I had the best time at the @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social this last month. Thank you @borglandlab.bsky.social for having me around 🥰😍. I hope it is the start of a long and fruitful collaboration together.

Very nice and detailed review in @npp-journal.bsky.social on "Prefrontal cortex development and its implications in mental illness" from Laura DeNardo and colleagues. rdcu.be/euCIP

@ebbsociety.bsky.social starting 🔥🥵 in Bordeaux

Spent the last two days as an observer on different grant panel boards. First the MRC @ukri.org then the @wellcometrust.bsky.social . Enriching and genuinely very informative experience I would recommend especially for young PIs. www.ukri.org/what-we-do/d... wellcome.org/research-fun...

Had the best past month having finally @katepeters3.bsky.social in Aberdeen. Both working and enjoying what felt like normal life. Can't wait to do this again with my partner in crime.

How does environmental enrichment affect food seeking? We show reduced cue evoked food seeking following just 24hrs of EE accompanied by cell type specific alterations in the mPFC as well as important contributions of a sucrose cue ensemble #fridayscience doi.org/10.1038/s413...

We are Kate and Fabien. We are both scientists. We are both bi and in a straight-passing relationship. And we wish you a Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 #queeratwork #queerathome #queerinthelab @katepeters3.bsky.social

And Kiltwalk Aberdeen 2025 is done ! 29km/18miles in 5h16. Such fun with @katepeters3.bsky.social

Last week before the KiltWalk. Help us to reach our goal www.justgiving.com/team/frog-ro...

I swear this is for work.

it was a real pleasure to have @katepeters3.bsky.social from @sussexneuro.bsky.social giving a very engaging talk on the effect of environmental enrichment on food seeking at the @rowettinstitute.bsky.social. Thanks to the @royalsoced.bsky.social to fund our project allowing her to be here.

My nicely organised planning for May-June: an analogy

@womeninneurouk.bsky.social seriously cool symposium at #BNA2025 from Women in Neuroscience discussing sex and gender disparities in neuroscience and beyond. Favourite talk so far on differences in injury mechanisms for female rugby players 🤯

it was a very exciting and successful symposium at @britishneuro.bsky.social (but sad I forgot to take more pictures including one with the 4 of us). Thank you @katepeters3.bsky.social @shaunaparkes.bsky.social and @macaskillaf.bsky.social for the wonderful talks ❤️

Happy to kick off BNA in Liverpool with our session on motivation and reward pursuit with @fabnaneix.bsky.social @shaunaparkes.bsky.social @macaskillaf.bsky.social #bna25 @britishneuro.bsky.social

It is my great pleasure to welcome Dr @katepeters3.bsky.social for a 1-month at @rowettinstitute.bsky.social and @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social as part of our Royal Society of Edinburgh project. Exciting science incoming.

This year @katepeters3.bsky.social and myself are doing the Aberdeen's KiltWalk thekiltwalk.co.uk/events/aberd... on 01/06. We are raising money for the RLNI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) so please do not hesitate to support us if you wish. 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️ www.justgiving.com/team/frog-ro...

Current feeling at work recently...

A reminder that @katepeters3.bsky.social and myself are raising some money for the RLNI by doing the Kiltwalk. the walk is approaching and it will be amazing if you could help us reaching our target! Much appreciated.

This paper is now published in Physiology & Behavior www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Congratulation to everyone involved (Giulia, John, Jaime) and thank you to our institutions (Uni Leicester, @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, UiT Artic University, Sapienza uni, @qmul.ac.uk See thread with gifs 👇

Figure 8 ❤️‍🔥 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

We continue to go deeper in our understanding on how obesity changes our food perception and preferences rdcu.be/efeqE

Today was the oral presentation of our Honours students. Very proud of Mhari and Rebecca for the excellent work and enthusiasm during these 3 months. It is always rewarding for us to have such dynamic early-career researchers in the lab. @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @aberdeenneuro.bsky.social

Second reading of the week: @katewassum.bsky.social group investigated how chronic stress impacts different amygdala-striatal pathways to promote habitual behaviours over goal-directed actions. Always inspiring to see such neat behavioural and circuit neuroscience work. rdcu.be/ed5gj

Very cool study from Alexander Johnston team at Michigan State Uni. revealing an interesting role of VTA dopamine neurons in stim-evoked mediated devaluation of food rewards. I especially love the tagging of neurons during learned aversion to manipulate them later on. www.nature.com/articles/s42...

This year @katepeters3.bsky.social and myself are doing the Aberdeen's KiltWalk thekiltwalk.co.uk/events/aberd... on 01/06. We are raising money for the RLNI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) so please do not hesitate to support us if you wish. 🚶‍♂️ 🚶‍♀️ www.justgiving.com/team/frog-ro...

