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Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NEW: The anterior hypothalamic nucleus acts like a volume knob for stress, scaling the brain’s response to threatening events 🧠 Read the Cai Lab's latest paper, led by @zachtpennington.bsky.social, in @nature.com 🎉 www.nature.com/articles/s41... More: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Zach Pennington @zachtpennington.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm SO excited to have this out in the world!!!! Check out our latest work on the contribution of the anterior hypothalamic nucleus to stress sensitivity and valence processing.

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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

At a chalk talk, a guy berated me the whole time and told me my work isn't interesting and he's surprised I had a K99. I got the offer the next day🤔 At another school, after a verbal offer I mentioned my spouse. Was ghosted for 3 months then told they "didn't move forward for political reasons"🙄

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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Had an awesome time at the Pavlovian Society meeting in beautiful Montreal! Proud of all the speakers in our all-trainee (almost, minus @okaysteve.bsky.social who kicked off our session) Emerging Voices panel, including exciting work by @bfitzsci.bsky.social and others! Can't wait for next year!

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Jeremy Day @daylab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#FluorescenceFriday Location of different classes of GABAergic interneurons derived from the medial ganglionic eminence in the mouse brain. Identified using the 10X Xenium platform, with @odrake.bsky.social and Jasper Heinsbroek.

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Steve Ramirez @okaysteve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🚨 new work from the lab! "Hippocampal astrocytic sequences emerge during learning and memory recall" by @ryguy.io & @rsuthard.bsky.social thank you to the entire team for your camaraderie and for muscling through science together 🧠 -- we welcome all feedback! nature.com/articles/s41...

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Hippocampal astrocytic sequences emerge during learning and memory recall

Nature Neuroscience - Senne, Suthard and colleagues show that dorsal hippocampal astrocytes display time-compressed calcium-event sequences after foot shock and upon context re-exposure, and that...

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Jorge Miranda Barrientos @jorge-miranda.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thrilled to share that I was selected for a Mexican government program aimed at strengthening collaborations between research institutions in Mexico and Mexican scientists abroad, receiving the distinction of Investigator Level 1! 🇲🇽🔬 What a great way to start Hispanic Heritage Month!

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Stephanie Staszko @sstaszko.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New preprint alert! 🚨 🧠 My postdoctoral work in Al Kaye’s lab has focused on understanding how animals navigate and learn from threats in their environment. To study this, I developed a virtual visual cliff height threat task, inspired by Boone et al. 2021. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

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An adaptive noradrenergic-prefrontal circuit for innate avoidance of heights

Innate preferences determine how animals interact with the environment, but how experience refines the neural processes underlying those intrinsic motivations is not well understood. Here we develop a...

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Crystal Rogers, PhD @rogerslabucd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Dear “all of my students,” you know I’m basically a boomer so please just send me the Word doc to edit instead of a link to a Google doc. You know I’m going to download it and send you back the track-changed doc… 😂

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Billys O Gates Deletes 'My Computer' Icon

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UAB CDIB @uabcdib.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Congratulations to Dr. HaoSheng Sun and Dr. Kirstie Cummings on receiving the 2026-2027 FCIDD McNulty Civitan Scientist Award! This 3-year award will help fuel their cross-field research in postnatal brain development. Read more: buff.ly/flMzx2X @mus-elegans.bsky.social @kacummings.bsky.social

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Molecular & Cellular Cognition Society @molcellcog.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Meet the #MCCS26 officers! Dr. @flubinlab.bsky.social is a distinguished professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her lab studies the molecular and genetic basis of learning & memory and related disorders. Join us on November 12 & 13. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/4599d6d4-273...

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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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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Massive congratulations to PhD candidates Zephyr Desa and Hunter Franks for sweeping the first place poster and oral presentation awards at the 2026 UAB Comprehensive Neurosciene Center Retreat! Proud PI moment 😊

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Just accepted the 2nd study section invitation for this autumn/winter. If you can serve on study section, please accept when asked. The SROs and the POs are working so hard to get good science funded.

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Matteo Carandini @carandinilab.net · 17/08/2026

I am proud of this paper. Since it came out in 2022 it has received 0 citations (yes that's a zero). But multiple young scientists have found it useful! (from other labs, so they were not coerced...). Perhaps you will find it useful too? SOME TIPS FOR WRITING SCIENCE doi.org/10.1523/ENEU...

