Jo Etzel
@joetzel.bsky.social
Loving my job as a staff scientist (PhD) at Washington U in St Louis, Cognitive Control and Psychopathology Lab, but looking for a new position (late 2026/early 2027).
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Jo Etzel
@joetzel.bsky.social
· Aug 5
#introduction
I'm currently a staff scientist at Washington U in St Louis (USA), but (late 2026, early 2027) looking for a new position.
I'm a big fan of task #fMRI, #BIDS, #baseR #Rstats (incl. graphics) and #knitr, #QC, and papers with very extensive #supplementary materials, but not AI.
I'm currently a staff scientist at Washington U in St Louis (USA), but (late 2026, early 2027) looking for a new position.
I'm a big fan of task #fMRI, #BIDS, #baseR #Rstats (incl. graphics) and #knitr, #QC, and papers with very extensive #supplementary materials, but not AI.
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BIDS Community, it’s time to nominate 🏆and elect 🗳️two new Steering Group members! The nomination period opened on September 15th and will close on Friday, October 2nd at 11:59pm (Anywhere on Earth; UTC-12). 👉Nominate yourself here: forms.gle/xMjkqGfiTgCW... #BIDS
September 15, 2026 at 6:22 PM
BIDS Community, it’s time to nominate 🏆and elect 🗳️two new Steering Group members! The nomination period opened on September 15th and will close on Friday, October 2nd at 11:59pm (Anywhere on Earth; UTC-12). 👉Nominate yourself here: forms.gle/xMjkqGfiTgCW... #BIDS
Back in 2020 I shared some of my lack of fondness for containerized software (though the OHBM session was fun! github.com/ohbm/osr2020...) ... and I must say (after spending days on a workaround for an old dcm2niix in a container no one here can rebuild) that my opinion has not mellowed with time.
September 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Back in 2020 I shared some of my lack of fondness for containerized software (though the OHBM session was fun! github.com/ohbm/osr2020...) ... and I must say (after spending days on a workaround for an old dcm2niix in a container no one here can rebuild) that my opinion has not mellowed with time.
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Check out @mklingelhoeferj.bsky.social's prospective longitudinal fMRI fear conditioning study! I don’t even want to think about how long this actually took us... Let me just say: a pandemic sucks extra hard when it hits in the middle of running follow-up measurements in a longitudinal fMRI study. 🫠
New preprint together with @kuhnmanu.bsky.social, @tobiassommer.bsky.social & @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social! 🧠 Can recent adversity shape how we learn and retrieve threat? And can these changes predict the onset of symptoms? Find out on bioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Recent Adversity Shapes Autonomic and Neural Threat Learning and Retrieval Under Imminent Threat: A Prospective Longitudinal Study
Recent adversity (RA) increases the risk of later mental health problems, but the mechanisms underlying this association remain largely unclear. Altered associative learning and specifically threat le...
www.biorxiv.org
September 3, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Check out @mklingelhoeferj.bsky.social's prospective longitudinal fMRI fear conditioning study! I don’t even want to think about how long this actually took us... Let me just say: a pandemic sucks extra hard when it hits in the middle of running follow-up measurements in a longitudinal fMRI study. 🫠
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3-day intensive #fMRI course *live online* Sept 9-11, 2026.
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with
@vcalhoun.bsky.social & Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting! Come join us!
Explore the schedule & register here:
torwager.github.io/mindfmricour...
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with
@vcalhoun.bsky.social & Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting! Come join us!
Explore the schedule & register here:
torwager.github.io/mindfmricour...
fMRI Acquisition and Analysis Course — September 9–11, 2026, Live Online
A three-day live-online course on fMRI acquisition and analysis with Statistical Parametric Mapping, Independent Component Analysis, and more. Taught by Vince Calhoun, Kent Kiehl, and Tor Wager.
torwager.github.io
September 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
3-day intensive #fMRI course *live online* Sept 9-11, 2026.
