On September 17, the @urochester.bsky.social School of Medicine and Dentistry celebrated 100 years of #meloria (ever better). Happy #centennial, @urochestersmd.bsky.social! 🎂

How does alcohol impact brain cells? Mariah Marrero in the Arefin Lab @urochestersmd.bsky.social uses advanced imaging techniques to study the impact alcohol use disorders have on astrocytes & the brain's communication network #URochesterResearch In a Neuro Minute🧠

Excellent writing by @lucinauddin.bsky.social on the importance of multinational collaboration in #neuroscience research, and how US mandates are jeopardizing both funding and data access for international partners. 🧵1/2

Congratulations to our favorite PI, Ben Suarez-Jimenez, on this new publication! 👏 @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social #neuroskyence #neuroimaging #fear #conditioning

Some brains may be wired for pain—before it even starts On Neuroscience Perspectives, Dr. @paulgeha.bsky.social discusses groundbreaking research on brain pathways that predict chronic pain risk 🎧 Full episode → bit.ly/4n7nAt9 @johnfoxe.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social #podcast

It's always bittersweet when a lab member says goodbye! 😭 Shreya Bavdekar is off to new adventures at @colorado.edu. Best of luck Shreya, your future is bright! We appreciate you. ❤️🌟 #URochesterResearch @urochestersmd.bsky.social @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social

So happy to see our NEUROCITY Scholars @urneuroscience.bsky.social making the most of their summer at @urochestersmd.bsky.social! 🌞🧠 #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence #science

🎉We're proud that @urochester.bsky.social is now one of only eight Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging by NIH to advance our efforts in understanding of why and how we age #URochesterResearch

What’s going right in the world: 30 Indigenous communities won against a gold mine, turning plastic into painkillers, Poland moves to renewables, saving earthworms along a posting route… What’s your story?

Congratulations to the 4! new Mental Health First Aid certified members of our 🧠lab, Skylar DeWitt, Abigail Bossa, Tanya Garg, and Caitlin Sharp! 🎉 #URochesterResearch @skylardewitt.bsky.social @abigailbossa.bsky.social Find more info on this training @urochestersmd.bsky.social: ⤵️ bit.ly/4lG1pZZ

Congratulations to our favorite PI, @zvr-bsj.bsky.social, et al., on this recent publication in universitypress.cambridge.org, "PTSD subtypes and their underlying neural biomarkers: a systematic review"! #PTSD #research #neuroimaging #neuroskyence 🧠

#Healthcare is a human right. ❤️

Looks like a happy little #neuron to me! Must be all of those connections! #neuroscience #brainthings #science 🧠😉

Please join us in congratulating Shreya Bavdekar and the 2025 URMC PREP cohort on their outstanding presentations at the PREP Symposium! Next up for Shreya: @colorado.edu! 🎓👏 #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @jackofrogy.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social 🧵1/3

Last week, grad student Tanya Garg shared "How threat influences selection history: An eye-tracking study of attentional biases following trauma" for her 2-year Clinical Psychology presentation @urochester.bsky.social. Congrats, Tanya! #URochesterResearch #psychsky #neuroskyence @zvr-bsj.bsky.social

Did someone say summer?! Let's kick off summer learning with a picnic😎 Since '21, we have welcomed NEURO RocHS & NEUROCITY scholars. High school students from the Rochester City School District & undergrads from @cuny.edu spend the summer working in our neuroscience labs #URochesterResearch

Just started following @jacobsimonsays.bsky.social to get more #goodnews like this. I hope those high school scientists go into #neuroskyence research and continue helping others. Excellent work! #science #neuroscience

NEW: Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez is the recipient of a @urneuroscience.bsky.social Pilot Award for a new #VR study, "Translating rodent paradigms to virtual reality to understand human approach-avoidance behavior during decision-making conflict." Congrats, @zvr-bsj.bsky.social 🧠🥽 #URochesterResearch ⤵️

