Susannah Walker
@susannahcwalker.bsky.social
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Reader in Behavioural #Neuroscience, Somatosensory & Affective Neuroscience Group, Liverpool John Moores University. Chair of Liverpool Neuroscience Group, British Neuroscience Association Representative for #Liverpool.
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🔈Public Lecture: Trust the people! How the UK Government got its behavioural response to #COVID wrong.
Professor Stephen Reicher from the University of St Andrews
🗓️Thursday June 5th
🕐5.00pm
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Had a great Friday hosting this Leonardo Art Science Evening
Rendezvous (LASER) to explore the role of music in dementia healthcare. Thanks to #BYOB25 & @susannahcwalker.bsky.social for supporting the LASER, to the speakers & musicians, & the audience who joined in with our music moments!
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#BNA2025 Day 3: Wrapping Up with Big Ideas!

Liverpool, you’ve been incredible – thank you to the countless people that have made this Festival a huge success!

Keep your conversations going – join your BNA community and we look forward to seeing you at another BNA event very soon.
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We were joined by 18 A-level biology students from local schools and colleges at #BNA2025 today.

They enjoyed a bespoke #neuroscience education session from Dr Paul Hubbard of Newcastle Univeristy. Attended a plenary lecture & poster session.

A great day was had by all!

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Students pictured with Dr Paul Hubbard after their neuroscience education session. Students with LJMU student ambassadors after the poster session. Students from Liverpool College showing off their haul from the exhibitors. Two students with BNA tote bags.
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It was an honour to be asked to open #BNA2025 alongside President @tspiresjones.bsky.social

Please come by our stand, G4 in the exhibition space today and meet 2 of our key partners in the BYOB #PublicEngagement programme - The Brain Charity & Minds Reimagined artist, Helen Lydon.
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🌟 #BNA2025 has officially begun! 🚀 We’ve kicked-off the Festival in style with a performance from the Halcyon Syncopators.

Delegates gathered and connected over drinks while @tspiresjones.bsky.social officially opened the Festival alongside @susannahcwalker.bsky.social.
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On Friday 25th April, kicking off the reading theme for #BNA2025, in advance of the Queen's Reading Room events, join Magda Sliwinska at the Central Library for Words Beyond Vision - 2-4pm.

An inclusive event celebrating all types of reading

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Poster for Words Beyond Vision, featuring a book and event details which can be found in a readable format on: lng.org.uk/byob-read
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Come watch us be silly on stage for @britishneuro.bsky.social #BNA2025 Festival of Neuroscience! It’ll be v fun, prob a bit strange & it’s for charity! 🧠🪩

📅 Thu 24 Apr @ 7pm
📍 LEAF, Bold St, Liverpool
🎟️ www.eventbookings.com/b/event/neur...

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NeuroNight!

Excited to share a fun Neuro-comedy night — where science meets stand-up — all part of the countdown to #BNA2025 in Liverpool!

📅 Apr 24 – Battle of the Brains
📍LEAF, Bold Street, Liverpool
🎫 Tickets: lng.org.uk/byob-leaf

Please share – everyone’s welcome! 🙌
NeuroNights at LEAF (BYOB Liverpool)
Join us for NeuroNights, where science and comedy come together for two entertaining evenings at LEAF on Bold Street, Liverpool this April. Expect laughter, fascinating ideas, and a fresh take on how ...
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Enjoy engaging readings in Braille and print; learn about personal experiences with reading from those with various sight conditions and discover how reading can influence your brain and mental health. Friday 25th of April, 14.00 - 16.00. meetings.bna.org.uk/BYOBLiverpoo...
Whether you read with your eyes or fingertips, join us within the magnificent walls of the Liverpool Central Library for an event that brings visually impaired and sighted readers together in a shared love for reading. Enjoy engaging readings in Braille and print; learn about personal experiences with reading from those with various sight conditions and discover how reading can influence your brain and mental health.
Let’s celebrate the power of books, no matter how we read them!
This event is organised in collaboration with the Central Library.
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🎬 What is Blindness? The World Unseen – a powerful film exploring lived experiences of visual impairment through storytelling.

At FACT Liverpool for screenings + Q&A + demos on:
🗓 22 April (2pm & 6pm)
🗓 23 April (2pm & 7pm)
🎟 Free – booking essential: www.eventbookings.com/b/event/what...
What is Blindness? The World Unseen (BYOB Liverpool)
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A joy to be part of @britishneuro.bsky.social "In touch with the body" event last wk, feat. mini talks & interactive demos. Audience was fantastic! Thanks to Jo from @painreliefteam.bsky.social for coming & @susannahcwalker.bsky.social for curating #BYOB events (meetings.bna.org.uk/BYOBLiverpool/)
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🧠Bring Your Own Brain #Liverpool starts today!
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🧠 Brain Awareness Week is coming up 🧠

Our upcoming events in the lead-up to #BNA2025 align perfectly with this global initiative🎉

🔜This weekend: Meet the Scientists | Sat 8 March, 10am-4pm

meetings.bna.org.uk/BYOBLiverpool/

#BrainAwarenessWeek #BringYourOwnBrain #NeuroscienceOutreach
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A fantastic fully funded #PhD studentship in the SomAffect group at #LJMU. Ideal for a #neuroscience / #psychology postgraduate with research interests in #pain👇
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Funded PhD studentship available at Liverpool John Moores University! Fantastic opportunity for people with a background in Psychology and/or Neuroscience who want to carry out laboratory research using innovative, interdisciplinary methods. Start date June 2025: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Social safety learning in the context of pain at Liverpool John Moores University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Social safety learning in the context of pain at Liverpool John Moores University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Funded PhD studentship available at Liverpool John Moores University! Fantastic opportunity for people with a background in Psychology and/or Neuroscience who want to carry out laboratory research using innovative, interdisciplinary methods. Start date June 2025: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Social safety learning in the context of pain at Liverpool John Moores University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Social safety learning in the context of pain at Liverpool John Moores University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
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We are thrilled to participate in the Liverpool Neuroscience Festival this March & April 🎉

Join 'Bring Your Own Brain', a public programme packed with talks, exhibitions, comedy, & dance to explore the wonders of the human brain.

Read more ➡️ www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/new...
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The Queen’s Reading Room public lecture at #BNA2024 is just 1 element of an exciting 🧠 themed #publicengagement programme coming to #Liverpool this spring.

The @lng.org.uk have curated #BYOB25 -a series of events for all ages taking place across the city in March & April.

👀 meetings.bna.org.uk
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We are delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with The Queen’s Reading Room for the International Festival of Neuroscience (#BNA2025), our flagship international conference!
Read the full announcement here: tinyurl.com/2t3afr35