iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

OHBM is headed to the Netherlands!!

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

Imaging Neuroscience @imagingneurosci.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Walter Adame-Gonzalez, Mahsa Dadar, et al: RAVEN: Robust, generalizable, multi-resolution structural MRI upsampling using autoencoders doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

032

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Me leaving Bordeaux after #OHBM2026 with a wine cellar in my luggage

Multiple bottles of wine in the OHBM bag

020

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · 12/06/2026

Why would a sea squirt “eat” its own brain? And what can bonobos, chimpanzees, and macaques teach us about our own? Our new Brain Bites Keynote Series piece explores Prof Rogier Mars’s work and his new book, The Fox, the Shrew, and You. www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

ohbm-com.com

Rogier Mars and the Brain’s Animal Past — OHBM Communications

Evolution does not design perfect machines, that’s for sure. It works with what is already there, modifying old systems for new problems. The same alarm system that can protect us can also become too ...

042

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · 12/06/2026

Our third installment of the OHBM Keynote Speaker Interview Series features Dr Eduardo Garza-Villarreal! Here, he discusses with us his work on neuromodulation, translational research, and his thoughts on the future of open science. ⭐ Watch the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

ohbm-com.com

A Conversation with Dr Eduardo Garza-Villarreal (OHBM 2026 Keynote Interview Series) — OHBM Communications

Interviewer: Zaki Alasmar Editors: Simon Steinkamp, Ashley Tyrer

084

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · 03/06/2026

The first of our Keynote Speaker Interview Series is now live! We had the pleasure of interviewing Prof Rogier Mars, who discussed his experiences with multi-species research, and his new book of evolutionary neuroscience 🧠 Read the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

ohbm-com.com

A Conversation with Professor Rogier Mars (OHBM 2026 Keynote Interview Series) — OHBM Communications

Author: Ashley Tyrer Editor: Alfie Wearn

042

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

And it’s out! Very happy to see Olivier’s work published in Nature Communications. Great effort and an exciting push to tease apart the pathophysiological signatures of WMH! proud to have been involved in this project!

020

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Elvisha Dhamala about her perspective on EDI efforts in brain mapping, check it out!

121

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Check out this interview with Dr. Niu, winner of the Karl Zilles Award. We discuss her work on multiscale neuroanatomical methods, the research directions she’s most excited about, and her journey in science!

010

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · 02/12/2025

Each year we have the pleasure of interviewing the OHBM Award Winners 🏆 First up is Prof Mac Shine, winner of the 2025 Early Career Investigator Award! 🌟 @macshine.bsky.social Watch the interview here: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...

ohbm-com.com

Interview with Prof. Mac Shine, 2025 Winner of the Early Career Investigator Award — OHBM Communications

Writer: Ashley Tyrer Editor: Audrey Luo, Alfie Wearn Video Editor: Xuqian Michelle Li

0155

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom) @ohbm-com.com · 11/11/2025

Congratulations to all of this year's OHBM Award Winners! 🏆 We're thrilled to share the full list of award winners, and we’ll also be posting exclusive interviews with each of them in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more 👀 👉 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/o8brgzb...

ohbm-com.com

OHBM Award Winners - 2025 — OHBM Communications

Authors: Ashley Tyrer Editors: Zaki Alasmar

022

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

Mahsa Dadar @dadarmahsa.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

We are excited to launch The Data Quartet Challenge, recognizing student contributions to projects that integrate data from at least 2 of 4 FRQ supported Quebec Alzheimer’s and Aging cohorts (PREVENT-AD, CIMA-Q, NuAge, TRIAD), with 3 prizes of 5000$ tinyurl.com/3dy899xn

tinyurl.com

The Data Quartet Challenge.pdf

175

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Honoured to have been awarded the Vanier Scholarship — pretty psyched about it. Big thanks to everyone who’s helped me get here!

092

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

Healthy Brains, Healthy Lives @hbhlmcgill.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Results for the #CIHR Spring 2025: Project Grants are in! 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ Thirteen HBHL-funded PIs will be supported by CIHR for seven projects, totalling an investment of over $6.7M at @mcgill.ca & @douglasresearch.bsky.social. Congratulations! 👏 🔬 Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/ieS @mcgill-research.bsky.social

1102

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

DeeKayJay @deekayjay.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🧠 Tractography on Ultra-Low Field MRI! Thrilled to share "Diffusion Tensor Imaging & Spherical-Deconvolution-Based Tractography Using an Ultra-Low Field, Portable MRI System", led by James Gholam lnkd.in/emDyp9gT Thanks to the Gates Foundation, Wellcome LEAP & Wellcome who supported this work!

0258

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

Nature Genetics @natgenet.nature.com · 19/05/2025

The May issue of @natgenet.nature.com is live! Featuring: ✅Middle Eastern genomes ✅genetic determinants of infertility ✅multiomics in neuroblastoma ✅desmosome mutations in melanoma ✅peanut pangenome And much more! ⬇️ www.nature.com/ng/volumes/5...

171

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

Douglas Research Centre @douglasresearch.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

📣 CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC Scholarships and Fellowships Announced – 2025 Congratulations to our students! *** 📣 Bourses de recherche et d’études des IRSC, du CRSH et du CRSNG – 2025 Félicitations à nos étudiant·e·s! Learn more / En savoir plus : douglas.research.mcgill.ca/news/cihr-ns...

011

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

It’s not a campaign visit to Vancouver without a Hip Flip. Thanks for the records and the trip down memory lane, @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social. youtu.be/TZmh_PNMImE?...

Mark Carney poses for a photo with Nardwuar during an interview in Vancouver, British Columbia.

40948124

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Unraveling the mesoscale functional connectivity of the human primary visual cortex using high-resolution functional MRI. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…

076

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

Douglas Research Centre @douglasresearch.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

📣 TOMORROW! Don't miss the CIC lecture by Anastasia Yendiki @2pm! douglas.research.mcgill.ca/event/anasta... 📣 DEMAIN! Venez participer au séminaire du CIC avec Anastasia Yendiki @14h! douglas.research.mcgill.ca/fr/event/ana...

043

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The range of submissions at @apertureohbm.bsky.social is amazing — everything from original research to notebooks and descriptions of notebooks! Had a fantastic experience with their review process and critical feedback

021

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

Brain Communications @braincomms.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Metz et al. report that a study combining MRI brain atrophy and clinical data using machine learning achieved 89% accuracy in classifying frontotemporal dementia subtypes. Please read at:https://buff.ly/uGmX2fg @DadarMahsa @YasharZeighami @sylv_villeneuve @sducharme66

0114

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Very happy to see this work on sex-specific microstructural and cardio-metabolic patterns in familial AD out now in Neurobiology of Aging!

030

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

Aperture Neuro @apertureohbm.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Fonov and Collins investigate optimal sample sizes for creating representative average anatomical brain templates: doi.org/10.52294/001... @fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

1208

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Excited for our next CIC lecture! Not to be missed!

010

Reposted by Zaki Alasmar

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 21/02/2025

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau chimed in online after Canada beat the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off final. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...

276136702106

Zaki Alasmar @zklsmr.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Thrilled to see my undergrad work published in Human Brain Mapping and featured on this week’s Sensorimotor Superlab reading list (hopefully for good reasons! 😄). We explored structural covariation between the cortex and cerebellum, revealing an overarching organizing principle of ...

110