Welcome to the February edition of the OHBMonthly newsletter!

As we move swiftly through the year, the excitement is building for the upcoming OHBM 2024 annual meeting in June, set to unfold in Seoul. With just a few months to go, our Committees and special interest groups (SIGs) are in full swing, preparing an enriching and engaging program for all attendees. This edition will keep you updated with the latest news, key dates, and how you can contribute to making OHBM 2024 a remarkable experience.

Covered in this newsletter:

• Call for Council and Committee Nominations – Last Call!
• Getting prepared for OHBM 2024: SPSIG Guide
• Open Science Room session submissions opened
• Brain Art submissions received – Thank You!
• New episodes of Neurosalience podcast
• New article in Aperture Neuro
• Job postings

Read on for more details about these exciting projects and opportunities!

Sincerely,
Alfie Wearn & Kevin Sitek
on behalf of the OHBM Communications Committee

The OHBM Nominating Committee requests your participation in volunteering for or identifying strong leadership candidates for open seats on the OHBM Council and select OHBM committees.

Open Council positions include Chair-Elect, Secretary-Elect, Treasurer-Elect, Program Chair-Elect, and Education Chair-Elect. The term of service begins immediately after the Council meeting June 27, 2024, and each term is for three years. To learn more about the roles and responsibilities for each position and access other helpful information regarding Council activities, please read the Serving on the OHBM Council document.

Please submit your Council nomination by completing the Call for Council Nominations Form no later than Friday, March 1 at 11:59 PM, US EST. Please note that self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged!

Several OHBM committee seats will open in June as well. Most committee terms are three years with service beginning at the conclusion of the 2024 Annual Meeting in June. The following committees have seats available:

• Aperture Oversight Committee
• Awards Committee
• Communications Committee
• Diversity & Inclusivity Committee
• Education Committee
• Fundraising Committee
• Program Committee

Please submit your interest in one or more of these volunteer opportunities by completing the Get Involved with OHBM Form no later than Friday, March 1 at 11:59 PM, US EST. Please note that self-nominations are welcomed and encouraged!

Communications Committee - a new website! ✨

• To better showcase ever expanding endeavors and projects, we have updated the Communications Committee website, to be found at ohbm-com.com.
• Now, content for the OHBM blog, Neurosalience podcast and ComCom-facilitated lay media articles are collated in one place.
• If you have any comments or feedback on the site, please let us know at ohbm.comcom@gmail.com.

Student-Postdoc SIG

• Analia Marzoratti of the Student-Postdoc SIG has written an immensely informative article to hype you up for this year’s annual meeting entitled “How to Get Excited & Prepared for OHBM 2024 in Seoul”.

Open Science SIG

• Open Science Room (OSR) self-nominations for panelists, volunteers, and emergent sessions have opened. Want to be a panelist in one of our discussion sessions? Organize your own emergent session? Help out as a volunteer? The Open Science SIG is currently working on getting the program together for the OSR.
• Sign-up here: https://ohbm.github.io/osr2024/submit/
• More information on the different formats and topics can be found on the OSSIG website or by emailing directly to ohbmopenscience@gmail.com.

Brain Art SIG

• The BrainArt SIG thanks the OHBM community for sharing and participating in our Call for Artists, we received more than 40 proposals.
• We have a feeling this year's BrainArt exhibition will go Beyond Borders!

In the past month, two new episodes of Season 4 of Neurosalience have been released:

• Episode 8: Monica Rosenberg, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. She has been pioneering the use of connectome-based predictive modeling to capture individual differences in the ability to sustain attention. Monica has found two networks that characterize high attention vs lower attention, and these have been powerful for characterizing individuals’ ability to sustain attention. She's been delving further into both fMRI methodology and the nuances of attention ever since.
• Episode 9: Marsel Mesulam, a giant in the field of Neurology and one of the founders of OHBM. Dr. Mesulam's work has been both prodigious and impactful over the years, as his almost 1000 papers have been cited over 140,000 times. He has written the seminal book, Principles of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology, and has produced many landmark papers, including the masterpiece ‘From Sensation to Cognition’.

Listen on Spotify or watch on Youtube!

• Anderson et al. identify biological subgroups of psychosis, defined by different patterns of functional connectivity. Their results leverage the Hyperalignment method. Read the paper here: Anderson et al. (2024). Application of hyperalignment to resting state data in individuals with psychosis reveals systematic changes in functional networks and identifies distinct clinical subgroups.
• Aperture Neuro is committed to contributing to a positive transformation in the publishing landscape by expanding our range of research objects beyond traditional PDFs to include data sets, code, notebooks, and videos.
• Click here for more info about the OHBM-affiliated journal.

Many neuroimaging jobs were added to the OHBM job board in the last month! Here are some recent spotlight positions:

• The National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program (NIMH IRP), at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is seeking applicants for a post-doctoral fellowship as well as a Staff Scientist (Facility Head).
• The Department of Psychology at Florida State University invites applications for a tenure track appointment at an open rank to join the Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience area.

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