Black In Neuro

Register for in-person and virtual attendance here: tinyurl.com/BINW25

Poster abstract submissions are open now: tinyurl.com/poster-binw25

Stay tuned for more updates on #BINW25

Flyer for the Black In Neuro Conference in-person events. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. In-person events are listed below. Wednesday, September 10 in person events: #PictureABINScientist Poster Session, 3:00-5:00 PM and #BlackInNeuroFamily Social, 7PM to Late. In-person events Thursday, September 11: #BINAwards and Farewell, 4:00-5:00 PM. Below this reads: Black In Neuro Members can register to attend #BINW25 In-Person! All times in Eastern Standard Time. The Black In Neuro logo appears in the bottom left corner and to the right reads "#5YearsofBIN".

Flyer for the Black In Neuro Conference on Wednesday, September 10. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. Sessions listed include: a welcome session 9:00-9:30AM, #BINSeminarSeries lecture 9:30-10:45AM, a NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora symposium 11:00AM-12:00PM, and an #ExploringBIN professional development workshop 1:30-3:00PM. Register to attend #BINW25 Live Streamed Events! All times in Eastern Standard Time. The Black In Neuro logo appears in the bottom left corner and to the right reads "#5YearsofBIN".

Flyer for the Black In Neuro Conference on Thursday, September 11. The background is a soft peach with vibrant geometric patterns in mustard yellow, coral, teal, and pink at the top border. A bold orange "Black In Neuro Conference" title is centered. Sessions listed include: #NeuroRacism Symposium 9:30-11:00AM, a #BINSeminarSeries Lecture #BlackInNeuroFutures Keynote Address 11:15-12:30PM, a #BINSeminarSeries Lecture 1:00-3:00PM, and an #BlackInNeuroAltCareers Symposium 3:00-4:00PM. Register to attend #BINW25 Live Streamed Events! All times in Eastern Standard Time. The Black In Neuro logo appears in the bottom left corner and to the right reads "#5YearsofBIN".

Whether you're in the room or tuning in from across the globe, #BINW25 is for YOU! 🌍
In-person perks: exclusive socials & awards ✨
Online perks: powerful panels & keynotes 💻
Let’s celebrate #5YearsOfBIN, side by side or screen to screen 💛🖤

Register to attend or present a poster at the links below!

BIN Boston: SUMMER SOCIAL ☀️ Please join us for the Black In Neuro (BIN) Boston Summer Social. Register below to engage with the BIN community in greater Boston, build connections, spur collaborations, and grow friendships! 🥳 Wh...

Register at the link here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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#BINBoston is back! 🧠🎉

Join us Sat, Aug 2 from 2–5 PM for a community social with local scholars & professionals. All are welcome — students, faculty, & more!

📍Register for details: tinyurl.com/BINBoston2025
#BlackInNeuro #NeuroTwitter #Networking

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🧠 Poster abstract submissions are OPEN for #BINW25!
Join us in person to share your science, your story, and your brilliance. ✨
Let’s #PictureABINScientist — and that includes YOU!

🔗 tinyurl.com/poster-binw25
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET
#BlackInNeuroConference

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🧠 Poster abstract submissions are OPEN for #BINW25!
Join us in person to share your science, your story, and your brilliance. ✨
Let’s #PictureABINScientist — and that includes YOU!

🔗 tinyurl.com/poster-binw25
🗓️ Deadline: Aug 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM ET
#BlackInNeuroConference

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1/ 🎉 Black In Neuro is turning FIVE — and we’re celebrating with our first-ever in-person conference! 🧠✨
Join us for 3 days of connection, learning & celebration with the BIN community! 💥

📍 Sept 10–12 | Washington, D.C.

Registration is LIVE so register today at the link below! tinyurl.com/BINW25

UC Davis researchers honored by McKnight and Howard Hughes Medical Institute UC Davis faculty Sergey Stavisky, Theanne Griffith and Elisa Zhang receive prestigious early-career recognition from McKnight Endowment Fund and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

I’m so honored to be selected as both a 2025 McKnight Scholar and 2025 HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. And I couldn’t be prouder to share these honors with awesome @ucdavis.bsky.social colleagues 💙💛💙💛

health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlin...

