Assistant Professor 🔍 in the Department of Pediatrics at UBC, Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦 Interested in multi-model quantitative MRI 🧲 in developing baby brains 👶🧠. Outdoor enthusiast 🧗🏂🚴🏻‍♂️🥾 weberlab.github.io @weberam2@mastodon.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3mqpszapvac27🚨NEW PAPER OUT IN #ImagingNeuroscience🚨 In our new study, we tested whether the Hurst exponent (H) from fMRI reflects the brain's excitatory:inhibitory (E:I) balance measured with MR spectroscopy. 🧠🧵 The idea comes from critical brain theory... https://direct.mit.edu/imag/article/doi/10.1162/IMAG.a.1252/13654315 Jul 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpszapvac27https://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3mnpw34dsng5xUniversity Professors in the Neoliberal Academic Ecosystem https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PGO4qgfm7DU&t=414s&pp=2AGeA5ACAQ%3D%3D Crossposted with @openvibe.social07 Jun 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpw34dsng5xhttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3mime44dt2x26"Contemporary academic job management culture is fundamentally incompatible with quality research and lecturing." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240587262200018103 Apr 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mime44dt2x26https://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3mdduobrvgs2rwww.experimental-history.com/p/text-is-king Is reading dying? Some interesting thoughts in here https://www.experimental-history.com/p/text-is-king26 Jan 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdduobrvgs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3mcznhjeaew2p" a submission tsunami fueled by generative AI, paper mills, and publication pressure has strained these conferences' review pipelines to the breaking point" gptzero.me/news/neurips/ https://gptzero.me/news/neurips/22 Jan 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcznhjeaew2phttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3mbq5xgq3332oOriginal post: https://mastodon.online/@parismarx/11584447171717268306 Jan 2026 04:55 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbq5xgq3332ohttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3mbptsk3xh72kAs AI systems advance, they will challenge our fundamental assumptions about research quality, scholarly communication, and the nature of intellectual labor. https://gwern.net/doc/science/2025-kusumegi.pdf #science #academia #publishing #llm06 Jan 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbptsk3xh72khttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3maeqmxmjnp23 https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4irghgzlsjk6ugrekoqyl7km/post/3m7zkketqaq2k19 Dec 2025 22:32 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3maeqmxmjnp23https://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3ma5lbqnwm22qBlood flow ≠ oxygen consumption https://www.tum.de/en/news-and-events/all-news/press-releases/details/40-percent-of-mri-signals-do-not-correspond-to-actual-brain-activity17 Dec 2025 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma5lbqnwm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3m6hxmasmkh2qDoes anyone know how to access the #Altmetric API now? They require an API key, which, when i applied for one they denies me. Very annoying, as I had a python script that pulled the Altmetric data and autopopulated my CV. Now I have to do this manually25 Nov 2025 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hxmasmkh2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lzjqlpwr3u2jVery cool explanation of Markov Chains and how LLMs are just fancier versions of an old idea https://elijahpotter.dev/articles/markov_chains_are_the_original_language_models23 Sep 2025 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzjqlpwr3u2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lzajitwckk23WILD https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-ant-queens-seem-to-defy-biology-they-lay-eggs-that-hatch-into-another-species-180987292/20 Sep 2025 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzajitwckk23https://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lz4ull22f62vI am giving a talk next week about how to use your computer in a more efficient way: #homerowmods, copy/paste with #copyq, screenshots with #flameshot, #wezterm, #tmux, #zsh, #vim, #neovim, #windowtilingmanager, #bat, #eza, #fzf, #rg, #fd, #zoxide, #yazi or #vifm, #lazygit Any other ideas?18 Sep 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz4ull22f62vhttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lz37y5jga225Big news! I was on a podcast for @bcchresearch.bsky.social This was research in #preterm #brains, #oxygenation measured with #arterialspinlabelling and #qsm, and looking at ventilation methods. Read more about the study here: https://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lpn2srfgmk2q https://plmlex.clicks.mlsend.com/tl/c/eyJ2Ijoie1wiYVwiOjQ4Nzk1MSxcImxcIjoxNjU4MzQxOTU3NDE5Njc3OTQsXCJyXCI6MTY1ODM0MjA5NDc3MjY0NTgxfSIsInMiOiI1NzhjYjMwN2ZhYjM1ZGM2In0 [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2025 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz37y5jga225https://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lvom6ssgnb2tPublish or perish incentivises researchers to publish more, where scientific fraud has now become its own industry https://www.science.org/content/article/scientific-fraud-has-become-industry-alarming-analysis-finds05 Aug 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvom6ssgnb2thttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lv2pxjttzk26My work is being highlighted by BCCHR Communications, but I don't use Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1E3k7SiZjr/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DMqKEWAp-GJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MWY1N3cwbGtsZmloeg== LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:735564054966981427228 Jul 2025 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv2pxjttzk26https://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lsrpoj6n3x2sInteresting theory re #schizophrenia https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/schizophrenia-is-the-price-we-pay29 Jun 2025 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrpoj6n3x2shttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lsrpo7jt3v23Interesting theory re #schizophrenia https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/schizophrenia-is-the-price-we-pay29 Jun 2025 22:26 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrpo7jt3v23https://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3ls5rj6qrpv2cUtterly fascinating "Researchers using the same data and hypothesis arrive at different conclusions" https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.220315011922 Jun 2025 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls5rj6qrpv2chttps://bsky.app/profile/weberam2.bsky.social/post/3lr6leowcfk25Am I crazy, or did this paper get published with very low resolution figures? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811925002551#fig000309 Jun 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:5w7torzaodpp7janvym7qm2n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6leowcfk25