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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 18h

Winter Brain enthusists! Today is the last day to submit your panels and applicaitons for Travel Fellowships! Submissions close at midnight so get thee going!!! #WCBR2027 winterbrain.org

submissions close at midnight for panels and travel fellowships! Don't delay!

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 18h

really very extremely excited (and proud!!) of my first postdoc paper officially out TODAY!! I’ve been investigating how simultaneous alcohol and nicotine exposure alter PL activity and anxiety-like behavior, and love the direction the work is taking us. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Alcohol and nicotine vapor co-exposure differentially engages prelimbic prefrontal cortex activity and decreases anxiety-like behavior in rats

Alcohol and nicotine are two leading causes of preventable deaths in the United States. Simultaneous co-use of alcohol and nicotine is rising, as is t…

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love postdoc appreciation week and I love being a member of the Herman lab!

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Melissa Herman @melissaherman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Fridays in lab be like.... 🧠🧠🧠

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It has been a privilege watching this paper and work develop while being in the Herman lab - biggest kudos to Sarah Mott & her amazing team for this work!!!!

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ever wanted to attend the best conference there ever was? Now is your chance!! Submit a panel for Winter Brain 2027 in Breckenridge, CO!! Meet some of the best people, talk amazing science, and spend your days relaxing looking at mountains (or skiing on them!) winterbrain.org/science-of-t...

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Panel Presenters | Winter Conference on Brain Research

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Had a great time sharing some of my work over the last year and a half with my colleagues at BCAS! And was honored to do it alongside @cmodrak.bsky.social ✨

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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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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Every year Winter Brain brings me so much joy and we need lots of joy right now. Such great science and even more amazing people. I’m ecstatic and honored to be continuing my role on the Board of Directors for the next 4 years! See ya’ll next year in Breck! ❄️

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Lindsay Vincelette @lindsayvincelette.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I’m thrilled to share my first “first-author” pub! Here we showed that pregnancy dampens fear recall in a long-lasting way, and this may be driven by the high levels of AP that exist during late pregnancy. I’m so grateful for this incredible team of co-authors! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Pregnancy's lasting imprint: Late pregnancy allopregnanolone alters rat fear recall and medial prefrontal cortex activity

Pregnancy and the postpartum period induce long lasting alterations in mood and cognitive function, yet the parous brain remains vastly underexplored.…

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Incredibly proud of @lindsayvincelette.bsky.social for her first, first author pub in the Shansky lab!! Amazing work looking at pregnancy during fear conditioning - Lindsay you’re an all star!

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Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Heads up I will be hiring a postdoc and some techs in the new year! Lots of ephys and fiber photometry. If you've got soon to graduate PhD students or undergrads, send 'em my way!

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

The luckiest gal in the whole 🌍 🌎 to work in the Herman Lab!! Data sneak peak on the screen 🤫🤫🤫🤫

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Melissa Herman @melissaherman.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

October highlights.... PHCO retreat featuring an impromptu science themed game of codenames, a talk by Sarah Mott, and poster by Mia Keller.

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Melissa Herman @melissaherman.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Annual lab pumpkin carving as fun as always🎃🎃😭🎃🎃

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Melissa Herman @melissaherman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Fun time yesterday celebrating some surprise good news. Excited to get a chance to do some fun science with this great team 🧠🧠🧠

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

such an amazing, fun, special day 🤩🥰

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

as part of my full conversion from behavioral neuroscientist to physiologist, we, the Herman Lab, have compiled a playlist to encourage our cells (and ourselves) on rig days. any suggestions welcome!! @melissaherman.bsky.social open.spotify.com/playlist/3qU...

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songs to encourage cells and ourselves

Playlist · Julia Mitchell · 31 items · 3 saves

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I’m honestly having the best time in the Herman lab AND ALSO FWIW I still don’t really get how to “break in” but we’re doing it 😂

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Melissa Herman @melissaherman.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Snow day ❄️❄️❄️🌨️

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

another amazing week at winter brain! Absolutely elated to be joining the board of directors, especially my pal @deffinger.bsky.social !! can’t wait for next year at Big Sky 🤙🏼

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

couldn’t think of a more deserving rock star, so stoked for you Caitlyn!!!!

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Julia Mitchell, PhD @juliamitchell.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I started my post doc‼️‼️‼️🚨🚨🚨🚨🤩🤩🤩

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Once more for reviewers in the back: sex differences in behavioral outcomes are very often NOT a product of the estrous cycle and demanding that scientists build estrous metrics into experimental design only shows your own biases about how females (but not males) are primarily hormone-driven.

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