Researchers find that a brief episode of anxiety may have a bigger influence on someone's ability to learn what is safe and what is not #URochesterResearch

Meet Melanie Snell, Undergrad RA in the ZVR Lab: “I’m interested in using #neuroimaging to study the neural mechanisms of reward and psychopathologies. Fun fact: I love to collect little items for collaging in my junk journal!” ~ @melaniesnell.bsky.social 🧠🖥️ #URochesterResearch @zvr-bsj.bsky.social

What happens when the communication network from our eyes to our brain goes awry? Sarah Yablonski, a Neuroscience grad student @urochestersmd.bsky.social, studies two molecules that are critical to this communication and to retinal ganglion cell death 👇 #URochesterResearch In a Neuro Minute🧠

🌞 Thrilled to announce that @zvr-bsj.bsky.social is the recipient of a University Research Award for "Emotional Conflict and Decision-Making: Using Virtual Reality to Elucidate the Neural Correlates of Human Approach-Avoidance Behavior." Thank you, @urochester.bsky.social! #URochesterResearch 🧵1/2

Tanya Garg and Abigail Bossa are in DC this week for the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention! Can't wait to hear more about their experience at #APS2025! 🌟🧪✈️ #URochesterResearch @abigailbossa.bsky.social @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

🎓🌞 What a beautiful day for commencement! Congratulations, @urochester.bsky.social graduates! #ur2025 #URochesterResearch #graduation 📸: Screen snip from the livestream: vimeo.com/1084931603 www.rochester.edu/commencement...

“The world out there will challenge you, it will humble you, and it will amaze you. Don’t be intimidated. Stand by what you believe is right. Fight the good fight. Seek out the truth. Strive to make a difference.” Tommy Evans '99, journalist, NPR managing editor, and #UR2025 commencement speaker

Who else loves a good power nap? 😴🧠🔋 #hottip #brainfacts #memory #brainboost #neuroskyence

"Oh, the places you'll go!" ~Dr. Seuss We are bursting with pride celebrating our amazing undergrads, Kendal Jordan and Mary Halvorsen! #Congratulations on your graduation! 🎓🌟 #URochesterResearch #academicweapons #graduates @kendaljordan.bsky.social @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social

Thank you, @urneuroscience.bsky.social for another inspiring #Neuroscience Graduate Program Retreat! @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social #URochesterResearch 📸🧵 1/8

We’re spending the day at the Neuroscience Retreat at the Memorial Art Gallery! A day of speakers, posters, and collaboration. @urneuroscience.sky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social #URochesterResearch

We were happy to attend Abby's dissertation update today! @abigailbossa.bsky.social is a PhD student in Translational Biomedical Science in the Clinical Translational Science Institute (@ur-ctsi.bsky.social) @urochestersmd.bsky.social, and a researcher in our #neuroscience lab. 🧠👏#URochesterResearch

🎉PhD student Abigail Bossa earned a Top 25 Trainee Poster Award from the CTSA at the 2025 ACTS Conference for her poster, "Investigating sociodemographic influences on trauma exposure and neural alterations in young adults”! Congratulations, @abigailbossa.bsky.social! #URochesterResearch

Thank you, Kelsie Smith Hayduk and @urneuroscience.bsky.social for this excellent write-up about our recent publication, "Using Virtual Reality to Study Spatial Mapping and Threat Learning." #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence @zvr-bsj.bsky.social 🧵1/2 www.urmc.rochester.edu/news/publica...

A rare group #selfie in the lab with our favorite, PI, Ben Suarez-Jimenez! We're ready for another week of #neuroscience #research @urneuroscience.bsky.social. #PTSD #discriminationlearning #URochesterResearch #academicweapons #neuroskyence @urochester.bsky.social 📸: @zvr-bsj.bsky.social

Tomorrow, April 16, at 4pm, we welcome Elisabeth A. Murray, PhD and NIMH Section Chief on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, to the Doty Lecture @urochestersmd.bsky.social, via Zoom! Dr. Murray will be presenting "Prefrontal-amygdala interactions in social cognition and decision making."

