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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam

@laurelgd.bsky.social
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PINE Lab PI @ Northeastern, HAPPE EEG software creator, neuroscientist exploring how experiences shape brain & behavior development. Loves cheese. She/her www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab… github.com/PINE-Lab/HAPPE

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Nick Kathios @nickkathios.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
ecstatic to share that i successfully defended my dissertation yesterday! a huge thank you to all who supported me during my phd, esp advisors drs. @psycheloui.bsky.social, @laurelgd.bsky.social, + juliet davidow. excited for my next steps as a t32 postdoc fellow with dr. assal habibi at USC! 🎸
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Honored and thrilled to receive the Early Career Award from @infantstudies.bsky.social! Thanks to my mentees and collaborators for making my research possible and to @nataliebrito.bsky.social for the very kind nomination and @drkoraly.bsky.social and Chuck Nelson for their letters of support!
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
In another massive data set of more than 1.5 million children ‌born between 1997 and 2022, the use of Tylenol during pregnancy was NOT associated with autism, even after accounting for ​individual risk factors. Autism was diagnosed in 1.8% of children exposed to Tylenol and 3% of the unexposed group.
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Acetaminophen Exposure During Pregnancy and the Risk of Autism in Offspring
This cohort study evaluates the potential association between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and risk of autism in Danish national registers.
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
@emma-margolis.bsky.social & my piece integrating DOHAD & sensitive period frameworks for biological embedding of early experiences was one of Infancy's 2025 top 10-cited papers! Grateful for the engagement with our framework! @infantstudies.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Prenatal influences on postnatal neuroplasticity: Integrating DOHaD and sensitive/critical period frameworks to understand biological embedding in early development
Early environments can have significant and lasting effects on brain, body, and behavior across the lifecourse. Here, we address current research efforts to understand how experiences impact neurodev...
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
So grateful for industry partners like @brainsandplanes.bsky.social and @welcony.bsky.social / @magstimegi.bsky.social who prioritize inclusive, evidence-based solutions so we can all do our very best Neuroscience!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Thank you NACS at U Maryland College Park for such a lovely and engaged visit these two days! What a treat to talk about neuroplasticity across species with so many folks! Special thanks to @rachelromeo.bsky.social for hosting me! Truly an incredible program! 🥰
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Erik Nook 🏳️‍🌈 @eriknook.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Are you a junior faculty member interested in spending 2-4 weeks at Princeton Psych? Consider applying for our Microsabbatical program! It’s a fully funded visit for professional development and creating long-term collaborations. psych.princeton.edu/diversity/mi...
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Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology
Microsabbaticals at Princeton Psychology provide a several-week-long visit to our department for early-career faculty. The program focuses on early-career scholars who would benefit from interactions ...
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Apologies, here is the right link to apply for postdoc positions in the lab: forms.gle/Hb8rS9hD3BV7... Please repost to help us spread the word!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
early neuroplasticity mechanisms (w/ EEG, MRI/MRS, or both), sensitive periods that scaffold language, vision, cognitive development (infancy-childhood), & parsing early experiences' influence (dimensions of experiences, caregiver inputs, adverse and buffering/promotional experiences, RCTs).
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
We have funding to support projects across a variety of datasets. Fellows may pursue any combination of projects to best build their programs of research. Topics of interest within the overarching theme of experience-driven neurodevelopment include but are certainly not limited to:
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
PINE Lab is hiring up to two postdoctoral fellows to join our community in Boston summer 2026! If you are a senior graduate student interested in doing postdoctoral studies with PINE Lab, please submit an application here: lnkd.in/evTakygw
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...
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Neuroscience has a species problem
If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle.
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The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Hoping to give much-needed visibility to African neuroscience, the new African Brain Journal prepares to publish its first issue. By Lauren Schenkman bit.ly/4rLlHnJ
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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 13/02/2026
🌟 The call for Session Proposals for Online #SIPS2026 is still open!🌟 Propose: ✨workshops, ✨hackathons, ✨unconferences, ✨lightning talks, ✨roundtables. Submission Deadline: Feb 27, 2026 Details:
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SIPS 2026 – June 8-10, 2026
The submission portal for the online conference is still open! We invite researchers to submit their contributions for online SIPS 2026. We look forward to your participation. Please note that the…
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🎉 PINE Lab is hiring a postbacc Research Coordinator! Projects include cohort studies examining brain mechanisms linking adversity to cognition/language & RCTs of early interventions on neurodevelopment. apply: forms.gle/Dyay39x2XEMn... more info: www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/join-us
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Jonathan Peelle @jpeelle.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I’m glad we have a day set aside to celebrate women and girls in science. My academic journey is full of women mentors, colleagues, and collaborators. Special shout out to current NU colleagues @laurelgd.bsky.social @briemreid.bsky.social @qzhever.bsky.social @sneuroble.bsky.social 🧠
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Jamie Hanson @jamielarsh.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
🧠 Not all brain age algorithms are equal! In our new study, one algorithm (Pyment) outperformed other models in youth. Algorithms fail when your sample's age range is narrow or mismatched with training data. So, choose wisely... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #BrainAge #Neuroimaging
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Can't wait to read it! Congratulations!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Thanks Ethan! I'm so excited!
