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Sahar Ahmad

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Research Instructor Department of Radiology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Website: sites.google.com/view/sahar-ahmad 🗣️ Sa-Her (/sɑːhər/)

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Wei Wen @wwenneuro.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I will be representing @commsbio.nature.com at the Annual Meeting of Chinese Neuroscience Society (#CNS2026) in Fuzhou! Come find me at the Springer Nature booth (B46) on Friday, Sept. 11th 12:30 – 13:30! Happy to answer questions about journal policies, editorial workflow, and peer review.
My contact info:

Wei Wen, PhD
Associate Editor, Communications Biology
wei.wen@springernature.com

CNS2026
September 10-13, 2026
Fuzhu Strait International Conference & Exhibition Center
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ptyap.bsky.social @ptyap.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Excited to share our new Nature Communications paper, led by @saharahmad.bsky.social! 🎉 We map 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝟏𝟎𝟎 across the 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
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The shifting landscape of brain-wide myelination across the human lifespan - Nature Communications
This study presents the development and aging principles of myelination in 214 brain regions using large-scale dataset spanning birth through 100 years. The results provide strong evidence for region-...
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
💡 Our new study in @natcomms.nature.com reveals how myelination progresses across the human lifespan, with different brain regions following distinct growth trajectories. 🌐 Read more: doi.org/10.1038/s414... #Neuroscience #Neuroimaging #Lifespan #MRI @springernature.com @natureportfolio.nature.com
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 19/08/2026
⭐ A review covering human brain development across multiple scales throughout the lifespan 🧠 ⭐ High annual-cycle repeatability in the Eurasian Curlew, which suggests limited potential to adapt to environmental change 🪽 www.researchgate.net/journal/Comm...
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Communications Biology - Editor Pick by Jasmine Pan
For Communications Biology's first-ever Editor's Pick on ResearchGate, we're excited to highlight three interesting works. First, ter Steege et al. show that 80% of Amazonian tree species rely on anim...
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 19/08/2026
(1/2) Our first Editor's Picks is now on @researchgate.bsky.social! Selected by our in-house Editor, Dr Jasmine Pan, take a look to see articles covering: ⭐ The proportion of Amazonian tree species that rely on animals for pollination & seed dispersal (spoiler: 80%) 🌴
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 30/07/2026
🧠👤How does our #brain develop? Find out in this comprehensive review on human brain development across multiple scales, from large-scale anatomical structures to microstructural architecture and functional organization across the lifespan. @saharahmad.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s420...
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Multiscale brain development across the human lifespan - Communications Biology
A comprehensive review on human brain development across multiple scales, from large-scale anatomical structures to microstructural architecture and functional organization across the lifespan.
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🚨 Our review, "Multiscale brain development across the human lifespan", is now published in @commsbio.nature.com 🌐 Read it here: doi.org/10.1038/s420... #Neuroscience #Neuroimaging #BrainDevelopment
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Multiscale brain development across the human lifespan - Communications Biology
A comprehensive review on human brain development across multiple scales, from large-scale anatomical structures to microstructural architecture and functional organization across the lifespan.
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 01/07/2026
⭐Are you an Early Career Researcher that has previously reviewed for us? If so, we would love to highlight you and your work!! Please let us know what you are passionate about in the following form: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🔔 Regular registration pricing is available until 23:59 PDT on June 25, 2026. After this deadline, onsite registration rates will apply. 🌐 Register NOW: fitng.org/registration/ #FITNG2026 #neuroimaging #MRI #brain #research #neuroscience
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
🔬 Early preview of Think Tank topics at #FITNG2026! 🌐Register now to participate in discussions: fitng.org/registration/ #neuroimaging #MRI #Brain #research #science
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🚨 See our latest work on infant brain MRI processing & analysis at #OHBM2026 🧠 #BrainDevelopment #Neuroimaging
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🔔 Reminder: Registration for FIT’NG 2026 is open! 🏨 Hotel room booking is also available, so be sure to reserve your accommodation early. Looking forward to seeing you in Panama City!🏖️ 🌊 Registration: fitng.org/registration/ Accommodation: fitng.org/accommodation/ #FITNG2026 #ICIS2026
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
🧠 From sulcal morphometry to cortical hierarchy and functional specialization, this cross-journal Collection highlights how the human brain evolves over the lifetime. www.nature.com/collections/... 🗓️ Submissions open until July 31. @commsbio.nature.com @natcomms.nature.com @natneuro.nature.com
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Lifespan changes in the human brain
This cross-journal collection invites submissions that investigate human brain changes across all or multiple stages of life, from in-utero to older age.
