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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Remember the qMRLab umbrellas at the 2023 MRathon Highlights party? We are taking them out of storage for an exciting announcement that will bring qMRI under one umbrella. Stay tuned!

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

About that MRI scene in Final Destination: Bloodlines For years I have been documenting the depiction of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pop culture. The technology seems to fascinate the public, but it is often portrayed with errors, particularly when it comes to the underlying physics. 1/n

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Big congrats to my student Morane Bienvenu, who successfully defended her Master's thesis introducing the concept of "wired papers"

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hello @ohbmofficial.bsky.social , it's good to be back! Really excited to be part of this g-ratio revival led by @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Happy to be part of this important collaboration that showcases the promise and pitfalls of AI reviewers for academic papers. Thank you to @seungonekim.bsky.social for the leadership and to Kiril Gashteovski for assembling an all-star team of Macedonian contributors! arxiv.org/abs/2605.20668

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On the limits and opportunities of AI reviewers: Reviewing the reviews of Nature-family papers with 45 expert scientists

With the advancement of AI capabilities, AI reviewers are beginning to be deployed in scientific peer review, yet their capability and credibility remain in question: many scientists simply view them ...

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Here it is, my ISMRM blues vol. 3 presented at this morning's Cape Town session on pitfalls and progress in MRI translation qantarot.substack.com/p/mri-outreach

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hugo Albert Plante is only a 3rd year undergraduate student at Polytechnique Montréal and he is presenting two abstracts at this year's ISMRM meeting in Cape Town.

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Hello Cape Town! After the first two volumes of my ISMRM blues series, which were critical of the society, I expected silence from the ISMRM. Instead, they showed class by inviting me to speak on the very topic that drew the most attention in my critique: bringing MRI to developing countries. 1/n

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Jack Van Horn @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Now is a great time to revitalize thinking on measuring myelin, g-ratio, and bringing conduction velocity into the conversation on brain connectivity! Join us at #OHBM for “THE NEED FOR SPEED: Multimodal Neuroimaging Contributions to Assessment of in vivo Mapping of Neural Signal Conduction”! 🧠🏎️🚔

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I took a 10-year break from g-ratio imaging to focus on vendor-neutral MRI. In the meantime, Alexander Gow at the American Society for Neurochemistry (ASN) and @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social at the @ohbmofficial.bsky.social have been leading a g-ratio revival. 1/2

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Announcing Evidentron, coming soon to a scientific publication near you! Agah Karakuzu got academic papers to talk to each other, bringing his vision of woven literature to life via AI-driven @mystmd.org articles With Evidentron you can: 1/n

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Our foundation KANTAROT / КАНТАРОТ created kits with experiments that illustrate fun science concepts: 1. How to prevent soap bubbles from popping? 2. What is capillary activity? 3. Why do we print using CMYK colors? 4. Who can see the Ames window illusion? Check out our promo video!

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Evidence Day was a huge success! Thank you to @polymtl.bsky.social for believing in us, and to Catherine Florès for the excellent write-up www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-ac...

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Magnetic Resonance News @nmr900.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Reaction Monitoring Symposium 2026, January 29. Organized by the DReaM Facility @uniofbath.bsky.social Free, one-day symposium highlighting real-time reaction monitoring by NMR & complementary techniques, register by January 23 www.rsc.org/events/detai... #NMRchat 🧲

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Evidence Day is about to start

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Tomorrow (December 4) we will demonstrate what woven literature looks like in the age of AI. We will introduce a new AI-driven article format (wired paper) and present four examples that cover a range of disciplines. Join us! qantarot.substack.com/p/introducin...

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Introducing Evidence: Wired papers, woven literature

On December 4 we are unveiling the Evidence publishing platform. Join us in-person at NYU Abu Dhabi, or virtually via Zoom!

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

After three sabbaticals in Tokyo, Abu Dhabi and Skopje, I’m excited to finally share what we’ve built. Join us for the unveiling of the Evidence publishing platform! 1/n

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

NMR as inspiration for quantum computing, pretty cool!

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I still dream of changes in the ISMRM and I hope this series of blog posts will contribute to it. I have created a survey (link) asking the community for feedback. Feel free to use it to voice your concerns and to suggest ways in which the ISMRM could improve. qantarot.substack.com/p/ismrm-survey

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My ISMRM blues vol. 2: A survey

What can we do as a community to strengthen the ISMRM?

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I moderated a fun debate at the @esmrmb.bsky.social microstructure workshop today. We asked the panelists to argue for and against the clinical potential of qMRI. Inspired by the Munk debates, we polled the audience before and after the discussion. It appears the pessimists won by a small margin:)

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Another NeuroLibre publication that puts reproducibility at the forefront. Congratulations @evaalonsoortiz.bsky.social for getting it accepted in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences! preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...

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Representation in Brain Imaging Research: A Quebec demographic overview - Representation in Brain Imaging Research

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Magnetic Resonance News @nmr900.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

RT New York Structural Biology Center @NYSBC_Science 3rd NYC Integrative Structural Biology Symposium (NYC-ISB25) October 9-10, 2025, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY nyc-isb25.eventbrite.com free to register #NMRchat 🧲

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Welcoming the new biomedical engineering graduate students to @polymtl.bsky.social

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Writing Japanese is a Sisyphean pleasure

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Johnes Obungoloch (PhD) first visited us at @polymtl in 2019 for the first edition of the MRathon. Six years later, he is back in Montreal building a low-field MRI scanner with Udunna Anazodo It was a pleasure welcoming him back to the NeuroPoly lab together with @jcohenadad.bsky.social

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Magnetic Resonance News @nmr900.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Alan Charles Evans, O.C. Montréal, Quebec, Officer of The Order of Canada Alan Evans has transformed brain imaging research, leading to major breakthroughs in understanding neuronal development, aging and Alzheimer’s disease www.gg.ca/en/order-can...

