Markus Butz

@markusbutz.bsky.social

Neuroscientist @hhu.de MEG❤️ EEG🧠 DBS👍NIBS 🇩🇪🇨🇳🇬🇧🇪🇺 https://scholar.google.cl/citations?user=lDcTaeEAAAAJ&hl=en

New MIT Press journal for the intersection between cognitive science, neuroscience and machine learning research. Looking forward to being involved in this!

Minds, Machines, and Brains (MMB)@mmb-journal.bsky.social · 3d ago

Hello world! 👋 We’re Minds, Machines, and Brains (MMB) 👤🤖🧠 a new open access journal from @mitpress.bsky.social exploring the principles of intelligence and cognition across natural and artificial minds. Submissions open this Fall! 🔗 direct.mit.edu/mmb

First public dataset from the Mormann/Bonn lab! Congrats to @alanadarcher.bsky.social and @franzigrkn.bsky.social 🧠🎥!

Alana Darcher@alanadarcher.bsky.social · 7d ago

🎉 *extremely* excited to share our human single neuron + movie dataset is out in #ScientificData! 📄 Human neuron activity during an 83-minute movie from 2,286 neurons and 29 patients 🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-07955-0 1st public dataset from @humansingleneuron.bsky.social!🧵

What can you build in two days? 🔥 The VRS Hackathon 2026 brings together developers, researchers, designers, creatives and students to turn ambitious XR ideas into working prototypes. Explore VR, AR, AI and biosignals—together. 🧵 1/2

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Function is not tied to specific brain structures or time scales. The brain is not just a set of parts that each “do their own job”. Instead, networks are multifunctional and active across different speeds simultaneously. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #neuroscience

Shared spatial and temporal principles govern connectome dynamics across timescales | PNAS

While the brain processes information at various speeds, little is known about how the functional connectome can concurrently support multiple spee...

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Save the dates for the upcoming DBS Think Tank, taking place September 16–18, 2026. We are looking forward to another year of engaging discussions and collaboration in the field of DBS. Stay tuned for additional details, including the Zoom registration link and full program information.

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I am recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD student, funded by a new ERC grant. The grant focuses on the role of the hippocampus in visual perception, using 7T fMRI (hippocampal subfields, cortical layers) and MEG+iEEG. The intended start dates for both positions are in early 2027. 🧠🟦 1/3

Our first Impact Factor is 3.0 — an important milestone for a new journal. As with most new journals, the first IF is affected by the smaller publication volume in the launch year. Latest citation data are encouraging, and the journal’s IF is set to rise in 2027.

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Amazing keynote at #OHBM2026 by Dr. Nanthia Suthana "Mapping the Human Brain in Naturalistic Environments".😍 Theta bouts in invasive hippocampal recordings in humans. Proposed framework: theta bouts reflect internal search processes that occur when retrieving memory, especially under uncertainty.

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Been saying this for years: Don't submit to Frontiers. Don't peer-review for Frontiers. It's long been considered a predatory publisher by many in the field, including many who have worked as editor there.

Michael Okun@michael-okun.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I’ve officially resigned as Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. It used to be a reputable journal, but became a case study in how forced automation destroys academic integrity. 👇