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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · 10d

An amazing opportunity! Check it out below.👇

Heather L Kosakowski @kosakowski.bsky.social · 10d

My lab at USC is recruiting!
1) research coordinator: perfect for a recent graduate looking for research experience before applying to PhD programs: usccareers.usc.edu REQ20167829
2) PhD students: see FAQs on lab website dornsife.usc.edu/hklab/faq/

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Sep 5

We're hiring! We have an open TT faculty position in lifespan neuroscience. I'm not on the committee but happy to answer questions about the department and TAMU more generally (I also co-chaired similar searches the last two years). Come join us, please share widely. apply.interfolio.com/172150

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣 We’re recruiting 1-2 postdocs to the incredible WBHI team to lead projects mapping brain & behav’l changes across major endocrine transitions—from adolesc to pregnancy to menopause. Expertise in MRI & human subjects necc. Please reach out to [email protected] and learn more at wbhi.ucsb.edu 🌊

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Aug 1

We’re hiring! Pls share widely:

In conjunction w/ the @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social, my team is recruiting a full-time clinical research coordinator to assist with research efforts at UC Santa Barbara. 1-2 yrs experience in MRI data collection preferred.

Submit apps to: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974

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Neuron @cp-neuron.bsky.social · May 13

Online now:

The estrous cycle modulates hippocampal spine dynamics, dendritic processing, and spatial coding

In this study, Wolcott et al. explore estrous-cycle modulation of hippocampal neuron structure and function. Using longitudinal two-photon imaging across the estrous cycle, they find significant modulation at the synaptic, cellular, and population levels.

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · May 12

Join us in beautiful Santa Barbara! We're hiring a full-time junior specialist/research technician to play a central role in data collection & analysis of brain imaging studies of pregnancy & menopause.

Learn more & apply at: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02974

Or help us spread the word 💫

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Apr 11

We’re so excited to have you joining us!

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Mar 2

Still wasn't working this morning, but as of 12:30 my local time today (3/2) PubMed is back up and working. Phew! Let's hope it stays that way.

Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Mar 2

Right? Pubmed is a key avenue for transparency and lets taxpayers see where their funds go. It's infuriating. I keep checking to see if it's back up. I found out trying to pull a paper recommended by a collaborator for a grant we're working on...hence the commons check.

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Mar 1

So pubmed and eRA Commons seem to be down. The repository that brings federally funded science to the public is seemingly inaccessible. The site for tracking grants is down. And based on a quick search, the whole NIH website.

Webpage with nih.gov in the search bar. Image saying "This site can't be reached"

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Feb 28

Sounds like we should probably take a look! 😉

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Emily G. Jacobs @emilyjacobs.bsky.social · Feb 25

Most of what we know about health and disease centers on the male body. This 2016 NIH policy was a huge win for those of us that want the scientific body of knowledge to serve, well, all bodies.

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · Feb 24

Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies www.thetransmitter.org/policy/exclu...

Exclusive: NIH appears to archive policy requiring female animals in studies

Such a shift would “put us back in the dark ages in terms of our science,” says neuroscientist Anne Murphy, who helped to formulate the original policy.

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

Huge congrats to Tracey, and keep an eye as she has more great work to come on this topic in the context of her dissertation. Check it out and let us know what you think! More soon from other amazing lab members... 😀

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

We suggest that this circuit stands to be critically important for our understanding of cognition and learning in aging and age-related neurodegenerative disease. The hormone effects further highlight the importance of investigating these factors, particularly in females where AD is more common.

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

We also explored sex steroid hormone levels, as both the cerebellum and hippocampus are rich with receptors for #estradiol and #progesterone. Older females show marked drops in these hormone with #menopause. More 17beta-estradiol=stronger connectivity. The opposite with progesterone.

Top (A): Connectome ring with primarily red lines, indicating higher connectivity between the cerebellum and hippocampus with higher levels of 17beta-estradiol. Bottom (B): 3D subcortical anatomical rendering showing these effects.

Top (A): Connectome ring with light green lines connecting cerebellar and hippocampal regions, indicating lower connectivity with higher levels of progesterone. Bottom (B): A 3D subcortical rendering of these findings.

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

Here, we report the first detailed mapping of resting state connectivity between the #cerebellum and #hippocampus in adults 35-86 years of age. Not super surprisingly, connectivity is significantly lower in older partcipants.

Seed regions, spheres, in rainbow colors in the hippocampus and cerebellum. The hippocampal seeds are shown on top, the left image showing the long axis, the right gives us a posterior view. on the bottom we have a saggital view of the cerebellum on the left, and a posterior view on the right.

Top (A): a connectome ring with a lot of blue lines that indicate lower connectivity between the cerebellum and hippocampus as we get older. Bottom (B): a view of these connections shown on 3D subcortical anatomy.

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

Up now, a hot off the presses preprint from doctoral student Tracey Hicks, with an assist from post-doc extraordinaire Thamires Magalhaes. We have been exploring cerebello-hippocampal connectivity for the past year, the #hippobellum if you will. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

The Human Cerebello-Hippocampal Circuit Across Adulthood

Direct communication between the hippocampus and cerebellum has been shown via coactivation and synchronized neuronal oscillations in animal models. Further, this novel cerebello-hippocampal circuit m...

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Feb 19

Timeline cleanse: while everything else has been scary and uncertain particularly with respect to research and research funding, the awesome team in my lab has been working hard on projects. I have a backlog to share as I held off in *these times*. But their work deserves to be celebrated & shared.

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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · Feb 4

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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M. Natasha Rajah 🇨🇦 @mnrajah.bsky.social · Feb 4

Feeling like a bit of a rebel in these times Editing a new SI for Neurobiology of Aging - “Brain Resilience & DIVERSITY in Aging & Dementia”

Please consider submitting your work & share broadly. This work is essential for supporting healthy aging for ALL.

www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Jan 31

This is devastating. Women are 50% of the population. Women's health work is necessary.

Dr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · Jan 31

The entire website for the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) is very nearly stripped bare. This is so, so devastating. orwh.od.nih.gov/research/fun...

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Amy Orsborn @neuroamyo.bsky.social · Jan 28

How it feels to be working on a grant application right now.

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Jan 15

Looks wonderful — cannot wait to give this a close read and have a journal club at lab meeting. Congrats!!

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Jessica Bernard @bernardlcmnlab.bsky.social · Jan 7

I'm handling several papers where I've sent over 30 (!!) invitations to potential reviewers. I feel terribly for the authors. Is there a magic trick I'm missing to get reviewers?

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Anna J Finley, PhD @annajfinley.bsky.social · Jan 6

Reminder that I am looking for a graduate student to start in Fall 2025! Deadline is Jan 15. Check out my lab website for more info about my research www.ndsu.edu/labs/spanh/ and learn about the PhD program here www.ndsu.edu/psychology/g... Margot can’t wait to help review your application!

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