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Ali Mohebi

@mohebial.bsky.social

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Loves stories. Behavioral Neurobiologist. Dopamine. Science. Technology. Reason. Photography. Baking. Films. Roger's Pink Floyd. Assistant Professor of Psychology, UW-Madison http://mohebi-associates.org/

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · May 1

There’s plenty to gripe about in academia these days, but one thing I’ll never take for granted: the chance to dive into deep conversations about cognition and neuroscience with brilliant minds every semester. Wouldn’t trade it for anything.

:: Final session for our Psych 711 class

Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 1d

Goodbye ChatGPT wrappers. Hello, ChatGPT!

Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 3d

Did NIH cancel all the NOSIs? I first noticed that NOT-MH-24-100, which had a prior expiration date of May 2027, now shows as expired (as of September 9, 2025). I then realized there are no active NOSIs...
. @rosalafersousa.bsky.social

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 3d

Excited to hear the latest science updates from @czimmerman.bsky.social on Monday, 1-2 pm CST. You can join us too—either on Zoom or in person! bit.ly/3VOJrcy

Neuroscience lecture by Dr. Chris Zimmerman on Body-Brain interactions in learning

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 6d

I know the organizers, and I score them highly on the orthogonal axes of being great scientists and great human beings. They have put together a terrific one day symposium, the day before SfN in San Diego. Register if you're there early!

Middle Eastern Neuroscience @middleeasternneuro.bsky.social · 6d

Going to SfN? Join us for the first Middle-Eastern Systems Neuroscience meeting the day before SfN! We’ve got great speakers, all with Middle-Eastern origins! But also an exclusive chance to network with leading Neuroscientists!
Visit our website for more information:
www.middleeastneuro.com

Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium

Join the Middle Eastern Systems Neuroscience Symposium on November 14, 2025, at UCSD Faculty Club, San Diego, in conjunction with the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting. This event fosters scienti...

www.middleeastneuro.com

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 7d

Absolutely yes to collab and sailing! Would be a good excuse to invite you over for a sailing on Mendota!

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats, Richard! Too late for me to start another PhD (or is it? after 1 formal and 1 informal one). But if you can use a collaborator, we should talk! I will ping you! Cheers

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 9d

Join us today at 1 pm CST for a lecture by @mariedoyle.bsky.social

Title: Alcohol abstinence precipitates increased alcohol seeking and compulsive intake in association with phenotypic BNST dynamics

bit.ly/3VOJrcy

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Mari Sosa @marisosa.bsky.social · 15d

The Sosa Lab website is now live!
www.sosaneurolab.com

We will be seeking a postdoctoral researcher to join the growing team! If you are a rodent neuroscientist and interested in doing systems neuro work in the mountains 🏔️, please check out the "Join" page.

Sosa Lab

www.sosaneurolab.com

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 16d

Today 1-2 pm CST bit.ly/3VOJrcy
Join us!

Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 19d

Our next speaker is my friend @garrface.bsky.social , who will discuss my favorite topic: Mesolimbic DA --> Causal Learning!

Tune in on Monday 9/22 from 1-2pm CST bit.ly/3VOJrcy

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 18d

This guy knows, I guess

a man with a beard is talking to another man .

ALT: a man with a beard is talking to another man .

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Malcolm Campbell @malcolmgcampbell.bsky.social · 19d

🚨Our preprint is online!🚨

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

How do #dopamine neurons perform the key calculations in reinforcement #learning?

Read on to find out more! 🧵

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 19d

Our next speaker is my friend @garrface.bsky.social , who will discuss my favorite topic: Mesolimbic DA --> Causal Learning!

Tune in on Monday 9/22 from 1-2pm CST bit.ly/3VOJrcy

Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 19d

Lovely. "If this is not beautiful, what is?"

Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 20d

Cliff delivered a fantastic lecture during our series' first talk. Catch up here if you missed it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n_m...

Season01 Ep01- Dr. Clifford Harpole

YouTube video by Ali Mohebi

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 20d

Excellent stuff, except that I disagree with #preprint. This is #postprint quality! Congrats to my superstar friend, and the team!

Abhilasha Joshi, PhD @rhythmicspikes.bsky.social · 20d

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🚨 New preprint! 🚨

Excited and proud (& a little nervous 😅) to share our latest work on the importance of #theta-timescale spiking during #locomotion in #learning. If you care about how organisms learn, buckle up. 🧵👇

📄 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
💻 code + data 🔗 below 🤩

#neuroskyence

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 20d

Wonderful. Congrats, Kevin and team!

Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 22d

For-profit journals are like Uber, but for science. You do the work, they get rich cuz they provide the platform. Right?

Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · 25d

Inaugural lecture of Brain Talks (on the isthmus). Excited to host Clifford Harpole cliff.science.
@cliffscience.bsky.social
Join us in person or on Zoom!

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Narayanan Lab @narayananlab.bsky.social · 27d

Our issue on Computational Properties of the Prefrontal Cortex is now:
www.jneurosci.org/content/45/3...

These articles capture some of the incandescence of the CPPC conferences...
narayanan.lab.uiowa.edu/home/cppc2024
cppc.web.ox.ac.uk
accl.psy.vanderbilt.edu/blog/2018/10...

The Journal of Neuroscience: 45 (37)

www.jneurosci.org

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Ali Mohebi @mohebial.bsky.social · Sep 8

We all know a man who will cheat and consolidate power and resources, and cross bodies, over the hope of winning a Nobel prize. Sure, peace. #Ezra-op-ed