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Lauren Reynolds

@laurenmac.bsky.social
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an american neuroscientist in paris • CNRS researcher in @faurelab.bsky.social‬ at ESPCI Paris • PhD McGill • she/her/elle

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davidweinshenker.bsky.social @davidweinshenker.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Pleased to share a new Addiction Neuroscience Special Issue "Early Life Influences on Addiction" edited by @madrelabutd.bsky.social with contributions from @ericagrodin.bsky.social, @laurenmac.bsky.social, Marvin Diaz, Elizabeth Byrnes, and Chris Pierce! www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 03/09/2026
📣 Good news! 📣 Results of the ERC 2026 Starting Grant call are out! Funding worth a total of €705 million will go to 421 early-career researchers across Europe. Discover who, what and where 👉 link.europa.eu/9M3MmN 🧪 #ERCStG #FrontierResearch #HorizonEurope 🇪🇺 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
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Lauren Burgeno @laurenburgeno.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
🚨 New Walton × Bogacz Collab Preprint! POV: dopamine refuses to have just one job.🧠 DLS dopamine carries distinct reward AND action prediction errors — parallel teaching signals that could support value learning and habit formation. Enjoyed working with Yuhao, Juan Carlos, et al. on this one!
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Lauren Reynolds @laurenmac.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Excited to attend my first ACNP meeting ! And to be part of such an impressive list with some familiar names … see you in San Diego ☀️
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Jeroen Pasterkamp @jeroenpasterkamp.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In a new study in @cp-neuron.bksy.social we demonstrate how sparse genetic labeling enables comprehensive reconstruction of individual dopamine neurons in mice; Subtypes exhibit distinct developmental and adult morphologies, as well as responses to axon degeneration. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...
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Single-neuron resolution mapping of dopaminergic connectivity across development, adulthood, and degeneration
Using a novel intersectional genetic strategy for sparse neuronal labeling, Grossouw, Heijmink, et al. reconstruct individual midbrain dopamine neurons throughout development, adulthood, and degenerat...
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Dave Root @neuronroot.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Neuroscience postdoc job in Boulder Colorado jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...
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Postdoctoral Associate
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Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research @pasteur.fr · 24/07/2026
Institut Pasteur researchers developed "optonanobody": a light-controlled nanobody targeting α7 nicotinic receptors. Switch receptors on/off with light, no genetic editing needed. New research tool for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's & schizophrenia. #Neuroscience ↘️ pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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An Optonanobody for Reversible Photoactivation of Recombinant and Native α7 Nicotinic Receptors
Photopharmacology, which enables the precise optical control of endogenous receptor activity, represents a powerful approach in neuroscience. However, photochromic diffusible ligands often exhibit lim...
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Lauren Reynolds @laurenmac.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I am hiring a postdoc to work with me on my ERC Starting Grant project DeMARRe - investigating whether exploration or risk-taking in adolescence influence neural circuit development to calibrate psychiatric vulnerability and resilience in adulthood. Details and application at the link below ⬇️
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Jérémie Naudé @jeremie-n.cpesr.fr · 23/06/2026
Une "détox de dopamine" pour "réinitialiser son système de récompense" ? Le vocabulaire sonne neuroscientifique, mais habille une injonction à s'optimiser qui est impossible et qui détourne des bonnes questions. J'explique pourquoi dans The Conversation : theconversation.com/pourquoi-vou...
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Pourquoi vous ne pouvez pas faire de « détox de dopamine »
Contrairement à ce qu’affirment nombre d’influenceurs, il n’est pas possible de faire une « dopamine detox » pour « réinitialiser son système de la récompense », lequel serait malmené par notre usage ...
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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
NPP in the News...Check out a recent @acnporg.bsky.social paper on What you eat as a teenager may shape food choices later in life at bit.ly/3Pm35NL. The full article on Adolescent obesity induces sex-specific alterations of action control can be found at bit.ly/3Rp96Kb
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What you eat as a teenager may shape food choices later in life
New research from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute suggests that an unhealthy diet during adolescence could have long-lasting effects on how the brain makes decisions about food—even after ...
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Lauren Reynolds @laurenmac.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
as of today I am officially french !!! 🇫🇷
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Antoine Bergel @antbergel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
⚠️ Postdoc Opportunity in System Neuroscience at the Paris Brain Institute ⚠️ Feel passionate about neuroscience and sleep 🧠? Want to learn cutting-edge techniques 🔬 to answer exciting basic science questions? Want to work in a multidisciplinary environment at the heart of Paris 🏨? Come join us !
