Rachel Spooner, PhD

Incredibly excited and proud to share my latest dissertation study now published @PNASNews! Here we used quantitative redox biology and neurophysiology approaches to study the role of the mitochondrial redox environment in human sensorimotor function 🧵 pnas.org/content/118/43…

Really proud to support our local #Parkinsons community @ParkinsonsNE Walk the Park event this Sunday. To have my family there to support alongside @BoysTown_IHN, even better! ❤️

As we usher in 2025, we reflect on all that we've accomplished in the past year. Check out our latest blog post for all the details, pictures, & memories. Happy New Year to you & your loved ones, from all of us here at #IHN! instituteforhumanneuroscience.org/news/end-of-ye… #neuroscience #neuroimaging

#IHN's newest lab director @SpoonerRK of the #TranslationalMotorImaginglab gave two presentations at @biomag2024, one of which was as a finalist for the Early Career Research Award. Good luck Dr. Spooner!!! #neuroscience #IHNawards #IHNconference #BIOMAG #neuroimaging

Check out #CASIlab director @HeinrichsGraham presenting at the @biomag2024. Dr. Heinrichs-Graham gave 2 presentations at the conference. #IHN #neuroscience #neuorimaging #BIOMAG #IHNconferences

Heading to @biomag2024 in Sydney, Australia? Keep your eyes peeled for 2 PIs from IHN, @HeinrichsGraham and @SpoonerRK. They will each be giving 2 talks on Tuesday. Dr. Spooner is a finalist for the Early Career Research Award!!🤩 #IHN #neuroscience #neuorimaging #BIOMAG

Dr. Yasra Arif presenting this morning, "High-definition transcranial direct current stimulation of the motor cortices induces polarity-dependent effects on neural oscillations within the distributed motor circuitry - young vs older adults" #NYCN2024 #IHNconferences #IHN

Are you interested in #magnetoencephalography #neuroimaging? Do you want to partner with some of the leading researchers using #MEG technology? Then look no further. #IHN is hiring a MEG tech at Boys Town. Extensive on the job training available! boystown.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/boystowncareer…

Thank you, so excited to be back!

Poster session is in full swing! With 30 researchers: #IHNSummerScholars, #IHN & @Creighton RAs, grad students, & postdoctoral fellows, presenting their latest work. The hum and bustle of groundbreaking #neuroscience can't help but make one smile 😁! #IHN_TRS_24 #IHNconferences

As we wrap up the 2024 #IHNSummerScholar research training program, we gather to kick off the #IHN Trainee Research Symposium @BoysTownHosp in partnership w/ @Creighton. Throughout the day the summer scholars, graduate students, & postdocs will present recent work. #Neuroscience

🍭CANDY Lab is hiring a post-bac RA! 🧠 We’re launching a study on puberty effects on brain dev in teens with autism. 🧩 Perfect for recent or soon to be grads who are passionate about autism research and looking to prepare for PhD programs Apply here👉 tiny.cc/6sz7zz

Incredibly excited for the opportunity to direct my own lab @BoysTownHosp @BoysTown_IHN!! Anyone interested in motor system physiology, aging trajectories, neuroimaging or systems biology, please reach out as I’d love to connect!

#IHN's @HeinrichsGraham , director of #CASILab presents in "Language acquisition in children who are deaf or hard of hearing from preschool to adolescence" symposium alongside @BoysTownHosp colleagues at #IASCL2024 in Prague this week. #neuroscience #neuroimaging #IHNconferences

Beyond grateful and excited to be joining such an amazing team of research scientists at @BoysTown_IHN to build my research program using #MEG, neuromodulation and systems biology approaches to study motor system physiology in health and disease!!!

Clinically effective DBS contacts elicit stronger sensorimotor evoked potentials than ineffective ones. Moreover, they better reduce cortical beta synchrony. At #NeuralTraces2024, @SpoonerRK offers possible explanations of why DBS actually works! doi.org/10.1038/s41531…

Did you know, that #MEG 🧲 is so sensitive, you can even identify the #DBS device your patient has, just from looking at the raw data? 📈Check out our new DBS phantom study, in press @brainstimj ! Great collaborative effort within the @Retune_CRC doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.…