Ten simple rules for thriving in a post-baccalaureate research program

For those considering post-bacc programs, here’s a fun paper I led describing 10 ways to thrive in them!

Though the state of these programs is uncertain, I hope it’s still informative for students
@therealdrdukes@bsky.social

journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

Dr. Crystal M. Glover on Key Protective Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease | Urban Health Today Crystal M. Glover, PhD, explores several protective factors that help promote healthy brain aging and prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

Something to share here and beyond! - the first in a three- part series on protective factors in aging.

urbanhealthtoday.com/post/dr-crys...

@ucimind.bsky.social @ucirvine.bsky.social
@alzdemjournals.bsky.social

2/ We’re bringing back iconic themes, including:
🔁 #BINrollcall
🌍 #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora
🧠 #NeuroRacism

Most #BINW25 events will be public via Zoom + YouTube.

🎟️ Members-only sessions are open to those who identify as Black In Neuro. Membership is FREE so sign up on our site before #BINW25!

The image is an announcement graphic for Black In Neuro Conference 2025. The top and bottom features colourful geometric patterns. Below the geometric frame is bold orange text reads “BLACK IN NEURO CONFERENCE.” Event details follow: “Wednesday, Sept 10 - Friday, Sept 12, 2025, University of the District of Columbia.” An information box states "Register Now" with an arrow directed towards the registration link "HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/BINW25". Next to this is the Black In Neuro logo.

The image is the conference schedule for Black In Neuro Conference 2025. The top and bottom features colorful geometric patterns. Below the top geometric patterns is bold orange text that reads "Conference Schedule" and below in italicized black text that reads "Celebrating 5 years of diversifying the neurosciences". Central to the image is the conference schedule: 10 Sept: #Black In Neuro Roll Call (breakfast); #Seminar Series (industry); #Neuro Across The Diaspora (symposium); #Exploring BIN (professional development workshop); #Picture a BIN Scientist (poster session); #Black In Neuro Family (social). 11 Sept: #Black In Neuro Roll Call (breakfast); #NeuroRacism (seminar); #Black In Neuro Futures (keynote); #Seminar Series (academic); #Black In Neuro Alt-Careers (symposium). 12 Sept: #BINterdisciplinary. An information box states "Register Now" with an arrow directed towards the registration link "HTTPS://TINYURL.COM/BINW25".

1/ 🎉 Black In Neuro is turning FIVE — and we’re celebrating with our first-ever in-person conference! 🧠✨
Join us for 3 days of connection, learning & celebration with the BIN community! 💥

📍 Sept 10–12 | Washington, D.C.

Registration is LIVE so register today at the link below! tinyurl.com/BINW25

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A graphic with horizontal blocks of red, black, and green — colors of the Pan-African flag — features a cream-colored box in the center. At the top, bold red text reads “DID YOU KNOW.” Inside the box, brown text states: “Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were finally informed of their freedom—over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.” Below a row of green dots, it continues: “It marks the end of slavery in the US and an important celebration of Black freedom, resilience, and joy.” In the bottom left corner is the Black In Neuro logo.

A graphic with a red, black, and green striped background features a centered cream-colored box. At the top, bold red text reads: “THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER.” Inside the box, brown text states: “Juneteenth reminds us that freedom is not truly granted until it is realized by all. As we reflect on the delayed liberation of enslaved people in 1865, we’re called to continue the fight for justice, equality, and liberation—everywhere. This history teaches us that no one is free until everyone is free.” In the bottom left corner is the Black In Neuro logo.

🖤 On #Juneteenth, we honor the fight for Black freedom — delayed, but never denied.

At #BlackInNeuro, we carry that legacy forward by creating space for Black excellence in neuroscience, year-round. ✨

Freedom is a journey — and we’re not done yet. ✊🏾

Our research shows how #cannabis affects the developing brain. I spoke to Dr. Delaney Ruston about how #THC exposure in adolescent rats alters cell communication vital for cognitive function.

Watch more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Eb...

