Nick Souter

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Sussex, studying ways of measuring the carbon footprint of fMRI data preprocessing and analysis 🌱🧠

[OHBM Sustainability & Environment Action @OhbmEnvironment]

‼️ NEW PAPER ALERT ‼️

@NickSouter et al. (including many of our SEA-SIG members) demonstrate the environmental impact of different fMRIprep preprocessing choices, and make recommendations for minimizing carbon emissions of your pipeline!

https://t.co/axAmUd9WlB

[OHBM Sustainability & Environment Action @OhbmEnvironment]

Are you looking to get involved with like-minded neuroimagers to make our field more sustainable?

Nominate yourself to be the new Chair, Secretary, or Treasurer of the SEA-SIG in our 2024 elections! Nominations accepted from August 15-September 15!

https://t.co/3msSWiryFW

[Loïc Lannelongue @Loic_Lnlg]

I am incredibly excited to announce Green DiSC, a free and open-access sustainability certification scheme for computational labs, hosted with the Software Sustainability Institute!

Read more: https://t.co/dXwGIN9BlF

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

Huge thanks to @NeuroRae for helping me plan and run the workshop, and to @SussexNeuro and the Sussex Researcher School for their support!

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

I recently ran a workshop focused on 'How to reduce the carbon footprint of your research computing', including interactive demonstrations of green computing tools 🌱🖥️

You can find a recording of the event here!

https://t.co/I74zjQbBW7

[Hello Bio @hello_bio]

Our Interviews with Scientists feature is back & we were delighted to speak to @NickSouter of @SussexUni! 👨‍🔬

Nick was the recent winner of a @BritishNeuro Green Neuroscience Prize! 🧠🔬

Read his inspiring new interview: https://t.co/efrKYdVrrn

#sustainablescience #greenlabs

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

Big thanks to Antonia de Freitas, @MeichaoZ, @Ximing_Shao, @TirsoRJGonzalez, @athanatizein, @the_mindwanders, Katya Krieger-Redwood, and Beth Jefferies for all their help on this project!

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

My final PhD paper had just been published in Human Brain Mapping 🎉

Using fMRI, we found dissociable activation in subnetworks of the Default Mode Network during the retrieval of contextual semantic and emotional associations to pictures🧠

https://t.co/VpBdltXgTl

[British Neuroscience Association @BritishNeuro]

Our 2024 Green Neuroscience Prize Winner @NickSouter shared his fascinating study into the #Carbonfootprint of #neuroscience Data Processing giving recommendations on how to reduce the carbon emissions when using fMRIPrep.

#researchposters #green #scientificresearch

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

@Lincoln81 Thanks Lincoln 😊

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

Thank you to @BritishNeuro for this prize, and for giving a platform to green neuroscience! 🌱🧠

[British Neuroscience Association @BritishNeuro]

We are delighted to announce the winner of our #Green Neuroscience prize @NickSouter.

This new prize is part of our commitment to minimise the negative #environmental impact of undertaking research, teaching and practice.

https://t.co/JAUh40itSa

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

@n_ramnani @BritishNeuro Thank you! 😊

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

@Lydia_Munns Thank you! 😊

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

At 3pm today I'll be presenting this same work in a little more detail. It'll be livestreamed and there's still time for BNA members to register!

https://t.co/GNYR5nGq5r

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

In this short 'PosterByte' video made for the @BritishNeuro 2024 Members' Meeting, I discuss our recent work on the carbon footprint of neuroscience data processing 🌱🧠🖥️

You can also find it on TikTok: https://t.co/2o9m9NLvrc

#BNAMembersMeeting2024

[Charlotte Rae @NeuroRae]

Don't miss the @BritishNeuro Members Meeting, next week 24-25 April 🧠

I'll be debating 'a revolution in sustainable neuroscience is needed more now than in open neuroscience'

with
@Dom_Makowski of @Sussex_Psych
@hjhope of @wellcometrust
@josephclift of @BritishNeuro

[Christina Kampoureli @CKampoureli]

I'm very excited to announce that I will be speaking at the @BritishNeuro Members' Meeting on April 24th!

I will be discussing our adaptation of an attention training paradigm with real-time fMRI, for subsequent implementation in participants with ADHD.🧠

#BNAMembersMeeting

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

@BritishNeuro You can register for the metting here: https://t.co/GNYR5nGq5r

And sign up for membership here: https://t.co/FXzhutxUbb

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

I'll be speaking at the @BritishNeuro Members' Meeting on April 25th!

I'll provide an overview of our recent work on the carbon footprint of neuroscience research computing, and what you can do to reduce it. 🌱🧠🖥️

#BNAMembersMeeting

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

Big thanks to @Loic_Lnlg, @gabriellesamue1, Chris Racey, @Lincoln81, Nikhil Bhagwat, @raghavian, and @NeuroRae for all their work on this paper!

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

9. Use existing data

Running analysis on previously collected and preprocessed data is a great way to test hypotheses without using additional energy to preprocess it yourself. We provide a table describing different open access datasets.

[Nick Souter @NickSouter]

10. Talk about greener computing

Discussing the carbon footprint of data processing within your neuroimaging community will make it easier to think seriously about this issue. This will help in embedding sustainable ideas into standard practice 🌱