I can’t tell y’all how desperately I needed to hear this. The past few weeks have really beaten down my morale. But remembering how every one of my office hours this semester was full with students and receiving this email reinforced that all my effort really is worth it ❤️✨

#BlackInNeuro has supported marginalized neuroscientists for 5️⃣ years!! ✨ We have gorgeous limited-edition pins 😍 for $15 donations to support BIN programming ❤️ blackinneuro.com/donate I can mail it to you or if you just want to donate, I’ll give your pin to trainees at #ABRCMS 🤗 Please share 🙌🏾✨

Don't you just love this design? If you're at SDCC for #SfN25 -- or on the interwebs and care about the future of neuroscience -- please support @blackinneuro.bsky.social 🧪🧬🧠🔬👨🏿‍🔬

Our #BlackInNeuro social is always the highlight of my year 🤩 These were our undergrads/lab tech, graduate student, postdoc, and faculty/professional attendees respectively ✨ Love seeing our community continue to grow & support each other in tumultuous times 💞 #SfN25 @blackinneuro.bsky.social

If you didn’t get a chance to purchase the exclusive 5-year #BlackInNeuro pin last night, I have more with me today! ✨ We’re asking for $15 donations to support BIN programming ❤️ blackinneuro.com/donate Allies are welcome to purchase pins as well 🙌🏾 #SfN25

Join our next #BlackInNeuro seminar! 🧠✨ 🗓️ Nov 14 — 9AM PT | 12PM ET Topic: non-invasive neurodiagnostics + advancing equitable brain health resources in Africa. Register today! 🔗 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🎉 Heading to SfN? Come vibe with the BIN fam at our SfN Social on Nov 17! Good food, great people, and even better energy 🖤 🗓️ November 17 🕢 7:30–10:30PM 📍 San Diego | Register today! 🔗 blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-6419762

Hey there Black in Neuro family!👋🏾 It’s FINALLY chapters’ week and we’re SO excited to celebrate the community, camaraderie, safe spaces that our BIN chapters create! 🎉 Are you part of a chapter? Using the hashtag #BINTogether introduce yourself and kick off the week with us! 🤩

I’m excited to announce that I’ve been selected as a winner of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications @scicommexcellence.nationalacademies.org!! Learn more: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm

Boston fam — we’re linking up! 🧠✨ Join BIN Boston for a Chapters Week Social on Oct 29 @ 5:30PM in Cambridge, MA! 🍽️ Network, relax, eat, repeat. 📍 Don’t miss the vibes! 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BlackInNeuro #ChaptersWeek2025

💡Calling all BIN Chapter Leaders! Our Leaders Retreat is happening on Friday, Oct 31st — a dedicated space to connect, reflect, celebrate wins, and plan for the future. ✨ Come ready to collaborate and grow together 👉🏾 Register: linktr.ee/binchapters

Wow! I finished another Week in the course… I finally more than half way through. One more module and then my attempt at the end-of-the-course project. Can’t believe I really did this, on my own too. 😳 #NMA 🧠💻💪🏾

🧪 I'm happy to share a new preprint that @sazeka.bsky.social and I recently submitted through our work with @gothamdataclinic.org. It's a review of tools, infrastructure, and training needed to broaden data science education in high school and higher education. #datascience #education #opensource

Thrilled to be selected as an #ISSCR2026 Ambassador! The @isscr.org 2026 Annual Meeting will take place in Montréal, Canada on 8-11 July 2026 & features 4 days of scientific sessions with talks from global researchers! Explore the scientific program and the ways to participate. invt.io/1bxbxxyb5t0

🎓 BIN SURP Symposium is coming to Howard University! 🧠✨ Join us Oct 30 (9:30 AM–2:30 PM ET) to celebrate & support early-career neuro researchers with workshops, roundtables & more. 📍 Howard Univ, D.C. 🔗 Register: linktr.ee/binchapters #BlackInNeuro #BINSURP #BINChapters #BINTogether

✨ BIN Manhattan Networking Night ✨ Join us Wed, Oct 29 for an evening of connection, empowerment & career moves 🧠💫 Meet fellow Black In Neuro members & expand your network! 📅 Oct 29, 2025 🔗 Register: linktr.ee/binchapters #BlackInNeuro #BINChapters #BINTogether #NetworkingNight

