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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 27/07/2026

Happy #BINW26 !! I'm Dr. Clíona Murray and I am the Co-Director of Programming at Black In Neuro. The future that I'm reimagining is one where we can authentically show up in a space that was never designed for us. Each and every member of the BIN community remind me of that. So, thank you all 🫶🏽

A photograph of Clíona taken by her Godson (from a lower angle). She is closing her eyes, has her hands placed beneath her chin and head is tilted to the side with a smile.

A photograph of a group of friends on a hike. The background is a typical English country lane with a small single-traffic road central and a large green space to the left of the image. Everyone is smiling, happy and cold!

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 19/09/2025

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. 💫

A photograph of attendees at the Black In Neuro Conference

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 16/02/2025

Checking into the AfroBioTech Conference at Georgia Tech University and already blown away 🤩 #AfroBioTech25 #AfroBioTech #Blackademia

A photograph in a conference hall with a projector screen displaying the AfroBioTech welcome screen

A photograph in a conference hall with a projector screen displaying the conferences honouree, Karmella Haynes

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 17/11/2024

Humbled to announce that I have been awarded the Yale School of Medicine Fellowship to continue my work combining neuroscience and XR (AR/MR/VR) to investigate social interaction with Dr. Kia Nobre. #Neuroskyence #BlackInNeuro #Blackademia #VRcademicsky #Blacksky #WomenInSTEM

A photograph of Clíona standing outside with her arms crossed and smiling. The background is slightly blurred with green, red and orange trees.

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 26/02/2024

Looking forward to speaking at the Wu Tsai Yale Yale Psychiatry tomorrow! I'll be discussing all things Neuro-XR - pop by if you're in the area 🥽🧠. #BlackInNeuro #NeuroSkyence

A poster promoting Clíona’s talk titled “Neuro-XR: Blending Neuroscience and Reality to Facilitate Next-generation Cognitive Investigation” and details “Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 10:00 - 11:15 AM, 100 College Street, Floor 1, Room 180A” on the left. With a portrait photograph of Clíona on the right where she is smiling, with braids and a black and white striped shirt

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 15/11/2023

On a personal note, it was my first time conferencing with my best friend and fiancè @shaine.bsky.social and it was the BEST because he’s the best 🥰❤️.

A photograph of Clíona and De-Shaine in front a green screen with neurons and “I [image of a brain] SfN”. Clíona is pointing at Shaine and calling him a nerd, Shaine is pointing at Clíona calling her a genius.

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 15/11/2023

And last but certainly not least, the current Black In Neuro organizing team, who brought you Black In Neuro Week 2023 #BINW23, the programming throughout the year, the #SFN23 workshop AND social 🤩✨

Current Black In Neuro organizers who attended the social

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 15/11/2023

Thee Black In Neuro aunties and uncles, the OGs, whatever we call them, they’re important to our BIN family and we have so much love for them ❤️

A photograph of the aunties and uncles who attended the Black In Neuro social at SfN 2023

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 15/11/2023

Faculty and career professional pulled up!! 💁🏽‍♀️

A photograph of the faculty and career professionals who attended the Black In Neuro social at SfN 2023

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 15/11/2023

Next up was the postdocs, were small but mighty 🥹

A photograph of the postdoctorates who attended the Black In Neuro social at SfN 2023

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 15/11/2023

Followed by the beautiful crowd of graduate students 😍

A photograph of the graduate students who attended the Black In Neuro social at SfN 2023

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 15/11/2023

And we made sure we took photographs of the cohorts. First up, we had undergrads, lab techs and post baccs 🥰

A photograph of the undergrads, lab techs and post baccs who are a part of Black In Neuro

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 15/11/2023

Later that day we hosted our second #SFN23 social 🤯. It was so great so introduce new faces, reconnect with others and just have a great time playing BINgo!

A photograph of the social with a range of people talking, mingling and networking while playing BINgo

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 15/11/2023

What an incredible few days I’ve had here at #SFN23. We (@blackinneuro) hosted our first in-person professional development workshop!!!! The room was packed and honestly filled my heart to see so many Black neuroscientists 🥹💛

A photograph from the stage of the room that the workshop was held in. People are sat in rows and facing towards the camera smiling

A selfie of the Black In Neuro organizers that hosted the professional development workshop. The organisers are on the stage with their PowerPoint presentation titled “the Black students guide to the academic galaxy” in the background.

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 11/11/2023

We’ve got Black In Neuro badges ya’ll!! Find a @blackinneuro.bsky.social organiser for one 🤩 #BlackInNeuro #SfN23

Photograph of #BlackInNeuro SfN badges stacked in front of a large SfN

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 11/11/2023

“Skin-brain neuronal pathway for rewarding social touch” - SfNova Lecture #BlackInNeuro

A photograph of the SfN hall where Ishmael Abdus Saboor is presenting. The room is dark with dim lighting and many screen displaying Ishmael speaking on some and his slides on others.

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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly) @clionamurray.com · 13/10/2023

Hey lovely people 👋🏽 I’m Clíona and I am a postdoc at Yale University. I combine virtual reality and neuroimaging in my research. My interests are in social interaction (with real and virtual humans) and I’m currently exploring psychological risk in the maternal brain! 🧠

A photograph of Clíona is sitting at a desk smiling at the camera with glasses and a beige knitted polo neck jumper. There is a window in the background where you can see a row of houses in the distance and a garden with a hedge just outside.

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