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Happy Pride Month!  🌈🧠

Black In Neuro celebrates the brilliance of our queer, trans & nonbinary members — and LGBTQIA+ people worldwide. 🌎
 Black and queer excellence is at the heart of our community. ✨

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This year, we’re going BIG for Black In Neuro Week 2025 in Washington, D.C. — and we need your support to keep this work going.
Sponsorships help fund open events, mentorship, training & more. 🙌🏾

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From a dream to a movement:
🔸 1,500+ members
🌍 40+ countries
🎉 120+ events
We’ve created a space where Black excellence in neuroscience can thrive — and we’re just getting started. #BINW25

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We’re celebrating 5 years of building a global movement for Black neuroscientists — and we need your support to keep it going. 🧠💛

Help support #BlackInNeuro as we grow our impact in academia, industry, and public health.

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a Foster's Tern photo midflight, flying in profile through heavy rain frozen by the shutter speed

a baltimore oriole leaps sideways off a branch, with wings spread wide enough to show their partial translucence

a yellow warbler signing on a branch in the spring forest before the rain

Happy #BlackBirdersWeek!

Sending love to @blackafinstem.bsky.social for bringing us together again as we #flocktofreedom

It's been a rough year for those of us in higher ed and STEM in particular; leaning into the wisdom of the murmuration & hoping it illuminates new flight paths this week🪶

Image of a cannabis leaf from the article, with the Washington City Paper logo at the bottom.

🤔 Today’s #cannabis products are shaped largely by commercial interests, which means consumer health & wellbeing isn’t always the top priority.

I encourage consumers to evaluate these products & know the potential risks.

Read more in @wcp.bsky.social: washingtoncitypaper.com/article/7624...

Slide of President elect of ACOG

Just a little career transition… @acog.org @acogd2.bsky.social

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🎉BIN is turning 5️⃣—and going in-person for Black In Neuro Conference 2025 in Washington, DC 🧠✨
🗓️ It's time to save the date: September 10-12, 2025

Let’s celebrate 5 years of community, connection, and Black excellence in neuroscience!

More details to come soon!! 🤗

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Our AIMS event last week was a hit 🎉

So warmed by the incredible feedback! Attendees shared how much they appreciated learning about #cannabis across clinical care, translational research & preclinical work.

Special thanks to the expert speakers who made this event possible!

Rachel is wearing a green top and sits on a chair on set in a studio. She is surrounded by 4 screens showing different camera angles of her while she speaks.

That's a wrap! 🤩 Had an absolute blast on my first TV shoot!

Thanks to @pastpreservers.bsky.social, Go Button Media, and everyone who made this possible!

Can't wait to see the final outcome of the project 🥰📺

YouTube video by What Now? with Trevor Noah Neuro-Spicy: Discussing ADHD with Dr. Kristin Carothers | What Now? with Trevor Noah Podcast

Noted clinical psychologist Dr. Kristin Carothers joins Christiana and Trevor in discussing ADHD. They demystify the condition, how it’s diagnosed and manifests, and its impact on everything from education to relationships to professional sports.

I used Manim python library and Blender to make a PCR video, please check it out and tell me what you think!

#science #sci #stem #molecularbiology 🧪

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A group photo of guest speaker Dr. Angeline Dukes taking a selfie with the IRACDA INSPIRE program inside a classroom at Rutgers

A selfie of Dr. Angeline Dukes and Dr. Kaliris Salas, a Black woman and Puerto Rican woman neuroscientists. Both women are smiling widely inside a classroom

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“I feel a little less despair” ❤️‍🩹
“I feel more hopeful & inspired” 🙌🏾
“It’s good to know that other people are still fighting so I can too” ✊🏾

-feedback I received from grad students and postdocs after giving my talk at Rutgers ✨

From the lab to a career in data science Nature Reviews Psychology - Nature Reviews Psychology is interviewing individuals with doctoral degrees in psychology who pursued non-academic careers. We spoke with Teon Brooks about his journey...

I had a lovely time chatting with @teresaschubert.bsky.social of @natrevpsychol.nature.com about my experience transitioning from a career as an academic research scientist to an industry data scientist. Gift link below

🧪🧠👨🏾‍🔬 #science #psychsky #neuroskyence #SciFri
cc: @blackinneuro.bsky.social

We hope to see you at #BINSeminarSeries today at 9AM PT|12PM ET! 🧠

It's not too late to register. Just click the link below!
🔗: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🧪 #Neuroskyence #BlackInSTEM