Final science sessions of #SSIB2026 ORAL SESSION 8: CIRCUIT CITY: CONNECTIONS IN INGESTIVE BEHAVIOR ORAL SESSION
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Sarah Stern
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Neuroscientist at Max Planck Florida Institute. Mom x3. New Yorker at heart. She/her
NITA Symposium at #SSIB2026 First with Justin Sung with great work on food uncertainty @ssibsociety.bsky.social
Amazing first keynote lecture at #ssib2026 from Camilla Nord, a masterclass on interoception and the intersection between metabolism and psychiatry. @ssibsociety.bsky.social
In @sarahstern.bsky.social's lab @mpfneuro.bsky.social, Sébastien Bullich + Elisa Mizrachi study the #neurobiology of how chronic stress contributes to eating disorders, and why they impact men & women differently. What did they learn from a mouse model of sustained stress hormone exposure? 🧵 (1/4)
We noticed something interesting (and frustrating) this winter because we had a number of cold spells here in Florida - when humidity drops, the food in our cages loses moisture and therefore weight, artificially increasing our food consumption measures. Curious if anyone else has noticed this?
Circuit mapping of PKCdelta–expressing neurons in the lateral capsule of the CeA identified opioid-sensitive inputs, implicating central amygdala protein kinase C-delta neurons as key mediators of the somatic features of opioid withdrawal
Central amygdalar PKCδ neurons mediate fentanyl withdrawal
Neuropsychopharmacology - Central amygdalar PKCδ neurons mediate fentanyl withdrawal
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So excited to finally be on this list!! Third time’s a charm 😜 Thanks to all those who wrote me letters, gave advice and extended meeting invites over the years!
Susanne Ahmari@ahmarilab.bsky.social · 8mo agoCongrats to all of the new @acnporg.bsky.social Associate Members!!! #ACNP2026
Thrilled that we could play a small role in this very exciting work! Congratulations Yoav and team!
Yoav Livneh@yoavlivneh.bsky.social · 9mo agolab preprint! Interopceptive predictions are central to many brain-body interactions theories, but it's unclear if/how they affect bodily physiology. We (fearless Einav Litvak et al) show that insular cortex predictions are essential for glucose homeostasis-THREAD.. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Second Stern Lab escape room outing. Even when things feel difficult, I’m so grateful to be able to work with these fantastic people every day!
Today, after two years, I can finally remove the yellow ribbon from my profile. A huge sense of relief with an almost unbearable sadness for everything in between. שהחינו וקימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה
Episode 3 of Science Amplified is up now! I talk to Dr. Rachel Marsh about her pioneering research on mother-baby outcomes from prenatal covid exposure and the consequences of terminating her funding for that project. Please share and give us a rating! open.spotify.com/episode/0rCp...
Science Amplified with Rachel Marsh
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Heading into the weekend by sharing the second episode of my podcast Science Amplified, where I interview scientists like @ScienceYael whose funding has been cut, either temporarily or permanently. open.spotify.com/episode/1YZT...
Science Amplified with Ya'el Courtney
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Please double check the expiration date on any NOFO you are applying do. They are updated on the form, (Expiration date) with a link to the notice, but other aspects aren't edited.
Gabi Serrato Marks@gserratomarks.bsky.social · last yr.NIH moved up the expiration date for some funding opportunities, effectively *canceling* the next application date without removing it from the standard table. I can't even imagine how many people are still prepping these grants. 👀 List of impacted opportunities: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
The number of people who qualify for this is growing everyday. Have your voice, and your science, heard!
Sarah Stern@sarahstern.bsky.social · last yr.If you’re a scientist whose funding has recently been cut or impacted, I would love to interview you and amplify your work! Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week. Please share widely!
Thrilled to share our latest preprint and first major project from the lab, where we show a mechanism for direct interoceptive input to the insular cortex. Work by the incredible @zhezhao2017 with help from many others including @stefanoberto83.bsky.social
bioRxiv Neuroscience@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social · last yr.Direct interoceptive input to the insular cortex shapes learned feeding behavior https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.13.653896v1
As grants started getting cancelled a few months ago, I felt compelled to give a voice to scientists whose work has been targeted & share with the public what they do and why it’s so vital. Happy to announce the start of my new podcast, Science Amplified open.spotify.com/episode/6aUZ...
Science Amplified: Intro
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Celebrating the first major paper submitted from our lab, with a Herculean effort from our postdoc Zhe, and many colleagues! Can’t wait to share more once the preprint posts!
If you’re a scientist whose funding has recently been cut or impacted, I would love to interview you and amplify your work! Hoping to release our first two podcast episodes next week. Please share widely!
Highly recommend for stress relief. A little progress every day.
I was told that prices were gonna come down, but my eggs are $6, the entire American scientific enterprise is in jeopardy and now we can’t even get on an airplane without worrying? What am I missing.
😳🤯. Dr. Laurer was the coauthor of the memo yesterday acknowledging that the NIH funding freeze was illegal and directing staff to resume issuing grants.
Meg Tirrell@megtirrell.bsky.social · 2y agoA second longtime NIH leader, Dr. Mike Lauer, NIH deputy director for extramural research, is also retiring from government service tomorrow, we've learned, per memo to colleagues from acting director Dr. Matthew Memoli
Is it odd that I’m sort of like “well, if my R01 that’s been reviewed today is not discussed, at least I won’t have to worry about whether or not it will actually be funded” 🤷♀️
Trainees who applied for an NIH diversity fellowship whose applications were withdrawn/not being reviewed, there's a NYTimes reporter who wants to talk, especially interested in applicants with disabilities. DM me & I'll put you in touch, will keep all contact confidential. Please amplify
Since Oct 7th I have felt in a constant state of bleakness. Keeping my lab going, working on our science and trying to help my trainees fulfill their goals has kept me going and been the distraction that I need every day. Now, every day is another punch in the gut at lab too. Tbh, I am very tired.
This is insanity. Why couldn’t they put these applications into the regular pool instead of throwing them out completely??
Jeff Weiner@jlweiner.bsky.social · 2y agoThe CSR comm I'm on just pulled all Diversity F grants from the current review cycle. These apps are reviewed alongside (and by the same criteria) as all other F grants. So, instead of helping these trainees, they will actually be punished by having their grant reviews delayed at least 1 cycle !?!?
🧪🧠 more new red GECIs!🚨 👏🥳 congrats to everyone involved!
@piatkevich.bsky.social · 2y agoA Sensitive Soma-localized Red Fluorescent Calcium Indicator for Multi-Modality Imaging of Neuronal Populations In Vivo. It works well with wide-field imaging, two-photon microscopy, and fiber photometry biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
In fact I have heard that some think the comms freeze at NIH institutes will last through April. There are events in April that have already been canceled.
From inside the National Cancer Institute -- employees have been told that the communications freeze, which was theoretically going to be lifted by Feb 1, is still in place.
