If you’re attending SBN, be sure to stop by graduate student Beatriz Brandao’s poster 2.29 “Hormonal Context, Symptom Expression, and Emotion Regulation Across the Menstrual Cycle” today (Fri, July 10) from 4:30-6:30 in Cascades Ballroom 2! #SBN2026

Deadline extended until August! Feel free to reach out if you want to check article fit within the special collection. Anything related to depression in aging is of interest 🤍

Stephanie Leal (Leal Memory Lab)@lealmemorylab.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣Call for papers on the “Management of depression in older adults”. 📣 I am guesting editing this collection at Scientific Reports. Feel free to reach out to determine fit in the collection! Submissions due May 21, 2026. www.nature.com/collections/...

Honored to hood not one but two PhD students this year! They’ve grown into outstanding scientists, and I’m grateful to have been part of their journey. So proud. 🥹 Congratulations, Dr. Morales-Calva @morales-calva.bsky.social & Dr. Clark! 🎓 @ricegradschool.bsky.social

I am immensely proud of Dr. Fernanda Morales-Calva @morales-calva.bsky.social for successfully defending her dissertation today! Her research examining how culture shapes memory is so important, and I’m lucky to have worked beside her these past 5 yrs. Congratulations Dr. Morales-Calva! 🥹

I am immensely proud of Dr. Kayla Clark for successfully defending her dissertation last week. Her research examining post-encoding music effects on memory have been outstanding, and I’m so lucky to have been a part of seeing her grow as a scientist. Congratulations Dr. Clark! 🥹

Agreed! Thanks for writing this important viewpoint - I talk about this all the time as well @suthanalab.bsky.social

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 6mo ago

If neuroscience is serious about building general principles of brain function, cross-species dialogue must become a core organizing principle rather than an afterthought, writes @suthanalab.bsky.social. #neuroskyence www.thetransmitter.org/animal-model...

📣Call for papers on the “Management of depression in older adults”. 📣 I am guesting editing this collection at Scientific Reports. Feel free to reach out to determine fit in the collection! Submissions due May 21, 2026. www.nature.com/collections/...

🚨Check out our latest paper from the lab! Great work @morales-calva.bsky.social !

Fernanda Morales-Calva@morales-calva.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Excited to share our latest paper out examining the relationship of image memorability through a mnemonic discrimination lens rdcu.be/eL0IC @lealmemorylab.bsky.social

If you are applying to a PhD program, be sure to check out these tips! 👇👇👇 www.science.org/content/arti...

Applying for a Ph.D.? These 10 tips can help you succeed

Our Letters to Young Scientists columnists offer their advice

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Make your voice impossible to ignore. If you support the Menopause Care Equity Act let @gavinnewsom.bsky.social know in the link below 👇🏼 #AB432

🚨Attending ISPNE in New Orleans?🚨 Be sure to stop by graduate student Beatriz Brandao’s poster today 9/3 5:30 - 8 pm. She will be discussing results from her recently published Hormones & Behavior paper examining emotion regulation and memory in hormonal contraceptive users!

Check out a new preprint from Adi, postdoc working with me and Jeff Zacks. I’m *extremely* excited to finally, officially get this out into the world 🙂

Adi Upadhyayula@adibuoy23.bsky.social · 11mo ago

1/ 🚨 Preprint alert! How does the brain make sense of continuous experience? We find that continuous experiences can be compressed using a subset of key moments that dominate comprehension and recall. 👉 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.30.673233

Check out our latest paper published in Hormones & Behavior! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We found that hormonal contraceptive users were better able to apply trained emotion regulation strategies, which reduced negative memory!

Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

What we discover at UCLA goes far beyond our lab - this work is meant to make an impact on society to change how we treat conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and PTSD. #ResearchPowersProgress 🧠🎼💙💛 newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/mus...

