All right, I really should be doing literally anything else with my time, but I have certain compulsions, so here's a short thread on the Harvard thing. Or actually, not about Harvard per se, because I, like most Americans, don't really give a shit what goes on at Harvard.

We were excited to host the Operation Ouch team from CBBC to film an episode of their award-winning series at our #MRI scanning facility. Look out for What a pong! at 5.30pm on Weds 24 Jan - great for getting kids interested in science and medicine! bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/ope…

It's finally out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mr… Try some new 2D/ dynamic fitting tools from fsl-mrs.com

A French journalist asked an IDF spokesman whether they still believed there was a Hamas command center under al-Shifa Hospital, pointing out that the evidence presented after the IDF seized it didn't match the original claims made by Israel. He replied that it was

🌟Join us for our next diffusion event on Feb 2nd🌟 We have talks + posters + socials across 3 time zones with a stellar line up of presenters! Can't join the whole thing? No worries! With events happening all day, you can drop in and out as convenient. Registration details ⬇️

JOB VACANCY: We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroimaging to develop methods to obtain comparable measures from brain scans acquired with different hardware in both clinical and research settings. bit.ly/48d2Ojj

📣 Exciting news! We are taking another stride towards democratising worldwide access! Registered researchers in developing countries may save on data application costs through our newly launched Global Researcher Access Fund 🌍. More details here: ow.ly/JNjU50RbowA

On harbingers, portents and omens - and the strange neurosis at the heart of English Patriotism™. irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-colu…

A lot of people are dragging this person. The knee jerk reaction of “92% coverage?! That’s amazing! Why are you complaining. Leave the country.” This shows how low the bar has been set for health insurance coverage in the US. Let’s put on our empathy hats for a moment. Imagine

World, meet Spot and Tux. They're probably glad to meet you but are a bit worried that Mummy won't approve.

Interested in advancing working culture and inclusion in academic research? Come work with us! We're hiring a People & Culture Coordinator in Oxford Clinical Neuroscience (NDCN). my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit…

New analysis from the The Royal Society shows just how high UK visa costs for researchers are compared to upfront costs for similar visa routes in 13 other countries. Here, we take a look at how the UK compares to countries in the G7 included in the analysis 🔍⤵️ 1/5

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🌟 Exciting Opportunity! 🌟  The WIN Global Scholars (WINGS) Programme is open for 2024-25 applications. We're on the hunt for early career researchers from the Global South for a transformative, remote, year-long affiliation with WIN. 🌍 🧵

How's this for Cowboy Landscape Gardeners...?

Happy science fact of the day: It's a year since the first Imaging Neuroscience paper was published, with 280 papers since then. Hence in just the first year, over half a million dollars has stayed within academia, rather than going to Elsevier [shareholders etc].

A brief 🧵 about Brexit denialism currently suffocating the country. 1/19 As a psychologist, I am all too aware that, when faced with emotionally challenging issues and threats, facing them can be very scary and the temptation is to avoid. Can entire nations act similarly? Yes.

On this day 2y ago we announced our move away from the huge profits that NeuroImage makes for Elsevier. Things at Imaging Neuroscience have progressed fantastically thanks to the support for this move by the brain imaging community and The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social. 565 papers published already!

We're excited to announce that WIN is now the Oxford University Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging: OxCIN! Our mission: developing and deploying neuroimaging and related technology to solve big challenges in basic neuroscience and brain health. oxcin.ox.ac.uk/about/vision

Oh to be a fly on the wall...