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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Today is the anniversary of my lab and new job at Ohio State—what a decade it has been!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Most back-to-school post I’ve seen yet!

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Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) @achems.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

🥔 Happy National Potato Day! Whether it’s fries, chips, or roasted wedges, your brain turns simple ingredients into satisfying experiences. From the scent of browning starches to the hit of salt and fat your chemosensory system transforms simple spuds into satisfying flavor.

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Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) @achems.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

🍺 It’s International Beer Day! That first sip of beer? It’s chemoreception at work! Bitterness from hops activates receptors on your tongue, while aromatic compounds rise up the back of your throat to your nose, creating that full flavor experience your brain really notices.

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Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) @achems.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Why do some smells instantly make us recoil? AChemS member grad student Sarah Sniffen and PI Dan Wesson at University of Florida have uncovered how the brain learns to loathe odors — like the unforgettable stench of microwaved fish. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #AChemS

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Directing negative emotional states through parallel genetically-distinct basolateral amygdala pathways to ventral striatum subregions - Molecular Psychiatry

Molecular Psychiatry - Directing negative emotional states through parallel genetically-distinct basolateral amygdala pathways to ventral striatum subregions

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Love to see this! Thanks for posting Science Gorilla

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Dr. Liz Kirby @thekirbylab.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Ohio! Tomorrow! Main rally at the Statehouse 12-3p to #standupforscience. Details and day of updates here: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f... Can't make it to Cbus? Walkouts in Cleveland, Cincy, Oxford also.

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Stand Up for Science 2025 - Columbus, OH

Eventbrite - Stand up for Science presents Stand Up for Science 2025 - Columbus, OH - Friday, March 7, 2025 at Ohio Statehouse, Columbus, OH. Find event and ticket information.

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Columbus and nearby friends!! Please get loud with me on Friday!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Honestly why not at this point?

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The choking toys come in suffocation packaging, so repacking them was important with little sister around 🫠

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Oh yeah for sure you’re at the right moment! Lol yeah going to a week of daycare will be the test for us. So far she’s been basically ok, it’s just that we have to do an earlier bedtime before she starts melting 🫠

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Repurposing these screw kits from my Scientifica patch clamp rigs for my kid’s lite brite pegs has been keeping him busy ❤️❤️

Tackle box with multiple small compartments filled with colorful pegs sorted by color in front of a lite brite pattern of a pokeball

Tackle box with multiple small compartments filled with colorful pegs sorted by color labeled “Scientifica”

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Thank you! Same to you! I think part of the reason she seems not ready is because of the daycare schedule, so hopefully this will help her nap better there too 🤞 May we all get some rest 🙏

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

We’re doing this too to match the daycare schedule, not because she’s ready so, good timessssss

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

It’s a great way to get grad students involved and not too late to plan some lectures/events for #BAW2025!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I used to do outreach with local public libraries with @sbuneurobiology.bsky.social during brain awareness week. I prefer talking with kids but they have also done plenty of programs with all age groups! It’s super fun and relatively easy and gives back to your community.

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Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) @achems.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

⏳ Don't wait—submit your abstract today! The #AChemS2025 deadline is fast approaching: January 13, 2025!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Yay I’m so glad to hear that! My kitty didn’t end up having the procedure (she died before the surgery 😭 from like a tumor in or behind her eye they thought 😭 it was like 7 years ago but who’s counting), so I didn’t want to say anything til I knew Eddie was good to go!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I just came back to check on Eddie—how’s the recovery going?? ❤️❤️

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Awww my furry friend needed a similar procedure ❤️ I hope it goes well, and you have happy holidays together!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Looks like it’s gonna be a great meeting!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I’m with Kurt on this one. Although I have not tried the black bean hummus.

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

If this is all it takes to get people to switch their vote then I seriously question their values in the first place.

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Your video was great, and I hope your foot recovers quickly!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Excited to be traveling to New York to attend my first Festschrift! See you in the cold ⛄️❄️

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It was reading The Emotional Brain that got me to apply to grad school. Then I was lucky enough to pursue my PhD in his lab…wow! So excited to celebrate him—festschrift time!!

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Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) @achems.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

🎉 Exciting news: Abstract submissions for AChemS 2025 are now open! Don’t miss the opportunity to present your research at the leading international chemosensory science meeting!! Learn more and submit your abstract here: achems.org/2025/abstrac...

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AChemS XLVII | Bonita Springs

AChemS, the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, is a scientific research organization dedicated to understanding the

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Totally agree. Also whatever happened in 2016 is not at all reassuring—this feels very different. Scary times.

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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Flushed cheeks, racing hearts, nervous tummies - all the stuff of where emotion meets interoception (the feeling of what's happening in our bodies). Which brain region seems to be involved? You guessed it, Insula! It's Day 5 of Insula week; let's talk about emotion & interoception. (A thread).

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I was thinking this too but then also fearing the possibilities for actually getting a grant from NIH, and the penny-pincher in me kicked in! Wondering what others are planning to do too.

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Nice to e-meet you! I’m new to the area and haven’t been over to Miami yet. Hope to meet you one day!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I’m loving the distraction provided by these wonderful conversations about insula this week. Looking forward to tomorrow’s post!

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Hi everyone, I’m a new asst prof at Ohio State; I work on neurobiological changes occurring in postnatal development in taste and feeding. I’ve been here for a while but am bad at posting and will continue to be bad at it. I’m devastated about the election result but glad to see you here.

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Festschrift! Have a happy birthday—to whatever degree you can this week.

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

From boxes to air table to this brand new patch clamp rig! I really enjoyed putting this thing together. And I’ve got another one to go so stay tuned for more rig pics.

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 05/04/2024

Ok enough with the earthquake…back to work I guess

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

Ah I see, I was thinking the progression of a project/the whole postdoc position

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Hillary C Schiff @hillschiff.bsky.social · 16/12/2023

For postdocs, I don’t know that you can have “fast & good” no matter how much money you can throw at it…

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