‼️ Registration is now OPEN for the 2nd OHBM Satellite Meeting ‼️ The Satellite Meeting last year was a hit and we are super excited to be collab'ing with the OHBM exec again to host it this year! You don't want to miss it 🍃

The Organization for Human Brain Mapping@ohbmofficial.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌍 Registration is now open for the 2nd OHBM Satellite Meeting! Hosted by OHBM and @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social, join us Sept. 2–4 for 3 days of virtual programming featuring Keynote Speaker Kim Doell, 4 symposia, and one educational course. 🔗 Register by Aug. 31: humanbrainmapping.org/SEASIG26/

Now that the dust has settled, it's time for our #OHBM2026 recap!! ✨ 🌱 🍃 The SEA-SIG had a very successful OHBM in the beautiful city of Bordeaux this year! Let's take the accomplishments one at a time!

🏆 ANNOUNCING: 2026 SEA-SIG OHBM TRAVEL AWARDS 🏆 Graduate students and postdocs can receive a $300 USD if they show they chose the train 🚂 over the plane ✈️ (or that they reduced the number of flights to get to the Annual Meeting)! See link for instructions! ohbm-environment.org/ohbm-2026-tr...

🗓️ MARK YOUR CALENDARS: We are organizing a SEA-SIG SOCIAL event in Bordeaux during the OHBM Annual Meeting on the evening of Tuesday, June 16th (location TBD)! Enjoy drinks, food, and for the first time - a #ClimateFresk workshop! 🍃 🍽️ 🥂 RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

OHBM 2026 SEA-SIG Social (with Climate Fresk)!

The OHBM Sustainability and Environmental Action Special Interest Group (SEA-SIG) is hosting the annual SEA-SIG social during the 2026 OHBM Annual Meeting in Bordeaux, France! This year we have an es...

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This week I attended my first ever hackathon with @bhdonostia.bsky.social! We put together a functioning dashboard to estimate the carbon footprint of MRI data collection 🧠 You can access the neuro-impact-calculator here: nicksouter.shinyapps.io/neuro-impact... (Not yet optimised for phones) 🧵

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

‼️ If you're interested in getting involved with the SEA-SIG, we are accepting nominations for the roles of Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer until OCTOBER 5! ‼️ ✨ 💫 🌍 🌱 🍃

Thomas Hinault@thinault.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Make a difference within the OHBM community and help make it more sustainable! The @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social positions of chair, secretary and treasurer are open for nominations. Email ohbm.sea.sig@gmail.com with a short statement (200 words) about why you and how you will get involved!

🗓️ Only ONE WEEK to register for the OHBM Virtual Satellite Meeting, hosted with the SEA-SIG @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social! There will be an educational course, 3 symposia, and a can’t-miss keynote from Dr. Michael Breakspear! You won’t want to miss it!

📣 Interested in the environmental (un)sustainability of AI (and how to support positive change)? Or know someone who is? I have an open position for a postdoctoral researcher to join my group in Cambridge, UK 🌱 🚨Closing June 5th www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51255/ Topics below 👇 #AcademicSky #GreenSky

Save the date ! Co-organized with @inserm.bsky.social bLORIER, @nicksouter.bsky.social from @sussexfss.bsky.social will talk about « How to reduce the carbon footprint of your research computing? » tinyurl.com/4hck9xbh An event affiliated with @ohbmenvironment.bsky.social !

Som staggering statistics from @ourworldindata.org

Our World in Data@ourworldindata.org · 2y ago

Around the world, 10 cows, 47 pigs, and 2,400 chickens get killed for meat every second

Are you a neuroscientist interested in sustainability, but don't know who to follow? 🤔 You're in luck! Here's a starter pack of neuroscientists who post about climate, and researchers who work in the intersection of neuro/psych and climate change! 🌱Msg if you want to be added! go.bsky.app/E1iW12T

Weekends are a great time to let ideas percolate, so why not give @nicksouter.bsky.social's paper on "10 recommendations for reducing the carbon footprint of neuroimaging research" a read and let it sink in while you head outside and get some fresh air? direct.mit.edu/imag/article...

Ten recommendations for reducing the carbon footprint of research computing in human neuroimaging

Abstract. Given that scientific practices contribute to the climate crisis, scientists should reflect on the planetary impact of their work. Research computing can have a substantial carbon footprint ...

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What is the relationship between neuroscience and climate change? At first these two topics can seem very distinct, but this article by Rae et al. makes a very compelling case for why we should incorporate environmental awareness into our research practices. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Climate crisis and ecological emergency: Why they concern (neuro)scientists, and what we can do - Charlotte L. Rae, Martin Farley, Kate J. Jeffery, Anne E. Urai, 2022

Our planet is experiencing severe and accelerating climate and ecological breakdown caused by human activity. As professional scientists, we are better placed t...

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🚨We're recruiting! Interested in making science and computing more environmentally friendly? Now's the time! Very excited to build a research group at Cambridge Uni to expand our Green Algorithms work thanks to the support of the Wellcome Trust www.green-algorithms.org/join-us #AcademicSky #SciSky

Interested in joining us?

The Green Algorithms project promotes environmentally sustainable computational science through an online calculator, training material and other tools.

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‼️ NEW PAPER ALERT ‼️ @nicksouter.bsky.social et al. (including many of our SEA-SIG members) demonstrate the environmental impact of different fMRIprep preprocessing choices, and make recommendations for minimizing carbon emissions of your pipeline! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Are you looking to get involved with like-minded neuroimagers to make our field more sustainable? Nominate yourself to be the new Chair, Secretary, or Treasurer of the SEA-SIG in our 2024 elections! Nominations accepted from August 15-September 15! ohbm-environment.org/upcoming-sig...

In this short 'PosterByte' video made for the British Neuroscience Association 2024 Members' Meeting, I discuss our recent work on the carbon footprint of neuroscience data processing 🌱🧠🖥️ shorturl.at/aguWY #BNAMembersMeeting2024

The Problem with Doomerism: Critics are right that doom and gloom can demoralize people into inaction. We found that negative messages increase social media sharing, but had no effect on policy support or climate beliefs & even backfired for effortful action: powerofus.substack.com/p/how-to-tal...

How to talk about climate change and the problem with doomerism

Issue 107: We conducted one of the largest experiments ever on climate change behavior — with advice from MythBusters' Jamie Hyneman

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Our review paper 'Ten recommendations for reducing the carbon footprint of research computing in human neuroimaging' was recently published in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social doi.org/10.1162/imag... Here's a quick summary of each of our recommendations 🧵

Last week we ran the first 'Environmental impacts of computing (EIC) in health & life sciences research' workshop, at the Wellcome Trust in London 🌱 🖥️ You can now find recordings of all our spreakers on YouTube! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... We discussed a number of topics... 🧵

On November 7th, we're hosting the first 'Environmental impacts of computing in health & life sciences research' workshop, at the Wellcome Trust in London! eicworkshop.info Come along to learn more about the carbon footprint of your research computing, and how it can be reduced 🌱

Here's the preprint for my final PhD paper, and my first fMRI study! 🧠 We found that dissociable default mode network (DMN) subnetworks support retrieval of contextual and emotional associations, seperately from processing of retrieval demands www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...