Anita Devineni
@anitadevineni.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Emory studying neural circuits and behavior in flies (she/her). Views are my own. https://devinenilab.org/
Our paper on the counterintuitive effects of activating dopamine "reward" neurons is out now!
Props to all the trainees, especially Fio Lozada-Perdomo and Yuzhen Chen who did most of the work. Yuzhen is applying for PhD programs now and you'd be lucky to get her!
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Props to all the trainees, especially Fio Lozada-Perdomo and Yuzhen Chen who did most of the work. Yuzhen is applying for PhD programs now and you'd be lucky to get her!
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Dual roles of Drosophila reward-encoding dopamine neurons in regulating innate and learned behaviors
Neuroscience; Behavioral neuroscience
www.cell.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Our paper on the counterintuitive effects of activating dopamine "reward" neurons is out now!
Props to all the trainees, especially Fio Lozada-Perdomo and Yuzhen Chen who did most of the work. Yuzhen is applying for PhD programs now and you'd be lucky to get her!
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
Props to all the trainees, especially Fio Lozada-Perdomo and Yuzhen Chen who did most of the work. Yuzhen is applying for PhD programs now and you'd be lucky to get her!
www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
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While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
While pregnant, Tierra Walker had a cascade of health complications that threatened her life.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Of more than 90 doctors who were involved in her care, not one offered her an abortion, according to medical records.
Reminder for neuro postdocs on the market - apply for this soon! Emory Biology is a fantastic place to start a lab
My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!
apply.interfolio.com/174371
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November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Reminder for neuro postdocs on the market - apply for this soon! Emory Biology is a fantastic place to start a lab
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
Fantastic opportunity for a senior PI. Atlanta has an amazing neuroscience and neuroengineering community ✨
Garrett Stanley and I are leading the recruitment of a senior faculty position in BME at Georgia Tech and Emory, focused on Neural Engineering. Come talk to us, we're looking for a leader in research and training, in areas with neurotranslation potential.
More details here:
lnkd.in/eusCqCSR
More details here:
lnkd.in/eusCqCSR
November 16, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Fantastic opportunity for a senior PI. Atlanta has an amazing neuroscience and neuroengineering community ✨
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Hearing a rumor that NIH/HHS may now plan to retaliate against other Bethesda Declaration signers.
I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research.
As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/
I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research.
As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/
November 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hearing a rumor that NIH/HHS may now plan to retaliate against other Bethesda Declaration signers.
I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research.
As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/
I am one, but it’s not about me: we have been speaking out because of the ongoing damage to US medical research, cancer and Alzheimer’s research.
As @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social put well: 1/
This is very, very bad. Call your reps, speak out, demand that NIH be led by expert scientists and not political cronies.
A bad thing is unfolding at NIH this week: It looks like the Trump administration is trying to replace key civil servant scientific leaders, the Institute Directors, with political hires. These directors control the NIH budget, tens of billions.
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
A bit of a video explainer here: 1/ 🧪
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is very, very bad. Call your reps, speak out, demand that NIH be led by expert scientists and not political cronies.
Join us at the Drosophila meeting #Dros26 in Chicago next March! Abstract submission closes TOMORROW!!!
I'll be co-chairing the Neural Circuits and Behavior session and encourage neuro peeps to submit!! 🪰 + 🧠 = ❤️
I'll be co-chairing the Neural Circuits and Behavior session and encourage neuro peeps to submit!! 🪰 + 🧠 = ❤️
Homepage - 67th Annual Drosophila Research Conference
Visit our website to learn more.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Join us at the Drosophila meeting #Dros26 in Chicago next March! Abstract submission closes TOMORROW!!!
I'll be co-chairing the Neural Circuits and Behavior session and encourage neuro peeps to submit!! 🪰 + 🧠 = ❤️
I'll be co-chairing the Neural Circuits and Behavior session and encourage neuro peeps to submit!! 🪰 + 🧠 = ❤️
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This admin is absolutely dedicated to the noble cause of taking food away from hungry people. They’re working overtime. They’re fighting tooth and nail. They’re going above and beyond. Using your taxpayer dollars to advance their mission of stealing more from working people.
