Sydney Trask
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running, baby, dogs | assistant professor | behavioral neuroscience
Thanks to
@katesadlerphd.bsky.social
for hosting me at UTD this week! What a great department and city, and the most eye-welling I’ve ever done during an introduction.
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Amy Johnston, PhD
6 days ago
Solid advice for grad school applicants
#AcademicSky
#MedSky
#EpiSky
#ScienceSky
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By James Watson
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Sarah Robins
9 days ago
Next week in San Diego!
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Steve Maren
13 days ago
🚨Applications are now open for 2026
@beckmanillinois.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellowships! We provide 3 years of support ($63k/year) for candidates conducting interdisciplinary research with two or more Beckman faculty members. Please apply and RT!
beckman.illinois.edu/opportunitie...
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Postdoctoral Fellows Program
The Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offers three postdoctoral fellow programs to support outstanding scientists: Beckman Institute Postdoctoral Fellows Program, Car...
https://beckman.illinois.edu/opportunities/postdoctoral-opportunities/fellowships/postdoctoral-fellows-program
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I know most things I need to know about a person based on how they react when they hear “TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE GONE.”
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Ben Saunders
15 days ago
ATTN: Two faculty positions are available in my department (neuroscience) at the University of Minnesota. This is a general search with no topic focus. November 20th application deadline. Apply here:
hr.umn.edu/jobs/Find-Job
Assistant Prof job code: 364920 Associate/Full Prof job code: 364921
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JAMA Psychiatry
21 days ago
Viewpoint: Integrating psychologists into inpatient teams can reduce coercive practices, improve diagnosis and risk management, boost staff morale, and contribute to more effective treatment and discharge planning.
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Mick Craig
21 days ago
Another
#FluorescenceFriday
image here, from an ongoing project studying circuitry of the retrosplenial cortex. Here we are using rabies to map the inputs specifically to the deep pyramidal cells (L5). Cyan shows the deep cells and magenta shows their presynaptic partners.
#NeuroSkyence
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Meghan Flanigan
24 days ago
Happy to share my lab's first review article! We outline how the lateral habenula is a critical regulator of almost every type of social behavior, from pro- to anti-social behaviors, in both sexes, and across the lifespan. Hopefully this can serve as a useful reference!
rdcu.be/eLWPw
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The lateral habenula as a master regulator of innate and learned social behaviors
https://rdcu.be/eLWPw
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Mat Johnson
25 days ago
Happy "PROFESSOR!!! CANVAS IS DOWN!!!" day to all academics who celebrate.
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Bertoglio lab (FMC/UFSC)
29 days ago
An Accidental Journey Into the Black Hole of the Hippocampus and How We Learned About What Makes a Context a Context
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An Accidental Journey Into the Black Hole of the Hippocampus and How We Learned About What Makes a Context a Context
In this commentary, I recount my personal research journey that brought me to studying the hippocampus, which I vigorously avoided earlier in my career. I focus on studies of contextual fear conditio...
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hipo.70042
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MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge
about 1 month ago
New paper - Sex differences in healthy brain aging are unlikely to explain higher Alzheimer’s Disease prevalence in women:
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2510486122
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Jonathan Peelle
about 1 month ago
ManuscriptCentral - New Account Created
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Ron Keiflin
about 1 month ago
🧠 Curious about grad school in Psych & Brain Sciences? Join UC Santa Barbara’s PBS Department for a virtual open house on Oct 14 — meet faculty, connect with grad students, and learn more about the program!
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Kurt Fraser
about 1 month ago
I apparently missed the announcement but happy to be in good company with other 2025 NARSAD young investigators!
bbrfoundation.org/content/brai...
