I am happy to be at SfN this year, though missing folks who can't attend. I am especially proud of these three exceptional trainees. They are all applying to grad schools this fall - come say hi on Mon and Tues!

Our December issue is now online! Articles from George Koob, @aradprof.bsky.social @nixonlab.bsky.social @cm-serotonin.bsky.social and more. #alcohol #alcoholawareness www.sciencedirect.com/journal/alco...

The microscopy core at Miami University is searching for a new director. Please consider sharing this job posting! miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...

When it comes to hormones, the focus is always on females. We wondered, what about the guys? Check out our new review in @alcoholjournal.bsky.social on the role of testosterone in alcohol drinking in males: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Contributions of testosterone to excessive alcohol drinking in males: Potential role for interactions with the HPA axis

Excessive alcohol drinking and alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are a significant and increasing public health concern in the United States and worldwide,…

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We are still accepting applications for Assistant Professor of Biology - focus on neurobiology! Please share! miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...

The University of Notre Dame is hiring 5 tenure or tenure-track professors in Neuroscience, including Computational Neuroscience, across 4 departments. Come join me at ND! Feel free to reach out with any questions. And please share! apply.interfolio.com/173031

One of my former students sent me an update letting me know she got into medical school and included a picture of her white coat ceremony. It made my day! Send your professors updates on what you're doing, it's a real highlight in this job.

Undergrads (are undergrads on here?) - my colleagues and I at miamioh.edu/neuro are recruiting MS and PhD students! Check us out! We will be at the SfN grad fair as well if you'd like to chat :)

Center for Neuroscience and Behavior, College of Arts and Science

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I love that neuroscience is interdisciplinary. Who would have thought I'd be an author on a paper titled A Review of the Neuroscience of Religion...? All the credit for this goes to an amazing former undergraduate student! www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...

Frontiers | A review of the neuroscience of religion: an overview of the field, its limitations, and future interventions

The neuroscience of religion (NoR), a field that studies various neural mechanisms and functions alongside their correlational relationships with religious p...

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Miami is hiring a neurobiologist! I am excited to welcome a new colleague to our Neuroscience community! Please share! miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...

Could early‐life stress block the promoting effect of adolescent ethanol exposure on later ethanol use? - Pautassi - 2025 - Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Could early‐life stress block the promoting effect of adolescent ethanol exposure on later ethanol use?

Click on the article title to read more.

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Miami is hiring a visiting assistant professor in clinical psychology miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...

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Addiction, the Brain, and How We Can Change

In Such a Place · Episode

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Excellent excellent excellent from Princeton president and constitutional/ political theorist Chris Eisgruber. There's been far too little of this kind of thing; here's hoping others follow his good example. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Cost of the Government’s Attack on Columbia

American universities have given the country prosperity and security. The Trump administration’s attack on academic freedom endangers all of that.

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I am from Middletown, OH, (the same hometown as JD Vance) and was especially compelled by the @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social movement. I am happy to have my article out on this #standupforscience2025 day. #sciencenotsilence www.daytondailynews.com/ideas-voices...

VOICES: Stand up for science in Ohio

I was born and raised in Middletown, went to public schools, and am a proud graduate of Middletown High School. Thirty years ago, I left Middletown and went north to attend the University of Michigan....

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The NIH is being gutted. 🧵 www.science.org/content/arti...

NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research

Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs

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Great write up at @thetransmitter.bsky.social on the seeming erasure of SABV in the new era of NIH. Gotta say The Transmitter is killing it the last few weeks, first to report on the Federal Register block and now this. Leading the charge! 💪 www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...

Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies

Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.

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Neurotoxicology and Alcohol study section meeting scheduled for tomorrow is canceled. Not surprising right now but 😞

I've spent the last 2 weeks reviewing NIH grants. Grants that will fund research developing new therapies for addiction and children exposed to the toxic effects of drugs in the womb. It's so disheartening knowing much of this work won't happen due to funding cuts to NIH and universities.

Special shout out this AM to NIH 🧪 grant mgmt specialists, POs, and SROs during this chaotic time - THANK YOU for caring for our grants and uploading scores/summary statements despite the unprecedented challenges you may be facing. You are science warriors and we APPRECIATE & SUPPORT YOU 🫶

There are so many things to be angry about, but knowing that trainees are missing opportunities and losing their jobs for applying to the wrong grant mechanism is at the top of my list right now

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I am happy to be able to continue promoting the success of my trainees. Congrats to Thomas Perry on his first first-author publication! doi.org/10.1111/acer...

Early life stress paired with adolescent alcohol consumption reduces two‐bottle choice alcohol consumption in mice

Early life stress is associated with an increased risk of alcohol use disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. We previously used an infant footshock model in rats that produces increases in fear ...

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These awesome folks are representing the RAD Lab at #SfN23!

Applications are due this week! #Neuroscientists with experience in animal behavior are welcome to apply to this #tenure-track position in Biology. Miami has been such a wonderful environment for me to develop as a scholar and teacher, come join us! jobs.miamioh.edu/cw/en-us/job/5…

Well, I made it over here. Hi 👋to those who have followed so far! I'm not sure what I want my social media presence to be like these days, but maybe Bluesky will inspire me to get back into it :)