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with
@vcalhoun.bsky.social & Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting! Come join us!
Explore the schedule & register here:
torwager.github.io/mindfmricour...
#SPM, #ICA, GLM, connectivity, mediation, MRI physics, #DataScience with
@vcalhoun.bsky.social & Kent Kiehl.
We love talking methods & connecting! Come join us!
Explore the schedule & register here:
torwager.github.io/mindfmricour...
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We're planning our work queue for September through to the end of December 2026 and I would LOVE to learn more about your research, how you're navigating any transcription needs you might have, and see how we might be able to help.
Doing data collection this Autumn & hate AI?
Come say hi!
Doing data collection this Autumn & hate AI?
Come say hi!
Between the tokenpocalypse and the news that even Turnitin's claims not to be using student data to train their AI might be credulous, many researchers and institutions are seeking alternatives to AI-based transcription products.
Want 100% human-done transcription support instead? Call us today.
Want 100% human-done transcription support instead? Call us today.
August 26, 2026 at 8:43 AM
We're planning our work queue for September through to the end of December 2026 and I would LOVE to learn more about your research, how you're navigating any transcription needs you might have, and see how we might be able to help.
Doing data collection this Autumn & hate AI?
Come say hi!
Doing data collection this Autumn & hate AI?
Come say hi!
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Awesome new website. Take a look!
It is such a pleasure to work with the Grant Witness team!
Broad knowledge, deep commitment to getting things right, eager to do what is needed to inform discussions.
Plus it is good for me to feel like a complete amateur data scientist compared to some real pros
It is such a pleasure to work with the Grant Witness team!
Broad knowledge, deep commitment to getting things right, eager to do what is needed to inform discussions.
Plus it is good for me to feel like a complete amateur data scientist compared to some real pros
Hello all! Grant Witness has a new website at grantwitness.org, and you can now subscribe to our newsletter and follow us at @grantwitness.org, or on whatever social feed you prefer (find them at linktr.ee/grantwitness)
Grant Witness
An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.
grantwitness.org
August 24, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Awesome new website. Take a look!
It is such a pleasure to work with the Grant Witness team!
Broad knowledge, deep commitment to getting things right, eager to do what is needed to inform discussions.
Plus it is good for me to feel like a complete amateur data scientist compared to some real pros
It is such a pleasure to work with the Grant Witness team!
Broad knowledge, deep commitment to getting things right, eager to do what is needed to inform discussions.
Plus it is good for me to feel like a complete amateur data scientist compared to some real pros
Not sure that this increases my chance of a job offer, but it is honest: "My goal is to write readable code that works, for years, on a variety of machines and is readily adaptable; I prefer base R, no “AI”, and generally aim for the least number of the most stable dependencies."
August 21, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Not sure that this increases my chance of a job offer, but it is honest: "My goal is to write readable code that works, for years, on a variety of machines and is readily adaptable; I prefer base R, no “AI”, and generally aim for the least number of the most stable dependencies."
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DON'T GET ALL EXCITED AND ASSUME GOOD WILL.
This is an effort to rebrand already appropriated dollars and already developed programs before the midterms so they have something they can use against being called anti-science.
THIS IS NOT NEW INVESTMENT. THESE ARE NOT NEW DOLLARS FOR SCIENCE.
This is an effort to rebrand already appropriated dollars and already developed programs before the midterms so they have something they can use against being called anti-science.
THIS IS NOT NEW INVESTMENT. THESE ARE NOT NEW DOLLARS FOR SCIENCE.
NSF announces $1.5B for foundational research www.nsf.gov/news/nsf-ann...
NSF announces $1.5B for foundational research to drive scientific breakthroughs for American technological leadership
The U.S. National Science Foundation today released 12 new notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs) providing over $1.5 billion for foundational research, including basic and use-inspired inquiry...
www.nsf.gov
August 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
DON'T GET ALL EXCITED AND ASSUME GOOD WILL.
