Christian Keitel
(he/him) - tofu⬆️, flying⬇️. Assistant Prof (Lecturer) in Cognitive #neuroscience at Us Dundee and Stirling (hon) 🏴🇪🇺🇩🇪 Research: perception attention arousal. Methods: #EEG MEG pupillometry brain rhythms. www.keitelscience.com
- Today, we are out on strike again to save our jobs and tap the sign that Scottish (and in extension UK) Higher Education is not doing well, largely due to financial mismanagemement. This is all currently put on display by our Union reps in the Scottish parliament ⬇️ @ducuuo.bsky.social
- Watch union representatives from Scottish universities give evidence to the Scottish Parliament on the crisis and how it is affecting staff and students. www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educ...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelWatch union representatives from Scottish universities give evidence to the Scottish Parliament on the crisis and how it is affecting staff and students. www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/educ...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelWe are also hosting a rally outside of the Holyrood building in Edinburgh tomorrow from 12:30-1:30pm. If you’re in Edinburgh, come and join us, in better weather ☀️ The rally will focus on our and other campus unions fight against job cuts in the Scottish HE sector.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelToday we strike to ask the University of Dundee to rule out compulsory redundancies. Join us at the front of the Tower until 10am and then at Holyrood for our rally to defend Scottish Higher Education sector from 12:30-13:30.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelIf you're looking for a PhD and you're interested in the cerebellum, predictions, language, and MEG, please apply by 1st March! We have two open positions. More details here: benediktzoefel.wixsite.com/home/phd
- Reposted by Christian KeitelHearing loss is the biggest potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia, but how many people know about this, how does it affect their behaviors, and what socioeconomic and demographic factors influence having heard about the link. Find out in our latest research: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelWelcome to the world of Ganzflicker... in comic form!? Comic by the fabulous daltonkaygreta@gmail.com, Instagram: @Mr.dog.art A MassArt initiative led by @hudrewthis.bsky.social Hallucinations are often feared and unwanted... But what if we could induce them, so we can better understand them?
- Reposted by Christian KeitelFinally out: www.eneuro.org/content/earl... fMRI during naturalistic story listening in noise, looking at event-segmentation and ISC signatures. Listeners stay engaged and comprehend the gist even in moderate noise. with @ayshamota.bsky.social @ryanaperry.bsky.social @ingridjohnsrude.bsky.social
- Reposted by Christian KeitelI use EEG/MEG. When I meet like-minded researchers at conferences, the discussion always circles back to one thing: admitting that results may be confounded by leakage (also known as remaining field spread—RFS). In our new preprint, we quantify RFS in parcellated data using cross-talk function—CTF.🧵
- Reposted by Christian KeitelOur paper on respiratory modulation of excitability during sleep is now online! Open access link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... First of hopefully many collabs with the @tschreiner.bsky.social Lab and led by @asanchezcorzo.bsky.social #neuroskyence
- Reposted by Christian KeitelNew paper with Andy Kim, @santimoralesphd.bsky.social, and Josh Senior just published! "Electroencephalography, pupillometry, and behavioral evidence for locus coeruleus-noradrenaline system related tonic hyperactivity in older adults" authors.elsevier.com/c/1mCryivP7S...
- Reposted by Christian Keitel*13th MindBrainBody Symposium* 📆 Mar 9-11, 2026 🏠 #Berlin & virtual (deadline: Jan 8, 2026) Keynotes: - @ulrikebingel.bsky.social - Karl Friston (online) - @tinalonsdorf.bsky.social - Sonja Kotz - Julian Thayer ...& so much more: prizes, posters, talks, food, drinks, encounters. Let's meet!
