Nic Glewwe
@nicglewwe.bsky.social
Neuroscience PhD candidate, University of Minnesota. Individual differences in decision making, cognitive flexibility, behavioral states, & neuromodulation.
🌈they/them✨ (a them in STEM, if you will)
🌈they/them✨ (a them in STEM, if you will)
Super excited to have my first, first authored paper in preprint!
If you’re interested in sex-biased individual differences, cognitive flexibility, or cool mouse tasks, this one’s for you 🐭🧠
If you’re interested in sex-biased individual differences, cognitive flexibility, or cool mouse tasks, this one’s for you 🐭🧠
Sex-biased computations underlying differential set shift performance in mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.01.646712v1
April 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Super excited to have my first, first authored paper in preprint!
If you’re interested in sex-biased individual differences, cognitive flexibility, or cool mouse tasks, this one’s for you 🐭🧠
If you’re interested in sex-biased individual differences, cognitive flexibility, or cool mouse tasks, this one’s for you 🐭🧠
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✨smart 🐁 experiments… read 🧵👇
Hi everyone, the lab has been enabling my professional interest in doing weird shit with touchscreens (as opposed to my personal interest)
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
April 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
✨smart 🐁 experiments… read 🧵👇
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Second, a few months ago we found that you can actually use the precise coordinates of a touchscreen response as a clue to the latent cognitive state of the animal, and of course once again female mice are more systematic. Provisionally accepted for publication so more soon
bsky.app/profile/bior...
bsky.app/profile/bior...
Touchscreen response precision is sensitive to the explore/exploit tradeoff https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.23.619903v1
Touchscreen response precision is sensitive to the explore/exploit tradeoff https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.23.619903v1
The explore/exploit tradeoff is a fundamental property of choice selection during reward-guided deci
www.biorxiv.org
April 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Second, a few months ago we found that you can actually use the precise coordinates of a touchscreen response as a clue to the latent cognitive state of the animal, and of course once again female mice are more systematic. Provisionally accepted for publication so more soon
bsky.app/profile/bior...
bsky.app/profile/bior...
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Firsties, we developed a cool operant set shift task in the touchscreens for meeces, they can do many shifts in a single session
The kicker is female mice do better because they figure out how to follow two rules at once
bsky.app/profile/bior...
The kicker is female mice do better because they figure out how to follow two rules at once
bsky.app/profile/bior...
Sex-biased computations underlying differential set shift performance in mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.01.646712v1
April 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Firsties, we developed a cool operant set shift task in the touchscreens for meeces, they can do many shifts in a single session
The kicker is female mice do better because they figure out how to follow two rules at once
bsky.app/profile/bior...
The kicker is female mice do better because they figure out how to follow two rules at once
bsky.app/profile/bior...
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Hi everyone, the lab has been enabling my professional interest in doing weird shit with touchscreens (as opposed to my personal interest)
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
April 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hi everyone, the lab has been enabling my professional interest in doing weird shit with touchscreens (as opposed to my personal interest)
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
Blessed are the mice, for they cannot doomscroll
but here's some recent work you may enjoy if you want to see what mice do with their touchscreens instead
Reposted by Nic Glewwe
Snippets of my #StandUpForScience speech at the Minnesota State Capitol 🧪🧬 🧠
#ScienceIsForEveryone ✨ #ScienceNotSilence #BlackInNeuro ✊🏾
#ScienceIsForEveryone ✨ #ScienceNotSilence #BlackInNeuro ✊🏾
March 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Snippets of my #StandUpForScience speech at the Minnesota State Capitol 🧪🧬 🧠
#ScienceIsForEveryone ✨ #ScienceNotSilence #BlackInNeuro ✊🏾
#ScienceIsForEveryone ✨ #ScienceNotSilence #BlackInNeuro ✊🏾
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Yesterday we rallied.
Today we educate, call our reps, and get ready to vote.
We #standupforscience every day. 🧪👩🏼🔬💪🏼
Today we educate, call our reps, and get ready to vote.
