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Happy #BrainAwarenessWeek! 🧠 🎉

All week long, we'll be sharing all things brain and take you behind the scenes of our work to demystify it.

🎨 Amazing agar art by Research Associate Brooke Wynalda!

#Neuroskyence #BrainWeek @danafoundation.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
kaleidoscopesci.bsky.social
Just one week until I kick off #BrainAwarenessWeek with @scifri.bsky.social! Join us on March 7 for a great livestream, then unlock the mysteries of your mind with Hack Your Brain! 🧠 #EduSky #STEM #BAW2025 www.sciencefriday.com/hackyourbrain
February 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
darlingultra.bsky.social
I like her stuff so much!
#brainawarenessweek
#IIH #Neurocovid
#longcovid #PEM #MECFS
#maskup
liapas.bsky.social Lia Pas @liapas.bsky.social · Mar 14
For #BrainAwarenessWeek I’m sharing my brainiest #SciArt #embroidery pieces. Here’s neuraesthenia (2017), a piece depicting the heaviness I feel during post-exertional malaise (PEM). PEM often starts in my cognition then spreads out through my body. #MedSky 🐡🧶🧪
An embroidery on pale natural linen. The pale outline of a woman’s lower legs and feet, heels together, toes apart is centered. From the soles of the feet, thick red/orange lines coil beneath. From the big toes moving upwards, thick blue and off-white lines rise up through the inner calves and branch off at the knees. These lines coil and intertwine in a navy brain-like shape, and then move back down in wavy lines like a wide skirt around the ankles.
March 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
alleninstitute.org
#BrainAwarenessWeek is almost here! 🧠✨ We're considering hosting some Bluesky chats to bring the #Neuroskyence community together. Would this be something you would join in on? What would you ask the community?
February 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
alleninstitute.org
Adult human brains have between 86-100 billion neurons and every single one is unique - like snowflakes! ❄️

🧠📈 In this 3D rendering by our #ElectronMicroscopy team, we see 3 different shapes. Can you name all of them?

#BrainAwarenessWeek @danafoundation.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
daylab.bsky.social
Very cool to see the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center leading the charge in communicating neuroscience to our local communities in a variety of formats. Last week we reached over 3,000 people as part of #BrainAwarenessWeek activities with the McWane Science Center (@mcwanescience.bsky.social).
uabneuro.bsky.social UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center @uabneuro.bsky.social · Apr 3
New publication in #JNeurosci from our outreach team, led by Associate Director for Outreach Dr. Kristina Visscher! This paper outlines many of the CNC efforts to communicate science to our community.
sfnjournals.bsky.social SfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · Apr 3
Science communication is an essential yet challenging part of research. This #JNeurosci article offers guidance on effective communication & public engagement to improve basic neuroscience knowledge & strengthen trust in scientists @uabneuro.bsky.social
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0107-26.2026
April 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
amykooz.bsky.social
Join us for a #BrainAwarenessWeek discussion on sex differences in ADHD!
ninamiolane.bsky.social Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · Mar 10
Join us for the #WiDS Panel on Women’s Brain Health!🧠

Why is sex-specific data crucial? From ADHD under-diagnosis to healthcare gaps, we’ll dive in.

📅 March 12 | 8 AM PT
📍 YouTube -link in comment

With @amykooz.bsky.social @ariannazuanazzi.bsky.social E. Rosenthal T. Silk R. Neuhaus & N. Williams
March 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
mickeybiz.bsky.social
Resharing this thread for #BrainAwarenessWeek

#neuroart #SciArt #symptomology #cognitivedecline
mickeybiz.bsky.social Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · Oct 19
I hear it is #invisibledisabilitiesweek.
As I lose more muscular function, my progressive illness becomes more “visible”. But, as a 40 year old in cognitive decline, most of my symptoms are invisible.

Here is a work from a 2019 series, showing sensation abnormalities.
#sciart #tradart
A visual representation of the artist's physiological and physical symptoms of their progressive illness. Illustration on grey paper. It moves linearly from left to right with abstract shapes and lines at three different levels that overlap. These lines and shapes blend into different patterns to show how the sensation in different areas (the levels) changes over time through a day. The levels are vision and head (top), organ systems and general balance and coordination (middle), and skeletal and leg muscles. There are erratic lines and shapes that are like mini explosions when there was a flare in that area. Some areas appear with shapes crammed together to show tightness while other areas have flowing lines or almost floating circles. There is a drawing of an eye in the visual section next to the depiction of a pattern that continued to show up with eyes closed. These are surrounded by cloudy shapes and a diagram of Mickey’s nystagmus There is an ear that leads into a space with bees and then a horn.
March 21, 2026 at 12:57 AM
ruimcosta.bsky.social
The brain shapes our identity, memories, and emotions. Understanding it is key to combating brain diseases affecting over 3 billion people.

