Alina Podschun
@apodschun.bsky.social
Researcher at IPU Berlin and neuroscience PhD student @humboldtuni.bsky.social . Into: network neuroscience, network control theory, dynamical systems theory, MRI data processing, psychodynamics, films.
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If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
October 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
If you ever wondered why visible light is those particular wavelengths, it's because life evolved to see in the narrow range where water is transparent
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4/ Rest, tasks, movies 🎞️: let us not jostle for who should be center-stage in neuroscience.
The stage is large enough for all, and they all have their unique part to play for linking mind and 🧠
The stage is large enough for all, and they all have their unique part to play for linking mind and 🧠
July 21, 2026 at 9:41 AM
4/ Rest, tasks, movies 🎞️: let us not jostle for who should be center-stage in neuroscience.
The stage is large enough for all, and they all have their unique part to play for linking mind and 🧠
The stage is large enough for all, and they all have their unique part to play for linking mind and 🧠
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Trans rights are human rights always and forever.
June 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Trans rights are human rights always and forever.
Cool stuff!!
New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Massimiliano Facca, Alessandra Bertoldo, et al:
Glucose metabolism echoes long-range temporal correlations in the human brain
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Glucose metabolism echoes long-range temporal correlations in the human brain
doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
June 19, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Cool stuff!!
Looking forward to chat with you at @ohbmofficial.bsky.social #ohbm about control theory and ghost attractors (poster #2161) and network neuroscience in prospective memory (#3096) - e.g. tomorrow from 1:45pm! 🧠💫
June 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Looking forward to chat with you at @ohbmofficial.bsky.social #ohbm about control theory and ghost attractors (poster #2161) and network neuroscience in prospective memory (#3096) - e.g. tomorrow from 1:45pm! 🧠💫
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Glad to finally have this paper out and wrapped up -- our last "edgy" paper before NSF grant expired
The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction
Work led by @h-merritt.bsky.social with @mandymejia.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction
Work led by @h-merritt.bsky.social with @mandymejia.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction
Natural sciences; Biological sciences; Neuroscience; Systems neuroscience; Techniques
in neuroscience
www.cell.com
May 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Glad to finally have this paper out and wrapped up -- our last "edgy" paper before NSF grant expired
The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction
Work led by @h-merritt.bsky.social with @mandymejia.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
The dual interpretation of edge time series: Time-varying connectivity versus statistical interaction
Work led by @h-merritt.bsky.social with @mandymejia.bsky.social
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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Our lab (w/ @patrickgbissett) is hiring a full-time research coordinator to work with us on cognitive control, dense fMRI, computational modeling, and human-AI interaction. Designed for post-bacs looking to start a Ph. D in ~2 years. Please repost. phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDNLbWAG
Social Science Research Coordinator (Hybrid Opportunity) in School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford, California, United States
Professor Russ Poldrack’s lab is seeking a new full-time Research Coordinator. The RC will work closely with and report directly to Dr. Patrick...
