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@urneuroscience.bsky.social research lab of @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social, dedicated to understanding #discriminationlearning and #psychopathology using #VR, #MRI, and #ML. Happy to connect with the research community on Bluesky!

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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The 2026 ECNS Annual Meeting @magrochester.bsky.social kicks off today; be sure to catch flash talks by our grad students, @abigailbossa.bsky.social and @skylardewitt.bsky.social this afternoon! #URochesterResearch #Neuroskyence @urneuroscience.bsky.social Schedule and registration: bit.ly/4y8GkxI
Flyer for the 2026 ECNS Annual Meeting with white and yellow text on a dark blue sky background with image of the front entrance of the Memorial Art Gallery building and trees, reading: EEG & Clinical Neuroscience Society (ECNS) Annual Meeting 2026, September 22-24, 2026, at the Memorial Art Gallery, Hosted by The Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester, Scan QR Code Below or Click Here to Register"; logos at the bottom for University of Rochester Medicine, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience and ECNS, Electroencephaolography and Clinical Neuroscience Society.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Last week, PhD Candidate @abigailbossa.bsky.social attended the NIH Translational Research Scholars Event at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences! Congratulations, Abby! #neuroskyence #science #URochesterResearch #NIH #NCATS @ur-ctsi.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social
A group of smiling people, including Abigail Bossa, PhD Candidate and ZVR Lab member, stand and kneel as they pose for a group photo in an office space with a sign in the background reading NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Meet the ZVR Lab team: Saishruthi Donthula, Undergrad RA: “I’m interested in how we can translate neuroscience research into clinical applications to better understand and treat neurological and psychiatric disorders. Fun fact: I like pizza crust more than the actual pizza!” 🧠 🍕 #URochesterResearch
Photo of Saishruthi Donthula (Sai), a woman with long dark hair wearing a white lab coat and holding VR goggles, standing in front of the ZVR Lab sign and smiling.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Our favorite PI had a #birthday this week. :) Happy Birthday, @zvr-bsj.bsky.social! We love doing #URochesterResearch with you! 🧠🎂
Picture of Ben Suarez-Jimenez, smiling while wearing a white Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience lab coat and VR goggles. ZVR Lab sign is in the background.Portrait of Ben Suarez-Jimenez by Charmaine Wheatley. Ben is pictured with brown hair and glasses, wearing a blue shirt and coat and lanyard with ZVR Lab and Safe Space pins. Text in bubble reads: My lab creates video games.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We're excited to welcome Julia Gauberg, MSc, PhD, of @ucsandiego.bsky.social to our NEUROYES speaker series! Dr. Gauberg will present "NFIA links neuromuscular circuit assembly to metabolic resilience in motor neurons." 🗓️Thursday, February 5 at 10am #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Flyer for University of Rochester Young Investigator Extramural Seminar Series (NEUROYES) with text reading: 
NEURO-YES Visiting Speaker (Hosted by Neuroscience dept)
Julia Gauberg, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Department of Neurobiology
University of California San Diego
Thursday, February 5, 2026, 10:00-11:00 AM
3-6408- K-307 Auditorium (In-person only)
NFIA links neuromuscular circuit assembly to metabolic resilience in motor neurons
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
2025 was quite the year! We celebrated a publication, graduation, and a thesis competition! Congratulations, @zvrlab.bsky.social, I'm excited to see what 2026 holds for our #URochesterResearch. 🎉📸
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🏆Thrilled to report that PhD student @abigailbossa.bsky.social earned FIRST PLACE in the 3-Minute Thesis Competition! Abby presented "From Brain Scans to Solutions: Understanding How Trauma and the Environment Shapes the Brain". Congratulations, Abby! #URochesterResearch @urochestersmd.bsky.social
