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Nikola Stikov

@stikov.bsky.social

Professor at École Polytechnique / University of Montreal Co-founder of NeuroLibre.org, qMRLab.org, MRBalkan.net and KANTAROT.MK

1,021 Followers  |  332 Following  |  190 Posts  |  Joined: 28.07.2023
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Our foundation KANTAROT / КАНТАРОТ created kits with experiments that illustrate fun science concepts:

1. How to prevent soap bubbles from popping?
2. What is capillary activity?
3. Why do we print using CMYK colors?
4. Who can see the Ames window illusion?

Check out our promo video!

23.12.2025 21:09 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Evidence Day was a huge success!

Thank you to @polymtl.bsky.social for believing in us, and to Catherine Florès for the excellent write-up

www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-ac...

22.12.2025 23:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Reaction Monitoring Symposium 2026, January 29. Organized by the DReaM Facility @uniofbath.bsky.social Free, one-day symposium highlighting real-time reaction monitoring by NMR & complementary techniques, register by January 23 www.rsc.org/events/detai... #NMRchat 🧲

17.12.2025 21:24 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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"You could be sitting on a mountain top in Nepal with a handheld device and run a scientific analysis"

Alan Evans' vision for the future of science #EvidenceDay

04.12.2025 06:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"If a paper gets submitted, it will be published somewhere"

John Ioannidis on AI slop in academic publishing #EvidenceDay

04.12.2025 06:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Evidence Day is about to start

04.12.2025 06:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Introducing Evidence: Wired papers, woven literature On December 4 we are unveiling the Evidence publishing platform. Join us in-person at NYU Abu Dhabi, or virtually via Zoom!

Tomorrow (December 4) we will demonstrate what woven literature looks like in the age of AI. We will introduce a new AI-driven article format (wired paper) and present four examples that cover a range of disciplines. Join us!

qantarot.substack.com/p/introducin...

03.12.2025 06:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Evidence Day Going beyond the PDF for real

To join us (in-person or virtually) please register at the link below n/n

day.evidencepub.io

25.11.2025 08:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The launch will happen on December 4 on the beautiful campus of NYU Abu Dhabi. We have a stellar list of speakers including John Ioannidis (Stanford University), Alan Evans (McGill University) and Cesar A. Hidalgo (Toulouse School of Economics) 3/n

25.11.2025 08:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Evidence expands the scope of NeuroLibre to include the full range of natural sciences while incorporating LLM assisted workflows and preserving rigorous reproducibility standards. 2/n

25.11.2025 08:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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After three sabbaticals in Tokyo, Abu Dhabi and Skopje, I’m excited to finally share what we’ve built. Join us for the unveiling of the Evidence publishing platform! 1/n

25.11.2025 08:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

qantarot.substack.com/p/quantum-co...

30.10.2025 09:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

NMR as inspiration for quantum computing, pretty cool!

30.10.2025 06:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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My ISMRM blues vol. 2: A survey What can we do as a community to strengthen the ISMRM?

I still dream of changes in the ISMRM and I hope this series of blog posts will contribute to it. I have created a survey (link) asking the community for feedback. Feel free to use it to voice your concerns and to suggest ways in which the ISMRM could improve.

qantarot.substack.com/p/ismrm-survey

09.10.2025 11:29 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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I moderated a fun debate at the @esmrmb.bsky.social microstructure workshop today. We asked the panelists to argue for and against the clinical potential of qMRI. Inspired by the Munk debates, we polled the audience before and after the discussion. It appears the pessimists won by a small margin:)

08.10.2025 23:27 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Representation in Brain Imaging Research: A Quebec demographic overview - Representation in Brain Imaging Research

Another NeuroLibre publication that puts reproducibility at the forefront. Congratulations @evaalonsoortiz.bsky.social for getting it accepted in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences!

preprint.neurolibre.org/10.55458/neu...

16.09.2025 14:03 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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RT New York Structural Biology Center @NYSBC_Science 3rd NYC Integrative Structural Biology Symposium (NYC-ISB25) October 9-10, 2025, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY nyc-isb25.eventbrite.com free to register #NMRchat 🧲

08.09.2025 13:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Welcoming the new biomedical engineering graduate students to @polymtl.bsky.social

28.08.2025 23:32 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Advancing MRI, together: open science in MR research - Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine -

MAGMA is leading the way in open MRI, as demonstrated by this excellent editorial

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

25.08.2025 18:26 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Writing Japanese is a Sisyphean pleasure

17.08.2025 18:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Johnes Obungoloch (PhD) first visited us at @polymtl in 2019 for the first edition of the MRathon. Six years later, he is back in Montreal building a low-field MRI scanner with Udunna Anazodo

It was a pleasure welcoming him back to the NeuroPoly lab together with @jcohenadad.bsky.social

11.07.2025 16:38 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

One of these days I'll return to OHBM, it's been a while...

In the meantime, let me know if you want to visit Abu Dhabi this fall. We have a couple of exciting events there this fall. Will DM when the news is out

10.07.2025 11:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Order of Canada Appointees – June 30, 2025 Companions W. Ford Doolittle, C.C. Halifax, Nova Scotia

Alan Charles Evans, O.C.
Montréal, Quebec, Officer of The Order of Canada

Alan Evans has transformed brain imaging research, leading to major breakthroughs in understanding neuronal development, aging and Alzheimer’s disease www.gg.ca/en/order-can...

10.07.2025 10:08 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Good to be back in Montreal, just in time to celebrate Alan Evans' appointment to the order of Canada.

10.07.2025 03:12 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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KANTAROT / КАНТАРОТ | Foundation KANTAROT | Substack Science, culture and mental fitness / Наука, култура и ментална фискултура. Click to read KANTAROT / КАНТАРОТ, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

qantarot.substack.com

05.06.2025 08:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Our foundation's Substack newsletter made it to the top 100 "Rising in science" list!

Subscribe now to keep us rising, link below

05.06.2025 08:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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HBHL, @braincanada.bsky.social & @bhi-icc.bsky.social are looking for researchers to give TED-style talks on brain health for a public audience!

Selected PIs will speak at the 2025 Amazing Brain Science Talks, held in November at @banq-officiel.bsky.social. 🧠🧪

📬 Apply by June 2: mcgill.ca/x/ix5

05.05.2025 16:33 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1
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Driving Open Science Innovation Brain Canada’s flagship Platform Support Grants program supports interdisciplinary collaboration and enhance Canada’s technical and research capabilities.

Great news for #OpenScience in Montreal! @BrainCanada is investing in six incredible platforms to drive innovation (t.ly/Aqfbz), including the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (‪@conp-pcno.bsky.social‬)! This funding will accelerate brain research and collaboration. #Neuroscience #BrainResearch

20.05.2025 15:26 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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The Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform Donate today to support bold science for brain health

Looking forward to working with an all-star team of Canadian neuroscientists 2/2

braincanada.ca/funded_grant...

20.05.2025 17:10 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Thrilled to announce that we received a $2.8M grant from @braincanada.bsky.social to continue our work on NeuroLibre through the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (‪@conp-pcno.bsky.social‬) 1/2

20.05.2025 17:09 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0