We #standupforscience every day. 🧪👩🏼🔬💪🏼
Stand up for Science @SCU
President Trump and Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have launched an assault on science funding at the federal level. In solidarity with scientists across the country, the faculty and stud...
sites.google.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Yesterday we rallied.
Today we educate, call our reps, and get ready to vote.
We #standupforscience every day. 🧪👩🏼🔬💪🏼
Today we educate, call our reps, and get ready to vote.
We #standupforscience every day. 🧪👩🏼🔬💪🏼
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Black in Neuro was built in 2020.
nothing can stop good work when good people come together
We have to keep sticking up for each other and leading things we believe in!!
nothing can stop good work when good people come together
We have to keep sticking up for each other and leading things we believe in!!
Oh hey, I was on the news ☺️
I got to share my love for #BlackInNeuro and this beautiful community that we’ve built 🥰
youtu.be/KIzN7IarlZI?...
I got to share my love for #BlackInNeuro and this beautiful community that we’ve built 🥰
youtu.be/KIzN7IarlZI?...
University of Minnesota assistant professor named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" list
YouTube video by WCCO - CBS Minnesota
youtu.be
January 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Black in Neuro was built in 2020.
nothing can stop good work when good people come together
We have to keep sticking up for each other and leading things we believe in!!
nothing can stop good work when good people come together
We have to keep sticking up for each other and leading things we believe in!!
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Sooooo if this whole "biological sex" EO is really happening, biologists are going to make as much noise about it as possible, right?
Professional societies, universities, individual research groups? It's really incumbent on us (that's a "biologists us" here) to make a BIG FUCKING STINK
Professional societies, universities, individual research groups? It's really incumbent on us (that's a "biologists us" here) to make a BIG FUCKING STINK
January 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Sooooo if this whole "biological sex" EO is really happening, biologists are going to make as much noise about it as possible, right?
Professional societies, universities, individual research groups? It's really incumbent on us (that's a "biologists us" here) to make a BIG FUCKING STINK
Professional societies, universities, individual research groups? It's really incumbent on us (that's a "biologists us" here) to make a BIG FUCKING STINK
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Out today: cross-species improvement of cognitive flexibility
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The TLDR: remember when we improved human cognition with deep brain stimulation? (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725508/)
Well, now we did it in rats, and it works the same!
Specifically... 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The TLDR: remember when we improved human cognition with deep brain stimulation? (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725508/)
Well, now we did it in rats, and it works the same!
Specifically... 1/
Striatal stimulation enhances cognitive control and evidence processing in rodents and humans
Developing an animal model of human brain stimulation therapy reveals that striatal DBS enhances the brain’s ability to process conflicting evidence.
www.science.org
December 18, 2024 at 8:11 PM
Out today: cross-species improvement of cognitive flexibility
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The TLDR: remember when we improved human cognition with deep brain stimulation? (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725508/)
Well, now we did it in rats, and it works the same!
Specifically... 1/
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The TLDR: remember when we improved human cognition with deep brain stimulation? (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34725508/)
Well, now we did it in rats, and it works the same!
Specifically... 1/
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Hi 👋🏾 I’m Dr. Angeline Dukes - daughter of Haitian & Trinidadian immigrants 🇭🇹 🇹🇹, proud #HBCU alumna 💙💛, AND #ForbesUnder30 Social Impact honoree 🙌🏾
Always grateful for #BlackInNeuro and the incredible community we’ve grown together ✨
#BlackSky #NeuroSkyence
Always grateful for #BlackInNeuro and the incredible community we’ve grown together ✨
#BlackSky #NeuroSkyence
December 3, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Hi 👋🏾 I’m Dr. Angeline Dukes - daughter of Haitian & Trinidadian immigrants 🇭🇹 🇹🇹, proud #HBCU alumna 💙💛, AND #ForbesUnder30 Social Impact honoree 🙌🏾
Always grateful for #BlackInNeuro and the incredible community we’ve grown together ✨
#BlackSky #NeuroSkyence
Always grateful for #BlackInNeuro and the incredible community we’ve grown together ✨
#BlackSky #NeuroSkyence
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Nic and I must plagiarize my writing because I use too many big words that I shouldn’t understand.