#BrainAwarenessWeek highlights the @alleninstitute.bsky.social's groundbreaking work. Let's raise awareness & inspire action for brain health. #ScienceMatters
March 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
mickeybiz.bsky.social
Another from that series. 🫀

#SciArt #cognitivedecline #neuroart #BrainAwarenessWeek
mickeybiz.bsky.social Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · Oct 22
“Tracking a Movement Disorder n.2”
From Temporal Dichotomy series and show (2019)

This mini-series were like little maps of physical and physiological symptoms of my progressive illness over a period of time.
There are currently 6 in the series
#art #sciart #chronicillness
Tracking a Movement Disorder number two. A visual representation of the artist’s physiological and physical symptoms of their progressive illness. It moves linearly from left to right with abstract shapes and lines at three different levels that overlap. These lines and shapes blend into different patterns to show how the sensation in different areas (the levels) changes over time through a day. The levels are vision and head (top), organ systems and general balance and coordination (middle), and skeletal and leg muscles. There are erratic lines and shapes that are like mini explosions when there was a flare in that area. Some areas appear with shapes crammed together to show tightness while other areas have flowing lines or almost floating circles.
March 21, 2026 at 12:59 AM
alleninstitute.org
How do different brain cell types connect with each other? We're mapping every brain cell to learn more.

In this video from our #ElectronMicroscopy team, we see just how complex brain cells can be!

#BrainAwarenessWeek
March 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
kaleidoscopesci.bsky.social
Happy #BrainAwarenessWeek! Join @scifri.bsky.social for Hack Your Brain as we unlock the mysteries of your mind through hands-on activities and puzzles. Today's topic? Muscle Memory 💪🧠🧪 #EduSky #BAW2025
youtu.be/nzKinpMg1OY?...
Discover How Your Brain Builds Muscle Memory
YouTube video by SciFri
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March 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
brainfacts.org
Join us this #BrainAwarenessWeek as we celebrate brain science! We'll be posting daily brain anatomy questions, so be sure to tune in!
March 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
theneuronfamily.bsky.social
Happy Brain Awareness Week! 🧠🎉

We are looking forward to sharing and learning more interesting facts about the brain!

#brain
#brainhealth
#growthmindset
#brainawarenessweek
March 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
alleninstitute.org
Happy #BrainAwarenessWeek! Join this international celebration of the brain with this visual exploration of its makeup and neighborhoods: alleninstitute.org/news/what-ar...

🧠📈 @danafoundation.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
science.org
In Science, researchers detail a nanoscale-resolution reconstruction of a millimeter-scale fragment of human cerebral cortex, giving an unprecedented view into the structural organization of brain tissue at the supracellular, cellular, and subcellular levels. scim.ag/3FvpAKy #BrainAwarenessWeek
A single neuron (white) shown with 5,600 of the axons (blue) that connect to it. The synapses that make these connections are shown in green. The cell body (central core) of the neuron is about 14 micrometers across.
March 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
alleninstitute.org
📢🧠 #BrainWeekChat Roll Call! Introduce yourself, what you do, and where you're from!

All #BrainAwarenessWeek, we'll be hosting discussions for the #Neuroskyence community. Join by replying to our posts. Use #BrainWeekChat to help others find you!

@danafoundation.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
alleninstitute.org
The Cell Type Knowledge Explorer allows anyone to explore the diversity and complexity of the mouse, human, and non-human primate brain.

Explore this free and open resource at: https://knowledge.brain-map.org/celltypes

#BICCN #studyBRAIN #BrainAwarenessWeek
March 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
alleninstitute.org
Let's celebrate #BrainAwarenessWeek by making brain science feel more human.

Neuroscientists: introduce yourself below!
If you’re not a neuroscientist: give them a wave and ask a question!
March 16, 2026 at 10:42 PM
alleninstitute.org
The brain is mysterious, but one part is ✨ extra ✨ mysterious - the claustrum.

There's a lot of activity between it and the cortex, but its role is not completely understood.

Learn how we're shining light on it - literally. 🧠🔦 alleninstitute.org/news-press/a...

#BrainAwarenessWeek #Neuroskyence
March 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
kavlifoundation.org
It’s #BrainAwarenessWeek! Today, we're highlighting songbirds as a key model organism in #neuroscience research. These vocal learners help scientists study how the brain processes speech, learning, and memory. #KavliNeuro #BAW
March 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
aptronym.bsky.social
happy #brainawarenessweek
March 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
selinawray.bsky.social
Another reel for #brainawarenessweek - what a week in an Alzheimer’s research lab looks like!

(we’ve decided all of our lab work needs a D&B soundtrack now)

@uclbrainscience.bsky.social @uclqsion.bsky.social
March 19, 2026 at 2:40 PM
kavlifoundation.org
It's #BrainAwarenessWeek! Today, we're highlighting fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) as a key model organism in #neuroscience research. Despite their tiny size, fruit flies have surprisingly complex brains and behaviors, making them powerful tools to study neural circuits. #KavliNeuro #BAW
March 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
brainfacts.org
Can you name this brain anatomy structure? #brainawarenessweek
March 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM