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ProfessorMac Shine

Level 3 Supervisor, Neuroscience Theme

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Level 3 Supervisor, Neuroscience Theme
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP SUMMARy

My broader engagement with the global neuroscience community also informs my approach to mentorship. As Program Chair Elect for the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping and a contributor to The Transmitter, I am well positioned to connect students with the wider field — through conference opportunities, collaborative networks, and exposure to the evolving frontiers of systems neuroscience.

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Organisation for Human Brain Mapping
    1 Jan 2027
    Chair
  • MEDIA
    The silent majority: How astrocytes shape the brain across scales
    12 May 2026
    Melissa Cooper interviews Professor James M. Shine about new work revealing how astrocytic networks wire together in long-range, experience-dependent patterns.
  • MEDIA
    What a bird's-eye view of half a million papers reveals about neuroscience
    6 Apr 2026
    AI-driven bibliometric mapping of neuroscience across 25 years.
  • MEDIA
    How Brain Processing Changes Across Neural Population Scales - Episode 220
    1 Mar 2026
    Conversation about scale-free properties of brain activity conserved across species.
  • EDITORIAL
    Brain Topography
    1 Jan 2026
    Journal
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    OHBM Early Career Investigator Award
    24 Jun 2025
  • MEDIA
    The brain's quiet conductor: How hidden cells fine-tune arousal
    7 May 2025
    Pericoeruleus inhibitory control of locus coeruleus subpopulations.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    The University of Sydney, Centre for Complex Systems
    1 Jan 2025
    Consultant
  • MEDIA
    How Brain Activity Shapes Longevity and Cognitive Health - Episode 5
    1 Dec 2024
    Discussion of cognitive health, the ascending arousal system, and general recommendations for prolonged cognitive function.
  • MEDIA
    Should we use the computational or the network approach to analyze functional brain-imaging data — why not both?
    13 May 2024
    Combining data-driven and model-based fMRI approaches.
  • MEDIA
    How can we fold cellular-level details into whole-brain neuroimaging networks?
    21 Feb 2024
    Mac interviews Bratislav Misic about connecting microscopic and macroscopic brain organization.
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience Forum
    1 Jan 2024
    Consultant
  • MEDIA
    When Your Brain Runs in Reverse: A Neuroscientist's Journey Through Aphantasia (opens in a new tab)⁠
    31 Aug 2023
    What happens when a neuroscientist studying visual hallucinations discovers he can't visualize at all? Mac Shine's personal revelation led to groundbreaking insights about how our brains create—and fail to create—mental imagery.
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  • EDITORIAL
    Imaging Neuroscience
    1 Jan 2023
    Journal
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Organization for Human Brain Mapping Oceania Chapter
    1 Jan 2022 - 1 Dec 2023
    Chair
  • MEDIA
    Mac Shine: Systems Neurobiology - Episode 121
    2 Dec 2021
    Discussion of subcortical systems — thalamus, basal ganglia, cerebellum — and the ascending arousal system.
  • RECOGNITION
    NSW Tall Poppy
    1 Jan 2020
  • EDITORIAL
    Brain Informatics
    1 Jan 2019
    Journal
  • EDITORIAL
    Network Neuroscience
    1 Jan 2019
    Journal
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Brain and Mind Center Paper Prize
    1 Jan 2018
  • AWARDS AND PRIZES
    Early Career Investigator Award, ACNS
    1 Jan 2018
  • RECOGNITION
    NSW Early Career Scientist of the Year, Chief Scientist of NSW
    1 Jan 2018
  • OFFICE HELD
    Organization for Human Brain Mapping Oceania Chapter
    1 Jan 2018
    Treasurer
  • OFFICE HELD
    Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Australasian Chapter
    1 Jan 2018
    Chair
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Symposium
    1 Jan 2018
    Organized Neuroimaging Symposium, Sydney