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Hello World!
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In my first blog post ever, I decided to provide a short description of how I prepared this website to be served over Github pages.
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publications
Functional dedifferentiation of the brain during healthy aging
Published in Journal of neurophysiology, 2020
A NeuroForum article providing insights on the functional connectivity changes associated with healthy aging.
Recommended citation: Rakesh, Divyangana, Kavisha B. Fernando, and Sina Mansour L. "Functional dedifferentiation of the brain during healthy aging." Journal of neurophysiology 123.4 (2020): 1279-1282. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00039.2020
ABNORMAL BRAIN AGING IN YOUTH WITH SUBCLINICAL PSYCHOSIS AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMS
Published in Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2020
An investigation of the associations between brain age gap and psychopathology in youth.
Recommended citation: Cropley, Vanessa, et al. "O2. 3. ABNORMAL BRAIN AGING IN YOUTH WITH SUBCLINICAL PSYCHOSIS AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE SYMPTOMS." Schizophrenia Bulletin 46.Suppl 1 (2020): S4. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaa028.008
Brain-Predicted Age Associates With Psychopathology Dimensions in Youths
Published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2020
A study on the relationship between patterns of brain development and dimensional constructs of psychopathology.
Recommended citation: Cropley, Vanessa, et al. "Brain-Predicted Age Associates With Psychopathology Dimensions in Youths." Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (2020). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.07.014
High-resolution connectomic fingerprints: Mapping neural identity and behavior
Published in NeuroImage, 2021
A study on a novel high-resolution connectomic approach to study individually identifiable neural correlates of behavior.
Recommended citation: Mansour L., Sina, et al. "High-resolution connectomic fingerprints: mapping neural identity and behavior." NeuroImage (2021): 117695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117695
Temporal complexity of fMRI is reproducible and correlates with higher order cognition
Published in NeuroImage, 2021
A study on the temporal complexity of fMRI and its relation to higher order cognition.
Recommended citation: Omidvarnia, Amir, et al. "Temporal complexity of fMRI is reproducible and correlates with higher order cognition." NeuroImage (2021): 117760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117760
Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience
Published in Neuron, 2021
A NeuroView article describing the benefits of Brainhacks for participants and the research community.
Recommended citation: Gau, RĂ©mi, et al. "Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience." Neuron (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.04.001
Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences–An OHBM–Open Science perspective
Published in GigaScience, 2021
A journal article describing practices that maximize inclusivity in online conferences.
Recommended citation: Levitis, Elizabeth, et al. "Centering inclusivity in the design of online conferences--An OHBM--Open Science perspective." GigaScience (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giab051
Connectome spatial smoothing (CSS): Concepts, methods, and evaluation
Published in NeuroImage, 2022
A journal article describing a new methodological approach extending spatial smoothing to connectivity matrices.
Recommended citation: Mansour L., Sina, et al. "Connectome spatial smoothing (CSS): Concepts, methods, and evaluation." NeuroImage 250 (2022): 118930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.118930
Network communication models narrow the gap between the modular organization of structural and functional brain networks
Published in NeuroImage, 2022
A journal article discussing how network communication models elucidate the structural basis of functional systems in the brain.
Recommended citation: Seguin, Caio, et al. "Network communication models narrow the gap between the modular organization of structural and functional brain networks." NeuroImage 257 (2022): 119323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119323
Communication dynamics in the human connectome shape the cortex-wide propagation of direct electrical stimulation
Published in Neuron, 2023
A journal article discussing how network communication models explain electrical pulse transmission across the cortex.
Recommended citation: Seguin, Caio, et al. "Communication dynamics in the human connectome shape the cortex-wide propagation of direct electrical stimulation." Neuron 111.9 (2023): 1391-1401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.01.027
An open code pledge for the neuroscience community
Published in Aperture Neuro, 2023
A journal article introducing a general purpose conditional pledge platform to promote code sharing.
Recommended citation: Smout, Cooper, et al. "An open code pledge for the neuroscience community." Aperture Neuro (2023): Proceedings of the OHBM Brainhack 2021. https://apertureneuropub.cloud68.co/articles/87/#anopencodepledgefortheneurosciencecommunity
Parameter estimation for connectome generative models: Accuracy, reliability, and a fast parameter fitting method
Published in Neuroimage, 2023
A journal article introducing a new fast, accurate and reliable estimation method for connectome generative models.
Recommended citation: Liu, Yuanzhe, et al. "Parameter estimation for connectome generative models: Accuracy, reliability, and a fast parameter fitting method." Neuroimage 270 (2023): 119962. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.119962
Tractography passes the test: Results from the diffusion-simulated connectivity (DiSCo) challenge
Published in Neuroimage, 2023
A journal article evaluating performance of state-of-the-art connectivity methods at reconstructing a 3D connectivity phantom.
Recommended citation: Girard, Gabriel, et al. "Tractography passes the test: Results from the diffusion-simulated connectivity (DiSCo) challenge." Neuroimage 277 (2023): 120231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.119962
“Puberty age gap”: new method of assessing pubertal timing and its association with mental health problems
Published in Molecular Psychiatry, 2023
A journal article introducing a new method to assess pubertal timing and its links to mental health.
