Adeel Razi
@adeelrazi.bsky.social
Computational Neuroscientist, NeuroAI, Causality. Monash, UCL, CIFAR. Lab: https://comp-neuro.github.io/
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Adeel Razi
@adeelrazi.bsky.social
· Mar 17
🧵 How do psychedelics shape brain activity?
Our new paper presents the largest neuroimaging study of psilocybin to date—revealing how context structures psychedelic brain states.
Title: Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context
Paper: lnkd.in/gt-kMR6d
A thread 🧵👇 1/n
Our new paper presents the largest neuroimaging study of psilocybin to date—revealing how context structures psychedelic brain states.
Title: Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context
Paper: lnkd.in/gt-kMR6d
A thread 🧵👇 1/n
📢Generative Models in Neuroimaging Survey
We’re running a short survey on how neuroimaging (aka #OHBM) community defines, uses & evaluates generative models, from biophysical simulations to ML-based approaches
👉 t.co/lRQj4qmknO
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social
We’re running a short survey on how neuroimaging (aka #OHBM) community defines, uses & evaluates generative models, from biophysical simulations to ML-based approaches
👉 t.co/lRQj4qmknO
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
📢Generative Models in Neuroimaging Survey
We’re running a short survey on how neuroimaging (aka #OHBM) community defines, uses & evaluates generative models, from biophysical simulations to ML-based approaches
👉 t.co/lRQj4qmknO
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social
We’re running a short survey on how neuroimaging (aka #OHBM) community defines, uses & evaluates generative models, from biophysical simulations to ML-based approaches
👉 t.co/lRQj4qmknO
@ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbmtrainees.bsky.social
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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...
Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood
www.cbs.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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...
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What is consciousness, and could AI have it? It's an honour to be giving the 2025 Voltaire Lecture, this Hallowe'en (Fri 31/10), for @humanists.uk, at @conwayhall.bsky.social in London, 19:30-21:00 (also livestreamed) humanists.uk/events/volta... 👻
What is consciousness, and could AI have it? | The Voltaire Lecture 2025, with Professor Anil Seth
Professor Anil Seth is a neuroscientist, author, and public speaker who has pioneered research into the brain basis of consciousness for more than 20 years
humanists.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What is consciousness, and could AI have it? It's an honour to be giving the 2025 Voltaire Lecture, this Hallowe'en (Fri 31/10), for @humanists.uk, at @conwayhall.bsky.social in London, 19:30-21:00 (also livestreamed) humanists.uk/events/volta... 👻
Now accepting paper submissions for the “Neuro for AI & AI for Neuro: Towards Multi-Modal Natural Intelligence” workshop at #AAAI2026!
🔗 https://neuroai-multimodal-workshop.github.io/
@aaai.org
🔗 https://neuroai-multimodal-workshop.github.io/
@aaai.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is BIG. Nobody was expecting this cure to work or even if it was possible ever to treat HD!
September 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is BIG. Nobody was expecting this cure to work or even if it was possible ever to treat HD!
We are hiring for our psilocybin clinical trial.
1. Research Officer (testing and screening), 2 positions
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2. Research Officer (Peer Navigator)
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DM if you have questions.
@wellcomeleap.bsky.social
1. Research Officer (testing and screening), 2 positions
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
2. Research Officer (Peer Navigator)
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DM if you have questions.
@wellcomeleap.bsky.social
LinkedIn
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lnkd.in
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We are hiring for our psilocybin clinical trial.
1. Research Officer (testing and screening), 2 positions
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
2. Research Officer (Peer Navigator)
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
DM if you have questions.
@wellcomeleap.bsky.social
1. Research Officer (testing and screening), 2 positions
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
2. Research Officer (Peer Navigator)
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
DM if you have questions.
@wellcomeleap.bsky.social
Thank you very much @prelights.bsky.social and uMontreal Neuro team for coosing and covering our preprint.
Psilocybin restructures brain activity depending on the sensory context in which it is taken
Read this new #preLight by uMontreal Neuro preLighters Loïk Holdrinet, Nour Eltaani and Emma Clini talking about the #preprint of Devon Stoliker, @adeelrazi.bsky.social and the team.
