Brianna George, PhD
@briannaegeorge.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist 🧠 | Postdoc at UNC in Kash Lab | D-SPAN K00 Fellow | DiversifyingCNS Scholar | #BlackInNeuro | She/her
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briannaegeorge.bsky.social
Haha eye of the tiger always! Thank you TK for the constant support 🫶
briannaegeorge.bsky.social
Thank you!!! 🫶 Let's catch up at ACNP conference in Jan?
briannaegeorge.bsky.social
Thank you so much Keri!! Yes, it’s such an incredible group of people! I’m so excited to learn from them and hopeful to give something back 💕
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mayoonthebrain.bsky.social
Congrats to @pact-lab.bsky.social PhD student @anadeutsch.bsky.social on her 1st first-author paper from the lab! 🎉

She explored how MDMA & methamphetamine impact cortisol, endocannabinoids, & BDNF levels in healthy humans and how this relates to the subjective drug experience 💊👇
The effect of methamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine on peripheral endocannabinoid concentrations: a study in healthy adults - Psychopharmacology
Rationale Stimulant drugs such as methamphetamine (MA) and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) can impact neurobiological systems implicated in stress, reward processing, and drug use. Although recent preclinical evidence implicates the endocannabinoid (eCB) system in these processes, little is known about the acute effects of stimulants on eCB levels in humans. Objectives The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of acute administration of the prototypical psychostimulant MA and the psychostimulant-empathogen MDMA on circulating eCB levels in healthy adults. Methods Using a within-subject, double-blind design, this study assessed the acute effects of MA (20 mg), MDMA (100 mg), and placebo on plasma eCB levels in healthy human participants (N = 22) during three separate sessions. Blood samples assessing concentrations of the eCBs anandamide (AEA) and 2-Arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG) were collected between 150- and 180-minutes post-drug administration, and subjective measures of drug effects were collected at regular intervals. Results MA, but not MDMA, was associated with significantly lower 2-AG plasma concentrations compared to placebo. Neither drug impacted AEA concentrations. However, during the placebo condition, higher AEA concentrations were correlated with disliking the ‘drug effects’, suggesting a possible relationship between AEA levels and negative expectations of subjective drug effects. Conclusions These findings provide novel insights into how stimulant drugs act on the eCB system and may help to develop treatments for SUDs.
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briannaegeorge.bsky.social
So incredibly excited to join the NPP team!!
npp-journal.bsky.social
Big news at @npp-journal.bsky.social HQ 👇

We are thrilled to welcome @briannaegeorge.bsky.social as our new NPP Editorial Intern 🎉

We are looking forward to working with Dr. George and are excited to have such a fantastic addition to our team 🤩
briannaegeorge.bsky.social
Yes, I’ll be at ACNP! Let catch up then! 🫶🏽
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zachtpennington.bsky.social
I’m hiring at all levels and accepting graduate students through Psychology and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Reach out if you’re interested in joining a collaborative, fun, creative, and supportive team in beautiful Vancouver! 🏔️ ⛷️ 🏖️ 🌆
briannaegeorge.bsky.social
The best news!!! Congrats Zach!!! So excited for you!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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zachtpennington.bsky.social
Excited to share that I landed my dream job!🎉🎉🎉 The Pennington Lab will be opening at the University of British Columbia in January 2026!
@ubcpsych.bsky.social @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social
briannaegeorge.bsky.social
Ah apologies, I was comparing to other imaging I use MATLAB for. I haven’t needed to process any 2P data outside of IDEAS yet. However, I will say my 2P data is in pilot stage so can’t say if Matlab is needed. It may be context dependent on what you’re measuring and trying to capture in a dataset.
briannaegeorge.bsky.social
I’ve truly like it. I use matlab a lot & I’m always update code/fixing errors constantly.. IDEAS is super user friendly! easy to edit analysis parameters and reprocess and have graphs of data rapidly. also nice having options to integrate the behavior data from nearly source and process it through
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melissajsharpe.bsky.social
Is anyone using the IDEAS platform from #inscopix to analyze single-unit calcium data? 🔬🧪🧠
briannaegeorge.bsky.social
I’ve used it for 2P data..Not sure if that’s helpful or if I could help?
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nixonlab.bsky.social
Nixon Lab is hoping to recruit a postdoctoral fellow interested in alcohol-microglia and/or alcohol-neural stem cell interactions in recovery from alcohol-induced brain and behavioral damage/dysfunction. Open fellowships on our NIAAA-funded T32! Please spread the word!
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herbertwu.bsky.social
Super excited to share the first cooperative foraging paradigm in freely interacting mouse pairs! Stable leader and follower roles emerge spontaneously and predict learning. Well-trained mice show stereotyped, role-specific “behavioral motifs” absent in naive animals (1/5)
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
briannaegeorge.bsky.social
Lawyers would argue it was broken BEFORE it even hit the foot. Is this evidence of an attack?? 😆
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fleabrained.bsky.social
to the PIs, is it advisable going on job market this fall when things are seemingly falling apart, or riding the postdoc wave for longer (while funding lasts) for some semblance of stability?
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acnporg.bsky.social
Join us in Congratulating the 2025 ACNP Travel Award Class! 🙌🎉
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ascbiology.bsky.social
STEM isn’t a pipeline—it’s a braided river. Verónica Segarra offers a new model to support inclusion and rethink how we view scientific careers. www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/... #ASCB #CellBiology