I’m looking to hire a postdoc to join our lab at UCLA! We study the genes, hormones, and cells that regulate social behavior in the African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni (in a separate post we’re looking for a PhD student) @sbn-bsky.bsky.social 1/3
Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA
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Our lab pursues questions on the molecular and neural mechanisms of steroid-modulated social behavior using genetics and neurobiological tools. On this account we share and discuss work from our lab and others. alwardlab.com
We’re recruiting a PhD student to join our lab at UCLA! (we’re also recruiting a postdoc; details posted separately). Our lab studies the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying social behavior using the African cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni as a model. @sbn-bsky.bsky.social 1/3
Good morning, #SBN2026! The cichlid Astatotilapia burtoni (researchers) are taking over Niagara Falls! Three trainees from the Alward lab are presenting at today’s poster session. See flier below. Come by P9 (Lauren), P26 (Maddy), and P41 (Lexi) to see what we’ve been up to! @sbn-bsky.bsky.social
We just published a review in Current Opinion in Neurobiology on the utility of using cichlids for understanding social dysfunction: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... @sbn-bsky.bsky.social. Take a look!
Cichlid fish as a model for understanding social dysfunction
Social dysfunction is a prominent feature of many neuropsychiatric conditions, yet its biological basis remains incompletely understood. Progress has …
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We still have more amazing researchers in our society to celebrate! 🥳 Let's congratulate our Frank A. Beach Early Career Award winners! Hear more about their research on July 11 at #SBN2026 Dr Alward: 11:00 - 11:45 AM 🐠 🧠 Dr. Casto: 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM 🧑 🧠
Excited to share our new preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6.... @sbn-bsky.bsky.social. We generated a spatially resolved single-cell atlas of the hypothalamus in the cichlid A. burtoni, revealing how social status, sex, and reproductive state shape cell-type-specific gene expression. 1/2
Cell-type-specific architecture of the hypothalamus in a socially plastic vertebrate
The hypothalamus orchestrates social behaviors by integrating physiological state with environmental information, but the cellular substrates of this plasticity remain unresolved. We combined single-c...
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Public health research at world-class institutions like the NIH is an important public good. Rep. Suzan DelBene, Rep. Lori Trahan and I are leading 122 of our colleagues to oppose the Trump Administration’s efforts to give partisan political appointees final say over health research grants.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin seeks to stop the Trump administration from putting political appointees in charge of federal health grants.
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Hello! The Alward lab will be well represented at #SBN2026 @sbn-bsky.bsky.social in Niagara Falls! Beau Alward is giving a Beach Award talk and three trainees are presenting posters. Most posts to come. Also, we’re looking to take a PhD student next cycle! If attending the meeting reach out!
Neuroendocrinology and Behavior lab at UCLA@alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social · 5mo agodo research on hormones and the brain/ behavior? Wanna present your work at a conference of other researchers like you in Niagara Falls and get an award for it? Then apply for an SBN Elsevier Award! sbn.org/awards/elsev... Take a look to see if this award is right for you! Deadline 4/24. Pls share!
do research on hormones and the brain/ behavior? Wanna present your work at a conference of other researchers like you in Niagara Falls and get an award for it? Then apply for an SBN Elsevier Award! sbn.org/awards/elsev... Take a look to see if this award is right for you! Deadline 4/24. Pls share!
Check out Lauren Saenz’s poster on somatostatin and dominance at #sfn #sfn2025 today (Wednesday, 11/19). 8am-12pm, Poster Y4, “Investigating the role of somatostatin in regulating social dominance in a cichlid”. Spoiler alert: she used crispr to make a new mutant! @sbn-bsky.bsky.social @sfn.org
We are looking for a new postdoc to join our team! Details below. Please reach out if interested. share widely—Thanks!
New LA Times story about Jewish Faculty at UCLA standing up www.latimes.com/california/s... 1/3
UCLA's Jewish community unites against Trump's $1-billion demand: 'misguided and punitive'
UCLA's Jewish faculty united around a letter conveying anger over a potential $1-billion settlement between the university and the Trump administration over alleged campus antisemitism.
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Here’s @kareemabduljabaar.bsky.social talking about the importance of UCLA research to human health. Groundbreaking research at UCLA leads to new discoveries and saves lives. Go Bruins! #researchpowersprogress www.threads.com/@ucla/post/D...
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Bruin legend @kareemabduljabbar_33 speaks from the heart about UCLA’s impact on his life, career, and health. His story illustrates how UCLA ResearchPowersProgress. Share your UCLA research impact st...
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*Please read and share!* My NIH funds at UCLA were suspended last week. It's hard to find the words to describe the impact of these grant suspensions. I have felt speechless and heartbroken that people in my lab, my friends, colleagues, researchers, trainees, and undergrads 1/9
So a $1 billion ransom now? It’s to scare us into submitting; To lose hope. Still not gonna stop us: Even in the face of this my lab remains committed to doing meaningful, impactful science, now more than ever. We won’t stop. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/u...
Trump Wants U.C.L.A. to Pay $1 Billion to Restore Its Research Funding
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We’re looking to hire a research tech. Come join our team to sink your teeth into experiments on the hormonal and cellular basis of social behavior. Strong candidates should be proficient in immunohistochemostry/fluorescence, in situ hybridization/HCR/RNAscope, and microscopy. 1/2
Please tell everyone you know that 60 minutes is covering the NIH tonight youtu.be/noyS-L5gK7k?...
NIH | Sunday on 60 Minutes
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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Thank you to the Allard lab on summarizing the importance of NIH and why this administration’s recent cuts hurt not only biomedical reseadch, but also jobs and the potential for developing cures for human diseases.
The Allard lab@allard-lab-ucla.bsky.social · 2y ago1/3 Why does the US lead the world in the number of clinical trials? How come americans are given the unique chance to get the latest treatment and a fighting chance against often incurable diseases? That's all thanks to research and the support from the NIH!
Lillian Jackson from our lab published two papers recently on sex differences in the molecular and neural basis of aggression in cichlids. Below are links to both papers with short summaries. 1/5
Add this to your #SICB2025 itinerary!
Dr. Kathleen M. Munley@thefishiedoc.bsky.social · 2y agoI am on my way to #SICB2025 in Atlanta! If you're interested in hearing about how androgens regulate social subordination and seeing some fascinating single-nucleus RNA seq data from CRISPR/Cas9 mutant fish (!!), come to my talk tomorrow morning! 🐟🧠🧬 @alwardlab-ucla.bsky.social @sicb-dab.bsky.social
Interested in pursuing a PhD with a focus on neuroendocrinology? Apply to the UCLA Graduate Program in Bioscience! bioscience.ucla.edu! @sbn-bsky.bsky.social 1/3 (this originally posted this thread on twitter but we are no longer active there)
UCLA Graduate Programs in Bioscience (GPB)
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First post from the lab! Click on the link below for our paper on androgen receptor expression in GnRH neurons published in an issue of Journal of Neuroendocrinology, where we got the cover! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652826...
<em>Journal of Neuroendocrinology</em> | BSN Journal | Wiley Online Library
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