Stuart Oldham

Longitudinal quantitative streamline tractography: robust estimation of white matter connectivity differences | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Interested in cortical wave dynamics? Check out our review on the physics, physiology, and psychology of cortical waves led by J Cruddas with @jchrispang.bsky.social, out now in
@cp-neuron.bsky.social:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cortical traveling waves in time and space: Physics, physiology, and psychology Cruddas et al. reviewed how core concepts from wave physics relate to cortical wave physiology and psychology. They examined how cortical waves emerge, how they facilitate coordinated, hierarchical, a...

Traveling waves. Your brain has them. There must be a reason.
Cortical traveling waves in time and space: Physics, physiology, and psychology
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#neuroscience

📢Maths in the Brain Workshop 2026 in Melbourne.

We will bring together researchers across Australia with a shared interest in understanding the brain from a quantitative perspective.

This year's keynote is delivered by Professor James Cole, University College London.

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Nine subcortical/cerebellar atlases included in the subcortex_visualization Python package (and subcortexVisualizationR package in R). The atlases are depicted in two-dimensional vector graphic format.

The extended version of my thesis procrastination project/subcortex visualization package is out now in both Python and R, now that I’ve graduated 🤠 This figure shows the 9 atlases included (and counting)!

Preprint: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Website: anniegbryant.github.io/subcortex_vi...

Our latest preprint on how regional cellular, molecular, and other forms of heterogeneity shape macroscopic wave dynamics is now out:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

For a full thread, see:
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Long-range chemical signalling in vivo is regulated by mechanical signals - Nature Materials Tissue stiffness mediated by Piezo1 is shown to regulate the expression of diffusive guidance cues in the developing Xenopus laevis brain, revealing a crosstalk between mechanical signals and long-ran...

Paper alert: Our study led by @evapillai.bsky.social and @sudimukherjee.bsky.social showing that mechanical properties of the #brain actively shape the molecular landscape during development and #axonpathfinding is finally out! www.nature.com/articles/s41... @pdncambridge.bsky.social @fau.de @MPZPM

Very happy to see this last thesis paper in press @natcomms.nature.com! We combine intracranial EEG with multimodal MRI to study how interregional similarity in neurophysiology relates to different network scales ⚡ 🧠

Full story 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

woman walking through woods

An effective trick I somehow forget but pleasantly rediscover every grant I write: "Walk and talk" ideas through to organize and shape thoughts; return home to transcribe and sift through. Makes the day much more fun than continuous keyboarding.

Most researchers miss out on innovation grants while medical fund sits on $25b Nine in 10 Australian researchers had their “ideas grant” applications rejected last year, even as Australia’s medical investment fund sits on $5 billion more than it was designed to hold.

A major part of our future health & prosperity lies in medical research. There are billions of available dollars that can be used for vital medical science. Please join the campaign for our government to act urgently to fully disperse these funds: aamri.org.au/mrff/
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**Rethinking the centrality of brain areas in understanding functional organization**
New paper I anticipate will become a classic in neuroscience and a must-read for students at all levels.
Understanding brain function beyond brain areas.
#neuroskyence
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

netneurotools: a trainee-oriented approach to network neuroscience | doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Our lab’s internal toolkit for accomplishing everyday tasks in brain imaging ⤵️

🧠New preprint!

What if cortical geometry alone already encodes much of white-matter organization?

We introduce a subject-specific, reversible cortical folding model that unfolds and refolds the brain from a single T1w MRI; no diffusion, no ML.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

🚨new work with the dream team @danakarca.bsky.social @loopyluppi.bsky.social @fatemehhadaeghi.bsky.social @stuartoldham.bsky.social @duncanastle.bsky.social
We use game theory and show the brain is not optimally wired for communication and there’s more to its story:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

OMG check out the venue for this excellent workshop.

Come and join our team! We are looking for a Research Officer to help with recruitment and assessment on a large-scale human brain imaging study:

careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

Very normal, very serious

Any "scientific" figure is made in MATLAB. For some animations (i.e., anything happening on the surface of the brain) I am just saving each frame as an image then combining into a video seperately and embedding that in the PowerPoint.

Otherwise, everything else is made in PowerPoint :)

YouTube video by Organization for Human Brain Mapping OHBM 2025 | Oral Session | Stuart Oldham | Only a matter of time: developmental heterochronicity c…

My very normal, by the book presentation from this years OHBM is now available. So if you weren't at OHBM, were there but happened to miss it, or if you did see it and just want to relive it all over again, here is your chance :)

I'm quite fond of this one.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP86...

🎉 The OHBM 2025 Annual Meeting content is now LIVE on our YouTube channel!

Catch up on the Talairach lecture, keynotes, symposia, educational courses, and oral sessions—all available to watch anytime.

➡️Watch here: www.youtube.com/c/organizati...

#OHBM2025 #OHBM #Neuroimaging #BrainMapping

Check out our latest paper, led by Jason Kim, out now in Nature Communications‼️🧠

🔥🔥The Program for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop is now Available!!! 🔥🔥

We have an incredible line up of confirmed speakers!

Commuter registrations are still available, but places are limited.

Check the website for details:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...

Brain-wide mapping of developmental trajectories of cerebellar efferent projections | PNAS Long-range cerebellar outputs are critical for shaping brain-wide functional architecture, influencing motor, cognitive, and affective domains. Pro...

Nice cerebellum development paper 👀

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What are the most important aspects of a job talk for an assistant professor? 👀

Mine include:

1. Understandable to the (general) audience

2. Generate a sense of excitement

3. Clear sense of future directions

Usually these things work better when there’s not too much crammed in.

Putting 50 years of neuroscience on the map Navigate the rise and fall of research topics over five decades using our interactive map, which is based on a semantic analysis of nearly 350,000 abstracts.

Navigate the rise and fall of research topics over five decades using The Transmitter's interactive map, which is based on a semantic analysis of nearly 350,000 abstracts in leading neuroscience journals. Explore more: www.thetransmitter.org/publishing/p...

#neuroskyence #StateOfNeuroscience

Axonal pathfinding of zebrafish retinal ganglion cells forms the optic nerve. Credit to Dr. Matthew Bostock @houartlab.bsky.social. #ZebrafishZunday 🧪

Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood

Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...

YouTube video by Stuart0193 Fetal Brain Development: From 21 to 40 Weeks Gestation

In case anyone is interested, I've put that animation I made of brain development from 21-40 weeks GA on YouTube for your enjoyment/reference🤰👶🧠 Now you don't need to go to that other place anymore to find it 😁

youtu.be/C20GQ5CtVt0

Plus the code is now up!

github.com/StuartJO/Fet...

New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Chirag Mehra, Jonathan O’Muircheartaigh, et al:

Zero-phase-delay synchrony between interacting neural populations: implications for functional connectivity-derived biomarkers

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

Happy to share our review "Investigating hierarchical critical periods in human neurodevelopment” in @npp-journal.bsky.social! We examine neurobiological, environmental & behavioral evidence for human critical periods in sensory and association cortex +discuss new research directions rdcu.be/eMkVU 🧵