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Haley Vecchiarelli

@haleyv.bsky.social
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Soon to be Asst. Prof UOttawa Psych | neuroimmunology, (micro)glia, cannabinoids and stress | BiInSci, ADHD/cPTSD and First-Gen Doc Skincare/eyeshadow enthusiast | Year round iced coffee drinker | Tired

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cannabis THC:CBD Composition Affects Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cell Characteristics Following Acute Cannabis Vapor Inhalation in Adult Male and Female Mice www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Really excited to share some cool data from Labo Tremblay grad student Colin, in collaboration with @drjkhokhar.bsky.social, on acute cannabis exposure and OPCs!!
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Brain Canada @braincanada.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Brain Canada is thrilled to announce the new cohort of Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research. This year, 26 researchers join this growing community, and each receive $100,000. 🎉 Congratulations to the recipients! Find out more about this year’s Future Leaders ➡️ braincanada.ca/about/news-u...
Collage of all 26 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research from the 2025 cohort.
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am beyond thrilled to share that I will be joining the @uottawa.ca School of Psychology as an Assistant Professor starting January 2027!! My lab's research will focus on cannabinoid neuroimmunology and behaviour. I am recruiting graduate students to start Fall 2027.
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Canadian Neuroscience Seminars – Postdoctoral Series (CNS-PDS) @cns-pds.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🧠 This week at #CNSPDS! Join us Sept 10 for Neural Dynamics: From Memory to Networks—exploring spatial memory & spiking neural networks. 🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 📩 For Updates, join here: forms.gle/CJEGWiQ8SvkZ... #Neuroscience
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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here is my letter to the MacDonald Laurier Institute on the subject of their appalling research. Use as you will. I recommend sending something of your own, though. And if you know anyone associated with MLI - and Board directors, say - send it to them, too.
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Alex Usher email to Brian Lee Crowley
(text of an email sent to Brian Lee Crowley of the MacDonald Laurier Institute on September 2, 2026) Dear Brian, I am writing to you and your board with respect to the publication “The equity excelle...
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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My lab is ALSO recruiting a new postdoc to work on an exciting NIH-funded project. Start date ideally by early 2027. Please share with any recent or soon-to-defend neuro/psych PhDs with experience in rodent labs. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate
About the Opportunity Job Summary The Shansky Lab is seeking a full-time postdoc to conduct National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded behavioral neuroscience research investigating sex differences in...
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Canadian Association for Neuroscience @canacn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Read CAN's submission to the 2026 pre-budget consultations: can-acn.org/read-cans-su... CAN recommends that the Government of Canada implement a five-year plan to increase the budgets CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC by a minimum of 10% annually.
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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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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/08/2026
I'm sure this take has been took already but it's worth saying: the obscene, cynical performance of "It's about being against plagiarism" re Arday is absurd when the entire academic superstructure is being reorganised around mandating plagiarism using advanced plagiarism automation software
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Joe Cheer @joeycheers.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
New opening in our lab!
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Fetal microglia show region-specific and morphology-dependent sex differences in their responsiveness to prenatal maternal stress www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Congratulations to the ACNP Global Scholarship Awardees! 🎉
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I wrote about a reason not to use generative AI in your writing that I haven't seen anyone talking about. Once I realized this, banning GenAI in our lab's writing became a no-brainer. Feel free to share, I think this is probably useful especially for trainees: www.carlsonlab.bio/thoughts/the...
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The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab
Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...
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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Hi Folks, with @lisataxier.bsky.social moving on to open her own lab at Stony Brook, I am in the market for a new postdoctoral fellow who wants to do slice electrophysiology. We have a number of really exciting projects, translational to basic science, that are ephys focused.
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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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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Please join us in Congratulating the 2026 ACNP Travel Award Class! 👏🤩 Click Here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5bzaz8va for more information on Travel Awards. 📝
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This study identified a sex-dependent cannabinoid-microglia interaction in fear memory processing, suggesting that THC disrupts traumatic memory reconsolidation through sex-specific cellular mechanisms
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Sex-specific role of microglia in Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol-induced disruption of fear memory reconsolidation
Neuropsychopharmacology - Sex-specific role of microglia in Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol-induced disruption of fear memory reconsolidation
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The Breach @breachmedia.ca · 30/07/2026
A new investigation by @drugdatadecoded.ca and David Slater reveals how universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently remove their students’ anti-genocide encampments. Then, they denied the existence of records, delayed their release, and deleted chats. breachmedia.ca/canadian-uni...
