It’s the equivalent of building the interstate highway system and then not letting anyone use it. It’s wasting a generation of taxpayer investments and decades of study volunteers time

Suicide Prevention >> 988 << Center Against Sexual Assault 866-373-8300 Alliance on Mental Illness 800-950-6264 Sexual Assault 800-656-4673 Domestic Violence Hotline: 800−799−7233 Crisis Text Line: Text HELLO to 741741 Veterans Crisis Line: 800-273-8255 and Press 1

🧠 Sexism & Memory Decline Women born in most sexist US states experience faster memory decline after 65 (equivalent to 9 years of cognitive aging) compared to those in less sexist states Reducing structural sexism could improve long-term cognitive health 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/alz.... #SciComm 🧪

Honored that a piece I wrote made it to NYTimes. It’s about how my mom’s stroke changed my connection to time, science, and nature. What a privilege to honor my mom in Modern Love. Below is a gift link. Let me know your thoughts 🙏🏼 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/s...

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 🧪

REPAIRING THE NEURAL HIGHWAY #Nature At present, there is no way to reverse damage to the spinal cord or to restore lost function. But regenerative therapies in the initial stages of clinical testing are offering hope.

A #FluorescenceFriday fresh from the microscope! Check these neurons 🟠 opening space to allow a blood vessel to pass between them! Astrocytes🔵 and microglia 🟢 give the shape of the blood vessel, and check the red blood cells 🔴 inside. Isn't the brain pretty? 🔬🧠 Antibodies used in the ALT text!

Super huge congrats to postdoc in our group Bernie Mulvey and co-leads Kristen Maynard & @kasperdhansen.bsky.social on this absolute tour de force paper profiling sex differences in the human hypothalamus. Really important biological insight about gene expression differences in sex-biased disorders.

This is a fun reminder of how terrified I was to start my first grad stats class (since my last stats class exposure had been 7 years prior), but then methods wiz MM started us off with the 25 days of Rmas and advent_calendaR is still my working directory folder. 😂🤓 #rstats #PhDSky

This art installation at the North Carolina Museum of Art is fanastic. Each of the swings plays notes from one of four instruments—harp, piano, guitar, and vibraphone.

It’s time to update your intake form! The phrase “preferred pronouns” implies that a queer person’s pronouns are not inherent to them. Instead, it’s better to think of everyone’s pronouns as inherent to who they are. www.instagram.com/reel/DCqR-iL...

So excited that @teachplaygrub.bsky.social is on here now; she is one of my absolute favorites for learning neuroanatomy 💜

Do we need another starter pack? I'm erring on the side of yes. go.bsky.app/GVMZMcB

Psych and Neuro starter packs! 🧠 Black in Neuro go.bsky.app/F8PpdPe LGBTQ+ Psych go.bsky.app/LsshH49 Personality Psych go.bsky.app/TwHBMQi Women Clinical Psych go.bsky.app/SsNPcGP Network Neuro go.bsky.app/PR8rVkF Clinical Neuropsych go.bsky.app/8fgyJiS Develop Cog Psych go.bsky.app/MdqXgMy

For anyone interested, I wrote this piece recently: www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen... #Alzheimers #womensbrainhealth

Excitedly waiting for all of my favorite neuro folks to join