Zaki Alasmar
@zklsmr.bsky.social
Vanier PhD Scholar & Brain Canada Rising Star at McGill University & Douglas Research Centre | Bridging in-vivo and ex-vivo approaches in neuroimaging | EiC @CJAP | Blog Team Lead @OHBM | Translating science through public communication | 🇸🇾🇨🇦 | zklsmr.com
OHBM is headed to the Netherlands!!
The Organization for Human Brain Mapping@ohbmofficial.bsky.social · last mo.🌍🧠 OHBM 2029 is headed to Rotterdam! Mark your calendars for June 24–28, 2029 Discover the story behind OHBM 2029, from the meeting logo to why Rotterdam is the perfect host city. 👉 Read the blog: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/ohbm-20...
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Paul Taylor@afni-pt.bsky.social · last mo.Have you ever felt like something was missing from your #fmri results? Have you been worried about potential reproducibility issues? Well, this new @natmethods.nature.com article with 40+ coauthors shows how the simple change to transparent thresholding helps both. Go Figure! rdcu.be/B4tikBETdQZa
If you wonder how to analyze data on reserve and resilience, we just published a comprehensive review that should be useful! dx.doi.org/10.1002/alz.... @sylviavilleneuve.bsky.social @dbartres-faz.bsky.social Jake Vogel Rory Boyle Colin Groot @maudewagner.bsky.social #Alzheimer #Reserve #OpenScience
Theoretical and practical challenges for capturing reserve and resilience in aging and Alzheimer's disease: A narrative review
The concepts of reserve and resilience in aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) are widely used but their operationalization remains challenging and often lacks conceptual and methodological consistency...
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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Walter Adame-Gonzalez, Mahsa Dadar, et al: RAVEN: Robust, generalizable, multi-resolution structural MRI upsampling using autoencoders doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...
Why would a sea squirt “eat” its own brain? And what can bonobos, chimpanzees, and macaques teach us about our own? Our new Brain Bites Keynote Series piece explores Prof Rogier Mars’s work and his new book, The Fox, the Shrew, and You. www.ohbm-com.com/brain-bites/...
Rogier Mars and the Brain’s Animal Past — OHBM Communications
Evolution does not design perfect machines, that’s for sure. It works with what is already there, modifying old systems for new problems. The same alarm system that can protect us can also become too ...
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Our third installment of the OHBM Keynote Speaker Interview Series features Dr Eduardo Garza-Villarreal! Here, he discusses with us his work on neuromodulation, translational research, and his thoughts on the future of open science. ⭐ Watch the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...
A Conversation with Dr Eduardo Garza-Villarreal (OHBM 2026 Keynote Interview Series) — OHBM Communications
Interviewer: Zaki Alasmar Editors: Simon Steinkamp, Ashley Tyrer
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The first of our Keynote Speaker Interview Series is now live! We had the pleasure of interviewing Prof Rogier Mars, who discussed his experiences with multi-species research, and his new book of evolutionary neuroscience 🧠 Read the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/a-conve...
A Conversation with Professor Rogier Mars (OHBM 2026 Keynote Interview Series) — OHBM Communications
Author: Ashley Tyrer Editor: Alfie Wearn
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And it’s out! Very happy to see Olivier’s work published in Nature Communications. Great effort and an exciting push to tease apart the pathophysiological signatures of WMH! proud to have been involved in this project!
Olivier Parent@oparent.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew paper “Characterizing spatiotemporal white matter hyperintensity pathophysiology in vivo to disentangle vascular and neurodegenerative contributions” out in Nature Communications! doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Elvisha Dhamala about her perspective on EDI efforts in brain mapping, check it out!
OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom)@ohbm-com.com · 6mo agoOur next interview in the OHBM Award Winner Interview Series features Dr. Elvisha Dhamala, winner of the 2025 Diversity and Inclusivity Champion Award 🏆 @elvisha.bsky.social Watch the interview here 👇 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...
Check out this interview with Dr. Niu, winner of the Karl Zilles Award. We discuss her work on multiscale neuroanatomical methods, the research directions she’s most excited about, and her journey in science!
OHBM Communications Committee (ComCom)@ohbm-com.com · 10mo agoNext up in our Award Winner Interview series is Dr. Meiqi Niu, the 2025 winner of the Karl Zilles Award! 🏆 We had the pleasure of speaking with Meiqi about her work in neuroimaging and her career journey so far. 💪 Watch the interview here: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...
Each year we have the pleasure of interviewing the OHBM Award Winners 🏆 First up is Prof Mac Shine, winner of the 2025 Early Career Investigator Award! 🌟 @macshine.bsky.social Watch the interview here: www.ohbm-com.com/blog/intervi...
Interview with Prof. Mac Shine, 2025 Winner of the Early Career Investigator Award — OHBM Communications
Writer: Ashley Tyrer Editor: Audrey Luo, Alfie Wearn Video Editor: Xuqian Michelle Li
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Concordia University School of Health@schoolofhealth.concordia.ca · 11mo agoNew research from Concordia University reveals a biological link between coronary artery disease (CAD) and cognitive decline. www.concordia.ca/news/stories... #MRI #MedicalImaging #ConcordiaHealth #HealthResearch #cognition #heartdisease #coronaryarterydisease
Congratulations to all of this year's OHBM Award Winners! 🏆 We're thrilled to share the full list of award winners, and we’ll also be posting exclusive interviews with each of them in the coming weeks. Stay tuned for more 👀 👉 www.ohbm-com.com/blog/o8brgzb...