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Canadian universities set up a secret network to crack down on student Palestine demonstrators ⋆ The Breach
Universities in Canada coordinated to spy on and violently clear student encampments. Then, they deleted the evidence
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Yessss #cannabinerds on this list!! @veronikakondev.bsky.social @siararouzer.bsky.social and Valeria Lallai!! Congrats to all of the 2026 recipients!!
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Jeremy Day @daylab.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Congratulations to the 2026 @acnporg.bsky.social travel award recipients! Good to see a lot of familiar names on this list, including @mictott.bsky.social, @jtuscher.bsky.social, @kmcostalab.com, @laurenmac.bsky.social, @chanjenerational.bsky.social, and @outraajeous.bsky.social!
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Microglia extract neuronal proteolytic organelles via skoupocytosis www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🚨 Now available on Nature Careers ! #Recruitment #Ottawa
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Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Vascular Links to Neurodevelopment - Ottawa, Ontario (CA) job with University of Ottawa, Ontario CANADA | 12861923
uOttawa, in partnership with the OHRI, invites applications for a Tier 2 CRC in Vascular Links to Neurodevelopment and their impact on brain health.
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
i have become much slower at typing in recent years no, it's not because i'm getting older. no it's not due to health issues it's because i cannot. fucking. overcome. all the goddamn "smart" features that are trying to change what i've written, forcing me to go back and write it all 3-4 times
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It's conference season, so I wanted to share the AI refusal statement I put at the end of my presentations and book talks. Feel free to use it!
AI Refusal Statement
I did not use generative AI at any point in the production of this book or presentation, including the literature review, writing, editing, translation, organization, or any other task (e.g. brainstorming). To the extent that it is possible to know, I did not cite any studies that used generative AI.
Justification: GenAI technology is based on stolen labor, anti-solidarity between workers, class exploitation, structural racism, misogyny, environmental injustice, and climate destabilization.
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Eitan Schechtman @eitans.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We're proud to introduce Brainbow, a new Slack workspace for LGBTQIA+ people in neuroscience worldwide. Brainbow aims to provide a safe space, even for those in the closet (emails & names are optional). It also includes channels for communities within the LGBTQIA+ umbrella (eg, trans/non-binary) 1/2
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Join Brainbow on Slack
Slack is a new way to communicate with your team. It’s faster, better organized, and more secure than email.
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Baptiste Lacoste @blacoste.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
🚨 We are recruiting at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, in the Regenerative Medicine Program ! If your are passionate about basic science, and dream to develop your own research program, please apply! #Ottawa #Canada #Recruitment #Scientist #Research Full description at the link below:
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Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Vascular Links to Neurodevelopment
Follow us on LinkedIn Posting Reason: New Position Job Type: Contingent Worker Anticipated Duration in Months (for contracts and temporary assignments): Job Family: Academic Leadership and Faculty # o...
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It's THAT time of year again: we have begun the search for our next NPP Editorial Intern🤩 The Intern works closely with NPP Principal Editors, Publishers, Special Projects Team & Social Media Editor + gets an invite to ACNP2027 Applications due July 30! More info: pmg.joynadmin.org/documents/10...
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I want to hurl Microsoft Word into the sun. What do you mean I have autosave, autorecover and hit command + save every few minutes but my last two weeks of writing are just gone because it reverted to the original saved version of the file.
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Man Expresses 'Too Much Anger' on Game Show
ALT: Man Expresses 'Too Much Anger' on Game Show
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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Characterizing the Effects of Chronic Cannabis Vapour Exposure and Withdrawal on Cannabinoid Triad, Somatic Signs and Behavioural Network Reorganization Adult Male Rats www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I remember meeting with Frontiers after doing a Guest Editor spot and providing feedback that I really hated the (at the time, less) automated system—precisely because of the issues around assigning reviewers and that moving toward a more automated system (what they were pushing) is a mistake.
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Reviewing stuff and authors saying they used GenAI for readability/word choice but then saying they edited the GenAI responses, what are we even doing. If you're editing the GenAI, why do you need to use this energy draining theft machine to edit your work when you're capable of doing it omg
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Seth Meyers: What The F*** Are We Doing Here?
Alt: Seth Meyers: What The F*** Are We Doing Here?
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Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research @cannabisjrnl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🧠 The brain has its own immune cells—and they may hold the key to understanding addiction. Science at the Source Ep. 6 is out! Dr. Hilary Marusak talks microglia, adolescent brain development, and drug exposure with neuroimmunologist Maricela Martinez. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=koYL... @uci_cannabis
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Microglia in Addiction & Early Career Development w/ Marcielo Martinez | Science at the Source Ep. 6
Welcome back to Science at the Source! 🎙️ In this episode, we sit down with Maricela Martinez, PhD student and rising star in neuroimmunology, to explore the groundbreaking connections between…
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Too much (and bad) AI art in these science talks
