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Anne C. Hart @ach-ceneuro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Position available to work on Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood; develop assays & test compounds using Hart lab #Celegans disease models. Ideal for scientist with Bachelors or Masters degree seeking mentorship, but previous at-the-bench experience is required. See REQ211438 on Brown Univ website.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Many congrats to the second new PhD from the lab this month, Dr. @emilyleptich.bsky.social! A really beautiful talk and a wonderful body of work!

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Gen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

not me, a 90% soft money academic, dismayed at the the high approval for capping at 2 or 3 grants. as if I’m not having trouble just getting one these days lol eff it all.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I live in Houston and I approve of this message!

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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Here’s the proposed changes to summary statements. 60days to comment.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Congratulations to newly minted Arey Lab PhD Dr. Katie Brandel-Ankrapp! A fabulous talk and defense! You are going to do amazing things!

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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The last 2 years have been disturbingly clarifying, scientifically, politically and organizationally. I have had to focus on what I have control over: organizing at my uni, ensuring the success of trainees in my lab and acknowledging that my approach to research may not align with future funding

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Omg I wish we could track it down easier in Houston

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

La hora de vermut is the best time of day

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The Houston Chronical Editorial board isn't holding back in this endorsement of Talarico and I am here for it.

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Jeff Yau 姚明穎 @jeffmyau.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Another successful New-Bee 🐝 neuro program in the 📚! We were delighted to host Elkins HS for a day of neuroscience demos and lessons. The future is bright with these future STEM leaders! 🤩 Special thanks to generous support from @bcmneurosci.bsky.social and @rsb.org.uk.

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Ellen Hoffman @ehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The Hoffman Lab at Yale is hiring! We’re currently recruiting for a Lab Manager and Post-Graduate Research Associate positions. If you're interested in understanding the function of neurodevelopmental disorder genes in the developing brain using #zebrafish, we'd love to hear from you! #researchjobs

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Simon Hammann @simonhammann.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Had a fabulous day hosted by @annikabarber.bsky.social and talking science with all her wonderful colleagues that was made better by news of paper acceptance! Something tells me I might actually sleep well tonight.

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Annika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Senior professors - if you want to help your junior colleagues in these times, I am begging you, review our papers. I have done 25 manuscript reviews in the last 6 years. But my own manuscript is stalled out waiting for reviewers. Relatedly, I won't be doing any more reviews until tenure. 🧪

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Thanks @annikabarber.bsky.social for bringing your Assistant with you to meet me today! He did a superb job of supervising my work in your office.

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Buck Samuel 🪱🦠🧬🔬 @microbeminded.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

#Artemis is circling the Moon right now. And later this week, our team's experiment launches to the #ISS. Tiny worms. Defined gut microbiomes. Here's why the two are connected. 🧵 #WormsinSpace #CBIOMES #Celegans 🧪 🪱 🧬 🚀 1/n

CBIOMES team - Buck Samuel, Monica Driscoll, Shilpa Akella, Atiyya Soroyia, Siva Vanapalli, Ciara Hosea and Bushra Rhaman. Not pictured: Dana Blackburn. Collaboration between Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Tech and Rutgers University.

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Piali Sengupta @senguptalab.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I think Neuro could use a PLoS Neuro journal. OA, publishing rigorous work across diverse systems using genetic/molecular to systems/computational/cognitive approaches. Have lobbied for this as a @plosbiology.org Adv Board member but it hasn't happened so far. Thoughts? cc@npariente.bsky.social

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I am so sorry for your loss, Becky.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

So excited to find Select at the liquor store in Houston as we are entering spritz season!

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Harmit Singh Malik @harmitmalik.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

I am reviewing a simply amazing paper from a relatively young US-based lab, which is in danger of shutting its doors later this year. My emotions are all over the place. The fact that this does not uniquely identify the lab I’m referring to just deepens the tragedy of this moment in US science.

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Some shit is about to go down with NIH study sections, friends. Keep your eyes peeled for change that may affect your grant submissions.

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Vinny Costa @vincentcostaphd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Monitoring gene expression in the brain with a simple blood test? In collaboration with @jerzyszablowski.bsky.social & his lab we figured out how to do it nonhuman primates using noninvasive neuroengineering of synthetic serum markers. nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Hell yes!! Congratulations - this is so cool!

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Me too!!! So excited that this is going to work out for myself and a student!

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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

just want to state for the record that I am incredibly proud of the althletes representing the USA that are using their platforms to speak out about what is happening here.

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Nichole Broderick, PhD @nabroderick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Very much worth 3 min of your day.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Today called for comfort food. Pinto beans cooked in the leftover deliciousness from a last batch of carnitas + jalapeno cheddar cornbread + greens did the trick.

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Ellen Hoffman @ehoffmanlab.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

We're hiring! The Hoffman lab at Yale is recruiting for Post-Doctoral Associate and Post-Graduate Associate positions available immediately. Join us! www.hoffmanlab.net/jobs #zebrafish #zebrafishjobs

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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

As a someone with a 33 year NIH-funded lab whose grant is supposed to be reviewed this week, shut NIH down if that is what's needed to end ICE terrorism. Innocent lives are more important 🧪

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Good morning #acnp2026! Off to a beautiful start and looking forward to a week of excellent science!

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Discovered these serving size suggestions while rummaging in some parental cabinets. I refuse to adhere to the guidelines of the pasta patriarchy.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Elixr was always on my list when I would go down for a Philly visit during my postdoc. Enjoy!

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Definitely Mediterranean Diet approved

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Thanks! Another one not far behind I hope. But that just jinxed it I am sure.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

P.S. Both Katie and Emily are so fantastic and are thinking about next steps. Anyone would be lucky to have them as postdocs! I am so fortunate to have a lab full of fabulous trainees - they are a real bright light during these difficult times for science.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

In studying INS-17 in great detail, Emily made clever use of a new technique we worked on with @jsrinivasanwpi.bsky.social to manipulate neuropeptides by feeding, along with a bunch of other fun genetics to understand why INS-17 was special, and why the worms might need it in the first place.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

But Emily and I got to thinking, how would this pathway be regulated in the worms' world to affect behavior? Ligand receptor interactions! So she decided to ask if INS-17 was special. Spoiler alert: it was!

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

The fact that insulin signaling was important for memory wasn't surprising - beautiful work from the lab of my postdoc mentor Coleen Murphy found that reduced insulin receptor function boosted memory, and described the molecules downstream that are involved in these phenotypes in so many cool ways.

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Rachel N. Arey @rnareylab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Now time for the food a.k.a. how we accidentally ended up looking at insulin signaling without trying. This work started with another grad student @emilyleptich.bsky.social who was studying neuropeptides that might be important for behavior, and a screen turned up an insulin like peptide, INS-17.

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