Nafisa Jadavji, PhD, FAHA
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🇨🇦 Nutritional Neuroscientist 🧠. Wife. Mom. PI of #JadavjiLab: we study the brain, aging, and nutrition. #NewPI. https://jadavjilaboratory.academicwebsite.com/
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#JadavjiLab’s first Drosophila melanogaster study has been accepted and is available online! #AcademicSky
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R4E is participating in #GivingTuesday! Please consider donating to a community-led education initiative to increase adoption of open research practices at scale. #R4EtaughtMe
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November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
R4E is participating in #GivingTuesday! Please consider donating to a community-led education initiative to increase adoption of open research practices at scale. #R4EtaughtMe
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📣 Giving Tuesday starts next week (12/2)!
🙏 We raise funds to help increase our fellowship funds, provide travel stipends for young scientists to attend our National Conference, and help improve our quality programming.
Donate here!
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🙏 We raise funds to help increase our fellowship funds, provide travel stipends for young scientists to attend our National Conference, and help improve our quality programming.
Donate here!
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#GWIS
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📣 Giving Tuesday starts next week (12/2)!
🙏 We raise funds to help increase our fellowship funds, provide travel stipends for young scientists to attend our National Conference, and help improve our quality programming.
Donate here!
👉 www.gwis.org/page/donatio...
#GWIS
🙏 We raise funds to help increase our fellowship funds, provide travel stipends for young scientists to attend our National Conference, and help improve our quality programming.
Donate here!
👉 www.gwis.org/page/donatio...
#GWIS
What makes our MBBS graduate program at SIU Carbondale stand out?
- Concentrations in Carbondale include Molecular & Integrative Physiology.
- Study at an elite research university: Explore cutting-edge research at a R1.
Learn more and apply today! www.siumed.edu/mbbs
#AcademicSkye
- Concentrations in Carbondale include Molecular & Integrative Physiology.
- Study at an elite research university: Explore cutting-edge research at a R1.
Learn more and apply today! www.siumed.edu/mbbs
#AcademicSkye
Multidisciplinary Biomedical & Biological Sciences (MBBS) Graduate Program | SIU School of Medicine
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine's Multidisciplinary Biomedical & Biological Sciences (MBBS) Graduate Program offers flexible MS and PhD degrees with diverse concentrations and…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
What makes our MBBS graduate program at SIU Carbondale stand out?
- Concentrations in Carbondale include Molecular & Integrative Physiology.
- Study at an elite research university: Explore cutting-edge research at a R1.
Learn more and apply today! www.siumed.edu/mbbs
#AcademicSkye
- Concentrations in Carbondale include Molecular & Integrative Physiology.
- Study at an elite research university: Explore cutting-edge research at a R1.
Learn more and apply today! www.siumed.edu/mbbs
#AcademicSkye
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As it's hiring season again I'm resharing the NeuroJobs feed. Add #NeuroJobs to your post if you're recruiting or looking for an RA, PhD, Postdoc, or faculty position in Neuro or an adjacent field.
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September 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
As it's hiring season again I'm resharing the NeuroJobs feed. Add #NeuroJobs to your post if you're recruiting or looking for an RA, PhD, Postdoc, or faculty position in Neuro or an adjacent field.
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To outsiders, taking stool samples constantly might seem disgusting, but faeces provide a window into human health. "It’s a little bit gross, but that’s just our best way to access this incredible and important biodiversity," Mathieu Groussin tells Nature Careers. #Academicsky 🧪
Waste not: how researchers harness pee and poo for science
It might seem gross, but these materials are treasure troves for research.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
To outsiders, taking stool samples constantly might seem disgusting, but faeces provide a window into human health. "It’s a little bit gross, but that’s just our best way to access this incredible and important biodiversity," Mathieu Groussin tells Nature Careers. #Academicsky 🧪
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🍾Fellowship Spotlight Series🍾
✨This week, we're celebrating Asma Falah, a PhD student from the University of Rochester. Her research investigates combining holography and flat optics to improve various imaging! 🔎
💡 Inspired by Asma's work? Apply here!
👉 www.gwis.org/page/fellows...
#GWIS
✨This week, we're celebrating Asma Falah, a PhD student from the University of Rochester. Her research investigates combining holography and flat optics to improve various imaging! 🔎
💡 Inspired by Asma's work? Apply here!
👉 www.gwis.org/page/fellows...