November 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This admin is absolutely dedicated to the noble cause of taking food away from hungry people. They’re working overtime. They’re fighting tooth and nail. They’re going above and beyond. Using your taxpayer dollars to advance their mission of stealing more from working people.
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Republicans are going to extraordinary lengths to starve children in the United States. They will not be satisfied until people die from their policies.
Call and write to your Republican representatives, and when they ignore you, consider protesting at their offices.
Call and write to your Republican representatives, and when they ignore you, consider protesting at their offices.
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Republicans are going to extraordinary lengths to starve children in the United States. They will not be satisfied until people die from their policies.
Call and write to your Republican representatives, and when they ignore you, consider protesting at their offices.
Call and write to your Republican representatives, and when they ignore you, consider protesting at their offices.
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Excited to share my most recent postdoctoral work in the Jeanne lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social !
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics
Extracting relevant features of a complex sensory signal typically involves sequential processing through multiple brain regions. However, identifying the logic and mechanisms of these transformations...
www.biorxiv.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Excited to share my most recent postdoctoral work in the Jeanne lab @yaleneuro.bsky.social !
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
“Sensory processing reformats odor coding around valence and dynamics”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We ask: how is a sensory code transformed across multiple stages of processing to inform behavior?
Fantastic postdoc opportunity at Emory for ppl interested in interdisciplinary science, especially theoretical approaches to biology. You get to pursue a semi-independent research program. Deadline is Dec 1 but you must identify potential mentors beforehand!
faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155512/...
faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155512/...
Careers | Emory University | Atlanta GA
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November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Fantastic postdoc opportunity at Emory for ppl interested in interdisciplinary science, especially theoretical approaches to biology. You get to pursue a semi-independent research program. Deadline is Dec 1 but you must identify potential mentors beforehand!
faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155512/...
faculty-emory.icims.com/jobs/155512/...
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
So I guess our government is going to continue illegally murdering civilians without anyone stopping them?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
U.S. Military Kills 14 More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on Boats
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So I guess our government is going to continue illegally murdering civilians without anyone stopping them?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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Our newest preprint! Work led by Ben Dykstra (co-mentored by @gordonberman.bsky.social). Some of the first recordings from the iCA3 region during social behaviors. Ben found that iCA3 neurons more strongly represent social recognition information relative to iCA1 . www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
www.biorxiv.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Our newest preprint! Work led by Ben Dykstra (co-mentored by @gordonberman.bsky.social). Some of the first recordings from the iCA3 region during social behaviors. Ben found that iCA3 neurons more strongly represent social recognition information relative to iCA1 . www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
Oh, I thought 42 million people losing the ability to buy groceries was "just" collateral damage of the shutdown, I didn't realize that there is $ available for exactly this situation but the government is refusing to use it because they want people to go hungry
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump Administration Won’t Use Emergency Funds for Food Stamps During Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Oh, I thought 42 million people losing the ability to buy groceries was "just" collateral damage of the shutdown, I didn't realize that there is $ available for exactly this situation but the government is refusing to use it because they want people to go hungry
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
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My reax to the big planned NIH shutdown firing news from @politico.com:
The Project 2025 ppl didn’t do big (illegal) NIH firings because they know there would be public outcry.
Keep speaking up!
The Project 2025 ppl didn’t do big (illegal) NIH firings because they know there would be public outcry.
Keep speaking up!
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
My reax to the big planned NIH shutdown firing news from @politico.com:
The Project 2025 ppl didn’t do big (illegal) NIH firings because they know there would be public outcry.
Keep speaking up!
The Project 2025 ppl didn’t do big (illegal) NIH firings because they know there would be public outcry.