phxc1b.rfer.us
April 27, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Our lab (w/ @patrickgbissett) is hiring a full-time research coordinator to work with us on cognitive control, dense fMRI, computational modeling, and human-AI interaction. Designed for post-bacs looking to start a Ph. D in ~2 years. Please repost. phxc1b.rfer.us/STANFORDNLbWAG
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🚨JOB ALERT! 🚨 PLEASE RT! 🚨
7 four-year PhD positions (75%) in DFG-funded Research Training Group “Flexibility and Balance as Characteristics of Adaptive Self-Regulation” in Saarbrucken, Germany. Starting date October 01, 2026. Official job ad: tinyurl.com/3v8b4chm (1/3)
7 four-year PhD positions (75%) in DFG-funded Research Training Group “Flexibility and Balance as Characteristics of Adaptive Self-Regulation” in Saarbrucken, Germany. Starting date October 01, 2026. Official job ad: tinyurl.com/3v8b4chm (1/3)
tinyurl.com
April 24, 2026 at 9:09 PM
🚨JOB ALERT! 🚨 PLEASE RT! 🚨
7 four-year PhD positions (75%) in DFG-funded Research Training Group “Flexibility and Balance as Characteristics of Adaptive Self-Regulation” in Saarbrucken, Germany. Starting date October 01, 2026. Official job ad: tinyurl.com/3v8b4chm (1/3)
7 four-year PhD positions (75%) in DFG-funded Research Training Group “Flexibility and Balance as Characteristics of Adaptive Self-Regulation” in Saarbrucken, Germany. Starting date October 01, 2026. Official job ad: tinyurl.com/3v8b4chm (1/3)
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The compensation for psychotherapeutic services in Germany was cut yesterday. Please support the petition against that 👇
c.org/wc7Vhk7h5L
c.org/wc7Vhk7h5L
Diese Kampagne braucht dich jetzt
Monatelange Wartezeiten – und jetzt werden psychotherapeutische Leistungen gekürzt?
c.org
March 12, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The compensation for psychotherapeutic services in Germany was cut yesterday. Please support the petition against that 👇
c.org/wc7Vhk7h5L
c.org/wc7Vhk7h5L
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🚀 We are hiring: a PhD position is available in my lab (gozzilab.it) at @iitalk.bsky.social, Italy. Project: large-scale brain network mapping in behaving mice using functional ultrasound imaging (FUSI).
📅 Deadline: March 31
🔗 tinyurl.com/4jtetxa9
Reshares appreciated 😊
📅 Deadline: March 31
🔗 tinyurl.com/4jtetxa9
Reshares appreciated 😊
March 12, 2026 at 12:07 PM
🚀 We are hiring: a PhD position is available in my lab (gozzilab.it) at @iitalk.bsky.social, Italy. Project: large-scale brain network mapping in behaving mice using functional ultrasound imaging (FUSI).
📅 Deadline: March 31
🔗 tinyurl.com/4jtetxa9
Reshares appreciated 😊
📅 Deadline: March 31
🔗 tinyurl.com/4jtetxa9
Reshares appreciated 😊
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preprint🥳
Connectome-wide mega-analysis identifies a reproducible functional network signature of temporal lobe epilepsy
-hypo+hyper connectivity
-patient/site consistent
-constrained by 🧠 wiring
-tracks clinical status and info for outcome
by @kexie.bsky.social et al
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Connectome-wide mega-analysis identifies a reproducible functional network signature of temporal lobe epilepsy
-hypo+hyper connectivity
-patient/site consistent
-constrained by 🧠 wiring
-tracks clinical status and info for outcome
by @kexie.bsky.social et al
doi.org/10.64898/202...
March 13, 2026 at 1:09 PM
preprint🥳
Connectome-wide mega-analysis identifies a reproducible functional network signature of temporal lobe epilepsy
-hypo+hyper connectivity
-patient/site consistent
-constrained by 🧠 wiring
-tracks clinical status and info for outcome
by @kexie.bsky.social et al
doi.org/10.64898/202...
Connectome-wide mega-analysis identifies a reproducible functional network signature of temporal lobe epilepsy
-hypo+hyper connectivity
-patient/site consistent
-constrained by 🧠 wiring
-tracks clinical status and info for outcome
by @kexie.bsky.social et al
doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Computing correlations between brain maps?
Check out our new tool for fast p-value estimation for spatial brain map correlations
Fast alternative to the spin test, eigenstrapping, BrainSMASH
github.com/yuanzhel94/SPICE
Check out our new tool for fast p-value estimation for spatial brain map correlations
Fast alternative to the spin test, eigenstrapping, BrainSMASH
github.com/yuanzhel94/SPICE
March 11, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Computing correlations between brain maps?