- Just a few days left to sign up for the OMEGAS symposium in Dundee. Link in original post ⬇️ Poster submission closes very soon - 25 Nov, registration open until 2 Dec. Looking forward to hearing from our expert speakers! #neurokyence #opm #meg
- Join us for the first symposium of the OPM-MEG Action Scotland (OMEGAS) initiative - www.dundee.ac.uk/omegas, to take place at the University of Dundee, *9-10 Dec*, and funded by the Quantum ARC quantum-tech-alliance.co.uk #neuroskyence #meg #opm /1
- Reposted by Christian KeitelOut now in Communications Biology 🧠 🫀We show that cardiac oscillations associated with vagal tone influence the strength of the heartbeat as sensed at brain level. We hypothesize that the heart may send information to the brain, encoded by the heartbeat strength doi.org/10.1038/s420...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelWe held a rally to mark one-year of the financial crisis at the University of Dundee. We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution. If we fight together we win! www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/... #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
- Reposted by Christian KeitelNew perspective paper out now in @plosbiology.org with a few thoughts on #interoception: What it is (or rather is not), how it can inform therapeutic interventions, and where (we think) the field of brain-body #neuroskyence has yet to find more solid ground to build on. doi.org/10.1371/jour...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelWant to find out how your voice can stop job cuts at the University of Dundee? Take the first step towards having influence on what happens to you next. Come along to our Stop The Jkb Cuts rally tomorrow at the Queen’s Hotel, 12:30-13:30pm. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
- Reposted by Christian KeitelDay 1 of our 5 day strike done. Thanks to STV for coming along and interviewing members. Come and have a chat with us at the front of the Tower any day this week. news.stv.tv/north/dundee...
- Reposted by Christian Keitel🚨🧠🚨 POSTDOC POSITION 🚨🧠🚨 in my lab: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Connectivity in Working Memory. Deadline 12 Nov! Apply via website; please repost.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelIf you missed it, here’s the interim Principal talking about substantial future job cuts at University of Dundee. He refers to the number of job losses recommended in the recovery plan. This is 390FTE with 340FTE via redundancies. We believe redundancies are not necessary. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
- Reposted by Christian KeitelYesterday our interim Principal, gave evidence to the Education, Children and Young People Committee. He stated that he had never ruled out redundancies. Judge for yourself.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelA great videos with excellent contributions from across the UK. Vote now. Show your solidarity for the national ballot to save our universities. #SaveHE #WeAreTheUniversity
- 📽️Video from #UniteTheFights Rally now available Speakers ⭐ @rorfitelli.bsky.social HE ⭐ @regipilling.bsky.social FE ⭐ @newcastleucu.bsky.social Matt Perry ⭐ @leicesterucu.bsky.social Joseph Choonara #WeAreTheUniversity #ANewDealForFE @ucu.org.uk @ducuuo.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo_9...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelWe (I and @willenjoy.bsky.social) created a toolbox for simulations of EEG/MEG because we needed to simulate data. Our initial aim was to simulate connectivity. For this short clip, I simulated two sources with phase connectivity using our toolbox. #brainmovie meegsim.readthedocs.io/en/stable/in...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelOpen assistant professor position in noninvasive brain stimulation in cognition at Maastricht University: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3557...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelReally looking forward to this. See you all there!!
- We are thrilled to announce talks from Caroline Witton (Aston U), Svenja Knappe (U of Boulder, Colorado), Tim Tierney (UCL), Mark Woolrich (Oxford), @magnetokrishio.bsky.social (Cardiff) and Olaf Hauk (Cambridge). /3
- Join us for the first symposium of the OPM-MEG Action Scotland (OMEGAS) initiative - www.dundee.ac.uk/omegas, to take place at the University of Dundee, *9-10 Dec*, and funded by the Quantum ARC quantum-tech-alliance.co.uk #neuroskyence #meg #opm /1
- The event will showcase the research potential of optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs), an emerging quantum technology to study minute changes in brain- and other physiological processes in human health and disease and raise awareness of the need for this technology in Scottish neuroscience. /2
- We are thrilled to announce talks from Caroline Witton (Aston U), Svenja Knappe (U of Boulder, Colorado), Tim Tierney (UCL), Mark Woolrich (Oxford), @magnetokrishio.bsky.social (Cardiff) and Olaf Hauk (Cambridge). /3
- Register your attendance here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/omegas-sym... The event will be *free to attend* but places are limited. Looking forward to seeing you in Dundee, The OMEGAS Steering Committee @annekeitel.bsky.social, @chrisbenwell.bsky.social, Will McGeown, Sanna Fraser /end
- Reposted by Christian KeitelStats on #bodybrain #neuroskyence data can become non-trivial pretty quickly: Anything beyond t-tests on 'systole vs diastole' or 'insp vs exp' will include some form of phase binning, so we need adequate surrogates for robust permutation stats. Plus, these are not available for circular data.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelOur members have voted to support industrial action to fight against job cuts passed today! In the ballot our 72% of members were in favour of strike action, and 90% in favour of action short of strike. Turnout was 58%. Thank you to all members, reps and officials for helping us get the vote out.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelWe’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelI'm thrilled to share that our new paper is now published in Psychophysiology (Open Access): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @zacndr.bsky.social @teamlabuda.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social @danlikesbrains.bsky.social
- New year, new preprint out! 🧨 'Respiration facilitates behaviour during multisensory integration' www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Great team effort w/ Andrea Zaccaro, Mauro Gianni Perrucci, Marcello Costantini, @danlikesbrains.bsky.social @fraferri.bsky.social #Neuroskyence #Interoception
- Reposted by Christian KeitelRemember when UEG told us “there was no plan B” for further redundancies. Now we know, from the published Recovery Plan, that at the same time they were proposing over 400 future job losses including over 350 redundancies. We cannot trust their words. Vote in our ballot now to protect jobs.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelPlease RT 2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD! Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all! We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
- Some Scottish Neuroscience at the poster session this morning #ICON2025: @ekcunningham.bsky.social presenting "Around The Clock: Physiological Markers Of Lapses In Attention During Sustained Task Performance" *P3.56*. Have a look and let Emily know what you think.
