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Research Society on Alcohol @rsaofficial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

RSA encourages members and researchers to provide insights and comments to the proposed changes to NIH Peer Review (NOT-OD-26-088) ✍️ The comment period CLOSES after October 13 -- less than two weeks away!

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Research Society on Alcohol @rsaofficial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📣 TWO WEEKS TO GO! On October 14, submissions and nominations open for the 2027 RSA Annual Scientific Meeting & RSA Annual Awards! 🔬🏆 Start preparing your research—and think about colleagues deserving recognition! 📅 Opens Oct. 14 #RSA2027 #AlcoholResearch #RSA

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Count the Carolina connections ⬆️ 👣🩵🐏

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Congratulations, Ellie on passing your qualifying exam!!!! @drjjdonegan.bsky.social

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Congratulations, Lauren!! Quals Passed ✔️ Post qual trip to celebrate ✔️✔️

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Travis Moschak @tmoschak.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

We're hiring! UTEP seeks two Research Assistant Professors studying neural circuits underlying substance use disorders. • Behavioral Neuroscientist • Brain Circuit Imaging & Atlas Mapping Behavior: tinyurl.com/3wkrsrw3 Imaging: tinyurl.com/8fefztm3 #Neuroscience #AcademicJobs

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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

"Despite years of failure...doubts about what I was doing with my life...years of lackluster results...my PhD research is not a complete waste" Max's story of how we got checkpoint inhibitors should inspire any PhD worried their work's going nowhere theimmunebeyond.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi...

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A Brief History of Checkpoint Blockade

A major medical breakthrough, interrupted

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

BABs Dinner RSA 2026 @Mi Tierra.

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Research Society on Alcohol @rsaofficial.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Support the RSA DSSGP Karaoke Fundraiser! 💙Donate Now: Every dollar counts! Contribute today to see your favorite Guest of Honor take the mic. You can also nominate yourself—or someone else—to sing by selecting the “I want to help fundraise” option. Donate here: bit.ly/3SrjdhT #RSA2026

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Jack T. Waddell @jtwaddell7.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Heading to RSA? I'll be recruiting 1–2 grad students & 1–2 postdocs to work with me on a newly funded R01 examining alcohol/cannabis use & co-use via EMA. If you're interested—or know someone who may be applying the next cycle—come find me & say hi at the conference! #RSA2026

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🧠🧬🔬Congratulations Dr. Erika Carlson, Ph.D.!!! 🔬🧬🧠 Mind Your Microglia: Effects of Alcohol in Adulthood & Aging

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Alison Preston @aliprestonphd.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We're recruiting postdocs to study how people build structured knowledge from experience & use it to act flexibly. Behavioral work, fMRI, computational & AI models, with a lifespan focus. You don't need experience with every method; fit & curiosity matter most. Please repost & share! 🧠

Preston Lab, University of Texas at Austin. Now recruiting 1–2 postdoctoral researchers in learning, memory, development, and flexible behavior. Methods: behavioral experiments, fMRI, computational modeling, and naturalistic stimuli. Apply with CV, research statement, and 3 references to apreston@utexas.edu. Photos show the lab group smiling together, members working at a table, and members at a celebration.

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Congratulations Stephen Collins, F31 is funded!!!! 🎉 (PS -he will be looking for a postdoc in ~18 months!)

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Great time last week with Dr. Marissa Ehringer (CU Boulder). She was our Alcohol-T32 annual invited speaker. And, of course we took her out to Fonda San Miguel for the best interior Mexican food here in Austin.

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Emily Ansell @ebansell.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

We are looking for a full time post bacc RA here at Penn State to work on a NIDA R01 project. Should have human subject experience, experiences with doing interviews/ assessments, neuroimaging sessions and/ or EMA is a plus!

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Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I get asked pretty regularly when traveling to give talks where I think we are with SABV. As a policy it seems to be safe for now, but the scrubbing of NIH websites mostly remains, and scientists have fewer resources to help them navigate their own experimental decisions. undark.org/2026/03/30/s...

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The Future of Sex as a Biological Variable in Health Research

An executive order upended an NIH policy requiring researchers to account for both sexes in preclinical animal studies.

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Nature @nature.com · 30/03/2026

Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s Read the full story: go.nature.com/4v4rxmQ

IMPACT OF PARENTHOOD ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYMENT. Line graph shows how the probability of holding a research position changes from four years before to seven years after having children.

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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our NIAAA funded Post-DoctT32 has received its NoA (non competing renewal). Are you looking for a post-doc and interested in joining our amazing center? If so, reach out! Here is a convenient form that you can use to upload CV and a cover letter! unc.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Update: NLM is aware of this problem and trying to fix it. Super concerned that this is impacting peer review.

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Most of these have been on there for years. And they were on there a few weeks ago. I cannot gauge whether T32-linked pubs were affected.

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Does myNCBI ever get hacked? Suddenly missing nearly 50 publications off of mine. This would have happened in the last few weeks as I had led a seminar on the new biosketch.

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Nature @nature.com · 25/02/2026

Calling all budding science writers! Applications for our paid London-based internship, starting in June, are now open. Deadline: 9 March 2026 Full info here: springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Spring... #PaidInternship #Internship #Journalism

Do you:
Have a strong interest in science?
A passion for journalism and writing?

Our paid 3-month internship might be for you!

We are looking for talented candidates from all backgrounds, especially those traditionally underrepresented in publishing.

Applications close 9 March 2026.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

My quote of the day Science is the search for truth, that is the effort to understand the world: it involves the rejection of bias, of dogma, of revelation, but not the rejection of morality. Linus Pauling

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Erin Rich @erinlrich.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Come be our colleague! The Center for Neural Science at NYU is accepting applications at the Assistant Professor level in computational neuroscience and/or neural engineering apply.interfolio.com/182074

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 13/02/2026

Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes! "Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."

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Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Always a fantastic AND HUGE meal at Bandar! UT Pharm-Tox & UH Leasure Lab lab dinner at #SfN2025.

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Come see us at #SfN2025 Stephen Collins et al on Tuesday morning Erika Carlson and Lauren Singleton on Tuesday afternoon!

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Joe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

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Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning

Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

things that happen at trunk or treat when your mom is a neuroscientist. 🧠 🧠

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The Brain Prize @brainprize.org · 21/10/2025

“I was advised that having multiple children would detract from my scientific career. But I actually think that it has greatly benefited it.” Prof. @michellemonje.bsky.social, Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University, #BrainPrize2025. #Neuroscience youtu.be/f7sbSuWie5A?...

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Balancing a career in science and personal life

YouTube video by BrainPrize

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

A new large study of alcohol intake using genetics (Mendelian randomization) finds a dose-response relationship for risk of dementia with no protective effect at low levels of intake ebm.bmj.com/content/earl...

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Nixon Lab Fall 25 edition...

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Hi, wrong Nixon Lab tagged.

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Nixon Lab @nixonlab.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Nixon Lab is hoping to recruit a postdoctoral fellow interested in alcohol-microglia and/or alcohol-neural stem cell interactions in recovery from alcohol-induced brain and behavioral damage/dysfunction. Open fellowships on our NIAAA-funded T32! Please spread the word!

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Rachel Smith @rachelsmithphd.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

We're hiring 2 faculty in Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level -- come join our amazing department at Texas A&M! apply.interfolio.com/172286 Apply by Oct 1 for highest priority.

Flyer for Texas A&M hiring of two assistant professors in Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience, with link for applications.

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