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Janine Kwapis (she/her) @j9kwapis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Aww thanks Joanna! It was really nice to see you!

Janine Kwapis (she/her) @j9kwapis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's official: I have the President's Bell! It's hard to explain how much energy the @PavlovSociety meeting gives me, between the excellent science and the amazing people. Thanks for an extraordinary meeting, @iordanova_lab. I can't wait to bring everyone to Happy Valley in 2027!

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Janine Kwapis (she/her) @j9kwapis.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

A heated mnemonic rivalry! This was a beautiful paper to cover and a fun dispatch to write. All of the creativity and hard work should be credited to the brilliant Chad Brunswick in my lab. Glad you liked the reference @sjo09.bsky.social :)

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Janine Kwapis (she/her) @j9kwapis.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It was such a treat to meet you and hear about your lab's fantastic work. Thank you for making the trip to spend the day with us!!

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Keri Martinowich @martinowk.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Kudos to @j9kwapis.bsky.social for organizing a great event for the Penn State CMIND retreat. I really appreciated the invitation and warm welcome! Honored to share work from our groups alongside speakers @stevemaren.bsky.social @rkcyuen.bsky.social. Great presentations from faculty and students 🧠🔬🧪

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Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Reminder: Your impact is bigger than just papers ✨ At this year's Slaydies retreat, we gave each other personalized awards, holistically honoring the way we show up for each other in the neuroscience field and beyond. I'm so grateful for this community 💜

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Penn State Department of Biology @psubiodept.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🔬✨ Postdoc Spotlight: Dr. Jiyeon “Joan” Baek Meet Joan, a postdoctoral researcher studying how the brain forms memories — and how these processes change with age. Her work bridges aging, neuroscience, and gene regulation. A quick thread 🧵👇

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Penn State Department of Biology @psubiodept.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The PSU Biology Dept is hiring a tenure-track Neurobiologist (Assistant or Associate Prof). We are open to a broad range of scientific questions. Join us! Apply here: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

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Neurobiology Tenure Track Faculty Position

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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Janine Kwapis (she/her) @j9kwapis.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Phenomenal job Mel! One of the best meetings I can remember!

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Janine Kwapis (she/her) @j9kwapis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Thank you for being the best!!! ❤️

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Janine Kwapis (she/her) @j9kwapis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Officially promoted with tenure! Grateful for my mentors and my wonderful lab through the years, from the first day in lab with Kasuni in 2019 to today with my current crew (missing a few) in our new lab space. Today is the best day. :)

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Penn State Department of Biology @psubiodept.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

We’re collecting the best, weirdest, and most memorable field and labwork stories from across the department to feature on our social media—and we want your story! 👉 Share your story here: shorturl.at/Goy0p Let’s celebrate the wild side of biology—🧪🐍🌿🧫 and the people who make it happen.

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Penn State Department of Biology @psubiodept.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Art and conservation in this special Earth Day event! Featuring Penn State Biology faculty: grist.org/looking-forw...

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Meet the DJs spinning Earth Day into nightlife

At Earth "Night" celebrations, you can dance, vibe, and get involved with local climate action.

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I am absolutely thrilled to get to introduce @sicheravery.bsky.social as Dr. Sicher! Avery had a packed house for her defense today, which just goes to show the immense impact she's had both on Penn State science and our community.

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mark cembrowski @markcembrowski.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

delighted to share our work revealing a new type of excitatory hippocampal neuron we call the "ovoid cell", which has really exquisite properties relative to adjacent pyramidal cells! superb work of first-author @adriennekinman.bsky.social and many others in the lab www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Atypical hippocampal excitatory neurons express and govern object memory - Nature Communications

Pyramidal cells are classically thought to comprise the excitatory output of the subiculum. Here, the authors show the existence of “ovoid cells”, excitatory subiculum neurons with specialized gene ex...

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen. Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !” globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

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How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Many in biotech/private sector are boasting about their ways of funding and doing science But they are staffed with PhDs and postdocs we train in our NIH and NSF funded labs in universities With university labs lacking funds to train, the private sector will be profoundly harmed

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Jason Shepherd @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

Come join us for an exciting Park City Learning and memory meeting in Jan 2024! Check out the awesome line up parkcitywinterconf.org

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Ashley Kopec @ashleykopec.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

Who’s headed to @SfNtweets this year? I will be there and will be a part of Saturday night’s Career Development Topics networking event! Anyone want to learn more about NIH review - hmu! Current specialty is Fellowship review but I’ve run the RPG panels too ☺️

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