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There is still time to apply. I'm now looking for someone who likes imaging, for a project like this: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

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We’re hiring! The University of Pittsburgh is recruiting a tenure-track faculty member in pain research to join the Department of Neurobiology and the Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research—an outstanding and highly collaborative community.
Please share. More here: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersectio...

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🚨It turns out that semaglutide, known to reduce food intake and obesity, causes rats to increase their food choices compared to cocaine!

This effect is particularly evident when the effort required to obtain cocaine is intermediate

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The neural mechanisms supporting the rise and fall of maternal aggression - Nature In mice, female aggression is governed by an amygdala–to–medial hypothalamus circuit that is strengthened during pregnancy and is dynamically amplified by oxytocin during lactation.

What has changed in mama bear brain (well, actually mice) to make her risk her life to attack a potential threat and protect her young? Oxytocin is the key! Happy to share our new study led by two awesome postdocs: Takashi Yamaguchi and Rongzhen Yan.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Dr. Anila D'Mello — Stories of WiN studies language and cognition, and how the underlying brain circuits are altered in neurodevelopmental disorders

Check out our new profile! Dr. Anila D'Mello (@aniladmello.bsky.social) studies language and cognition, and how the underlying brain circuits are altered in neurodevelopmental disorders. Follow the link below to learn more!

#WomenInNeuroscience #StoriesOfWiN

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Delighted to share our discoveries about one of the brain's neurotransmitter systems:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Together with colleagues at the @alleninstitute.org, we have learned a lot about a tiny cluster of neurons in the brainstem locus coeruleus (LC) that releases norepinephrine (NE). 1

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New preprint from the lab🧵🧪 Eating ultraprocessed foods leads to poor health outcomes, but HOW they do it isn't understood. "HOW?" is important, as "how" can allow targeted policy, reformulaiton, or recommendations to reduce harmful effects. We started to ask that question doi.org/10.64898/202...

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If you are an early career NHP researcher (postdoc or asstiant professor) and interested in attending #ACNP2027 please apply.

I’ve also rolled off the E&T Committee that reviews these awards and am now an “ambassador” so if anyone wants some advice about applying for travel awards, reach out.

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Today is World Parkinson’s Day! 🌎 More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s disease, and in the United States alone, someone new is diagnosed with PD every 6 minutes. (1/2)

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Topographic structure and function of locus coeruleus norepinephrine neurons www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04...

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Wanna do neuroscience in Paris but can't find interesting lab?

Want to come do a sabbatical but don't know who to collaborate?

Check this webpage aggregating ~all the neuroscience labs (+200) in Paris.

⚠️only the information of 'verified' profiles is reliable⚠️

Please retweet 🙏

parisneuro.fr

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dSPN spine morphology and unitary synaptic strength changed between off- and on-states in LID mice.

dSPN spine morphology and unitary synaptic strength changed between off- and on-states in LID mice.

🧠 CRN Team Surmeier released a new #publication exploring how sustained dopamine levels during dyskinesia reshape striatal neuron activity, revealing state-specific changes in excitability and connectivity.

🔗 bit.ly/3Nsmzzk

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Dr. Laura DeNardo — Stories of WiN studies how the mPFC integrates environmental cues to control adaptive responses to threat

Check out our latest profile! Dr. Laura DeNardo (@ladenardo.bsky.social) studies how the mPFC integrates environmental cues to control adaptive responses to threat. Click below to learn more!

#StoriesOfWiN #WomenInNeuroscience

www.storiesofwin.org/profiles/202...

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MMiN 2026 - MMiN

Submit your abstract until May 15 for the "Monitoring Molecules in Neuroscience" conference in Amsterdam (Sept 7-10, 2026) to get the latest update on in-vivo neuro-methods from a brilliant lineup of keynote and panel speakers: monitoringmolecules.org/invited-spea... Please repost!

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As a reminder: I am hiring a postdoc and at least one research assistant for a project on VTA circuits and cognitive function that starts this summer. Get in touch if interested!

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A cortical circuit for orchestrating oromanual food manipulation www.cell.com/neuron/abstr... - Om! Nom! Nom! Nom! (the neuroscience of...) 🍪

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Senior Director – Scientific Program Officer Primary Work Address: 4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD, 20815 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) advances the disco...

Join us in shaping the future of science! @hhmi-science.bsky.social is hiring a new Scientific Program Officer to support the #HannaGrayFellows #FHScholar programs

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Our NIAAA funded Post-DoctT32 has received its NoA (non competing renewal). Are you looking for a post-doc and interested in joining our amazing center? If so, reach out! Here is a convenient form that you can use to upload CV and a cover letter!

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Acetylcholine demixes heterogeneous dopamine signals for learning and moving Nature Neuroscience - Jang et al. measured dopamine and acetylcholine release in the striatum of rats performing a decision-making task and found that the relative timing of cholinergic and...

Thrilled to share our new paper, which shows that the relative timing of cholinergic and dopamine release dynamically gates whether dopamine acts as an RPE for in vivo plasticity and reinforcement learning. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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We’re hiring a full-time Research Coordinator in the Preston Lab at UT Austin (start May/June 2026).

Work on behavioral + fMRI studies of how memory & decision-making develop from childhood to adulthood.

Learn more & apply: preston.clm.utexas.edu/news/join-th...

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🚨The Sweis Lab for Translational Neuroeconomics at Mount Sinai is searching for a postdoctoral research fellow! If you or someone you know is searching for a position, please share!

📄 📌Link to job flyer here:
tinyurl.com/3vapfpn5

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@sinaibrain.bsky.social @mountsinai.bsky.social

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A PI who still hopes to spend time at the bench

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Laboratory Manager- Knight Lab Primary Work Address: 1550 4th Street, Suite 190, San Francisco, CA, 94158-0724 Current HHMI Employees, click here to apply via your Workday account. We are seeking a Laboratory Manager to support the...

We have an opening for a Lab Manager position in my group at UCSF. Consider joining us!
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Black and white portrait of Caitlin Vander Weele in a collage with visual elements suggestive of lab work and communications work.

Black and white portrait of Caitlin Vander Weele in a collage with visual elements suggestive of lab work and communications work.

Sweet portrait collage by Michela Buttignol : How Caitlin Vander Weele made science communication her business. Her favorite part of research was talking about it. So she left academia and turned that passion into a successful company. By Katie Moisse: www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...

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Meet Sarah Heilbronner, a neuroanatomist building wiring diagrams to understand the structure of pathways in the brain. 🧠#AskaNeuroscientist @srheilbronner.bsky.social

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Annual reminder: if you’ve been accepted to multiple graduate programs and are still deciding, please let the ones you’re definitely not going to know as soon as possible!

-Someone who got into his PhD off the waitlist the day after the deadline

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University of Utah Health Campus at sunset. Image courtesy of the University of Utah.

University of Utah Health Campus at sunset. Image courtesy of the University of Utah.

📢📢 My lab at @utah.edu is officially open and I'm RECRUITING — especially techs/specialists and postdocs! Our research focuses on the neurobiology of interoception and learning & memory using tools from systems/comp neuro. Please share! 🧠🏔️🏜️

Apply/more info: zimmerman-lab.org#positions

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