OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom)

Next up in our OHBM Keynote Speaker Interview Series, we have Professor Angela Laird! 🧠 Prof Laird spoke with us about her huge contributions to neuroimaging meta-analyses, the origins of BrainMap, and a sneak peek of her keynote lecture 👀 Read the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

Our next installment of the OHBM Keynote Speaker Interview Series features Dr Yijuang Chern! We had the opportunity to chat with Dr Chern about her research journey starting in agricultural chemistry, to now studying neurodegeneration. 🧠 Read the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

Next up in our OHBM Keynote Speaker Interview Series is Professor Nanthia Suthana! ⭐ Prof. Suthana discussed with us her research into the neuronal mechanisms underlying learning and memory, and the future of ecological neuroscience 🧠 Watch the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

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/...

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...

Next up in our OHBM 2026 Keynote Speaker Interview Series is Dr Vitória Piai! Dr Piai chatted with us about the neural bases of language, the language-memory interface, and what we can expect from her keynote lecture ⭐ Watch the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

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...

What if your brain had its own hidden "sewer system"? 🧠 Our first Keynote Speaker Series piece explores the glymphatic system: a brain-cleaning pathway discovered through the work of Maiken Nedergaard, Jeffrey Iliff, and colleagues www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

How does ALS change the brain's rhythm for movement? A new Brain Bites piece explores how MEG can detect altered beta brain rhythms in ALS. These changes may reveal how the brain struggles to shift into "movement mode", even during motion. Read the full piece 🧠 www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

The final installment of our OHBM Award Winner Interview Series features Dr. Loïc Lannelongue, winner of the 2025 Sustainability Award 🏆 @loiclnlg.bsky.social Watch the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...

🎓 New #BrainProductsAcademy webinar on May 12 & 13!🧠 Strengthen the transparency & reproducibility of your #EEG research with standardization & data-sharing insights from open‑science leaders Dr. Robert Oostenveld & Dr. Cyril Pernet.✨ 🔗 Register today: register.gotowebinar.com/register/313...

How do we keep track of what different people are like and use that knowledge in the moment? 🧠🤓 Read our latest #BrainBites Based on work by @markthornton.bsky.social www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

Our next interview in the OHBM Award Winner Interview Series features Dr. Elvisha Dhamala, winner of the 2025 Diversity and Inclusivity Champion Award 🏆 @elvisha.bsky.social Watch the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...

🎧 OHBM Podcast Neurosalience S6, Ep 9 is out now! Host Peter Bandettini and Dr. John Allen discuss the neuroscience of depression, from frontal EEG asymmetry to emerging treatments like focused ultrasound and psilocybin. Listen now!   Spotify: tinyurl.com/m58353ht YouTube: youtu.be/7hHWJ2pKSQE

A new framework could reshape psychiatry - linking brain mechanisms to symptoms and opening the door to personalized care. ✨️ Read our latest #BrainBites ⬇️ Based on work by @kangjoolee.bsky.social and colleagues @ohbmofficial.bsky.social www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

🎧 OHBM Podcast Neurosalience S6, Ep 8 is out now! Peter Bandettini (@fmri-today.bsky.social) and Dr. Mario Senden explore rich club networks, the future of whole-brain modeling, and a sweeping data-driven map of neuroscience itself. Watch now! YouTube: youtu.be/PY4bFy1h6TI Spotify: bit.ly/471I9kz

Kicking off the new year with our next installment of the OHBM Award Winner Interview Series, featuring the 2025 winner of the Mentor Award, Prof Amy Brodtmann! ⭐ Watch the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...

A recent study by @alexamousley.bsky.social and colleagues has rewritten the chronology of human brain development. Check out our latest #BrainBite 👇 The geometry of change — OHBM Communications share.google/WO2fzlYt9LU6...

Our third interview in the Award Winner Interview series features the 2025 winner of the Education in Neuroimaging Award: Prof Jack Van Horn! 🏆 @jackvanhorn8.bsky.social Huge thanks for the stimulating conversation! ⭐ Read the interview here: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...

📢 We’ve received several questions about the character count for OHBM 2026 submissions in our new platform, Oxford Abstracts. To help clear things up, we’ve put together a brief blog post explaining the updated limits and what they mean for you. 📝 Read more here: 👉 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/new-abs...

Next up in our Award Winner Interview series is Dr. Meiqi Niu, the 2025 winner of the Karl Zilles Award! 🏆 We had the pleasure of speaking with Meiqi about her work in neuroimaging and her career journey so far. 💪 Watch the interview here: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...

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 2025 Educational Course videos are going up right now! The first few are already available. The rest will appear throughout the next few hours. Watch this space! www.youtube.com/@ohbm

Loneliness isn’t just emotional — it shows up in the brain. 🧠 New Brain Bites explores how large-scale neuroimaging reveals changes in gray matter, connectivity, and memory pathways linked to feeling socially disconnected. Read more: www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

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...

We're kicking off Season 6 (!!) of #Neurosalience! This week, we have a chat between Peter Bandettini @fmri-today.bsky.social our new podcast team lead Xuqian Michelle Li, looking back at the past season, as well as preview what's to come! YouTube: youtu.be/qFcqCkNWTUE Spotify: bit.ly/4qCiaZ4

Thinking about attending #OHBM2026 in Bordeaux? 🤔 In our new blog post, Emily Weber and Beth Slater of the OHBM Executive Office share details of their visit to the new OHBM host city, immersing themselves in Bordeaux's rich history and cultural scene 🏰 Read here: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/our-sit...

