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Chris Olsen

@olsenlabmcw.bsky.social
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Professor and Director of the Pharmacology Doctoral Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Follow me for opportunities related to biomedical education and sharing of neuroscience.

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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Thrilled to share that @jmantsch.bsky.social and I have received NOA for the PRISM T32 (Pharmacology Research on Individualized factors in Substance Misuse) award! Trainees will gain unique research experiences and engage directly with affected communities.
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MCW Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology @mcwpharm-tox.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week to the students of MCW's Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, you "Really Take The Cake"! #mcwpharmtox #pharmlife26
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Sage advice. Refine your public speaking and treat your colleagues and collaborators well.
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Today, I would like to celebrate Christy Duvauchelle, PhD and Cecilia Hillard, PhD for International Women's Day (although I'm a day late). They are two amazing mentors of mine who have greatly helped shape my career.
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Serge Ahmed @sergeahmed.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
If you had the choice of studying cocaine addiction in rats alone in a cage with only cocaine or at least one other substance, what would you do? In this new interesting study, Nowak and her co-authors chose the second option. link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
You might be in a Wisconsin bike race if your camelbak freezes 15 minutes in, there’s hammerschlagen (mandatory) and beer stops on the course, and you lose points for not wearing plaid or animal print
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Is Penn Vector Core still offering services for external users? If not, what are some reliable sources to have custom high purity AAVs for in vivo use made?
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
My wife’s commute soundtrack this morning: “Danger Zone.” Even by Wisconsin standards, that feels about right.
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Graduate school interview season is approaching. After ~12 years of interviewing PhD and MD/PhD applicants, I’ve noticed some common interview mistakes that hold otherwise strong candidates back... #GraduateSchool #PhDLife #MDPhD #GradSchoolTips #AcademicBluesky 👇
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
First post in a while. I wanted to share our amazing summer research opportunity (follow me for more opportunities related to biomedical education): x.com/mcwgradschoo...
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Dissertation and seed grant funding opportunities through the Brain Injury Association of America: biausa.org/professional...
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Research Grants Program | Brain Injury Association of America
For some, brain injury evolves into a chronic condition that can cause or accelerate other diseases. Help us find cures for brain injury.
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Bita Moghaddam @bita137.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Very nice work supported by NIH grants: R01DA046679 R01DA058374 R01DA035443 T32DA024635 F32DA056201 K99MH135177 TL4GM118977 R01MH119089 Among other sources
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Let’s all take a moment to celebrate our ancient lab equipment that just keeps going and going!
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Fantastic resource!
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
(Recycled from X-just putting some science out on bluesky) Congratulations to @baileycsarka.bsky.social! Her dissertation work showing sex-specific intensification of opioid seeking in a model of neuropathic pain was published in Addiction Biology. #PhDlife onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Neuropathic pain has sex‐specific effects on oxycodone‐seeking and non‐drug‐seeking ensemble neurons in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex of mice
Oxycodone seeking was higher in females following SNI that came after the 10-day SA timeline. A selective increase in dorsomedial prefrontal cortex pyramidal cell intrinsic excitability was detected ...
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Chris Olsen @olsenlabmcw.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Thrilled to have Shuai's work out in Translational Psychiatry now! nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dissociable dorsal medial prefrontal cortex ensembles are necessary for cocaine seeking and fear conditioning in mice - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - Dissociable dorsal medial prefrontal cortex ensembles are necessary for cocaine seeking and fear conditioning in mice
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