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faurelab.bsky.social @faurelab.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New paper in Nature, @nature.com (go.nature.com/4c4OjCj) : how do social roles emerge in groups of near-identical individuals ? we find that they are neither predetermined nor fixed.
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Dopaminergic mechanisms of dynamical social specialization - Nature
Longitudinal tracking of mice reveals that stable, specialized social roles emerge spontaneously within groups during a foraging task, with dopaminergic activity in the ventral tegmental area driving ...
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Abby Polter @ampolter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
As a reminder: I am hiring a postdoc and at least one research assistant for a project on VTA circuits and cognitive function that starts this summer. Get in touch if interested!
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Alessandro Piccin @apiccin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Very proud to share our most recent work, now out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 We show that brief noradrenergic signals in the orbitofrontal cortex, triggered by surprising rewards, support reversal learning and predict how quickly animals adapt. www.cell.com/cell-reports...
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Orbitofrontal noradrenaline acts as an early gate for reversal learning
Piccin et al. find that surprising rewards trigger brief orbitofrontal noradrenergic bursts whose magnitude predicts reversal learning speed. Targeted manipulation of noradrenergic neurons projecting ...
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Julia Sliwa @juliasliwa.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Join us for a day of great science! "From boys to men: A journey through gender expectations" on April 2nd at the Paris Brain Institute #genderequity #gender #womeninleadership #alba #science #neuroskyence @institutducerveau.bsky.social
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Gisella Vetere @gisellavetere.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
How does the brain build a memory? A common assumption is that the neurons activated during an experience collectively form the memory engram. In our new Nature Neuroscience paper (finally out!), we show that this is not the case. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Deconstruction of a memory engram reveals distinct ensembles recruited at learning - Nature Neuroscience
Pouget et al. identified distinct CA1 neuron ensembles active during specific moments of fear learning and uncovered the core engram essential for memory formation.
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faurelab.bsky.social @faurelab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
1/4 When rules change, dopamine (DA) changes what it calls an “action”. New bioRxiv version: “Dopamine tracks adaptive learning of action representations”. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... This project brought together Maxime Come’s PhD work and Arnaud Lespart’s postdoctoral work in our lab.
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Jérémie Naudé @jeremie-n.cpesr.fr · 19/02/2026
Pour le site de la Société des Neurosciences @socneuro.bsky.social, avec les collègues Christelle Peyron, Carole Rovere et Anne Giersch, on va lancer plus de news et de contenus courts 👀🧠 Vous avez un article récent ? Envoyez-le nous (mes DM sont ouverts) avec un bref résumé, on le mettra en avant
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Nature Neuroscience @natneuro.nature.com · 17/02/2026
🚨We're hiring a new editor!🚨 We're especially looking for someone with expertise in neurodegeneration and cellular/molecular neuroscience. Must have a Ph.D. and be able to work from Madrid, Shanghai, or Pune. Deadline to apply is March 9. springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...
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Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience
Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Neuroscience Locations: Madrid, Shanghai and Pune Application Deadline: March, 9th 2026 candidates will be considered as they apply About Springer Nature ...
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Talia Lerner @talialerner.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I edited a special issue of Addiction Neuroscience on dopamine circuitry & heterogeneity in addiction - now complete!🧠🧪 Check out the full issue & my editorial (all open access) here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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Addiction Neuroscience | Dopamine circuitry and heterogeneity in addiction | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
The heterogeneity of midbrain dopamine neurons is coming into focus. Distinct subtypes of dopamine neurons can be identified across the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra pars compacta ...
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Lauren Reynolds @laurenmac.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
I'm very honored to be the recipient of the Prix Bernard Bioulac, closing out 2025 on a high note
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Fabien Naneix @fabnaneix.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Possibility for a Eastbio funded PhD in my group at the @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. This is a highly competitive process: applicants should hold a 1st BSc Honours or 2:1 MSc degree in neuroscience. A single applicant per project will be interviewed. shorturl.at/rd669
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EastBio: Too sweet: how early life sugar consumption shapes brain and behaviour at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - EastBio: Too sweet: how early life sugar consumption shapes brain and behaviour at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com
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Carla Golden @goldenneurons.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Thrilled to share our new paper, out now in @natneuro.nature.com, uncovering how estradiol, the most potent estrogen, modulates reinforcement learning and reward prediction errors across biological levels. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #blueprint 1/7
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Estrogen modulates reward prediction errors and reinforcement learning - Nature Neuroscience
Dopamine encoding of reward prediction errors naturally fluctuates over females’ reproductive cycles with estrogenic signaling due to reduced expression of dopamine reuptake proteins.
