I gave the DEI keynote at this year‘s SBN Tweets, emphasizing the importance of being values-driven scientists. We have a role to play in lab and in society. In the final slide I prompted my colleagues to reflect on this in light of what’s happening in the world.

🚨 Registration is LIVE for our FIFTH annual Black In Neuro Week, happening this July 29-August 4th! We’ll have seven days packed with FREE programming that’s open to all. 🥰🧠 Register today!! ➡️ blackinneuro47.wildapricot.org/event-5771083

I'm happy to share our recent work with Alexander Ophir! This was a fun one to get out the door, as it began as a collaboration between two honors students in our labs. Turns out, prairie voles don't respond to social isolation in the same ways as mice. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

"Sure you can protest, it just has to be quiet and unobtrusive and not be a protest whatsoever"

Scientists at UW–Madison! The 2024 High School Science Expo is currently recruiting volunteers to come hang out with students and chat about research and tips for navigating academia! Happening Oct 10th!

Calling HHMI Gilliam community to support one of our own going through an extremely difficult time! #GilliamFellows Sending Layla Vasquez so much love!! 💜 gofundme.com/f/support-layl…

Can we develop a paradigm to study the neural response to socially communicated threats in a rodent model? We used rat ultrasonic vocalizations🐁, custom earbuds🎧, and fMRI🧠 to see how the brain responds to aversive and appetitive calls doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO…

Grad school apps are EXPENSIVE....💸 So, which #STEM PhD programs have WAIVED their application fee this year?! We have compiled a list of programs that you can apply to for FREE. Please let us know if you’ve heard of others! Thank you!!💜 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

I'm excited to share with you all our new paper (co-authors the twitterless Anna Lally and @Healeylab) out in Communications Biology!! I've made a tweet thread abstract below, spooky halloween style.🎃 Open access at the following link: doi.org/10.1038/s42003… 1/14

Are you a grad student leading initiatives in science communication, outreach, equity, and/or inclusion? A team of HHMI Gilliam Fellows is organizing workshops for you to share how you've been able to turn your ideas into action! Interested in sharing? Please reach out!

Are testosterone pulses a physiological mechanism for expanding activity beyond territories? | Royal Society Open Science royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Congratulations Rada and Matina! Magnificent field work by Rada. T-effects are context dependent.

Fresh off the press! Check out this review article Jennifer Isaac and I wrote on neural circuits mediating social-reward related behaviors in Trends in Neurosciences. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our prairie vole collab is out in PLOS ONE! journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… x.com/katietschida1/…

Stop what you're doing and read this profile of the brilliant kaela, who we're all lucky to share this earth with. "I hope when people meet me, they feel that I am warm and that I am soft, and that I actually don’t care if they take me seriously." vox.com/future-perfect…