Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The lab is so grateful for our OUTSTANDING postdocs Drs. Ana Isabel Silva & Dario Aspesi🙏🙏 They are brilliant, creative scientists & amazing mentors!!! We are so lucky 🍀 to have them Celebrating postdoc appreciation week (a bit late) 072
Reposted by Debbie BangasserVinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Paging @superkash.bsky.social and @bangasserlab.bsky.social 263
Reposted by Debbie BangasserInternational Brain Research Organization @ibroorg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🧠 Need inspiration for your 2027 #BrainAwarenessWeek grant? Explore past #BAW events👇 Have an idea that fits or something completely different? Apply by 15 Oct for IBRO/Dana funding to bring brain awareness to your community 🔗https://ibro.org/grant/brain-awareness-week-grants/ Dana Foundation 043
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026For #WildlifeWednesday, two looks at a reef heron. Taken in Wakatobi, Indonesia 🇮🇩 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #wildlifephotography 0162
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was honored to be recognized last week for my recent appointment as a Distinguished University Professor at Georgia State University. So grateful to be part of an amazing neuroscience community & work alongside such wonderful colleagues & trainees!!! 🧠💙 4584
Reposted by Debbie BangasserZoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Our new investigation examining how #SBI-553 a biased modulator of NTSR1 alters motivated feeding and NST potentiation of inhibitory transmission in the extended amygdala is now online! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.com 32512
Reposted by Debbie BangasserCaroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Ok what is the most death metal biology term? Cytokine storm? Programmed death 1? Executioner caspase? Other? 588922
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This Sept steeped in work but missing last year’s adventures in Grenada 🇪🇸 before the EBPS meeting w/ some of my fav travel travel companions: Christina Dalla & my mom. Looking forward to more adventures w/ them at MNS in 🇲🇦. 022
Reposted by Debbie BangasserInternational Brain Research Organization @ibroorg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🌍 In 2025, IBRO Travel Grants supported more than 3x as many researchers as in 2024, helping them attend meetings organized by #IBROmember organizations Meet some of the awardees we were proud to support 👇 📖 Discover the program’s impact in the IBRO Annual Report: ow.ly/zG5j50ZQs2t 051
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A “pod” of American white pelicans w/ with their breeding horns taken at Big Bear Lake in SoCal back in the spring. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 0141
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New paper showing neighborhood-level socioeconomic opportunity was more strongly associated with children’s brain function than any ptherrr behavioral or environmental examined. In fact, brain activity thought to represent IQ may reflect socioeconomic context www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgPatterns of brain-wide associations reflect socioeconomicsPrevious brain-wide association studies (BWAS) have linked specific environmental and behavioral variables to brain variability. In this work, we mapped 649 variables to children’s brains and compared... 193
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026PSA from the lab… (& one of our fav karaoke 🎤 songs)static.klipy.comEarth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember)ALT: Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember) 050
Reposted by Debbie BangasserZoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Winter Brain Enthusiasts! Are you sitting here worried that you missed out on your chance to submit a panel. Did you just come up with a good idea today? I get it I too am a procrastinator. But today is your lucky day....static.klipy.comI don't procrastinate. I just like to do things later.Alt: Ted Danson says "I don't procrastinate. I just like to do things later." 193
Reposted by Debbie BangasserLuke Sjulson @lukesjulson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026With the beginning of the new academic year, I'm reposting the info for our free online neuroscience methods course. If you're starting a PhD in neuroscience, or just want a refresher, this is for you! 0219
Reposted by Debbie BangasserEuropean Behavioural Pharmacology Society @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The second special issue is exploring "Big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning in addiction research" guest edited by @flagel-lab.bsky.social and Gavan McNally link.springer.com/collections/...link.springer.comBig data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in addiction researchRecent advances in big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are transforming research by enabling the integration and interrogation ... 011
Reposted by Debbie BangasserEuropean Behavioural Pharmacology Society @eurbehavpharm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The first special issue is focused on "Animal models of Developmental Stress and Adversity", guest edited by Wei-Li Chang, @flagel-lab.bsky.social and Gavan McNally link.springer.com/collections/...link.springer.comAnimal Models of Developmental Stress and AdversityExposure to stress during development—spanning prenatal, early-life, and adolescent periods—has profound and enduring effects on brain maturation, behaviour, ... 102