Abigail Bossa stands in front of a large projector screen in an auditorium, holding a microphone while delivering her 3-Minute Thesis to the audience. Slide text: "From Brain Scans to Solutions: Understanding How Trauma and the Environment Shapes the Brain, Abigail Bossa, PhD Candidate in Translational Biomedical Science. Background & Importance: Trauma can lead to emotional distress and PTSD; Some people stay mentally healthy and resilient to PTSD symptoms; Others experience behavioral changes and live in a constant state of fear. Research Focus & Methods: Identifying brain changes that protect people from the development of PTSD; labeled illustrations of VR goggles and an MRI machine; Socio-economic factors & the environment. Ultimate Goal & Implications: Biomarker for Resilience; Guide personalized interventions; Trauma prevention strategies & policies. Abigail Bossa stands in a room in front of a chalkboard, smiling as she holds up her 3-Minute Thesis Competition awards, Sub-Heat Winner and First Place Winner.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Today is World Kindness Day. #Kindness is one of our core values in the ZVR Lab. How will you spread kindness today? #WorldKindnessDay #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence
Image of a word cloud in the shape of the letter Z, with the words representing the core values of ZVR Lab, including Kindness, Respect, Accountability, Accessibility, Collaboration, Empathy, Curiosity, Honesty, Academic Integrity, Appreciation, Acknowledgement, Safe Space, Quality over Quantity.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🎃Happy Halloween from the @zvrlab.bsky.social FBI (Functional Brain Investigation)! Our investigators are off to identify the elusive psychological & neural signatures of #PTSD and #anxiety disorders. 🧠 #URochesterResearch #neuroimaging #neuroskyence @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Five people walk down a hallway, dressed all in black and wearing badges reading FBI (Functional Brain Investigators). Logo with a graphic of a brain in the middle of a blue background, surrounded by gold leaves, reading "FUNCTIONAL BRAIN INVESTIGATION UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER" created for Halloween 2025.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
On September 17, the @urochester.bsky.social School of Medicine and Dentistry celebrated 100 years of #meloria (ever better). Happy #centennial, @urochestersmd.bsky.social! 🎂
Graphic reading "100 years School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester" featuring the 1850 Meliora shield logo.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
It's always bittersweet when a lab member says goodbye! 😭 Shreya Bavdekar is off to new adventures at @colorado.edu. Best of luck Shreya, your future is bright! We appreciate you. ❤️🌟 #URochesterResearch @urochestersmd.bsky.social @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Image of a large wall mounted computer monitor with text reading "THANK YOU, SHREYA!!! WE'LL MISS YOU!!" and various photos of of Shreya at poster presentations, the UR PREP Symposium and in the ZVR Lab with lab members. Six ZVR Lab members smile and pose for a photo in the lab with Shreya, including, in the front row, Tanya Garg, Shreya Bavdekar, and Melanie Snell, and in the back row, Skylar DeWitt, Abigail Bossa, and Caitlin Sharp.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Congratulations to the 4! new Mental Health First Aid certified members of our 🧠lab, Skylar DeWitt, Abigail Bossa, Tanya Garg, and Caitlin Sharp! 🎉 #URochesterResearch @skylardewitt.bsky.social @abigailbossa.bsky.social Find more info on this training @urochestersmd.bsky.social: ⤵️ bit.ly/4lG1pZZ
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
At the PREP Symposium, Shreya presented "Exploring the Collective Impact of Trauma Exposure and Sleep Disturbances on Threat Discrimination Learning." #neuroskyence #research #trauma #DiscriminationLearning #science 🧵2/3
Shreya Bavdekar stands at the lectern delivering her PREP research findings at the PREP Symposium. Presentation slide shows a venn diagram describing the relationship between trauma exposure and sleep disturbances. Where trauma exposure and sleep disturbances intersect is the question "Sleep disturbances may be both a cause and consequence of PTSD?"