Read this new #preLight by uMontreal Neuro preLighters Loïk Holdrinet, Nour Eltaani and Emma Clini talking about the #preprint of Devon Stoliker, @adeelrazi.bsky.social and the team.
Psychedelics Align Brain Activity with Context - preLights
Psilocybin restructures brain activity depending on the sensory context in which it is taken.
prelights.biologists.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Thank you very much @prelights.bsky.social and uMontreal Neuro team for coosing and covering our preprint.
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And we are live!
"Wider Than the Sky: An Alternative to “Mapping” the World Onto the Brain"
A.S. Barwich, S.J. Firestein, M. R. Dietrich
European Journal of Neuroscience
Open Access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#NeuroSky #neuro #neuroscience #philsci #hps #sts
"Wider Than the Sky: An Alternative to “Mapping” the World Onto the Brain"
A.S. Barwich, S.J. Firestein, M. R. Dietrich
European Journal of Neuroscience
Open Access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#NeuroSky #neuro #neuroscience #philsci #hps #sts
Wider Than the Sky: An Alternative to “Mapping” the World Onto the Brain
Challenging the topographic paradigm: The olfactory system's dynamic organization and phenomena like representational drift challenge traditional spatial mapping models, advocating for flexible, r...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And we are live!
"Wider Than the Sky: An Alternative to “Mapping” the World Onto the Brain"
A.S. Barwich, S.J. Firestein, M. R. Dietrich
European Journal of Neuroscience
Open Access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#NeuroSky #neuro #neuroscience #philsci #hps #sts
"Wider Than the Sky: An Alternative to “Mapping” the World Onto the Brain"
A.S. Barwich, S.J. Firestein, M. R. Dietrich
European Journal of Neuroscience
Open Access onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#NeuroSky #neuro #neuroscience #philsci #hps #sts
Reposted by Adeel Razi
Integrating and interpreting brain maps | doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
Imaging and recording technologies make it possible to map multiple biological features of the brain. How can these features be conceptually integrated into a coherent understanding of brain structure and function? ⤵️
Imaging and recording technologies make it possible to map multiple biological features of the brain. How can these features be conceptually integrated into a coherent understanding of brain structure and function? ⤵️
August 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Integrating and interpreting brain maps | doi.org/10.1016/j.ti...
Imaging and recording technologies make it possible to map multiple biological features of the brain. How can these features be conceptually integrated into a coherent understanding of brain structure and function? ⤵️
Imaging and recording technologies make it possible to map multiple biological features of the brain. How can these features be conceptually integrated into a coherent understanding of brain structure and function? ⤵️
We are hiring for our brand new psilocybin clinical trial. Please DM if you have questions!
1. Senior Research Fellow (Clinical Trial Lead)
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2. Senior Clinical Psychotherapist
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1. Senior Research Fellow (Clinical Trial Lead)
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
2. Senior Clinical Psychotherapist
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
July 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We are hiring for our brand new psilocybin clinical trial. Please DM if you have questions!
1. Senior Research Fellow (Clinical Trial Lead)
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
2. Senior Clinical Psychotherapist
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
1. Senior Research Fellow (Clinical Trial Lead)
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
2. Senior Clinical Psychotherapist
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Very much forward to this @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
⭐ Speaker Spotlight: Adeel Razi
🗓️ June 25 | 🕥 10:30 – 11:15
We’re excited to feature Adeel Razi at OHBM 2025.
More information about Adeel in comments!
#OHBM2025
🗓️ June 25 | 🕥 10:30 – 11:15
We’re excited to feature Adeel Razi at OHBM 2025.
More information about Adeel in comments!
#OHBM2025
June 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Very much forward to this @ohbmofficial.bsky.social
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Do you like brain network hubs?🧠🌐✳️Do you like genes?🧬What about neurodevelopment?👶What if I told you the latest work by @garedaba.bsky.social and myself combined all of these?🤯🤯🤯
See Gareth's thread for a primer of our findings, then read the paper for the details!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
See Gareth's thread for a primer of our findings, then read the paper for the details!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Do you like brain network hubs?🧠🌐✳️Do you like genes?🧬What about neurodevelopment?👶What if I told you the latest work by @garedaba.bsky.social and myself combined all of these?🤯🤯🤯
See Gareth's thread for a primer of our findings, then read the paper for the details!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
See Gareth's thread for a primer of our findings, then read the paper for the details!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Adeel Razi
Can a Universal Basic Income (UBI) become feasible—even if AI fully automates existing jobs and creates no new ones?
