Congrats to PhD student Lucas Fowler & co-authors. Their new study shows that plastic exposure disrupts fetal neuroendocrine-immune systems in mice. Such disruptions overlap with those linked to neurodevelopmental disorders in humans. sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0018506X25001448 🧠🐁

Baby’s first, first-author publication! The work I led alongside my awesome co-authors is now published in Hormones & Behavior! This project kickstarted my Ph, and I will be expanding on these findings by investigating how plastic exposure can disrupt sexual differentiation in critical periods 🐁🧬

The NIH prescribing what data points scientists can collect is not how science works now Nor how it should work in the future It is the political manipulation of science

How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Better late than never… right? #SBN2025

Spatially coordinated predation with division of labor increases feeding success in killer whales CurrentBiology

1/3 First evidence of anxiety in snails They exhibit fear responses hours after the source of their anxiety is removed. These responses can be reduced with an anxiolytic, such as alprazolam. They have also demonstrated high-level learning. (paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

My first out-of-province conference! Looking forward to travelling to Vancouver and presenting my research on how environmental conditions can impact the brain and behaviour of mouse dams and their neonate pups, effecting the maternal-offspring dynamic! @sbn-bsky.bsky.social #SBN2025

🚨HUGE SCIENCE WIN ALERT🚨 NIH Grants to be restored en masse!!! Thank you Judge Young for standing up for science! #StandUpforScience #SummerFightforScience

The CPA convention is happening this weekend! For those attending, see this MUN-specific schedule so we can support our own students and faculty!

Join us for the next installment of our Sex and Gender Speaker Series, where we welcome Dr. Samar Rezq from the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Dr. Rezq will be discussing “The Role of Obesity in Androgen Excess-Mediated Renal Injury in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.”

Nature research paper: Maternal iron deficiency causes male-to-female sex reversal in mouse embryos https://go.nature.com/45fG1G1

Studies point to several reasons why fewer women than men are submitting their work https://go.nature.com/3HlUFS8

My new blog post for @memorialu.bsky.social graduate student blog discusses my perspectives as an early trainee in behavioural neuroendocrinology in a world where science (specifically that involving sex and gender) is being misconstrued and undermined. Read it here: wp.mun.ca/studentblog/...

Universities must be frank about barriers to equity, devise clear metrics for what they are trying to achieve and measure progress transparently, says Keon West, visiting professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. https://go.nature.com/3RF3qIW

NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women www.science.org/content/arti...

🎤🧠 Huge shoutout to our amazing grad students who shared their research at Research Day! So many thought-provoking ideas, meaningful questions, and cool projects in the works — such a great reminder of the passion and curiosity driving this field forward. Proud of all the work you’re doing! 🙌

💬 New from the Psycle Lab! Dr. Ashley Balsom’s latest op-ed in the MUN Gazette, “Infertility, Embryos, and EDI: Why Canada Must Take Medically Assisted Reproduction Seriously,” highlights how gaps in fertility care access reflect deeper equity issues in our health-care system.

Freshly minted op-ed by my brilliant colleague, Dr. Ashlyn Swift-Gallant. "Three myths about sex and gender research that are costing you money and your health." Read, read, read! @swiftneurolab.bsky.social @munpsych.bsky.social @canacn.bsky.social @memorialuscience.bsky.social

Super cool!

Nature research paper: Convergent vocal representations in parrot and human forebrain motor networks https://go.nature.com/4iEIBsz

A new chapter has begun for two of the world’s most popular preprint platforms, bioRxiv and medRxiv, with the launch of a non-profit organization that will manage them https://go.nature.com/4iCVnHL

SO MANY STAND UP FOR SCIENCE EVENTS TO CHOOSE FROM—153 and COUNTING! To get more information on our local events and to register your own, head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ ☀️⬇️🌎

Endocrine researchers, you may have think you're safe because you don't do 'trans' research, but attacks on trans research is an attack on us all. www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

Took a break from working on my research poster to create #standupforscience2025 posters for Friday’s rally. Advocating for inclusivity in science is just as important as the research itself!

Hi Bluesky community! I am looking forward to using this platform to connect with and learn from behavioural neuroendocrinology researchers across the world. #sexdifferences Check out myself and my colleagues’ new publication in Biology of Sex Differences: bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....