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Please join us in congratulating Shreya Bavdekar and the 2025 URMC PREP cohort on their outstanding presentations at the PREP Symposium! Next up for Shreya: @colorado.edu! 🎓👏 #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @jackofrogy.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social 🧵1/3
Six people stand and pose for a photo at the URMC PREP Symposium on June 17, 2025. From left to right, Brook Melon, PREP Program Coordinator, PREP Program Directors Elaine Smolock and Jacques Robert, Caitlin Sharp (Shreya's Bench Mentor), Shreya Bavdekar (holding her program completion certificate), and our favorite PI (and Shreya's Mentor), Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Last week, grad student Tanya Garg shared "How threat influences selection history: An eye-tracking study of attentional biases following trauma" for her 2-year Clinical Psychology presentation @urochester.bsky.social. Congrats, Tanya! #URochesterResearch #psychsky #neuroskyence @zvr-bsj.bsky.social
ZVR Lab members pose for a photo outside on a sunny day, in front of a tree on the University of Rochester Campus. From left to right, Shreya Bavdekar, Skylar DeWitt, Caitlin Sharp, Tanya Garg, Abigail Bossa, and Melanie Snell.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Meet Melanie Snell, Undergrad RA in the ZVR Lab: “I’m interested in using #neuroimaging to study the neural mechanisms of reward and psychopathologies. Fun fact: I love to collect little items for collaging in my junk journal!” ~ @melaniesnell.bsky.social 🧠🖥️ #URochesterResearch @zvr-bsj.bsky.social
Melanie Snell, wearing a white lab coat and holding VR goggles, stands next to the ZVR Lab sign, smiling. Melanie Snell, wearing a white lab coat and VR goggles, stands next to the ZVR Lab sign, smiling.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Tanya Garg and Abigail Bossa are in DC this week for the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention! Can't wait to hear more about their experience at #APS2025! 🌟🧪✈️ #URochesterResearch @abigailbossa.bsky.social @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Two women, Tanya Garg and Abigail Bossa, in grey pants and black shirts, stand together and smile for a photo next to a stand-up banner reading "May 22-25, Washington, D.C., Welcome to APS 2025 Annual Convention.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
🎓🌞 What a beautiful day for commencement! Congratulations, @urochester.bsky.social graduates! #ur2025 #URochesterResearch #graduation 📸: Screen snip from the livestream: vimeo.com/1084931603 www.rochester.edu/commencement...
Wide view of the graduation stage, outside on a sunny day, with two large viewing screens on the left and right. Faculty and speakers sit to the left and right of the lectern. A large crowd is seated in chairs outside, with the graduates seated in front of the stage.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
"Oh, the places you'll go!" ~Dr. Seuss We are bursting with pride celebrating our amazing undergrads, Kendal Jordan and Mary Halvorsen! #Congratulations on your graduation! 🎓🌟 #URochesterResearch #academicweapons #graduates @kendaljordan.bsky.social @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social
Lab group selfie, with seven people smiling. From left to right: Shreya Bavdekar, Tanya Garg, Caitlin Sharp, Kendal Jordan, Mary Halvorsen, Abigail Bossa, and Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Congratulations to our NGP students, scholarship recipients, and award winners! (Especially our own @skylardewitt.bsky.social!) 👏 #meliora 🧵8/8
Photos of award winners with text about awards reading "Jean Setenet, Meliora Scholarship / Skylar DeWitt, Merritt and Marjorie Cleveland Fellowship / Joanne Chiu, Ivring L. Spar Fellowship Award / Thomas Delgado, Joan Wright Goodman Dissertation Fellowship / Elizabeth Plunk and Sarah Yablonski, Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Graduate Student / Luke Shaw, Nominated for Vincent du Vigneaud Award / Matt Adusei, Nominated for Wallace O Fenn Award"
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
ZVR Lab member @skylardewitt.bsky.social and lab alum @pavelrjabtsenkov.bsky.social are pictured in this slide about the Neuroscience Graduate Program. ❤️ 🧵7/8
Slide with picture of a group photo of NGP students, with text: Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) / A diverse, interdepartmental program consisting of ~93 faculty presenting >30 basic science departments, clinical departments and research centers / 71 graduate students (62 current plus 9 NGP Recruits for Fall 2025) / 13 students just finishing their first year / 10 PhDs in Neuroscience awarded in last year"
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Thank you, Dora Biro, for a thought-provoking research talk, "Coordination, Conventions, and Collective Intelligence". @dorabiro.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social 🧵6/8
Woman stands at lectern on auditorium stage with ASL interpreter next to her and people viewing a presentation slide reading "Coordination, Conventions, and Collective Intelligence"/ Dora Biro / Collective Cognition Lab / Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences / Neuroscience Retreat April 25, 2025
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Congratulations to Matthew Adusei, PhD for receiving the 2025 Robert Doty Prize for Outstanding Dissertation at the NGP Retreat! 🧵5/8
Two men on stage in auditorium shaking hands as a crowd looks on from the seats. Krishnan Padmanabhan awards Matthew Adusei the 2025 Robert Doty Prize for Outstanding Dissertation.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Congratulations to @dougp.bsky.social for receiving the 2025 Peter Shrager Award! 🧵4/8
Man at lectern on stage in an auditorium with people seated, looking at presentation slide on screen with a picture of a man with dark hair and glasses, reading "The 2025 Peter Shrager Award/ Douglas S. Portman, PhD.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
UR Prep Scholar Shreya Bavdekar shared her research poster, "Exploring the Effects of Trauma Exposure and Sleep Disturbances on Learning in a Threatening Environment" during the afternoon poster session. 🧵3/8
Shreya Bavdekar, with long dark hair and glasses, discusses her research poster with a group of four attendees in a wood paneled ballroom at the NGP retreat. Poster title: "Exploring the Effects of Trauma Exposure and Sleep Disturbances on Learning in a Threatening Environment."
