We are grieving our friend and brilliant colleague Natalia Duque-Wilckens. A creative scientist, artist, caring mentor, and force for change. Words can’t describe the impact she had on lives at UC Davis, MSU, NC State and beyond. I feel lucky to have known her and wish her time didn’t end so soon

A new preprint from @valentina-cs.bsky.social using @ajboender.bsky.social CRISPR tool shows that locally expressed oxytocin receptor in BNST modulates effects of stress on social approach and vigilance www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

CRISPR-mediated knockdown of oxytocin receptor in extended amygdala reduces stress-induced social avoidance and vigilance

Oxytocin receptors (OTR) within the extended amygdala and nucleus accumbens have been implicated in modulating social behaviors, particularly following stress. The effects of OTR could be mediated by ...

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Please take a moment to share and listen as our work at the Trainor Lab will be impacted like many other research labs. @briantrainor.bsky.social

NIH withdrew several funding opportunities related to diversity. They’re not going to review the ones already in, and apparently they’re not going to pay the ones that have just been awarded.

SFN 2024 with @g-lia-lcells.bsky.social & @neurani.bsky.social presenting exciting projects from the Trainor lab! @briantrainor.bsky.social

Introducing my lab: we study how social stress impacts the brain and how these changes affect social behavior. We study California mice which are great for studying social stress in females and pubertal development (doesn't start until post-natal day 50).