Reposted by Debbie Bangasserdavidweinshenker.bsky.social @davidweinshenker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Pleased to share a new Addiction Neuroscience Special Issue "Early Life Influences on Addiction" edited by @madrelabutd.bsky.social with contributions from @ericagrodin.bsky.social, @laurenmac.bsky.social, Marvin Diaz, Elizabeth Byrnes, and Chris Pierce! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...sciencedirect.com 0117
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This cheeky Anna’s #hummingbird was enjoying the water. Taken in SoCal. #birds #WildlifeWednesday #BirdsSeenIn2026 0121
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026From the archives, an amazing trip to Ecuador 🇪🇨. This female red-headed barbet is ready for her close up #birds #wildlifephotography 0100
Reposted by Debbie Bangasser𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 06/09/2026🇹🇭Nene Royal🇹🇭 doing Metallica's Master of Puppets. She's pretty damn good. Only 16 but you'd think she's a seasoned rock goddess with how confident she blasts through it. 🤘🤘🎸 31165941593
Reposted by Debbie Bangasserveraciousvagabond.bsky.social @veraciousvagabond.bsky.social · 06/09/2026And.... www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...smithsonianmag.comThe Unsung Heroes Who Ended a Deadly PlagueHow a team of fearless American women overcame medical skepticism to stop whooping cough, a vicious infectious disease, and save countless lives 12514
Reposted by Debbie BangasserDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Indigenous knowledge helps reveal the ties between reefs and mangroves news.mongabay.com/2026/09/indi... 🧪🌎🦑news.mongabay.comIndigenous knowledge helps reveal the ties between reefs and mangrovesIn a recent scientific article in the journal Ocean & Coastal Management, alongside the list of scientist-authors were the Bardi Jawi and Oorany Rangers and the Bardi Jawi Traditional Owners. For the… 013750
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Awe 💕I’m always so honored when a former @acnporg.bsky.social mentee asks me to write their nomination for membership!!! It’s makes me feel really good about the community we’ve been trying to buildstatic.klipy.comWomen Lifting Women Up - International Women's DayALT: Women Lifting Women Up - International Women's Day 050
Reposted by Debbie BangasserZoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026What is that you say!? You're dreaming of frosty slopes when the weather in Durham, NC (or insert your location here) is currently 89F at 7:16pm (which is better than last night!)....well my friends....spend this #LaborDayWeekend putting together a panel for #WCBR2027 ! 3106
Reposted by Debbie BangasserBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The 2026 Audubon Photography Award Winners: www.audubon.org/magazine/202...audubon.orgThe 2026 Audubon Photography Awards: WinnersWe invite you to enjoy the winners of Audubon’s annual photo awards—featuring stunning moments with birds across the hemisphere. 0205
Reposted by Debbie Bangasserdavidweinshenker.bsky.social @davidweinshenker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026In case you missed the preprint the published version of our paper describing the cellular, molecular, and behavioral consequences of hyperphosphorylated tau in the mouse locus coeruleus is out! www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comPathogenic tau in the mouse locus coeruleus produces noradrenergic hyperactivity and neuropsychiatric phenotypes reminiscent of early Alzheimer’s disease - Molecular PsychiatryMolecular Psychiatry - Pathogenic tau in the mouse locus coeruleus produces noradrenergic hyperactivity and neuropsychiatric phenotypes reminiscent of early Alzheimer’s disease 2267
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026From the archives - an amazing trip to the Galapagos. A blue-footed booby. Looking surprising majestic. #birds #WildlifeWednesday #wildlifephotography 0141
Reposted by Debbie Bangassereartha mae @endoeartha.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Extremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10 1319466
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The ovaries may have a mid-life glow up! New evidence suggesting they take on a role as an immune organ after they stop releasing eggs. academic.oup.com/molehr/artic...academic.oup.comThe post-reproductive ovary shifts from a reproductive to an immune-like organAbstract. Reproductive aging in females is characterized by the irreversible depletion of ovarian follicles, yet the structure and function of the post-rep 1156
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Congrats to star postdoc Dario Aspesi for receiving the Wilczynski-Georgia Research Alliance Fellowship & NARSAD grant!!! Dario’s project is the 1st proposal from the lab on stress effects on the maternal brain to be funded!!! Thx @bbrfoundation.bsky.social! So he received an appropriate statue 😉 2273
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Love her 💕 what an amazing person & life!!! Listening to her music all evening 🎶🎵🎶 050
