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rachelga.bsky.social
Rachel Grasmeder Allen
@rachelga.bsky.social
280 followers 900 following 25 posts
4th Year PhD student at Uni of Nottingham✨
Lover of brains & all things Neuro🧠
Social media admin & on the blog team for Women in Neuroscience👩🏻‍🔬

Connect with me on other platforms! https://linktr.ee/rachel_grasmederallen?utm_source=qr_code
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New paper out! We discuss breaking barriers towards credible research & share findings from our workshop at #BNA2025 on supporting ECRs in doing credible science🧠
Loved working with @josefinaw.bsky.social, Roni Tibon & Tobias Bast on this project!
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August 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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josefinaw.bsky.social
What are the biggest barriers PhDs/ECRs are facing in doing credible research?
The outcomes of a workshop on this topic at #BNA2025 @britishneuro.bsky.social, co-authored with the amazing @rachelga.bsky.social, Tobias Bast & Roni Tibon are available here 😊: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
August 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Yesterday I had the absolute pleasure of being invited to be a panellist at the Institute for Research in Schools conference & thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It was such a joy to see so many young people interested in & excited about scientific research! & we love any excuse for pink trousers!
June 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Really looking forward to talking about my research tonight at Pint of Science!🍺🧠

#Pint25 #PintofScience @pintsworld.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @notts-psych.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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We’re the first Nottingham @pintofscience.uk evening to sell out!!🥳 @uniofnottingham.bsky.social @notts-psych.bsky.social
Can’t wait to talk about my PhD research over a pint🍺🧠 #Pint25 #PintofScience @pintsworld.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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And that’s a wrap on #BNA2025!👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬What an incredible week in Liverpool!✨ Massive thank you to the @britishneuro.bsky.social for a fantastic week!🧠
So many highlights of the week to share….
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May 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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BNA2025 vs BNA2023!
Thank you to the lovely Daria at @hellobio.bsky.social for letting me borrow the brain🧠
What an incredible week at #BNA2025! 👩‍🔬 @britishneuro.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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At #BNA2025? Come to our workshop today on open and credible science! We’ll be in Room 4, 15.20-17.05!
@britishneuro.bsky.social @notts-psych.bsky.social @josefinaw.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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At #BNA2025? Come check out my poster today (M_PM_080)! I’ll be talking about my PhD research into the role of the hippocampus in reversal learning🧠🐀
@britishneuro.bsky.social @notts-psych.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Today I presented my PhD research on the ventral hippocampus and reversal learning at the University of Nottingham School of Psychology seminar series✨ @notts-psych.bsky.social
This was my first experience giving a seminar presentation to such a large audience and I really enjoyed the experience!🧠
February 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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womeninneurouk.bsky.social
Who has inspired you most in science? We would love to fill our comments section with incredible women in science! Let us know below⬇️✨

@rachelga.bsky.social
#IDWGS #WomeninScience2025 #womeninneuroscience #WiNUK

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February 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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womeninneurouk.bsky.social
In this blog post she spotlights trailblazing women in neuroscience, both past and present, and highlights some of the major gender inequities that still exist in science today👩‍🔬✨

@rachelga.bsky.social @m-bmoser.bsky.social

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February 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!👩‍🔬

In honour of this day, I wrote my first blog post for @womeninneurouk.bsky.social! 💖

Check it out here: www.womeninneuroscienceuk.org/post/from-st...

#IDWGS #IDWGS2025
February 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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womeninneurouk.bsky.social
Check out a day in the life at #SfN2024! From sharing our research, to networking with fellow scientists, we think conferences are one of the best parts of working in science!

Have you been to SfN before, or is it on your bucket list?🧠

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January 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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womeninneurouk.bsky.social
⭐️Throwback to #SfN2024 !⭐️

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to attend the largest Neuroscience conference in the world?! In October, Rachel, our Instagram administrator, attended the SfN conference in Chicago🧠

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January 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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I had an incredible evening at WiNUK Awards!⭐
It’s been a wonderful journey with @womeninneurouk.bsky.social these past 2 years & it has been so special to witness the incredible growth & impact of WiNUK @lizzieenglish.bsky.social is unstoppable & the WiNUK community is a pleasure to be a part of!✨
December 5, 2024 at 9:28 PM
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November 30, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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emmayhnell.bsky.social
Huge congratulations / llongyfarchiadau to everyone at the #WiNUKAwards2024 @womeninneurouk.bsky.social which happened last night.

All of the winners, those nominated, the judges and the organisers - you are all brilliant and I hope you had a wonderful time 😊.
November 30, 2024 at 10:09 AM
rachelga.bsky.social
Super excited for the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social awards night tonight!✨
November 29, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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macaskillaf.bsky.social
Huge congrats to @karyna-mi.bsky.social for her paper published today in Science! She found that the hippocampus is really important for a key strategy we use to make decisions called hidden state inference! 🧪 🧠https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq5874 1/7
Hidden state inference requires abstract contextual representations in the ventral hippocampus
The ability to use subjective, latent contextual representations to influence decision-making is crucial for everyday life. The hippocampus is hypothesized to bind together otherwise abstract combinat...
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November 22, 2024 at 1:20 PM
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rachelspicer.bsky.social
I’d love to connect with #academicsky! Anyone in the science and academia industry? 🧬 👩‍💻

Here’s me and my friend Rach at #SfN2024 in Chicago a couple of weeks ago 🙌
November 10, 2024 at 9:18 PM
rachelga.bsky.social
Hi everyone! 👋🏼

2 days into Bluesky and loving it so far!🩵 I’m still getting used to things on here, so please say hi ☺️

I’m a PhD student at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social in the @notts-psych.bsky.social department! My research focuses on the ventral hippocampus and its role in reversal learning🧠
November 21, 2024 at 2:28 PM