Emily Harriott
@emilymharriott
Vanderbilt University PhD candidate // Northwestern University '19. she/her. follow along for science, baseball, & running ☺️
we did it !! we figured out the role of the corticospinal tract in reading !! okay … maybe still a work in progress … but i’m beyond grateful for the enthusiastic questions and spirited discussions i received and engaged in at SSSR this year !! 🥰📚🧠🤓 #SSSR2026
received my TA course evals today. can’t wait to present these to a faculty search committee one day !! 😂😂😂 #phdlife
thanks for yapping with me !! it was so much fun !! 🥰🤓🧠 #CNS2026
wow what a spot to be assigned !! come grab some breakfast and hang out with me at poster F30 ‘til 10 am PST !! 🥰🤓🧠 #CNS2026
happy CNS 2026!! I’m SO excited to share some developmental EF white matter stuff I’ve been pondering recently … especially during during poster session F!! come hang!!🤸🏻♀️🤓🧠 #CNS2026 *in a wild turn of events, we’ve replaced all the pretty plots with beautiful diagrams!!😱
almost exactly 4.5 years ago, my phd advisor asked me to write a chapter of a textbook. i thought that was crazy and also immediately said yes. today, i got to hold that textbook !! with that painstakingly written chapter !! in my little hands !! 📘🤲🏼
happy halloween from the logan lab girlies at the vandy trick or treat parade 🎃👻 xoxo, Joy from Inside Out
gave my yearly “works in progress” talk in forum today! had an absolute ball! shoutout to everyone at the Vandy Brain Institute for listening to me yap about white matter & reading AGAIN🧠📚✨
happy, happy Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Science Day!! 🧬🧠📚✨ (come hang out with me, poster session 1 / poster 33, to talk about transcranial magnetic stimulation & myelination in adults !! 😱🧠⚡️)
shoutout to everyone who indeed came to hang. grateful for some fantastic conversations with some phenomenal people that gave me some great ideas!! 🥰🥰🥰 #flux2025
HAPPY FLUX DAY 2!! I’m so excited to discuss some ideas I’ve been pondering recently… come chat with me at poster F38 4:30-6:00 today! 🥰🥰 #flux2025
favorite conference, favorite city. could not be more excited to be at @FluxSociety 2025 in DUBLIN, IRELAND🥹🥰☘️✨🇮🇪 #flux2025
immaculate vibes in lab today✨ #phdlife (for better or worse, i am the “you” 😂)
SSSR 2025: ✅ learned a lot, co-chaired a symposium, gave a talk, saw some old friends, made some new friends… and line danced !! yeehaw !! 🤠 can’t wait for next year already🥰 #SSSR2025 🧠📚🤓
they can hike a mountain (literally. this is at the top of sulphur mountain in the canadian rockies) but can they science?! come find out at Macleod E1 at 10:30 am today - we’re co-chairing a symposium on all things white matter & reading!! 🤓📚🧠 #SSSR2025
its happening!! tomorrow!! eeeep!! i’m co-chairing and giving a talk as part of a symposium at SSSR !! 10:30 am in Macleod E1!! see you there!! 🧠📚 #SSSR2025
achievement unlocked: my symposium talk is on saturday, but today, i was 2nd author on not one but TWO posters across TWO universities!! it is truly just the coolest thing to get to be involved in several reading related research projects with diverse methodologies. #SSSR2025
phenomenal “day 1” (preconference) at SSSR 2025!! made some friends, learned a lot, so excited for tomorrow!! 🤓📚🧠 #SSSR2025
and and and and - i’m co-chairing a symposium and giving a talk on saturday at 10:30 am local time!! eeeeep!!!!😱🥹🥲🥰 (come for the talk, stay for the plots!)
SO excited to have made it to calgary for SSSR 2025 - and for the next few days of science, fun, & friends!! 🤓🧠📚 #SSSR2025
went to a ~fantastic~ seminar (as part of the VUIIS seminar series) on white matter across the lifespan by dr. kurt schilling today !! the MASI lab has created some really neat white matter development charts (a la height/weight growth charts for infants & toddlers) !! 🤩🤩🤩