Keep speaking up!
I’ll be co-chairing a session on Neural Circuits and Behavior at #Dros26! 🪰
Fly neuro friends, please submit abstracts! Our session will be 🔥
Deadline Nov 13
Fly neuro friends, please submit abstracts! Our session will be 🔥
Deadline Nov 13
Abstract submission for #Dros26 is now open! 🪰
Browse abstract submission topics online and start preparing your abstract today.
Learn more: buff.ly/N0ajcpu
Browse abstract submission topics online and start preparing your abstract today.
Learn more: buff.ly/N0ajcpu
October 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I’ll be co-chairing a session on Neural Circuits and Behavior at #Dros26! 🪰
Fly neuro friends, please submit abstracts! Our session will be 🔥
Deadline Nov 13
Fly neuro friends, please submit abstracts! Our session will be 🔥
Deadline Nov 13
"Mr. Johnson appears to be using the considerable power of the speakership to render the House irrelevant."
He has refused to let the House meet for over a month, meaning he has no job to do but continues to get paid while nearly all other federal workers do not
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
He has refused to let the House meet for over a month, meaning he has no job to do but continues to get paid while nearly all other federal workers do not
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Mr. Johnson appears to be using the considerable power of the speakership to render the House irrelevant."
He has refused to let the House meet for over a month, meaning he has no job to do but continues to get paid while nearly all other federal workers do not
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
He has refused to let the House meet for over a month, meaning he has no job to do but continues to get paid while nearly all other federal workers do not
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...
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Excited to announce our new pre-print (www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...)!
This collaborative work (co-led by Adriane Otopalik and Gerry Rubin) examines how neuronal circuits regulate social behaviors, like courtship🫶 and aggression🥊, across sexes. #neuroscience #Drosophila #WomenInSTEM 🧪1/
This collaborative work (co-led by Adriane Otopalik and Gerry Rubin) examines how neuronal circuits regulate social behaviors, like courtship🫶 and aggression🥊, across sexes. #neuroscience #Drosophila #WomenInSTEM 🧪1/
October 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Excited to announce our new pre-print (www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...)!
This collaborative work (co-led by Adriane Otopalik and Gerry Rubin) examines how neuronal circuits regulate social behaviors, like courtship🫶 and aggression🥊, across sexes. #neuroscience #Drosophila #WomenInSTEM 🧪1/
This collaborative work (co-led by Adriane Otopalik and Gerry Rubin) examines how neuronal circuits regulate social behaviors, like courtship🫶 and aggression🥊, across sexes. #neuroscience #Drosophila #WomenInSTEM 🧪1/
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There is still “an urgent need for donations from the community,” says Eric Lai, president of the Fly Board.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...
FlyBase secures funding for year, but future still uncertain
The FlyBase team’s fundraising efforts have proven successful in the short term, but restoration of its federal grant remains uncertain.
www.thetransmitter.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There is still “an urgent need for donations from the community,” says Eric Lai, president of the Fly Board.
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...
By @callimcflurry.bsky.social
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl...
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Adding up firings, forced retirements, and resignations since January, CDC has lost 30% of its workforce
1 in 3 CDC staff are gone. We have never been less ready for a large-scale emergency response than we are now
CDC, our union is fighting these illegal firings. Join today www.afge2883ga.org
1 in 3 CDC staff are gone. We have never been less ready for a large-scale emergency response than we are now
CDC, our union is fighting these illegal firings. Join today www.afge2883ga.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Adding up firings, forced retirements, and resignations since January, CDC has lost 30% of its workforce
1 in 3 CDC staff are gone. We have never been less ready for a large-scale emergency response than we are now
CDC, our union is fighting these illegal firings. Join today www.afge2883ga.org
1 in 3 CDC staff are gone. We have never been less ready for a large-scale emergency response than we are now
CDC, our union is fighting these illegal firings. Join today www.afge2883ga.org
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
n.pr
October 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.