The OHBM Executive Office is hard at work getting ready for OHBM 2026 in Bordeaux. Preparation is well underway for an inspiring meeting in a truly historic city. Join us June 14–18, 2026 Learn more about our visit by clicking the link in the comments. #OHBM2026 #BrainMapping

I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Julia Masselos, host of the SciComm Spectrum podcast, about all things science communication! 🔬 🤓 We discussed my role leading the blog team for @ohbm-com.com, and also my research on decision-making 🧠 Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb07...

Hope is in the wiring: A new brain-stimulation therapy is showing promise for depression 🧠✨️ #MentalHealthDay www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

Former ComCom chairs have just published an editorial on the value of communication within a scientific community beyond traditional publications. Check it out in Aperture Neuro doi.org/10.52294/001...

Tired of mismatched brain maps? 🧠 The Network Correspondence Toolbox (NCT) brings consistency to neuroimaging by aligning findings across atlases. A big leap toward reproducible brain science! @lucinauddin.bsky.social www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/... #OHBM2025 #BrainBites #neuroscience

Brain energy = cognitive health? 🧠⚡ Dr. Sharna Jamadar's (@sharnajamadar.bsky.social) research reveals that understanding how brain regions coordinate energy use could be a game-changer for predicting cognitive decline www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/... ‪ #ohbm2025 #brainbites

Can math measure consciousness? 🧠 Is consciousness computable, or bound to biology? 🧬 Dr. Melanie Boly is dissecting this pivotal debate in neuroscience Read the #BrainBite here: www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/... #OHBM2025

📢Call for students📢 Are you a student passionate about #science communication? Do you speak more than one language fluently? We want to hear from you! We're looking for multilingual students to help us make #neuroscience more accessible. Details here: neurofrontiers.blog/the-brain-ac... #SciComm

We loved Dr Joana Cabral's excellent keynote at #OHBM2025 In our latest #BrainBite, we created a summary of some of her work, written for non-experts. Could slow rhythmic brain waves be key to understanding cognition? Read the article here: www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...

The OHBM Time Machine places all recorded talks/sessions from OHBM annual meetings onto YouTube *for free*. Sessions from 2015-2024 are available to watch now, with 2025's recordings coming in the next couple of months - watch this space. Explore the time machine yourself: www.youtube.com/@OHBM

#OHBM2025, we miss you already. So many great ComCom initiatives this year, with many more exciting ideas for the future. Looking forward to connecting with you all throughout the year, and reuniting next year in Le France!

#OHBM2025 Live Neurosalience Podcast recording happening now in the main hall!

If you're at #OHBM2025, come see our second competition as part of ComCom's Comms Comps! This time, a 3-minute chalk talk 13:00-14:00, Room M2!

#OHBM2025 ! Ever missed an annual meeting? Or an early morning symposium? You probably need a time machine... Find all annual meeting talks from 2015 now on YouTube. 2025 content coming soon! Poster #0589 Weds/Thurs

If you're at #OHBM2025, come see our Best Figure competition as part of ComCom's Comms Comps! 12:45-13:45, Room M2! Also we're accepting last minute sign-ups for tomorrow's 3-minute flipboard presentation: forms.gle/VZHaTGBK99A8...

🚨Wednesday evening is Social Night! 🚨 Come join us at the Paddo Tavern 25th June for the Open Science Gala & SP Social Night. Kickoff at 8pm! See you all there! #OHBM2025 Thanks to our sponsors @qimrb.bsky.social, @childmindinstitute.bsky.social, @theneuro.bsky.social, @wutsaiyale.bsky.social

Welcome to Day 1 of #OHBM2025! We’re excited to kick things off — tag us in your photos and use #OHBM2025 to share your experience! 📸 See the photo for today’s key times.

Looking to meet fellow OHBMers? Come for a morning coffee at Nodo South Bank on Wednesday 7:30AM. All are welcome! Thanks to @wutsaiyale.bsky.social for sponsoring this event.

🎉🎉#OHBM2025 is just around the corner! Remember to visit the SP-SIG stall next to the registration desk and add stickers to your badge describing your research interests!

In our latest #OHBM2025 Keynote Interview, Dr. Melanie Boly discusses her research on altered states of consciousness, and testing integrated information theory with multimodal neuroimaging Watch the full conversation here: 🎤 youtu.be/-hyfX923xDk

For our next #OHBM2025 Keynote Interview, we spoke with Dr. Sharna Jamadar ( @sharnajamadar.bsky.social ) about metabolic brain networks, the neuroscience of parenthood, and building more inclusive spaces in science. 🎤 Read the interview here: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...

A new #Neurosalience episode is out! 🧠 The hippocampus, aging, memory and discovery with Rosanna Olsen and Peter Bandettini @rosannaolsen.bsky.social @fmri-today.bsky.social youtu.be/cvPjImt9iv8

Coming to #OHBM2025 from the mountains of northern Italy, Prof. Alessandro Gozzi (@gozziale.bsky.social) shares his path from pharma to pioneering rodent fMRI, and how preclinical imaging can answer causal questions in neuroscience. 🎤 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...