#GWIS
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🍾Fellowship Spotlight Series🍾
✨This week, we're celebrating Asma Falah, a PhD student from the University of Rochester. Her research investigates combining holography and flat optics to improve various imaging! 🔎
💡 Inspired by Asma's work? Apply here!
👉 www.gwis.org/page/fellows...
#GWIS
✨This week, we're celebrating Asma Falah, a PhD student from the University of Rochester. Her research investigates combining holography and flat optics to improve various imaging! 🔎
💡 Inspired by Asma's work? Apply here!
👉 www.gwis.org/page/fellows...
#GWIS
The Multidisciplinary Biomedical & Biological Sciences (MBBS) Graduate Program at the School of Medicine in Carbondale offers exciting opportunities for both Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees right here in the Midwest. #Academicsky
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Multidisciplinary Biomedical & Biological Sciences (MBBS) Graduate Program at the School of Medicine in Carbondale offers exciting opportunities for both Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees right here in the Midwest. #Academicsky
#JadavjiLab’s first Drosophila melanogaster study has been accepted and is available online! #AcademicSky
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#JadavjiLab’s first Drosophila melanogaster study has been accepted and is available online! #AcademicSky
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As @sfn.org kicks off, here is some guidance to help you get the most out of it—plus a request for principal investigators to train students in “soft skills.”
By @drnancypadilla.bsky.social
#SfN25 #neuroskyence
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#SfN25 #neuroskyence
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Tips to navigate SfN as a trainee
As the mammoth annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience kicks off, here is some guidance to get the most out of it—plus a request for principal investigators to train students in “soft skills.”…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
As @sfn.org kicks off, here is some guidance to help you get the most out of it—plus a request for principal investigators to train students in “soft skills.”
By @drnancypadilla.bsky.social
#SfN25 #neuroskyence
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#SfN25 #neuroskyence
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"Our actions are working, and they are not enough.
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Our actions are working, and they are not enough.
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
Nothing we do is sufficient, and everything we do matters.
We must be strategic, and we must operate on multiple fronts simultaneously.
Time is of the essence, and we have to act for the long haul.
This is how change happens." Dan Berger
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Meet the Brain Knowledge Platform. 🧠📈
This open, online platform gives researchers a powerful tool for going from experiment to insights into the brain in health and disease. 🧵
This open, online platform gives researchers a powerful tool for going from experiment to insights into the brain in health and disease. 🧵
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Meet the Brain Knowledge Platform. 🧠📈
This open, online platform gives researchers a powerful tool for going from experiment to insights into the brain in health and disease. 🧵
This open, online platform gives researchers a powerful tool for going from experiment to insights into the brain in health and disease. 🧵
The flexible curriculum for MBBS students is designed to equip them with interdisciplinary knowledge, essential for success in today’s scientific landscape. Check out our program www.siumed.edu/mbbs
#AcademicSky #graduatesky #phdsky
#AcademicSky #graduatesky #phdsky
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The flexible curriculum for MBBS students is designed to equip them with interdisciplinary knowledge, essential for success in today’s scientific landscape. Check out our program www.siumed.edu/mbbs
#AcademicSky #graduatesky #phdsky
#AcademicSky #graduatesky #phdsky
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UK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester!
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
UK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester!
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
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Beautiful pre-sunrise over Queens
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Beautiful pre-sunrise over Queens
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Paperback publication day! Have a good read. Things changing far too slowly for #womeninSTEM
July 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Paperback publication day! Have a good read. Things changing far too slowly for #womeninSTEM
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Today is Lise Meitner's birthday, as well as Marie Curie. I wrote this blogpost about Meitner and her life a while back. Let's celebrate the woman who 'never lost her humanity'. occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Today is Lise Meitner's birthday, as well as Marie Curie. I wrote this blogpost about Meitner and her life a while back. Let's celebrate the woman who 'never lost her humanity'. occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
We have introduced a new program for graduate students! All students are offered an opportunity to gain hands-on teaching experience as a teaching assistant and gain valuable research experience!
MBBS Graduate Program application and admissions | SIU School of Medicine
MBBS Graduate Program admissions requirements, application deadlines, and financial aid information for MS and PhD degrees at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We have introduced a new program for graduate students! All students are offered an opportunity to gain hands-on teaching experience as a teaching assistant and gain valuable research experience!
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 4: There’s nothing wrong with writing fluff. Fluff insulates. It protects. It cocoons us from a world filled with sharp edges and sudden fires. It makes a warm bed to sleep on; builds soft ramparts; saves lives.
