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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@emmayhnell.bsky.social
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(Neuro)scientist 👩🏻‍🔬 • Academic • Educator (PFHEA / NTF) 👩🏻‍🏫 • Science Communicator • STEMinist • EDI Advocate • Change-Maker • Trustee of National Museums Wales • Keynote Speaker 🎤• Presenter • Host • Writer • (she/her)

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International Brain Research Organization @ibroorg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
IBRO is ready for Day 4 of #FENS2026! Visit us at Booth #167 today and discover all the activities we have lined up! 👀 🔗 ibro.org/meet-ibro-at-fens-forum-20…
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International Brain Research Organization @ibroorg.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📝 Great discussions yesterday at #FENS2026 during Behind the Paper From AI & authorship to peer review and publication pressure, the session showed there's no single perspective on today's publishing challenges Thank you everyone for joining the discussion with our speakers!
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Society for Neuroscience @sfn.org · 17/06/2026
Entries are open for the 2026 Brain Awareness Video Contest! Collaborate with an SfN member to create a fun, educational video about the #brain. Animation, song, or skit—get creative and submit to #BAVC26 by June 25. 🔗 vist.ly/58325 #neurosky #scisky #medsky #neuroskyence
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 13/05/2026
🎧 Ep 281 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out now: 🤩 @emmayhnell.bsky.social myth busts neuroscience inc dreams & dopamine 🌏 @raechelkelly.bsky.social at 2025 Chelt Sci Fest on future fitting our homes 📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j... 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com
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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 10/05/2026
🎧 Ep 281 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds: 🤩 @emmayhnell.bsky.social myth busts neuroscience inc dehydration & dopamine  🌏 @raechelkelly.bsky.social at 2025 Chelt Sci Fest future fitting homes  📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j... 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com
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Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) @nuffieldbioethics.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
📢 We are looking for three new Council members to contribute to and engage in the NCOB’s work. We are hoping to appoint members with expertise in data and AI ethics, medical science and healthcare practice. Find out more about the role and how to apply here:🔗 bit.ly/4cLcxmJ Apply by 1 June 2026
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Prof Anthony Isles @profantisles.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Great article on #mentoring and supporting career development in #academia from @emmayhnell.bsky.social & @tsememorylab.bsky.social 👇
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I am pleased to share I have been awarded Principal Fellowship of @advancehe.bsky.social This recognises sustained strategic leadership that shapes learning and teaching with impact extending beyond institutional contexts. Above all I want to acknowledge the awesome students who inspire my work.
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Professor Tom Crick @proftomcrick.com · 24/01/2026
A brutally honest but important article by @jimdickinson.bsky.social on how “Welsh higher education is running out of wriggle room” wonkhe.com/blogs/welsh-... @wonkhe.bsky.social
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Welsh higher education is running out of wriggle room
Jim Dickinson gets across a candid Welsh Government document that identifies problems that others are less willing to confront – from market redistribution to the graduate brain drain Jim Dickinson ge...
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
A fantastic morning in the studio for BBC Radio Wales reviewing the papers! We covered everything from early-onset dementia and rugby, social media bans for children and of course The Traitors! Catch the full episode now (paper review in the last 10-15mins) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
A wonderful way to start the year, with a new publication. We examine ethnic representation across UK bioscience by exploring the structural factors shaping career progression, and proposing recommendations for meaningful change. Full article: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41474708/
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
As 2025 comes to an end, I am taking a moment to reflect on the year that was; the lessons learned, the challenges overcome, and the people who made it meaningful - diolch yn fawr 🙏. And most importantly, never lose your sparkle! Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Here's to 2026 🥂 - let's do this!
Champagne glass in front of a Christmas tree and a star ceramic ornament reads "Never Lose Your Sparkle"
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Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) @nuffieldbioethics.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
We are delighted to announce that we have appointed five new Council members with a range of expertise. @emmayhnell.bsky.social, Felicity Boardman, @julianhuppert.bsky.social, Rebecca Bennett and Suzanne Ost are joining us from this month. Find out more here:🔗 bit.ly/3MMRAgo
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I am very pleased to share that I will be joining Nuffield Council on Bioethics as one of five new Council members. #MakingEthicsMatter ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New @intelligence2.bsky.social podcast episode out now... open.spotify.com/episode/07aU...
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Why Are We So Addicted to Everything? With Nicklas Brendborg
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I'm a finalist in the Mastering Diversity Awards 2025 in the STEM Champion category! In a world of increasing polarisation, division and hate, equity, diversity and inclusion have never been more important. I remain committed to disrupting inequitable norms. #YouCannotBeWhatYouCannotSee
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper is finally made public #academicsky #edusky www.gov.uk/government/publications/…
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Post-16 education and skills white paper
Post-16 education and skills reforms to develop a skilled workforce and break down barriers to opportunity.
