wait till the 5am practices begin, those are truly brutal (source: I’m a swammer)

the thread i’m hanging by is made of crunchwrap supremes and mountain dew baja blast freezes, we can’t lose taco bell too?! 😭

PLEASE DO. i’d buy a copy. can i get it signed?!

A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis Nature - New data on brain-wide circuits centred around two interconnected hypothalamic neuron populations provide significant mechanistic insights into the emergence of social need during social...

Our latest findings on social behavior circuits is out: how does the brain responds to social isolation? Terrific work by @dingliu.bsky.social et al. uncovering a circuit with similar neural architecture as physiological needs (hunger, thirst, sleep..). Detailed thread soon.
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can’t wait to see them omg

WELCOME TO THE CLERBBBBB!!!!!!!

puppy!!!

5 years of living in unprecedented times is getting a lil exhausting

the scriptwriters for the grad school chapter of my life really need to chill, there’s already more than enough lore here 😭🫠

Frank the best boy!!!!!

this is Frank. he lives at the Amphibian Foundation. I think we’re friends now. #SICB2025

Ants best humans at test of collective intelligence

"When people work together, they can achieve great things. But if they can’t talk, they’re not necessarily smarter than ants"

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loved your talk! I’m now having fun getting squid facts texted to me 🦑

me, an animal behavior/personality nerd, watching my cats:

we love to see it 😂

aaand it’s a 4peat!!!!!

A fun thing nobody tells you about a career in science is how much of your life will be spent waiting for mice to have sex

i’ve had a mouthful of mini m&m’s for lunch before, do i qualify? 😂

omg

I know I'm not the first person to say it, but it really is crazy that cats have fish breath, lick themselves, then smell good. I know they're secreting good smells but the math does not add up despite knowing that.

my hopes for gen z taking over the academic process is that it will be matched for harshness, but at least more efficient

and that’s a wrap on #SfN23!! it was an intense, sometimes overwhelming, but overall really great experience getting to learn about so much cool neuroscience research and meeting the masterminds behind it 🧠

PS. thank you to everyone who stopped by my poster, your interest in my work means a ton!!

how do spiny mice behave when they're left to interact with a large group of novel conspecifics, and how do their brains influence their behavior? come visit my poster during the Social Behaviors poster session on Monday morning at #sfn23 to find out!! :) #neuroskyence #PhDSky

my adhd brain’s way of thinking in a billion directions at once has definitely helped me with making associations in research!!

"Sorry I struggle to keep up with messages, I have ADHD" - Clinical, passé. Invites unwanted questions

"The curse I carry permits contact only when stars align" - Mysterious, exciting. Demands the most be made of your time

platform paper ✅ (and step 1 of 3 of quals done)!! it’s been the craziest month and a half writing it but i’m glad i did it 🎉 #PhDSky

AGREED 100%. chicken thigh is where it’s at.

having a photoshoot with a spiny mouse - expectations vs reality
(i think the second photo is a pretty accurate representation of my general state, tbh) @aubreymkelly.bsky.social #neuroskyence #PhDSky

@brandonfricker.bsky.social’s latest spiny mouse paper, featuring some group interaction data from @debho.bsky.social, out now in Scientific Reports!

Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species - Scient... Scientific Reports - Biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species

excited to announce the latest work in spiny mice from the kelly lab: biased brain and behavioral responses towards kin in males of a communally breeding species out now in scientific reports!
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#neuroskyence