Sharna Jamadar

I usually end my emails by misspelling my own name

I GOT A FUTURE FELLOWSHIP !!!

Yaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy !!!

Wow - thanks so much for highlighting our work !

A conversation with Dr. Sharna Jamadar (OHBM 2025 Keynote Interview Series) — OHBM Communications Authors: Audrey Luo & Ashley Tyrer

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...

Very much forward to this @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

Huge thanks to the team at Monash Psych, Monash Biomedical Imaging, National Imaging Facility, as well as Emma Liang, Chris Moran & Gary Egan

Pleased to share our latest preprint examining the impact of glucodynamic variability on cognition. Hamish Deery shows that it is not the size of the energy budget per se, but the dynamic use of glucose & its coherence into metabolic networks that are important for cognition. #neuroskyence

What does parenthood, depression, and psychedelics do to your brain? Very proud to see Winnie Orchard joining this stellar grp of Aussie neuros @lenaedibrainz.bsky.social @lucacocchineuro.bsky.social ky.social & @drbreaky.bsky.social for a FREE public lecture in June. @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

Congrats on this beautiful work !

🧩New study: "Network Constraints on 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘰 Synaptic Alterations in Schizophrenia"

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We map a prominent brain-wide pattern of synaptic defects in people with Schizophrenia using PET, then model the molecular, cellular & connectomic features shaping this pattern 🧵1/3👇

Beautiful work Adeel & team, congratulations!

🧵 How do psychedelics shape brain activity?

Our new paper presents the largest neuroimaging study of psilocybin to date—revealing how context structures psychedelic brain states.

Title: Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context
Paper: lnkd.in/gt-kMR6d

A thread 🧵👇 1/n

This website needs a “I appreciate you sharing this information but this is all kinds of f’d up” button

Congrats to Winnie Orchard & @sidchop.bsky.social on their new #ParentalBrain paper, now out in PNAS! They find evidence for the neuroprotective effect of parenthood for women AND men! 👩‍🍼👨‍🍼🧠 It's lovely work, and I'm proud to have played a tiny role in it. Read it here 👇 #neuroskyence #neuroimaging

Huge thanks to Hamish Deery, Emma Liang & team for leading this, and Monash Psych, Monash Biomedical Imaging, National Imaging Facility for support. @acnsau.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social

Metabolic connectivity has greater predictive utility for age and cognition than functional connectivity Deery et al. report that there is a reconfiguration of metabolic brain networks in ageing that is different to haemodynamic alterations and is more strongl

Pleased to share our new #MetabolicConnectivity paper! We used #simultaneousPETMR to show that MC has ⬆️ utility for age & cognition prediction vs #fMRI FC. A bit surprising but it's more evidence of the utility of #fPET & MC as a measure of #BrainConnectivity 🧠⚛️ doi.org/10.1093/brai... #neuroskyence

Letter of Support for nomination of @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science In signing this form you endorse the proposal to nominate @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize in the category 'Leadership in Science'. The list of signatories will be appended to the nomination form. I wi...

Australian Researchers,

If you want to support @arc-tracker.bsky.social being awarded a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science, sign this letter of support.
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Q: "Are they eligible?",
A: "Let's find out"

Sign, repost & send the link to colleagues. Word of mouth. Do it!

Read @sharnajamadar.bsky.social's full interview: www.thetransmitter.org/qa/how-eight...

#WomenInScience #February11 #neuroskyence

@acnsau.bsky.social

I have a paper in review with an ex-student as 1st author. The last version had a line in acknowledgemts that he’d used AI to assist phrasing. This gave me pause & a 1st for me, but the content is his/ours, & it’s openly acknowledged, so I guess it’s ok ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ? Interested to see where this goes

100% agree

The skills & time needed to collect imaging data is often undervalued eg study design, community engagement, inclusive recruitment & testing practices, listening to participants, data organization etc 1/

Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring Researchers facing

“The impact of the collective executive orders and directives appears devastating.” scim.ag/40ureTO

lol no clearly not, and they even spelled my name incorrectly. By the time I got past the paywall I could see they just copied the first 2 sentences from my Uni profile. We complained and they removed me from the article apparently

Proud to have been featured as one of the trailblazing Indian-Australian women in STEM in Victoria.

I consider this a real achievement considering I am not Indian

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😱😱 I wish I could downvote this !! 😱😱

I do too! I use social media to help develop networks, and I also volunteer for a lot of different committees so I can meet people. That way I know a few people. I also find the social interactions exhausting, so I am always sure to stay somewhere on my own for a few hours to calm down afterwards.

Enormous thanks to lead author Hamish Deery on this one, and our whole MetConn team. This was a huge team effort and many years in the making.

#MonashPsych #MonashBiomedicalImaging #MolecularConnectivity #MetabolicConnectivity #neuroimaging

Reconfiguration of metabolic connectivity in ageing - Communications Biology Compared to younger adults, the metabolic connectome of older adults is characterised by a reduced capacity of hubs in frontal brain regions to connect to other regions, a higher metabolic cost and wo...

Our latest paper 'Reconfiguration of metabolic connectivity in ageing' is now out! We show that the brain's metabolic network declines in efficiency with age, and older adults use more of their energy budget to maintain this inefficient network.

#neuroskyence

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Very pleased to share our latest preprint by superstar Hamish Deery! We found some intriguing sex and age differences in cerebral blood flow & metabolism 🤔 🧠🤨using #simultaneousPETMR. #neuroskyence #MonashPsych #MonashBiomedicalImaging @acnsau.bsky.social