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Laura Been

@laurabeen.bsky.social
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associate professor of psych & neuro at Haverford College • behavioral neuroendocrinology • peripartum neuroplasticity • motivated behaviors • undergrad-driven research

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Laura Been @laurabeen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
New paper from our lab out in Genes, Brain and Behavior! ∆FOSB in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Is Required for Increased Anxiety, but Not Decreased Social Motivation, Following Estrogen Withdrawal in Female Mice onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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∆FOSB in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Is Required for Increased Anxiety, but Not Decreased Social Motivation, Following Estrogen Withdrawal in Female Mice
In female mice, estrogen withdrawal following a hormone-simulated pseudopregnancy is associated with increased levels of ∆FOSB in the Nucleus Accumbens Core and increased anxiety behaviors. However, ....
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Amelia Eisch 🧪🧠👩‍🔬 🐁 @eisch.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
World on fire, but more peeps interested in #neuroscience 🧪🧠 so that’s nice (gift article) share.inquirer.com/3GeHKx @pennmindcore.bsky.social @laurabeen.bsky.social
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More Philly-area students are majoring in neuroscience, with some wanting to find cures for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
In 2008, 110 colleges nationally offered neuroscience majors; now, it’s about 330, said Raddy Ramos, associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at New York Institute of Technology.
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Laura Been @laurabeen.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Reminder that the 9/15 deadline for applications is approaching fast!!
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Laura Been @laurabeen.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Haverford is hiring a Neuroscientist! Please spread the word and share with anyone interested in a faculty position at a research-intensive liberal arts college. Motivated students, competitive start ups, hard money, great location, wonderful colleagues! www.haverford.edu/provost/news...
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Haverford College invites applications for a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Neuroscience.
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Laura Been @laurabeen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I had 7 seniors graduate from my lab this year, most of them after working together in my lab for several years. As a hilarious and unexpected parting gift, they went to JC Penney and took awkward family photos together. Really appreciate how hard they committed to the bit. 😂 The kids are all right.
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Laura Been @laurabeen.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
What an honor it was to attend the 20th anniversary of Brains & Behavior, see former professors and friends, and give the keynote address.
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Laura Been @laurabeen.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Congratulations to the Been Lab Class of ‘25! As is our tradition, they turned in their theses today, popped champagne, and signed where the corks hit the ceiling! 🍾
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Marija Kundakovic @kundakoviclab.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
My lab is hiring 2 postdocs on an NIH-funded grant characterizing molecular & cellular changes in the human brain across menopausal transition. Other neuroepigenomics projects are also available. We plan to hire a wet lab scientist and a bioinformatician. Please RT! kundakoviclab.com More info 👇
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...
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Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies
Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/02/2025
🚨 Many NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) are being cancelled for Summer 2025. www.reddit.com/r/REU/commen...
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Cancellation megathread
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Laura Been @laurabeen.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Happy holidays from (most of) the Been Lab!
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