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Order of Canada Appointees – June 30, 2025

Companions W. Ford Doolittle, C.C. Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Good to be back in Montreal, just in time to celebrate Alan Evans' appointment to the order of Canada.

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Our foundation's Substack newsletter made it to the top 100 "Rising in science" list! Subscribe now to keep us rising, link below

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Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives @hbhlmcgill.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

HBHL, @braincanada.bsky.social & @bhi-icc.bsky.social are looking for researchers to give TED-style talks on brain health for a public audience! Selected PIs will speak at the 2025 Amazing Brain Science Talks, held in November at @banq-officiel.bsky.social. 🧠🧪 📬 Apply by June 2: mcgill.ca/x/ix5

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CONP_PCNO @conp-pcno.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Great news for #OpenScience in Montreal! @BrainCanada is investing in six incredible platforms to drive innovation (t.ly/Aqfbz), including the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (‪@conp-pcno.bsky.social‬)! This funding will accelerate brain research and collaboration. #Neuroscience #BrainResearch

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Driving Open Science Innovation

Brain Canada’s flagship Platform Support Grants program supports interdisciplinary collaboration and enhance Canada’s technical and research capabilities.

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Thrilled to announce that we received a $2.8M grant from @braincanada.bsky.social to continue our work on NeuroLibre through the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (‪@conp-pcno.bsky.social‬) 1/2

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

My Substack traffic shows that this post hit a nerve Over 1.5K link clicks, most of them from people who are not subscribers nor followers on social media. Subscribe to the KANTAROT newsletter to receive My ISMRM blues vol. 2 straight in your inbox! And thank you to everybody who reached out

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The Highlights magazine marches on Congratulations and thank you to Maria Eugenia Caligiuri, Mathieu Boudreau and the entire @mrmhighlights.bsky.social team for keeping the flame alive for ten whole years!

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Viljami Sairanen @viljamisairanen.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

One point on the opening lecture was that the number of members hasn't increased since 2017 but costs are rising and something has to change. And at the same time stuff like this doesn't get support? Seems weird.. Highlights was a true highlight. Sad it is gone.

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A part of me wishes I was at #ismrm2025 with my friends and colleagues, celebrating their successes and hearing about their research. However, I decided to skip the annual meeting and write this post instead, hoping it will make a difference in the long run. 1/3

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Out now in MAGMA, our contribution to the debate about harmonization vs. standardization of MRI measurements We propose a 4-tier benchmark to assess the transparency of MRI workflows: (i) black box; (ii) gray box; (iii) frosted box; (iv) glass box Which box is your workflow in? 1/3

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Chris Holdgraf @choldgraf.com · 02/04/2025

The Call for Proposals for #jupytercon is now open! Submit your ideas for talking about interactive computing, data science, AI, and collaboration. This will be the first JupyterCon in a few years, and I'm excited to see everybody there! blog.jupyter.org/jupytercon-2...

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JupyterCon 2025!

The Call for Proposals for JupyterCon 2025 is officially open!

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Last week we welcomed Zoltan Nagy at NYU Abu Dhabi. The weekend with him was so much fun that it took me until now to post some pictures:)

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Impressive work by @mathieuboudreau.bsky.social et al.! Here is the related NeuroLibre preprint that makes replication easy preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...

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Stability of qMRI metrics

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Ник Кејв доаѓа во Скопје!

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

"You have committed to your wife and son to offer them more than just the crumbs of yourself, the dregs of what remains of you after a day with the devil in the shed." Не прашувај зналец, прашај го Ник Кејв www.theredhandfiles.com/balance-crea...

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Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #318 - How do you manage to balance your creative life with your family commitments? I’ve been a ‘hobby’ painter for years, but since the first COVID lockdown, I...

Dear John, Often questions come in to The Red Hand Files that I don’t feel I have the authority, expertise, or even understanding to addre...

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

“…everybody tells you to be yourself, but nobody tells you it’ll make you feel insane.” I wish I pulled a @mastroianni.bsky.social and told my interviewers what I really think about publishing. I waited until tenure, but I am finally comfortable with feeling insane substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Be myself? I'd rather die

OR: "Son of Sheeple"

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Perfect symmetry at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

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Jon Tamir @jtsense.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Thank you for posting this! We hope this will be a helpful resource to computational MRI researchers. Scripts to reproduce all the figures available at github.com/MRsources/Ar... We invite you to contribute other reproducibility points under the Github repo's issues section!

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GitHub - MRsources/Article_MAGMA24_RMRI: Article resources for MRI Recipes for Reproducibility

Article resources for MRI Recipes for Reproducibility - MRsources/Article_MAGMA24_RMRI

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Nikola Stikov @stikov.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Yesterday Kyoko Fujimoto from @gehealthcare.bsky.social visited us at NYU Abu Dhabi and gave a fascinating lecture on MRI safety. We were also joined by Pablo Garcia-Polo, the GE representative for the Middle East. Exciting MRI projects in the works!

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