This is an effort to rebrand already appropriated dollars and already developed programs before the midterms so they have something they can use against being called anti-science.
THIS IS NOT NEW INVESTMENT. THESE ARE NOT NEW DOLLARS FOR SCIENCE.
This is an effort to rebrand already appropriated dollars and already developed programs before the midterms so they have something they can use against being called anti-science.
THIS IS NOT NEW INVESTMENT. THESE ARE NOT NEW DOLLARS FOR SCIENCE.
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New Blog post: Which Data Repository Should you Use?
In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends!
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...
In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends!
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...
Which Data Repository Should You Use?
The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After F...
daniellakens.blogspot.com
August 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
New Blog post: Which Data Repository Should you Use?
In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends!
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...
In light of OSF closing down, I compare Zenodo, Dataverse, ResearchBox, PsychArchive, and local repositories on six important dimensions. If you want to know which to pick: It depends!
daniellakens.blogspot.com/2026/08/whic...
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Yikes
“Starting November 16, 2026, no new projects or child components of existing projects can be created on OSF.
After February 19, 2027, all public and private OSF projects will become read-only.”
www.cos.io/osf-changes
“Starting November 16, 2026, no new projects or child components of existing projects can be created on OSF.
After February 19, 2027, all public and private OSF projects will become read-only.”
www.cos.io/osf-changes
OSF Changes | Center for Open Science
We are preparing substantial changes to OSF that will reduce its functionality, focus OSF on its unique strengths, and move toward an integrated model with complementary services. As part of that shif...
www.cos.io
August 11, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Yikes
“Starting November 16, 2026, no new projects or child components of existing projects can be created on OSF.
After February 19, 2027, all public and private OSF projects will become read-only.”
www.cos.io/osf-changes
“Starting November 16, 2026, no new projects or child components of existing projects can be created on OSF.
After February 19, 2027, all public and private OSF projects will become read-only.”
www.cos.io/osf-changes
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I work in grants and do science. The federal government is not just going through a weird phase. They are trying to destroy universities.
Expect to be asked to do more with less, expect to be forced to compromise your values, expect to fight.
There isn’t going to be a new normal to hold out for.
Expect to be asked to do more with less, expect to be forced to compromise your values, expect to fight.
There isn’t going to be a new normal to hold out for.
August 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I work in grants and do science. The federal government is not just going through a weird phase. They are trying to destroy universities.
Expect to be asked to do more with less, expect to be forced to compromise your values, expect to fight.
There isn’t going to be a new normal to hold out for.
Expect to be asked to do more with less, expect to be forced to compromise your values, expect to fight.
There isn’t going to be a new normal to hold out for.
#introduction
I'm currently a staff scientist at Washington U in St Louis (USA), but (late 2026, early 2027) looking for a new position.
I'm a big fan of task #fMRI, #BIDS, #baseR #Rstats (incl. graphics) and #knitr, #QC, and papers with very extensive #supplementary materials, but not AI.
I'm currently a staff scientist at Washington U in St Louis (USA), but (late 2026, early 2027) looking for a new position.
I'm a big fan of task #fMRI, #BIDS, #baseR #Rstats (incl. graphics) and #knitr, #QC, and papers with very extensive #supplementary materials, but not AI.
August 5, 2026 at 9:57 PM
#introduction
I'm currently a staff scientist at Washington U in St Louis (USA), but (late 2026, early 2027) looking for a new position.
I'm a big fan of task #fMRI, #BIDS, #baseR #Rstats (incl. graphics) and #knitr, #QC, and papers with very extensive #supplementary materials, but not AI.
I'm currently a staff scientist at Washington U in St Louis (USA), but (late 2026, early 2027) looking for a new position.
I'm a big fan of task #fMRI, #BIDS, #baseR #Rstats (incl. graphics) and #knitr, #QC, and papers with very extensive #supplementary materials, but not AI.