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 4: There’s nothing wrong with writing fluff. Fluff insulates. It protects. It cocoons us from a world filled with sharp edges and sudden fires. It makes a warm bed to sleep on; builds soft ramparts; saves lives.
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We are hiring, come work with us!
Please share widely 🙏 and do get in touch if you have questions about the Department
Deadline: December 1st
#neurojob #psychscisky #neuroskyence #VisionScience #academicsky
Please share widely 🙏 and do get in touch if you have questions about the Department
Deadline: December 1st
#neurojob #psychscisky #neuroskyence #VisionScience #academicsky
🚨We are looking for a scholar to join us as a lecturer (teaching & research contract, full-time, permanent), starting 1 April 2026! The application deadline is 1 December 2025.
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Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Lecturer in Psychology (Research & Teaching)
Full-time, PermanentApplications are invited for a post of Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, starting 1 April 2026. The post is open to ambitious, researc...
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November 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We are hiring, come work with us!
Please share widely 🙏 and do get in touch if you have questions about the Department
Deadline: December 1st
#neurojob #psychscisky #neuroskyence #VisionScience #academicsky
Please share widely 🙏 and do get in touch if you have questions about the Department
Deadline: December 1st
#neurojob #psychscisky #neuroskyence #VisionScience #academicsky
Halloween was busy this year! Had the pleasure of hosting a friend and colleague this week, Dr. Lori Buhlman. She gave an excellent talk on her labs’ work with the Parkin fly model.
November 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Halloween was busy this year! Had the pleasure of hosting a friend and colleague this week, Dr. Lori Buhlman. She gave an excellent talk on her labs’ work with the Parkin fly model.
I just read through > 50 CVs for a faculty job posting in biomedical sciences. This is what I appreciated:
- a clear list of past roles and education, publications and funding obtained with role defined (e.g., PI)
- no weird formatting
- no list of skills (hint: use your cover letter)
- a clear list of past roles and education, publications and funding obtained with role defined (e.g., PI)
- no weird formatting
- no list of skills (hint: use your cover letter)
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“While I shook my metaphorical fist at you every time I received a round of edits on job documents, the process empowered me as a job seeker and scholar. Between our one-on-one work, your webinars,…
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October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I just read through > 50 CVs for a faculty job posting in biomedical sciences. This is what I appreciated:
- a clear list of past roles and education, publications and funding obtained with role defined (e.g., PI)
- no weird formatting
- no list of skills (hint: use your cover letter)
- a clear list of past roles and education, publications and funding obtained with role defined (e.g., PI)
- no weird formatting
- no list of skills (hint: use your cover letter)
To honor World Stroke Day: the #JadavjiLab provided an understanding on how increased levels of B-vitamins and choline can promote recovery after stroke.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
To honor World Stroke Day: the #JadavjiLab provided an understanding on how increased levels of B-vitamins and choline can promote recovery after stroke.
#ISC26
#ISC26
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"Due to a variety of circumstances...many science projects will never be finished, despite years of invested resources and effort. By carefully and strategically documenting scientific work achieved, components of unfinished projects can be salvaged and preserved to benefit future researchers." 🧪
When goodbye comes too soon: How to wrap up science projects quickly
Science projects are designed and funded on the scale of years, so what happens when researchers need to finish prematurely? This Community Page discusses solutions for quickly documenting partially f...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Due to a variety of circumstances...many science projects will never be finished, despite years of invested resources and effort. By carefully and strategically documenting scientific work achieved, components of unfinished projects can be salvaged and preserved to benefit future researchers." 🧪
Are you a motivated student with a passion for genetics, biology, neuroscience, epidemiology, microbiology and/or biotechnology? SIU School of Medicine invites you to explore our dynamic Multidisciplinary Biomedical & Biological Sciences (MBBS) Graduate Program.
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Are you a motivated student with a passion for genetics, biology, neuroscience, epidemiology, microbiology and/or biotechnology? SIU School of Medicine invites you to explore our dynamic Multidisciplinary Biomedical & Biological Sciences (MBBS) Graduate Program.
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it's job application season in academia. If you need last-minute developmental editing to get your humanities sample chapter or research proposal in order, I have some room in my schedule. I offer discounts for self-pay and grad students. #academicsky
October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
it's job application season in academia. If you need last-minute developmental editing to get your humanities sample chapter or research proposal in order, I have some room in my schedule. I offer discounts for self-pay and grad students. #academicsky