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Bita Moghaddam

@bita137.bsky.social
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Ketamine Karen, Dopamine Dame Here via Tehran/KU/Yale/Pitt author of KETAMINE mitpress.mit.edu/9780262542241 and a lot of good papers scholar.google.com/citations?user=W…

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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 2h
Please check out my futuristic opinion piece in @jamapsychiatry.com "specific treatments for schizophrenia that are tailored to target symptoms at different developmental stages are no longer the stuff of science fiction, but instead are realistic future goals" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Updating Treatment Goals for Schizophrenia
This article discusses research providing renewed reasons to revisit the utility of glutamatergic drugs for treating schizophrenia.
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Yohan J John @dryohanjohn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reading a review on serotonin by Peter Dayan and Quentin J.M. Huys from 2009. It's an increasingly rare experience in this LLM-blighted era to read a paper with good prose.
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Mark Baxter 🏳️‍🌈🧂 @markgbaxter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If you work with international personnel, you may want to comment on this proposed rule change that would put visa holders out of status immediately (instead of after a 60 day grace period) when their employment ends keepthe60days.com
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Keep the 60 Days: H-1B, E-3, L-1, O-1 & TN grace period
DHS proposes ending the 60-day grace period after a layoff for H-1B, E-3, L-1, O-1 and TN visa holders. Comment on USCIS-2026-0364 before November 10, 2026.
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Vintage Typewriter in Use
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Will Giardino @willgiardino.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament” Gloria Steinem
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
For my first academic position, I politely voiced concern that my salary was too low. I was told that your husband works too so the combined salaries should be considerable
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I went to Columbia for undergrad in 1991. It had only begun admitting women 4 years earlier, in 1987
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Matthew Baggott @mattbagg.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026
This is a genuinely exciting (mouse) result that may address a big unmet need and seemingly works with non psychedelic 2A agonists (tabernanthalog worked). www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Psilocybin prevents chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy through mitochondrial trafficking preservation
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a disabling, often irreversible toxicity that affects millions of patients, limits life-saving cancer therapy, and lacks proven treatment. In this ...
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I’m sorry but this is never going to stop being funny
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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
All the mothers are going
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Samantha Butler @samanthabutler.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Please spread the news - the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA is hiring. This is an open rank search for all and any amazing neuroscientists! Please apply here by Nov 15th, first review end of October : recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296
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Open-rank tenure-track faculty position
University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!
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Erin Rich @erinlrich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey, we’ve been studying mnemonic chunking in🐒! With @fkchiang89.bsky.social Here’s the rundown: 🧵 www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Compression as a neural mechanism of mnemonic chunking in prefrontal cortex
Chiang and Rich show that macaques spontaneously chunk spatial targets in a self-ordered working memory task. dlPFC neurons compress chunked targets into lower-dimensional representations that are shi...
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Jeremy Hogeveen @jeremyhogeveen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We ( @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social and I ) wrote a "Hot Topics" piece for @npp-journal.bsky.social on the potential utility of frontopolar cortex TMS in precision psychiatry. Relevant now that this region has been accessed in some excellent recent NHP studies. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Translating macaque frontopolar cortex discoveries into psychiatric treatments - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Translating macaque frontopolar cortex discoveries into psychiatric treatments
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I know many scientists love Linkedin and are very active on it but I find it boring if not uninformative - my feed is 90% folks posting their latest awards or papers and others liking it 👏and/or replying congrats. No meaningful comments, no humor, no sarcasm, no disagreement What am I missing?
