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Dr. Jen Rinker

@drjrink.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at MUSC. Addiction Neuroscientist. Dog 🐕 mom. MI (🥶)•DC (👩‍🔬👩‍🎓)•NC (🐏🩵)•SC (🔬🧪)

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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Proud PI moment @skylarhodgins.bsky.social got her NOA for her F31!!! 👩‍🔬🔬🧠
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Dr. Nathan A Smith @drnathanasmith.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🗓️Nine days left! Postdocs entering the job market: applications for @urneuroscience.bsky.social Neuroscience Commission NeuroYES 2026-2027 close August 14. Click the link below to find out more! neuroyes.urmc.edu
A flyer for the URochester Medicine Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience NEURO YES program.
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Patrick Mulholland (He/Him) @mulhollandlab.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Hey #RSA2026, we have open #postdoc slots on our #NIAAA T32 training grant - apply now!!! medicine.musc.edu/departments/...
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NIAAA T32 Training Grant
Trainees are provided with mentorship and direct training, as well as didactic lessons that stress both clinical and basic science aspects of alcohol abuse.
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Research Society on Alcohol @rsaofficial.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Support the RSA DSSGP Karaoke Fundraiser! 💙Donate Now: Every dollar counts! Contribute today to see your favorite Guest of Honor take the mic. You can also nominate yourself—or someone else—to sing by selecting the “I want to help fundraise” option. Donate here: bit.ly/3SrjdhT #RSA2026
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Charleston ARC @charlestonarc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Big changes coming to the NIH landscape!🧬 NIH is streamlining its grant process. By reducing the number of highly specialized announcements, NIH is shifting the focus back to broad, investigator-initiated science. This means more room for innovative ideas! grants.nih.gov/news-events/... #NIH
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NIH’s Path to a Simpler Funding Opportunity Landscape | Grants & Funding
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Charleston ARC @charlestonarc.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
New research alert 🚨 How can we make clinical trials for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) more effective? A study just out in Alcohol,Clinical, and experimental research by Hoffman et al. (2026) analyzed data from 5 major trials to find what predicts better outcomes 🧵👇
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
While I’m here in my annual week of re-engaging w/social media, maybe take a second and sign the petition to reinstate Mel Curth at OU, the grad TA who failed the OU student for not doing the assignment. #academicintegrity #highereducation #OU #reinstateMelCurth actionnetwork.org/forms/defend...
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Defend OU Instructors and Academic Freedom
Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members, The University of Oklahoma made national headlines this month after a routine grading dispute erupted into public controversy, leading OU to ...
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
There’s still time to apply to our PhD program in Neuroscience at MUSC - app window closes 1/15/26 - tinyurl.com/mtnskh6e
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Cherish Ardinger, PhD @cherishardinger.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Public comments have been opened back up! Research with animals is critical for providing evidence-based knowledge in the pursuit of human health. Broadly reducing research projects with animals threatens public health and will greatly stall the development of new therapeutics for diseases!
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FDA-NIH Workshop: Reducing Animal Testing
The FDA is hosting a workshop on reducing animal testing. The workshop is open to current FDA and NIH employees.
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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Check out this NPP Hot Topic by @seemiller.bsky.social "A biological blind spot in addiction research: hormonal contraceptives and adolescent reward seeking". Read it here: tinyurl.com/3hrbswkr
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A biological blind spot in addiction research: hormonal contraceptives and adolescent reward seeking
Neuropsychopharmacology - A biological blind spot in addiction research: hormonal contraceptives and adolescent reward seeking
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Patrick Mulholland (He/Him) @mulhollandlab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
First the #RSA 3-min thesis inaugural winner and now the Gordis Award for @kathylindquist.bsky.social #proud-mentor #rsa2025 #rsa_isbra2025 @drjrink.bsky.social
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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Job is up, consider joining us! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_St...
