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ISMRM @ismrm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We’re excited to introduce Karla Miller, Ph.D., the 2027 Lauterbur Lecturer! Join us in Vancouver for the 2027 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition. LEARN MORE: ow.ly/JzSi50ZMNaX #ISMRM2027 #ISMRM #ISMRT #MRI #MagneticResonance #Radiology #MedicalImaging #MRTechnologists #Radiographer
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We proudly present the 2026/27 OxCIN Global Scholars: Aya Ahmad, Aparna Somaraj, Tanmay Singhal, Yazdan Rezaee Jouryabi, and Salma Mowafi! They'll join OxCIN remotely for a year, participate in our MRI Graduate Course, present their work, and beome part of our global community. tinyurl.com/yc44kk3j
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Steve Smith @fmrib-steve.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Here is the summary of the various OHBM sessions, Sept 2-4.
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FSLeyes @fsleyes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
A new FSLeyes is out (v1.20.0) with support for .trx tractography files (thanks @arokem.org !) and MRtrix3 .mif files. Full details at open.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/pages/fsl/fs...
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fsleyes release history — FSLeyes documentation
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Seán Froudist-Walsh @seanfw.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
This is such a great opportunity for early career neuroimaging researchers in the Global South and for our centre. Come join our @oxcin.bsky.social community!
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
One more week to apply for OxCIN Global Scholars! 🎯For early-career MRI researchers in the Global South 💻Remote 1-year affiliation with OxCIN 🧠Training in MRI physics & FSL 🌎Build global connections 🗓️Deadline 28 June 2026 🔗https://www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/training/global-scholars Please repost!
Global Scholars logo: a turquoise stylized brain in a globe stand
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
That must have been hard. Difficult to explain how pretty the brains were on the radio.
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Register now for the next in-person FSL Course 2026 in Bordeaux, France! 🗓️ June 22-26, 2026 🧠 Covering: lectures & hands-on practicals on structural, functional, diffusion and resting state brain image analysis 🔗 More info: open.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/pages/fslcou...
FSL logo: a grey-scale image of a fossil with the letters FSL superimposed
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Apply now for OxCIN Global Scholars! 🎯For early-career MRI researchers in the Global South 💻Remote 1-year affiliation with OxCIN 🧠Training in MRI physics & analysis, inc FSL 🌎Build global connections 🗓️Apply by 28 June 2026 🔗https://www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/training/global-scholars Please repost!
oxcin global scholars logo: stylized turqoise brain in a globe standard
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Thanks! I would have picked figure 1 :)
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Nice interview, but next time could you have the real Weiwei rather than this Ai version?
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We've not thought about that no. Are you thinking of how it would e.g. interact with the RF pulses? We'll have a think thanks! Note: this is a tool for forward simulation not inference (although you could use it for inference with e.g. simulation based inference).
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The paper also details some of the many gotchas in doing these types of simulations. We hope you like it!
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We hope this tool can help the field of MR microstructure modelling by enabling fully multimodal inference. The code is open source, with documentation and tutorials. It has been masterminded and created by the ridiculously talended Michiel Cottaar. direct.mit.edu/imag/article...
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
We introduce MCMRSimulator. You can simulate many aspects of tissue (restriction, permeability, relaxation, susceptibility, magnetisation transfer). Importantly, you can generate signals for arbitrary MR sequences, giving you different views of the same tissue.
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
When we acquire multimodal MRI data, they give us complementary views on the same tissue. How can we combine this rich information to improve the specificity of tissue modelling in MRI?
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Register now for the in-person FSL Course 2026 in Bordeaux, France! 🗓️ June 22-26, 2026 🧠 Covering: lectures & hands-on practicals on structural, functional, diffusion and resting state brain image analysis 🔗 open.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/pages/fslcou...
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Thomas Nichols @nichols.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Calling out to other #DataLad users: At @oxcin.bsky.social we're thinking of replacing an XNAT instance that transfers data from our scanner and archives data with a service built on top of DataLad. Any thoughts or experiences people can share?
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Steve Smith @fmrib-steve.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Registration is now open for the 2026 FSL Course. 22-26 June, in Bordeaux (the week after OHBM). open.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/pages/fslcou...
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FSL Course
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Our Clinical Neuroimaging course 2025/26 is now open! 🧠 Learn how to use & interpret MRI in your clinical practice 💻 Fully online & self-paced ✅ CPD accredited 🗓️ Register by April 30th! 🔗 www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/traini... vimeo.com/886487930
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Oxford Clinical Neuroimaging Course
This is "Oxford Clinical Neuroimaging Course" by OxCIN on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
RIP John "Where's the cue ball going" Virgo 🙁
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Save the date! FSL Course 2026 is provisionally planned in-person​ for June 22nd - 26th in Bordeaux, France. More details and the registration link will be posted on the FSL Course website soon. open.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/pages/fslcou...
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Yes it's a very clever idea!
