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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 2d

Homecoming, Eberly College of Science style #WeAre @pennstateuniv.bsky.social

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davidweinshenker.bsky.social @davidweinshenker.bsky.social · 3d

Excited to share the Special Issue on "Stress and Addiction" in Addiction Neuroscience is now available. Huge kudos to guest editors Karl Schmidt and Anushree Karkhanis and all the authors who contributed. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Addiction Neuroscience | Stress <-> Addiction | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Stress and drugs of abuse have a bidirectional relationship, such that stress is often seen as a driver of drug use, while at the same time drug use/abuse alters stress responses. Acute exposure to a ...

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Matt Hill @cannabrain.bsky.social · 11d

Horror movies lists for Halloween season starting tomorrow. No one is more excited then @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social

a person in a scream mask is standing in front of a stainless steel refrigerator

ALT: a person in a scream mask is standing in front of a stainless steel refrigerator

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 10d

I am SO thrilled for all of us (whispers: I could have sworn I muted this topic)

Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 24d

The area is popular for its mountains, parks, streams, and superb sports and recreational opportunities with easy access to many east coast cities. State College has an excellent school system and offers many cultural events

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 24d

PSU is a Land Grant University with an impressive record of grantsmanship, discoveries, publications, and mentored researchers, and surpassed $1.3B in research expenditures last year. State College and the surrounding communities are home to ~100,000 people, including over 45,000 students.

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 24d

The Dept is an extremely friendly and scientifically diverse department. Faculty will have the opportunity to be a part of The Huck, which maintains 11 core facilities and oversees about 30 institutes/centers, 6 interdisciplinary graduate programs, and the Penn State Neuroscience Institute

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 24d

WE ARE... hiring!

Penn State Biology & the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences is recruiting a tenure track or tenured neurobiologist (Assistant or Associate Professor rank), and the committee is open to a broad scope of scientific questions.

psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...

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Caitlin Vander Weele, PhD @caitvw.bsky.social · 26d

I was going to write a whole post about all this incredible work with all these amazing scientists and organizations, but I’ll just leave @stellatecomms.bsky.social design sizzle reel here.

It speaks for itself.

youtu.be/x2O7DkpIoCA?...

Stellate Communications Reel

YouTube video by Stellate Communications

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Seth Bordenstein @symbionticism.bsky.social · 27d

OPEN INVITATION to the One Health Microbiome Symposium, May 13-14, 2026!! This is not your typical siloed topic conference. It unifies diverse research fields in microbiome science across Ag, Envtl, and Human Health. 1/n

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2026 One Health Microbiome Symposium

The 2026 One Health Microbiome Symposium will be hosted at Penn State University. Abstract submissions will open early 2026.

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · 28d

Probably my one and only time with a game view like this!

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P-SPINE @spinephilly.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are excited to announce our 2025 SPINE Fellows! We also appreciate everyone who submitted applications this year - it was great to read about everyone's awesome science! If you have not already, please register for SPINE by 9/24 and submit poster abstracts by 9/22 (extended) at spinephilly.org!

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James Hyman @jamesmhyman.bsky.social · Sep 11

Really excited that our special collection generated from the last CPPC conference is in the Journal of Neuroscience. Check out this article for a preview of all the great work featured.

w/ @erinlrich.bsky.social @narayananlab.bsky.social and Jeremy Seamans

www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...

Computational Properties of the Prefrontal Cortex

The term “prefrontal” appears to have been coined in the first volume of Brain in the context of describing the curious case of Phineas Gage, inspired by the skull anatomy of fish (Girard, 1851; Anon,...

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · Sep 11

loved this conference and very much looking forward to the next one

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · Sep 10

Victoria is a PhD student in the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences Program within Penn State’s Huck Institutes, and current T32 fellow on our NINDS Cross Disciplinary Neural Engineering Training Program, working on estrogen interactions with PFC brain circuits.

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · Sep 10

HUGE CONGRATS to Victoria Nudell for receiving the NOA on her NIAAA F30 NRSA award. This is the first F30 fellowship for our lab!! Many thanks to her co-mentor Leon Coleman at UNC for his guidance and support of double docs, and to NIAAA to continue to support our work and vision.

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Dr. Nikki Crowley @nicoleacrowley.bsky.social · Aug 26

kindergarten and 5th! work friends are in for a real treat as Alice has planned a week of matching dresses to celebrate 😂

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Cheryl Keller @cherylkeller.bsky.social · Aug 22

Excited to announce that I’ll be the Director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences Genomics Core Facility starting mid September 🧬🧪🧫

www.psu.edu/news/huck-in...

New director appointed at Huck Institutes Genomics Core | Penn State University

Research Professor Cheryl Keller has been named the new director of the Genomics Core Facility in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.

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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · Aug 8

Join us in Congratulating the 2025 ACNP Travel Award Class! 🙌🎉

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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · Aug 8

and here is the key, "The clear message to emerge here is that the reporting of both methods and results needs to be improved." does not equal a replication crisis or indicate that studies cannot be replicated. It is a problem. It just isn't that particular problem.