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UC Davis Research @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social · Jun 2

Have a look at how research @ucdavis.bsky.social continues to impact daily lives and shape our future.
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UC Davis Research @ucdavisresearch.bsky.social · 14d

@ucdavis.bsky.social scientists in a new study looked at how a person's brain interprets what the eyes see. Learn more.
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UC Davis Researchers Look at How the Brain Prioritizes What We See

How we focus our attention before we even see an object matters. For example, when we look for something moving in the sky, our expectation would be very different if the object is a bird flying past ...

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · 18d

🌟 Happy #PDAW2025! 🌟 Meet Esteban Merino, Ph.D., a postdoc in the Fioravante Lab @ucdavis.bsky.social. Esteban investigates neural circuit function & dysfunction to better understand psychiatric & neurological disorders. Learn more about research in the Fioravante Lab: www.fioravantelab.ucdavis.edu

Postdoc spotlight: Esteban Moreno investigates neural circuit function and dysfunction to better understand psychiatric and neurological disorders.

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · 18d

For #PDAW2025 we’re spotlighting Catherine Carpenter, Ph.D., postdoc in the Yonelinas Lab at CNS. Her research focuses on memory and healthy aging, with the goal of helping older adults maintain independence and memory longer. 🧠💡Learn more: yonelinas.faculty.ucdavis.edu
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Postdoc spotlight: Dr. Catherine Carpenter research focus is memory and aging.

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · 18d

This #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek, we celebrate Dr. Juan Flores/Zito Lab at CNS! 🎉 Juan studies how neurons change during learning and memory, with the goal of identifying therapeutic targets for brain disorders. Learn more about research in the Zito Lab: zitolab.faculty.ucdavis.edu

UC Davis Center for Neuroscience postdoc spotlight: Dr. Juan Flores research interests include synaptic plasticity, learning and molecular signaling.

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · 20d

Celebrating #PostdocAppreciationWeek2025 🎉 Meet Anabella DiPietro, Ph.D., postdoc in the 𝗚𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 at CNS. She studies microglial cells and their role in Alzheimer’s disease, aiming to identify new strategies to prevent or treat brain disorders. www.gliomics-lab.com #CuresCantWait

Postdoc spotlight: Dr. Anabella Di Pietro studies the role of microglial cells in the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease.

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · 20d

Celebrating #PostdocAppreciationWeek2025 🎉Meet Amanda Iglesias, Ph.D., postdoc in the Fioravante Lab at CNS. She investigates the neural circuits underlying motivated behavior and reward-related psychopathologies. Learn more about research in the Fioravante Lab: www.fioravantelab.ucdavis.edu

UC Davis Center for Neuroscience postdoc spotlight: Dr. Amanda Iglesias, studying neural circuits of motivation and reward-related psychopathologies.

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · 21d

Our next #NPAW2025 spotlight is 💫Alavie Mirfathollahi, Ph.D.,💫a postdoctoral scholar in @carinaoehrn.bsky.social's lab at the Center for Neuroscience @ucdavis.bsky.social. Learn more: oehrnlab.ucdavis.edu #PostdocAppreciationWeek2025 #LabsToLives #CuresCantWait

UC Davis Center for Neuroscience postdoc spotlight: Dr. Alavie Mirfathollahi, studying neural oscillations and brain stimulation therapies for Parkinson’s disease.

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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 21d

Very cool new results from @alexbarnett.bsky.social !

Alex Barnett @alexbarnett.bsky.social · 21d

New preprint! My stellar undergrad, June Kim, & @charan-neuro.bsky.social find that intersubject pattern similarity at encoding (especially in posteromedial cortex) relates to shared/differing content between Ss at recall (measured using topic modeling) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Natural language processing captures memory content associated with shared neural patterns at encoding

People can experience the same event yet form distinct memories shaped by individual interpretations. Prior research shows that multivariate activity patterns in the Default Mode Network (DMN) are cor...