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Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Awards 165 Young Investigator Grants to Advance Mental Health Research | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
$11.4 million in two-year awards—selected from 895 applications—will fuel early-career breakthroughs in depression, schizophrenia, anxiety, PTSD, addiction, and more.
https://bbrfoundation.org/content/brain-behavior-research-foundation-awards-165-young-investigator-grants-advance-mental
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Earl K. Miller
about 1 month ago
For all the knucklehead reviewers out there. Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
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Principles for proper peer review
https://jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8/release/1
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Stephanie L. Grella, PhD
about 1 month ago
First lab paper out today! Student authors: Mikayla Cutler and Abhi Thati 🎉🤩 Hippocampus | Neuroscience Journal | Wiley Online Library
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Drug‐Related Engrams and Their Role in the Persistence and Recurrence of Drug‐Related Behaviors
Memory is a cornerstone of human behavior, and addiction offers a compelling model of its persistence and plasticity. The scope of engram research has rapidly expanded to include addiction-related ph....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hipo.70040
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Morgan Carter
about 2 months ago
It feels like the statement "I want to get this in before the gov shutdown" should be more rare than it has been in my life.
#NewPI
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Lisa Taxier
about 1 month ago
Excited to have this preprint out into the world!
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BWJones
about 1 month ago
Reveling in the fact that we can post our own gifs on Bsky now. My gift to you,
@fim.bsky.social
at the cheesiest tiki bar in Hawaii that we could find.
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Anita Devineni
about 2 months ago
My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist! Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
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No one told me about the worst part of parenthood: Having to make a dinner every night when you'd rather just eat chips.
about 2 months ago
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Sardonicus
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International Behavioral Neuroscience Society
2 months ago
We are excited to invite all behavioral neuroscientists to the 35th Annual IBNS Meeting at Cape Town, South Africa June 23-27, 2026! Call for Symposia / Satellite Proposals Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 More information can be found at
ibnsconnect.org/meetings
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Rachel Smith
2 months ago
We're hiring 2 faculty in Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level -- come join our amazing department at Texas A&M!
apply.interfolio.com/172286
Apply by Oct 1 for highest priority.
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A sure sign of aging is knowing who the stars are on Dancing with the Stars.
2 months ago
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Thoughtful review on an excellent movie: “he’s underlining the fallacy of catharsis…vanquishing evil doesn’t undo the terrors it has already wrought—and that there’s only so much relief a conclusion can actually bring.”
www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
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The Feel-Bad, Feel-Good Movie of the Year
The horror film "Weapons" grants viewers some relief—but with a catch.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/08/weapons-movie-2025-review-ending/683886/
2 months ago
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My sister complied with this request and asked zero follow-up questions.
2 months ago
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Nice write up on my sister-in-law’s bookseller, Nightlight Books. Cleveland-based - check it out if you’re nearby!
thelandcle.org/stories/coun...
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Country’s 1st disability-focused book seller Nightlight Books seeks physical space in Cleveland – The Land
"As far as I know. . . we're the only ones in the U.S. I know of disabled booksellers, I know disabled writers and publishers, but not bookstores where that's the specific focus...People in the wild w...
https://thelandcle.org/stories/countrys-1st-disability-focused-book-seller-nightlight-books-seeks-physical-space-in-cleveland/
2 months ago
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Gonzalo Urcelay
3 months ago
Reminder that we're looking for a Post Doc and the deadline is looming (Sept 5th). If you are interested, please get in touch. If you see this, please repost it to that it is seen by potential applicants!
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This lab safety poster shows that the glass was already broken when it hit the foot, suggesting foul play. A mystery is afoot.
3 months ago
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Morning commute.
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Nicole Ferrara
3 months ago
Had a blast writing this insight article with
@sydneytrask.bsky.social
covering original research from the
@michaeldrew.bsky.social
lab on the stress-specific recruitment of a brain region that drives fear behaviors!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...
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Behavioral Neuroscience: The consequences of stress on the brain and fear
A region of the brain called the paraventricular thalamus mediates the impact of stress on unlearned fear responses, but is not involved in learned fear behavior.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.108480
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People tell you that staying up all night is the hardest part of having a baby, when in reality it’s also staying up all day.
3 months ago
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Jack Lynch
3 months ago
I'll admit, I was skeptical when they said Gemini was just like a bunch of PhDs. But I gotta admit they nailed it.
