Boris Bernhardt

Histology-based SWM microstructure intensity profile. Top: SWM sampling framework from 3D postmortem histology. The Laplacian field within the white matter domain was solved for each histological classified volume to sample 50 SWM surfaces, spanning from the GM/WM interface to 3 mm into the white matter. These surfaces were then mapped to each histological staining method, allowing the extraction of intensity profiles for each vertex across SWM depths. Bottom: Alterations in the intensity distributions of histological features across SWM depths. The GM/WM interface (0 mm) and 25 representative SWM surfaces (up to 3 mm into the white matter) are shown. The surfaces showing the greatest variation in SWM, from 0 to 1.8 mm into the white matter, were mapped onto the brain alongside the intensity profiles on the left.

How does superficial white matter contribute to large-scale #brain function? @borismontreal.bsky.social &co use an approach based on 3D histology & 7-Tesla MRI to reveal associations between superficial #WhiteMatter microstructure & diverse cortical properties @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/460WNIz

Very happy to see this last thesis paper in press @natcomms.nature.com! We combine intracranial EEG with multimodal MRI to study how interregional similarity in neurophysiology relates to different network scales ⚡ 🧠

Full story 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🍤 hippocampus = the brain's memory machine 🍤

unique cytoarchitecture, highly connected with multiple networks, & very variable across individuals

video shows hippocampal shape variations across 250-ish young HCP adults

study hippocampus with open tools like hippomaps doi.org/10.1038/s415...

When your PI presents your work

this is mesmerizing

📢 Publication Alter!
🎉 Excited to share that our work, “Personalized biomarkers of multiscale functional alterations in temporal lobe epilepsy”, is now out in Nature Communications #TLE #MRI #biomarker

🔗 Full paper: rdcu.be/eQKLX
📣 Full post (credit to @borismontreal.bsky.social): bit.ly/48uJL7r

Still think this was one of the best power moves of all time

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New preprint ↙️

Using 2 independent 7T fMRI datasets (HCP & our PNI dataset 🧲 💅 ), we found that intersubject synchronization 👯 during movies aligns closely with cortical gradients 🌈, especially along the visual-to-transmodal axis

by Meaghan Smith & a terrific team ↙️
doi.org/10.1101/2025...

oh wowwwwwwwwwwwwww thats really cool 🤩

ERC Grants: Q&A and testimonials EURAXESS North America will host an online meeting with officials from the European Research Council Executive Agency, which administers ERC grants, as well as current ERC grantees, who will share the...

For researchers in Canada and the USA 👇

Online info session about ERC research grants, on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 12:00 noon ET (9:00 AM PT, 6:00 PM CEST).

The meeting is free but advance registration is required.

euraxess.ec.europa.eu/worldwide/no...

HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of human hippocampal organization - Nature Methods HippoMaps provides an open-source resource for studying the human hippocampus at different scales and with different modalities such as histology, fMRI, structural MRI and EEG.

HippoMaps: an open-source resource for studying the human hippocampus at different scales and with different modalities.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@jordandekraker.bsky.social @borismontreal.bsky.social @jclauneuro.bsky.social @neuroak.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social @donnagift.bsky.social

congratulations Armin!!!

🚨 New paper in Nature Methods:
HippoMaps: multiscale cartography of the human hippocampus

Open-source tools & data to explore structure and function of the 🍤🧠 (histology, in/ex vivo MRI, iEEG)

Led by @jordandekraker.bsky.social

docs: hippomaps.readthedocs.io
paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Excited to share that our work introducing the Reproducible Brain Charts (RBC) data resource is now published in Neuron!! 🎉

📚 Read the paper: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpaF3BtfH...
🧠 Explore the RBC dataset: reprobrainchart.github.io

Interested in the mechanisms shaping the extraordinary complexity of the connectome?

Then check out our new preprint, lead by
Francis Normand with a stellar team, showing how geometry constrains connectome architecture:

biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Full thread here:
tinyurl.com/sfv3yf73

AI is helping to decode animals’ speech. Will it also let us talk with them? The complexity of vocal communication in some primates, whales and birds might approach that of human language.

There is increasing interest in using AI tools not only to listen in on animal speech, but also to potentially talk back

go.nature.com/4pqGYCP

The peer review process: 3 strangers yelling “more cowbell” at your life's work

Interested in hippocampal dynamics and their interactions with cortical rhythms?

Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The effect of spherical projections on spin tests for brain maps | doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Spin tests are the de facto null model for map-to-map comparisons in brain imaging. Why don't they perfectly control false positives? @vincebaz.bsky.social explores ⤵️

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

The Dept. of Psychology at the U. Wisconsin–Madison has an opening for an Assistant Professor in the area of Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI).

Domain of behavior or cognition is open. Details at jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Come join us at University of Toronto. We're hiring a Professor of computational cognitive neuroscience.

#neuroAI #compneuro jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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The Neuroimaging of Epilepsy Worldwide (NEW) is hosting, for the second year in a row, a networking and talk session at the Annual Meeting of the CLAE/LCCE in Calgary 🐎.

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🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.

🔥ATTENTION!🔥

Registration for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now open!

Join us for some amazing science, sun, and surf in one of Australia's most beautiful beach towns.

Details:
tinyurl.com/arbc5pp6

Check out or incredible list of confirmed speakers. More to come...

New paper🥳

🧠 In TLE, brain changes go beyond the temporal lobe & beyond normal aging.

Our ENIGMA study (769 patients, 18 sites) found widespread gray & white matter decline, especially after 55. By Judy Chen and a terrific intl' team

Time for earlier diagnosis & deeper research
bit.ly/3HRYeQt

Please repost. The Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping is looking for a Preclinical MRI physicist (9.4T and 15.2T Bruker Advance Neo). You will join a team of 14 dedicated staff in Canada's National Ultra-high field MRI platform who also operate 3T and 7T human scanners in the same facility.

Interested in Network hubs, cortical hierarchies, and gradients? Ever wonder where they come from? Check our latest review, where we cover different approaches to mapping hubs, models for their evolution, and mechanisms for how they develop:

osf.io/preprints/os...

🎉 New paper in press at @epilepsiajournal.bsky.social

"MRI-negative epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis" led by Ravnoor Gill et al.

We highlight ambiguities in the term "MRI-negative" & stress better imaging and analysis to improve epilepsy care

👉 doi.org/10.1111/epi....