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Blade Runner Japan: Futuristic Cityscape
ALT: Blade Runner Japan: Futuristic Cityscape
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Alex Kwan @alexkwan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Two large-scale electrophysiologyical studies of psilocybin's effects in mice, from @alleninstitute.org @torbenott.bsky.social and others. Should be a treasure trove of data for those interested in perceptual effects of #psychedelics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It also puts data behind something that folks already have a general sense for: drug effects aren’t just pharmacology. Set and setting may substantially shape whether an experience is interpreted as “psychedelic-like.” 11/14
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Fred Barrett @fredbarrettphd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Excited to share our new paper in Psychopharmacology: A pilot study comparing high-dose oral Δ9-THC, psilocybin, and placebo under the same set and setting used in psychedelic clinical trials. @jhpsychedelics.bsky.social 🧵 link.springer.com/article/10.1... 1/n
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Eliza Bliss-Moreau @eblissmoreau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My dept/area is hiring! We're open to animal species/model and research area. UCD is an amazing place to do nonhuman animal work - major 🐒 center, a band new rodent vivarium in the Psych building, and capacity to house all sorts of other animals! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07812
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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Biological Bases of Behavior
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
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Tim Verstynen @tdverstynen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Correct, “yinz” is the only gender neutral plural pronoun that anyone should use.
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JMay🍁⚖️🏝️🏖️🪖🇨🇦 @bubbles9333.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Ottawa announces 64 new research chairs in international talent attraction strategy universityaffairs.ca/news/ottawa-...
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Ottawa announces 64 new research chairs in international talent attraction strategy - University Affairs
Top-tier researchers from 13 countries to join Canadian universities in first wave of appointments.
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Your Nervous System Needs This” Psilocybin microdosing business in Amsterdam is quite vivacious
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I noticed a paper in Nature Neurosci this week that seemed familiar but old🧐 And then I realized I'd seen the complete study presented at @acnporg.bsky.social in 2021🤯 Science is moving faster than ever so the choice to publish in glam mags is becoming silly if it takes this long to publish data
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Vinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This isn’t a dig against @jenbussell.bsky.social. Her study is fantastic. But the multiple comments here from senior neuroscientists tripping over themselves to endorse mouse over nonhuman primate models as “better neuroscience” just because “more tools exist” is problematic to say the least.
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My behavioral neuroscience lab at Northeastern is looking to recruit two new research techs! Job description and link to apply is here: northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Laboratory Technician - The Shansky Lab
About the Opportunity Job Summary The Shansky Lab is seeking a full-time technician to conduct National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded behavioral neuroscience research. The position includes lab ma...
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you want to know how we got here this Politico headline explains a lot
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A federal judge struck down Texas' ban on drag shows, deeming it an unconstitutional restriction on free speech. "The solution is relatively simple ... just don't go."
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Texas’ limits on some drag shows found unconstitutional again
A federal judge reasserted his 2023 ruling that the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sent back for reconsideration. The law went into effect in March as the case proceeded.
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Hiten Madhani @hitenmadhani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Most basic science departments at UCSF are having faculty searches this year. Biochemistry & Biophysics, Microbiology & Immunology, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and more. We're looking for new and exciting science and nice people. You'll find them all at aprecruit.ucsf.edu
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Welcome - AP Recruit
University of California, San Francisco Online Faculty Recruitment
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Marc Sommer @neurocircuits.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A smaller thing relative to the rest of Dolly Parton's generous philanthropy, but she was also involved in the Make a Wish Foundation. Giving her time, not just money. My daughter's best friend met Dolly through that program a few years ago - spent the day with her. What a soul. ❤️
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Excellent meeting and many outstanding talks that made learning about punishment processing quite pleasant 😊 And as always, really nice to be in Amsterdam
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Mark Baxter 🏳️‍🌈🧂 @markgbaxter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/music/galler...
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Dolly Parton – a life in pictures
The country music star, actor and philanthropist’s long and varied career spanned decades
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have suspected for a while that ketamine stimulates opioid receptors but good to see solid evidence that it directly binds to both mu and kappa opioid receptors ⬇️ Nice summary piece on the topic by Bovaventura and Michaelides www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Molecular snapshots confirm ketamine’s opioid nature - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
The therapeutic and reinforcing mechanisms of ketamine have been historically attributed to NMDAR (N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor) antagonism. A study now shows that ketamine binds noncanonically to op...
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A real-world study of Oregon's nonmedical psilocybin program shows promise www.npr.org/2026/08/19/n...