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Graduate student Tanya Garg presented her research during the morning poster session at the NGP Retreat, entitled "The Role of Trauma in Shaping Attention and Threat Expectancy: A Virtual Reality Threat Conditioning Experiment." 🧵2/8
Tanya Garg poses for a photo next to her research poster, entitled "The Role of Trauma in Shaping Attention and Threat Expectancy: A Virtual Reality Threat Conditioning Experiment"
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Thank you, @urneuroscience.bsky.social for another inspiring #Neuroscience Graduate Program Retreat! @zvr-bsj.bsky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urochester.bsky.social #URochesterResearch 📸🧵 1/8
Five people stand for a photo in a wood-paneled ballroom next to a research poster. From left to right: Tanya Garg, Caitlin Sharp, Abigail Bossa, Shreya Bavdekar, and Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
We’re spending the day at the Neuroscience Retreat at the Memorial Art Gallery! A day of speakers, posters, and collaboration. @urneuroscience.sky.social @urochestersmd.bsky.social #URochesterResearch
Outside the Memorial Art Gallery main entrance, a large sign reads “Welcome to the Annual Neuroscience Retreat Presented by the Neuroscience Graduate Program” and features the logo for the School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Rochester. A view of the outside of the Memorial Art Gallery, looking up over tree tops at the church like building, and a colorful sign reading “Composing Color, Paintings by Alma Thomas from the Smithsonian American Art Museum February 8 to May 25”
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
We were happy to attend Abby's dissertation update today! @abigailbossa.bsky.social is a PhD student in Translational Biomedical Science in the Clinical Translational Science Institute (@ur-ctsi.bsky.social) @urochestersmd.bsky.social, and a researcher in our #neuroscience lab. 🧠👏#URochesterResearch
Abigail Bossa stands at the lectern (left) delivering her dissertation update presentation. An ASL interpreter stands to the right. On the screen is a presentation slide, entitled "Neural Circuit Model - Threat" with a figure detailing the locations of brain regions (Prefrontal cortex, Medial prefrontal cortex, Ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and Amygdala) and the figure title "Brain Structures Involved in Dealing with Fear and Stress. An infographic next to the figure includes four boxes: "Medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) regulates amygdala function by inhibiting it when there is no threat"; "Post Trauma the mPFC fails to inhibit amygdala function"; "Hyperactive amygdala"; and "Reactions to neutral stimuli, startle responses and hypervigilance". Five ZVR Lab members stand in front of a screen with the title slide of Abigail Bossa's presentation, reading "Dissertation Update: Investigating Neurobiological Consequences and Sociodemographic Risk Factors of PTSD and Trauma Exposure." From left to right: Shreya Bavdekar, Julie Blue, Abigail Bossa, Tanya Garg, and Caitlin Sharp.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🎉PhD student Abigail Bossa earned a Top 25 Trainee Poster Award from the CTSA at the 2025 ACTS Conference for her poster, "Investigating sociodemographic influences on trauma exposure and neural alterations in young adults”! Congratulations, @abigailbossa.bsky.social! #URochesterResearch
Abigail Bossa smiles and poses for a photo at the ACTS 2025 Conference, next to her research poster, entitled  “Investigating sociodemographic influences on trauma exposure and neural alterations in young adults”
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
A rare group #selfie in the lab with our favorite, PI, Ben Suarez-Jimenez! We're ready for another week of #neuroscience #research @urneuroscience.bsky.social. #PTSD #discriminationlearning #URochesterResearch #academicweapons #neuroskyence @urochester.bsky.social 📸: @zvr-bsj.bsky.social
ZVR lab members smile and pose for a selfie with our favorite PI, Dr. Benjamin Suarez-Jimenez, in the lab. In the background, a mounted monitor with a blue background and the University of Rochester logo, white boards, and a window with a view of the Medical Center outside.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Tomorrow, April 16, at 4pm, we welcome Elisabeth A. Murray, PhD and NIMH Section Chief on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, to the Doty Lecture @urochestersmd.bsky.social, via Zoom! Dr. Murray will be presenting "Prefrontal-amygdala interactions in social cognition and decision making."