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
🔬 Language and theory of mind develop in separate brain regions from early childhood! 👧🧠 📚 Read this paper to find out more 👇
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Join us on April 14th at 11am ET / 5pm CEST for a FIT’NG + ICIS preview of the Panama 2026 meetings: exclusive program sneak peeks, highlighting events of shared interest, and what you gain by attending both. Register: tinyurl.com/fitngicis
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🗺️ The FIT'NG 2026 Conference will take place at the Hotel El Panama in Panama City from July 10–11, 2026. Join us to participate in this conference with two days of outstanding scientific exchange and networking. 📅 Early-bird registration deadline: April 30 🔗 Register here: fitng.org/registration/
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Share your latest findings 👇 #Neuroimaging #neuroscience #BabyBrain
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🔔 Submissions are still open for the Collection “Lifespan changes in the human brain” 🔬🧠 Share your research on brain development and aging. 🖱️For details & submission info, visit: www.nature.com/collections/... @commsbio.nature.com @natcomms.nature.com @natneuro.nature.com
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🔬 Have new results since the first abstract deadline? 🗓️ Late-breaking abstract submissions open March 25. 📌 FIT’NG 2026 will be held right after ICIS (@infantstudies.bsky.social), giving researchers the opportunity to expand networking and collaboration. 🔗 Details: fitng.org/late-breakin...
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
⌛Submission deadline is TOMORROW! Don't miss your chance to compete for the Conference Awards 🏆 ✨Attending ICIS? (@infantstudies.bsky.social) Stay for FIT'NG and keep the science and networking going. 🌐 Abstracts: fitng.org/poster-oral-... 🌐 Symposium: fitng.org/symposium-su... #FITNG2026
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
⏰ Friendly reminder: the submission deadline is 4 weeks away (25 Feb, 2026)! We are looking forward to your abstract and symposia submissions. 🌐 Abstract submissions: fitng.org/poster-oral-... 🌐 Symposia submissions: fitng.org/symposium-su... #FITNG2026
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
📢 FIT'NG is seeking volunteers to serve as abstract reviewers for the 2026 conference. Reviewers will be selected based on expertise and career stage and will review 5–7 abstracts during a two-week period in early March. Sign Up Now 👇 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #FITNG2026
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FIT'NG 2026 Reviewer Sign-Up
Thank you for volunteering to be an abstract reviewer for FIT'NG 2026. Reviewers will be selected based on area of expertise and career stage. Reviewers will be asked to be available to review 5 - 7 a...
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 22/01/2026
A self-supervised implicit neural representation framework for estimating Standard Model of white matter parameters improves accuracy under noise conditions, enables spatial upsampling, and allows integrated gradient non-uniformity correction. @maxchamb.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Implicit neural representations for accurate estimation of the Standard Model of white matter - Communications Biology
In this work a self-supervised implicit neural representation framework for estimating Standard Model of white matter parameters is presented, improving fitting accuracy under noise conditions, enabli...
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🚨 All abstract submissions are now open for the 2026 FIT'NG Annual Conference taking place July 10–11 in Panama City. 🗓️ Deadline for submissions: 23:59 PST on February 25, 2026 🌐 Submission website: fitng.org/poster-oral-...
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Manuel Breuer @editormb.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Please share/RT! 📖 🔬 I'm looking for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable cell biologist to join my fantastic team at @natcomms.nature.com. Office: Shanghai, Beijing or Pune - apply by Dec 22nd 2025. PMs open springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
🌟 Great opportunity for researchers working on lifespan brain development! 🗓️ Submission Deadline: 30 April 2026 #neuroimaging #neuroscience
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🔥 New papers dropped in @commsbio.nature.com Collection “Lifespan changes in the human brain” www.nature.com/collections/... 🧠 Effective connectivity mapping across the lifespan reveals an inverted U-shaped developmental trajectory. 🌐 doi.org/10.1038/s420...
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The effective connectome over a century of human life - Communications Biology
The effective connectome of the human brain is charted from birth to 100 years of age, revealing a critical window of plasticity during early brain development and a sensorimotor-association gradient ...
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🌟 Glad to be featured in RSNA’s Art of Imaging story (@rsnasky.bsky.social), highlighting creativity in research! The fusion of 🎨 art and 🧪 science sparks new 💡 ideas. 🌐 Read full story here: www.rsna.org/news/2025/no...
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Art as Medicine: Radiologists' Creative Outlet
Discover how radiologists use art to inspire, reduce stress and celebrate anatomy at RSNA 2025's The Art of Imaging contest. Creativity meets medicine.
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
📢 The new cross-journal Collection “Lifespan changes in the human brain” with @commsbio.nature.com, @natcomms.nature.com, @natneuro.nature.com, and Scientific Reports is now open for submissions! 📭 🌍 Learn more: www.nature.com/collections/... #Neuroscience #Brain #Lifespan #Neuroimaging
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Lifespan changes in the human brain
This cross-journal collection invites submissions that investigate human brain changes across all or multiple stages of life, from in-utero to older age.
