Watching other animals fight is very common across the animal kingdom, so it must be highly adaptive! @dextertsin.bsky.social, Jorge Iravedra-Garcia and I explore some ideas of how animals might learn from this experience www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Watching the watchers: aggression observation as a window into the neural mechanisms and computations underlying social learning

Classic experiments by Albert Bandura more than 50 years ago first illustrated that aggression is shaped not just by innate predisposition but also by…

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Please spread the news - the Department of Neurobiology at UCLA is hiring. This is an open rank search for all and any amazing neuroscientists! Please apply here by Nov 15th, first review end of October : recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11296

Open-rank tenure-track faculty position

University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

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In vivo estrogen imaging is here! Construct is up on addgene, and lots of other imaging constructs are currently in validation. Get in touch if you want advice about how to set up. We are happy to help! Thanks so much to @alleninstitute.org and @onemindorg.bsky.social for their support 😍

eartha mae@endoeartha.bsky.social · 3w ago

Extremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10

A fun collaboration across 4 labs @edvanveenphd.bsky.social @neurrriot.bsky.social @kiransoma.bsky.social made possible by an Allen Distinguished Investigator award from @allenphilanthro.bsky.social Tools available from Addgene & others in the pipeline directly from Ed van Veen

eartha mae@endoeartha.bsky.social · 3w ago

Extremely proud to share @acara333.bsky.social and my new paper, out today in @cp-neuron.bsky.social, where we develop a new fluorescent reporter of neural responses to estrogen! 🔬 paper 📝: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt... addgene page 🧬: www.addgene.org/254753/ #neuroskyence 🧪 1/10

My first #Hypo2026 GRS and GRC organized by @endoeartha.bsky.social @yananw.bsky.social @correalab.bsky.social and @neurrriot.bsky.social was a blast ✨ science 🧪, hikes 🥾, and amazing discussions, suggestions, advice Thrilled to announce I’ll be co-chairing the #Hypo2028 GRS! 🧠 See u there!

Departments! Keep an eye out for @prefrontalcortes.bsky.social

Laura R Cortes@prefrontalcortes.bsky.social · 4w ago

Best two weeks of my career - my postdoc paper was accepted, had a fab hypoGRC, and my K99 was funded!! Celebrated with carbs. Huge thanks to the many people that supported me, especially my postdoctoral mentor and labmates @correalab.bsky.social ready to be a PI now! 🌝 stay tuned for more on 🤰🏻🌡️🧠

So special that Laura got to share the magic of working with these amazing mentors. Ngl, “why don’t you ask Nancy?” is a totally valid way to seek answers at UCLA too.

SBN on Bluesky@sbn-bsky.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What an amazing way to kick off #SBN2026! 🎉 Our first session on mentorship lead by Drs. Nancy Forger, Alexandra Castillo- Ruiz and Laura Cortes sparked an inspiring discussion about the value of strong mentor–mentee relationships and the impact they have on scientific careers.

This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉 Let's congratulate our WC Young Recent Graduate Award Winner, Dr. Celine Camon! Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 3:00 PM – 3:20 PM 🐁 🧠

Beyond delighted to share our amazing collaboration with Thierry Alquier's lab @alquierthierry.bsky.social on a conserved role for neuronal lipid droplets in regulating energy homeostasis in vivo led by Celena Cherian, Romane Manceau, Danie Majeur, and Colin Miller www.nature.com/articles/s42... /1

Neuronal lipid droplets play a conserved and sex-biased role in maintaining whole-body energy homeostasis - Nature Metabolism

In vivo regulation of neuronal lipid droplet formation mediates whole-body energy homeostasis in a sex-specific manner in Drosophila and mice.

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Hey Hypothalamus heads! We are now accepting abstracts for the HypoGRC this August (now at the lovely Sunday River location). We have an exciting program planned for you so that we can really wild out about our favorite subcortical region. www.grc.org/hypothalamus...

📣 Postdoc position in Heidelberg (Neurobiology × Engineering): neuromodulation of thermoregulatory brain circuits to improve health. Deadline: March 31, 2026.

Want to track the dynamics of estrogen in the brain across long periods of time? New paper as part of very fun collab with team UCLA Ed Van Veen and Steph Correa! We use a specialized optical reporter and show that this is possible and actually very easy! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

How do hormones affect the brain and our behaviours, and what does that mean for Canadians? 🧠 Hear from @kiransoma.bsky.social, who was recently elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada. @psych.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social Read more: www.arts.ubc.ca/news/two-art...

Who is going to the @sbn-bsky.bsky.social social at SfN? We are considering sending down a delegation.

Check out @paulvander24.bsky.social's review on the crosstalk between torpor and reproduction. It's a great primer and highlights how much we still have to learn.

Paul Vander@paulvander24.bsky.social · 11mo ago

My first first-author paper is published! At the intersection of metabolism and reproduction, we wrote this review with a broad audience in mind, and hope that there is something for everyone. Excited for the future of the field and honored to be a part of it! academic.oup.com/endo/article...

Check out this nice story from @fordham.edu News on our work on #menopause transition recently published in Molecular Psychiatry & funded by the NIH. Knowledge is power! #WomensHealth 🔥 "Professor Leads Groundbreaking Study on Menopause-Mental Health Connection” now.fordham.edu/university-n...

Professor Leads Groundbreaking Study on Menopause-Mental Health Connection

A biology professor is examining the links between menopause and depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses, building on a pioneering study she and her team just published.

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