Associate Prof of Neuroscience @BrownUniversity studying cognitive sequences integrating across animals and humans. Opinions my own. More @website#WomenInSTEM
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ALT Promotional image for the Neuroscience 2026 conference in Washington, D.C. showcasing a group discussing research posters.
Beautiful work in this paper. I think anatomy is often under-appreciated. I'm glad to see things like this #neurosicence 🧪🧠
An opposing molecular gradient axis underlies primate cortical organization | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
ALT Promotional image for a webinar on submitting impactful abstracts for Neuroscience 2026, featuring speakers from Yale, UT Austin, and UC San Francisco.
Catching up with a couple more from Brown graduation yesterday.
These amazing two did undergrad honors theses in the lab. Congrats to Aiai Calmer and Mmesoma Nwokolo!! #BrownStrong#neuroscience#WomenInSTEM 🧠🧪👩🔬
ALT Aiai Calmer & Theresa Desrochers in regalia
ALT Theresa Desrochers & Mmesoma Nwokolo in regalia
I remember the first time I learned about affordances and what the brain does with them - our learning about how we relate to things in the world. So cool!
Check out the latest by @sci_toons explaining them: 🧪 🧠
youtu.be/cs3Clg5Syf8?si=14ez…
So cool. Whale "midwives" 🐋 #science
Cooperation by non-kin during birth underpins sperm whale social complexity | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
Another fun fact about our avian friends - people used to think that scavengers followed hunters to find their food. Turns out they likely remember 🧪 🧠 🐦⬛ #neuroscience#memory
Ravens anticipate wolf kill sites across broad scales science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
I'm so lucky to work with this amazing group of people! Last night we rounded out our spring celebrations by heading to Xaco Taco. Good food and great people! 🧠🧪 👩🔬 🌮
p.s. the grasshoppers are tasty! 🦗
ALT 11 lab members seated around a round table in front of a brick wall with a concrete floor. Clockwise from front:
Ellie McVeigh
Defne Buyukyazgan
Matthew Maestri
Aiai Calmer
Hannah Hyde
M. Vanessa Rivera Núñez
Mmesoma Nwokolo
Katherine Conen
Brent Stewart
Theresa Desrochers
Nami Kaneko
Took the lab to Wicked Tulips to pick tulips last week on what turned out to be the best day! We had the best time wandering around the fields, and yes, the colors are real🌷 💐 🧠🧪👩🔬
ALT Lab members (left to right, front to back) Mmesoma Nwokolo, Theresa Desrochers, Hannah Hyde (née Doyle), Brent Stewart, Kati Conen, Ellie McVeigh, Aiai Calmer, Defne Buyukyazgan, Matthew Maestri, and Nami Kaneko all under a frame for a wooden swing labeled Wicked Tulips with Theresa, Kati, and Defne sitting in the swing. In the background are rows of planted tulips and trees at the edge of the field under a blue sky
ALT Planted tulips in a field with a tent and tree line in the background under a blue sky.
ALT Planted tulips in a field with a white building and fence and tree line in the background under a blue sky
The deadline for the Neurobiology of Cognition Gordon Conference is coming soon. We have an awesome lineup of speakers.
We will begin assigning fellowships in mid May, so don't delay, apply now! Spread the word! 🧪 🧠 #neuroscience#cognitiongrc.org/neurobiology-of-cogn…
Beautiful day in Providence for an Undergraduate Honors poster session 🌸 Very proud of the lab’s two undergrads, Aiai and Mmesoma, along with their mentors, for their great work! 🧠🧪👩🔬
ALT Picture of Brown University campus brick buildings with trees in bloom
ALT Mmesoma in front of her poster presenting to a person who has their back to the camera
ALT Aiai in front of her poster presenting to a person who has their back to the camera
I ❤️ this competition. Just brings so much joy every year. Piezoelectrics, bees 🐝, hearing aids 🦻, DNA 🧬, MRI 🧠 - what more could you want? Happy #InternationalDanceDay 🧪 💃
Science’s 2026 ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ contest winners: science.org/content/article/…
Excited to be visiting my alma mater NYU today! Got to catch up with friends from my graduate class at MIT last night who are profs here. A mini reunion with Neville Sanjana and Jon Winawer!
Fun little news piece on some of our recent work #science#WomenInSTEM#neuroscience 🧪 🧠 👩🔬
New study reveals insights about brain regions linked to obsessive compulsive disorder | Carney Institute for Brain Science | Brown University carney.brown.edu/news/2026-0…