Can plasticity -a system’s capacity for change- be quantified before change occurs?

Plasticity is here formalized as a priori network quantity, reframing it as a prospective, predictive tool for complex systems

Comments welcome
📂 arxiv.org/abs/2603.25180

#ComplexSystems #Plasticity #Neuroscience

Cooperation by non-kin during birth underpins sperm whale social complexity We quantitatively document a sperm whale birth event, revealing collective support behaviors across kinship lines. Using high-resolution drone footage, computer vision, and multiscale network analysis...

Now in 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, with contributions from #NetSI & Project CETI's 𝗚𝗶𝗼𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶, a paper that captures one of nature’s rarest moments: a whale birth 🐋 Using drone footage & network analysis, researchers reveal coordinated care—even from non-kin—supporting mother & calf.

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Join the IBRO @ibroorg.bsky.social School 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡🧠👇

Outstanding speakers: @clbockting.bsky.social, Bakogiannis, Castrén, @francescacirulli.bsky.social, Cooper, @marilyngatica.bsky.social, @satupalva.bsky.social, @pessoabrain.bsky.social, @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social, Scheffer‪

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Fantastic lineup of speakers: @clbockting.bsky.social, Ioannis Bakogiannis, Eero Castrén, @francescacirulli.bsky.social, Ashley Cooper, @marilyngatica.bsky.social, Agustin Ibanez,
@satupalva.bsky.social, @pessoabrain.bsky.social, @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social, Marten Scheffer‪

Interested in exploring the concept of #complexity to understand the #brain_and_the_mind?

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Igor Branchi - Distinguished Seminar Series at NetSI London Join us for a series of engaging seminars led by the distinguished Igor Branchi at NetSI London!

Thrilled to welcome our incredible speaker Prof. Igor Branchi @igorbranchi.bsky.social
🧠“Measuring plasticity: a network-based approach to anticipate transitions in mental health.”
📅 1 Dec, 5PM📍Northeastern University London + Zoom @nunetsi.bsky.social
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/igor-branc...

Signed Networks: theory, methods, and applications Signed networks provide a principled framework for representing systems in which interactions are not merely present or absent but qualitatively distinct: friendly or antagonistic, supportive or confl...

Our team just released a comprehensive and accessible review of Signed Networks — two years in the making! Theory, methods, applications, all in one place. Feedback welcome.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.17247

Turing Seminar series event graphic. Headshot of Giovanni Petri on the right.

The Turing Liaison Team is excited to host @lordgrilo.bsky.social, who will deliver a seminar entitled 'Tracing the Cultural Fabric of Sperm Whale Societies.'

📆 5 November
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍Biomedical Building, C42 at the University of Bristol

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n

Join the School 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡🧠👇

Fantastic lineup of speakers: @clbockting.bsky.social, Eero Castrén, @francescacirulli.bsky.social, Ashley Cooper, Marilyn Gatica, Agustin Ibanez, @satupalva.bsky.social, @pessoabrain.bsky.social, @ribeirocarlitos.bsky.social, Marten Scheffer‪

Understanding the high-order network plasticity mechanisms of ultrasound neuromodulation Author summary Transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) offers a non-invasive approach to modulating brain activity, holding promise for treating psychiatric and neurological disorders. Despite its p...

Excited to share that our paper is out in PLOS Computational Biology! 🚀
🔗 journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Joining forces between two fantastic laboratories @nplab.bsky.social @connectomelab.bsky.social 🔥

Lots of higher-order interactions at the joint @beyondtheedge.network and RUNES workshop at AMU in Marseille this week. Thanks to @alainbarrat.bsky.social and @lordgrilo.bsky.social!

Join us as PhD student using noninvasive ultrasound neuromodulation on the project 'Reducing pain reactivity for children in the Emergency Department using non-invasive vagal nerve stimulation'

Find more information at midlandsmhndtp.ac.uk/applications...

