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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pregnancy Impacts Maternal Sleep: Focus on Kynurenine Pathway Activation in Female Rats www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Please share--the Shansky lab is currently recruiting at all levels to work on an NIH-funded project investigating sex differences in the neural circuits that drive defensive behaviors. The official job ad isn't yet up, but interested folks can contact me as instructed here www.shanskylab.com/join

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Join — Shansky Lab

The lab at our end-of-semester field day

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Maria Jalbrzikowski @mjalbrzikowski.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

HIRING: Staff Scientist @ NeRD Lab at Boston Children's Hospital. Come join a powerhouse lab of 14 remarkable women. Looking for someone who loves neurodevelopment, sleep, & psychopathology, thrives on collaboration, & is excited to become the scientific backbone of our lab. tinyurl.com/mveskh4p

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Fragmented sleep during pregnancy induces inflammation and tryptophan-kynurenine pathway metabolism: Importance of elevated fetal brain kynurenic acid www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Dr. Ana Pocivavsek @dranap.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

📢🌟New paper in ACS Chemical Neuroscience! 📢🌟 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Congrats to @courtney-wright.bsky.social (first-author)! KYNA (linked to 🧠😴) varies with time of day, and KAT II inhibition is more effective in the active (dark) phase. Timing matters for neurochemical therapies!

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Biochemical Regulation of Brain Kynurenic Acid Synthesis and Inhibition in Rats Is Sensitive to the Time of Day

Neurochemical imbalances, including elevations of the tryptophan metabolite kynurenic acid (KYNA), an endogenous antagonist of glutamatergic and cholinergic receptors, are linked to cognitive and slee...

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Jeremy Day @daylab.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

UAB is recruiting neuroscience faculty at two different levels - come join our vibrant neuroscience community!

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Some shit is about to go down with NIH study sections, friends. Keep your eyes peeled for change that may affect your grant submissions.

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NPP-Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN) @dpn-journal.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Our latest Deep Dive covers a study that developed a deep learning model to classify sleep stages from single channel EEG recordings in rats🐀. It predicted key parameters of sleep architecture, reducing the need for labor-intensive manual annotation. youtu.be/kEgCbyqC0jU?... @dranap.bsky.social

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New deep learning tool allows automated analysis of sleep patterns using EEG data

YouTube video by NPP - Digital Psychiatry and Neuroscience (DPN)

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Just spoke to The Hill about how the dismantling of the NIH is impacting science in America. We still face a cliff of unfathomable heights, w easily 1000+ labs poised to close in the next year due to funding ending. A generation of young scientists lost because there is nowhere for them to train.

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Melissa Herman @melissaherman.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

So excited for this piece by me and @deffinger.bsky.social to be out! It was inspired by science and discussion from many venues from @sfn.org to #GRCPsychedelics 🧠

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist! Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply! apply.interfolio.com/174371

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Science Magazine @science.org · 27/09/2025

NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. scim.ag/3KlQkQk

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‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 25/09/2025

EXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.

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The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions

A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this…

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Our department is hiring! Tenure-track, OPEN RANK, social psychologist. Looking for someone loves undergrad teaching but also has or wants to build a serious research program. Good space, startup, caring department. ?s re: department/school/location? DM me. #psychscisky #socialpsyc #psychjobs

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Tenure-Track Position in Social Psychology

Welcome to Furman University's Career Site! IMPORTANT: Load all documents in the My Experience area under Resume/CV. This may include your resume/C.V., cover letter, unofficial transcript, teaching ph...

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Dr. Ana Pocivavsek @dranap.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Congrats, Ryan! Awesome update!

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/07/2025

The tips one commonly reads to get better sleep—eight hours a night, avoiding naps, cool rooms—are abundant. They’re also as insipid as they sound, @jennifersenior.bsky.social writes. From The Atlantic’s August issue, what Americans get so wrong about sleep:

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American Insomnia

Tossing and turning through our national sleep crisis

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Dr. Ana Pocivavsek @dranap.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

📣 📣 New publication alert 📣 📣 Long-lasting impairments (behavior, electrophysiology) in mice 🐭 that received prenatal exposure to elevated #kynurenine! International 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 collaboration made possible by support from NIMH P50 Conte Center! #schizophrenia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Functional Impairments in Learning and Signal Propagation Following Prenatal Kynurenine Treatment in Mice

The levels of kynurenic acid (KYNA), a metabolite of the kynurenine pathway (KP) of tryptophan degradation, are elevated in the brain of persons with schizophrenia (SZ) and may be linked to cognitive...

