The 3rd Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Salk! 🖤💚❤️

....And we BACK! Let's kick off #BINW23 with #BlackInNeuroRollCall 👩🏽‍🔬🧠🥳 My name is Brielle Ferguson and since the last #BINW, I started as an assistant professor and opened my new lab at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's. 🎉✨

THIS slide from our #BINW23 Welcome Session makes me want to cry 🥲🥲 Over the past 3 years, Black In Neuro 🧠 has hosted over 110 free public events and over 22,000 people register for them‼️ But most importantly, we have a directory of over 900+ BIN community members 😭💗

Hi all! I'm Shawn, an Assistant Professor at California State University, Chico. I'm interested in how environmental factors impact adolescent psychiatric disorders. Check out our panel Friday about how to navigate the academic job market. #BlackInNeuroRollCall #BlackInNeuroWeek

Happy to be back for yet another #BlackInNeuroWeek!👋🏾🤩 I'm an Instructor at Harvard Medical School, a @SCAgingBrain TTI fellow, and an Incoming (Hiring) TT Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern (@UTSWNews) studying the Epigenetic Regulation of Appetite 🧠🧬🍔🤤 #BlackInNeuroRollCall

Hey y’all, Happy #BINW23! ✊🏾🧠 I’m Lillian Brady, a #NewPI UAB Heersink School of Medicine in the department of UAB Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology studying sex-specific regulation of dopamine release mechanisms in substance use disorder. #BlackInNeuroRollCall 🖤

So excited for #BINW23! I’m Whitney Wyche, a 3rd year student at UIC Neuroscience studying the neurobio mechanisms of racial discrimination on late-life depression recurrence and resilience. #BlackInNeuroRollCall

Happy #BINW23 !! I'm a postdoc Salk Institute , co-founder of Black Association at Salk (BAS) , and incoming Assistant Professor UCLA Also, currently trying to audition for a spot on Below Deck ⛵ #BlackInNeuroRollCall #BlackInNeuroWeek

What an amazing kick-off to the week with #BlackInNeuroRollCall! 🥳 We’re just getting started and have another 6 days of FREE live talks, panels and local meetups. ✨ Register at BlackInNeuro.com to have access to all #BINW23 events sent right to your inbox. 💁🏽‍♀️

Black In Neuro 🧠 My name is Tracy Uzoigwe. A new PhD student in cognitive neuroscience UCI Cognitive Sciences. I will be joining the Sleep and Cognition Lab of Dr. Sara C Mednick to understand how the brain uses sleep physiology to influence our cognitive and memory processes #BlackInNeuroRollCall

Excited for #BIN23 #BlackInNeuroRollCall Dr. Indira Turney here, Associate Research Scientist Columbia Medicine 🧠Dedicating my career to understanding structural and systematic influences on the aging brain & diversifying STEM 💼Seeking tenure-track positions; let’s connect!

For #BINW23, we’re switching it up and hosting our first local meetups. I’m super excited to be co-hosting the Boston #BlackJoyInNeuro meetup with Amirah Anderson. Register below to join us and for more information. forms.gle/NuEyYhRi8U2DRa… Can’t wait to meet all of you! 🥳

Thank you HHMI and the Hanna Gray Fellows Program for the Support!

#NeuroRacism - Meet The Experts Journal Club #BINW23 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

HUGE CONGRATS TO CO-FOUNDER OF BAS DR. JASMIN REVANNA FOR SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING HER THESIS 8/26/24 !!!

Next BAS Meeting: 11/4/24, 12pm, HHMI Room @ Salk

Come through for our Black in STEM panel where we will be hearing about the brilliant research of Dr. Karine Gibbs, Dr. Gentry Patrick, and Dr. Quinton Smith !! 2/18 - Talks + Q&A 1-2:30pm, Mixer 2:30-4pm Link to event/RSVP page: salk.edu/events/science…

Happy Black History Month! Here's a fun fact: Black History Month was originally celebrated in February to in order to honor the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

Two weeks!!!