspiring speakers 1:1 and get more personal insights into open MRI Register here: mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/registra...
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Francesco Santini - ESMRMB2025 Program Chair @mrifranz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
#MRITogether is starting in a few hours. Can't wait for this year's program on #MRI and #Reproducibility! If you are interested, join me. It's free, and even if you keep it in the background while you work, it's still worth it! mritogether.esmrmb.org.
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Lars Kasper @mrikasper.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Our opening session at #MRITogether 24 is starting now. Come and join! So excited to see this work of the last year coming to life.
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Lars Kasper @mrikasper.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Done Christmas Shopping? Or need inspiration what open MRI tools to get for your loved ones? After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there is 🥁 #MRITogether Tuesday (and Wednesday-Thursday-Friday 😉). There is still time to register for our free online event mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/registra...
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Lars Kasper @mrikasper.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
This session is really dear to my ❤️, being maintainer of the open-source #PhysIO_Toolbox myself for > 10y. Always torn between support, new features, community building & actually using the tools. Excited to hear how experts e.g. from the @bidsstandard.bsky.social, BART/Debian teams are doing it.
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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
#MRITogether Day 3 (2/2) will also feature talks on open science projects that succeeded at their own pace 🤩
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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Register here: mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/registra...
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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
#MRITogether Day 3 (1/2) is also full of super stars, including @sbollmann.bsky.social 😍 There is still to register: mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/registra...
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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#MRITogether Day 2 (2/2) program is also full of excellent speakers, including my new supervisor @martinhebart.bsky.social 😆 Please join us in this free, fantastic event! Even if it is just to attend a session, make sure you register to access our webinar: mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/registra...
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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
#MRITogether is around the corner, and here is more about our first 2 sessions 😍 Come join us and register here: mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/registra...
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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
#MRITogether Day 2 (1/2) program is now out! There are so many amazing talks, but I'm especially looking forward to hearing more about transferable skills and career transitions from these amazing speakers! Register here: mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/registra...
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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🌟 Submit your abstract and become an MRI Together legend! Eternal fame and cash prizes can be yours! ⭐💶 Submission deadline extended: Nov 27th. Top 5 wins: 1st - 150 € 2nd - 100 € 3rd - 75 € 4th - 50 € 5th - 25 € SUBMIT NOW ⬇️ mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/abstracts #MRITogether
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Lars Kasper @mrikasper.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
My first post on bluesky and quite on brand - moving here to experience the open science and serendipitous virtual water cooler discussions good ol' twitter used to have. If you want this in distilled form, join us for #MRITogether24 Dec 3-6th online, open and free: mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/
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MRI Together
Global workshop on open, reproducible, and inclusive MR research
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Fernanda Ribeiro @felenitaribeiro.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hey Bluesky people! I want to invite you to attend the MRI Together workshop, a free virtual global event dedicated to fostering open, reproducible, and inclusive MR research generously supported by ESMRMB. This event will be held across multiple time zones between 3-6 December 2023.
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