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Melissa Herman @melissaherman.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

So excited for the INAUGURAL #GRCPsychedelics !! Can't wait to see everyone and hear some great science 🧠🧠

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Trends in Cognitive Sciences @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

GenAI and the psychology of work Opinion by Erik Hermann, Stefano Puntoni, & Carey Morewedge tinyurl.com/uzj7pnup

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PNIRS @pnirs.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

📣 #PNIRS2025 Full Program is now available! 🔗 lnkd.in/eXckMeSY Tag us or use #PNIRS2025 as you post about the annual meeting — We’d love to connect and repost! 🤩 Find us on Instagram (@PNIResearchSociety) & LinkedIn (@PNIRS) 😉 Please repost 🙏🏼 #PNIRS #Bordeaux #France #Psychoneuroimmunology #PNI

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Dr. Ana Pocivavsek @dranap.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Congrats 🎉🎊🍾 You are going to rock and roll as a leader… as you always have! 👏

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Jibran Khokhar @drjkhokhar.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Come join us at @westernuresearch.bsky.social as a Canada Excellence Research Chair! DM me with questions/interest about theme 2! Be a part of a strong and well-equipped (e.g., imaging, behaviour) neuroscience community! uwo.ca/research/cer... @westernuwin.bsky.social @westernubrainscan.bsky.social

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Canada Excellence Research Chair Positions

Western University, in vibrant London, Ontario, delivers an academic and student experience second to none.

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Dr. Ana Pocivavsek @dranap.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

🌟🧠 University of South Carolina School of Medicine seeks open rank tenure/tenure-track faculty ppn.med.sc.edu 🌟🧠 Are you conducting research in neuroscience across the lifespan using clinical, neuropsychological, genetic, and/or brain imaging approaches? APPLY HERE: uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/178...

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Assistant Professor

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Michael Grandner @grandner.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Excited to announce an official scientific statement from the @americanheart.bsky.social! "Multidimensional Sleep Health: Definitions and Implications for Cardiometabolic Health" Special thanks to @m-pst-ongephd.bsky.social www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...

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Dr. Ana Pocivavsek @dranap.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🥳 ⭐ 😍 Go Mike! Proud of you! Best of luck in the race!

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Sarah Stern @sarahstern.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

If you’re a scientist whose funding has recently been cut or impacted, I would love to interview you and amplify your work! Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week. Please share widely!

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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

ACNP Travel Award Applications open TODAY for the ACNP 64th Annual Meeting: January 12-15, 2026, Nassau, Bahamas. Deadline to Submit is May 8, 2025, at 5:00 pm Central. acnp.org/annual-meet... #ACNP2026 #travelawards

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Tamar Gur MD PhD @tamargurmdphd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Incredible experience participating in this Resilience workshop @nationalacademies.org. Inspired and committed to this important research

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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

ACNP Travel Award Submissions open on Thursday, March 31, 2025. For more information, visit t.co/zSCC9OJZ51 #ACNP2026 #travelawards

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Dr. Ana Pocivavsek @dranap.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

👏👏👏 congrats!!! 🥳🥳🥳

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

A great podcast accompanying the Tradeoffs story I posted yesterday...Worth the 20ish minutes but be prepared to be enraged... tradeoffs.org/2025/03/13/c...

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The Cost of Cutting NIH Research: Voices from the Frontlines

A candid conversation between a professor and a Ph.D. candidate about potential NIH funding cuts and their impact on the future of medical research.

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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT! kundakoviclab.com More info 👇

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Scott Thompson, PhD @sthom003.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Well, that was quick! From Charles River: Effective March 4, 2025, the US has imposed a 25% tariff on Canadian products entering the US. This tariff applies to shipments of animals from our colonies in Canada including Hartley Guinea Pigs, NZW Rabbits, and B6ALBINO, C57BL/6-E, and CD1-E mice.

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University of South Carolina @sc.edu · 25/02/2025

Today, we celebrated the groundbreaking for our new School of Medicine in the historic BullStreet District in downtown Columbia, a vision more than a decade in the making. Learn more about the School of Medicine Columbia and our Health Sciences Campus. 🩺 go.sc.edu/SOMCGroundbreaking

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Dr. Ana Pocivavsek @dranap.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Love this bright news today!!! Congrats Alissa!!!

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Carolyn Ibberson @cbibberson.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I created a brief spreadsheet of reductions I've heard of so far. Any additions you know of (especially if you have the links/receipts) would be great: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Graduate Reductions Across Biomedical Sciences (2025)

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Rick Huganir @rhuganir.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

This is what NIH-funded research leads to. Cures for disease.

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