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · 21d

Happy National Postdoc Appreciation Week! We're thrilled to spotlight 💫Dr. Qianqian Wan💫, a postdoctoral scholar in @charan-neuro.bsky.social's Dynamic Memory Lab and Dr. Joy Geng's Attention Lab @ucdavis.bsky.social. Learn more: dml.ucdavis.edu #PostdocAppreciationWeek2025 #NPAW2025 #LabsToLives

UC Davis Center for Neuroscience postdoc spotlight: Dr. Qianqian Wan, studying human perception, learning and memory.

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · 22d

In honor of 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗰 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, we're highlighting 11 incredible postdoctoral researchers who work in CNS labs @ucdavis.bsky.social! Learn more about Dr. Méndez-Salcido's research: neuroscience.ucdavis.edu/news/center-...

#PostdocAppreciationWeek2025 #LabsToLives #CuresCantWait

Graphic for National Postdoc Appreciation Week 2025 from the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience. It features a portrait of Dr. Felipe Méndez-Salcido wearing glasses and a blazer. Text highlights his role as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Hanks Lab, affiliated with the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and UC Davis Conte Center, and notes his research on molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying schizophrenia.

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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · 29d

We are looking for our next colleague. Feel free to reach out to me if you have questions!

Yuko Munakata @yukomunakata.bsky.social · 29d

UC Davis is hiring! A tenure-track assistant professor of psychology, in human cognition or cognitive neuroscience #psychjobs recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

Assistant Professor of Psychology - Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · Aug 26

We’re thrilled to announce that Marie E. Burns, professor of Ophthalmology & Vision Science and Cell Biology & Human Anatomy at @ucdavishealth.bsky.social, has been appointed the director of the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience! bit.ly/45MsRic

Center for Neuroscience Names Marie Burns New Director

Vision neuroscientist Marie E. Burns has been appointed the sixth director of the Center for Neuroscience (CNS), effective July 1, 2025, after serving as interim director for the past year.A professor...

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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · Aug 13

New study examining predictive eye movements during naturalistic events. These effects can occur without awareness and show sleep-mediated consolidation effects. Cool stuff! (I only made a small contribution to the study but it was fun to be involved)

Omer Sharon @omersharon.bsky.social · Aug 11

No one ever steps in the same movie twice. Anticipatory gaze 👁️ indicate episodic memory seconds before an event occurs. 🧠🐾 Very robust effects across both natural and crafted movies, and of course, after sleep! 😴. Out today in Communication Psychology:
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Anticipatory eye gaze as a marker of memory - Communications Psychology

Anticipatory eye movements during repeated movie viewing reveal when and what is remembered. Gaze patterns correlate with explicit reports, offering a method to detect memory for events without verbal...

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Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics @ucdavisipn.bsky.social · Aug 5

Greg Watry of @ucdlands.bsky.social wrote a wonderful article about the #UCDavisIPN's @natureportfolio.nature.com most recent Neuroscience publication. Find out why our associate director, John A. Gray said, "Science is full of surprises."

Read the article here: www.ucdavis.edu/news/psyched...

Psychedelics and Non-hallucinogenic Analogs Work Through the Same Receptor, Up to a Point

Understanding exactly how psychedelics promote new connections in the brain is critical to developing targeted, non-hallucinogenic therapeutics that can treat neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric di...

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Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics @ucdavisipn.bsky.social · Aug 4

The field of psychedelic science is finally closer to an answer on how non-hallucinogenic psychedelic analogues induce neuroplasticity. Read the new publication from the #UCDavisIPN in @natureportfolio.nature.com Neuroscience about how the team uncovered this using TBG, lasers, and genetic tools.

The psychoplastogen tabernanthalog induces neuroplasticity without proximate immediate early gene activation - Nature Neuroscience

Aarrestad et al. show that, in contrast to psychedelics, the nonhallucinogenic psychoplastogen tabernanthalog promotes neuroplasticity through 5-HT2AR activation without immediately increasing extrace...