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Research Technologist - Life Sciences - Crowley Lab
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: CURRENT PENN STATE EMPLOYEE (faculty, staff, technical service, or student), please login to Workday to complete the internal application process. Please do not apply here, a...
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Defending soon? Come postdoc with us - MUSC is a great place to prepare you for your next career move, in or outside of academia!
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Patrick Mulholland (He/Him) @mulhollandlab.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Dear science community, an amazing grad student with @drjrink.bsky.social and I lost her belongings in an apartment fire this morning. She and her dog are safe but needs your help. Please consider donating www.gofundme.com/f/kathy-need...
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Donate to Kathy Needs Your Help After Apartment Fire, organized by Patrick Mulholland
A graduate student in the Department of Neuroscience (Kathy L.) at MUSC … Patrick Mulholland needs your support for Kathy Needs Your Help After Apartment Fire
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Kurt Fraser @kurtfraser.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Takes all of 5 seconds!
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Where are the checks and balances - this is the most egregious overreach of presidential power...
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
So how’s it going so far?
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
📌 Bookmarking this for myself.
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Josh Barocas, MD ⭕️ @jabarocas.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better… -For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return. -Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The perfect emoji to encapsulate how I feel does not exi…
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Steve Munger @stevenmunger.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Want to see the numbers for how NIH funding impacts your state? Remind your Representatives, Senators, and fellow citizens how federally-funded biomedical research advances health, created jobs, and fosters innovation and economic growth. www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
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NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
"We sure used to be [the greatest country in the world]. We stood up for what was right...made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases...we aspired to intelligence, we didn't belittle it. It didn't make us feel inferior..." Old but relevant. Deserves a replay.
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HBO's NEWSROOM Opening scene "Why America's Not the Greatest Country"
YouTube video by attnjake
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The Michigan girl in me is at least appreciative of the fact that my pleas of “if it’s gonna be this cold the least we could get is some snow” have been properly answered. Tomorrow I just ask that only the snowbirds take to the roads. Locals please stay home. #lowcountry #snowday #jzi
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Mark D Humphries @markdhumphries.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Cutting it a bit fine, but here’s my review of the year in neuroscience for 2024 The eighth of these, would you believe? We’ve got dark neurons, tiny monkeys, the most complete brain wiring diagram ever constructed, and much more… Published on The Spike Enjoy! medium.com/the-spike/20...
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2024: A Review of the Year in Neuroscience
Feeling a bit wired
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Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 17/12/2024
Bioart, courtesy of the NIH. All images are in the public domain and available for download as high-quality SVGs. bioart.niaid.nih.gov
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Spike sorting biases and information loss in a detailed cortical model www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202…
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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
I wrote about the National Institutes of Health and the various serious and unserious proposals for NIH reform that have been floating around. It is important to understand how this agency actually functions and point criticism at the right problems. A short 🧵:
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Distinguishing real from invented problems with the NIH
How does the NIH work and where does it work well?
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Three must read papers for PhD students. #scisky #PhD #science #research #academicsky 1. The importance of stupidity in scientific research Open Access journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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Razvan Borza @rborza.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
🚨 If you haven’t seen it yet… 📢 The NIH BioArt Source provides a library of FREE professionally designed illustrations and icons, available for anyone to use. They can be Downloaded in High Definition. Check it out at bioart.niaid.nih.gov
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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
In the spirit of a fresh start on 🦋, I'm happy to share our lab's first paper, published earlier this year!
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The mouse dorsal peduncular cortex encodes fear memory
Campos-Cardoso et al. employ a series of multimodal analyses to demonstrate that the mouse dorsal peduncular cortex encodes fear but not extinction memory. These findings redefine the principles of th...
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Okay @bsky.app @jay.bsky.team the great migration is happening & 3 features Twitter had that you should strongly consider. 1. A save post/content button on others posts 2. Follow back button in notifications so you don’t have to go to the profile if you don’t want 3. Save drafts option for posts
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Dr. Jen Rinker @drjrink.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Great opportunity for senior grad students, check it out 👇
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