It was an amazing symposium this afternoon on Neural networks and memory integration at #FENS2026. So much interesting things on the nature of engrams, social stress transmission, incidental associations and dynamic choice.

The lab and its work is well represented at #FENS2026. Come to see Dip's and Kate's posters this morning. Do not hesitate to come for a chat if you see me. @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @aberdeenneuro.bsky.social

The lab will at #FENS2026 nxt wk. Come to see: - me on Tues 7 talking about our recent NPP paper and more - Mhari: poster PS02-07PM-003 Tues 7 - Diptendu: PS03-08AM-251 Wed 8 - Kate: PS03-08AM-253 Wed 8 And learn about sugar during adolescence, PFC circuits, ctrl of food seeking and envt enrichment

I am hiring a postdoc to work with me on my ERC Starting Grant project DeMARRe - investigating whether exploration or risk-taking in adolescence influence neural circuit development to calibrate psychiatric vulnerability and resilience in adulthood. Details and application at the link below ⬇️

NPP in the News...Check out a recent @acnporg.bsky.social paper on What you eat as a teenager may shape food choices later in life at bit.ly/3Pm35NL. The full article on Adolescent obesity induces sex-specific alterations of action control can be found at bit.ly/3Rp96Kb

What you eat as a teenager may shape food choices later in life

New research from the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute suggests that an unhealthy diet during adolescence could have long-lasting effects on how the brain makes decisions about food—even after ...

bit.ly

New review on Dopamine ensembles regulating appetite, feeding, and energy homeostasis now available in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism. Thank you @peppeganga.bsky.social for the invite, and to Oriane Onimus and @katepeters3.bsky.social for their fantastic work www.cell.com/trends/endoc...

Dopamine ensembles regulating appetite, feeding, and energy homeostasis

Beyond its classical role in gating reward processes, dopamine (DA) also contributes to the orchestration of feeding and energy balance. This review synthesizes and discusses recent advances in unders...

cell.com

It is #MentalAwarenessWeek so time to share some personal things. I'm Fabien, I'm 40, I'm a lecturer and group leader. From the outside it could look like I am doing fine. In reality, I am struggling with social anxiety which takes me close to depression for > 20 years.

Our work on sex-dependent impact of high-fat diets during adolescence on action control is now published in @npp-journal.bsky.social Thank you to the amazing work from my team and the positive feedback from reviewers @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @aberdeenneuro.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s413...

Adolescent obesity induces sex-specific alterations of action control - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Adolescent obesity induces sex-specific alterations of action control

doi.org

Fabien Naneix@fabnaneix.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So grateful to share the "first" preprint from the lab. Long overdue but I am very happy about the work which has been done in my team. We explored how the consumption of different obesogenic diets during adolescence was having long-term impact impact goal-directed and habitual behaviours. A thread

Very proud to share our most recent work, now out in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 We show that brief noradrenergic signals in the orbitofrontal cortex, triggered by surprising rewards, support reversal learning and predict how quickly animals adapt. www.cell.com/cell-reports...

Orbitofrontal noradrenaline acts as an early gate for reversal learning

Piccin et al. find that surprising rewards trigger brief orbitofrontal noradrenergic bursts whose magnitude predicts reversal learning speed. Targeted manipulation of noradrenergic neurons projecting ...

cell.com

So grateful to share the "first" preprint from the lab. Long overdue but I am very happy about the work which has been done in my team. We explored how the consumption of different obesogenic diets during adolescence was having long-term impact impact goal-directed and habitual behaviours. A thread

bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Adolescent obesity induces sex-specific alterations of action control https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.29.702500v1

Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Why we have to continue with animal testing for medical research | Letters

Letters: Dr Robin Lovell-Badge and Prof Emma Robinson respond to an editorial on using new technologies to reduce the reliance on animal experiments

theguardian.com

📢 EBBS Travel Awards for FENS 2026! EBBS is offering 6 travel grants (PhD students & early postdocs) to attend the FENS Forum 2026 in Barcelona 💸€700 support, in-person participation required 🗓️Deadline: 12 January 2026 More info 👉 www.ebbs-science.org/EBBS_awards#...