A grand finale to another series of a wonderful program! Thank you, @c3llas.bsky.social 🙌

🚨NEW PAPER! In "Using virtual reality to study spatial mapping and threat learning," ZVR Lab and co-first authors @pavelrjabtsenkov.bsky.social and @clairemarino.bsky.social used #VR to examine the effects of #anxiety in contextual threat learning. #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence rdcu.be/edD0m

Don't forget to join us today, April 10, in SMD 1-7619 at @urochestersmd.bsky.social for another inspiring NEUROYES speaker, Cellas A. Hayes, PhD! #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social ⤵️ 🧵1/2

Congratulations Tanya Garg and all of the presenters at yesterday's first-ever International Graduate Research Showcase @urochester.bsky.social! The showcase was put on by the International Services Office as part of Global Week & Graduate Student Appreciation Week. #URochesterResearch #globalweek

“I always wanted to know that I played a part when the challenges arise.” As COO of TheDream.US, Hyein Lee uses the research skills she gained at the Graduate Center to advocate for undocumented students and provide the most comprehensive data on their success www.gc.cuny.edu/news/she-spe...

Thank you, @coryjwhite.bsky.social for an engaging #research talk! We are delighted to welcome another NEUROYES speaker, Dr. Cellas Ari’ka Hayes, on 4/10/25! @c3llas.bsky.social @drnathanasmith.bsky.social #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social #neuroskyence

Tomorrow at 4pm in SMD 1-7619, NEURO-YES welcomes Dr. Cory J. White to @urochestersmd.bsky.social. See you there! ⤵️

Tanya Garg presented, “When Expectation Meets Experience: A Virtual Reality Study on Threat Expectancy & Physiological Arousal in Trauma Exposure” at the @urochester.bsky.social Graduate Research Day! Congrats Tanya! #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence #vrcademicsky #research #science #academicweapon🧠

@marissasobolewski.bsky.social on the importance of studying iron overload, its influence on neuronal damage, and its association with neurodegenerative disease. #ADHD #dementia #neuroskyence #neuroscience #research #healthcare #brainhealth #URochesterResearch

Follow @urneuroscience.bsky.social and Neuroscience Perspectives for updates on #URochesterResearch in #neurocience #neuroskyence

Dr. Anton Porsteinsson of @urmed.bsky.social co-authored this research that tracked more than 23,000 people #URochesterResearch

The NEUROYES speaker series, hosted by @urneuroscience.bsky.social and @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social, welcomes two exciting NEUROYES speakers to @urochestersmd.bsky.social this April! 📅 🧵 1/3 #diversity #equity #inclusion #neuroscience #science #URochesterResearch

When Beckham was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, his family felt lost—until they found Dr. Levin, Dr. Khetan, and the team at Flaum Eye Institute. On Rare Disease Day, we’re grateful for those who fight rare diseases, bringing hope to families like Beckham’s. #AdvancesHappenHere

The February edition of NEUROYES featured Eric Garr, who presented "Learning cause and effect with the help of mesostriatal dopamine". Thank you to @garrface.bsky.social, and to @urneuroscience.bsky.social & @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social for hosting! 📸: @kendaljordan.bsky.social #URochesterResearch

🚨SAVE THE DATE On Thursday the Hearing and Balance Collective welcomes Christine Köppl, of the University of Oldenberg as she presents: "Cochlear Aging across Species" @urengineering.bsky.social @uofrbme.bsky.social #URochesterResearch

🧵Delighted to share a new guest post by Dr Anne Toomey on **8 things scientists can do right now to stand up for science in the US** Thread of her *evidence-based* actions follows, whole post here christinapagel.substack.com/p/eight-thin... 1/11