Neuro_y_Moe
@MoeNeuro
Monique L Smith. Neuroscientist. First Gen. Mother. CSU San Marcos/Oregon Health & Science University/Stanford/UCSD. Leading Edge Fellow. She/Her.
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http://www.smithlab.ucsd.edu 22-10-2015 17:17:23
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If you're a neuroscientist, you've probably heard that congress passed final appropriations for FY24, with deep cuts (~40%) to BRAIN Initiative. Advocates are now pushing for +$740 million in FY25 and Society for Neuroscience (SfN) made it easy for you to add your voice here:
sfn.org/Advocacy/Advoc…
Ben Rein, PhD Neuro_y_Moe Boris D Heifets (Solo)
I wish I were an MD Mouse,
Empathic, small, and gray,
With lots of serotonin stuff
Under my red beret!
(Chorus)
Under my red beret, sport,
Under my red beret
That is where I sleep and think
And idle my life away.
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Ben Rein, PhD Boris D Heifets Neuro_y_Moe I wish I were an MDMouse,
Empathic, small, and gray,
With lots of serotonin stuff,
Under my red beret
Wooo thanks Niko Massaly !! Though I think I should have had a say in the record selection? 🤪
Truly beautiful and inspiring talk at the UCSD Neurosciences retreat by dr. ashley juavinett ♥️💫 about “alternative” careers in neuroscience aka how do students choose what to do next?
As promised, here is a 2-minute summary of my newly published paper: “MDMA enhances empathy-like behaviors in mice via serotonin release in the nucleus accumbens.”
Science is not complete until it’s communicated! 🗣️
Enormous thanks to Neuro_y_Moe, Boris D Heifets, & Rob Malenka
So thrilled to get this out after sparking this idea years ago bc of you Boris D Heifets ! Stoked to see it out! Yay team!
Ahhh 🧵 coming 2morrow! The 1st Smith Lab research paper! (Co-Last corresponding, but still!) So proud & thankful for Ben Rein, PhD Cali, Sabrena, parnazboroon and
for our amazing friends & collaborators Matt Pomrenze Boris D Heifets and of course, the one & only Rob Malenka.
Congrats Ben Rein, PhD Neuro_y_Moe et al. Glad to have contributed! MDMA enhances social transfer of affective states - something we intuit in humans, and we now have a candidate mechanism for in mice— more to come!