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A real-world study of Oregon's nonmedical psilocybin program shows promise
Oregon was the first state to establish a legalized and regulated psilocybin industry. Since then, thousands have tried magic mushrooms. Here is the latest data from the state's real-life experiment.
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
During psychedelic state context shapes brain dynamics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Psychedelics align brain activity with context - Nature
The psychedelic psilocybin reorganizes brain activity into structured, context-aligned patterns that integrate internal and external processing, providing a neural basis for the felt continuity betwee...
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Must read essay from @network-alba.bsky.social on rethinking systemic inequity and why shifting the focus of equity initiatives from identity categories to structural barriers can reveal overlooked challenges and increase support and participation worldwide
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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📣 ALBA & @elsevierconnect.bsky.social invite nominations for the 2027 Award Lecture - for outstanding neuroscientists in countries underrepresented in neuroscience publications and conferences. 🏆 Special Lecture at #FENS2028 ✅ Must have led own lab ≥5 years 📆 Apply by 14 Oct 2026 👉🏽 loom.ly/FEG7E-w
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Andrew Pruszynski @andpru.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We looking for a postdoc with NHP electrophysiology experience to do simultaneous Neuropixel recordings across the corticothalamic motor circuit to better understand the neural control of reaching and grasping. We start looking at applications on August 31st. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Pruszynski Postdoc 2026
Postdoctoral Researcher, Control Policies in the Primate Motor Circuit Pruszynski Lab @ Sensorimotor Superlab​ The Pruszynski Laboratory at Western University is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to j...
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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Islam is now one of the top political issues for Texas Republicans. Some lawmakers are considering whether to define religion in state statute so as to target practices central to Islam they see as anathema to U.S. culture or law. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u... #txlege
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Islamophobia’s Rise in Texas: ‘I Won’t Rest Until Every Muslim Is Gone’
Muslim communities have been growing for decades, particularly around Dallas. Now, conservatives want to roll up the welcome mat.
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Jess Cardin @jess-cardin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yale Neuroscience 🧠 @yaleneuro.bsky.social is hiring this year! We have 2 searches, one cell/molecular/systems neuro (apply.interfolio.com/190736) and one computational neuro (apply.interfolio.com/190740). Got questions about the searches, the department, or the process? Please ask, happy to chat!
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yes, Woke 1.0 Was Crazy. Now Where's the Accountability? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/o...
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Opinion | Yes, Woke 1.0 Was Crazy. Now Where’s the Accountability? (Gift Article)
The damage was real and long-lasting.
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
some drug trivia: life saving beta blockers were synthesized in late 50s with the first generation beta blocker propranolol released for clinical use in mid 60s. The pharmacologist responsible for its design was the Scottish Sir James Black. He won the Nobel Prize for this discovery in the 80s
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I found a beautiful essay on the value of exploratory research. Here's a summary:
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Leave the lab for a couple of days to go to the Ashton Shakespeare festival and this emerges on the lab board 🤨
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ALBA Network @network-alba.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🌟 Speaker Spotlight | To close out our series ahead of the ALBA-IBRO Special Event at #FALAN2026, we’re excited to highlight our final panellist: Dr. Mychael Lourenço! 🧠🇧🇷 🧵1/4 🔗 Event details: www.alba.network/FALAN2026-ev... @fens.org @ibroorg.bsky.social @sfn.org
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I disagree with the absolutism of this advice and invite more senior academics to not be judgemental on issues like this when evaluating CVs of more junior folks. Manuscript "in prep" means data collection/analyses is done but writing, which could take many weeks with multiple authors, is ongoing
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
From this review- “Think of all the diligent, decent black academics who have been lumbered with the embarrassment of having Arday as a figurehead” - no, think of *why* black academics are held collectively responsible in ways that white academics are not
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
7 clinical trials, all in China Meanwhile our politicians are fighting over Fauci's diary
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Bryan Roth @zenbrainest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Stumbled upon wild plum trees on my walk/hike the other day and of course went back and picked several kilos of ripe plums. So far I have made pickled plums, compote with rosemary, and plum infused vodka. Other ideas?
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