Zhengchen Cai

Fake data scientist, fake physicist, neuroimaging and principled probabilistic modeling enthusiast.

[giovannipellegrino | @[email protected] @GPellegrino_]

EEG proxies of cortical excitability in epilepsy: aperiodic parameters win as stable, trait-like markers; complexity & synchrony capture state-dependent dimensions. And meds matter too 💊🧠 @GianDuma @westernuEpilep @westernuCNS https://t.co/aYgvSNJz0A #EEG #Epilepsy

[Prasenjit @Star_Knight12]

CLAUDE OPUS 4.7 USING 500K TOKENS TO RENAME A VARIABLE

[Bloomberg @business]

Anthropic's Mythos has been accessed by a small group of unauthorized users, raising questions about control of the AI model https://t.co/lXNLHlE1b3

[Mo @atmoio]

AI is giving every CEO the same advice

[Caroline Nettekoven 🧠 @carobellum]

🧠 Resting-state fMRI is often treated as the gold standard for studying the brain’s intrinsic organization.

But is it actually the best way to estimate functional architecture?

We tested this directly.

🧵1/8

[Paul Taylor @afni_pt]

Want to learn about FMRI visualization, processing and group analysis? Join us for the next AFNI Bootcamp (Jan. 27-29, 2026) for a fun few days of theory and interactive practicals.

Details+registration for this virtual course: https://t.co/mw2Cb22in9

[Makoto Uji @ujiregista20]

Finally, our sleep EEG-fMRI work with @tamakimasak18 at @RIKEN_CBS is out in PNAS @PNASNews! Human deep sleep facilitates cerebrospinal fluid dynamics linked to spontaneous brain oscillations and neural events https://t.co/mROKL4VdG9

[Qianqian Fang /房骞骞/ @FangQ]

checkout our new preprint

https://t.co/ey3VavsM74

NeuroNavigatAR (NNAR) is an augmented reality (AR) tool that displays head 10-20 landmarks in real time using a simple webcam

NNAR is open-source, download it from
https://t.co/2huuZdpUjw

[giovannipellegrino | @[email protected] @GPellegrino_]

How can we study excitability beyond the motor cortex? New work shows how TMS with EEG and fMRI enables non-invasive mapping across cortical networks. @AnnaLisaSchule1 @MartinTik1 EKallioniemi @ana_suller @ZhengchenC @westernuCNS @westernuEpilep
Here 👉https://t.co/KAKcmnUCAq

[The AnPhy Lab @AnphyLab]

🚨 We're hiring! Join our team at @Duke_Neurology as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in engineering/computational neuroscience to push the frontiers of #epilepsy and #sleep research with #AI! Interested? Check out our website (https://t.co/77H9OiGHrG) and the job details below! 👇

[giovannipellegrino | @[email protected] @GPellegrino_]

Our latest work investigates E/I dynamics approaching seizure onset and their links to effective connectivity, cortical architecture, and neurotransmitter receptor density. Another awesome piece of work with our partners across the pond! @GianDuma @JustineYHansen @westernuCNS

[The AnPhy Lab @AnphyLab]

🎉 Huge congrats to @Kassem_Jaber_ on winning the @IRSC_CIHR Brain Star Award 🌟 for his Master's work developing a new framework to assess SEEG placement quality for #epilepsy. 🧠⚡️ @TheNeuro_MNI @CAN_ACN

Find out more:
🔗 https://t.co/9vHiSDGV9v
🔗 https://t.co/onMgPEZAJ9

[Zhengchen Cai @ZhengchenC]

Rice made the day !!!

[Zhengchen Cai @ZhengchenC]

Happy Mar10 day !!!

[Makoto Uji @ujiregista20]

I am honoured to give my pitch talk, sharing my experiences and opinions on sleep MRI studies at the ISMRM Imaging Neurofluids Study Group Virtual Meeting on 04 March 2025 at 17:00 UTC. Please join us if you are interested in the sleep MRI research. #ISMRT #ISMRM #MR #MRI

[Qianqian Fang /房骞骞/ @FangQ]

Excited to announce that #MCX_MMC v2025 has finally arrived!

https://t.co/x42JTlwGrm

MCX v2025 rolls out a critical bug fix, #222, affecting all simulations since v2023. Strongly recommend to upgrade

Download it today from https://t.co/9RkpTCTjoq

[Zhengchen Cai @ZhengchenC]

Stay humble iteration

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

One of our own ❤️

[Ke Xie @KeXie20]

🎉Paper alert! Using multimodal MRI and multi-approach analysis, we provide robust, in-vivo evidence of brain hyper-excitability in #TLE patients, and links to microcircuit dysfunctions, clinical severity & cognitive impairment. 🧠🧲 @IPNMcGill @mcgillu
➡️https://t.co/agr86rD2mC

[OHBM @OHBM]

🚨 Due to an ongoing technical issue with our payment processor, the submissions will be allowed to be finalized with a "Pay Later" option. Your submission will be considered on-time, and the abstract fee will be settled later. We apologize for the inconvenience.

[Gang Chen @gangchen6]

Science is about uncovering how causes create effects. Covariate selection may seem like a small step in model building—but it can spark big chaos if mishandled. Glad to share the lesson we learned: don’t let your model wag the science; let science lead the way in model building.