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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 1d

If you showed me the cartoon version and asked me who in our department I thought it was, you wouldn't even be in the Top 20.

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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 2d

For all the knucklehead reviewers out there.
Principles for proper peer review - Earl K. Miller
jocnf.pubpub.org/pub/qag76ip8...
#neuroscience

Principles for proper peer review

jocnf.pubpub.org

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Stephanie L. Grella, PhD @sgrella.bsky.social · 3d

First lab paper out today! Student authors: Mikayla Cutler and Abhi Thati 🎉🤩

Hippocampus | Neuroscience Journal | Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Memory is a cornerstone of human behavior, and addiction offers a compelling model of its persistence and plasticity. The scope of engram research has rapidly expanded to include addiction-related ph....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Morgan Carter @morgancarterphd.bsky.social · 15d

It feels like the statement "I want to get this in before the gov shutdown" should be more rare than it has been in my life.
#NewPI #AcademicSky

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Lisa Taxier @lisataxier.bsky.social · 5d

Excited to have this preprint out into the world!

Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 5d

2)A dive in to the impact of adolescent alcohol exposure on the
RSC and trace fear extinction led by post-doc Lisa Taxier

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

Adolescent alcohol exposure disrupts extinction learning and retrosplenial cortex physiology in adult males

Adolescent binge drinking can lead to a myriad of issues later in life, including co-occurring diagnoses of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) and affective disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder (P...

www.biorxiv.org

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BWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 7d

Reveling in the fact that we can post our own gifs on Bsky now.

My gift to you, @fim.bsky.social at the cheesiest tiki bar in Hawaii that we could find.

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 7d

Evil Dead Rise is one of my favorites in that franchise. Alyssa Sutherland was made for this role. Looking forward to your countdown!

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 7d

Loved Weapons, and agree that it did veer towards humor. IMO there was an interesting commentary on what happens after we see the villain get their comeuppance. With that catharsis there was also a deep sadness that nothing really was fixed with it. The Alex chapter was particularly well done.

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Anita Devineni @anitadevineni.bsky.social · 8d

My department at Emory is a hiring a tenure-track neuroscientist!

Anyone who's talked to me in the last 4 years knows I cannot say enough good things about my dept and the neuroscience community here. My colleagues are so wonderfully supportive. Postdocs, please apply!

apply.interfolio.com/174371

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 18d

Oh it was so good to see you! Such a good reminder that for how much we can struggle in science it brings me people like you.

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 21d

No one told me about the worst part of parenthood: Having to make a dinner every night when you'd rather just eat chips.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 23d

man rolling rock up hill
how it started how its going

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International Behavioral Neuroscience Society @ibnsconnect.bsky.social · 26d

We are excited to invite all behavioral neuroscientists to the 35th Annual IBNS Meeting at Cape Town, South Africa June 23-27, 2026!

Call for Symposia / Satellite Proposals Deadline: Tuesday, October 28, 2025

More information can be found at ibnsconnect.org/meetings

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Rachel Smith @rachelsmithphd.bsky.social · 26d

We're hiring 2 faculty in Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience at the Assistant Professor level -- come join our amazing department at Texas A&M!
apply.interfolio.com/172286
Apply by Oct 1 for highest priority.

Flyer for Texas A&M hiring of two assistant professors in Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience, with link for applications.

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 26d

A sure sign of aging is knowing who the stars are on Dancing with the Stars.

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · 28d

Thoughtful review on an excellent movie:

“he’s underlining the fallacy of catharsis…vanquishing evil doesn’t undo the terrors it has already wrought—and that there’s only so much relief a conclusion can actually bring.”

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

The Feel-Bad, Feel-Good Movie of the Year

The horror film "Weapons" grants viewers some relief—but with a catch.

www.theatlantic.com

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · Sep 7

My sister complied with this request and asked zero follow-up questions.

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nice write up on my sister-in-law’s bookseller, Nightlight Books. Cleveland-based - check it out if you’re nearby!

thelandcle.org/stories/coun...

Country’s 1st disability-focused book seller Nightlight Books seeks physical space in Cleveland – The Land

"As far as I know. . . we're the only ones in the U.S. I know of disabled booksellers, I know disabled writers and publishers, but not bookstores where that's the specific focus...People in the wild w...

thelandcle.org

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Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social · Aug 28

Reminder that we're looking for a Post Doc and the deadline is looming (Sept 5th). If you are interested, please get in touch. If you see this, please repost it to that it is seen by potential applicants!

Gonzalo Urcelay @gurcelay.bsky.social · Aug 13

Job Alert!!! We are looking for a motivated postdoc to join a 3-year BBSRC funded project led by my colleague Carl Stevenson (I’m coPI). This multi-disciplinary project will combine in vivo heart rate monitoring and optogenetics with behavioural testing (fear and active avoidance) in rats.

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · Aug 27

Maybe it was like in Arrested Development where George is constantly trying to teach his kids a lesson. “And THAT’S why you always wear closed-toe shoes in lab!”

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · Aug 27

Toe-tally unsure: I think stock photo from roughly 2004 if I am placing the flip flops correctly. I definitely had a very similar pair. However, not pictured is the QR code on this poster, suggesting it was made more recently than 2004. Maybe just used an old image?

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · Aug 27

This lab safety poster shows that the glass was already broken when it hit the foot, suggesting foul play. A mystery is afoot.

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · Aug 20

Morning commute.

A pedestrian bridge over a road with the words “BETTER DAYS” written in caution tape across the fencing.

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Nicole Ferrara @nicoleferrara.bsky.social · Aug 19

Had a blast writing this insight article with @sydneytrask.bsky.social covering original research from the @michaeldrew.bsky.social lab on the stress-specific recruitment of a brain region that drives fear behaviors!
doi.org/10.7554/eLif...

Behavioral Neuroscience: The consequences of stress on the brain and fear

A region of the brain called the paraventricular thalamus mediates the impact of stress on unlearned fear responses, but is not involved in learned fear behavior.

doi.org

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Sydney Trask @sydneytrask.bsky.social · Aug 17

People tell you that staying up all night is the hardest part of having a baby, when in reality it’s also staying up all day.

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