Infographic with pictures of Robert Doty, PhD, smiling and wearing glasses and a white button-up shirt and red tie, Elisabeth A Murray, PhD, also smiling and wearing glasses and a black blazer, and the University of Rochester logo. Text reads: "Department of Neuroscience presents: The Elizabeth Doty Lecture. Elisabeth A. Murray, PhD, Chief, Section on the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH. "Prefrontal amygdala interactions in social cognition and decision making." April 16th, 2025 at 4:00PM. ZOOM Meeting ID: 967 0502 9846, Passcode: 465643.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Congratulations Tanya Garg and all of the presenters at yesterday's first-ever International Graduate Research Showcase @urochester.bsky.social! The showcase was put on by the International Services Office as part of Global Week & Graduate Student Appreciation Week. #URochesterResearch #globalweek
Tanya Garg, wearing a black shirt and beige skirt, smiles in a sunlit atrium next to her research poster, entitled "Dissociation Between Threat Expectancy and Physiological Arousal in Trauma-Exposed Individuals: Evidence from a Virtual Reality Threat-Conditioning Task."Four members of the ZVR Lab stand together for a photo in a sunlit atrium, next to a research poster during the International Graduate Research Showcase at the University of Rochester. From left to right: Caitlin Sharp, Shreya Bavdekar, Abigail Bossa, and Tanya Garg.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Thank you, @coryjwhite.bsky.social for an engaging #research talk! We are delighted to welcome another NEUROYES speaker, Dr. Cellas Ari’ka Hayes, on 4/10/25! @c3llas.bsky.social @drnathanasmith.bsky.social #URochesterResearch @urneuroscience.bsky.social @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social #neuroskyence
Dr. Nathan Smith, wearing a NY Yankees baseball cap, smiles and points to Dr. Cory J White as they pose for a photo together after Dr. White's research presentation, "Evaluating how HIV infection and antiretroviral therapies impact brain lipid metabolism".Dr. Cory J. White stands at the lectern next to the title slide his research presentation, "Evaluating how HIV infection and antiretroviral therapies impact brain lipid metabolism".
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Tanya Garg presented, “When Expectation Meets Experience: A Virtual Reality Study on Threat Expectancy & Physiological Arousal in Trauma Exposure” at the @urochester.bsky.social Graduate Research Day! Congrats Tanya! #URochesterResearch #neuroskyence #vrcademicsky #research #science #academicweapon🧠
Tanya holding a microphone in front of audience members, next to presentation slide reading "There is a dissociation between cognitive and physiological responses to threat in TE individuals, but not in TN individuals". (TE=trauma exposed; TN=trauma naive)Tanya holding a microphone in front of audience members, next to presentation slide reading "Trauma Exposure Can Alter Threat Processing. Increased Threat Expectancy: anticipation of danger before it happens, even if no real threat is present. Heightened Physiological Arousal: activation of the body's autonomic nervous system (ANS) in response to a stressor."
