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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’m looking to hire a postdoc to join our lab at UCLA! We study the genes, hormones, and cells that regulate social behavior in the African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni (in a separate post we’re looking for a PhD student) @sbn-bsky.bsky.social 1/3

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We’re recruiting a PhD student to join our lab at UCLA! (we’re also recruiting a postdoc; details posted separately). Our lab studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying social behavior using the African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni as a model. @sbn-bsky.bsky.social 1/3

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Good morning, #SBN2026! The cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni (researchers) are taking over Niagara Falls! Three trainees from the Alward lab are presenting at today’s poster session. See flier below. Come by P9 (Lauren), P26 (Maddy), and P41 (Lexi) to see what we’ve been up to! @sbn-bsky.bsky.social

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SBN on Bluesky @sbn-bsky.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

We still have more amazing researchers in our society to celebrate! 🥳 Let's congratulate our Frank A. Beach Early Career Award winners! Hear more about their research on July 11 at #SBN2026 Dr Alward: 11:00 - 11:45 AM 🐠 🧠 Dr. Casto: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM 🧑 🧠

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Excited to share our new preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... @sbn-bsky.bsky.social. We generated a spatially resolved single-cell atlas of the hypothalamus in the cichlid A. burtoni, revealing how social status, sex, and reproductive state shape cell-type-specific gene expression. 1/2

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Cell-type-specific architecture of the hypothalamus in a socially plastic vertebrate

The hypothalamus orchestrates social behaviors by integrating physiological state with environmental information, but the cellular substrates of this plasticity remain unresolved. We combined single-c...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 27/06/2026

Our analysis found that the White House's proposed OMB regulations would threaten nearly 5,000 clinical trials. This includes more than 1,000 cancer treatment studies. Join the fight by taking action against the OMB grant funding proposal at the link in our bio! #standupforscience #vought #omb

Graphic highlighting a Scientific American article about a Stand Up for Science analysis finding that proposed White House regulations could threaten nearly 5,000 clinical trials, including more than 1,000 cancer treatment studies. The image shows Russell Vought and urges viewers to “Stop Vought. Save Science.” Calls to action encourage contacting Congress, submitting a public comment, and supporting the fight for science.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 25/06/2026

Public health research at world-class institutions like the NIH is an important public good. Rep. Suzan DelBene, Rep. Lori Trahan and I are leading 122 of our colleagues to oppose the Trump Administration’s efforts to give partisan political appointees final say over health research grants.

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Raskin moves to stop ‘disastrous’ threat against medical research

Rep. Jamie Raskin seeks to stop the Trump administration from putting political appointees in charge of federal health grants.

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Hello! The Alward lab will be well represented at #SBN2026 @sbn-bsky.bsky.social in Niagara Falls! Beau Alward is giving a Beach Award talk and three trainees are presenting posters. Most posts to come. Also, we’re looking to take a PhD student next cycle! If attending the meeting reach out!

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

do research on hormones and the brain/ behavior? Wanna present your work at a conference of other researchers like you in Niagara Falls and get an award for it? Then apply for an SBN Elsevier Award! sbn.org/awards/elsev... Take a look to see if this award is right for you! Deadline 4/24. Pls share!

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Check out Lauren Saenz’s poster on somatostatin and dominance at #sfn #sfn2025 today (Wednesday, 11/19). 8am-12pm, Poster Y4, “Investigating the role of somatostatin in regulating social dominance in a cichlid”. Spoiler alert: she used crispr to make a new mutant! @sbn-bsky.bsky.social @sfn.org

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

We are looking for a new postdoc to join our team! Details below. Please reach out if interested. share widely—Thanks!

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

*Please read and share!* My NIH funds at UCLA were suspended last week. It's hard to find the words to describe the impact of these grant suspensions. I have felt speechless and heartbroken that people in my lab, my friends, colleagues, researchers, trainees, and undergrads 1/9

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

So a $1 billion ransom now? It’s to scare us into submitting; To lose hope. Still not gonna stop us: Even in the face of this my lab remains committed to doing meaningful, impactful science, now more than ever. We won’t stop. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...

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Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We’re looking to hire a research tech. Come join our team to sink your teeth into experiments on the hormonal and cellular basis of social behavior. Strong candidates should be proficient in immunohistochemostry/fluorescence, in situ hybridization/HCR/RNAscope, and microscopy. 1/2

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Please tell everyone you know that 60 minutes is covering the NIH tonight youtu.be/noyS-L5gK7k?...

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NIH | Sunday on 60 Minutes

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Thank you to the Allard lab on summarizing the importance of NIH and why this administration’s recent cuts hurt not only biomedical reseadch, but also jobs and the potential for developing cures for human diseases.

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Lillian Jackson from our lab published two papers recently on sex differences in the molecular and neural basis of aggression in cichlids. Below are links to both papers with short summaries. 1/5

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Interested in pursuing a PhD with a focus on neuroendocrinology? Apply to the UCLA Graduate Program in Bioscience! bioscience.ucla.edu! @sbn-bsky.bsky.social 1/3 (this originally posted this thread on twitter but we are no longer active there)

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UCLA Graduate Programs in Bioscience (GPB)

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Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

First post from the lab! Click on the link below for our paper on androgen receptor expression in GnRH neurons published in an issue of Journal of Neuroendocrinology, where we got the cover! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652826...

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<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library

Click on the title to browse this issue

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