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Dr. Ethan Kutlu @ethankutlu.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Fantastic opportunity!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
@isdp.org @fitngin.bsky.social @sfn.org @ohbm-dic.bsky.social @magstimegi.bsky.social @brainsandplanes.bsky.social
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
We've got big plans and exciting opportunities in a supportive science environment in our Institute for Cognitive and Brain Health at Northeastern University, Boston! Please share to help us find this critical new team member! Interested candidates can email me at: l.gabard-durnam@northeastern.edu
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
🚨Thrilled to share I am able to hire someone (PhD preferred) with coding expertise to work on our HAPPE software for EEG! Knowledge of Matlab, Python, and EEG signal processing required. Enthusiasm for teaching/mentoring, collaboration, and developmental science preferred!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Yay! Can't wait to read! You're a science hero of mine, @lauriebayet.bsky.social, excited for your thoughts and ideas in this piece!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Amidst it all, my toddler said "I love you" back to me for the first time tonight
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Yay! Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental Science, Developmental Psychobiology are all receptive!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Thrilled to be part of this really engaging conversation! What a treat!
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Very excited to share the first empirical paper from LEVANTE: we describe the LEVANTE core tasks, a set of nine open source tasks for measuring learning and development in kids ages 5-12 years. osf.io/preprints/ps... 🧵
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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
We are pleased to announce that the first LEVANTE data release is now publicly available! To access and download the pilot data, follow instructions on researcher.levante-network.org/data. This data release accompanies the preprint linked in the thread.
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Data Access
Data collected through the LEVANTE Framework is de-identified. LEVANTE currently does not hold any data regulated under HIPAA (US) or GDPR (EU). To learn more, please see our Ethics and Privacy page.
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
We're collecting examples of funded F31 and F32 grants in Psych/Neuro that folks are comfortable sharing for a new section of our Resources website, please email me if you'd be willing to share! Small token and eternal gratitude if you do! L.gabard-durnam@northeastern.edu
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Great minds, Peter 😂
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Also extraordinarily proud of @emma-margolis.bsky.social who just started her newly funded NIH F31 examining longitudinal, multimodal MR-Spectroscopy and EEG-derived markers of visual neuroplasticity over infancy and their early cognitive sequelae! GO EMMA!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We started this project to better reflect the complexity of lived experiences in development and help explain the wide range of individual differences in adult behavior and health following early adversity. Our data show measuring both promotional and adverse experiences together is key!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
The scale takes 5-10 minutes to complete, shows excellent test-retest reliability over 6 months, and explains critical variance in adult mental health over and above dimensions of adverse developmental experiences and SES. Available here! www.plasticityinneurodevelopmentlab.com/pos-dev-retr...
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POS-DEV-Retrospective — Plasticity in Neurodevelopment Lab
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
across caregivers, close friends, and other positive adults in youth's lives. You can examine dimensions across social figures, dimensions within social figures, or sum scores within or across developmental periods flexibly to meet your study goals.
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Happy new year! If you'd like to start it on a POSitive note, we have a new scale led by Kelsie Lopez and now preprinted measuring dimensions of promotional socioemotional experiences in development validated for retrospective reporting in childhood, adolescence 1/n osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
So exciting!!!! Can't wait to see your research program move forward!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Despite the current funding climate, the competitor in me is really excited, motivated, and determined to teach the heck out of our new class this spring with @jpeelle.bsky.social on grant writing for graduate students. LET'S GO!!!!!!!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Hooray! Wonderful news!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
HAAAH! so good! eeks!
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
if you want to know what jargon you use too much in your science, ask your partner! They'll know and tell you fun things like: oh you're writing a grant? you gotta "harmonize" and "scaffold" "trajectories". 😆 Busted.
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
We welcome Symposia, Paper Presentations, and Poster Presentations. All of these sessions will be held for 60 minutes.
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Division 7 especially welcomes research on this year’s theme: Understanding the Lives of Children and Families. Presentations considering children’s & families’ everyday lives & their communities’ strengths in support of their well-being are especially encouraged.
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🚨👀 Join Co-Chairs @santimoralesphd.bsky.social and myself to share developmental psychological research at APA in 2026 (August 6-8, Washington, DC)! Submissions are due on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, by 5 pm ET. More information and submission requirements at (lnkd.in/ejUfZ4h5)
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Yay! Thank you!
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Damien Fair @drdamienfair.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Hello all of you #ABCD and #HBCD data users! Did you know we recently deployed the NBDC Sandbox? Jupyter, R-Studio, or open your own linux environment. Compute in place, No Download. A 'SAFE' Cluster environment. Go check it out! nbdc.lassoinformatics.com/sandbox
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Sandbox
Lasso is designed to streamline secure access, querying, and responsible use of the ABCD and HBCD datasets.
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Daeyeol Lee @ungteoriz.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins is inviting applications for 3 open-rank tenured/tenure-track positions in (1) Behavioral Neuroscience, (2) Cognitive Neuroscience, and (3) Cognitive Psychology. pbs.jhu.edu/about/jobs/
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Jobs | Psychological & Brain Sciences
Tenured/Tenure-track position in Cognitive Psychology Open Date Dec 01, 2025 Salary Range or Pay Grade The expected academic base salary range for this position is $110,000- $144,500 (Assistant Profes...
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Stephanie Noble @sneuroble.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Attn MRI enthusiasts! 📣 Just in time for Thanksgiving, I’m thankful to share this opportunity to join us as MRI Center Director! ✨ Couldn’t speak more highly of my time here so far—such a supportive & collaborative place to build a lab—and I’m more than happy to share more with anyone interested
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
@isdp.org @fitngin.bsky.social @ismrm.bsky.social @ohbmofficial.bsky.social @ohbm-dic.bsky.social @sfn.org
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Laurel Joy Gabard-Durnam @laurelgd.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Applicants should have a funded independent research program and help contribute to our supportive and collegiate culture as an Institute! We support a range of MR sequences, integrations with other methodologies, and we are a highly-collaborative faculty! Join us!
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