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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · Jun 20

Super cool to see this replayed! @nprfreshair.bsky.social

Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social · Jun 13

Don't forget to tune into this episode of @nprfreshair.bsky.social as Neurologist @charan-neuro.bsky.social, author of WHY WE REMEMBER, speaks about the science of memory.

Listen now: www.npr.org/2025/06/06/n...

When is forgetting normal — and when is it worrisome? A neuroscientist weighs in

Do you have trouble remembering names or where you put your keys? Neurologist Charan Ranganath, author of Why We Remember, talks about the science of memory. Originally broadcast Feb. 24, 2024.

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tulipmarawi.bsky.social @tulipmarawi.bsky.social · May 28

The keynote presentation of #TAMeG2025 10th Anniversary 🌟 was by Dr. Charan Ranganath on “Why (and how) we remember🧠 Thank you Dr. Ranganath for an *incredible* presentation on the organization of narrative recall @charan-neuro.bsky.social @brianlevine.bsky.social

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · May 15

Congratulations to the 2025–2026 NIMH 𝗟𝗮𝗠𝗣 T32 trainees @ucdavis.bsky.social! 🎉

Nam Nguyen (Boorman Lab)
Stephanie Norris (Yonelinas Lab)
Teresina Berni (DeBello Lab)
Zachary Oakland (Trainor Lab)
Alessandra Miller (Gareau Lab)
Ruben Berumen (Hell Lab)

Excited to see the amazing science ahead! 🧠🔬

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · Apr 28

🧠✨Congratulations to the awesome undergraduates who work in CNS labs and showcased their research at the 𝟯𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

We are incredibly proud of their hard work and curiosity — the future of neuroscience is bright!! 🧬🔬

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Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics @ucdavisipn.bsky.social · Apr 24

Check out this write-up on JRT, an LSD analogue created at the #UCDavisIPN published last week in @pnas.org. Thanks to BBRF for highlighting our research on how swapping just two atoms could change how schizophrenia is treated. Read more about our latest study here:

Modifying LSD to Minimize Hallucinogenic Properties Results in a Potential New Drug Candidate for Schizophrenia | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation

Some psychedelic compounds have been shown to be powerful promoters of growth in atrophied cortical neurons, a fact that has intrigued researchers interested in addressing one of the hallmark patholog...

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Joanna Chiu @joanna-chiu.bsky.social · Apr 19

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From Labs to Lives

UC Davis researchers describe the impact of their work and the life-altering consequences if federal funding for medical research were reduced or eliminated.

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Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics @ucdavisipn.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thank you, Greg Watry, for this write-up on JRT, our non-hallucinogenic LSD analog from the #UCDavisIPN. This compound has the potential to treat patients affected by schizophrenia! @ucdavismedschool.bsky.social @ucdlands.bsky.social @ucdaviscns.bsky.social

UC Davis College of Letters & Science @ucdlands.bsky.social · Apr 14

A new frontier in neuropsychiatric treatment.

@ucdavis.bsky.social researchers at @ucdavisipn.bsky.social have engineered a safer LSD-inspired compound called JRT, which maintains powerful neuroplastic effects while reducing hallucinogenic risk.

Researchers Develop an LSD Analogue with Potential for Treating Schizophrenia

University of California, Davis, researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that harnesses the psychedelic’s therapeutic power with reduced hallucinogenic ...

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Charan Ranganath @charan-neuro.bsky.social · Apr 8

I'm looking for a new full-time research assistant ("junior specialist"). It's not quite "lab manager" because I have someone who takes care of the administrative tasks, and here I'm looking for someone to help us get research done! Info is below, please pass on to any talented candidates, thanks!

Dynamic Memory Lab_Jr Specialist_Ranganath

University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

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UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @ucdaviscns.bsky.social · Mar 28

The Oehrn Lab @carinaoehrn.bsky.social at CNS is hiring two postdocs in human intracranial neurophysiology and neuromodulation—studying cognitive and emotional processing in the cerebellum and basal ganglia. Learn more: oehrnlab.ucdavis.edu/open-positions

https://oehrnlab.ucdavis.edu/open-positions”

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