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Simon W Davis
3 months ago
My new university's logo is a PSI! How frickin cool is that! Help me grow a new lab at in IU Bloomington! We're seeking brilliant young scientists interested in memory representations, neuromodulation & aging. Coordinator:
bit.ly/3Hu3UzT
Postdoc:
bit.ly/4oBZF6j
Accepting GS apps in the Fall!
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Joshua Weitz
3 months ago
The White House budget proposal includes an $18B cut to NIH research funding in FY26. Explore the anticipated economic impacts in communities nationwide & click on any district to learn more and get a shareable scorecard. New from our
#SCIMaP
team:
scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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SCIMaP - Impacts of Federal Cuts to Science and Medical Research
View Projected Impact of the FY2026 Budget Cuts to the NIH
https://scienceimpacts.org/fy26
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Incredibly detailed sex-specific breakdown of a range of behaviors that occur during each phase of the stress-enhanced fear learning procedure.
learnmem.cshlp.org/content/32/7...
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Sex and estrous cycle effects on stress-enhanced fear learning in Long-Evans rats
Peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing basic neuroscience research in the areas of neuronal plasticity, learning and memory
https://learnmem.cshlp.org/content/32/7-8/a054097.full.pdf+html
3 months ago
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Bertoglio lab (FMC/UFSC)
3 months ago
An amygdala-cortical circuit for encoding generalized fear memories
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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An amygdala-cortical circuit for encoding generalized fear memories - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - An amygdala-cortical circuit for encoding generalized fear memories
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-025-03140-8
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Dr. Jennifer Honeycutt
3 months ago
‼️ Join us in Neuro at Bowdoin! Looking for a TT colleague in Neuro - broadly defined, but interested in those working with computation, public policy/clinical, mental health, open data, etc. Review of apps starts 9/9 - get in touch with questions!
careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/16648
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Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Bowdoin College’s Program of Neuroscience invites applications for a full-time tenure-track faculty appointment in Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2026, with a prefere...
https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/16648
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Laura Been
3 months ago
Haverford is hiring a Neuroscientist! Please spread the word and share with anyone interested in a faculty position at a research-intensive liberal arts college. Motivated students, competitive start ups, hard money, great location, wonderful colleagues!
www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Haverford College invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience.
https://www.haverford.edu/provost/news/tenure-track-assistant-professor-neuroscience
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Eric Garr
3 months ago
I’m excited to share my latest paper, in which we used latent state modeling to reveal how fentanyl shapes decision-making dynamics in rats. Here’s a summary of what we found (thread).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Modeling hidden cognitive states reveals acute and chronic effects of fentanyl on decision-making
The cognitive mechanisms underlying behavior are often dynamic, shifting gradually or abruptly over time scales spanning years, to weeks, to minutes. Whether drug-induced changes in learning and decis...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.08.04.668448v1
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Vegemite being the most famous Australian food is crazy when these exist.
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Dr. Anna Radke
4 months ago
Miami is hiring a neurobiologist! I am excited to welcome a new colleague to our Neuroscience community! Please share!
miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...
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Assistant Professor
Job Title Assistant Professor Department Biology Department Worker Type Regular Pay Type Salary Salary will be commensurate with the level of the position, education, and experience. Benefit Eligible ...
https://miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamioh-faculty/job/Assistant-Professor_JR102649
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Jonathan Peelle
4 months ago
HOW DO I LOG IN TO EDITORIAL MANAGER TO SUBMIT MY REVIEW
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Bertoglio lab (FMC/UFSC)
4 months ago
Activity of CRF neurons in the BNST reduces anxiety-potentiated startle in female rats in an estrous phase-dependent manner
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Hadas Weiss
4 months ago
when i'm asked to review the revised version
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Abby Polter
4 months ago
New from
@dralexharris.bsky.social
, Ula Skupio, and myself in
@cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social
: a long in the works review trying to untangle what stress is doing in the VTA, and what the piles of confusing data might teach us about what the VTA is doing at all.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Untangling the multifaceted VTA responses to stress
Stress has profound impacts on the ventral tegmental area (VTA). However, the complex and opposing effects of stress on the VTA have limited our abili…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166223625001237?dgcid=author
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