A huge thank you to co-authors @magdamartinezga.bsky.social, Eliza Miller, Ina Stelzer, Maria Carmen Collado, and @emilyjacobs.bsky.social for their helpful insight and support throughout this process!

🤰 🧠 Thrilled to share that our review on the systemic physiological adaptations to pregnancy and their potential impact on maternal brain health is out now in @annualreviews.bsky.social! ✨ Check it out here:
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

New blog post!
Read about how pregnancy & infant loss shape women’s workplace experiences, from disclosure decisions to limited leave policies.
Read it here: ow.ly/bjs250Yo124
Content note: Pregnancy & infant loss

UCSB startup builds software to speed drug discovery The platform developed by grad students enables a quicker path to viable treatments for Alzheimer’s and other diseases

A team of #UCSB engineering and molecular biology graduate students has developed software to accelerate the discovery process for therapies aimed at treating Alzheimer’s and other diseases.

And now they’re launching it by way of their startup, ProFoldBio.

Full story: https://ow.ly/2YX850Ynjwr

‼️🥳New publication from
@giorgia-picci.bsky.social and co in Journal of Neuroendocrinology.
🔍Using a dense longitudinal MRI design, this study maps intraindividual pituitary trajectories in 3 women before, during, and after pregnancy🤰🧠.

Reading up on precision imaging & struck by these findings of greater hormonal variation - & impact on brain networks - in the sampled man vs woman!

Another nail in the coffin of the 'hormonal/hysterical' woman?!
@grotzinger.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social
www.jneurosci.org/content/44/2...

Cerebellar growth is associated with domain-specific cerebral maturation and socio-linguistic behavioral outcomes The cerebellum's involvement in cognitive functions is increasingly recognized, yet its developmental contribution to cognition remains poorly understood. The cerebellum undergoes rapid development in...

Another social cerebellar dream team effort: Cerebellar growth is associated with domain-specific cerebral maturation and socio-linguistic behavioural outcomes - thanks Katerina Manoli and co for wonderful work! Thanks also to @imprsconi.bsky.social
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Help us turn up the heat! 🔥🔥🔥California has a bill heading to @governor.ca.gov that will improve menopause care for millions. Check out the Substack and sign here! turnuptheheatab432.substack.com

Fresh off the presses brand-new DAD BRAIN research from our lab!

We’re hiring! Pls share widely:

In conjunction w/ the @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social, my team is recruiting a full-time clinical research coordinator to assist with research efforts at UC Santa Barbara. 1-2 yrs experience in MRI data collection preferred.

Submit apps to: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974

Spatial learning circuitry fluctuates in step with estrous cycle in mice Cyclic shifts in estradiol levels coincide with changes in dendritic spine density and the activity of place cells in the CA1 region of the hippocampus, a new study shows.

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 A summary of @michaelgoard.bsky.social and Nora Wolcott’s awesome paper in @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/neuroendocri...

Unfortunately I cannot attend #OHBM2025 in person this year but my poster #1008 will be up on the 25&26 - stop by and check out our latest work showcasing the structural and cerebrovascular changes the brain undergoes during gestation! 🤰🧠 Feel free to reach out with any questions or just to chat 😊

Sadly I won’t be at #OHBM2025 this year, but my poster on the Global Maternal Brain Project @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social will be there! Feel free to stop by & reach out if you’d like to connect. Don’t miss the amazing talks by my colleagues @laurapritschet.bsky.social, Winnie Orchard & Caitlin Taylor ✨

Psychology Project Coordinator in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America | Research at University of Virginia Apply for Psychology Project Coordinator job with University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America. Research at University of Virginia

Join me in launching a new lab at the University of Virginia!
Our team is growing, and I am thrilled to share that we are hiring a full-time Project Coordinator to start this fall! 🎉

Learn more & apply - jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0....

Please share widely! 🌟

Digital Twins and the Role of AI in Advancing Women’s Brain Health YouTube video by Ann S. Bowers WBHI

Thanks @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsbece.bsky.social for featuring our work on AI models of maternal brains w @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social @neuromaternal.bsky.social !

More:
📺 Digital twin:
youtube.com/watch?v=u0n6...
📺 Maternal Brain @susanacarmona.bsky.social :
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUrC...

UC Santa Barbara electrical and computer engineering professor @ninamiolane.bsky.social and her team are using AI to provide new insights into how the brain changes during pregnancy and motherhood and how such changes might shed light on postpartum depression and other issues.🧠

Congrats again Janna!!! 🎉🧠✨

Pregnancy &motherhood transform the brain in ways we're only beginning to understand🧠

Uncovering these changes w/ @susanacarmona.bsky.social @magdamartinezga.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social @grotzinger.bsky.social Kaya Jordan & @cziscience.bsky.social's generous support!

tinyurl.com/38jb7hm6

Congrats Janna!!!

Still reflecting on the wonderful #ParentalBrain meeting earlier this month in Barcelona! One of my favorite conferences to date 🧠🤰 I had such a great time sharing preliminary findings from my dissertation and catching up with others in the field #parentalbrain2025

We're hiring a research tech to assist with data collection! 🧠 Please share widely

The estrous cycle modulates hippocampal spine dynamics, dendritic processing, and spatial coding In this study, Wolcott et al. explore estrous-cycle modulation of hippocampal neuron structure and function. Using longitudinal two-photon imaging across the estrous cycle, they find significant modulation at the synaptic, cellular, and population levels.

Online now:

Join us for our next virtual seminar series Monday May 12 to hear the latest research on hormone therapy and AD pathobiology from Kejal Kantarci @mayoclinic.org!

Register at: cornell.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

A dream come true to present my research program in my fav conference, the Parental Brain & my dear home country, Spain. Through the @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social I’m committed to promote deeply collaborative science in the human maternal brain field. This is just the beginning!

Had a wonderful time visiting the BarcelonaBeta Brain Research Center and sharing preliminary data from my dissertation! 🧠 Thank you for showing us your beautiful lab space 🤩

Newsfeed cleanser. Remember how rewarding and fun science is?

Excited to be heading to Barcelona next week for the Parental Brain Conference! I’ll be speaking on “Promoting Big Datasets & Collaboration in Human Maternal Brain Research through @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social
” on Friday, May 9. Can’t wait to connect with this amazing community! #PB2025

We’re hiring a clinical research coordinator to lead a neuroimaging study on brain changes across pregnancy and perinatal depression.

wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recrui...

Please RT.

Pregnancy entails a U-shaped trajectory in human brain structure linked to hormones and maternal attachment - Nature Communications This study uncovers a U-shaped trajectory in gray matter volume during pregnancy and postpartum, linked to hormonal changes. Brain recovery postpartum correlates with maternal attachment, highlighting the interplay between neuroplasticity, hormones, and maternal well-being.

A study in Nature Communications uncovers a U-shaped trajectory in gray matter volume during pregnancy and postpartum, linked to hormonal changes. Brain recovery postpartum correlates with maternal attachment, highlighting the interplay between neuroplasticity, hormones, and maternal well-being. 🧪

Chaos erupts in US science as Trump’s team declares freeze on federal grants The freeze’s effect on research is still unclear, but scientists fear ‘incalculable’ damage.

“It will be much easier to destroy the world’s greatest scientific ecosystem than it will be to try to rebuild it”

Scientists are worried about the long-term effects of the Trump administration’s actions

https://go.nature.com/3PUKeGc