Gearing up for #WCBR2027! (Please repost!) Helpful links for submission (panels due 9/15/26, posters 10/13/26) and travel fellowships (Due 9/15/26): winterbrain.org/science-of-t... winterbrain.org/travel-fello...

Important new paper on the role of LC mu opioid receptors in pain from @jordacular.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New opening in our lab!

Cool new paper from @viditavaidya.bsky.social on regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis by norepinephrine www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Norepinephrine regulates hippocampal mitochondrial biogenesis via β2-adrenergic receptor signaling and PGC-1α - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Norepinephrine regulates hippocampal mitochondrial biogenesis via β2-adrenergic receptor signaling and PGC-1α

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We have a unique opportunity for a postdoc with expertise in MRS/fMRS to investigate neurochemical changes in aging and Alzheimer's disease at MGH in Boston!!

Starting September 1, I will be working with a team to start a new research center at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. We currently have a couple of positions posted but there will be more so if you are interested stay tuned and feel free to get in touch.

Max Planck Institute for Human Development@mpib-berlin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📣 New research center on the horizon! The Center will study how midlife autonomic changes may contribute to #neurodegenerative disease risk, focusing on the locus coeruleus, #Alzheimer’s biomarkers, and emotion–cognition interactions. Interested? CAAN-Job openings 👇 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/career

With expansion of several stem cell based initiatives @lieberinstitute.bsky.social - we are hiring! We are looking for a Staff Scientist with expertise in hiPSCs and iPSC-derived neuronal models to join our Stem Cell Core, directed by @tsawada1.bsky.social recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...

Rutgers Brain Health Institute is hiring a Director of Development. Join BHI at an important stage of growth and help connect pioneering brain research with the philanthropic support that can move discovery forward. Learn more and apply: brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/join-bhi/dir...

Updates to NIH K awards starting with October 2027 deadlines. The individual K awards are being consolidated into 4 awards. 🧪 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

We’re hiring a research technician!! We’re an inclusive team of behavioral neuroscientists trying to discover the brain circuits of learning, decision making, and habit. More info👇 wassumlab.psych.ucla.edu/join-the-lab/ Job posting: jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/11232

Pleased to share a new Addiction Neuroscience Special Issue "The ventral pallidum as an orchestrator of reward seeking behavior" edited by Meaghan Creed with contributions from her, Anushree Karkhanis, @bensaunders.bsky.social, Asheeta Prasad, and Yvan Vachez www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Huge faculty recruitment effort at the University of Chicago -- a division-wide, open-rank search looking to hire about 20 faculty across 5 research areas in biology. Come be our colleague! Full announcement: uchicago.app.box.com/s/ckih9zv3rj...

In a new study in @cp-neuron.bksy.social we demonstrate how sparse genetic labeling enables comprehensive reconstruction of individual dopamine neurons in mice; Subtypes exhibit distinct developmental and adult morphologies, as well as responses to axon degeneration. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Single-neuron resolution mapping of dopaminergic connectivity across development, adulthood, and degeneration

Using a novel intersectional genetic strategy for sparse neuronal labeling, Grossouw, Heijmink, et al. reconstruct individual midbrain dopamine neurons throughout development, adulthood, and degenerat...

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An important paper done really carefully by great scientists (I hope that is clear!). I encourage people in the field to read it carefully and understand what it does/doesn't show, and thus what limitations on other people's work it should/shouldn't impose in peer review. For example:

Anthony Ramnauth@philoneurosci.bsky.social · 3w ago

This seems super important for in vivo experiments #Norepinephrine and #dopamine #sensor crosstalk depends on local innervation density doi.org/10.1038/s415...

This seems super important for in vivo experiments #Norepinephrine and #dopamine #sensor crosstalk depends on local innervation density doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Norepinephrine and dopamine sensor crosstalk depends on local innervation density - Nature Neuroscience

This study shows that GPCR-based norepinephrine and dopamine sensors display crosstalk in several brain areas. Relative innervation densities determine the extent of crosstalk, and loss-of-function co...

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Excited to share our latest work: Inspired by animal work, we demonstrate that astrocyte reactivity amplifies the effect of lower #locuscoeruleus function on higher ptau, and these processes together are associated with steeper cognitive decline. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Astrocyte reactivity modifies the effects of locus coeruleus norepinephrine‐related dysfunction on tau and its impact on cognition

INTRODUCTION Animal models demonstrated that pharmacologically-induced lesioning of the locus coeruleus (LC), the brain's primary source of norepinephrine, triggered astrocyte reactivity, exacerbati...