Congratulations @morales-calva.bsky.social! 2025 best article in CABN ❤️ If you haven’t read it yet, be sure to check it out. Link below 👇🏻

Psychonomic Society@psychonomicsociety.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The Psychonomic Society is pleased to announce that Fernanda Morales-Calva has been honored with the 2025 Best Article Award for CABN. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition. Read the paper here: bit.ly/4ooPcuL #psynomCABN @F_Morales_Calva

We’re hiring! Pls share widely: In conjunction w/ the @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social, my team is recruiting a full-time clinical research coordinator to assist with research efforts at UC Santa Barbara. 1-2 yrs experience in MRI data collection preferred. Submit apps to: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974

Fun chat with @theguardian about the power of music in stirring up our emotions and how that impacts our memories 🎶

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Does a song conjure painful memories? Try to rehabilitate it, say scientists

Learn about our work towards earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease. Despite NIH-funding being delayed, terminated, and uncertain, we are fiercely committed to these goals! Link for donations to support our work is at the bottom of the page, or reach out. giving.massgeneral.org/stories/earl...

Earlier Detection of Alzheimer’s Could Help Reduce Its Most Devastating Effects

Heidi Jacobs, PhD, is a leader in Alzheimer’s disease research whose personal experience with the disease strengthens her passion for finding a cure — something she is well on her way to achieving.

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🚨Attending SBN?🚨 Stop by graduate student Beatriz Brandao’s poster tomorrow Tuesday July 15 4:30-6:30pm (Poster Session 2, #32) examining the impact of hormonal contraceptive use on memory and emotion regulation! #SBN2025

Exciting to see our work featured in Forbes!

Eva Amsen@evaamsen.com · last yr.

Emotional music makes it easier to remember, but whether we remember details depends on how strong that emotion is. 🧪 #scicomm www.forbes.com/sites/evaams...

Do you ever get tired of cables getting caught as you're putting a research subject into the MRI scanner? Do you wish you had a 3D-printable model of clips that slide into the slot on the side of your Siemens MRI scanner bed? Well look no further! github.com/Kirwanlab/MR...

GitHub - Kirwanlab/MR-compatible-clips: STL files for 3D printing MR-compatible clips for a Siemens scanner

STL files for 3D printing MR-compatible clips for a Siemens scanner - Kirwanlab/MR-compatible-clips

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🚨Check out our latest work published in The Journal of Neuroscience! We examined post-encoding music impacts on memory and found gist verses detail tradeoffs in memory that depended on music-induced emotional arousal. 🎼

SfN Journals@sfnjournals.bsky.social · last yr.

New in #JNeurosci from Clark and Leal: How strongly music arouses emotions in people influences which aspects of their memories are improved by music. vist.ly/3n7prv5

Electric art by Saiman Chow for today's essay: Everything, everywhere, all at once: Inside the chaos of Alzheimer’s disease. by Michael A. Yassa @thetransmitter.bsky.social: www.thetransmitter.org/alzheimers-d... #sciart

Everything, everywhere, all at once: Inside the chaos of Alzheimer’s disease

To truly understand Alzheimer’s disease, we may need to take a systems approach, in which inflammation, vascular injury, impaired glucose metabolism and other factors interact in complex ways.

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🚨Attending APS 2025?🚨 Be sure to stop by @morales-calva.bsky.social poster TODAY from 4-5pm! Fernanda will be presenting her work examining cultural impacts on perception and memory. Details below. #APS25DC

Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara! We're hiring a full-time junior specialist/research technician to play a central role in data collection & analysis of brain imaging studies of pregnancy & menopause. Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974 Or help us spread the word 💫

So incredibly proud of the two graduates from the lab today!! Lorena is the first PhD student to graduate from my lab, and Maddie received her Masters along the way to her PhD! Enjoy and celebrate these moments! 💙

New opportunity for Bay Area undergrads to gain computational neuroscience exposure and training! I’m teaming up with @neuronush.bsky.social to offer this to students in our communities 💕🧠🧪 Please share with any students who might be interested! Tiny.cc/ucsfcompneuro

The 2025 @alzassociation.bsky.social Alzheimer's Disease Facts & Figures report is out today! Once again, I was honored to work on this report with our crack team of researchers and provide the most up to date information on this devastating condition #AlzheimersinAmerica www.alz.org/alzheimers-d...

Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures

Read the 2025 report to understand the burden of Alzheimer's and dementia on individuals, caregivers, government and the nation's health care system.

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Nearly 800 NIH grants have been terminated so far, including some focused on HIV and AIDS, trans health, and COVID-19, after researchers were told their work was no longer an agency priority. https://cbsn.ws/3YkDndI