Good bye #RSA2024

A must read - The need for persistent and expansive efforts to advance diversity in alcohol research Amelia Talley onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

**Please RT** The 2024 Complex Trait Consortium - Rat Genomics (CTC-RG) meeting is being held in Milwaukee, WI from Oct 2-5. The meeting will be at Medical College of Wisconsin and is being hosted by Anne Kwitek and Rat Genome Database. Respiration link: rgd.mcw.edu/wg/ctc-rg2024/

Please reach out to us if you are interested in doing a postdoc in research related to substance use disorders! Pittsburgh is a wonderful place to train with fantastic faculty doing basic, translational and clinical research.

Currently running 48hrs behind for IASP #WC2024 due to flight cancellations and delays🫤 Fingers crossed I make it in time for our session! And hope everyone else has had better luck with travel!

Genentech to lay off another 93 people, nearly half of them scientists bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n… via San Francisco Business Times

Looking for a neuroscience faculty position within a culture of community? Apply here 👇

The INCREDIBLE @nanopharmNC raising the roof (for both science and karaoke) at our annual retreat on behalf of CNUP and her host Carly Fabian!

Our new bulletin is out! In this issue, we delve into #FASD (#fetal #alcohol spectrum disorders)! ⬇️ linkedin.com/posts/isbracom… RSoA RSAEducation World Health Organization (WHO) #APSAAR EASLnews Movendi International #AlcoholResearch #AlcoholAwareness

Honored and excited to receive this year’s University of Pittsburgh Award for Graduate Mentoring…thank you to these awesome scientists 😊 CNUP

Our lab is hiring at all levels. Currently have postings up for entry level, more senior, and postdoc positions. Please reach out if interested! careers.upmc.com/job/21068977/r… careers.upmc.com/job/21069047/r… cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…

The relentless push to develop ever-more complex neuroscience tools and so called "mechanistic" studies to control neuronal circuits relevant to addiction is getting out of hand. Tools change every six months; their complexity makes them impossible to implement in most labs or

Free scientific illustrations for biologists! 😍 NIH has released a library of 500+ free scientific illustrations to create figures, presentations, and illustrations! all freely available in the public domain. Retweet and spread the message! bioart.niaid.nih.gov

📢Looking for a post-bacc research position? I’m hiring a full-time RA to assist with two studies at the University of Pittsburgh focused on identifying risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) in adolescent girls. Click here for more info: cfopitt.taleo.net/careersection/…

After 1.5 years, our new behavioral space (1500 sq ft - 1/2 mice, 1/2 rats) is set to open this Spring 2025 (April?). Thus, I'm expanding the lab and wiill be hiring a postdoc and technician. A spring, summer, or fall 2025 start date would mesh well with this timeline. email me!

It's clear that many do not understand what NIH-funded research does to improve health. It's time to revive a study published 10 years ago that provides incredible information about this. link in the comment Every single new drug approved by the FDA from 2010–2016 was built on

NIH is finally releasing money? Looks like the Lauer effect is in full motion I see ~400 grant funded with NOA posted in the last few days compared to zero before last week. That’s ~50% of the grant expected from last year over the same period. Not great, but definitely some