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
🧠🚼 Love FIT research and content creation? Join the FIT’NG Communications Committee!! 👇 #FITNG2025
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 06/08/2025
Would you like to participate in the peer review process at Communications Biology? Please fill out this form to express your interest to act as a reviewer📝 We particularly encourage early-career researchers and applicants from underrepresented groups in research. forms.office.com/e/fv22f9aRt5
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
📢 The new cross-journal Collection “Lifespan changes in the human brain” with @commsbio.nature.com, @natcomms.nature.com, @natneuro.nature.com, and Scientific Reports is now open for submissions! 📭 🌍 Learn more: www.nature.com/collections/... #Neuroscience #Brain #Lifespan #Neuroimaging
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Lifespan changes in the human brain
This cross-journal collection invites submissions that investigate human brain changes across all or multiple stages of life, from in-utero to older age.
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 20/06/2025
A neuroimaging tool, TACOS, was developed to transform network-based statistics across brain structural and functional networks from different atlases. Using TACOS, connectomic findings could be easily combined or compared without handling raw data www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Harmonizing network-based statistics across different atlases in brain connectome analysis - Communications Biology
A neuroimaging tool, TACOS, was developed to transform network-based statistics across brain structural and functional networks from different atlases. Using TACOS, connectomic findings could be easil...
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
🔥 New editorial in Frontiers in Radiology spotlights advances in pediatric neuroradiology🧠 🔗 Read here: www.frontiersin.org/journals/rad... #Neuroradiology #AI #Pediatrics
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Frontiers | Editorial: Recent advances in pediatric neuroradiology
One of the key challenges in studying neonatal brain architecture is that during early postnatal period, brain tissue contrast and structural morphology (siz...
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Weekend goals: 🎯 ☕ Coffee 🧠 Brainstorm 📄 Submit late breaking poster abstract 🗓️ Deadline is June 12. 💥Get your findings out there! Submit now: fitng.org/late-breakin... #FITNG2025 #CallForAbstracts
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Communications Biology @commsbio.nature.com · 29/05/2025
Modeling cortical gyrification during the perinatal period suggests a potential birth-related increase in brain folding, pointing to a previously underexplored shift in early neurodevelopment. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Burst of gyrification in the human brain after birth - Communications Biology
Modeling cortical gyrification during the perinatal period suggests a potential birth-related increase in brain folding, pointing to a previously underexplored shift in early neurodevelopment.
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
⏳ Missed the first submission round? You are not out of luck! 🚨 Late breaking poster submissions open next week (🗓️ May 29). Your latest findings still have a chance to shine. 🔬✨ Learn more: fitng.org/late-breakin... #FITNG2025
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🚨 Want to help shape the field? 👶🧠 ℹ️ Fill out the form below to serve as a reviewer for #FITNG2025! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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FIT'NG 2025 Reviewer Sign-Up
Thank you for volunteering to be an abstract reviewer for FIT'NG 2025. Reviewers will be selected based on area of expertise and career stage. Reviewers will be asked to be available to review 5 - 10 ...
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
⏰ 5 DAYS LEFT!!! 🗓️ Abstract and symposium submissions close on April, 22. Hurry up, submit now!! 🔗 fitng.org/poster-oral-... 🔗 fitng.org/symposium-su... #FITNG2025
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Sahar Ahmad @saharahmad.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🚨 New Research Article 🚨 🧠 “Measuring and interpreting individual differences in fetal, infant, and toddler neurodevelopment" is now available. 🔗 Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.dc...
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🥳 🥁 #FITNG2025 submission site is now open! The deadline to submit abstracts is April 10, 2025. Click here to get more info: fitng.org/submissions/
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Don't miss our next FIT'NG Together Talk on February 25th at 11am EST! Dr. Niall Bourke and Sharada Balaji will discuss UNITY (Ultra-low-field Neuroimaging In The Young), aimed to make neuroimaging more accessible worldwide. Register for FREE at: tinyurl.com/4vf84ycm
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
🚨 FIT'NG Together talk happening TOMORROW! 🌐 Register for free at: tinyurl.com/569wzd88
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
🗓️ Don't miss our next FIT'NG Together talk on February 4th at 11 am EST! Profs. López Bendito and Lohmann will discuss synaptic plasticity, neural circuits, network dynamics, and brain maturation, highlighting the role of spontaneous activity 🧠🐭 Register at: fitng.org/fitng-togeth...
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Fetal, Infant, & Toddler Neuroimaging Group—FIT’NG @fitngin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
🥁 FIT'NG is thrilled to announce our 2025 destination is 🌎 Dublin, Ireland. Join us next fall September 7 - 8, 2025! 🌐 Learn more about this beautiful and historic city by visiting: fitng.org/destination/ #FITNG2025 #RSNA2024 #BrainDevelopment
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