Reposted by Debbie BangasserZoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Gearing up for #WCBR2027! (Please repost!) Helpful links for submission (panels due 9/15/26, posters 10/13/26) and travel fellowships (Due 9/15/26): winterbrain.org/science-of-t... winterbrain.org/travel-fello... 11816
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Saw this beautiful laced woodpecker in Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩! #WildlifeWednesday #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 0334
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026From the archives. Feeling way behind on some boring work tasks when I was reminded of my mom & my trip to Grande Cayman 3 years ago. Wish I was diving!! Photo credits: mom, Susan 070
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 12/08/2026For #WildlifeWednesday, I’m excited to post this Javan spiderhunter! Taken in Bali 🇮🇩 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 1172
Reposted by Debbie BangasserAlicia Izquierdo @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Very excited to have another paper accepted in Oxford Open Neuroscience’s special collection on the Neurobiology of Associative Learning! This one from the Shansky lab! 02610
Reposted by Debbie BangasserKate Wassum @katewassum.bsky.social · 11/08/2026We’re hiring a research technician!! We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits of learning, decision making, and habit. More info👇 wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/ Job posting: jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/11232 13128
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Amazing summer lab game afternoon!!! Depicted: Mountain Goats, Wits & Wagers, Poetry for Neanderthals, (Scouts was also a hit but not depicted) 081
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Soooo happy to get back to dance class after travel & bronchitis. I missed it soooo much ! ❤️ Reb3l Groovestatic.klipy.comTina Fey & Amy Poehler's Sisters Dance MovesALT: Tina Fey & Amy Poehler's Sisters Dance Moves 050
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Congrats 🎉🎊🎈!!! We are so delighted to welcome you to ACNP!!! 040
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Congrats Imani, Anusha, Abby, & Montserrat for giving AMAZING posters at GSU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium! Also thanks to their primary mentors & GSU’s Brains & Behavior & MBD programs for supporting these talented, dedicated scientists #ProudPI @bnbgsu.bsky.social 051
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I am OBSESSED with Costa’s #hummingbirds. This little jewel is giving me some serious side eye. Taken in Big Morongo Canyon Preserve in California. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #WildlifeWednesday 0161
Reposted by Debbie Bangasser@Cali-Candace.bsky.social @cali-candace.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I just learned that a group of Narwhals is called a ‘blessing’, and I like this! 351431266
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Had an amazing weekend at #SouthernFriedGaming. Board games played: ( *❤️to play again, ** bought $$) Castles of Burgundy* Tokaido Duo** Moon Colony Blood 🩸 bath* For Sale Hot Streak* Mole Rats in Space Gadget Builder Fountains Mountain Goats 🐐 ** Mageling #workhardplayhard 060
Reposted by Debbie BangasserKat Kerlin @katkerlin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Some avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. This helps them avoid self-pollination. How do they do it? A @ucdavis.bsky.social study explains. www.ucdavis.edu/food/news/st...ucdavis.eduStudy Reveals How Avocados Reverse Sexes Throughout the DaySome avocados are female in the morning and male in the afternoon, while others are on the opposite schedule. How avocados do this has been unclear — until now, thanks to a UC Davis study. 28552173
Reposted by Debbie Bangasserjordan @jordantyranny.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days. 2063458770
Reposted by Debbie BangasserTiffany Troia @tiffanytroia.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is such a cool article. It says sharks are also older than Saturn's rings and the North Star www.popularmechanics.com/science/anim...popularmechanics.comSharks Are Older Than Trees, Which Seems WrongThey were around before everything from Saturn’s rings to flowering plants to the literal North Star. 18588166
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Some birds are a challenge!!! Like this Wakatobi white-eye! Two shots of this v cute, v kinetic but uncooperative bird that is endemic to Wakatobi Indonesia 🇮🇩 . #WildlifeWednesday #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 0223
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Such a cool paper on the diversity of #bird song!!! Across 3000 passerine species, birdsong is organized around 8 motifs that are shaped by biology & the physics of how sound travels through different environments. In @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe global biogeography of passerine songsAlthough bird songs are classic models for understanding the evolution of vocal communication, their global diversity has long made the development of a unifying framework challenging. By analyzing th... 0162
Debbie Bangasser @bangasserlab.bsky.social · 26/07/2026#mentoring added a night in NYC after BBRF council to go dancing with my grad mentor Tracey Shors! So fun to catch up!!! 070