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Huge thanks to @BBCRadioWales for inviting me back to review the papers on Sunday Supplement. From AI in medicine, to doggy day care, fat loss jabs and quality street, we covered a lot. Catch up now on @bbcsounds.bsky.social (I'm the final 15mins) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 01/09/2025
🎧 Ep 249 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds: 🤩 @emmayhnell.bsky.social myth busts effects of heat on the brain & benefits of gardening 🌊 @helenscales.bsky.social chats at Chelt Sci Fest about ocean 📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j... 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Congratulations #ClassOf2025 @cardiffunilib.bsky.social Always remember, #YouGotThis @brodiescoffee.bsky.social
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Thanks to everyone who attended yesterday, especially our speakers and panelists @theblochian.bsky.social, @emmayhnell.bsky.social, @claunader.bsky.social and @drkatel.bsky.social (and all those who aren't on Bluesky yet!)
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Kate Lancaster @profkatel.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I was at this event as part of the final panel on communication of research at a wider level (outreach etc) with @emmayhnell.bsky.social and Clau Nader and expertly chaired by Andrew Barker 😀
The panel sitting at a table in a row - me, Clau, Emma and Andrew
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Dr Jamie Gallagher @jamiebgall.co.uk · 08/06/2025
In 2023 it was decided that after 12+(?) years of Cheltenham science festival I’d take a year off in 2025. Anyway, I failed. And ended up on stage anyway. 😅 Lovely to have a fleeting visit to my #SciComm home. Next year already being plotted! (Thanks to @emmayhnell.bsky.social for 📷
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Dr Soraya M @sorayam.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Fabulous talk by the lovely @emmayhnell.bsky.social hwre at @edinunineuro.bsky.social talking about teaching and engaging students with lots of fun tidbits and ideas to consider. Think about your strengths, different modes or medias and maybe make it personal!
A lecture theatre with a slide that says a timeline…. Showing a small overview of Emma’s career whilst she talks about it.
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Edinburgh Neuroscience @edinunineuro.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
It’s EN Afternoon🤩: PhD data blitz; @emmayhnell.bsky.social shares ideas on teaching & engagement. Highlights of our range of teaching programmes - how to get involved! Keynote: Andy Stansfield @sidb-edinburgh.bsky.social on behaviour and cognition in genetic neurodevelopmental conditions. 🔬🧠🧫🐀
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
An honour to be invited by HRH King Charles to attend a Garden party at Buckingham Palace to celebrate and recognise those working in education and skills, it was an incredible day. 🙏🏻
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
👀 Visibility in academia matters more than ever — but how do you do it without feeling awkward? Hear from researchers who’ve been there. 🎧 📺 @britishneuro.bsky.social #BNA2025 #ResearchCareers @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social @emmayhnell.bsky.social + Ekta Patel & Fiona Ducotterd pod.fo/e/2d33f7
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Dementia Researcher: Make Your Mark: Elevating Your Academic Visibility - BNA2025 Festival of Neuroscience
Recorded live at the BNA 2025 Festival of Neuroscience, this special episode of the Dementia Researcher Podcast explores how researchers can build visibility in authentic and meaningful ways.Host D...
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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🎙️ Live from #BNA2025! Learn how to boost your academic visibility with Dr Emma Yhnell and guests in this special podcast episode. 📺 Watch now or listen tomorrow: @ianharrisonneuro.bsky.social @emmayhnell.bsky.social @britishneuro.bsky.social youtu.be/ZD5Gyg3p3Oo
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Make Your Mark: Elevating Your Academic Visibility - BNA2025 Festival of Neuroscience
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
What a #BNA2025 it was. From plenaries to podcasts, keynotes to cathedrals, it was brilliant. Many thanks to everyone who contributed and made it such a brilliant success 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Sandrine Willaime-Morawek @swmoraweklab.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A special shoutout to @tspiresjones.bsky.social, Kate Baker and @emmayhnell.bsky.social, for their engaging taster sessions, which were very well received by #BNA2025 attendees.
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Join us in room 11B now for a special BNA session. I'll be talking about taking your first steps in Neuroscience teaching.
Sandrine Williams a white woman stood behind a lecturn and in front of a PowerPoint slide in a conference room
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Katharine Hubbard @katharinehubbard.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Stop making beautiful PowerPoints! On being more efficient in teaching preparation If you ask most university educators what the most time consuming aspect of their job is, you will probably get the answer of ‘teaching prep’. I’ve certainly worked into the small hours many a time trying to perfect…
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Stop making beautiful PowerPoints! On being more efficient in teaching preparation
If you ask most university educators what the most time consuming aspect of their job is, you will probably get the answer of ‘teaching prep’. I’ve certainly worked into the small hours many a time trying to perfect my lecture slides. I’ve created so many really high quality slide decks, including carefully thought out animations and annotations. I’ve searched for diagrams to use with my students, failed to find one I really like, and then spent hours creating a slightly different one, hacking the built in shapes to create lovely diagrams that are just the way I want them.
