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Clíona Murray, PhD (neé Kelly)
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Cognitive Neuroscientist and avid Yorkshire Tea drinker • Co-founder and Programing Co-Director of Black In Neuro • All things VR/XR & neuroimaging research into social interaction and the maternal brain
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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
September 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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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
February 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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“What did you get up to today?”
@blender3d.bsky.social
#Animation #VR #3DModelling
November 22, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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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.
November 17, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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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
February 26, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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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.
November 15, 2023 at 6:11 PM
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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
November 15, 2023 at 5:57 PM
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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
November 15, 2023 at 5:55 PM
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Faculty and career professional pulled up!! 💁🏽‍♀️
A photograph of the faculty and career professionals who attended the Black In Neuro social at SfN 2023
November 15, 2023 at 5:53 PM
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Next up was the postdocs, were small but mighty 🥹
A photograph of the postdoctorates who attended the Black In Neuro social at SfN 2023
November 15, 2023 at 5:52 PM
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Followed by the beautiful crowd of graduate students 😍
A photograph of the graduate students who attended the Black In Neuro social at SfN 2023
November 15, 2023 at 5:51 PM
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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
November 15, 2023 at 5:49 PM
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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
November 15, 2023 at 5:47 PM
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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.
November 15, 2023 at 5:45 PM
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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
November 11, 2023 at 9:34 PM
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“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.
November 11, 2023 at 8:43 PM
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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.
October 13, 2023 at 3:58 PM