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Of course joking, sorry I should have added a smiley! I love what you/eLife is doing to innovate with online content. Are people adopting it? I remember you introduced embedded interactive figures but are authors using that?
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I love this idea Tim. What's your view on introducing PromoPlots? arxiv.org/abs/2503.24254
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PromoPlot: Covering open-access fees by filling wasted space in corner plots
In an effort to reduce drain on grant funds and decrease unused space in publications, we have developed a Python package for inserting advertisements into the space left empty by corner plots. This n...
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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Thread of French and Dutch research institutes slowly unsubscribing from web of science (and thence impact factors).
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Very excited about this! I was waiting until we finished the online practicals and road-tested them at a workshop before posting here. If you're not sure what to read over xmas... :)
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Tim I think it was almost 20 years ago when I heard you said that's how you review a paper!
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Kyuss - Welcome to the Sky Valley
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We're proud to introduce the 2025/25 cohort of OxCIN Global Scholars! They will be remotely affiliated with OxCIN for a year, participate in our MRI Graduate Programme, present their work and establish links with OxCIN research groups. Read more: www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/traini....
Profile pictures of our five global scholars (three men and two women), with in the bottom right corner the Global Scholars logo of a brain with a world map superimposed, and the text 'OxCIN Global Scholars 2025/26'
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Awesome!
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Registration is still open for #FSLCourse2025. Register now to secure your spot! 💻 Fully online course 🗓️ September 15th-26th 🧠 Lectures & practicals on structural, functional, diffusion and resting state brain image analysis 🔗 open.win.ox.ac.uk/pages/fslcou...
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Tim Behrens @behrenstimb.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
What an absolutely extraordinary milestone. Congrats @fmrib-steve.bsky.social @fmrib-karla.bsky.social and everyone else involved. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Biggest human imaging study scans 100,000th UK volunteer
UK Biobank scientists say the human body can be studied in greater detail than ever thanks to people like Steve.
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Shouldn't that be NaN? @wimbledonltc.bsky.social
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
The rest is entertainment
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Woof!
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Maybe it was a mistake and I shouldn't have changed the eLife summary, but isn't it lovely that this all out in the open? PS: @behrenstimb.bsky.social I don't find your laptop at the restaurant excuse to be very "convincing".
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
The strength of evidence was upgraded after the author sent a rebuttal. I am not sure if that rebuttal is included online? I will admit it was me who caved here. I gave the authors the benefit of a doubt. I would have liked to see code to be really convinced, but authors claim it's patent protected.
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
The OxCIN Global Scholars programme offers a year of remote MRI training and collaboration for early-career researchers from the Global South. Apply by June 30th to join the 2025/26 cohort. Please repost! www.oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/traini...
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Thank you!
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Sure. But sometimes (not often enough) an article is about ideas, not code/data.
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Helen Barron @helencbarron.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
*** Come join us !! We are recruiting !! *** How does the brain generate beliefs that go beyond direct experience? How do these mechanisms go awry in psychosis? The Barron lab tinyurl.com/bdf4drjf @MRCBNDU @NDCNOxford are recruiting a new postdoc tinyurl.com/ut4vbwt4 to work in mouse models
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Barron Group | mrcbndu
Our group investigates how cells and circuits in the brain work together to perform computations that support memory. Using a wide range of technical approaches, we investigate how these computations ...
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Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (OxCIN) @oxcin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Registration Open! FSL Course 2025 will be held fully online, 15th – 26th September. Details & registration info here: open.win.ox.ac.uk/pages/fslcou... The course covers lectures & hands-on practicals on structural, functional, diffusion and resting state brain image analysis.
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Ah sorry, I thought CCV was a typo, it was a dig at the reviewer 🙂 Poor Chantal :(. I hope you are well Siri!!
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
By CV you mean your CCV right?
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Multi-modal Monte Carlo MRI simulator of tissue microstructure
Monte Carlo simulation of MRI signals is a powerful tool for modelling and quantifying tissue microstructure. While these methods have been used in MRI for decades, they typically focus on one aspect ...
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Incredibly flexible simulator brought to you by the talented @michielcottaar.bsky.social. Can feed arbitrary sequences (e.g. with pulseq) and model lots of microstructure features (diffusion, permeability, susceptibility, MT). Allows multimodal simulations. Fully documented and open. :)
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Science Homecoming @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Neuroscientist Sarah Heilbronner is a proud product of Martin County schools in Florida 🌴. However, federal budget cuts threaten important work she's doing in brain research. 🧪🏠 @srheilbronner.bsky.social www.tcpalm.com/story/opinio...
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Federal budget cuts threaten the work of neuroscientist with Martin County roots | Opinion
Sarah Heilbronner is a proud product of Martin County schools. However, federal budget cuts threaten important work she's doing in brain research.
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Lovely!!
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Saad Jbabdi @saadjbabdi.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Nice. I was at KCL café today and it wasn't bad either
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