@nikaradziun.bsky.social
Postdoc @ Donders Institute | Body perception, brain plasticity, sensorimotor augmentation | PhD in Neuroscience from Karolinska Institutet | Co-chair of Halkes Women+ Faculty Network | dominikaradziun.github.io
You are invited to our roundtable: โNavigating Freedom, Sustainability & Gender Justice in Academiaโ. We will reflect and share experiences on urgent issues shaping the daily lives of women+ in academia.
Info & registration: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
How dynamics arise from the structure is my biggest interest. In this study, we started with a small step and asked how structure constrains dynamics. Spoiler: would that it were so simpleโฆ (1/6)
27.02.2026 10:13 โ ๐ 31 ๐ 23 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2
Positive news is that progress in gender equality is real. But as someone looking back on years of single parenting (and the sneaking cumulative effects that has on a CV) this strongly resonates: โWomen are โฆ 4.5 times more likely to miss opportunities due to care responsibilitiesโ.
04.03.2026 08:49 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
On 10 March, we invite you to the "Shiny Failure" workshop with Stรฉfanie Andrรฉ.
Academic careers are not straight paths. Rejections, temporary contracts, care work: it is a balancing act. Let's talk openly about failure, solidarity, and self-kindness.
More info ๐ www.ru.nl/en/research/...
13 more days to apply to this fantastic summer school!
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๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐!
See you in Eresfjord ๐ง ๐ป๐ณ๐ด
@kavlintnu.bsky.social
Iโm building a foundational reading list for our lab (systems & circuit neuroscience, compneuro, modeling, neuromodulators, population coding etc.).
Iโd like to crowdsource recommendations.
Which review(s) would you consider mandatory reading for the next generation of researchers?
Thank you so much Maria! โฅ๏ธ
02.03.2026 12:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm currently redesigning my BodyโBrainโEmotion seminar for our General Psychology MSc students. Last year, we covered the spectrum from basic sensory processes to perception (e.g., cardiac effects), as well as breathing and sleep, gut-brain interaction.
02.03.2026 11:45 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
As body-augmenting technologies become more common, it is important to understand how the brain decides what counts as "the body", and how that changes over time.
My first postdoc paper ๐ฆพ now out in @elife.bsky.social ๐
The human body is remarkably adaptable, capable of integrating artificial enhancements from tools to prosthetic limbs.
Researchers have used finger extensions to test how the brain updates its expectations over time.
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New work from the lab led by @fatatai.bsky.social together with Dimitris Voudouris, @dominikstrb.bsky.social, Katja Fiehler as part of 'The Adaptive Mind' cluster
27.02.2026 11:03 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Why are tactile sensations suppressed during movements? In our new preprint, we explain this as optimal integration of sensory signals with an internal model.
Work led by @fatatai.bsky.social with Dimitris Voudouris, Katja Fiehler and @c-rothkopf.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Why is touch perceived as weaker during movement?
In our new preprint ๐, we examine tactile suppression during reaching.
Using optimal control theory, we show that tactile suppression reflects dynamic, uncertainty-dependent integration of forward model predictions and sensory feedback.
โถ๏ธ Heike Stein from Sorbonne Universitรฉ will be the 4th keynote speaker at NeuroControl2026!
โถ๏ธ NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
๐ฆพ/๐ช Interested in the physiology of motor control? In robotics? In neuroprosthetics?
โถ๏ธ Join us in NeuroPSI for NeuroControl 2026, the conference on the physiology and engineering of limb and prosthesis closed-loop control!
โถ๏ธ Register and submit your abstract: neurocontrol.sciencesconf.org
This work was a team effort. Huge thanks to the other first author, our former master's student Siebe Geurts, our supportive senior authors @pevianiv.bsky.social and @lukemillerneuro.bsky.social, and special thanks to Sibrecht Bouwstra for her key role in developing the finger-extension devices.
19.02.2026 14:20 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
How does the brain adapt to artificial body extensions over time?
With a wearable finger-extension device, we reveal distinct phases of proprioceptive plasticity: during wear, after active use, and even after removal.
Now in @elife.bsky.social:
elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...
Applications are now open for the summer school: ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐
๐ง Apply before March 15: www.compneuronrsn.org
๐ Located in beautiful Eresfjord ๐ณ๐ด
๐๏ธ Between July 6-24
Supported by the @kavlifoundation.org
In collaboration with @kavlintnu.bsky.social
We're hiring! This is a unique opportunity to translate our understanding of neural computation - from circuit-level mechanisms to computational principles - into the human brain, through the establishment of cutting-edge human neural recording capabilities with collaborators in London and abroad.
Weโre hiring a Group Leader!
Join us to lead a transformative initiative in human systems neuroscience.
Find out more and apply โคต๏ธ
www.sainsburywellcome.org/content/curr...
This is your sign to go for the run
go.nature.com/4avd21B
IBRO Collaborative Research #Grants are now open for applications, supporting collaboration costs between two research groups, including:
๐ Travel & accommodation
๐ Subsistence
๐ Research expenses
๐ Deadline: 15 Mar 2026
๐ Discover eligibility & apply: https://ow.ly/bXJ750YcGXk
Our paper is out in Science Advances!
What makes primate hands so dexterous?
We show that evolutionarily distinct spinal and cortical pathways work together to balance stability and flexibility, supporting remarkable primate hand control.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Looking forward to contributing a workshop at this yearโs International Womenโs Day at Radboud ๐
In โCaring, coping, and carrying on?โ we will explore what constant caring does to the brain, and how resilience is learned, and sometimes stretched too far.
Join us on Tuesday, 10 March 2026 (12:30โ17:00) at Chapel Berchmanianum to celebrate International Womenโs Day โจ
An afternoon of inspiration & connection:
โข Keynote on resilience & agency
โข Theatre performance
โข Interactive workshops (EN/NL)
โข Networking drinks
Register: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...
Attention fellow Donders Postdocs!
๐ก Got an idea you want to develop? Join Postdoc Ponders โ Idea lab: From spark to launch, and turn it into action with peer feedback and practical tools.
๐๏ธ Thursday, February 19, 2026, 15:00โ17:00
๐ Trigon, Red Room
More info ๐ www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
New results! Faster parietal alpha frequency tightens, and slower alpha widens, the temporal window for visionโtouch integration for the sense of oneโs own body. Causal and computational evidence. Nature Communications
news.ki.se/how-brain-wa...
I loved Bad Bunnyโs performance, not only for the music โฌ๏ธ
Emigrating from LatAm is hard. You become permanently split between being privileged back home (for the opportunity to leave) and for ever structurally disadvantaged in your new place. Where nobody will understand the real struggles u had
To celebrate #WomenAndGirlsInScienceDay #11F, we warmly invite you to our upcoming online panel!
Great speakers will discuss how to build inclusive, accessible, and empowering computational skills
Co-hosted by @psychopy.org
๐๏ธ Monday, February 23
๐ 13:00โ14:30 CET
๐ Register here: shorturl.at/Jqm4M
To commemorate Women's Month, we want to invite you to our upcoming online panel:
Building Inclusive Computational Skills ๐ ๏ธ
๐๏ธ Monday Feb. 23
๐ 13:00-14:30 CET
๐ฃ๏ธ@palencianoap.bsky.social @hailina.bsky.social @cecibaldoni.bsky.social
Registration here: shorturl.at/Jqm4M
Co-hosted by @psychopy.org
More information ๐
www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...