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Some Tips for Writing Science

When preparing a scientific paper, we typically write with coauthors who have different backgrounds and styles, and we target readers who have little time and patience. To help both readers and writer...

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Andy Baxevanis @baxevanislab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📢 Applications are now open for the NIH Stadtman Tenure-Track Investigator Program! We're recruiting early-career scientists across all areas of biomedical research for tenure-track faculty positions in the NIH Intramural Research Program. Deadline: Sept 30, 2026. 🔗 tinyurl.com/stadtman26

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Eliza Greiner, PhD @elizamackenzie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I’m going to miss seeing this great group of people every day. I better see you all at the next Frontal Cortex, if not sooner!! ✌🏻🧠

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Alicia Izquierdo @aliciaizquierdo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Thanks @rudebecklab.bsky.social and @realdiehllab.bsky.social for chairing a fantastic GRC Frontal Cortex! Lasting impact and inspiration 🫶🏼

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Stephanie Staszko @sstaszko.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Another wonderful Frontal Cortex GRS/GRC 🔥 looking forward to digging into all of my notes … after a weekend of many naps

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Nicola Grissom @nicolagrissom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Perhaps you're having FOMO over missing GRC Frontal Cortex this year. Understandable, regrettable BUT BE NOT AFRAID because you're going to GRC Frontal Cortex 2028!! with your chairs @drbediya.bsky.social and @kacummings.bsky.social and your new vice chairs @markgbaxter.bsky.social and...MOI 🧠💅💖

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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

What an amazing Frontal Cortex GRC! 🧠 Special congrats to lab members Brianna and Hunter on outstanding talks 🗣, Rebekah and Hunter for their GRC Best Poster Awards 🏆, and Zephyr for being elected as co-Chair of the 2028 GRS 💪. I can't wait to serve as co-Chair at the next GRC - see you in 2028! 🤩

Cummings lab members Brianna, Tamiris, Zephyr, Rebekah, Kirstie, Sanaz, Mahdi, and Hunter

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Kate Wassum @katewassum.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

We’re hiring a research technician!! We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits of learning, decision making, and habit. More info👇 wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/ Job posting: jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/11232

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Jorge Miranda Barrientos @jorge-miranda.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

These mPFC neurons are telling me that GRS @grc-frontal-cortex.bsky.social starts today!!! On my way to the airport. Can't wait to listen the amazing projects people are working on. So honored to co chair the GRS with @albitc.bsky.social

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Going to my first conference in over a year and I just need to know if there are like any new trends or cultural shifts so I don’t embarrass myself TYSM

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Steve Buscemi: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?

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The Friedman Brain Institute @sinaibrain.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

#MSNseminars APPLICATIONS is now OPEN! Senior #Postdocs in all fields of #Neuroscience are encouraged to apply for this INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY to share your research, visit @mountsinainyc.bsky.social & meet w/ faculty/trainees! the deadline is September 1 👉 APPLY NOW using the QR code in the flyer!

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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Huge shout out to the reviewers of our recent manuscript for providing constructive feedback to improve our study without request for unnecessary extra experiments - especially during TheseTimes™️! I appreciate you, whoever you are!! 🙌 🫶

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KEW @kidadaewilliams.com · 05/08/2026

Chairteenth 🪑

Screenshot showcasing the Montgomery Brawl. August 5 2023.

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Holy crap my R01 was just renewed. Literally staring at the NoA in disbelief. I was told back in April it would not be funded and I was mentally preparing to wind the lab down. Now here we are with the chance to rebuild (again, if you've been with me for a while).

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Is This Real Life?

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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Congratulations to Cummings lab graduate student Hunter Franks on his NRSA F31 award! Hunter will resolve the mPFC GABAergic circuit mechanisms of opioid reward seeking. I cannot be more proud to be his mentor 🧠🎊

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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This year's Neuroscience Seminar Series is 👌 with a stellar lineup of field-leading neuroscientists across career stages. We can't wait to kick this off next month! Thanks to @uabneuro.bsky.social for the generous support!