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This award officially puts me on the job market and my research program will broadly focus on how our social relationships shape health during aging and in dementia. If your university/department is planning a faculty search for the upcoming cycle, please get in touch!

Incredibly grateful to have been selected by the @simonsfoundation.org as a recipient of the 2026 SCPAB Fellows-to-Faculty award! A special thanks to @neurozoe.bsky.social and the rest of my mentors for their incredible support up to this point in my career.

Simons Foundation@simonsfoundation.org · 3w ago

We're pleased to announce the 2026 class of our Fellows-to-Faculty program! This fellowship supports talented early-career scientists and their research visions as they transition into tenure-track faculty positions in autism and #neuroscience research. See the new class: https://bit.ly/4yXUjrd

Apply for a seminar slot: usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... To join the Slack group, email stephanie.staszko@yale.edu or lferguson@usc.edu

Studying norepinephrine? Have cool results to share? Want to join an online community of norepinephrine researchers? We are organizing our fall schedule for the Blue Spot Slack! We have monthly virtual seminars where you can share your work and get feedback in a supportive environment. Apply/join ⬇️

New hot topics piece in @npp-journal.bsky.social where @neurozoe.bsky.social and I argue for the importance of studying the role of social bonds (as opposed to just loneliness/isolation) in determining clinical trajectories during aging. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New preprint in which we developed a task to measure motivation to exercise in rats! This will hopefully open many doors. 🏃🐀 Big thanks to Prof. Desiree Seib, who led this effort, and @dr-stan.bsky.social !! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

A Novel Operant Conditioning Task to Assess Motivation to Exercise in Rats

Voluntary physical activity is a highly motivated behavior with important implications for physical and mental health, yet the neural and endocrine mechanisms underlying motivation to exercise remain ...

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thrilled to share our latest work from the lab, led by the amazing @fernandezpenac.bsky.social (now a PI at @unmc.bsky.social!) where we found a new role for a tiny group of adrenergic neurons in RVLM, the C1 cells. www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

Yes, more of this please. It seems so obvious. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Why paying peer reviewers works, according to a journal’s editor-in-chief

A biology journal that paid peer reviewers found that the approach cut the time to a first editorial decision by 85% and maintained high-quality reviews.

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Looking for a postdoc? The @sciolinolab.bsky.social at UConn is hiring! We investigate how neuromodulatory systems interact with central taste processing regions to regulate behavior using in vivo recordings, optogenetics & mouse behavior. Apply: jobs.hr.uconn.edu/en-us/job/49...

Check out this Venice Neuroscience course on #assembloids, which I am co-organizing with @jimena-andersen.bsky.social and @fikri-birey.bsky.social, who developed the initial assembloid system a decade ago. It promises to be a fun week, with a spectacular lineup of speakers and in-depth discussions.

Lovely RNAscope image of the rostromedial tegmental nucleus with DAPI (blue), GAD1 (green), galanin 1 receptor (orange), and mu opioid receptor (red). Courtesy of postdoc Brittany Pate.

This is a great experience for early career folks! Working with the Intern and the Special Projects team are some of my best memories and highlight of my time as @npp-journal.bsky.social Social Media Editor!

Neuropsychopharmacology@npp-journal.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It's THAT time of year again: we have begun the search for our next NPP Editorial Intern🤩 The Intern works closely with NPP Principal Editors, Publishers, Special Projects Team & Social Media Editor + gets an invite to ACNP2027 Applications due July 30! More info: pmg.joynadmin.org/documents/10...

My department, Neurobiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington (nbio.uw.edu), is hiring a new tenure-track Assistant Professor, application deadline 09/30/26. It's a broad search — molecular to organismal, all of neuroscience/physiology/biophysics welcome. apply.interfolio.com/187735

Excited to share this new Addiction Neuroscience Special Issue on Transcriptomics in Addiction. Edited by Laura Saba and Dayne Mayfield with articles from Ana-Clara Bobadilla, Ryan Logan, Giordano de Guglielmo, José Sotelo-Silveira, and Tamara Phillips labs. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...