Courtesy of my 5th grade teacher (ftr, I did not commit the crimes she accused me of 😤)
I’m Nic and I must plagiarize my writing because I use too many big words that I shouldn’t understand.
Courtesy of my 5th grade teacher (ftr, I did not commit the crimes she accused me of 😤)
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Stephanie. I read too much and it gives me IDEAS.
I’m Stephanie. I read too much and it gives me IDEAS.
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I'm Bethany and I do very well at anything I'm very passionate about, but if I don't care, I will always fail.
That was in a letter of recommendation for a grant application so....
I'm Bethany and I do very well at anything I'm very passionate about, but if I don't care, I will always fail.
That was in a letter of recommendation for a grant application so....
November 21, 2024 at 4:55 AM
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school:
I’m Nic and I must plagiarize my writing because I use too many big words that I shouldn’t understand.
Courtesy of my 5th grade teacher (ftr, I did not commit the crimes she accused me of 😤)
I’m Nic and I must plagiarize my writing because I use too many big words that I shouldn’t understand.
Courtesy of my 5th grade teacher (ftr, I did not commit the crimes she accused me of 😤)
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Here a "LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 in Neurosciences" starter pack.
Do not hesitate to share and if you identify yourself within this community raise you hand and you'll be added 😀🏳️🌈.
Together we're stronger!
go.bsky.app/UxfGB3u
Do not hesitate to share and if you identify yourself within this community raise you hand and you'll be added 😀🏳️🌈.
Together we're stronger!
go.bsky.app/UxfGB3u
November 17, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Here a "LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 in Neurosciences" starter pack.
Do not hesitate to share and if you identify yourself within this community raise you hand and you'll be added 😀🏳️🌈.
Together we're stronger!
go.bsky.app/UxfGB3u
Do not hesitate to share and if you identify yourself within this community raise you hand and you'll be added 😀🏳️🌈.
Together we're stronger!
go.bsky.app/UxfGB3u
Re-posting because I can finally tag her! Welcome to bluesky @nquintus.bsky.social !! 🎉💜
Two fresh neuroscience PhD candidates! I passed my oral prelim the same day as one of my grad school besties 🎉
November 14, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Re-posting because I can finally tag her! Welcome to bluesky @nquintus.bsky.social !! 🎉💜
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If you're interested in a neuroscience PhD and will be as #sfn24 #sfn2024 swing by the University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Neuroscience booth at the grad fair. Also check out the linked itinerary below for a list of presentations by current students at the meeting!
October 5, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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A real pleasure to talk with The Transmitter about our recent perspective on being less binary when thinking about sex mechanisms in cognition!!
Read if you like hearing me rant (I know you do) or want to get your mind blown (natural consequence of my rants)
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
Read if you like hearing me rant (I know you do) or want to get your mind blown (natural consequence of my rants)
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
Accounting for a mosaic of sex differences: Q&A with Nicola Grissom
Breaking the binary view of sex traits can enable researchers to represent the broader complexity of behavior and cognition.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 10, 2024 at 2:30 PM
A real pleasure to talk with The Transmitter about our recent perspective on being less binary when thinking about sex mechanisms in cognition!!
Read if you like hearing me rant (I know you do) or want to get your mind blown (natural consequence of my rants)
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
Read if you like hearing me rant (I know you do) or want to get your mind blown (natural consequence of my rants)
www.thetransmitter.org/sex-differen...
Two fresh neuroscience PhD candidates! I passed my oral prelim the same day as one of my grad school besties 🎉
June 28, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Two fresh neuroscience PhD candidates! I passed my oral prelim the same day as one of my grad school besties 🎉
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Full cell article here with more detail on steps needed:
Juneteenth in STEMM and the barriers to equitable science
We are 52 Black scientists. Here, we establish the context of Juneteenth in STEMM
and discuss the barriers Black scientists face, the struggles they endure, and the
lack of recognition they receive. W...
www.cell.com
June 20, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Full cell article here with more detail on steps needed:
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This is where the current University positions fall apart.
We can't speak out against the genocide because that's antisemitic because it is opposing Israel & Israelis might be sad - but Israelis are *also* speaking out against the genocide & we are punishing them too... Who are we protecting?
