Honored by this spotlight 😊 Grew up in the ACNP: from baby PD 👶, to early career faculty member chairing the Experience and Resilience Committee💪🇵🇷

Grateful for a community that develops careers alongside science🧠 Looking forward to seeing all y'all at the E&R events in the Bahamas! 🌴☀️🌊🇧🇸

Excited to share our latest paper - now out in @science.org - we showed how oxytocin modulates maternally-directed behavior in young mice (P15).

Pleased to share our lab's latest research article led by Melissa Salazar, a new PhD student in my lab🤓🐀.

We followed up on Oak 2024 and found sex-specific effects of early life scarcity-adversity on adolescent behavioral responses to natural rewards (sucrose- f, play-m). #SABV

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Finding out that your paper is accepted while you are enjoying one your favorite cities during a pre-conference vacay is a top tier experience 🎉🧠🔥

How do animals decide if they should forage for food or stay home to take care of newborn offspring? Whose needs come first? For my PhD work now out in Nature, we examined how hunger and parenting neurons interact and are reshaped postpartum in mice 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

✨EXCITING NEWS!✨We're hosting our first ever, in-person event! Join us immediately before #SFN for a keynote, panel discussions, networking & more! Interested in attending? Fill out the form below:

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Nov 15 | 9am-1pm | Tata Hall at UCSD
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📣 Thrilled to announce I'll be guest editing my 1st special issue! 🧠🎉 "Early Life Influences on Addiction"

Seeking original research, reviews & perspectives. Spread the word 🗣️

📅 October 1, 2025
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💬 DM me/reply to learn more- I'd love to hear from you! #Neuroskyence

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Calling all early-career researchers! @thetransmitter.bsky.social and @neuromatch.bsky.social want to understand your journey as you become the next generation of neuroscientists. Share your experiences and help us build the resources you need.

#neuroskyence

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Will you please add me to the developmental neuroscience starter pack? Pretty please?

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Thank you! Hope you are doing well :)

You're an angel! 😇🥹 TYSM 🥰

Neurobiology of resilience to early life stress
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very nice and detailed review in @npp-journal.bsky.social on "Prefrontal cortex development and its implications in mental illness" from Laura DeNardo and colleagues.

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Nicotine doesn’t just “turn on” the brain’s reward circuits — it reshapes them. Our new paper in Nature Communications shows that activating reward-linked dopamine neurons also sets off a feedback loop that drives negative emotional states.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Excellent news and congratulations Lauren 👏🎉🥳🇫🇷🧠

Excellent opportunity that is closing soon ⏱️❗ Come join us in the beautiful Bahamas! 🌴🐠🌊☀️

Thanks for the tip! I will look into making lists.

Sounds wonderful.

Finally made the jump to BlueSky 🦋👋 (only took me 2 years! 😅). Still figuring out how this works. Help a neuroscientist find her tribe? 🧠✨ #academicsky #neuroscience #womeninstem