Recommended citation: Dehestani, N., Vijayakumar, N., Ball, G., Mansour L, S., Whittle, S., & Silk, T. J. (2023). “Puberty age gap”: new method of assessing pubertal timing and its association with mental health problems. Molecular Psychiatry, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-023-02316-4
Connectomes for 40,000 UK Biobank participants: A multi-modal, multi-scale brain network resource
Published in NeuroImage, 2023
A journal article introducing an unprecedented brain network resource of more than a million connectomes for the UK Biobank.
Recommended citation: Mansour L., S., Di Biase, M. A., Smith, R. E., Zalesky, A., & Seguin, C. (2023). Connectomes for 40,000 UK Biobank participants: A multi-modal, multi-scale brain network resource. NeuroImage, 283, 120407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120407
talks
Network alignment
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Structural Connectome Fingerprinting
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- Best graphical abstract award
High-resolution connectivity; A novel biomarker of brain-behavior associations
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This webinar organised by the OHBM Australia Chapter was focused on “IMPROVED METHODS AND IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS FOR CORRELATING BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR”.
High-resolution Connectomics
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Connectome-Based Smoothing (CBS) for structural connectomes
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Presentation at the “Maths in the Brain” Conference organized by the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health & Monash Biomedical Imaging.
Workshop on white-matter tractography
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A workshop on best practices for white matter diffusion tractography.
Spectral connectome analysis across modalities and resolutions
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A featured talk at the symposium on Novel insights into brain organization via graph signal processing.
Topological Cluster Statistic: Structural connectivity guided fMRI cluster enhancements
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A poster presentation proposing a novel anatomically-guided cluster inference method.
An introduction to High-resolution Human Connectomics & its applications
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A talk providing a global overview of high-resolution connectomic approaches and its applications.
Computational models of High-resolution Human Connectomics, a tale of two disciplines
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This talk was part of the discussions around “Mathematics of The Interactions Between Brain Structure and Brain Functions” during a two weak workshop at MATRIX house. In this presentation, I explored high-resolution connectomic approaches by examining the intersection of graph theory and neuroscience.
Topological Cluster Statistic (TCS): fMRI cluster enhancement using anatomically-guided inference
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Poster presentation on Topological Cluster Statistic (TCS)
Cerebro: One tool to view them all!
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This talk was a project pitch during Brainhack Australasia 2022 in which Cerebro Viewer was first introduced.
High-resolution Connectomics, a tale of two disciplines
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This was a presentation for the Mind and Brain Division of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Charité where I portray high-resolution connectomics as a bridge between mathematical models of graph theory and biological models of the neuronal doctrine.
Charting the human brain; toward resolution-independent, interpretable, and reusable normative brain models
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This was a presentation for the Mind and Brain Division of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at Charité where I presented our newly developed idea for kernel-based reconstructive normative brain models.
Charting the human brain; toward resolution-independent reusable normative brain models
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This was a presentation for the Predictive Clinical Neuroscience group at the Donders Institute (one of the leading research institutes worldwide for normative brain models) where I presented our newly developed idea for kernel-based reconstructive normative brain models to foster future collaborations.
Cerebro: One tool to view them all!
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This was a hack track project pitch for OHBM Brainhack 2023. During the brainhack, a team of amazing brainhack buddies helped in a joint endeavor to develop documentations and an online gallery showcasing various capabilities of Cerebro.
Connectomes for 40,000 UK Biobank participants: A multi-modal, multi-scale dataset for network neuroscience
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This poster presentation (available online) introduced our release of more than 10TB of brain connectivity data for the UK biobank project.
Topological Cluster Statistic (TCS): Linking tractography and brain activation to make anatomically-informed inference
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A featured talk at the symposium on Inference on the Brain, advances and practices in brain activity inference.
teaching
Tutor for "Advanced C++ Programming"
Undergraduate course, Sharif University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, 2015
Lab demonstration and tutoring for the advanced c++ programming course lectured by Prof. Matin Hashemi.
Tutor for "Operating Systems"
Undergraduate course, Sharif University of Technology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, 2016
Tutoring and course project design for the operating systems course lectured by Prof. Mohammad-Hadi Foroughmand-Araabi.
Tutor for "Programming for Neuroimaging Data Analysis (PNDA) workshop series"
Workshop, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, 2019
Content preparation and tutoring for a programming initiative through the Students of Neuropsychiatry Research, SONR Grad group.
Tutor for "OHBM Brainhack 2020"
Hackathon, Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Open Science Special Interest Group, 2020
Tutoring during the OHBM 2020 Brainhack
Tutor for "IEEE Unlock Xtreme 14.0"
Workshop, IEEE Student Branch, The University of Melbourne, 2020
Tutoring for the Unlock Xtreme python programming workshops.
Talk on "Introduction to Data Analytics & Machine Learning"
Workshop, IWMLDA, Online, 2021
Presented a two-hour session on Introduction to Data Analytics & Machine Learning as part of the International Workshop on Machine Learning for Data Analytics, IWMLDA.
Tutor for "Circuits and Systems"
Tutor, The University of Melbourne, 2021
Course Tutor for Circuits and Systems (BMEN30006) at the Department of Biomedical Engineering. (Semester 1)
Tutor for "Applied Computation in Bioengineering"
Tutor, The University of Melbourne, 2021
Course Tutor for Applied Computation in Bioengineering (BMEN20003) at the Department of Biomedical Engineering. (Semester 1)
Tutor and Organizer of "IEEE Unlock Xtreme 15.0"
Workshop, IEEE Student Branch, The University of Melbourne, 2021
Organizign the Unlock Xtreme python programming workshops.