Leigh Walker
@drlcwalker.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist at Florey Institute/ Uni Melbourne
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Lizzie Manning
about 2 months ago
Time to get working on your symposium proposals! π£ Roll call -Who's coming to Cape town? -Who needs speaker suggestions for a panel? -Who'd like to join a panel (especially trainees!)
@mfendt.bsky.social
@dr-stan.bsky.social
@nicoleferrara.bsky.social
@eelkesnoeren.bsky.social
add a skeleton here at some point
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Phil Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel
4 months ago
Stoked to share our new paper examining why people differ so much in avoiding harm
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Causal inference and cognitive-behavioral integration deficits drive stable variation in human punishment sensitivity - Communications Psychology
Using a gamified punishment task, this study identifies specific learning and decision-making deficits that drive robust, consequential differences in choice within an international, general populatio...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-025-00284-9
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ARC Tracker
8 months ago
Guardian Australia
@australia.theguardian.com
reporting on the proposed changes to the ARC grants system. Thereβs concern that getting rid of standalone fellowships will have lots of unintended consequences, especially for Early-Career Researchers. By
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Changes to ARC grants will make it harder for Australia to combat Trump chaos, researchers warn
Plan to cut most standalone positions in favour of shorter fellowships will hurt international recruitment, critics say
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/31/changes-to-arc-grants-will-make-it-harder-for-australia-to-combat-trump-chaos-researchers-warn
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Lizzie Manning
8 months ago
Mark your calendars
@ibnsconnect.bsky.social
early career seminar series is relaunching Sheida Shadani is presenting April 16 Australia time (April 15 USA time).
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Check out our new paper lead by superstars Amy Pearl and Xavier Maddern in
@naturecomms.bsky.social
. We show a sex specific role for ghrelin signalling in the Edinger Westphal nucleus driving binge drinking. Thanks to all those involved
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Midbrain ghrelin receptor signalling regulates binge drinking in a sex specific manner - Nature Communications
Binge drinking is a rising issue in women, yet the underlying neurobiology remains underexplored. Here authors show the Edinger-Westphal (EWcp) peptidergic neurons as a critical regulator of binge dri...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-57880-w
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Great talks by Nathan Holmes and
@karlyt.bsky.social
to kick off week 3 of ACAN advanced neuroscience school today!
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Dr. Becca
10 months ago
The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating.
orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...
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https://orwh.od.nih.gov/research/funded-research-and-programs/funding-opportunities-and-notices
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