- More Scottish Neuroscience at the poster session today #ICON2025: @mkopcanova.bsky.social presenting "Spectral Power Changes With Increased Alzheimer's Biomarkers In Cognitively Unimpaired Elderly" *P7.19*. Go see Martina for all the details.
- Reposted by Christian Keitel📢 Save the Date! Our next IGOR Hackathon is happening Friday, October 10th (9:00–15:00) Join us to: 🚀 Get to know ongoing IGOR projects 💡 Brainstorm new project ideas 🧠♻️ Engage in discussions on open and reproducible science in biopsychology Stay tuned, the detailed program will be shared soon!
- ... and delivered. Thanks to @manuruz.bsky.social - @eegmanylabs.bsky.social, @alinakoppold.bsky.social - @igor-dgps.bsky.social, Elena Cesnaite - @eegmanypipes.bsky.social and @lauraklatt.bsky.social - @scone-neuro.bsky.social for holding a mirror to cog #neuroskyence #ICON2025 🙌
- POV: Expecting a large crowd for the symposium...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelBrain-body #neuroskyence conferences continue with #ICON2025 this week! Having just arrived from Adriatica Summer School in Pescara, the B³ Lab @bodybrainbehaviour.bsky.social will share their latest work on respiratory and gastric modulation of the brain in health and disease.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelMake sure to stop at Ceren Arslan‘s (@scannedfruits.bsky.social) poster at #ICON2025 today at 3:30! She‘s presenting some of our recent EEG work on audiovisual object storage in #WorkingMemory! 👇
- Tomorrow afternoon at #icon2025 I will present a poster on feature extraction costs in working memory in an audiovisual context using behavioral measures and EEG based decoding analysis. I will be at the main hall, 1st floor (P2.55). I’d be happy to discuss our results further with you.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelUpdate: the room was changed to the Auditorium! @manuruz.bsky.social @ckeitelsci.bsky.social @alinakoppold.bsky.social #ICON2025
- This is the line-up 👇We‘ll cover recent result from #EEGManyLabs & #EEGManyPipelines as well as ongoing projects from @scone-neuro.bsky.social and @igor-dgps.bsky.social ! Join us tomorrow at #ICON2025 - 13:45 in room Boavista!
- @lauraklatt.bsky.social doing so much better than I in advertising our symposium... 🫠
- This is the line-up 👇We‘ll cover recent result from #EEGManyLabs & #EEGManyPipelines as well as ongoing projects from @scone-neuro.bsky.social and @igor-dgps.bsky.social ! Join us tomorrow at #ICON2025 - 13:45 in room Boavista!
- Also check out @raquellondon.bsky.social's poster today (Tue), session 2, P2.64, for a teaser on the last talk of the symposium.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelThis is the line-up 👇We‘ll cover recent result from #EEGManyLabs & #EEGManyPipelines as well as ongoing projects from @scone-neuro.bsky.social and @igor-dgps.bsky.social ! Join us tomorrow at #ICON2025 - 13:45 in room Boavista!