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Pierre-Eric Lutz @pelutz.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The Strasbourg (France) neuroscience community (NeuroStra) will offer 3 positions over the next 3 years for junior group leaders. Applicants should develop projects along 3 themes: --> Mental health --> Neuroepigenetics --> Nociception and Pain Spread the word! neurostra.unistra.fr/actualites/a...
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Junior group leader position in Strasbourg
NeuroStra aims to recruit outstanding junior scientists to develop projects aligned with the following themes: Mental health | Neuroepigenetics | Nociception and Pain
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Institut de Psychiatrie et Neuroscience de Paris (Inserm 1266) @ipnp.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Seminar announcement: Dr P Faure will talk about" Dopaminergic Control of Social Specialization in Mouse Microsocieties". November 14th 2025 @ noon @ipnp.bsky.social. All are welcome! @inserm.fr #dopamine
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Dr. Jennifer Pfeifer @jenndsn.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
If we keep saying this generation is being destroyed, how will adolescents ever believe in their own potential? My TEDx talk is live on @ted.com. Changes in their brains, bodies, and social worlds create opportunities for young people to grow & thrive - with our support. www.ted.com/talks/jennif...
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The surprising science of adolescent brains
Neuroscientist Jennifer Pfeifer digs into the fascinating brain changes driving young people’s behavior during the critical years of adolescence. She debunks some of the biggest misunderstandings abou...
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Patricia González-Rodríguez #NoScienceNoFuture👩🏻‍🔬 @pgonzalezrodriguez.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
🚨Abstract submissions are now OPEN for the Dopamine 2026 meeting! Share your latest discoveries and join the global dopamine community in advancing the science of motivation, movement, and reward. Submit here: dopaminesociety.org/abstracts/ #Dopamine2026
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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2025
How I feel when I finally get a paper through peer review #AcademicChatter
It's the Good Will Hunting "How you like dem apples?" meme, but I am Matt Damon and the guy in the bar is reviewer #3. I'm holding up the DOI of my new paper to the window. Suck it reviewer #3!
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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Really interesting work by Bakhurin and colleagues challenging the reward prediction error hypothesis of dopamine: www.nature.com/articles/s41... I love this figure which both echoes and undermines the famous figure from Schultz et al. (1997).
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Katelyn T Slater 🏳️‍⚧️⚛️⚧️ @katelynslater.com · 13/10/2025
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Laura Grima @lauragrima.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Pleased to have this review out in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social. In it we discuss various aspects of the intersection between foraging behaviors and neuroscience, and offer some future directions: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Foraging as an ethological framework for neuroscience
The study of foraging is central to a renewed interest in naturalistic behavior in neuroscience. Applying a foraging framework grounded in behavioral …
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Jean Christophe Poncer @poncerlab.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Pour un dialogue éclairé et raisonné sur l’expérimentation en neurosciences, ses progrès, ses promesses ! Ça se passe à l’Hotel de Ville de Paris ce lundi 6 octobre à 17 h ! Ouvert à tous publics, sur inscription gratuite. Rejoignez nous !
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Lindsay Schwarz @lindsayschwarz.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
With 2 postdocs moving on to faculty positions🥳, we're looking to hire someone new. If you're interested in norepinephrine and neural circuits, please apply! tinyurl.com/42bfe24k
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Developmental Neurobiology
A postdoctoral research associate position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Lindsay Schwarz in the Department of Developmental Neurobiology at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Schwarz l...
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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This year marks 10 years since Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés first joined ACNP as a postdoctoral trainee. Over the past decade, she has contributed significantly through her service and leadership. 👏 Click here to learn more about her impact: tinyurl.com/ys92eamk
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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🌟 Launch your own lab at Janelia 🌟 Advance our understanding of biology through theory, computational modeling & machine learning. 🔹 No teaching requirements 🔹 100% internally funded 🔹 Collaborate with expert support teams 📅 Apply by Nov. 4 👉 janelia.link/groupleader
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 15/09/2025
Early-career researchers: want to run your own lab? 🌟Max Planck Research Groups offer 6+ years, up to €2.7M in funding, open-topic freedom, team support & tenure-track opportunities. Intrigued? 😃Apply by Oct 14, 2025! www.mpg.de/max-planck-r...