⭐ Thinking about starting or joining a BIN Chapter? Join our Community Call on Tuesday, Oct 28th at 12 PM ET / 4 PM GMT to learn how you can connect locally and help grow the BIN network. 💬 Don’t miss out — register here: linktr.ee/binchapters

🎉 It’s Roll Call time! Join us on Monday, Oct 27th for a day of celebration across our BIN Chapters! Connect with your regional community, introduce yourself, and shout out your chapter using #BINTogether. We can’t wait to see you!🌍 ➡️ Register: linktr.ee/binchapters

📣 Call for Papers! We’re partnering with @OUPAcademic for a special issue: Picture a Black In Neuro Scientist 🧠🖤 Submit research, reviews, perspectives & more by Dec 31, 2025 📅 Details + submit: blackinneuro.com/call-for-pap... #BlackInNeuro #5YearsOfBIN #CallForPapers

🎉 Get ready for Black In Neuro Chapters Week 2025! 🗓 Oct 27–31 — a week of connection, community & celebration 🖤 📣 Chapter Roll Call 🤝 Community Call 🍸 Manhattan Mixer 🧠 1st-ever Chapters SURP Symposium! ✨ Register: linktr.ee/BINchapters #BlackInNeuro #BINTogether #ChaptersWeek2025

🎉Black in Anatomy Week 2025 is here! 🎉 For all who love anatomy, join us from October 13-18 for our members meeting & an excellent lineup of speakers and events. Let's celebrate #BlackinAnatWeek 2025 together! Registration links at linktr.ee/blackinanatomy #BlackinAnat

It's almost time for #BlackInMicro week (1 DAY 🎉). Everyone is welcome, Pre-register and Donate today: linktr.ee/BlackInMicro#BlackInMicro

Had such a great conversation with @phdgprotein86.bsky.social. It's always great to go down memory lane with @heydrdukes.bsky.social to the early days of @blackinneuro.bsky.social, but listening back also gave me a much-needed reminder of the power of community, especially right now.

We’re looking for neuro-inspired art for our 5th Annual Report! 🧠🎨 Submit your drawings, photos, microscopy, paintings & more by tomorrow, Sept. 30th! 🔗 forms.gle/mcW28wmzWF3jZy1c9 #5YearsOfBIN #Neuroskyence #BlackInSTEM #SciArt

🎨 Ahead of our first in-person #BlackInNeuro Conference this week, we’re looking for neuro-inspired art for our 5th Annual Report! 🧠✨ Submit your drawings, photos, paintings & more by Sept. 30th! 🔗 forms.gle/mcW28wmzWF3j... #5YearsOfBIN

This month’s newsletter features @jheannellejohnson.bsky.social on @blackinneuro.bsky.social’s new initiative and Q&As with @kmcostalab.com and @matthiasnau.bsky.social about their new labs. Plus, the latest neuroscience funding and job opportunities. Sign up for the newsletter. bit.ly/4pAlyU3

Beyond proud of the @blackinneuro.bsky.social team! We hosted our first in-person conference at UDC featuring: 🧠 A public poster session inviting community 🌍 #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora symposium 🔑 #AltCareers panel. The work continues as we plan events to empower neuroscientists everywhere. 💫

Kudos to @blackinneuro.bsky.social for this important work. #DEI Amid a crackdown on DEI, a group of Black neuroscientists celebrates its growth www.statnews.com/2025/09/17/b... via by @aniloza.bsky.social @statnews.com CC: @shaine.bsky.social @heydrdukes.bsky.social @sciwhye23.bsky.social

Closing off our #BINW25 sessions with a panel featuring leaders in sectors beyond the bench. Peace Olaniran, and Drs. Sheena M. Posey Norris, Korie Grayson are sharing insights from their inspiring journeys on how they navigated transitioning out of academia.

My favorite talk at this year‘s @blackinneuro.bsky.social conference from Black in AI founder Dr. Timnit Gebru. We discussed the problematic history of AI research, and reimagined a future in which AI is decentralized, well-defined, and less biased. Lots to think/read about from this one!

Happening now! You can tune in via our YouTube! www.youtube.com/live/nz0_RQc...

Happening now! You can join via our Youtube! 🧠 🔗: www.youtube.com/live/aUcFfdo...

Happy #BINW25! What a whirlwind it's been since we started, but I credit so much of my progress to the community I've found through blackinneuro.bsky.social. In honor of 5 years of #BIN, we'd love for you to share your Then & Now posts, just remember to use the hashtag #BlackInNeuroRollCall.