Check out our new tool for fast p-value estimation for spatial brain map correlations
Fast alternative to the spin test, eigenstrapping, BrainSMASH
github.com/yuanzhel94/SPICE
Check out our new tool for fast p-value estimation for spatial brain map correlations
Fast alternative to the spin test, eigenstrapping, BrainSMASH
github.com/yuanzhel94/SPICE
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Große Freude an der #HumboldtUni über die Weiterförderung der @berlinualliance.bsky.social in der Exzellenzstrategie! 🎉 Wir sind stolz, Teil dieses starken Berliner Verbunds zu sein und gemeinsam Forschung, Innovation und Austausch weiter voranzubringen. Mehr dazu: www.hu-berlin.de/nachrichten/...
🎉BREAKING: Die #BerlinUAlliance schreibt Geschichte und wird als erster Verbund für weitere sieben Jahre im Rahmen der #Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern gefördert! 👉 Mehr erfahren: www.berlin-university-alliance.de/items/2026/2...
March 12, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Große Freude an der #HumboldtUni über die Weiterförderung der @berlinualliance.bsky.social in der Exzellenzstrategie! 🎉 Wir sind stolz, Teil dieses starken Berliner Verbunds zu sein und gemeinsam Forschung, Innovation und Austausch weiter voranzubringen. Mehr dazu: www.hu-berlin.de/nachrichten/...
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Big congrats to @tudresden.bsky.social and the other German universities of excellence that have just been selected 🎉
@dfg.de @wissenschaftsrat.de
@dfg.de @wissenschaftsrat.de
March 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Big congrats to @tudresden.bsky.social and the other German universities of excellence that have just been selected 🎉
@dfg.de @wissenschaftsrat.de
@dfg.de @wissenschaftsrat.de
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🧠 Resting-state fMRI is often treated as the gold standard for studying the brain’s intrinsic organization.
But is it actually the best way to estimate functional architecture?
We tested this directly.
🧵1/8
But is it actually the best way to estimate functional architecture?
We tested this directly.
🧵1/8
March 10, 2026 at 7:19 PM
🧠 Resting-state fMRI is often treated as the gold standard for studying the brain’s intrinsic organization.
But is it actually the best way to estimate functional architecture?
We tested this directly.
🧵1/8
But is it actually the best way to estimate functional architecture?
We tested this directly.
🧵1/8
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🚨Another new one from the lab!
Cascades and convergence: Dynamic signal flow in a synapse-level brain network
We simulate sensory cascades in a bona fide biological neural network.
With Caio Seguin, Maria Grazia Puxeddu, and @misicbata.bsky.social!
journals.plos.org/complexsyste...
Cascades and convergence: Dynamic signal flow in a synapse-level brain network
We simulate sensory cascades in a bona fide biological neural network.
With Caio Seguin, Maria Grazia Puxeddu, and @misicbata.bsky.social!
journals.plos.org/complexsyste...
Cascades and convergence: Dynamic signal flow in a synapse-level brain network
Author summary To understand how the brain processes and merges information from our senses, we need more than just a “wiring map” of its connections; we need to see how signals actually travel throug...
journals.plos.org
March 5, 2026 at 7:43 PM
🚨Another new one from the lab!
Cascades and convergence: Dynamic signal flow in a synapse-level brain network
We simulate sensory cascades in a bona fide biological neural network.
With Caio Seguin, Maria Grazia Puxeddu, and @misicbata.bsky.social!
journals.plos.org/complexsyste...
Cascades and convergence: Dynamic signal flow in a synapse-level brain network
We simulate sensory cascades in a bona fide biological neural network.
With Caio Seguin, Maria Grazia Puxeddu, and @misicbata.bsky.social!
journals.plos.org/complexsyste...
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I couldn't find a tool to plot different #neuroimaging data in one consistent style, so I made one! Meet yabplot (yet another brain plot) - a #Python package for (sub)cortex & tracts.🧠
- Simple API
- Built-in atlases
- Custom atlas support
🔗 github.com/teanijarv/ya... (drop a ⭐️!)
