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Alba López-Moraga @albalm.bsky.social · Mar 27

🚨Paper alert!!🚨

Excited to share out latest research where we investigated avoidance, fear generalization and extinction learning using a modified platform-mediated avoidance procedure in male and female rats.

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Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats

Scientific Reports - Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats

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Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social · Aug 28

Reminder that we're looking for a Post Doc and the deadline is looming (Sept 5th). If you are interested, please get in touch. If you see this, please repost it to that it is seen by potential applicants!

Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social · Aug 13

Job Alert!!! We are looking for a motivated postdoc to join a 3-year BBSRC funded project led by my colleague Carl Stevenson (I’m coPI). This multi-disciplinary project will combine in vivo heart rate monitoring and optogenetics with behavioural testing (fear and active avoidance) in rats.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · May 20

Today, over 20,000 bee species are buzzing for #WorldBeeDay 🐝

Bees & other pollinators keep 80% of crop and wild flowering plants alive.

Yet, 1 in 10 bee, hoverfly, and butterfly species are now at risk of extinction in the EU.

Split-image with the text “TO BEE or NOT TO BEE.” The left side shows a vibrant wildflower meadow with a bee on a daisy, symbolising biodiversity and a healthy ecosystem. The right side shows a dry, barren landscape with dead trees and no visible wildlife, representing environmental degradation. An EU flag appears in the bottom right corner.

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Alba López-Moraga @albalm.bsky.social · Mar 27

Thank you 🫶

Alba López-Moraga @albalm.bsky.social · Mar 27

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Alba López-Moraga @albalm.bsky.social · Mar 27

We also investigated persistence of avoidane, darting and more!

Thanks to @lauraluyten.bsky.social and @tombeckers.bsky.social for their support and supervision and our funders: #FWOVlaanderen and #KULeuven

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Alba López-Moraga @albalm.bsky.social · Mar 27

Additionally, we shared an open-source automated pipeline using @deeplabcut.bsky.social and SimBA to score defensive behaviors such as avoidance, freezing and darting! 🖥️ 🐁You can find the scripts and a short tutorial here: osf.io/ncb8j/

Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats

OSF project from the publication "Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats " https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-94265-x Hosted on the Open Science Fra...

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Alba López-Moraga @albalm.bsky.social · Mar 27

When comparing male and female rats in one experiment:
✅ No robust sex differences in avoidance nor generalization
🚨 Only subtle differences in extinction.

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Alba López-Moraga @albalm.bsky.social · Mar 27

We tweaked the platform-mediated avoidance task to include a generalization phase between avoidance acquisition and extinction. The generalization phase consisted of introducing two new tones of differeent frequencies 🎶

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Alba López-Moraga @albalm.bsky.social · Mar 27

Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats

Scientific Reports - Generalization and extinction of platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats

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Alba López-Moraga @albalm.bsky.social · Mar 18

If you are interested in dopamine and avoidance, check this out ⬇️

Laura Luyten @lauraluyten.bsky.social · Mar 17

Behold Laura Vercammen's (scientific) firstborn 🐣! What a beautiful baby ☺️.

Laura looked at the impact of dopamine receptor blockade on avoidance acquisition.

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