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Serena M. Dudek

@serenadudette.bsky.social

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Synaptic Plastologist trying to stay relevant. Queen Bee with the buddy. My posts are my own- sort of. #keepCA2weird

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · Jul 10

Now officially out! What do CA2 neurons become in an Nr3c2 KO? We used spatial transcriptomics to find out.
With @neuroerin.bsky.social and @jmw86069.bsky.social
Lots in the suppl data rdcu.be/evGGh

Mineralocorticoid receptor knockout alters hippocampal CA2 neurons to become like those in CA1

Communications Biology - Spatial transcriptomics reveals that the molecular phenotype of hippocampal area CA2, which is critical for many social behaviors, is profoundly altered upon knock-out of...

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · 4d

Submit your abstracts before Nov 1 to be considered for a short talk!

www.grc.org/the-neurosci...

2026 The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors Conference GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors will be held in Pomona, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · 4d

Not supposed to be working, but maybe reading a thesis on the porch with Bud on a #caturday isn’t work

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Ming Tommy Tang @tommytang.bsky.social · 10d

🧵 Why the obsession with p < 0.05 is hurting science.

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · 28d

Thanks for having me Ted! Great neuro there!

Ted Abel @tedabelneuro.bsky.social · 28d

Great to welcome serenadudette.bsky.social to Iowa City to talk about her work on hippocampal area CA2, social memory and autism! 🧠 #IowaNeuroscienceInstitute #IowaNeuroPharm

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Molecular & Cellular Cognition Society @molcellcog.bsky.social · Sep 3

Meet the #MCCS25 officers!

Dr. @karynfrick.bsky.social‬ is a distinguished professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her lab seeks to understand how sex-steroid hormones, aging & the environment affect memory.

Join us November 13 & 14. Register here: event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hey does anyone know where to get TTX these days? 🐡 None of our usual sources have it

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Molecular & Cellular Cognition Society @molcellcog.bsky.social · Aug 11

📍 Register now for #MCCS25 on November 13 & 14!

Join us for talks & networking with the best and brightest in molecular and cellular cognition. #Neuroskyence

Check out the link for more information and to register & submit an abstract 👉 event.fourwaves.com/MCCS25/pages

Abstract neural art with event date and location

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · Aug 9

Didi says hi #caturday

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Ming Tommy Tang @tommytang.bsky.social · Jul 20

1/ No, you do not always need single-cell RNA-seq.
Here's why bulk RNA-seq might still be the smarter move for your experiment.

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · Jul 18

Pro tips for ❄️ cryo-sectioning in the Carolinas during the summer:
1) just don’t. wait until Oct
2) if you must, avoid days with rain - may need to wait until Oct anyway
3) get a dehumidifier and a humidity monitor. Use them
Need humidity <40% per cryostat instructions
Thank me later

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · Jul 12

Triangle friends. If you've been to Saxapahaw you know what an amazing community has built up around the old mills. While most of the mill escaped the Chantal flooding unscathed, other neighbors were severely affected. You can donate to recovery efforts at:
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

Flood Recovery in Saxapahaw July 2025

100% of your contribution will go directly to supporting recovery efforts for the community of Saxapahaw following the recent flooding from Chantal. Saxapahaw Forward is committed to working together ...

www.zeffy.com

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · Jul 10

Now officially out! What do CA2 neurons become in an Nr3c2 KO? We used spatial transcriptomics to find out.
With @neuroerin.bsky.social and @jmw86069.bsky.social
Lots in the suppl data rdcu.be/evGGh

Mineralocorticoid receptor knockout alters hippocampal CA2 neurons to become like those in CA1

Communications Biology - Spatial transcriptomics reveals that the molecular phenotype of hippocampal area CA2, which is critical for many social behaviors, is profoundly altered upon knock-out of...

rdcu.be

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Ricardo Henriques @henriqueslab.bsky.social · Jul 3

It's here! ✨
The #ExSRRF protocol paper is out 😍. Full details for merging Expansion Microscopy with our eSRRF analysis. From cells to tissue. A partnership with @puellesv.bsky.social's lab. Lead by Dominik Kylies and @hannah-superres.bsky.social + colleagues. #ExM #eSRRF
➡️ Open link: rdcu.be/euvEw

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · Jun 29

Preliminary program out now- GRC on Neuroscience of Social Behavior- March 2026! More talks chosen from the abstracts. Mark your calendars www.grc.org/the-neurosci...

2026 The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors Conference GRC

The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on The Neuroscience of Social Behaviors will be held in Pomona, California. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · Jun 28

Never seen it

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 19

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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Nature @nature.com · Jun 11

US senators grilled NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya at a hearing today about how his professed support for science squares with unprecedented grant terminations at the agency and enormous cuts that have been proposed for its 2026 budget.

https://go.nature.com/3FWM2wN

NIH chief stands by funding cuts to ‘politicized science’ at tense hearing

Jayanta Bhattacharya says the US biomedical agency can’t continue ‘business as usual’ if it wants to restore its reputation.

go.nature.com

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · Jun 10

Love this idea! A cartoon by Sam Lau, from 2024. #NewYorkerCartoons #productivity

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Bob Morris, MD, PhD @rdmorris.bsky.social · Jun 10

#truthmatters #medsky 🧪
My summary of today's Senate hearing with Jay Bhattacharya on the NIH budget.
Lots of concern among Senators about aging research.
Lots of dodges, non-answers and buck passing from Jay.
Bipartisan support for NIH
Serious questions except for posturing by Kennedy and Britt.
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Stephanie Hicks @stephaniehicks.bsky.social · Jun 6

Very excited to see this important work out led by the talented @mictott.bsky.social @boyiguo.bsky.social @jhubiostat.bsky.social! 🧪🧬🖥️

Michael Totty @mictott.bsky.social · Jun 6

🚨 New paper published in @natmethods.nature.com!

We introduce SpotSweeper, the first spatially-aware QC methods for spatial transcriptomics.

📰 Paper : nature.com/articles/s41...
💻 Code: github.com/MicTott/Spot...
📈 Website: mictott.github.io/SpotSweeper/

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SpotSweeper: spatially aware quality control for spatial transcriptomics - Nature Methods

SpotSweeper is a spatially aware method for quality control of spatially resolved transcriptomics data that corrects for spatial confounding missed by existing methods, including both local and region...

nature.com

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · May 31

Depends- do you entertain often? If so, use for serving so your friends can see it too!

Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · May 31

Congrats!

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Ed Yong @edyong209.bsky.social · May 30

I urge everyone to read Unbreaking’s new page on everything the govt is doing to destroy & diminish medical research funding.

It’s the best thing I’ve read on this topic: @lizneeley.bsky.social & co have such done an incredible job.

unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

Medical Research Funding — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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Mathias V. Schmidt @mathiasvschmidt.bsky.social · May 23

Excellent review by @talliezee.bsky.social and Matthew T. Birnie on the neurobiological mechanisms underlying the consequences of early life adversity. Highly recommended! www.cell.com/neuron/fullt...

The evolving neurobiology of early-life stress

This review explores the effects of early-life stress on brain development and cognitive function, highlighting gaps in understanding perceived stress, vulnerable developmental stages, underlying mole...

www.cell.com

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Serena M. Dudek @serenadudette.bsky.social · May 11

Does Kei know he’s in a jet bridge at SNA? ☕️