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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New preprint! This project began with a rotation-student question from Ashley Copenhaver about GABAb receptors and grew into a fun, ongoing puzzle. Would love to talk to others who are interested!

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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Gearing up for #WCBR2027! (Please repost!) Helpful links for submission (panels due 9/15/26, posters 10/13/26) and travel fellowships (Due 9/15/26): winterbrain.org/science-of-t... winterbrain.org/travel-fello...

Why Reserachers Choose Winter Brain, From the mouths of attendees: "Great quality science, small meeting, great location" "It was the perfect size for a meeting, with a great networking opportunity" "The quality of the science and the networking combined with opportunity for snowboarding is very appealing"

Find Your Way to Share Your Science
We are now accepting Panel, Perspective, Short Course, and Poster proposals for the 59th Winter Conference on Brain Research in Breckenridge, Colorado, January 30 – February 4, 2027. Winter Brain seeks proposals from across different neuroscience disciplines and in different formats.

Build the Conversation: Panels
Panels have a cohesive scientific theme. Presentations that approach a theme from different experimental angles or have clinically translational themes are highly encouraged.

Panel Proposal Deadline: September 15, 2026.
Challenge the Conversation: Perspectives
Perspectives are intended to bring people in a field together to discuss and debate ideas and findings. Brief slide presentations (1–5 slides per panelist) and audience participation should be encouraged by panelists.
Perspective Proposal Deadline: September 15, 2026.

Share Your Expertise: Short Courses
Short Courses introduce a topic/technique to non-experts, addressing its foundations, strengths, and limitations, with ample time for questions. Opportunities for hands-on participation are encouraged.
Short Course Proposal Deadline: September 15, 2026.

Put Your Research in the Spotlight: Posters
Share your latest research and connect directly with scientists in the Winter Brain Community through a Poster presentation.
Poster Proposal Deadline: October 13, 2026.

Supporting the Next Generation of Neuroscience - Travel Fellows

The Travel Fellowships page provides information on how to apply for these junior investigator awards. The application deadline is September 15, 2026, for both Panel and Poster Travel Fellowships. In addition to Travel Fellowships, awards for best posters by junior investigators will be presented at the closing banquet. You can indicate your eligibility for a poster award when submitting your poster abstract.

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Four of the undergrads in the lab received research awards from the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at UMBC today! So proud!!

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

One the amazing undergrads from my lab, Deeya Mistry, was selected as a Goldwater Scholar!! Four UMBC students selected for the Goldwater this year! So excited and proud of these amazing students! umbc.edu/stories/umbc...

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Its official! Excited to share this and grateful to the amazing team that came together to see this project through!

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

So grateful for a January highlighted by ACNP and Winter Brain. It was a privilege to learn from incredible colleagues, exchange ideas, and connect with so many amazing people. Thank you to @kundakoviclab.bsky.social and Jinye Dai for organizing amazing panels and inviting me to share our work!

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Thank you so much to the organizers of #GBSfN2025 for inviting me to present at this year's meeting on the JHU Homewood campus. It was a huge honor to be able to go back to the place my greater Baltimore neuroscience journey began as a PhD student and share some of the latest findings from my lab!

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

A little late posting but super excited for and proud of Ashley who successfully defended her thesis!

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Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Inside the lobby at NSF…

A table of books with a sign that says “each one of these books represents critical knowledge lost that would have driven US innovation and bolstered American security. 168 books and counting.

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Dr. Rebecca Barnes (she/her) @waterbarnes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This is amazing 😍😍 @500womensci.bsky.social has made cards for each state on funding for NSF and NIH avail for download bit.ly/NSF_bystate & bit.ly/NIH_bystate if they are helpful for folks

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NSF state cards - Google Drive

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Big congrats to rock star grad student Ashley Copenhaver who has been selected for the Rising Stars in Neuroscience Symposium!

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 17/01/2024

Preprint is up! Check out our latest work on sex differences (and some similarities) in synaptic plasticity! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

We won the Biology department ornament contest bringing together neuroscience and holiday cheer!

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

We had a great time at #SfN23! Love being able to catch up with old friends, make new ones, and see a lot of great science!

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

If you're at #SfN23 tomorrow morning, stop by poster D30 to see a cool project that rockstar grad student Ashley Copenhaver has been working on!

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Tara LeGates @neurolg.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Amazing lecture by Rick Huganir at #SfN23

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