iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Samantha Plas

@samanthaplas.bsky.social

66 followers 98 following 0 posts

Neuroscience PhD student in the Maren lab at UIUC | stress, fear, extinction learning, neural circuits

Posts Replies Media

Reposted by Samantha Plas

Steve Maren @stevemaren.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Nice story on our recent paper on locus coeruleus-amygdala circuits, stress, and extinction learning! Thanks to team including @samanthaplas.bsky.social, Hugo Bayer, Lara Ferst, Annalise Binette, and others! beckman.illinois.edu/news/article...

beckman.illinois.edu

Fully wired: Beckman research study sheds light on fear, memory, stress and brain circuitry

0121

Reposted by Samantha Plas

Celia Ford @celiaford.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Hi, Vox reporter here: If you've had a study section, NIH travel, or other NIH-related meeting cancelled (or not), raise your hand! Reply or DM me, and repost for visibility if you're able. #academicsky @drugmonkey.bsky.social

22623585

Reposted by Samantha Plas

Rita Strack @ritastrack.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Leading in STEM used to be such a point of pride in American patriotism. We were proud to be the first on the moon, to the atom bomb. When did that change? We want cures for diseases like AIDS, obesity, cancer, Alzheimer's and we want to get there first. Why can't we tap into that?

2536

Reposted by Samantha Plas

Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Checkout the latest @npp-journal.bsky.social BRAINPOD episode, featuring work from Dr. Caitlin Orsini & team BRAINPOD is available on all your favorite podcast streaming sites - for more info, see: www.nature.com/npp/podcast Link to original paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

0114

Reposted by Samantha Plas

Steve Maren @stevemaren.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

New lab pic at Beckman 👇 Haven't taken a group photo in quite a while, and I am so happy to have this wonderful team at Illinois! 🔶🔷

0271

Reposted by Samantha Plas

Zach Pennington @zachtpennington.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

SO EXCITED to share our latest work demonstrating that the anterior hypothalamic nucleus (AHN) regulates stress vulnerability!!!

35020