We derive a closed-form UBI threshold tied to AI capabilities that suggests it's potentially achievable by mid-century even under moderate AI growth assumptions:
We derive a closed-form UBI threshold tied to AI capabilities that suggests it's potentially achievable by mid-century even under moderate AI growth assumptions:
May 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Can a Universal Basic Income (UBI) become feasible—even if AI fully automates existing jobs and creates no new ones?
We derive a closed-form UBI threshold tied to AI capabilities that suggests it's potentially achievable by mid-century even under moderate AI growth assumptions:
We derive a closed-form UBI threshold tied to AI capabilities that suggests it's potentially achievable by mid-century even under moderate AI growth assumptions:
🧵Training binary or spiking neural networks is hard.
Gradients vanish, surrogates are noisy, batchnorm is brittle.
We propose a Bayesian approach based on KL divergence minimization—and it works.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.17962
Work by James Walker & Moein Khajehnejad
@neuro-ai.bsky.social
1/6
Gradients vanish, surrogates are noisy, batchnorm is brittle.
We propose a Bayesian approach based on KL divergence minimization—and it works.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.17962
Work by James Walker & Moein Khajehnejad
@neuro-ai.bsky.social
1/6
A Principled Bayesian Framework for Training Binary and Spiking Neural Networks
We propose a Bayesian framework for training binary and spiking neural networks that achieves state-of-the-art performance without normalisation layers. Unlike commonly used surrogate gradient methods...
arxiv.org
May 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
🧵Training binary or spiking neural networks is hard.
Gradients vanish, surrogates are noisy, batchnorm is brittle.
We propose a Bayesian approach based on KL divergence minimization—and it works.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.17962
Work by James Walker & Moein Khajehnejad
@neuro-ai.bsky.social
1/6
Gradients vanish, surrogates are noisy, batchnorm is brittle.
We propose a Bayesian approach based on KL divergence minimization—and it works.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2505.17962
Work by James Walker & Moein Khajehnejad
@neuro-ai.bsky.social
1/6
Why do brains rely on inference, uncertainty, and structure…
while AI systems chase rewards in unstructured worlds?
Are we missing something fundamental about how intelligence emerges?
#NeuroAI #InferenceOverOptimization
while AI systems chase rewards in unstructured worlds?
Are we missing something fundamental about how intelligence emerges?
#NeuroAI #InferenceOverOptimization
May 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Why do brains rely on inference, uncertainty, and structure…
while AI systems chase rewards in unstructured worlds?
Are we missing something fundamental about how intelligence emerges?
#NeuroAI #InferenceOverOptimization
while AI systems chase rewards in unstructured worlds?
Are we missing something fundamental about how intelligence emerges?
#NeuroAI #InferenceOverOptimization
Reposted by Adeel Razi
Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.
forms.gle
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Re-posting is appreciated: We have a fully funded PhD position in CMC lab @cmc-lab.bsky.social (at @tudresden_de). You can use forms.gle/qiAv5NZ871kv... to send your application and find more information. Deadline is April 30. Find more about CMC lab: cmclab.org and email me if you have questions.
Reposted by Adeel Razi
Good news - the opening for a Research Officer role within our group is now open to all applicants!
Please apply if you would like to join a great team to help with recruitment and assessment on a large project linking MRI with psychopathology!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Please apply if you would like to join a great team to help with recruitment and assessment on a large project linking MRI with psychopathology!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Job Search
careers.pageuppeople.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Good news - the opening for a Research Officer role within our group is now open to all applicants!
Please apply if you would like to join a great team to help with recruitment and assessment on a large project linking MRI with psychopathology!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Please apply if you would like to join a great team to help with recruitment and assessment on a large project linking MRI with psychopathology!
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...
Reposted by Adeel Razi
Huge congrats to @adeelrazi.bsky.social @leonovelli.bsky.social and team on this monumental achievement - a valuable open resource for the community!