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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 15/09/2025
Imagine being the kind of person with the chutzpah to "explain" to Margaret Atwood what Margaret Atwood meant in The Handmaid's Tale
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catistory @catistory.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
In September 1919, Escher moved to Haarlem to study architecture. His landlady in Haarlem gifted Escher a white cat, who stayed his pet and companion during his student years. Escher lovingly portrayed his cat in several wood cuts. Etches of a white cat by M.C. Escher
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Angélica Torres-Berrío, PhD @neuroangelica-atb.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
📢Are you a Colombian Neuroscientist attending #SfN2025? "Tomémonos un tinto, seamos amigos". Let's celebrate the achievements of our community at the "Colombian Neuroscientist Networking Meeting" in San Diego! Mark your calendar and stay tuned for further details 🗓️ @joeycheers.bsky.social
Event Title: Colombian Neuroscientist Networking Meeting
Date: Monday, November 17, 2025
Time: 7 - 9 p.m.
Venue: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina 
Meeting Room Assignment: Marriott Grand Ballroom: Salon 3
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Herbert Wu @herbertwu.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Super excited to share the first cooperative foraging paradigm in freely interacting mouse pairs! Stable leader and follower roles emerge spontaneously and predict learning. Well-trained mice show stereotyped, role-specific “behavioral motifs” absent in naive animals (1/5) doi.org/10.1101/2025...
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Dr. Millie Rincón-Cortés @madrelabutd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Pleased to share our lab's latest research article led by Melissa Salazar, a new PhD student in my lab🤓🐀. We followed up on Oak 2024 and found sex-specific effects of early life scarcity-adversity on adolescent behavioral responses to natural rewards (sucrose- f, play-m). #SABV t.co/biPSE9u9Le
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
How do immune cells shape the adolescent brain? #URochesteresearch found that microglia strengthen dopamine circuits in the frontal cortex, a region tied to decision-making and mental health @urochestersmd.bsky.social
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Brain’s Immune Cells Key to Wiring the Adolescent Brain
Making a smoothie, going for an evening walk, or having empathy for a loved one are all examples of executive functions that are controlled by the brain’s frontal cortex. This area of the brain goes t...
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Lauren Reynolds @laurenmac.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Delighted to be among the ERC Starting Grant awardees for 2025 !!! This grant will investigate how adolescent exploration or risk-taking shapes brain development and behavioral outcomes. More info coming soon ! #ERCStG 🇪🇺
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Sofie Valk @sofievalk.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
rdcu.be/eCVaQ Neurodevelopmentally rooted epicenters in schizophrenia: sensorimotor-association spatial axis of cortical thickness alterations - bravo Yun Shuang Fan and team 😍🌸
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Neurodevelopmentally rooted epicenters in schizophrenia: sensorimotor-association spatial axis of cortical thickness alterations
Molecular Psychiatry - Neurodevelopmentally rooted epicenters in schizophrenia: sensorimotor-association spatial axis of cortical thickness alterations
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Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience @urneuroscience.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Adolescence is a critical window for brain development #URochesterResearch by Stowell & Wang shows how microglia help wire frontal circuits—and the implications this could have for disorders like schizophrenia and ADHD @urochestersmd.bsky.social via @natureportfolio.nature.com 👉 rdcu.be/eCzAv
Oil painting on canvas by Rianne Stowell, PhD. It depicts microglial processes (green) responding and interacting with dopaminergic axons (magenta).
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Janelia Research Campus @hhmijanelia.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
📢We're #hiring Group Leaders! Apply to lead a lab at Janelia & advance biology using theory, computational modeling & machine learning. 🔹5-year renewable appointment 🔹Pioneer new tools & approaches 🔹Collaborate across disciplines Apply by Nov. 4👉 janelia.link/groupleader
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Ciaran Murphy-Royal @murphyroyallab.org · 22/08/2025
🚨Another PI job opening in the Neuroscience dept. at @umontreal.ca ! 🚨 www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry - Montréal, Quebec (CA) job with Université de Montréal | 12843808
Professor at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, in the field of neurocircuitry involved in the production of complex behaviors
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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Hey there! Just a quick reminder — tomorrow's the deadline! Submit your abstract and get ready to dazzle our students and scholars in biological psychology with your talk on Zoom :)
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Laura Grima @lauragrima.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Deadline for abstract submission has been extended to 29th August!
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