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Denise J. Cai, Ph.D. @denisejcai.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Huge congrats to Cai Lab postdoc @destyniemedeiros.bsky.social for being named a @simonsfoundation.org Junior Fellow! 🎉 Destynie is a brilliant rising star 🌟 The rigor of her science and the leadership she has built in our community impress me again and again. So well earned. Congrats, Destynie! 🧠✨

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Mark Baxter 🏳️‍🌈🧂 @markgbaxter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

after a prolonged drought looks like I may be hitting four conferences in four months 😆 looking forward to seeing my science friends starting at @grc-frontal-cortex.bsky.social next month!

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Jeremy Day @daylab.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Notice of Award Monday! Grateful to NIDA for supporting some very exciting work defining the cellular and circuit mechanisms that opioids target to produce rewarding effects.

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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Amazing that this man can perfectly execute both of the Great New York Expressions - Italian AND Jewish

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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

📣 REGISTRATION IS OPEN 📣 Our 7th annual #BlackInNeuroWeek is coming soon 🧠 From July 27th to August 2nd, we have an ✨AMAZING✨ week of events planned for you all, free and open to the public 🤗 Don’t miss out! Register for #BINW26 here ⤵️ events.zoom.us/ev/AgaErvpe_... #BlackInSTEM #Neuroskyence 🧪

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I encourage everyone who has submitted comments on the hot mess that is OMB-2026-0034 to also send a copy to your congress critters. www.theverge.com/science/9576...

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The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it

‘Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.’

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bioRxiv Neuroscience @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Basal forebrain projections to the lateral habenula sex-dependently regulate ethanol and sucrose consumption www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Andrew Hardaway @andrewhardaway.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Let's go people!!! Get those comments in!!! Almost to 300K!!!

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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I just submitted my comment and so can you! Commenting closes today - it is not too late to voice your concerns!

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MarinaP63 @marinap63.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Are you a senior postdoc with a complete scientific story to tell? Apply for our Yale Molecular Psychiatry MAPS program and tell us about your work at our weekly neuroscience seminar series. PLEASE REPOST!

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Angélica Torres-Berrío, PhD @neuroangelica-atb.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

2026 GRC Frontal Cortex August 9 - 14, 2026 Application deadline: July 12, 2026 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

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Kurt Fraser @kurtfraser.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Our labs first paper! Some 😳 surprising effects. Turns out everything comes back to context 🤓

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Lindsay Schwarz @lindsayschwarz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

thrilled to share our latest work from the lab, led by the amazing @fernandezpenac.bsky.social (now a PI at @unmc.bsky.social!) where we found a new role for a tiny group of adrenergic neurons in RVLM, the C1 cells. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We are having such a 🔥 week in the lab (independent of the Alabama heat 🥵)! Totally reinvigorating and inspiring and reminds me that, despite all the 💩 happening now, this is truly the best job with the best people!

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Aqilah McCane @drbediya.blacksky.app · 09/07/2026

Join me and @kacummings.bsky.social at frontal cortex GRC 🧠this year features a great line up of speakers and numerous networking oppertunities for trainees 🙌🏾

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Black In Neuro @blackinneuro.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Black In Neuro Week 2026 is July 27–Aug. 2. Join us for our 7th annual celebration of Black excellence in neuroscience. 📣 #BINRollCall ⏳ #BlackInTime (NEW!) 🧠 #NeuroRacism 🌍 #NeuroAcrossTheDiaspora 💼 #NeuroCareers ✨ #BlackInNeuroJoy 😌 #BlackRestInNeuro #BINW26 #BlackInNeuro

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Kirstie Cummings @kacummings.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

❗️Final week to apply for the GRC on the Frontal Cortex❗️More info on registering and our 🤩 speaker line up can be found here: www.grc.org/frontal-cort... Don't miss out on this!

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GRC Frontal Cortex @grc-frontal-cortex.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Meet your #GRC-FrontalCortex vice-chairs! @kacummings.bsky.social and @drbediya.bsky.social FYI this is the FINAL week to apply! more info here: www.grc.org/frontal-cort... Can't wait to see you all August 9-12 in Holderness, NH!

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Old e-phys trick... wrap EVERYTHING in aluminum foil. And then build a Faraday cage around that. And then hang some chicken bones inside the Faraday cage for good measure.

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