- If at #ICON2025 join our - with @lauraklatt.bsky.social - symposium SY11 tomorrow (Wed), 13:45: "Towards Robust and Reliable Cognitive Neuroscience". With talks from @manuruz.bsky.social, Elena Cesnaite -@eegmanypipes.bsky.social, Alina Koppold, and Laura.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelOur ballot to renew our ability to take industrial action at the University of Dundee opens today. Melissa D’Ascenzio, Dundee University UCU branch co-president, said: “The university’s students and staff have been badly let down. 1/
- Reposted by Christian KeitelVisit our website, and read about our strong opposition to the recently rejected University Recovery Plan: a plan created by the short-term team in charge at University of Dundee. sites.dundee.ac.uk/ducu/ #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni
- Reposted by Christian KeitelIt’s been reported in The Courier that the University of Dundee’s Recovery Plan called for the loss of another 450 jobs (390 FTE) in the next year. 50 Voluntary Severance 170 Voluntary Redundancies 170 Compulsory Redundancies With 110FTE leaving since March and 300FTE now, this would be 800FTE
- Reposted by Christian KeitelHive mind, do I know anyone who has worked the the HCP MEG data before? I am trying to work with MNE Python, but I am hitting some barriers with the HCP head digitization data. I found this toolbox, mne.tools/mne-hcp/inde..., but it hasn't been maintained in the last 10 years. #neuroskyence
- Reposted by Christian KeitelIt's still possible to register - join us in tuebingen for this very exciting lineup! #neuroskyence #compneurosky
- 🔵 Tübingen Systems Neuroscience Symposium 2025 is here! 🔵 #SNS2025 brings together leading international researchers in system neuroscience 🧠 Join us for plenary lectures, poster sessions and social events on 6️⃣-7️⃣ October 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ registration is open here 👉 meg.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/sns_2025/
- Reposted by Christian Keitelwww.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... New data from our lab — Sarah Tune, Iris Borschke, and I come out with modelling the neural fate and the behavioural impact of single clicks in auditory decision making. Beautiful work by @sarahtune.bsky.social — foreshadowing what is going on in the lab currently.
- Reposted by Christian KeitelYou’re now breathing manually 🌬️ What underlies this ability to be consciously aware of own breathing? In our new Journal of Neuroscience paper, we report the largest study to date linking brain microstructure to respiratory interoception. www.jneurosci.org/content/earl... 🧵 👇
- Reposted by Christian KeitelIt’s shocking to see that 1 in 4 jobs at Lancaster University are at risk. Please sign their petition to fight against these devastating cuts. www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelCool neuroscience job at the Nike Sport Research Lab, working on cool products, with cool people, at a cool company, in a cool place. The amount of cool has been verified by my inside sources. #neuroskyence #neuroscience #neurojobs nike.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/nke/job/Beav...
- Reposted by Christian KeitelLooking for a Master internship and interested in timing the interplay between timing and hearing? 🔽 brainthemind.com/openings/
- Reposted by Christian Keitel2 Lecturer (Assistant Prof) positions available @yorkpsychology.bsky.social! Come join our department! #neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
- Reposted by Christian Keitel/1 We took our sweet time (~3yrs) to put this into its final shape - but happy to say that the pre-print of an extensive review of brain rhythms in cognition - from a cognruro perspective - is now available. Please let us know what you think. #neuroskyence doi.org/10.48550/arX...
- Reposted by Christian Keitel“Top-down and bottom-up neuroscience: overcoming the clash of research cultures” doi.org/10.1038/s415... Small contribution in this piece by @frosas.bsky.social and colleagues on how we need both types of research culture in neuroscience. #neuroskyence
- Reposted by Christian KeitelStill playing the waiting game with the publication process 🤐😪😑 … but in the meantime, here’s some fresh evidence showing that cognitive conflict might actually feel rewarding. Who knew it could be fun? osf.io/c75tj @mlapietra.bsky.social @MarcLluisVives @nicolaml.bsky.social
- Reposted by Christian KeitelOur oscillations consensus paper is finally out as a preprint 🤩 thanks to everyone involved arxiv.org/abs/2507.15639
- /1 We took our sweet time (~3yrs) to put this into its final shape - but happy to say that the pre-print of an extensive review of brain rhythms in cognition - from a cognruro perspective - is now available. Please let us know what you think. #neuroskyence doi.org/10.48550/arX...