Science matters! The @ebbsociety.bsky.social associates itself with the FENS and numerous other scientific societies to express our support to our U.S. based friends as science and academic freedom are in danger. www.fens.org/news-activit...

Today is World Obesity Day (bit ironic to have that the same day as Pancake day/Mardi Gras). At the @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @aberdeenneuro.bsky.social our team is trying to understand the impact it has on cognition and the brain, especially when it occurs during early life. #worldobesityday

Love wins 🌈 @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social

An important letter and report from the @britishneuro.bsky.social urging to support and protect preclinical neuroscience research in the UK www.bna.org.uk/mediacentre/...

New preprint alert! "Dietary protein restriction in rats leads to a rapid within-session preference for protein" That is the last part of Giulia's PhD work (now postdoc in Sapienza University of Rome) with Jaime McCutcheon, John Apergis-Schoute and myself. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Very neat work from Scott Kanoski and Will de Lartigue groups on how different neuronal populations in the hippocampus respond to different nutrients and drives related contextual and motivational behaviours rdcu.be/d6CX1

On my way to present a PhD seminar at @neurobordeaux.bsky.social today. Very glad to have been invited and to share some of my scientific journey with the new generation of Bordeaux neuroscientists @aberdeenneuro.bsky.social

A reminder that we have some potential fully funded PhD projects here in Aberdeen. See details below and do not hesitate to contact me and share that around. Deadline for applications on the 17th of January!!!

Happy new year everyone! I started putting together a starter pack with EBBS members @ebbsociety.bsky.social and related people. This is certainly incomplete and a work in progress. Let me know if you want to be added (or removed). go.bsky.app/V2VNvck

Back home #France #countryside #Limousin #walking

We are very proud to announce a wonderful program for the June 25 EBBS meeting in Bordeaux @ebbsociety.bsky.social. Keep the dates in your calendar and look for registration opening. We also have some awards including travel awards for ECR ebbs2025.azuleon.org/programme You do not want to miss it 🧠🍷

ALERT: Yearly EASTBIO PhD recruitment competition! Links just below. Deadline for application on 17th Jan 25. Applicants should hold a minimum of a 2:1 UK Honours degree (or international equivalent) or a Master in relevant topic. Links in the next post, pls share!

Christmas spirit and the start of my vilain era at work

It happened. After 4 years being a PI... it took me 1h to prepare a simple solution because I had no idea where some of the reagents were.

Preparing a lecture on developmental neurosciences on my favourite topic: adolescence and prefrontal cortex. Especially happy to integrate some of my work with the work of @laurenmac.bsky.social and Cecilia Flores to talk about guidance cues and dopamine system

Neuroscientists! A key message from the ALBA Network Please help us spread the word and share this with your network!!! Nominate (self-n allowed) a mid-career neuroscientist (5+ years post-PhD) for the ALBA-Roche Research Prize for Excellence in Neuroscience! 🔎http://loom.ly/_EvQvm4 🗓️20 January 2025

Join us at #BNA2025 in Liverpool in April 25 by registering/submitting your abstract now. Very glad our symposium on "Motivation and reward pursuit - from cues to adaptative decision making" with @katepeters3.bsky.social, @shaunaparkes.bsky.social and @macaskillaf.bsky.social has been accepted. 🧠

Winter has reached Scotland and the Rowett Institute is standing in the snow with the pale light of the sun (only from 8am to 3pm).

Lot of new people around there so let's restart. I'm Fabien, a French neuroscientist lost in Scotland. Interest in development and vulnerability of motivated behaviours (especially feeding behaviours). First gen PhD, clearly lefty, #BiInScience, mental health advocate, outdoors enjoyer.

It's #BiVisibilityDay. Meaning it is also #BiInScience for these two. Even if we may straight pass, it does not erase who we are 🏳️‍🌈 🩷💜💙 @katepeters3.bsky.social

Coffee, music, papers everywhere,whiteboard notes, Saturday morning.... It is grant deadline season.

We have now a 3-year postdoctoral position now opened to join my group at @rowett_abdn If you are/know someone interested in exploring the impact of diet during adolescence on dopamine & food-seeking: [email protected] More info here: abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/resear… DL: 30/04/24

Over the moon to share that I received a 3-yrs BBSRC grant (start June 24). Postdoc position will be advertised soon but if you are/know someone interested in exploring the impact of adolescence dietary habits on dopamine & food-seeking, pls contact me [email protected]

Folks! It's the final countdown! Symposia submissions are due soon for Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience #MMiN2024! Even if you're still working on your proposal, please go ahead and make a profile on the conference web page in case there are technical difficulties! Pls repost