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Cognitive Neuroscientist and avid Yorkshire Tea drinker • Co-founder and Programing Co-Director of Black In Neuro • All things VR/XR & neuroimaging research into social interaction and the maternal brain 🌻🇮🇪🇯🇲
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Ready to rock this pin from @nicolecrust.bsky.social on March 7! #standupforscience

Full-on eugenics, in its most rabid, racist form is oozing its way back into mainstream discourse.

UK use of predictive policing is racist and should be banned, says Amnesty

Signature tally now closing in on 3000. Please keep discussing, sharing and signing to put as much pressure on the Royal Society to respond as possible. forms.gle/AuYvuWqytx8K...

An initiative led by brave graduate students and leaders to fight for science!

Checking into the AfroBioTech Conference at Georgia Tech University and already blown away 🤩 #AfroBioTech25 #AfroBioTech #Blackademia

Columbia University's summer pre-college program is hiring instructors to teach Introduction to Neuroscience, a 3 week, on-campus course! For information on the program, course schedules, and compensation, please visit smrtr.io/pC-Sy #neuroskyence #neuroscience #psychology

Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.

Howard University is now a R1 university, the first HBCU with a research one designation. H-U definitely knows!

Excited to see the NINDS faculty diversity K01 page is also back up and no longer expired. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

A new issue of Cell is out, featuring the 4 winners of the Rising Black Scientists Awards. Their essays bring hope, inspiration and reinforce the importance of equity in science. Do take a moment to check them out: www.cell.com/cell/current @cp-cell.bsky.social

I hope this award is as transformative for each of these amazing winners as it was for me! Congratulations!!!! 🎉

We are proud to announce the winners of the 5th annual Rising Black Scientists Awards! www.cell.com/news-do/risi... Learn more about each winner and their essays now published in @cp-cell.bsky.social below. 🧵 Sponsored by #CellPress, @cellsignal.bsky.social, and @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky

Happy Black History Month ✊🏾 This month, as we do every month, we celebrate Black history and all the many accomplishments our people have made inside and outside of science. We are all Black history yall. We love our community and wish you all joy and peace 🖤

Black History Month is here!! #BlackSky

Some children starting school ‘unable to climb staircase’, finds England and Wales teacher survey

🚨 Exciting news! 🚨 The Black in Neuro Mentorship Program 2025 is coming soon! 🌟 Interested in being a mentor or mentee? Scan the QR code to fill out an interest form or reach out via email. Let’s build the future of #neuroscience together! 💜 #BlackInNeuroMentorship #Mentorship #PhDSky #BlackInSTEM 🧪

A challenge for basic scientists is to guarantee that the future generation of health-care professionals and policymakers understands the importance of addiction and mental health research. By Omar Abubaker, @karlakaun.bsky.social, @ericjnestler.bsky.social bit.ly/42oULRu #neuroskyence

If you are or know of any UK Black women profs promoted in Sept 24 to date, please let me know. This is for our Black women professors list!

Apply for a Professional Development Award! Trainees can request up to $5,000 for a conference, workshop, coursework, or other interdisciplinary activity that furthers your training in neuroscience and society. Due March 14! 🔗 on.dana.org/professional... #neurosociety #fundingopportunity #trainee

More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”

Eleanor Maguire, who died 4 January at age 54, pioneered the famous London taxi-driver study and naturalistic approaches for studying spatial and episodic memory in people. By @callimcflurry.bsky.social www.thetransmitter.org/memory/remem...

"The number of Black enrollees fell by 11.6%...Hispanic enrollees decreased 10.8%. The numbers were even starker for Indigenous students; the number of American Indian or Alaska Natives dropped by 22.1%...Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islanders dropped by 4.3%." www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/m...