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a cartoon character from king of the hill is riding a bike .
ALT: a cartoon character from king of the hill is riding a bike .
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 22/05/2026
The president of Cornell hit two students with his car, lied about what happened, and got away with it. The story illustrates an under-reported crisis in higher education: administrators and the trustees they answer to are increasingly hostile to the idea of college itself. I wrote about it here:
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Who’s to Blame When an Ivy League President Drives Into His Students?
“Ah! He just ran over my fucking foot!”
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.
Rule:
The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising,
translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. AI use is prohibited for any use for
any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course
materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class
content—into generative AI systems. AI can be used for research on papers ONLY for the
limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources.
Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their
submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of
prohibited AI use
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
@descalzi.bsky.social lab is also hiring a PDF and PhD student, so come chat if you're interested in pain, astrocytes and behaviour. I'm biased, but it's a great training environment!!
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
What a super busy but wonderful #CAN2026!! Truly amazing talk and postern sessions. Super honoured to have co-moderated the EDI session on mobility in science yesterday with @camielnik.bsky.social!! Excited to present a snippet of some new data on pain and eCBs from @descalzi.bsky.social @P575
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CANGlia @canglia.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Last but certainly not least- our final #CANGlia26 speaker, Dr. Traetta, sharing data about microglia across stages of remyelination! Thank you to all our wonderful speakers this CANGlia!
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Canadian Association for Neuroscience @canacn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
CAN and CIHR-INMHA are very proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Brain Star awards. See all their profiles here: can-acn.org/congratulati...
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Giannina Descalzi @descalzi.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Join our team! I'm looking for postdocs and graduate students interested in dissecting brain circuits promoting chronic pain and comorbid anxiodepressive states. Check out the links below! We'll be at CAN in Montreal! posters: P2B316 & P3B575 can-acn.org/postdoc-posi... can-acn.org/phd-student-...
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Postdoc position in neuroscience of chronic pain – Guelph University – Canadian Association for Neuroscience
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The Descalzi lab @descalzi.bsky.social @uofguelph.bsky.social is looking to bring in a PhD student and postdoc!! Are you interested in understanding the molecular, cellular and circuits linking chronic pain and anxiety/depression? Then this is the place for you!! #CAN2026
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Graham Power @onelastpower.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
@haleyv.bsky.social 's witchy druid Nakudama character for our Obojima campaign. #DnD #RPG #TTRPG #Obojima #Nakudama #characterart
A frog witchy frog with adventuring gear
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LA Star @lastar.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE: Renee Good: $1,499,580 Alex Pretti: $1,289,249 Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423 Parady La: $45,848 Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991 Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640 Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538 Geraldo Lunas: $2,260 Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
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Haley Vecchiarelli @haleyv.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
I couldn't pick just one, but I had such a great time at #ACNP2026! Thank you so much for the past travel award support!! Always amazing to see the reviewers for @npp-journal.bsky.social and @dpn-journal.bsky.social each year (and to be a top reviewer again this year).
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Hazel Newlevant @newlevant.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
What's Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition I've thoroughly updated this public health propaganda zine! With new information about: Adjusting mask fit CO2 monitoring Improving ventilation for infection control Read at newlevant.com/COVIDzine or in the thread below 👇
[COVID zine front cover]
[bold, handwritten] What’s Up With COVID and What We Can Do About It: 2026 Edition
[Drawing of a person (me) with a shoulder-length shag haircut, wearing head-strap respirator mask a sweatshirt, carrying a Corsi-Rosenthal box (a DIY air purifier made with a box fan and furnace filters)]
[word balloon] clean the air, basically! By Hazel Newlevant

[COVID zine back cover]
[handwritten text, circled by a chain which is breaking on the bottom]
“Every chain of transmission that is broken is VALUABLE. Every person that doesn’t GET SICK, that doesn’t lose that WEEK OF WORK, that doesn’t become DISABLED or DIE, from the minorest of inconveniences, to the GREATEST of losses: every single one of those things is VALUABLE.” -Becca on DEATH PANEL podcast 2/16/23.

Print and distribute this zine yourself! Download a PDF here. [arrow pointing to the citations QR code]

[drawing of this zine, getting stapled with a long-arm stapler]

[Creative Commons license logo] CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Citations:
[QR code] newlevant.com/COVIDzine

[bold, handwritten] ALWAYS FREE
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The Ornelas lab investigates the neurobiology of traumatic stress & alcohol use disorders Current research in the lab explores the role of corticolimbic circuitry & the endocannabinoid system in regulating maladaptive stress coping behaviors and alcohol drinking #ACNP2026 / @lcornelas.bsky.social
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Dr. Hayley Thorpe explores the intersection of complex traits with mental health using translational population genetics approaches #ACNP2026 Her recent work uses new GWAS of cannabis use traits to understand cannabis use genetic & biological underpinnings: tinyurl.com/57vdj3df
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