PsiConnect: A Multimodal Neuroimaging Study of Psilocybin-Induced Changes in Brain and Behaviour https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.11.643415v1
April 15, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Huge congrats to @adeelrazi.bsky.social @leonovelli.bsky.social and team on this monumental achievement - a valuable open resource for the community!
Reposted by Adeel Razi
"These findings provide a new account of the large-scale neurocognitive effects of psychedelics and demonstrate the utility of using machine learning methods in assessing state- and context-dependent neural dynamics and their association with psychological outcomes."
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
April 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"These findings provide a new account of the large-scale neurocognitive effects of psychedelics and demonstrate the utility of using machine learning methods in assessing state- and context-dependent neural dynamics and their association with psychological outcomes."
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Adeel Razi
Interested in foundation models for #neuroscience? Want to contribute to the development of the next-generation of multi-modal models? Come join us at IVADO in Montreal!
We're hiring a full-time machine learning specialist for this work.
Please share widely!
#NeuroAI 🧠📈 🧪
We're hiring a full-time machine learning specialist for this work.
Please share widely!
#NeuroAI 🧠📈 🧪
🔍 [Job Offer] #MachineLearning Specialist.
Join the IVADO Research Regroupement - AI and Neuroscience (R1) to develop foundational models in the field of neuroscience.
More info: ivado.ca/2025/04/08/s...
#JobOffer #AI #Neuroscience #Research #MachineLearning
Join the IVADO Research Regroupement - AI and Neuroscience (R1) to develop foundational models in the field of neuroscience.
More info: ivado.ca/2025/04/08/s...
#JobOffer #AI #Neuroscience #Research #MachineLearning
Machine Learning Specialist | IVADO
ivado.ca
April 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Interested in foundation models for #neuroscience? Want to contribute to the development of the next-generation of multi-modal models? Come join us at IVADO in Montreal!
We're hiring a full-time machine learning specialist for this work.
Please share widely!
#NeuroAI 🧠📈 🧪
We're hiring a full-time machine learning specialist for this work.
Please share widely!
#NeuroAI 🧠📈 🧪
Reposted by Adeel Razi
We are hiring! We're looking for a Research Office to help out with recruitment & assessment on a large-scale study looking at the relationship between brain imaging measures and psychopathology. Please forward this link to anyone who might be interested:
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April 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We are hiring! We're looking for a Research Office to help out with recruitment & assessment on a large-scale study looking at the relationship between brain imaging measures and psychopathology. Please forward this link to anyone who might be interested:
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/ci/en/jo...
careers.pageuppeople.com/513/ci/en/jo...
Reposted by Adeel Razi
🚨 We are excited to announce that the next OHBM Australia meeting will be in Melbourne on Wednesday, 12th November, 2025! Stay tuned for more details 👀
April 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
🚨 We are excited to announce that the next OHBM Australia meeting will be in Melbourne on Wednesday, 12th November, 2025! Stay tuned for more details 👀
📢 Join us Thursday, April 3rd | 5–6 PM EST for the first NeuroAI Emerging Leaders Webinar with @anayebi.bsky.social
🧠 Title: Using Embodied Agents to Help Answer “Why” Questions in Systems Neuroscience
For further updates, visit:
🔗 neuroai-workshop.github.io//NeuroAI_Web...
@neuro-ai.bsky.social
🧠 Title: Using Embodied Agents to Help Answer “Why” Questions in Systems Neuroscience
For further updates, visit:
🔗 neuroai-workshop.github.io//NeuroAI_Web...
@neuro-ai.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
📢 Join us Thursday, April 3rd | 5–6 PM EST for the first NeuroAI Emerging Leaders Webinar with @anayebi.bsky.social
🧠 Title: Using Embodied Agents to Help Answer “Why” Questions in Systems Neuroscience
For further updates, visit:
🔗 neuroai-workshop.github.io//NeuroAI_Web...
@neuro-ai.bsky.social
🧠 Title: Using Embodied Agents to Help Answer “Why” Questions in Systems Neuroscience
For further updates, visit:
🔗 neuroai-workshop.github.io//NeuroAI_Web...
@neuro-ai.bsky.social
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