- Simple API
- Built-in atlases
- Custom atlas support
🔗 github.com/teanijarv/ya... (drop a ⭐️!)
March 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I couldn't find a tool to plot different #neuroimaging data in one consistent style, so I made one! Meet yabplot (yet another brain plot) - a #Python package for (sub)cortex & tracts.🧠
- Simple API
- Built-in atlases
- Custom atlas support
🔗 github.com/teanijarv/ya... (drop a ⭐️!)
- Simple API
- Built-in atlases
- Custom atlas support
🔗 github.com/teanijarv/ya... (drop a ⭐️!)
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🚨 New Paper: Controlling the Human Connectome with Spatially Diffuse Input Signals
Now in press at Communications Biology!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Now in press at Communications Biology!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
February 28, 2026 at 11:55 PM
🚨 New Paper: Controlling the Human Connectome with Spatially Diffuse Input Signals
Now in press at Communications Biology!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Now in press at Communications Biology!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Highly recommended - our new colleague Miriam Schiele is looking for a PostDoc interested in the intersection of clinical psychology / neuroscience / molecular biology.
@tudresden.bsky.social @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social
tu-dresden.de/vacancy/12647
@tudresden.bsky.social @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social
tu-dresden.de/vacancy/12647
February 17, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Highly recommended - our new colleague Miriam Schiele is looking for a PostDoc interested in the intersection of clinical psychology / neuroscience / molecular biology.
@tudresden.bsky.social @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social
tu-dresden.de/vacancy/12647
@tudresden.bsky.social @biodgps-dgpa.bsky.social @dgps.bsky.social
tu-dresden.de/vacancy/12647
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Kent Psychology is hiring 🎓We have two posts: 1) open area and 2) cog neuro. More details can be found here: jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Feel free to reach out with questions!
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer in Psychology
The School of Psychology is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Psychology and a Lecturer in Psychology focusing on Cognition and Neuroscience to join a collegial, supportive, and intellectually vibrant...
jobs.kent.ac.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Kent Psychology is hiring 🎓We have two posts: 1) open area and 2) cog neuro. More details can be found here: jobs.kent.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... Feel free to reach out with questions!
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Thanks to the Allen Institute for the write-up of our recent work! 👏
Paper is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 28, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Thanks to the Allen Institute for the write-up of our recent work! 👏
Paper is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Paper is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The extended version of my thesis procrastination project/subcortex visualization package is out now in both Python and R, now that I’ve graduated 🤠 This figure shows the 9 atlases included (and counting)!
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Website: anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Website: anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 AM
The extended version of my thesis procrastination project/subcortex visualization package is out now in both Python and R, now that I’ve graduated 🤠 This figure shows the 9 atlases included (and counting)!
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Website: anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...
Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Website: anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...
Reposted by Alina Podschun
Book your free tickets now for our next #MedicineAtTheCrick event on Thursday 12 March, hosted by @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social, where researchers and clinicians will explore ‘neurotechnologies’ that help us better understand and decode the brain.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medicine-a...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medicine-a...
Medicine at the Crick| Interfacing the human brain: neurons to networks
Hybrid event taking place virtually and in person, organised by The Francis Crick Institute, London
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Book your free tickets now for our next #MedicineAtTheCrick event on Thursday 12 March, hosted by @andreas-t-schaefer.bsky.social, where researchers and clinicians will explore ‘neurotechnologies’ that help us better understand and decode the brain.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medicine-a...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medicine-a...
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Female scientists have to wait longer for their articles to be reviewed than their male colleagues. An analysis of 36.5 million papers in the life sciences shows that for females it took 115 days to reach a decision, compared to 101 days for men journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @plosbiology.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Female scientists have to wait longer for their articles to be reviewed than their male colleagues. An analysis of 36.5 million papers in the life sciences shows that for females it took 115 days to reach a decision, compared to 101 days for men journals.plos.org/plosbiology/... @plosbiology.org
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This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