#ultrasound #neuromodulation #Zenbud

Thrilled to announce a new collaboration between Marilyn Gatica & Giovanni Petri at #NetSI_London and #ReDLat, uniting global partners to advance dementia research through complex systems, clinical & computational neuroscience.

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#NetSI is proud to be well represented in Stanford’s list of the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists (single-year impact), based on Elsevier Scopus data 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc4d4yv3

@barabasi.bsky.social @alexvespi.bsky.social @davidlazer.bsky.social @lordgrilo.bsky.social @estebanmoro.bsky.social

Exciting things in Topological Neuroscience! #NetSI_London @lordgrilo.bsky.social co-organized the “Topology of Human and Synthetic Minds” workshop at King’s College London, launching a new collaboration to advance this field.

#KIHSM 🔗 tinyurl.com/4zhs2m83
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📌 Save the Date!

The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.

Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com

Great time at @css-conference.bsky.social in Siena 🇮🇹!
Spoke on #schizophrenia risk genes in dynamic co-expression networks across brain development.

Thanks to @nicopedre.bsky.social, @marilyngatica.bsky.social and @jesseba.bsky.social for the #CoBrain satellite on complex systems in neuroscience👏

Next week (on the 15th and 16th), with @yasserroudi.bsky.social and Federico Turkheimer we will organize a workshop on the "The Topology of Human and Synthetic Minds"

Please do join us!
(Registration is free but required for access/catering!)

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Cobrain starting in room 18 @css-conference.bsky.social

Program here: kgatica.github.io/CCS2025-CoBr...

@jesseba.bsky.social @nicopedre.bsky.social @marilyngatica.bsky.social

Lots of NPL at @ConfCompSys 2025. Thread below!

On wednesday, @jesseba.bsky.social @marilyngatica.bsky.social with @nicopedre.bsky.social organize Cobrains kgatica.github.io/CCS2025-CoBr....

Info. Theory in Comp. Neuroscience Workshop (CNS*2025) Overview, list of speakers, and schedule

If you're attending CNS*2025 🧠, come say hi at our
Workshop on Methods of Information Theory in Computational Neuroscience (Room 203)
🔥Tuesday 8th ( ⏰️ 9:00 - 12:30) & Wednesday 9th (⏰️ 9:00 - 17:30)
OC: @jlizier.bsky.social
Pedro Mediano and Abdullah Makkeh
👇
kgatica.github.io/CNS2025-Info...

If you're attending CNS*2025 🧠, come say hi at our
Workshop on Methods of Information Theory in Computational Neuroscience
🔥Tuesday 8th & Wednesday 9th

Info. Theory in Comp. Neuroscience Workshop (CNS*2024) Overview, list of speakers, and schedule

Program posted for our Workshop on Methods of Information Theory in Computational Neuroscience at CNS*2025 Florence next week -- kgatica.github.io/CNS2025-Info... -- chaired by @marilyngatica.bsky.social

Our preprint is out and I couldn’t be more excited! 🔥
Huge thanks to such an incredible team 🙌🏻 @andreasantoro.bsky.social Matteo Neri, @poetz.bsky.social, Davide Orsenigo, Matteo Diano, @lordgrilo.bsky.social @nplab.bsky.social
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Join us today at 3:45 in P3 for our symposium on network controllability: connecting theory with empirical observations #ohbm2025

with talks from @marilyngatica.bsky.social @lindenmp.bsky.social and caio seguin with Louisa Schilling filling in for @amykooz.bsky.social.

hope to see you there!

📢 New preprint alert!

With an incredible crew: Carlos Coronel
@rherzoga.bsky.social & Matteo Neri
We propose a computational framework for diversity-sensitive brain health combining:
• Brain clocks
• High-order interactions
• 🧠 Whole-brain modeling

👇👇👇
www.authorea.com/users/825533...

Our own @marilyngatica.bsky.social opening Toponets @netsciconf.bsky.social.

"Now I will talk about Ratatouille" - @marilyngatica.bsky.social

@marilyngatica.bsky.social talking about higher-order interactions for advancing personalized treatments for neurodegenerative disease.