Flux Blog
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Joana Sa de Almeida
With the 2025 Flux Congress mere months away, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we invite...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Ellyn Butler (PhD Student, Northwestern University)
With the 2025 Flux Congress mere months away, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to spotlight some of your fellow attendees through our trainee research profiles. If you’re a trainee—whether a student, post-bacc, or postdoc—and would like to be featured, we invite...
Exploring Functional Brain Connectivity in Pediatric Focal Epilepsy
Epilepsy Awareness Day was March 26th. Flux Communications Committee Member Christina Lutz, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Universityof Geneva, provided this following podcast, which delves into the critical research on functional brain connectivity in children with...
Top o’ the mornin’ to ye! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) is an annual holiday commemorating St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Yes, that one - he’s the guy who, as legend has it, drove all the snakes off the island and out of the country. While it has religious origins, St. Patrick’s Day...
Statement on the NIH Imposed Standard Indirect Cost Rate
Dear Flux Community, Flux has joined forces with several leading brain and behavior organizations to address the recent NIH statement announcing a cap on the indirect rate for research. This policy change threatens critical funding for scientific discovery and...
Adolescents in love: What makes a first love special?
“Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” ― William Shakespeare. Although probably not as intense as Romeo and Juliet’s, most people will remember their own first love. What makes a first love so special? Known as the greatest love story of all time, Romeo and Juliet...
Supporting Science in Uncertain Times: A Message from Flux Society
We wanted to connect with our community of scientists in light of the recent news that the operations of NIH, NSF and other federal agencies have been potentially affected by executive action. While this primarily impacts our US members, as an international community...
Save the Date!
2025 Annual Business Meeting and Round Table Wednesday 19 February 202510:00 AM US CST; 4:00 PM GMT This is your opportunity as a member of Flux to stay informed about the Society and learn from leaders in the industry.Business Meeting Overview Flux Leadership will...
January is Mentorship Month
Mentorship is the cornerstone of scientific research and can set the tone for a scientific career. Scientific careers are launched under the guidance of advisors, similar to an apprenticeship, often beginning in graduate school but sometimes even earlier. Given the...
Aperiodic EEG activity: Longitudinal developmental trajectories and associations with maternal and child internalizing symptoms.
Each year at the Flux Congress, attendees have the opportunity to vote for their favorite posters, highlighting research that stands out for its innovation, impact, and presentation. As one of the 2024 People's Choice winners, Dashiell Sacks, PhD captured the...
A Neurocognitive Model of Early Onset Persistent and Desistant Antisocial Behavior in Early Adulthood
Each year at the Flux Congress, attendees have the opportunity to vote for their favorite posters, highlighting research that stands out for its innovation, impact, and presentation. As one of the 2024 People's Choice winners, Ilse van de Groep, PhD captured the...
Be Part of Flux’s Growth: Volunteer for a Committee Role
Flux members are invited to get involved with the Society by joining one of our committees! This is a great opportunity to contribute to the future of our society, shape the direction of key initiatives, and collaborate with fellow researchers in developmental...
October is the Dyslexia Awareness Month!
Dyslexia, or reading disability, is a developmental disorder characterized by inaccurate and slow reading despite an averaged nonverbal intelligence and repeated exposure to written language. Several theories were raised regarding the causes of dyslexia, such as an...
Flux Trainee Spotlight: Lonneke Elzinga (Graduate Student, Leiden University).
As the 2024 Flux congress approaches, the Flux Trainee Committee is excited to introduce you to some of your conference peers via our trainee research profiles. If you are a trainee (student, post-bacc, postdoc) and would like to be featured, please fill out our...
Flux Outreach Event: The Young Child’s Brain: What Helps & What Harms?
Flux Society’s Communication Committee, in collaboration with the Early Childhood Development and Education Center at Kennedy Krieger, is excited to host a special 2024 outreach event titled "The Young Child's Brain: What Helps & What Harms?". Date: Monday,...
Innovations in Toddler Functional MRI
I am very excited to be teaming up with Dr. Tomoki Arichi, Dr. Annika Linke, and Dr. Kathryn Manning to discuss “Innovations in Toddler functional MRI” at Flux 2024! Anyone who has spent time with a toddler knows that they change in the blink of an eye – so as...
Reflecting on 25 Years of Progress: Prof. Chandan Vaidya on the ‘From Neurons to Neighborhood’ Symposium at Flux2024
I met with Prof. Chandan Vaidya (CV), the chair of the upcoming symposia “'From Neurons to Neighborhood': Twenty-Five Years Later” in the upcoming Flux meeting, for a short interview to share some insights about their session. THK: What is your symposium about?CV: The...
#Flux2024 Interdisciplinary Symposium Discusses How Stressful Environments Impact Brain Development
We can’t wait for #Flux2024 in Baltimore! To help share our excitement, we have been fortunate to interview some of the chairs of the upcoming symposia. Below, Dr. Jamie Hanson gives us some early insight into what to expect from his chaired symposium on environmental...
Understanding Developmental Changes in Cortical Excitation-Inhibition Balance at Flux2024
The upcoming Flux Congress 2024 will feature a thought-provoking symposium titled "Developmental Changes in Cortical Excitation-Inhibition Balance through Adolescence and Functional Implications for Cognition." This session will explore how shifts in the brain’s...
Flux Diversity Session: 2024 Dis/Ability, Accessibility, and Inclusion: Shifting the focus from individuals to systems
Dis/ability is prevalent and sometimes hidden, yet it is often overlooked in our field’s conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion. For this year’s diversity session, we bring these topics into focus, bringing together a group of speakers to discuss...