Alex Fornito

Alex Fornito

@alexfornito.bsky.social

Doing cognitive neuroscience at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. We investigate brains, networks, genes, models, cognition & disorders.

1,754 Followers 345 Following 67 Posts Joined Nov 2023
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Parkinson’s disease as a somato-cognitive action network disorder - Nature The substantia nigra and all Parkinson’s disease deep-brain stimulation targets are selectively connected to the somato-cognitive action network rather than to effector-specific motor regions.

In case this important point gets overlooked: along with our Nature paper, we’ve publicly released two large and scarce datasets—PIPD and PIET. IMHO, these are the best open Parkinson's and Tremor datasets available to date.
See threads (1/4) 👇
nature.com/articles/s41...

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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Ilaria Ricchi, Dimitri Van De Ville, et al:

Spine-prints: Transposing brain fingerprints to the spinal cord

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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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:

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Statistical Machine Learning post doc positions, w/ Oxford BDI-Novartis Collaboration for AI in Medicine, working on building causal predictive models for MS using a massive clinical trials MRI dataset. Join us on this unique collaboration!
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Come along for a fantastic workshop if you’re in town!

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🔥🔥Final announcement!🔥🔥

Only 3 days and a few places left to register for the Noosa Brain Workshop!

Registrations close 5pm Feb 1, AEDT.

Check the website for the Program and get in quick!

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Computational Psychiatry Postdoctoral Associate Opening at Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry

Looking for a postdoc in #computationalpsychiatry? Apply here to join an interdisciplinary team and work with a large longitudinal transdiagnostic dataset

postdocs.yale.edu/posts/2026-0...

@RobbRutledge @xiaosigu @DrChrisPitt @PearlsonGodfrey @ACNPorg @YaleMed

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Data quality biases normative models derived from fetal brain MRI | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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Artificial intelligence (AI) holds transformative potential for the care of people with mental health illnesses.

This review explores key domains, applications & challenges that must be addressed to ensure safe, effective, & sustainable clinical integration.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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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...

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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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Only a few more days to get your application in to come and join our team as a Research Officer helping with recruitment on a large-scale brain imaging project!

Applications close Jan 30:

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🔥🔥The Noosa Brain Workshop Registration Deadline is approaching!!!🔥🔥

Speakers are confirmed and registration closed Feb 1st.

Only a few places are left so get in now!

Details here:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...

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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Hua Xie, Seok-Jun Hong, et al:

Local-global functional gradients of the thalamus capturing different aspects of thalamic structure and function

doi.org/10.1162/IMAG...

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A Quantifiable Information-Processing Hierarchy Provides a Necessary Condition for Detecting Agency As intelligent systems are developed across diverse substrates - from machine learning models and neuromorphic hardware to in vitro neural cultures - understanding what gives a system agency has becom...

Our new paper, led by Brett Kagan and Valentina Baccetti, proposes a quantifiable, substrate-independent hierarchy of information processing to identify necessary conditions for agency, grounding agency in measurable dynamics rather than vague labels.

arxiv.org/abs/2601.03498

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🔥🔥Exciting news!!!🔥🔥

The invited speaker schedule for the 2026 Noosa Brain Workshop has been finalised!

Commuter registrations are still available, but close Feb 1.

3 more weeks to get in!!!

Register here:
www.monash.edu/turner-insti...

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Episode #36 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On low-dimensional manifolds in motor cortex – with Sara Solla @sasolla.bsky.social

theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn36

Manifold analysis has changed our thinking on how cortex works. One of the pioneers of this modelling approach explains.

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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 ⤵️

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Toward Robust Neuroanatomical Normative Models: Influence of Sample Size and Covariates Distributions | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Cross-species consensus atlas of the primate basal ganglia | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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🧠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...

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Human cortical networks trade communication efficiency for computational reliability. | bioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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New lab paper - will say more about this in a little while

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Exciting announcement!

Our Institute is calling for applications for a EMCR 2-year fellowship .

Come and join a great team @turnerinstitute!

Details here:
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Toby Constable on X: "NEW PREPRINT OUT! 👀 Trauma is linked to both brain changes and mental illness… But in a large MRI study, we show that differences in grey matter and functional connectivity do not necessarily explain trauma-related psychopathology 🧵👇" / X NEW PREPRINT OUT! 👀 Trauma is linked to both brain changes and mental illness… But in a large MRI study, we show that differences in grey matter and functional connectivity do not necessarily explain trauma-related psychopathology 🧵👇

Our latest preprint led by T Constable testing the hypothesis that brain changes mediate the effects of trauma on psychopathology:

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...

Peep Toby's extended thread on the other platform:
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Gradients 2026 A workshop on gradients in brain organzation in June 2026

J'ai hâte gradients! gradients-workshop.github.io 🧠 @ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social

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New paper in Imaging Neuroscience by Xiaole Z. Zhong, J. Jean Chen, et al:

The link to steady-state oxidative metabolism and hemodynamics varies across rs-fMRI metrics: A whole-brain assessment using macrovascular correction

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Optimism for abundant whole-brain connectomes and connectomic screening - Nature Methods Connectomics has so far outpaced the Moore’s law predictions about technological progress. At this pace, many whole-brain connectomes and connectomic screening will soon be realistic.

Optimism for abundant whole-brain connectomes and connectomic screening | Nature Methods www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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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:

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