Still time to register! Join us for A Session on S.U.R.F. on January 10, 2025 at 12 PM ET for an opportunity to learn more about these programs from current directors! Open to everyone, but particularly useful for undergraduates interested in research! tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪 #MedSky #Neuroscience

I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations—and some differences—about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now. — @anntelnaes.bsky.social

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) are invaluable opportunities for undergraduates to gain research experience, career development and mentorship! Join us Friday, Jan 10 at noon ET for an information session with universities on the application process. Register 👉🏽 tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧪

A must-attend webinar for anyone seeking out summer undergraduate research opportunities!

Hello Bluesky! I'm the Chair of Translational Neuroscience and Director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai. I study the neurobiology underlying addiction disorders & I'm passionate about using science to end stigma 🧠 Excited to connect with scientists in #Neuroskyence & #AddictionSci 🦋

Winter is here *Game of Thrones Voice*. AND so is the application process for Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships! Register for the S.U.R.F. info session on January 10, 2025 for more in depth program information! tinyurl.com/4mzjyz9 🧵 1/2 #Neuroscience #AcademicSky #BlackInSTEM 🧪

Hey, new followers! I'm Sascha! The stan life brought me all the way to academia😂 What a journey! Here's me at my PhD graduation this summer at MMU, looking super nervous😅

**Patients, carers and clinicians with lived experience of sickle cell in the UK** A survey for shaping future sickle cell research if you are happy to participate www.surveymonkey.com/r/sicklecell...

Here's Meta's new 'Audio To Expression' Quest SDK feature in action, compared to the old Oculus Lipsync:

Is anybody aware of a pre-registration template/example for MEG studies? Thanks!

Applications are open for the James McCune Smith (JMS) Scholarships here @uofglasgow.bsky.social. which fund Black UK students to undertake PhD research in Glasgow in any field. They provide an enhanced experience and are very well-supported. www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships.... Please share this widely

The Dana Foundation is officially on Bluesky! Our mission is to advance neuroscience that benefits society and reflect the aspirations of all people. Follow along for updates about the field of neuroscience and society. Visit us at dana.org! #neurosociety #neuro #neuroscience

This is so cool!! I remember seeing a vendor at SFN24 that had VR goggles for mice and they called it “Moculus” 🥺🐭🤣

🚨 Our paper is finally online! 🚨 🖥️🐭 Are you a head-fixed VR user? Interested in integrating VR and eye tracking into your setup? Check this out! 👀💡 🔍 Don’t miss it! 🙌 #Neuroscience #VR #Research

To celebrate the closing of my first year as a PI, I present the drastically miss-sized things I have ordered next to what I was trying to order, a thread. #sciencesky #neuroskyence #neuroscience Up first...Rosie the wrench. Silver lining torque is amazing and we now have a lab mascot.

Nominations are open for the Index of Inspiring Black Scientists! We're building a global resource to celebrate and connect inspiring Black scholars in STEM at all career stages. Nominate someone today! Details: forms.gle/7nq5s2xBENUF... #InspiringBlackScientists

A reminder that liking a post on bsky doesn't make it appear on your followers feed in the same way that it did on X. If you think your followers may be interested in a post, then please do re-post it don't just like it.

**Black UK PhD students** Fully funded PhD study - fees and stipend -Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences -Faculty of Health and Life Sciences **Tell everyone** www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Congratulations to Michelle D. Jones-London, Ph.D., for being awarded the Dolores Shockley Diversity and Inclusion Advancement Award! #ACNP2024 1/2

Hello Bluesky 🏙️! Psychtoolbox is here! Follow us for Psychtoolbox-related news📰, as well as tips and tricks💡! #Psychtoolbox

**Black UK PhD students** This is the programme you want! It is all the bells and whistles, full fees and stipend, any subject, industrial experience offered, 50 other Black scholars already on board and administrated in an environment of care. **Tell everyone**

We have a contract opportunity live @wellcometrust.bsky.social at the moment seeking a partner organisation to help us deliver up to £1m in small grants to Black-led academic researcher initiatives and networks 🧫🔬🧪👨🏾‍🔬👩🏿‍🔬. More info is available below. www.linkedin.com/posts/faith-... #academicsky