Day 2: We were so deep into our projects that we barely lifted our heads from our laptops! After Nick Souter’s keynote, the day was packed with intense project time and an energetic unconference! #BHDonostia2025

We just wrapped an excellent keynote from @nicksouter.bsky.social on reducing the carbon footprint of research computing. A powerful reminder that scientific progress and sustainability can — and should — go hand in hand! 🌍💡 #BHDonostia2025 #sustainability #GreenScience

This afternoon @inesatalmeida.bsky.social delivered a powerful keynote on rewarding early-career researchers for reproducible, open practices. It deeply resonated with the community! Grateful to Inês for joining us despite being ill! : )

Our project leaders presented an incredibly rich set of ideas today — from p-hacking metrics to denoising modules, carbon impact estimation tools, BIDSification with LLMs, and phase-based fMRI analysis. A fantastic preview of what this BHDonostia2025 will produce! ⚡🧠

Day 1 started with our first keynote by @urrestarazu.bsky.social, “When defaults return gibberish.” A deep dive into modelling categorical predictors in R, how defaults can mislead, and how careful choices lead to clearer, more transparent science.! A great start to #BHDonostia2025!

#BHDonostia2025 kicked off strong with a warm welcome by our chairs, Monika and Clementine! Time to build, learn and code together! :) Ready? Let's hack!

🎉 Last chance to join Brainhack Donostia 2025! 🚀 Registration closes tomorrow!! Don’t miss your spot for three days of collaborative neuroscience in Donostia–San Sebastián (19–21 November 2025) 💡 💸 Fees: 30€ (20€ for UPV/EHU students) 👉 Register now - brainhack-donostia.github.io/registration...

Only a couple of weeks left until BrainHack Donostia 2025!🧠 Get ready to connect, code, and collaborate in beautiful Donostia! 🌊 📍 Here’s where to find us this year: Centro Joxe Mari Korta (UPV/EHU) Avenida de Tolosa 72 20018 Donostia

🚨 Registration Reminder – You’re Still On Time! 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to be part of BHD2025! 🧠✨ 📅 Registration Deadline: November 15th, 2025 Secure your spot now and join fellow innovators, researchers, and enthusiasts for a collaborative journey into neuroscience and open science.

🚀 Talk Announcement for BHD25 When defaults return gibberish. Exploring different approaches to fitting models with categorical predictors (in R) by @urrestarazu.bsky.social . He will be sharing insights about how to better understand statistical models with categorical predictors at BHD25! 🌐💡

Your voice matters! 🧠 Join us at BrainHack Donostia 2025 — a 3-day hands-on conference celebrating diversity, equity, and inclusion in neuroscience, coding, and open science. Whether you’re a student, researcher, or curious learner — you belong here. #BHD25

🌟 Let’s talk about the fun side of #BrainhackDonostia2025 ! 🌟 Connecting minds doesn’t stop at the workshops. Join us for our social events designed to bring everyone together outside the lab!

We’re excited to announce that Nick Souter, keynote speaker of #BHD25, will give a talk titled “How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Research Computing.” Nick will unpack how computing drives emissions, and explore what researchers can do to reduce their impact without compromising rigour.

Project 3. FAIR-PsyFlow: making psychological assessment methods and data FAIR Psychology and behavioral research rely on assessment tools—but how do we make them more transparent, reusable, and aligned with FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable)?

Project 2: Developing a tool to estimate the carbon footprint of neuroimaging research by @nicksouter.bsky.social Every research action—conference travel, MRI scanning, storing data—leaves a mark on the planet. Neuroimaging, with its energy-heavy pipelines and massive datasets, is no exception.

Brainhack Donostia 2025: Get a Glimpse of the Projects! BHD is all about collaboration, creativity, and learning by doing. Here’s a sneak peek at three of the projects already proposed (SPOILER: there are more!!) Helmholtz never published in Nature Neuroscience!

We are excited to have @inesatalmeida.bsky.social as our #BHD25 keynote! She will talk on “Assessment Criteria fostering Quality: Implementing Reform of Research Assessment,” focusing on recognizing diverse outputs, activities, and profiles in hiring and promotion.

Jean-Rémi King - The Emergence of Language in the Human Brain We’re excited to announce that @jeanremiking.bsky.social , CRNS researcher at the ENS Paris & leader of Meta’s Brain & AI team, will be sharing groundbreaking insights into how language emerges in the human brain at BHD2025!

Registration is now OPEN for BrainHack Donostia 2025! 📅 19–21 November 2025 📍 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain 👉 Reserve your spot now: brainhack-donostia.github.io/registration... Let’s build open neuroscience together in Donostia! #BHD2025 #BrainHack #OpenScience #Neuroscience #Donostia

Are you still not convinced to participate in #BrainhackDonostia2025? Here are three reasons why to participate! Reminders: Call for projects is still open, you can propose your idea here (lnkd.in/dxR5qizU). Registration will open soon, so stay tuned to secure your spot! #BHD25 #BrainhackGlobal

The full program of #BrainhackDonostia2025 is out! Check it out and let us know in the comments which session you are most excited about! 🧠 💙

We are honoured to welcome @jeanremiking.bsky.social to BrainHack Donostia 2025! Dr. King is a CNRS researcher based at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, currently leading the Brain & AI team at Meta AI, combining expertise in cognitive neuroscience and machine learning.

Meet our #BrainHackDonostia2025 Keynote Speaker: @nicksouter.bsky.social ! PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience & Neuroimaging (York, 2023), now Postdoc at the University of Sussex. Nick’s work brings sustainability to the heart of neuroimaging, by tackling the environmental cost of research computing.

The call for projects for #BHD25 is officially OPEN! Have an idea in neuroscience, cognitive science, or data analysis you’ve been wanting to try? This is your chance. At BHD, projects are the heart of it all—from small analyses to bold new pipelines, plugins, models, or ethic tools.

🌱 Our Commitment to Sustainability 🌱 At #BrainhackDonostia, we’re deeply passionate about sustainability. That’s why we have made a clear commitment to reduce our carbon footprint through simple, meaningful actions. --READ BELOW--

Meet #BHD25 keynote speakers ⭐️ With a master’s in Theoretical & Experimental Linguistics, Iñigo Urrestarazu brings a rich academic path into his current PhD research in Linguistics at CNRS – IKER UMR 5478, UPPA, and the University of the Basque Country.

Meet #BHD25 keynote speakers! ⭐ - With a PhD in Health Sciences and a psychology background, Inês leads a CoARA-funded meta-research project on fairer assessment of early-stage researchers. At #BrainhackDonostia2025, she’ll share how to shift academic culture & incentivize good research practices. 🎓

So let's go back to the very beginning! Born in 2012. Inspired by Hackathons. Brainhack started as an alternative to top-down conferences. No panels, no hierarchy — just researchers building things together. From coding to ethics, all contributions matter.

What is BrainHack? 🧵👇 A global movement bridging neuroscience & data science through hands-on, inclusive, interdisciplinary events. Researchers tackle the next-gen questions in brain science,which now demands handling massive datasets, powerful analytical tools and most importantly, collaboration.

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve reached an agreement and are partnering with UPV-EHU as the location for our event! 📍Centro Joxe Mari Korta - Campus de Gipuzkoa This puts us right where we want to be - in the heart of a vibrant, curious, and creative student community. ✨💙