Possibility for a Eastbio funded PhD in my group at the @rowettinstitute.bsky.social @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social. This is a highly competitive process: applicants should hold a 1st BSc Honours or 2:1 MSc degree in neuroscience. A single applicant per project will be interviewed. shorturl.at/rd669

EastBio: Too sweet: how early life sugar consumption shapes brain and behaviour at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - EastBio: Too sweet: how early life sugar consumption shapes brain and behaviour at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

findaphd.com

Entering in my 40s with style. This year has been bumpy on so many aspects but the continuous support of @katepeters3.bsky.social and this little research trip in Canada have been the highlight!

Excellent talk by @katepeters3.bsky.social, who visited us at @notts-psych.bsky.social today to speak about "Effects of environmental enrichment in reducing food seeking and the role of corticolimbic circuits"

I am attending the #FENS2026 forum in Barcelona next July. And I am over the moon that our symposium with @borglandlab.bsky.social, Serge Luquet and @dr-ahorstmann.bsky.social on "Neurobiological mechanisms on the cognitive control of feeding in the modern food environment" was accepted!

We can have sun (sometime) in the North of Scotland. And the Old @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social campus looks always beautiful.

I had the best time at the @hotchkissbrain.bsky.social @ucalgary.bsky.social this last month. Thank you @borglandlab.bsky.social for having me around 🥰😍. I hope it is the start of a long and fruitful collaboration together.

Very nice and detailed review in @npp-journal.bsky.social on "Prefrontal cortex development and its implications in mental illness" from Laura DeNardo and colleagues. rdcu.be/euCIP

Prefrontal cortex development and its implications in mental illness

Neuropsychopharmacology - Prefrontal cortex development and its implications in mental illness

rdcu.be

@ebbsociety.bsky.social starting 🔥🥵 in Bordeaux

Spent the last two days as an observer on different grant panel boards. First the MRC @ukri.org then the @wellcometrust.bsky.social . Enriching and genuinely very informative experience I would recommend especially for young PIs. www.ukri.org/what-we-do/d... wellcome.org/research-fun...

MRC board and panel observer scheme

This scheme offers the opportunity for early to mid-career researchers to observe an MRC board or panel funding meeting and how the funding decisions are made.

ukri.org

Had the best past month having finally @katepeters3.bsky.social in Aberdeen. Both working and enjoying what felt like normal life. Can't wait to do this again with my partner in crime.

How does environmental enrichment affect food seeking? We show reduced cue evoked food seeking following just 24hrs of EE accompanied by cell type specific alterations in the mPFC as well as important contributions of a sucrose cue ensemble #fridayscience doi.org/10.1038/s413...

Prelimbic cortical excitatory overdrive and inhibitory underdrive accompany environmental suppression of food seeking - Neuropsychopharmacology

Neuropsychopharmacology - Prelimbic cortical excitatory overdrive and inhibitory underdrive accompany environmental suppression of food seeking

doi.org

We are Kate and Fabien. We are both scientists. We are both bi and in a straight-passing relationship. And we wish you a Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈 #queeratwork #queerathome #queerinthelab @katepeters3.bsky.social

And Kiltwalk Aberdeen 2025 is done ! 29km/18miles in 5h16. Such fun with @katepeters3.bsky.social

Last week before the KiltWalk. Help us to reach our goal www.justgiving.com/team/frog-ro...

The Frog & Rosbif

Help Fabien Naneix raise money to support RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution

justgiving.com

I swear this is for work.

it was a real pleasure to have @katepeters3.bsky.social from @sussexneuro.bsky.social giving a very engaging talk on the effect of environmental enrichment on food seeking at the @rowettinstitute.bsky.social. Thanks to the @royalsoced.bsky.social to fund our project allowing her to be here.

My nicely organised planning for May-June: an analogy

a man in a suit and hat is sitting in an old car

ALT: a man in a suit and hat is sitting in an old car

media.tenor.com

@womeninneurouk.bsky.social seriously cool symposium at #BNA2025 from Women in Neuroscience discussing sex and gender disparities in neuroscience and beyond. Favourite talk so far on differences in injury mechanisms for female rugby players 🤯