Brain Modelling Group

QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia

We model and analyse brain structure and dynamics in health and disease. Our main area is computational neuroscience, at the intersection of physics, mathematics, and neuroscience. We mainly focus on neuroimaging data, and with a little machine learning and network science we tackle problems in psychiatry and neurology.

Recent Posts

New paper: A growth chart of brain function from infancy to adolescence based on EEG

Functional brain age derived from EEG is an accurate, practical and scalable automated tool to track brain function maturation throughout childhood with accuracy comparable to widely used physical growth charts.
27 Mar 2024 2 min read News

New paper: Mechanisms underlying pathological cortical bursts during metabolic depletion

Disruption to the brain’s oxygen supply triggers pathological dynamics and brain injuries. A model of coupled metabolic-neuronal activity generates burst suppression patterns similar to those of infants after birth asphyxia.
Last updated on 9 Aug 2023 1 min read News

Congratulations Dr Shrey Dutta

Congratulations to Shrey Dutta for passing his PhD oral exam! 🎉 🎓
Last updated on 28 Jul 2023 1 min read News

New paper: Evolutionary shaping of human brain dynamics

Comparing chimp brains to human brains
Last updated on 28 Jul 2023 1 min read News

Farewell James Pang, welcome Kartik Iyer

Alas James Pang is off to a postdoc at Monash 😢. But Kartik Iyer joins us to work with Nathan on paediatric EEG 😀.
Last updated on 18 May 2021 1 min read News
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Projects

Better infant brain monitoring

Developing diagnostic and prognostic markers for neonatal brain health

Brain dynamics

Modelling large-scale brain dynamics in neuroimaging data

People

Principal Investigators

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James Roberts

Group Leader

Researchers

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Kartik Iyer

Postdoc

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Nathan Stevenson

Postdoc

Students

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Shrey Dutta

PhD Student

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Lachlan Webb

PhD Student

Alumni

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James Pang

Former postdoc

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Paula Sanz-Leon

Former postdoc

Computational modelling, Spatiotemporal analysis, Scientific software

Featured Publications

Mechanisms underlying pathological cortical bursts during metabolic depletion

July 2023 Nature Communications
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Mechanisms of imbalanced frontostriatal functional connectivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder

November 2022 Brain
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Evolutionary shaping of human brain dynamics

June 2022 eLife
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Bedside tracking of functional autonomic age in preterm infants

January 2022 Pediatric Research
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Stochastic synchronization of dynamics on the human connectome

January 2021 NeuroImage
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Automated cot-side tracking of functional brain age in preterm infants with routine EEG monitoring

January 2020 Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
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Reliability and accuracy of EEG interpretation for estimating age in preterm infants

January 2020 Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
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Metastable brain waves

January 2019 Nature Communications
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Recent Publications

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Shrey Dutta, Kartik K Iyer, Sampsa Vanhatalo, Michael Breakspear, James A Roberts (2023). Mechanisms underlying pathological cortical bursts during metabolic depletion. Nature Communications.

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Sebastien Naze, Luke J Hearne, James A Roberts, Paula Sanz-Leon, Bjorn Burgher, Caitlin Hall, Saurabh Sonkusare, Zoie Nott, Leo Marcus, Emma Savage, Conor Robinson, Ye Ella Tian, Andrew Zalesky, Michael Breakspear, Luca Cocchi (2022). Mechanisms of imbalanced frontostriatal functional connectivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Brain.

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Paula Sanz-Leon, Lachlan H W Hamilton, Sebastian J Raison, Anna J. X. Pan, Nathan J Stevenson, Robyn M Stuart, Romesh G Abeysuriya, Cliff C Kerr, Stephen B Lambert, James A Roberts (2022). Modelling herd immunity requirements in Queensland: impact of vaccination effectiveness, hesitancy, and variants of SARS-CoV-2. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.

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James C Pang, James K. Rilling, James A Roberts, Martijn P. van den Heuvel, Luca Cocchi (2022). Evolutionary shaping of human brain dynamics. eLife.

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Paula Sanz-Leon, Nathan J Stevenson, Robyn M Stuart, Romesh G Abeysuriya, James C Pang, Stephen B Lambert, Cliff C Kerr, James A Roberts (2022). Risk of sustained SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Queensland, Australia. Scientific Reports.

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Contact

  • 300 Herston Rd, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4006