Helena Gellersen

Research Fellow at St John's College Cambridge and German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases studying Alzheimer’s, aging & memory.

[Helena Gellersen @HGellersen]

How does the brain rapidly distinguish similar memories? We use 7T fMRI to show dynamic shifts between pattern separation and reinstatement signals in hippocampal CA3 and DG with changing task demands: https://t.co/RLMmhGsrVF with @LorisNaspi, @xe_grande, @DuzelLab, @david_berron

[Helena Gellersen @HGellersen]

Taken together, we highlight 1) flexibility of MTL, especially CA3 & DG representations, 2) differences in object & scene processing, 3) functional heterogeneity of the longitudinal hippocampal axis, 4) complicated associations between uni- & multivariate brain activity metrics.

[Helena Gellersen @HGellersen]

How does the brain rapidly distinguish similar memories? We use 7T fMRI to show dynamic shifts between pattern separation and reinstatement signals in hippocampal CA3 and DG with changing task demands: https://t.co/RLMmhGsrVF with @LorisNaspi, @xe_grande, @DuzelLab, @david_berron

[Helena Gellersen @HGellersen]

Lastly, univariate analyses revealed something multivariate methods could not: anterior and posterior subfields were differentially sensitive to feature overlap. Although both engaged in pattern separation, only anterior regions suppressed overall activity in response to lures.

[Laura Stolp @laura_stolp]

How do some people keep their minds sharp when they get older, while others experience cognitive decline? In our new paper, we examined cognitive reserve, which is the brain’s resilience in the face of challenges: https://t.co/CLmVJHA1cj #neuroscience #cognition #aging 1/7

[Helena Gellersen @HGellersen]

A huge thank you to @WomeninNeuroUK for selecting me as a finalist for the Postdoctoral Rising Star award! I am incredibly grateful to everyone who has supported me throughout my career: @js_simons, @david_berron, Karolina Kedzior, Amy Orben, @stjohnscam, and so many others!

[WiNUK: Women in Neuroscience UK 🧠 @WomeninNeuroUK]

🌿 UG: Aiman Muhammad | Muzuki Ueda | Raven J. Hope

🎓 PG: Karina Piotrowska | Puja Mehta | Clémentine Domine | Margherita Zenoni

🧬 PDR: Dr Hannah Jackson | Dr Soraya Meftah | Dr Helena Gellersen

[Reproducibility for Everyone @repro4everyone]

Join R4E for a dynamic session! Save the date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 10 AM ET USA / 3 PM CET Europe. Reserve your spot now at https://t.co/9CpDaYsQ4X. Don't let this opportunity pass by! #AcademicTwitter

[Neuroimaging PIA @NeuroimagingPIA]

With excitement we welcome our new @ISTAART
#NeuroimagingPIA Executive Committee 2025-2026

[Helena Gellersen @HGellersen]

Thrilled to be in Brisbane for #OHBM2025! It’s gonna be a busy one all about ultra-high res fMRI: poster 838, a symposium at 9 am on Thursday and if you’re still not sick of me by then, an oral poster talk also on Thursday (not all the same, I promise!). DM me to catch up 🙂🧠🇦🇺

[Helena Gellersen @HGellersen]

To all my fellow ISTAART members: I‘m hoping to continue to be a part of the Neuroimaging PIA committee again next year to contribute to their work organising educational material, the Alzheimer‘s Imaging Consortium, and much more. I would be very grateful for your vote!

[Neuroimaging PIA @NeuroimagingPIA]

1️⃣ Voting is now open for the 2025-26 Executive Committee!

Please cast a vote, if you haven't done so already, for the future Neuroimaging PIA representatives:
https://t.co/mWqyEhnBEg

[Neuroimaging PIA @NeuroimagingPIA]

To shorten the wait until AIC25, we have one more webinar lined up:
A Clinical Case Report webinar focusing on the clinical and neuroimaging implications of anti-amyloid therapy (Lecanemab)!

📅May 20 - 10am CT

💻 Register here: https://t.co/xdRihjlMRX

[Helena Gellersen @HGellersen]

Interested in ageing, brain structure & function, and cognitive reserve? We've got you covered in this new preprint by lead author @laura_stolp. Thanks to the whole team for a great collaboration!

[Laura Stolp @laura_stolp]

Exciting news! Our preprint, "Informational Complexity as a Neural Marker of Cognitive Reserve", is now available! Here, we explore how neural complexity relates to cognitive reserve. Check it out here: https://t.co/LlOa1BrMT0 #CognitiveReserve #Preprint #Neuroscience

[ReproducibiliTea @ReproducibiliT]

Please join us in welcoming our new steering committee members:
Abigail Licata, Anastasiia Marmyleva, Hemani Sharma, Hazel Aileen van der Walle

New committee co-chairs:
Helena Gellersen & Paulina Manduch

Returning members:
Michael Muhoozi & Lianne Wolsink

[ReproducibiliTea @ReproducibiliT]

Preprint
Reproducibility and replicability of qualitative research: an integrative review of concepts, barriers and enablers
https://t.co/V6usEvDAD3