Alina Tu

(she/her) 🧠 phd student @ucibiosci | @chrastil spatial neuroscience lab | k-12 outreach chair @ucicnlm @alinatu.bsky.social

[Steven Weisberg @stevenmweisberg]

@chrastil @alinatu0 and team - congratulations! What a fantastic paper, wonderfully done!

This is precisely the kind of work we need to move the field forward on this question and presented so carefully and thoughtfully! I love it!

A few thoughts --

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

@DanielaCossio96 thank you @DanielaCossio96 🫶

[Liz Chrastil @chrastil]

🚨 new paper alert! Does hippocampal volume relate to navigation abilities? What about hippocampal subfields? @alinatu0 addressed this question that has been perplexing the navigation community. The short answer: yes, but it's complicated. 🧵 1/6
https://t.co/TJRxNI65tr

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

I think it's finally time I move to Bluesky (@alinatu.bsky.social)! I'll be attending #psychonomic24 in NYC soon and am excited to connect with y'all on the other app 😎

[Nature Neuroscience @NatureNeuro]

Welcome our November issue into the world!

https://t.co/PmWI5Oa0uO

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

@brainybassil congrats!!! looking forward to reading it!

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

@DanielaCossio96 hilarious 😭😂

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

@DanielaCossio96 i miss u in lab but i hope you get well soon 😭💖🫶🥹

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

thank you @manuellayassa for creating this space to build community 😌

[Manuella Oliveira Yassa @manuellayassa]

On Thursdays, I get to fill the @ucicnlm kitchen with these incredible scholars who are dedicating their careers to understanding the brain and curing neurological disorders. How did I get so lucky? 🥯☕️🧠🫶

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

@DanielaCossio96 @UCIrvineGD @chrastil @cientificolatin so well deserved!! you're an inspiration

[Liz Chrastil @chrastil]

A few years ago I was in a position to do something unique in neuroscience. I had been working with the phenomenal @emilyjacobs on menopause and inspired by @laura_pritschet's menstrual study, and I was planning a pregnancy. What if we scanned my brain??
https://t.co/mTLfToPhru

[Manuella Oliveira Yassa @manuellayassa]

It’s true! We are hiring an Assistant Director of Outreach and Education to join my team at @ucicnlm! Manage and grow neuroscience outreach and education programs, conduct research, and drive impact. Let’s do this 🧠

Learn more and apply: https://t.co/3J0OAru0X4

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

@DanielaCossio96 👀👀👀👀

[Hannah Grotzinger @hannahgrotz]

Are you planning a pregnancy? We are recruiting individuals planning to become pregnant, their non-pregnant partners, and control participants for an MRI study examining brain changes during the transition to parenthood!🧠See flyer below & please share widely🧠

[Liz Chrastil @chrastil]

🚨 New paper alert! We tested spatial exploration in midlife adults, who had different quantity and quality than young adults. Led by @ppady_vaisakh (who is starting his own lab at Tilburg this fall!) with @DanielaCossio96 @emilyjacobs and Mary Hegarty

https://t.co/KpEDK7KDKz

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

@neurobatool @Prof_R_Whitmer @ucdavis huge congrats!!!!

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

@LexieTopete omg congrats!!! @LexieTopete ❤️❤️❤️

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

I'm SO grateful to meet the people behind the papers that inspire my projects and for the multitude of opportunities to share my work and my research-informed opinions with others. 🧭🗺️ (2/2)

[Alina Tu @alinatu0]

I'm still processing how amazing and intellectually-stimulating #iNAV2024 was for me. Thank you to the organizers for a wonderful conference at such a spectacular place 🤩 (1/2)

[Daniela @DanielaCossio96]

Turns out #iNAV2024 was exactly what I needed to get myself out of my research slump. Feeling motivated & inspired about my work for the first time in months! So thankful to everyone who let me rant about my mad scientist theories! So happy to be a part of the @chrastil lab.