OHBM Award Winners - 2025 — OHBM Communications
Authors: Ashley Tyrer Editors: Zaki Alasmar
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We are excited to launch The Data Quartet Challenge, recognizing student contributions to projects that integrate data from at least 2 of 4 FRQ supported Quebec Alzheimer’s and Aging cohorts (PREVENT-AD, CIMA-Q, NuAge, TRIAD), with 3 prizes of 5000$ tinyurl.com/3dy899xn
The Data Quartet Challenge.pdf
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Honoured to have been awarded the Vanier Scholarship — pretty psyched about it. Big thanks to everyone who’s helped me get here!
McGill University@handle.invalid · last yr.Twenty-three #McGill doctoral & postdoctoral researchers have earned Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, recognizing excellence, leadership & research potential. 🔗 https://mcgill.ca/x/ist
Results for the #CIHR Spring 2025: Project Grants are in! 🏃♀️➡️ Thirteen HBHL-funded PIs will be supported by CIHR for seven projects, totalling an investment of over $6.7M at @mcgill.ca & @douglasresearch.bsky.social. Congratulations! 👏 🔬 Learn more: mcgill.ca/x/ieS @mcgill-research.bsky.social
🧠 Tractography on Ultra-Low Field MRI! Thrilled to share "Diffusion Tensor Imaging & Spherical-Deconvolution-Based Tractography Using an Ultra-Low Field, Portable MRI System", led by James Gholam lnkd.in/emDyp9gT Thanks to the Gates Foundation, Wellcome LEAP & Wellcome who supported this work!
This is incredible www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Near-complete Middle Eastern genomes refine autozygosity and enhance disease-causing and population-specific variant discovery - Nature Genetics
Generation and analysis of high-quality, genome assemblies from Middle Eastern trios demonstrate the utility of ancestry-matched data and assembly-based variation analysis.
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The May issue of @natgenet.nature.com is live! Featuring: ✅Middle Eastern genomes ✅genetic determinants of infertility ✅multiomics in neuroblastoma ✅desmosome mutations in melanoma ✅peanut pangenome And much more! ⬇️ www.nature.com/ng/volumes/5...
📣 CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC Scholarships and Fellowships Announced – 2025 Congratulations to our students! *** 📣 Bourses de recherche et d’études des IRSC, du CRSH et du CRSNG – 2025 Félicitations à nos étudiant·e·s! Learn more / En savoir plus : douglas.research.mcgill.ca/news/cihr-ns...
It’s not a campaign visit to Vancouver without a Hip Flip. Thanks for the records and the trip down memory lane, @nardwuarserviette.bsky.social. youtu.be/TZmh_PNMImE?...
Unraveling the mesoscale functional connectivity of the human primary visual cortex using high-resolution functional MRI. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.27.645795v1
📣 TOMORROW! Don't miss the CIC lecture by Anastasia Yendiki @2pm! douglas.research.mcgill.ca/event/anasta... 📣 DEMAIN! Venez participer au séminaire du CIC avec Anastasia Yendiki @14h! douglas.research.mcgill.ca/fr/event/ana...
The range of submissions at @apertureohbm.bsky.social is amazing — everything from original research to notebooks and descriptions of notebooks! Had a fantastic experience with their review process and critical feedback
Mallar Chakravarty@mallarchak.bsky.social · 2y agoThere's a stream of excellent papers in @apertureohbm.bsky.social being published! Check them out: apertureneuro.org Submit your own +code +data +open science +imaging studies+ Quick turnaround, a devoted ed board, and lowest APC around. And you'll support @ohbmofficial.bsky.social share pls!
Metz et al. report that a study combining MRI brain atrophy and clinical data using machine learning achieved 89% accuracy in classifying frontotemporal dementia subtypes. Please read at:https://buff.ly/uGmX2fg @DadarMahsa @YasharZeighami @sylv_villeneuve @sducharme66
Very happy to see this work on sex-specific microstructural and cardio-metabolic patterns in familial AD out now in Neurobiology of Aging!
Alfie Wearn@alfiewearn.bsky.social · 2y agoI was privileged to collaborate with the brilliant Stéfanie Tremblay on her project, just published in Neurobiology of Aging: Sex and APOE4-specific links between cardiometabolic risk factors and white matter alterations in individuals with a family history of Alzheimer's disease bit.ly/3Rb3QWW
Fonov and Collins investigate optimal sample sizes for creating representative average anatomical brain templates: doi.org/10.52294/001... @fmri-today.bsky.social @mallarchak.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
Excited for our next CIC lecture! Not to be missed!
Douglas Research Centre@douglasresearch.bsky.social · 2y ago📣 Don't miss the CIC lecture by Nicola Palomero-Gallagher on March 5 @2pm! buff.ly/41ydnNL 📣 Venez participer le 5 mars au séminaire du CIC avec Nicola Palomero-Gallagher @14h! buff.ly/41iWlC3