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Dana Foundation @danafoundation.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The UCLA-CDU Dana Center for Neuroscience and Society has been paving the way for a new kind of scientific partnership with the public. Read about its recent collaborations in LA to address real-world challenges. #neurosociety #neuroscience #communityengagement
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Life Sciences researchers partner with L.A. communities to identify neuroscience research that can address real-life needs - Life Sciences
Photo: UCLA-CDU seed grant collaborators with community partners at Normandie Church of Christ. Pictured left to right: Dr. Stanley Talbert,
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Here's your Thursday reminder... @brodiescoffee.bsky.social
You Got This coffee cup in bright sunshine surrounded by cherry blossom trees
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
A wonderful way to end the week, attending the first ever @WomensAcademyWales retreat! The awesome new venture of @andreabyrnetv.bsky.social Beth Baldwin & Emma Jay. It's going to be EPIC 🥰
WAW Womens Academy Wales letters with lights in themWomens academy Wales bunting flagAndrea and Emma with champagne in front of bunting and a lake
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Charlie Rapple @charlierapple.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Academics are nervous about media relations - being misinterpreted or misquoted says @emmayhnell.bsky.social at #uksg2025 but “we need to inspire the next generation” and get better at measuring the wider impact of research and communication
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Charlie Rapple @charlierapple.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Really good point from @emmayhnell.bsky.social about better training needed for academics to communicate their research well - and more motivation / reward needed for reaching broader audiences #uksg2025
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Charlie Rapple @charlierapple.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
@emmayhnell.bsky.social talking about her research in Huntington’s disease and patients not able to understand the literature on their condition - science needs to be more understandable (this is why we founded @growkudos.bsky.social - science needs stories!) #uksg2025
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I'll let you all into a little secret, I struggle with 9am lectures too. But I have a fun presentation on mammalian brains, so fab case studies and coffee!! Let's do this 💜💪🏻🙏🏻
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
I do hope the #GenderPayGapBot is on Blue Sky for #InternationalWomensDay. You do your thing ☺️
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Jo Durrant @jodurrant.co.uk · 24/02/2025
🎧 Ep 225 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds: 🤩 @emmayhnell.bsky.social myth busts neuroscience inc the lizard brain & what exercise does for our brain health 🍃 A-Z Plants with Faith Douglas - D 📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j... 💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
My first international #Hyrox competition completed! Toulouse - you were incredible and I had an absolute blast. Massive thanks to all of the colloseum crew for their support & encouragement 💪🏻💜🔥
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Jim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
NEW on Wonkhe: Wales thinks strategically about higher education provision, in the absence of more investment bit.ly/40LCB9R
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Mary Williams @PlantTeaching @plantteaching.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Next Tuesday, February 11, is International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧪 🌱 Follow the link to see the events at the UN, including both online and in-person. Presentations, discussions, and a film, participation is free! www.unesco.org/en/articles/....
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2025 International Day of Women and Girls in Science
In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly declared 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. On 11 February 2025, we will celebrate its 10th anniversary together at UNESCO...
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
New publication alert ⬇️ journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...
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An overlooked EDI issue… can valuing the diversity of third space professionals support a more sustainable future in higher education? | Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education ...
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SEBiology @sebiology.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
🚨 Registration is OPEN for the SEB Annual Conference 2025 in Antwerp! 📅 Join us from 8-11 July 2025. 💡 Submit your abstracts, explore exciting sessions, and save with Early Bird Registration (deadline: 16 May 2025)! More information ⬇️ www.sebiology.org/resource/seb... See you in Antwerp! 🇧🇪🌍✨
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Sandrine Willaime-Morawek @swmoraweklab.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Great article on neuroscience education! This marks an exciting step forward, laying the groundwork for the @britishneuro.bsky.social initiative to achieve Royal Society of Biology accreditation for neuroscience programmes.
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Dr Emma Yhnell 🧬🔬🧪🧠 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @emmayhnell.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
And in today's lecture @cubiosciences
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Dana Foundation @danafoundation.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Learn how the ETHOS (Ethics-Based Teaching Helps Optimize STEM) program at Loyola University Chicago introduces neuroscience to early learners through foundational concepts and open discussions on the ethical and societal implications of scientific advances. #neurosociety #stem #neuroethics
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Taking a New Approach to STEM Education
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