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Congrats to star postdoc Dario Aspesi for receiving the Wilczynski-Georgia Research Alliance Fellowship & NARSAD grant!!! Dario’s project is the 1st proposal from the lab on stress effects on the maternal brain to be funded!!! Thx @bbrfoundation.bsky.social! So he received an appropriate statue 😉

New #BioScienceTalks: Dr. Thom Sanger, from Loyola University Dept of Biology, discusses the ways that scientists can communicate more effectively about topics that are often a source of controversy among the general public. bioscience-talks.aibs.org/episodes/sci...

Amazing summer lab game afternoon!!! Depicted: Mountain Goats, Wits & Wagers, Poetry for Neanderthals, (Scouts was also a hit but not depicted)

Congrats Imani, Anusha, Abby, & Montserrat for giving AMAZING posters at GSU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium! Also thanks to their primary mentors & GSU’s Brains & Behavior & MBD programs for supporting these talented, dedicated scientists #ProudPI @bnbgsu.bsky.social

Are you an early-career researcher? Check out the ECR hub in the Research Communities where you will find opportunities to network and build connections and access content and resources to support your career development. go.nature.com/4w77y6O #Academicsky 🧪

This, exactly. And I wish people understood that hormones and neurotransmitters are so much more complicated than how they are depicted in popular culture.

Garbodorian Gray@garbodoriangray.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Humorism is back btw The new humors are estrogen, testosterone, dopamine, and cortisol Once you notice this you'll see it everywhere

me: *sends email to self* gmail: *alert* me: ooh

For procrastinators like me, the deadline is 11:59PM EST tonight - you can still do it! I just wrote and submitted mine and it made me angry all over again. #standupforscience

Stand Up for Science!@standupforscience.net · 3mo ago

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/cY8HD

🚨 HEADS UP: If you haven't submitted a comment on the OMB proposal yet, there's still time - but it's running out! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY to push back against Russell Vought's attempt to give political appointees unprecedented control over federal research funding. Take Action: zurl.co/cY8HD

Lindsey Graham comes to a realization at the end of his 20-minute conversation with Mitch McConnell.

Our first Frank A. Beach Award winner was Dr. Beau Alward, who gave a wonderful talk on the nuances of steroid action in the brain on territoriality and mating behavior in Astatotilapia. 🐟️ Congrats to Dr. Alward for this well-deserved award!! 🎉

Great talk by Peg McCarthy at #SBN2026 on how depriving animals of social play makes them more aggressive and less reproductively successful as adults.

Amazing job from co-chairs Drs. Will Kenkel and Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz in leading and presenting for Symposium 4: The Neuroendocrinology of Developmental Programming by Perinatal Experiences ✨#SBN2026

Thanks to our SBN Online Research Symposium Commitee for such a fun Trainee Social! 🎉 See everyone at SBN ORS in October 💻🧠

We're kicking off #SBN2026 with our Professional Development workshops in a few hours, and we hope you are as excited as we are! 🤩 If you'd like us to feature your research, tag our social media accounts, use #SBN2026, or talk with one of our social media ambassadors at the conference!

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 🧑 🧠

This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉 Let's congratulate our Lynn Clemens New Investigator Award Winner, Dr. Victoria Farrar! Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 3:20 PM – 3:40 PM 🐟️ 🧠

The Giardino Lab at Stanford is hiring a full-time post-bacc Research Assistant! If you know someone who is passionate about research and want to work at the intersection of stress, addiction, and sleep/wake neurobiology, have them apply here. careersearch.stanford.edu/jobs/life-sc...

Powerful piece from two former NIH staffers www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

The 3-Pronged Attack on Scientific Communication (opinion)

At the NIH, political appointees exercise extensive control over scientific communication, and research on health communication is under siege.

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Are you an animal behavior researcher that uses federal funding for your work? Now is the time to comment on the OMB's new proposed rules about grant funding. @aibsbiology.bsky.social is coordinating a response but individual comments also highly encouraged! www.aibs.org/news/2026/26...

This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉 Let's congratulate our first New Investigator Award Winner, Angarika Balakrishnan! Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 4:00 PM – 4:20 PM 🐀 🧠

This week, we are celebrating our society's new investigator awardees! 🎉 Let's congratulate our second New Investigator Award Winner, Dr. Nina Baumgartner! Hear about her research at the New Investigators Symposium at #SBN2026 on July 10 from 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM 🐁 🧠

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 🐁 🧠

"In any other administration, when Congress appropriates money for science each year, OMB’s job is to make sure that the funds are released [...]. [Now] OMB serves as the “keeper of ‘commander’s intent,’” thereby moving power away from Congress." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Another red alert for American science

Although research has bipartisan support in the US Congress, and trust in science is above 75% across the country, the Trump administration seems as determined as ever to mortally wound the nation’s s...

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Please read Dr. Ginexi's summary of the OMB proposal linked below and submit your *personalized* public comment by July 13! The @standupforscience.net portal makes this incredibly easy: fight2win.standupforscience.net/campaign/163...

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elizabethginexi.bsky.social@elizabethginexi.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule. Russell Vought is going destroy American Science. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

Proposed changes by the Trump administration to rules that govern how federal dollars are spent "would inevitably lead to unlegislated reductions in funding and damage US leadership in science, both in academia and industry," writes H. Holden Thorp in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/4uK0fBj

"This would be the end of American science as we know it," said @colesci.bsky.social, a policy analyst from the group @standupforscience.net who has been organizing to protest the change. "We're gonna make sure that it doesn't fade quietly into the night." www.npr.org/2026/06/03/n...

President Trump seeks control of science funding

The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.

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ALRIGHT SCIENCE ACTIVISTS! Here is what to expect in the next couple days from @standupforscience.net: ✨ Our organizational comment on OMB-2025-0034 ✨ A tutorial on HOW to make a good comment for orgs and individuals ✨ Emergency Meeting Recording!! ✨ Wide press/media coverage

#SBN2026 Attendees 🛎️ Be sure to book your hotel rooms by June 8th! 🛌 Niagara Falls is a popular summer destination & hotel rooms will go quickly as the meeting approaches. Make sure to use the SBN hotel reservation link when booking to access special rates for SBN attendees.

30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology 2026 hosted on Whova

July 8 – 11, 2026, Niagara Falls, New York

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