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
On April 10 from 4-5pm, we welcome Postdoctoral Fellow and Propel Scholar, @c3llas.bsky.social! Cellas Ari'ka Hayes, PhD will present "Establishing a Multidisciplinary ADRD Research Laboratory: Exploring Neuropathology, Sex-Based Variations, Cardiometabolic Risk, and Biomarker Shifts". 🧵3/3
Professional photo of Cellas Ari'ka Hayes smiling, with the text: NEURO-YES Visiting Speaker, Cellas Ari’ka Hayes, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow /Propel Scholar, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Thursday, April 10, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00PM, SMD 1-7619 Adolph (Lower) Aud (In-person only)
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Join us on Thursday, April 3rd from 4-5pm for @coryjwhite.bsky.social, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and NIH Blueprint D-SPAN K00 Fellow from Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. White will present "Evaluating how HIV infection and antiretroviral therapies impact brain lipid metabolism". 🧵 2/3
Professional photo of Cory J White smiling, with text: NEURO-YES Visiting Speaker Cory J. White, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow | NIH Blueprint D-SPAN K00 Fellow, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Thursday, April 3, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00PM, SMD 1-7619 Adolph (Lower) Aud (In-person only). Talk title: Evaluating how HIV infection and antiretroviral therapies impact brain lipid metabolism.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The NEUROYES speaker series, hosted by @urneuroscience.bsky.social and @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social, welcomes two exciting NEUROYES speakers to @urochestersmd.bsky.social this April! 📅 🧵 1/3 #diversity #equity #inclusion #neuroscience #science #URochesterResearch
NEUROYES banner image of a blue brain and network on a black background with the text reading "University of Rochester Young Investigator Extramural Seminar Series NEUROYES A Joint Program of The Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience Diversity Commission and Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The February edition of NEUROYES featured Eric Garr, who presented "Learning cause and effect with the help of mesostriatal dopamine". Thank you to @garrface.bsky.social, and to @urneuroscience.bsky.social & @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social for hosting! 📸: @kendaljordan.bsky.social #URochesterResearch
Eric Garr at lectern during February 20 NEUROYES, presenting "Learning cause and effect with the help of mesostriatal dopamine" with slide titled "Is conditioned responding sensitive to contingency?"
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
"You can be the light that shines in the darkness - for each other." -Giancarlo Esposito Many thanks to @urochester.bsky.social and Giancarlo Esposito for an engaging and inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address last Friday. #bethelight #URochesterResearch
Graphic for MLK address held at the University of Rochester on Friday, February 7th featuring a photo of Giancarlo Esposito, reading: "2025 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Address, features a conversation with Giancarlo Esposito, Award-winning director and actor from Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Meet the @zvrlab.bsky.social team: Skylar DeWitt, Grad Student, NGP. “I’m interested in the intersection of #neuroscience & #psychology, particularly the neurobiological underpinnings of mental illness. Fun fact: I love dancing, and I was on a competitive team for 15 years!” Welcome, Skylar!
Skylar standing in front of the ZVR Lab sign, wearing a white lab coat and VR goggles.
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
We kicked off the 2025 @urneuroscience.bsky.social and @uor-braincogsci.bsky.social NEUROYES speaker series with "Divergent reward cue representations in prefrontal cortex underlie developmental differences in reward-seeking." Thank you, Dr. Gabriela Manzano Nieves! #neuroscience #URochesterResearch
Drs. Nathan Smith, Gabriela Manzano Nieves, Manuel Gomez-Ramirez, Ben Suarez-Jimenez, and Gabriella Sterne stand for a photo after the NEUROYES seminar.Dr. Gabriela Manzano Nieves at the podium presenting a slide entitled "Adolescent mPFC neurons have greater activity during Hit"
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
This social media manager couldn't let 2024 pass by without thanking everyone in #thebestlabever for their kindness, dedication, tireless support, and work in advancing #neuroscienceresearch and #urochesterresearch Thank you! (❤️~julie) @zvrlab.bsky.social Image made with @biorender.bsky.social
Group photo of the ZVR Lab featuring Shreya, Caitlin, Ben, Kendal, Evelyn, Abby, and Claire standing in front of a research poster, with images of VR goggles and a computer with an MRI image of a brain
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
📢 📅 Our first NEURO-YES speaker of 2025 @urneuroscience.bsky.social is Gabriela Manzano Nieves, MPA PhD, presenting “Divergent reward cue representations in prefrontal cortex underlie developmental differences in reward-seeking.” on January 9th. See you there! #URochesterResearch
Flyer for NEURO-YES visiting speaker Gabriela Manzano Nieves PhD MPA, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Dept of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, New York NY, presenting on “Divergent reward cue representations in prefrontal cortex underlie developmental differences in reward-seeking”, Thursday, January 9, 2025 from 4 to 5pm in SMD 1-7619 Adolph (Lower) Aud (In-person only)
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ZVR Lab @zvrlab.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📣 Meet the @zvrlab.bsky.social team: Abigail Bossa, Graduate Student, Translational Biomedical Science PhD Program. "I’m interested in translational #neuroscience methods such as #fMRI. Fun fact: I love fitness & kickboxing!” #URochesterResearch @urochestersmd.bsky.social @urneuroscience.bsky.social
Abby stands next to ZVR Lab sign wearing a lab coat.
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