We can't speak out against the genocide because that's antisemitic because it is opposing Israel & Israelis might be sad - but Israelis are *also* speaking out against the genocide & we are punishing them too... Who are we protecting?
June 11, 2024 at 4:47 PM
This is where the current University positions fall apart.
We can't speak out against the genocide because that's antisemitic because it is opposing Israel & Israelis might be sad - but Israelis are *also* speaking out against the genocide & we are punishing them too... Who are we protecting?
We can't speak out against the genocide because that's antisemitic because it is opposing Israel & Israelis might be sad - but Israelis are *also* speaking out against the genocide & we are punishing them too... Who are we protecting?
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Very happy to announce our paper!
"Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity"
A pleasure to contribute to this special issue of Hormones and Behavior about how to be less binary and more inclusive in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity"
A pleasure to contribute to this special issue of Hormones and Behavior about how to be less binary and more inclusive in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 20, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Very happy to announce our paper!
"Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity"
A pleasure to contribute to this special issue of Hormones and Behavior about how to be less binary and more inclusive in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity"
A pleasure to contribute to this special issue of Hormones and Behavior about how to be less binary and more inclusive in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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NEUROSCIENTISTS, stop pretending to work and read this:
Have you ever worried about finding sex differences in your data? Or found a sex difference that led to concerns over mechanism, or worse, overly binary or potentially sexist interpretations?
We wrote this for you 🧠
#neuroskyence
#academicsky
Have you ever worried about finding sex differences in your data? Or found a sex difference that led to concerns over mechanism, or worse, overly binary or potentially sexist interpretations?
We wrote this for you 🧠
#neuroskyence
#academicsky
Very happy to announce our paper!
"Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity"
A pleasure to contribute to this special issue of Hormones and Behavior about how to be less binary and more inclusive in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"Sex mechanisms as nonbinary influences on cognitive diversity"
A pleasure to contribute to this special issue of Hormones and Behavior about how to be less binary and more inclusive in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 20, 2024 at 7:29 PM
NEUROSCIENTISTS, stop pretending to work and read this:
Have you ever worried about finding sex differences in your data? Or found a sex difference that led to concerns over mechanism, or worse, overly binary or potentially sexist interpretations?
We wrote this for you 🧠
#neuroskyence
#academicsky
Have you ever worried about finding sex differences in your data? Or found a sex difference that led to concerns over mechanism, or worse, overly binary or potentially sexist interpretations?
We wrote this for you 🧠
#neuroskyence
#academicsky
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Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative estimate of USA Covid-19 levels based on wastewater data.
Report for December 4, 2023.
Click through for all the bad news.
www.pmc19.com/data/index.php
Report for December 4, 2023.
Click through for all the bad news.
www.pmc19.com/data/index.php
December 6, 2023 at 10:07 PM
Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative estimate of USA Covid-19 levels based on wastewater data.
Report for December 4, 2023.
Click through for all the bad news.
www.pmc19.com/data/index.php
Report for December 4, 2023.
Click through for all the bad news.
www.pmc19.com/data/index.php
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The sex binary is dead!
Long live sex diversity & variability!
Sex is one of the greatest sources of variation seen in life. How do we advance the scientific study of sex across the animal kingdom? Read our latest article in Hormones & Behavior to find out!
🧪 🧠 #neuroskyence
Long live sex diversity & variability!
Sex is one of the greatest sources of variation seen in life. How do we advance the scientific study of sex across the animal kingdom? Read our latest article in Hormones & Behavior to find out!
🧪 🧠 #neuroskyence
November 17, 2023 at 8:46 PM
The sex binary is dead!
Long live sex diversity & variability!
Sex is one of the greatest sources of variation seen in life. How do we advance the scientific study of sex across the animal kingdom? Read our latest article in Hormones & Behavior to find out!
🧪 🧠 #neuroskyence
Long live sex diversity & variability!
Sex is one of the greatest sources of variation seen in life. How do we advance the scientific study of sex across the animal kingdom? Read our latest article in Hormones & Behavior to find out!
🧪 🧠 #neuroskyence