The professional development workshops at the @blackinneuro.bsky.social conference are def whipping us academics into shape! We’ve been encouraged to grow our personal brands, be consistent on LinkedIn, & brainstorm ways to incorporate innovation into our work to maximize our impact as scientists.

We're excited to be here at the @blackinneuro.bsky.social Conference. Swing by our booth to learn more about our efforts to support early-career neuroscience researchers. #BINW25 #neuroskyence

Kicking off #BINW25 Day 2 with a session on science communication. We're learning from three leaders in this space on combating misinformation, science accessibility, and building visibility for underrepresented scientists. Join the livestream here: www.youtube.com/blackinneuro...

Our next session is on how to best "Communicate Your Credentials" from Melissa Reitkopp. You won't want to miss these tricks of the trade for standing out in this current moment. Join the livestream below: www.youtube.com/live/ApDxGan...

Our second #BINW25 hybrid session is LIVE! We’re learning from scholars around the globe about their experiences navigating academia. Join us for the #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora Symposium below: www.youtube.com/live/TubJDkY...

We’ve come a long way since 2020, and so have you! 🥳 Create your ‘then and now’ roll call post with the #BINW25 template using the link or QR code below. Tag your post on social media with #BlackInNeuroRollCall As always, we can't wait to connect with everyone 👋🏽 drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Kicking off our first session with Dr. Tabia Pope, President and CEO of Head to Speech, Inc. and Clinical Instructor of Speech-Language Pathology at UDC.

@blackinneuro.bsky.social Good morning, and happy #BINW25 🎉 If you're joining on-line, check your inbox for your link to join the #BINW25 zoom. You can also follow along with livestream here: www.youtube.com/blackinneuro... If you're joining in person, can't wait to meet you! 🤩

The first ever @blackinneuro.bsky.social in-person conference has officially started!!! Join us virtually: www.youtube.com/blackinneuro...

Happy #BlackInNeuro Week 2025!!! ❤️🎉 So much has changed over the past 5 years and we’d love to see how you’ve grown! Use the link below to make your own Then & Now post 🥰 #BINW25 #BlackInNeuroRollCall #5YearsOfBIN 🙌🏾 🧠

🎨 Ahead of our first in-person #BlackInNeuro Conference this week, we’re looking for neuro-inspired art for our 5th Annual Report! 🧠✨ Submit your drawings, photos, paintings & more by Sept. 30th! 🔗 forms.gle/mcW28wmzWF3j... #5YearsOfBIN

There’s more than one way to do science 🧠💼 Join us for #BlackInNeuroAltCareers: Beyond the Bench at #BINW25 — featuring Black scientists thriving in tech, policy & beyond. 🗓 Sept 11 | 🕒 3–4 PM ET #5YearsOfBIN

There’s more than one way to do science 🧠💼 Join us for #BlackInNeuroAltCareers: Beyond the Bench at #BINW25 — featuring Black scientists thriving in tech, policy & beyond. 🗓 Sept 11 | 🕒 3–4 PM ET #5YearsOfBIN

The wait is over!!! Join us to celebrate the start of the newest chapter of Black In Neuro 🧠 📍Busboys & Poets, Washington DC 🗓️ September 10| 7–9 PM Come network, unwind, & build community and let’s start this chapter strong! Register to attend! tinyurl.com/BINW25

There’s more than one way to do science 🧠💼 Join us for #BlackInNeuroAltCareers: Beyond the Bench at #BINW25 — featuring Black scientists thriving in tech, policy & beyond. 🗓 Sept 11 | 🕒 3–4 PM ET
 #5YearsOfBIN

How do we protect Black futures in an age of AI? 🤖🧠 Join the #BINW25 #BlackInNeuroFutures Keynote with Dr. @timnitgebru.bsky.social “Protecting Black Futures from B(AI)S” 🗓 Sept 11 | 🕝 1:30–3:00 PM ET 🎥 You can still register to attend virtually! 🔗 tinyurl.com/BINW25 #5YearsOfBIN

Midlife matters — and the science backs it up :brain::sparkles: Join us at #BINW25 for #BINSeminarSeries: From the Ivory Tower with Dr. Indira Turney, diving into stress biology, lifestyle, and brain aging. 🗓️ Sept 11 | :clock11: 11:15 AM–12:30 PM ET 🎥 Register to attend virtually! #5YearsOfBIN